Incredible restaurant, great food and will be back! 4 stars because staff was a little stern/pushy.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Potatoes, Hash, Steak, Pancakes, French Toast
Robert Warren
The food was very good. My complaint with this place is the server. She seems like we interrupted her day every time we have walked in. Sadly the restaurant is across the street from one of the largest bulk mail centers in the Midwest. We are going to be very pressed on coming back because of the childless behavior of the server.We would talk the place up to our fellow employees but with this lady it’s hard to.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Potatoes, Hash, Short Stack Pancakes, Pancakes, French Toast
Annette Lopez
My family and I been coming to this restaurant for over 10 years. After the remodel and name change I noticed the place only allows the owner daughter to service the place. She comes twice to your table, to take your order and to drop off your order with a bill making you feel as if you cannot even order anything else pretty much just pay your bill and go she does not come back to check to see how you’re doing, This is what bothered me and we stopped going so often although we love the food today was a different experience. The owner at one time told us he would never change the food. Today it’s been a couple months since we’ve been back and the food is different potatoes tasted like they were frozen from a bag not to mention, when the father came into the restaurant, the daughter started arguing with him, unprofessionally where the customers were just looking at them. When I arrived at the restaurant at 9 AM, I thought they were closed due to a handful of customers they had in there. I remember back in the days it would be so packed. Not sure what happened to this restaurant, but they definitely fell off. The father needs to take control of this restaurant before it gets worse and stop letting his daughter control it.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Delwyn Campbell
Everything was kind of bland at best and we were rushed by our server in an empty restaurant. The most seasoning the food saw was the grease it soaked in and my hot
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
J K
The food was prepared correctly, the quality of the good was ok. On a scale 0/10 I'll give it a six.Where I had issues was the service, how can one server service 25 or so tables. It's just not possible.I saw my server twice, once to take my order and the second time to drop my order in a hurry and give me the check at the same time.I believe it's the Daughter of the owner that does the serving and wants to make all the tips. But as customers we deserve a better service.A place with 25 tables should have a minimum of 3 servers not one.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
Isaac Avila
We decided to visit this restaurant based on a recommendation from a local neighbor. When we arrived an hour before closing time (which we were unaware of until we arrived), we were greeted by a rude hostess. She hurried us to place our order, which we did. However, she brought our food out hastily, even throwing a plate at my daughter, and then returned a few minutes later to quickly present the bill. The customer service was extremely poor and it would have been better if she had informed us that they were closing for the day.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 1
Holly Gangi
Stopped here on a whim for brunch. I had 2 over-easy, bacon, Greek toast. He had a Patty Melt w fries and chicken soup.Atmosphere was nice. Very airy, clean and comfortable. The server was very efficient and personable. As soon as my coffee cup almost empty...one of the servers always kept filled. By the way, the coffee was very very good. It wasn't strong, it wasn't weak... it was just right. Didn't have to use cream or sugar... it tasted wonderful just as it was. My eggs were perfectly done... very runny as I like and whites were firm. The Greek toast was nice and thick and done golden.Now the Patty Melt came to the table hot and was served on marbled rye with a juicy thick burger, cheese and nicely grilled onions. A side of crispy fries was served hot.Oh, and the chicken soup was quite good.We got there about 11am and there were about 5 tables filled. As soon as we sat down more people arrived for lunch and was busy but service still very good.It's a small neiborhood place that serves up great food and good sevice. We definetly will return. Hope other people give it a try.Parking: On either side of restaurant.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Patty Melt with Soup & Side Grilled Onions American Cheese on Rye Pickle
Beth Phemister
