Located in the Glen, Eggsperience is a solid three stars and worth a visit for breakfast or lunch (I don't think it's opened in the evening anyhow). Â The ambiance is a little kitschy and seems like it could use an update. Â It's a little bit like walking around in a very flowery egg yolk. Â Also, it's a bit dilapidated so it could probably use a good scrubbing and a fresh coat of paint as well as some new upholstery on the booths. Â
The staff is good and they do a good job of explaining everything on the menu as well as making sure that your coffee/soda/water is filled throughout the meal. Â One more thing about the booths, they are very tight. Â I'm six feet four inches and felt very uncomfortable in the booths. Â I think they were trying to increase the number of people that they can fit into the restaurant as it's always pretty popular but they sacrificed comfort. Â Also, because this is popular with younger families the noise can be atrocious.
On to the food. Â I've had both breakfast and lunch here and it is uniformly good. Â They are very generous with their portions so either bring a big appetite or take a doggie bag home. Â I'm a particular fan of their pancakes and omelets for breakfast. Â For lunch, I enjoy their wraps and there is almost always enough left over for another meal. Â The flavors aren't bold but their good. Â However, the food is a little overpriced even if you get a generous portion.
If you're in Glenview, go to Walker Brothers. Â I made the mistake of trying out this place over WB. I wanted to see if there was an equivalent or better breakfast place. Â What a mistake. Â My server was nice. Â I order corned beef hash, eggs, and pancakes. Â Corned beef hash had large potatoes in it. Â It was not good. Â Hash browns were the best part, but seemed they had skimped out on the portion. Â (All these reviews say a ton of food, but this was not the case for me.) Coffee tasted burned. Pancakes were thick, but not "fluffy" tasting - very "doughy" tasting. Â I'm shocked that the people in The Glen actually like this place. Â It's awful. Â Another franchise opened up in Mount Prospect., at Randhurst Mall. Â I'm not too sure I would try it.
Review Source:The portions are gluttonously huge. So much so, that this is the kind of place you'd be embarrassed to take your non-American friends--unless you like the "this is why Americans are so fat" lecture. The prices are very reasonable. Especially if you split meals in two (or three). The food is better than the average diner. The place is loud. It looks like a cheap version of California Pizza Kitchen. Its a little tight. They hustle you in and out. But we'll be back. Sometimes you just want a belly busting, kitchen-sink omelet with great hashbrowns (ask for them crispy) and a stack of pancakes. Because this is America.
Review Source:As far as diner style breakfast goes since I've been in Chicago this is some of the best I've had. Â The portions are HUGE and the food fresh tasting and free of too much grease. Â I had an omelet and pancakes. Â The pancakes were very fluffy and light (as opposed to rich and buttery), and the omelet, again, was huge and fluffy as well. Â Prices however are too high to be cheap but too low to be pricey.
The decor is bright and warm, but somewhat sterile and reminds me of breakfast restaurants found inside hotels and casinos (though without all the heavy foot traffic). Â I'm very glad that Chicago always seems to always have real maple syrup, and this place was no exception.
On my last visit to Eggsperience, I had a really enjoyable experience, minus the tight booths (I'm barely 5'2", and I felt cramped).
My iced caramel macchiato was delicious. Â The ham and cheese quesadilla hit the spot (and was atleast 2 more meals' worth, after I finished my brunch), and the best part of all was the service! Â
Rarely am I impressed by the service when I'm at a restaurant that's bustling for Sunday brunch, but Sarah was stellar! Â I made it a point to mention this to the manager (or someone who looked like a manager...) before we left too. Â Though she didn't spend an abundance of time with us (busy busy busy!), she was attentive. Â When K asked if the only whipped butter they had was the single serve, cold ones they put on the table, she didn't just give a disgruntled one-word answer. Rather, she explained that the health department didn't approve of them heating and leaving butter out; she went a step farther by offering to heat up some butter for him. Â It doesn't sound like much, but it's the little things, people! Â On the way out, I hardly had to ask for a to-go cup for the remainder of my giant macchiato. Â Sarah was on top of it. Â And she complimented me on my eye makeup (K said she is one smart woman) to boot.
num num num...I love brunch!
