I live in Chicago but was staying nearby Friday night. Ellys went out of their to accommodate my special request. I ordered the pancakes, bacon, Â and hawaii five 0 omelette.
Service was excellent. Food was tasty. Portions were huge. Price was reasonable. Everything I could possibly ask for. Check it out!
Good and consistent.
I really like there potato pancakes and the servers have always been friendly.
They have wifi and a little espresso stand. The lattes are just ok, but hey, Â it's pretty cool that they serve espresso nonetheless. They also have an assortment of fresh fruit which they use to make smoothies. Pretty cool.
I don't recommend the corned beef hash. It's not horrible, it's just the stuff you dump out of the can.
We stayed at a nearby hotel for three days and came to Elly's every morning. Â On weekdays the restaurant is practically empty but on weekends, the entire restaurant is packed. Â The egg skillets were delicious with a generous portion. Â The menu states that it comes with two eggs, but on one trip I got five and another I had four eggs. Â Two large pancakes were included with warm maple syrup that was delicious. Â
If you have time available, order the apple pancake... it takes about 40 minutes to make but is essentially a apple pie made with pancake batter in place of pie crust. The stuffing contains real apples and not the cheap canned apples that you may find in other restaurants. Â I would certainly come back for it.... the portion size is huge, bring a friend (or three) to share it.
I do have two complaints. Â Avoid the fruit cup... it consists of a few pieces of watermelon, cantaloupe, and grapes. Â No berries or tropical fruit...just the cheap stuff. Â Also, they don't seem to like to do any substitutions... I asked if there was a way I could upgrade the included pancakes to a waffle (I was prepared to pay a little extra) but, unfortunately, they wanted me to pay full price. Â Minor issues.... we enjoyed Elly's.
If I could give this 3.5 stars, I would. Â I sometimes go to Elly's for lunch during the work week. Â It's got a good breakfast menu and service is good. Â I can't say it's the best breakfast food I've ever had (for some reason I prefer the Elly's in Mundelein), but it's pretty good.
It doesn't look like the menus have been updated in awhile - they're worn and peeling at the corners, and they add additional menu items by printing them out and attaching them to the inside of the menu. Â I usually get a skillet (my favorite breakfast item). Â They use hash browns (I don't think breakfast potatoes count as skillets), but the hash browns are never very crispy. Â They use double yolk eggs, which I order over easy. Â The last time I was there, two of the yolks were over hard when I ordered over easy, but I'm not one to send food back. Â I just missed the runny yolk on my hash browns.
I will continue to go here, but I definitely prefer the bacon and onion skillet from Butterfields to the one that I get at Elly's. Â Elly's is a solid breakfast place, it's just not one of my favorites.
I must say that Elly's runs hot and cold with their food quality and service. We have eaten at this restaurant before and had delicious omlettes and soups plus great service. However, this past week my husband, children and I ate there and found the entire experience awful from start to finish. Our hostess was very abrasive from the moment he sat us at our table. Next, came a very rude waitress that seemed bothered to wait on us as she was busy behind the counter texting. We ordered our drinks and found the "homemade" orange juice tasted unnatural. We returned the juice and asked for apple juice instead. The waitress was completely annoyed. Next came our pancakes. My entire family loves pancakes and has never complained ever about the quality of a pancake--NEVER. One of my daughter's ordered the chocolate chip pancakes and my other daughter ordered a simple stack of plain pancakes. The girls sat excited to enjoy delicious, sweet pancakes. However, This would be the first time they were not able to eat one pancake. They could eat their food because it tasted like straight baking soda in flour. We related to the waitress that our food was not ok and she said "I will get the cook, I don't make it!" and " I haven't had any complaints all morning." Â We ended up ordering chicken strips for our kids. We thought chicken strips would be a safe bet and the kids were very hungry by this time. Â I asked to speak to the manager. He was young, unprofessional and abrasive. He offered no apologies for the rude waitress and continued with his immature and unprofessional behavior. He then related that he was the owner's son and related that he stands up for his waitresses. Our chicken strips arrived in a to go box and were raw. We ended up throwing them away and vowed never to return to ELLY's Pancake Restaurant again. There are so many great restaurant in this area, Walker Brothers, Omega, Egg Harbor. This was a sad experience and a very frustrating way to start a family day out. Â Please save yourself the frustration and headache and spend your money elsewhere. Customer service with quality and consistant good food is so important to make a dining experience enjoyable. We learned that the hard way.
Review Source:You can have your Walker Brother's and IHOP's and Denny's. Elly is my homegirl.
Best breakfast joint in town. And it's unfairly close to my house, so I'm easily at its beck and call. Always great service and the price is so right it should be wrong. I feel like I always leave here paying less than I should have, which is what keeps me coming back again and again.
Highlights:
- The freshly squeezed orange/grapefruit juice. Killer.
- Even when it's crowded, it's surprisingly quiet. Must be the "older" crowd that frequents in the early morning hours that keeps things so pleasant. And I'm okay with that.