Never again. Let's talk about how everything from start to finish was done wrong:I picked up my son from a nearby boxing gym, he was hungry and we saw this cute looking place and parked.It was 1:30 p.m. on the dot as we approached the door, the restaurant looked empty so we were sure to look at the sign which stated they were open until 2:30 "365 days a year".We entered to find a table of 4, a table of 2 and a small table in the corner by the door with 2 elderly gentlman. A pale dark haired women told us to seat ourself, as there were a plenty!Before our coats were off this same woman approached and said " so do you know what you want or.. ?" ? Um.. "we'd like a minute a please", i replied. She forced a smile but was clearly in a big rush.She returned, clearly giving all bad, hurried and annoyed vibes. My son ordered eggs, over easy, and biscuits and gravy with an orange juice. I asked for cottage cheese and peaches. She replied "with raisin toast?" I thought about it and said sure.The food came back disturbingly quick and she ran off in her big hurry to do nothing, as there was nobody in the joint now but the "wrapping up" 4top and the 2 men in back.The over easy eggs were sunnyside up, beyond that, the food was fine. Although after only a few bites in she appeared and asked if she could bring our check since they close at 2?"You close at 2?" I responded. "Yes" . "Yes." "We close at 2. "Hmm. You see, had the door said 2p.m. and not 2:30 pm., we would have never entered. Why would I want a rushed 30 minute experience? This could have been solved by greeting us with this information . She instead chose to make a fool of herself rushing customers through her awful service.It gets worse...She brings our bill ( take into account this is all in a 15 minute time period), and it is $30. and change. My sons eggs and half a biscuits was $13, his o.j. $3 =$16 I'm looking down at my cottage cheese and toast and undrinkable watered coffee and boggled that it could be another $15? I questioned it and it seemed to jive with the menu but was so terribly turned off by this remarkably awful service I told her how I felt and did not leave a tip. No way.I'll tell you , this is the very 1st bad review I have ever given. I'll also tell you I am an extremely generous tipper! To a fault! I love to give. She is simply the worst, as i shall I tell you how it ended:While my son finished his food, she openly, and loudly laughed and told the story to the 2 men in the corner of how we came in at 1:39 ( nope it's was 1:30), and we expected blah blah blah ha ha ha, they all laughed it up. We were shocked.As we past to leave they all looked our way and she said with a big fake smile" have a nice day" as the 2 men joined in in. Ha ha. It's so funny to them to lose another customer, it's almost like they are doing it on purpose? Strange.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 1
Maddie L.
Love this place - only request that I would make is to make the coffee a little stronger.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Christine Calvetti
Went for breakfast this morning. Everything was terrific! The service, the food, and the atmosphere. Food was hot, service was warm and there are many items on the menu to choose from. It is a great place. We will return!
This place has nasty customer service and Marie was rude and unprofessional. I ordered a chicken skillet and it had no seasoning it tasted like chalk. I called them and told them about and asked for a ham and cheese omelette. I went to pick it up it was big block of cheese not even melted on my food. I took it back in and asked for a refund and she gave me pure hell. She went off and said we wasted food and threw my money at me. She pushed Charles out the way and told him to move. I will never patronize this place again. The unprofessionalism was uncalled for it could have been a simple fix. Its obvious she’s going through something in her personal life so she’s taking it out on her customers now keep in mind I’m African American so I like seasoning it seems to me she had a little prejudice in her. NEVER AGAIN!!!! Marie needs to take a professionalism class because this ain’t it.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Hank Rozhon
Still one of the best in forest
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Alicia Ryan
The food was ok. Service was ok. Atmosphere was ok. Price was ok. Nothing above average or below average to begin.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Eduardo Sandiero
Absolutely horrible service. Walked in an hour before posted closing time and server rudely kept rushing us. Eventually said she's leaving and wanted to close us out. She put on her jacket and stared at the remaining patrons. If you don't have time to serve say so before ordering or adjust your hours. She literally said she had to 'kick out' the remaining patrons, this was 30 minutes before closing time.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 1
Jerry Pinotti
We have family in the neighborhood and visit every time we are in town. The waitress is always nice to us. The busser has never let my coffee cup reach the bottom either. It’s nice to walk into a family restaurant and be treated like family. I have only ordered three items there and I rotate what I order, they all are good. I love their pancakes and they make a really good club sandwich too. Looking forward to my next visit to metro Chicago so we can go here again.