I've been to the Eggsperience in the city and it was such a different experience compared to Glenview. Â The menu is extensive and it took me forever to choose. Â I decided on the Pilgrim's Panini, turkey, bacon and pepper jack cheese. Â Sandwich was decent, only could eat half of it. Â Ambiance was meh, seemed a bit dated and needed a good deep cleaning. Â We were there on a Monday so it wasn't lively. Â You could really see how yellow the restaurant is. It's convenient and a crowd pleaser but nothing special.
This place overall is average. Â We went on a Sunday around 10:30 and there was a 10 minute wait which was better than the long line at Walker Brothers. Â We decided to eat outside so we didn't have to wait and were happy we did so since The Glen is a beautiful place and it was fun to people watch. Â The service was very good and fast. Â Our food was just average. Â I ordered eggs that turned out to be overcooked and underwhelming in taste. Â The fruit that came on the side was not ripe and most of it was inedible. The pancakes were pretty good. Â Overall it was just an average experience overall.
Review Source:I've been to other Eggsperience locations and was happy with the food and service, but I wasn't satisfied with Glenview's. When I went I ordered the egg white omelet, hash browns and fruit and it was presented very lousy...way too much melted butter? It was noisy too and our waitress was a bit off and forgot my toast..(no big deal obv).
...just didn't have the best experience and what I ended up paying didn't add up to the quality IMO. I would recommend a different bfast spot.
Not worth the hype nor the price of this breakfast spot, everything is $9-12 and not worth it! Â I tried it twice as it is not far from my home and easier to get a table at than Walker Bros. Â Obviously there is a reason tables are always available!
Bland dry tasting hashbrowns and potatoes, cheap tasting bacon, blah waffles & pancakes, tastes like frozen food thrown in a microwave. And the skillets taste like they sat in a pan at a buffet under a heat lamp before being served.
Save your money so you don't experience this rotten egg. Â Everything starts at $9 bucks for 2 eggs...
Food: average
Service: good
Atmosphere: 3 ring circus for kids
Value: piss poor
Let me describe our experience: We arrived to only a wait for about 2 mins and greeted immediately. All we could hear in this noise box was tons of kids screaming and a very very loud dinning area......oh...the dinning area is just a big room that is poorly laid out.
Food is incredibly over priced....coffee tasted like warm dirt and eggs were actually dry.
Don't go... save yourself. Â IHOP has a better breakfast!
Came here on Fathers Day, and it was packed (expectantly so). Â I think they possibly raised prices. Â The two egg breakfasts start at $9, and the rest of the breakfasts are adjusted upwards accordingly. Â I got the chef's scrambler, and my mozzarella cheese looked like it was thrown on just before they brought it out. Â It wasn't melted into the eggs. Â The presentation was lousy!
One star for the food & service (waiter was disgruntled and impatient) and unkempt restaurant (sticky tables and tight booths), one extra star for the location and bright, airy feel because of the high ceilings and lots of windows.
Every time is a great time! Anytime I can get up to Glenview and take my little bro to brunch, this is the place! No matter what the dish, it always turns out beautiful and delicious. Large portions, but we always finish! Yikes! Everything from the egg white delight, to the hash browns with cheese and green peppers, to the sweet sweet strawberry cheesecake french toast, and then the burgers are always big juicy! Now they even have smoothies and fresh juices like mango juice which really hit the spot.
Review Source:My friend flew in from California early the morning so we decided to have brunch. Â I wanted to bring her here because the decor is just so pretty and got that "sunny" vibe like Cali. Â Plus the staff was nice so why not.