Never had a bad meal here. All the food is cooked to perfection and as requested. If there ever is a problem, just let them know and they will fix it immediately. Â The egg dishes are very good and priced about 1-2 dollars less then other breakfast places in the area. My Fav is the scrambled eggs and nova salmon (lox) with well done hash browns. Be prepared as there may be a wait at times for breakfast, esp. on Sunday. Â Open till 3pm only.
Review Source:My hubby's family and I truly enjoyed Ellys as we celebrated Mother's Day this Sunday! Â The restaurant was PACKED (of course!), but luckily we had reservations and were seated with in 15ish minutes. Â I love family owned restaurants like this. Â The food was delish and the prices were right up our alley!
I ordered the Spartan Omlette (without tomatoes of course) which came with hashbrowns and delicious pancakes. Â The hubby ordred a Patty Melt that came with a Chicken and Rice soup (which he enjoyed) and fries! Â The fries were so yummy!
The service was good...typical solid service at an eatery such as Ellys. Â I definately would come back to Ellys! We enjoyed our experience!
The portions here are HUGE and really delicious too. They have buckwheat pancakes and their blueberry blintzes are great too. They have a juice bar so you can order fresh orange juice or grapefruit juice. Service is very prompt and friendly. The inside has a true pancake house feel and it get get really busy on the weekend yet the wait is always short and they are somehow able to accommodate everyone. They  also have lots of parking right in front.
Review Source:Just getting around to writing a review on this place. My wife and I were on our way to ABT Electronics so I looked up reviews on Yelp and was pleased to see mostly positive ones. Keeping in mind that breakfast places are hard to review because after all they are just "Breakfast Joints", right?
Well this place was packed and people were content with waiting so we did the same. It was maybe a 10 minute wait but one seated we had a very pleasant waitress who was very helpful. The breakfast was excellent and I would point out the following for the "Breakfast Joint Tourist" . . .
The pancakes were hot and yummy and they actually had real maple syrup which you rarely find in a breakfast place. It's normally some sort of corn syrup concoction or just flavored corn syrup. The real treat was when I receive my eggs over easy they were all double yolk eggs. When I asked about them the friendly waitress said that all of there eggs were double yolk.
Pretty cool and I highly recommend this place if you happen to be making a shopping excursion to the worlds most amazing electronics and appliance store on the planet, ABT Electronics. Disneyland for stoves, stereos, TV's, Apple Mac's, etc . . . Oh, that needs to be a separate review!
Went there to have breakfast for lunch. Â Great buckwheat pancakes. Â Skillet was amazing. Â Tapped into the free WiFi and coffee bar. Â Great place to gather around a table with friends or colleagues. Â Had a diner feel with the bottomless cup of coffee refills. Â Plenty of parking in their lot. Â Will definitely go back again.
Review Source:I'm quite disappointed in the food quality. I ordered blueberry pancakes with a side order of scrambled eggs and a coffee. Â All three were not to my liking.
The coffee had a burnt scent and tasted bitter.I suppose coffee preference varies from person to person but this was bad enough to make me gag a little bit. Â The scrambled eggs were only semi scrambled and were still runny here and there and the pancakes were not blueberry, but plain pancakes with blueberry topping poured over them. They were tough to cut and bland in flavor.
The service was pretty good. Admittedly the place was rather empty but I was seated within seconds. My order was taken promptly and the food was delivered very fast. Â
The setting inside was a bit cramped for my liking, the back of the chairs touching each other with the neighboring table, but as it happened it was empty so it didn't make a difference during my visit.
The waitress was friendly, but kept asking me if I'm finished repeatedly, I felt pressured to leave before I even got 1/3 through my meal. Â
I enjoy having my coffee and breakfast while I mull over the newspaper and check my calendar for the day and it simply makes it an uncomfortable environment when you are interrupted every 3 minutes.
The pancakes here are awesome - full of flavor, fluffy, and large! Mmm, I could go for some riiiight nooooow.
Big breakfast, small cost. For a breakfast place Elly's is great, the menu is quite large and the quantity of food you get is impressive considering it is possibly the most inexpensive place for breakfast/brunch.
The only con is that the service was a bit slow.. it wasn't even busy :(
i grew up eating brunch on sundays, and i loved it then, but not so much now..
service is always great but the coffee just doesn't seem as hot as it can get.
pancakes are great but the blueberry pancakes are not actually made from blueberries in the batter, rather plopped on top of the pancakes.
i would stick to the normal stuff, eggs, hash, sausage, ect.
Big breakfasts, cheap. I'm pretty impressed with Elly's for a break fast place. They have a menu with selection that most places would die for. I'm totally convinced that if there is a breakfast food that isn't on Elly's menu, it doesn't exist.
Portions are huge here. I think they must think I'm really a lumberjack or something. The food is pretty first rate given that its all simple breakfast fare.
The staff is pretty friendly here. They get really busy on Sunday mornings, especially with the after church crowd, so it can be a little hectic at times. They still manage a smile on their faces, and you get your food in a timely manner. You pay up front, but don't forget to leave a tip on the table.
Parking at Elly's has been tight every single time I've been here. Do everyone a favor and take one car here rather than having everyone in your group meet at the restaurant.