Incredible restaurant, great food and will be back! 4 stars because staff was a little stern/pushy.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Potatoes, Hash, Steak, Pancakes, French Toast
The food was very good. My complaint with this place is the server. She seems like we interrupted her day every time we have walked in. Sadly the restaurant is across the street from one of the largest bulk mail centers in the Midwest. We are going to be very pressed on coming back because of the childless behavior of the server.We would talk the place up to our fellow employees but with this lady it’s hard to.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Potatoes, Hash, Short Stack Pancakes, Pancakes, French Toast
My family and I been coming to this restaurant for over 10 years. After the remodel and name change I noticed the place only allows the owner daughter to service the place. She comes twice to your table, to take your order and to drop off your order with a bill making you feel as if you cannot even order anything else pretty much just pay your bill and go she does not come back to check to see how you’re doing, This is what bothered me and we stopped going so often although we love the food today was a different experience. The owner at one time told us he would never change the food. Today it’s been a couple months since we’ve been back and the food is different potatoes tasted like they were frozen from a bag not to mention, when the father came into the restaurant, the daughter started arguing with him, unprofessionally where the customers were just looking at them. When I arrived at the restaurant at 9 AM, I thought they were closed due to a handful of customers they had in there. I remember back in the days it would be so packed. Not sure what happened to this restaurant, but they definitely fell off. The father needs to take control of this restaurant before it gets worse and stop letting his daughter control it.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Everything was kind of bland at best and we were rushed by our server in an empty restaurant. The most seasoning the food saw was the grease it soaked in and my hot
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
The food was prepared correctly, the quality of the good was ok. On a scale 0/10 I'll give it a six.Where I had issues was the service, how can one server service 25 or so tables. It's just not possible.I saw my server twice, once to take my order and the second time to drop my order in a hurry and give me the check at the same time.I believe it's the Daughter of the owner that does the serving and wants to make all the tips. But as customers we deserve a better service.A place with 25 tables should have a minimum of 3 servers not one.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
We decided to visit this restaurant based on a recommendation from a local neighbor. When we arrived an hour before closing time (which we were unaware of until we arrived), we were greeted by a rude hostess. She hurried us to place our order, which we did. However, she brought our food out hastily, even throwing a plate at my daughter, and then returned a few minutes later to quickly present the bill. The customer service was extremely poor and it would have been better if she had informed us that they were closing for the day.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 1
Stopped here on a whim for brunch. I had 2 over-easy, bacon, Greek toast. He had a Patty Melt w fries and chicken soup.Atmosphere was nice. Very airy, clean and comfortable. The server was very efficient and personable. As soon as my coffee cup almost empty...one of the servers always kept filled. By the way, the coffee was very very good. It wasn't strong, it wasn't weak... it was just right. Didn't have to use cream or sugar... it tasted wonderful just as it was. My eggs were perfectly done... very runny as I like and whites were firm. The Greek toast was nice and thick and done golden.Now the Patty Melt came to the table hot and was served on marbled rye with a juicy thick burger, cheese and nicely grilled onions. A side of crispy fries was served hot.Oh, and the chicken soup was quite good.We got there about 11am and there were about 5 tables filled. As soon as we sat down more people arrived for lunch and was busy but service still very good.It's a small neiborhood place that serves up great food and good sevice. We definetly will return. Hope other people give it a try.Parking: On either side of restaurant.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Patty Melt with Soup & Side Grilled Onions American Cheese on Rye Pickle