My friend ordered the Strawberries & Cream Belgium waffles with orange juice and I had the Mushroom Spinach Skillet with grapefruit juice. Â She shared a her waffles and I shared my skillet. We both enjoyed the waffles, it is so sweet and yummy with super fresh strawberries. Â But the skillet, meh, not so much. Â I've had other skillets before but this one wasn't as good and my mushrooms were under-cooked. Â As for the juices, I love how its made on the spot, well in the juice bar, it's so delicious! Â I will definitely try their other juices next time. Â
Overall, other than the skillet (which I'm basing my review on) we had a great meal. Â
:)
I had my first "egg-sperience" a few weeks ago, and I really really enjoyed it! My boyfriend swore it would be the best breakfast I've had in awhile. Our waitress was aware it was my first time at the restaurant, and she was very patient but also gave me some recommendations.
First, I loooved that each table received it's own water pitcher and coffee carafe. I had the apple pecan french toast, with turkey sausage on the side. Delicious!! I ate every bite. The coffee was also very delicious! It reminded me of Starbucks, yet I was assured it was their own ground coffee. We actually purchased a bag of their coffee on our way out, but it does run $12.99/bag.
Aside from the delicious food and excellent service- I love that their food is healthy and organic.
Best Egg-eperience Ever!! =)
My mother and I were the Glenview area on a random summer morning when we decided we needed to eat. We had no idea what to try, so I whipped up the Yelp app, searched for nearby restaurants, and found this place. We had never heard of it before and it sounded like exactly what we needed -- a good place for brunch that didn't feel like Denny's.
We were pleasantly surprised with the inviting, cozy atmosphere when we walked in. There weren't too many people dining there, but the staff had smiles on their faces. We sat at a nice booth (I also need to mention the windows allowed plenty of sunshine to come through the restaurant) and each ordered a drink -- coffee for her and a chai tea for me. The chai tea was great! Just the way I like it -- warm, with a hint of spice. I actually forget what we had to eat (I'm writing this review months later.... I probably had a veggie scramble of some sort with hash browns) but we both really enjoyed it and want to come back!
I had gone here with a bunch of friends for a pre-school breakfast, as this was a day when we had an abnormally short school day. It was also for one of our friend's birthday and we were treating her.
I haven't gone to a lot of breakfast places. I'm fine with toast and eggs--pancakes if it gets to be fancy. Everyone I was with opted for waffles while I decided to go with eggs, sausage, hashbrowns and pancakes.
My plate looked very sad in comparison to their overflowing waffles, with their nutella fountain and strawberries and whip cream and ice cream. I believe the place is better known for the waffles than anything else, and it showed. My plate seemed to empty. Each item was very separated from each other. The eggs reminded me of eating McDonalds breakfasts when I was a little kid, or when I went on road trips with my family. The sausages reminded me of this gas station diner me and my family went to once for breakfast--each stab brought about a gush of grease (and I could feel the effects on my face as well). The hash browns were...crunchy? My mind is fuzzy on this details. I liked the pancakes. They were fluffy and combined with everything I had, more than enough.
The rating is based on my food order. The waffles look really good, really big. It's sad that I had regret choosing what I did. I don't exactly remember the price, so I can't comment on that. Over all, I wasn't really satisfied. One day, I might try the waffles, and see if they're worth my palette and wallet.
Definitely an Eggsperience!
Fresh squeeze orange juice - whoever created the juice squeezer is a genius! Delicious! (but pricy!)
Mile high omelette - holy cow how many eggs were use to make it? Delicious, huge, and lots of ingredients (sausage, green peppers, onions)
The bennie (eggs benedict) - poach eggs, over sausage, on an english muffin with hollandaise suace, great size and the sauce was delicious and not over bearing, just the right touch.
GET THE HASH BROWNS! Crispy and cooked perfectly!
About $15/person for a breakfast meal, but you definitely get your moneys worth!
Avocado chicken breast sandwich was awesome, very filling, and had yummy sweet potato fries w/mayo-ey dip. High chairs and kiddie cups avail for the kids. *only a few places away from main aisles next to your booth to park your baby stroller if you bring one because the aisles are quite narrow so either don't go when it's busy or don't bring a stroller. They do get quite a bit of families with kids there as does the rest of the glen.