The one downside is that Elly's doesn't have a terrible lot of atmosphere. It's decor is cheap, and has a cheesy country theme going on. Why must every breakfast joint have a country theme?
My colleagues and I tend to visit this place on a weekly basis for lunch. Â The staff is always super friendly and helpful and the food is excellent. Â They give you so much for your money. Â So much that I usually am taking a box home for dinner or luncht the next day. Â If you are looking for good hearty comforting food for a low price this is the place to come!!!!
Review Source:In the world of family pancake houses....this place takes the cake.
Everything is good here. Â Great omelettes, skillets, and pancakes.
Regular coffee isn't the best (kinda weak and not the greatest tasting. Â but by no means horrible). Â Lattes and other barista drinks are decent though.
Staff is generally attentive.
I love to go to Ellys on a Sunday brunch with my family. They have delicious omeletes and pancakes. The orange juice so fresh and coffee good. It's a nice restaurant although I gave it 4 stars because the wait is always so long!! The portions are huge so of course I always take some home and eat the rest 2 hours later haha. Its nice to go to if you're sick of IHOP, Bakers Square, etc. Prices are reasonable as well. This is the only location I ever been to and  it's pretty nice.
Review Source:I agree with David S. about the pancakes. Â IMHO, nobody can match Walker Brothers so it's not even worth talking about. This is why I order toast instead of pancakes.
The omelettes however, were fluffy and quite good. I usually get a vegetarian with cheese. Â
Coffee was so-so, most breakfast places have average coffee provided by Inferior(oops! I mean Superior Coffee)....if it's coffee you want, I recommend Walker Bros. or Rise n' Dine.
Parking is atrocious so come early on the weekends.
It's not the Elly's in Alrington Heights, which I love and adore, but it's good. Â We stopped in while on a motorcycle ride and got a table quick on a Sunday morning (unheard of at the Arlington Hts location), servicer was pleasant although felt that we talked to fast to get the order right without us repeating... but did repeat to us before walking away, the food was very good and the atmosphere was comfortable. Â This was the second time we'd been to this location and were not sure what to expect because the service and food were not as good the first time... but definitely will return for a third visit based on this last one.
Review Source:I'm giving this joint 3.5 stars. Why? Cause for a pancake house I expected better pancakes. No! I'm not being tough. Try their pancakes and you'll know what tough is.
We hit this place last Saturday for our weekend family breakfast because Glenview Delight looks like it has shut down (see review). The parking lot was packed!!! We were pretty excited and cautious at the same time. Cautious...why cautious?? That's how we always are when we try someplace for the first time.
We were seated pretty promptly considering how packed that parking lot is. I'm still deciding if it's good business sense to have more tables than parking spaces or spaces than tables. Can you tell me which is better?
The menu was quit large and full of the typical diner/pancake house fare. My benchmark for these kinds of places is a Western/Denver omelet with American cheese, coffee, hash browns/home fries crispy and of course...the pancakes. I asked the server, "How's the pancakes?" Her reply was, "They are good. It is a pancake house." She said it with the confidence only found in football locker rooms during the half time show when your team is only up by 3 points. So, I order them with heightened expectations.
While we waited for our meal, I pounded the java (which wasn't too bad) and observed the other patrons plates. The guy in the booth next to us had a lot of food. Eggs, potatoes, some salty meat, a fluffy looking short stack and 2 big wedges of fruit that look like over grown garnishes. I was feeling good!
My wife likes the fact that they have hot soup available for breakfast. Yeah, it's different. She likes savory foods more than sweet. She got chicken noodle soup for herself and our son, the migas with buckwheat pancakes on the side. The service was great about getting the soup out for our son. My wife's food was good. Mine had big tasty chunks of ham, the veggies were cut proportionately, the hash browns were nice and crispy and the cheese was missing......
Oh the humanity of it all!!!
I was kind to the server...blamed the kitchen...took it as a Steinbeckian omen to cut back the fat. ::sigh:: On to the pancakes!!
I examined them first, and they didn't look as fluffy as the guy sitting next to us. Ok, I'm a patient man. Before I added any maple goodness, I attempted to cut a piece for my son to gnaw on and gnaw he did! To my frustration, I had trouble cutting a single pancake with a fork. Was it the coffee? The over expectations? The lack of melted yellow dairy? It was the pancake.....
Since syrup doesn't have any fat, I poured a little extra. Don't tell my wife. That can be our little secret. Not only to indulge a wee bit, but to help soften up the rough and tumble pancake.
In all fairness, we will go back to try the place again because of the soup for breakfast thing. Maybe after a while....
Final yelp. On my way out of the joint, I passed an older couple in the parking lot. The gentleman asked, "So how is the place?" LOL!!! Did he ask the wrong person! I started my verbal yelping on the pancakes, in general I gave the food a compliment, then asked, "Have you been here before?" He laughed affirmatively. Then I pushed, "Do you own the place?" You never know who's asking you these kinds of question out of the blue in a parking lot. His response was a negative head shake, but a weird look in his eyes....
That's my yelp and I'm sticking to it........
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