138 Cafe

IL-138, Gillespie
(217) 999-2115

Recent Reviews

AJ D.

Very tasty home-style food. Excellent value and their staff are friendly and courteous. They made me feel welcome and for a traveler, that's important.

Elle S.

Really not a great place to eat. Sorry.. wanted to like it. I've been twice. Won't be back. Friendly enough servers,but food was less than desirable. Had a hamburger before, absolutely nothing special. The crinkle fries were great but that takes little to no effort. The corned beef ( Rueben) was tough, just not good at all. The fried chicken also looked a bit gnarly, I ate one piece and couldn't chew about 1/4 of it because of gristle. Truly sorry I can't give this good reviews. They're in an ideal location for a stop off the interstate.

Tracy H.

Don't waste your time and money. Waitress was rude and openly talked about a customer who came in who was just traveling through the area. Drive the extra 8 miles and stop in Litchfield.

C C.

Wife had liver and onions. She said it was good. I had the fried chicken and was disappointed. If it were not for the salt I added the chicken would not have had any flavor. Service was good chicken was not.

Leslie W.

My first visit. Great food and friendly, attentive service! Sorry I didn't take any pictures before I dug in! Had 2 eggs over medium with rye toast and a biscuit and gravy. My fellow diner had the 3x3 omelet and a pancake. Really solid cafe/diner food.

Jason Cizinsky

Stopped on a whim for lunch. Food and service was outstanding. Will definitely be stopping again my next time through.

Logan Sauder

Was here almost 2 years ago, and stopped in today again to the same friendly faces and same excellent food!

Jess Jamieson

Normally I love this place! We get breakfast horseshoes 2 or 3 times a month. Not to mention lunch and dinner in between. Today the breakfast horseshoes were horrible. Portions were smaller, hardly any sausage and it was burnt, whole thing was dry cuz they didn’t just skimp on the portions, they skimped on gravy. Had onions in it and it’s not supposed to, so I guess they’re not cleaning the grill between orders. I will give you guys another chance, but if you mess up next time you’ll lose some customers. Wonder what changed?? Maybe a different cook?? Very disappointing...

Larry Richardson

Always great and friendly service. Food is very good.

Kevin Stonebraker

Great food,friendly service!

Ursula Burkel Swartz

we always enjoy our meals there. staff is polite and it's a great place to eat.

Kerry Doyle

Good food and good folks. If you’re not too stuffy , you’ll like this place too.

Randy Aubuschon

great people great food close to home.good home town place

Coni Ellsworth Wilson

Awesome food. We like going there for Family time

Donna M Moffitt

This was the worst excuse for service and food I've ever seen. We literally waited 45 minutes for breakfast, and only 1 other table in the place. All of our food was cold, even below room temperature?? How is that possible!! Save your $$ and drive a little farther for a decent meal!

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