Great friendly, quick, helpful service and decent food each time I go. Each time we went was pretty late like 2pm on a saturday and they weren't busy.
First time I went was a bad experience overall. I did have a dirty glass cup and the omelette was mediocre. I like my omelette in scrambled form but most restaurants including this one make it too runny when done this way. Â Only a few do it right. Somehow I still kept going there though due my friends' request but the next few times I had much better experiences like my most recent that I said above.
I like the Park Ridge location better. Â This location seems more cramped compared to the other one.
Anyway standard breakfast fare and some lunch items here. Coffee is not as good here as the other aforementioned location. Â Omelets are fluffy and loaded with ingredients, bacon is soggy, regular scrambled eggs are cooked like they tried to kill the poor thing. Â Frittatas are good, mushroom and spinach skillet was ok.
Service the first time was standard, the second time was a bit creepy as the waiter dude kept hanging by our table.
Wow! My wife and I went in for breakfast and I went with the egg white omelette. I could not believe how much food they give you! For a guy like me with an appetite like woo, I was stuffed to the brim. In fact, it's almost embarrassing to say that I ate it all.
Also, they squeeze their juice on the spot, so I recommend trying some orange or pineapple!
Before our 5k walk for breast cancer, my son and I got to the race area an hour early and opted to do a mommy/son brunch. Â Our waitress was really fabulous and not only immediately brought over a kid's menu with crayons but brought out his water in a sippy cup. Â He devoured his pancake, eggs, hash browns and sausage links immediately (I think that he's going through another growth spurt) but wasn't so interested in the treat I got him (hot chocolate for a chilly morning). Â I enjoyed my custom skillet (mushrooms, sausage, and green bell peppers) and once again, our waitress was a true delight.
I would definitely be back as long as we had the same waitress with the great service!
This is a good brunch place, it serves your typical breakfast dishes like eggs, pancakes and sausage. They make their own corn-beef-hash it seems because you can really taste the corn beef in the hash. I felt they were bit on the pricey side, however we are in Glenview IL eating so that is to be expected, I suppose.
I would try it again with the kids and friends, because it is a kid friendly place. However, I wish the kid's meal came with a drink, they charge extra $1.50 for milk and $1.95 for chocoalte milk, that is a small carton of milk too. They are not a cheap place to get food, but you can get a decent meal for about $9.00.
Met Marcie F. for lunch here last week, and I was excited to try a new restaurant! Â We sat right down and were helped promptly. Â The only thing was that it wasn't very busy and our waitress got kind of fussy that we took about 10 minutes to chat and decide what we wanted. Â
Had the potato pancakes, which were delicious! Â Food came out fast, and was reasonably priced. Â Again with the service, they kind of swarmed around us like vultures to clear our plates/get us to pay our bill. Â I'd go here again!
Having read some of the bad reviews, I was hesitant to try this place, but I was pleasantly surprised. Here's how I would rate the place by category:
Food: 3 stars
Service: 5 stars
Ambiance: 4 stars
Eggsperience is a diner-style restaurant that serves up a decent brunch. I had the chorizo omelette which was good, but I wasn't wowed by it. It lacked the flavor that I'm used to with other chorizo omelettes. It came with your choice of hash browns or fruit and toast or pancakes. I ordered the hash browns and pancakes--both were decent. My friend had the egg white omelette which she was happy with.
I absolutely LOVE that they bring you a carafe of coffee and leave it on your table so that you can refill your coffee whenever you need to and do not have to wait for someone to come around and refill it for you--what a great idea, wish more places would do this.
Our server was so on the ball, brought us everything (like milk, cream, syrup, etc) before we even asked for it! Note that you pay upfront at the register when you get your bill.
Definitely a solid brunch place--friendly service, affordable, and decent food.