Never again. Let's talk about how everything from start to finish was done wrong:I picked up my son from a nearby boxing gym, he was hungry and we saw this cute looking place and parked.It was 1:30 p.m. on the dot as we approached the door, the restaurant looked empty so we were sure to look at the sign which stated they were open until 2:30 "365 days a year".We entered to find a table of 4, a table of 2 and a small table in the corner by the door with 2 elderly gentlman. A pale dark haired women told us to seat ourself, as there were a plenty!Before our coats were off this same woman approached and said " so do you know what you want or.. ?" ? Um.. "we'd like a minute a please", i replied. She forced a smile but was clearly in a big rush.She returned, clearly giving all bad, hurried and annoyed vibes. My son ordered eggs, over easy, and biscuits and gravy with an orange juice. I asked for cottage cheese and peaches. She replied "with raisin toast?" I thought about it and said sure.The food came back disturbingly quick and she ran off in her big hurry to do nothing, as there was nobody in the joint now but the "wrapping up" 4top and the 2 men in back.The over easy eggs were sunnyside up, beyond that, the food was fine. Although after only a few bites in she appeared and asked if she could bring our check since they close at 2?"You close at 2?" I responded. "Yes" . "Yes." "We close at 2. "Hmm. You see, had the door said 2p.m. and not 2:30 pm., we would have never entered. Why would I want a rushed 30 minute experience? This could have been solved by greeting us with this information . She instead chose to make a fool of herself rushing customers through her awful service.It gets worse...She brings our bill ( take into account this is all in a 15 minute time period), and it is $30. and change. My sons eggs and half a biscuits was $13, his o.j. $3 =$16 I'm looking down at my cottage cheese and toast and undrinkable watered coffee and boggled that it could be another $15? I questioned it and it seemed to jive with the menu but was so terribly turned off by this remarkably awful service I told her how I felt and did not leave a tip. No way.I'll tell you , this is the very 1st bad review I have ever given. I'll also tell you I am an extremely generous tipper! To a fault! I love to give. She is simply the worst, as i shall I tell you how it ended:While my son finished his food, she openly, and loudly laughed and told the story to the 2 men in the corner of how we came in at 1:39 ( nope it's was 1:30), and we expected blah blah blah ha ha ha, they all laughed it up. We were shocked.As we past to leave they all looked our way and she said with a big fake smile" have a nice day" as the 2 men joined in in. Ha ha. It's so funny to them to lose another customer, it's almost like they are doing it on purpose? Strange.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 1
Love this place - only request that I would make is to make the coffee a little stronger.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Went for breakfast this morning. Everything was terrific! The service, the food, and the atmosphere. Food was hot, service was warm and there are many items on the menu to choose from. It is a great place. We will return!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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This place has nasty customer service and Marie was rude and unprofessional. I ordered a chicken skillet and it had no seasoning it tasted like chalk. I called them and told them about and asked for a ham and cheese omelette. I went to pick it up it was big block of cheese not even melted on my food. I took it back in and asked for a refund and she gave me pure hell. She went off and said we wasted food and threw my money at me. She pushed Charles out the way and told him to move. I will never patronize this place again. The unprofessionalism was uncalled for it could have been a simple fix. Its obvious she’s going through something in her personal life so she’s taking it out on her customers now keep in mind I’m African American so I like seasoning it seems to me she had a little prejudice in her. NEVER AGAIN!!!! Marie needs to take a professionalism class because this ain’t it.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Still one of the best in forest
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was ok. Service was ok. Atmosphere was ok. Price was ok. Nothing above average or below average to begin.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Absolutely horrible service. Walked in an hour before posted closing time and server rudely kept rushing us. Eventually said she's leaving and wanted to close us out. She put on her jacket and stared at the remaining patrons. If you don't have time to serve say so before ordering or adjust your hours. She literally said she had to 'kick out' the remaining patrons, this was 30 minutes before closing time.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 1
We have family in the neighborhood and visit every time we are in town. The waitress is always nice to us. The busser has never let my coffee cup reach the bottom either. It’s nice to walk into a family restaurant and be treated like family. I have only ordered three items there and I rotate what I order, they all are good. I love their pancakes and they make a really good club sandwich too. Looking forward to my next visit to metro Chicago so we can go here again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5