I came here on a Saturday at noon, and it wasn't too crowded. We were able to get seated right away, even though everyone in our group hadn't arrived. The menu has a good variety of items, and  several of them caught my eye. I ordered the Chorizo Frittata, which came with a side of hash browns. the Frittata was alright, but seemed to be missing some flavor- even after adding sour cream and salsa to it.
Our waiter was friendly, but also kinda of hard to understand at times. The woman who brought our food out was extremely nice and helpful, she made room on the table before putting the  plates down and the filled everyone's glasses w/ water.
I'm only giving this  place 2 stars because I liked the atmosphere and the menu selection, but I don't think I would come here again even though it's pretty close to my house.
Eggsperience is a nice breakfast place. Â Its not your usual boring old-diner establishment... Â The decor is happy, bright and uplifting... lots of sunshine too! Â Even if you're not a morning person, it will make you feel awake once you get your butt in there. And you have the option of sitting outside too...
Once you're there (and if you're like me... and need to feed your caffeine addiction).... get their coffee.. Â It is a perfect blend, it's very smooth and not watered down. I also like the fact that they leave the coffee pot at the table so you don't have to wait for the waiter to refill your cup. (Don't you hate it when you get your coffee just right, you drink half of it. . . .and then they fill it up, and you have to re-make it all over again and again?) They also give you the option of cream or milk.. Which is nice...
When you open up the menu, there are a lot of choices... omelets, Â skillets, Â waffles, crepes, pancakes, scramblers, benedicts, frittatas, french toast, etc...
While skimming the menu... I noticed 'Yummy in Your Tummy'... which is:
French Toast...
topped with fresh strawberries...
and drizzled with chocolate sauce....
Could this really be? As excited as I was, I was also a little scared that this may be a little too sugary.. I have a sweet tooth or else I'd worry that it would be a LOT too sweet... I felt more confident when the waiter agreed that it was a good choice.... So I wasn't wrong... when this delicious french toast with a mountain of strawberries which were topped with this PERFECT chocolate sauce came out... wow... I know I made the right choice... The chocolate sauce was made to the right amount of sweetness, so it was still possible to add syrup to it!
On a side note... no matter what you order, get their hash browns with onions and cheese, probably some of the best I've ever had.
Very bad food! I ordered eggs with mushroom, ham and cheese, gosh the food is not warm at all and that morning it wasn't busy at all!Eggs were under cooked, coffee taste very bad, toast was cold, and they overpriced their food, better just go Egg harbor! I couldn't even finish my breakfast! very bad! never go again~
I think even Dannys still a lot better than them!
Maybe it was the wait and how busy the place was on a rainy Sunday morning, I was anticipating an above average meal experience... only to be left with a very disappointed impression of the place.
I guess I will start with the real fruit smoothies. My husband ordered a raspberry smoothie and I ordered a mango. Immediately after my first sip of the smoothie, I had an inkling that this is going to be the beginning of a somewhat below average meal. Initially, I thought the problem was the mango--not sweet enough. But after I tried my husband's smoothie, we both decided it was the yogurt base they used. It tasted funky and left us with a very strange after taste in the mouth. I would not recommend it.
Now, onto the main meals. I ordered a corned beef hash. My husband ordered The Caliente (basically a breakfast burrito). My mom ordered their egg white omelet with assorted veggies. We all shared a strawberry crepe.
My corned beef hash came with corned beef on one side of the plate and hash browns on the other. I thought they were supposed to be together, no? It tasted ok, a bit dry, but not overly salty like some corned beef hash. The eggs (over medium) were good.
My mom's egg white omelet (Eleni's Egg White Delight) was a very huge fluffy brown thing. At first look, it looked burnt on the top. Nevertheless, I can understand how difficult it can be to make egg white omelet. It tasted decent, but again, nothing to rave about and I certainly wouldn't call it "delightful".
My husband's breakfast burrito was the best of the three meal choices. It was, indeed, very spicy. The chorizo was delicious. When I asked him if he come back for just that... his answer was a "probably not".
Now, onto the strawberry crepes. I must say, this is the dish I had the MOST problem with. When a menu says "crepe", I am expecting something like a crepe I would get in Paris: thin, not fluffy, and very light in texture. This crepe was more like a Swedish Pancake. Too much butter and sugar in the batter. On top of that, it was slightly fluffy, not very crepe like at all. The strawberries were good (it was fresh) but I still couldn't get over the disappointment of not actually being served a crepe. It's not a bad dish if you were expecting Swedish Pancakes served with strawberry but when you were expecting crepe, that's a whole different story.
The entire meal cost us $60 (we also ordered three coffees). For that amount of money, I find the quality of the meal VERY disappointing despite the good service throughout the meal.
So, would we go back again? Probably not.
I love coming here for breakfast!
Amazing skillets that are full of meat and cheese. Â Great to see 3 eggs over easy right on top. Â
Their omelets are huge!
Love how they have the sugar free syrup and I could/ Never will pass up on those great whole wheat pancakes! O boy they taste like cinnamon!
Nice and open.
Gentleman at the door is always nice and Mary is the best waitress.
Wish their bacon was a little cheaper... If it was, I probably would run them dry of it... Love it!
Oh, I forgot to mention, the place is kept super clean.
1/3/09: Hands down for the excellent service and experience in handing groups and kids! We arrived as a party of 12 with four kids and the staff and waiter accommodated us with no problems! I like a place that welcomes kids without any qualms. We were there for two hours (talking well after our meal was completed) and was not rushed by the staff at all.
Parking outside can be tough, especially if its f**ing cold outside and you're circling around and around for a nearby space.
We LOVE this place. It's fun and has a great atmosphere. If the weather is nice, all the windows let the sunlight in and the yellow walls make it an upbeat place to be.
The food is great especially the omelletes which are as fluffly as they can be. The Eggs Benedicts are awesome and they don't mind replacing the Canadian Bacon with a slice of tomato if you're looking for a healthier version of the traditional dish.
Buttermilk Pancakes are to die for as well.
It's totally worth going. If you get there before 10 on a Sunday, you won't have to wait.
As I navigate through the world of Yelp, I am finding that when I deem a place mediocre, or even down right horrible, I don't have that much to say about it other than it didn't wow me. Â My desire to type full out rants has lessened over the months . . . Â
Eggsperience is  one of these places I have little, if anything to write about other than was recommended to me for brunch and it was just ok.
Maybe I'll try it again in the future some time and I'll gain more inspiration for my review . . . Â until then three stars is all I can give this "eggsperience."
I was in the Glenview area a few days ago & grabbed a late breakfast at The Glen location. Â Ordered the Chorizo omlette for a change & IT WAS EXCELLENT! Â The only other memorable chorizo omlette experience was in a place in Dallas, TX (see my review on Cafe Brazil.)
Pleasant wait staff, great place for people watching and all for a fair price.
OPEN ONE CLOSER TO THE CITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Coming to this place I did not have too much expectation. Â Although, the restaurant front led me to anticipate that their eggs are better than decent. Of course, I wanted something good after my attempt on going to my favorite Walker's Brother for brunch, only to find out that their line was ginormous. Perhaps, it would've been worth the wait after my eggsperience.
After waited for 20-25 minutes, I've ordered a Butcher's Benni and a coffee. Â Coffee was surprisingly not too fresh with a hint of sourness. Â As for the benni, supposedly a meaty benedict, with diced ham and bacon, had less than enough meat for my appetite. Â The eggs were nicely cooked, runny on the inside with a film of egg white protecting it and topped of with subtle spice, similar to those on deviled eggs at any grocery store. The english muffin and the rest, including meat and hash were luke warm, close to room temperature. It would've been much better with a tad more meat and if it was served at a higher temperature. I was somewhat disappointed.
My friend ordered a chocolate french toast with bananas.
I'm picky but judging by my eggsperience, the food quality and taste is no where nearly as delicious as Walker's Brother. Specifically, I would give them 1.65 stars, but that isn't an option.
I really wanted good eggs, but it was somewhat of a disappointment.
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