Stay away! This place is a real dive joint with poor quality food, service and decor. I've  been in dive joints with good food, this place isn't one of those. There is nothing good at Le Peep and they think that because they are in Park Ridge the menu should be over priced. This place seriously needs an Le Enema!!
Review Source:First and formal! If you are looking for the worse customer's service, eating old food, waiters picking her nose in front of you, biting her nails and serving your food, your research is over.
My most recent visit with a friend, they served us old food that was inspected by the health department, they were instructed to through the food away, and the manager instructed the staff to save it, the next day of the inspection they served it to me and my friend.
When my friend approached the Manager Paulette, she agreed that the food was old, she never apologies, more over she got offended and through us out the restaurant. We were also informing by the cooker that the food was old.
I had to take my friend to the hospital after eating Le Peep food last Monday.
Please make sure not to go to Lee Peep. They are very racially prejudiced.
The worse restaurant in Park Ridge Area. We are shme to have Le Peep in Park Ridge. They should be closed down
A good breakfast consists of tasty food. An exceptional breakfast is a combination of deliciousness and fresh, quality ingredients. Throw in friendly and attentive service, and you have a high quality restaurant experience.
Le Peep hits 'em all.
Check it.
(Recommendation: Try out something from the South of the Border menu.)
I wish I could give Le Peep a better review. The food was really good. I had the "Gooey Buns: to start  the "Drifter" skillet for my meal. They were both SO good. I hate when you order veggies with eggs and they are overcooked and soggy or "veggies" means onions and peppers, not here the veggies were fresh and was a great mix! I also like that you have a choice of English Muffin .
The reason for the low rating? The service. Nice enough but sloooooow. And I am certain our waitress forgot about us after we got our food. This would be ok (or understandable) if she was busy but I could see a group of staff hanging about socializing as we sat with our empty plates for about 10 minutes.
It's really a shame, this place is cute and the food is good.
Poor service. We found a blonde hair strand in the water pitcher, the server did not even apologize... Food is not great at all.
I'm a foodie, specially for breakfast place, I always get eggs Benedict where ever I go, and so far they have the worst.. Eggs are over cooked, english muffins they use are the generic ones you can buy from regular groceries stores, hollandaise sauce tastes like gravy, potatoes way salty and over cooked.
We went to a cup cake score near Le peep, the lady there said they used to have good food but it diminished over the years.
Also, we waited atleast 30 mins for the food.
They need to be in a restaurant makeover reality show.
I still want an apology from that strand of hair.
I can't believe some people rate this for more than 2 stars. Can you guys explain how?
Staff and servers, maybe not all, are very cold, dude I smile won't hurt.
Pro for breakfast:
Plenty of food. Got the chicken fried steak, not overly cooked. Home cut potato hash. Fluffy scrabble eggs. Liked English muffin toasted with melted butter.
fresh orange juice with pulp.
Small pitcher of Lemon water on the table and they bring you a carafe of coffee if your a coffee drinker.
Attentive waitress
Didn't wait too long for breakfast maybe because we we're there @ 8am on a Saturday morning?
Cons:
would like waitress to introduce herself.
Menus we're a bit sticky n musky smell maybe used an old rag to clean.
I used to be a regular here until I discovered their neighbor can make better biscuits and gravy. Generally the food is ok, but usually if it takes me 5 mins to look over the menu and tell the waitress that I need more time to look that menu over, then it's not a good sign. I used to think that they were the only ones to make my favorite breakfast until I discovered it elsewhere (and it was better there). The charge an arm and a leg for extras like two sausage links that are obviously those frozen heat and serve kind. Don't bother ordering juice there. It's a lot of money for a half carafe of OJ that only gives you about four glasses so if there's two in your party that just gives each person two small glasses. The place is clean and well kept, but their chairs are soooo uncomfortable my back's already starting to hurt just thinking about it. I don't think I'll be going back there anytime soon.
Review Source:What does it say about an establishment when you think they should be on the an episode of Restaurant Impossible? Â
I know, thats terrible, but unfortunately they just seemed like a tired restaurant that had even more tired food. Â
My whole family went there last weekend when I came home to visit. Â There were 6 adults and 2 children, so a ton of breakfast entrees ordered. Â Let me tell you, of the 6, I would say only one looked appetizing. Â The service was super slow and definitely lacked any pep and I wondered about the time it took to get the food. Â Luckily we all chatted and had time to kill, but otherwise, this would have been an excruciating meal. Â
When the food came out, I think my father's white egg omelet with spinach looked the MOST unappetizing of all the things I saw. Â The spinach didn't even looked somewhat cooked and looked like it was just tossed on the plate and the eggs up on top of it. Â Some of the spinach was wilted, and the rest just raw and sticking out all over the place. Â I was amused, until I saw my sad plate of Salmon Benedict. Â
My mom's vegetable omelet was pretty tasteless and I'm not even sure what my hubby ate. Â I think he was confused too. Â Would I go back again? Â Not on your life. Â I'm thinking Dennys is a far better choice than even this place! Â And I don't think much of Dennys at all....
wtf.
This wasn't my first choice on a lunch location but since my bf drove all the way to my office to take me to lunch, I figured I would give him the choice of restaurant. And he wanted breakfast food at noon. Le Peep was close, I didn't have a ton of time, and I figured their breakfast was worth a shot.
The service was pretty much the same. The server wasn't very attentive, they forgot to bring out one of the dishes, and it was over all slooooooooooooow. So, not much improvement there.
Their breakfast was much more impressive than the lunch. We both went for the breakfast tacos with scrambled eggs, cheese, tomatoes and peppers on corn tortillas. The bf added bacon into his, while I opted to go meatless and with egg whites. I also went with a side of fruit. The dishes came out and looked pretty darn good. The tortillas were slightly crispy, and looked stuffed with egg-y goodness. Looks are deceiving. While the bf's tacos were stuffed full of scrambled eggs, mine were not. Seriously. What is it about egg whites that people can't get right? The quantity lacked. It was borderline pathetic. But whatever, mixed with the pico de gallo, avocado and sour cream, they were good enough. On to the side of fruit. Everything was fresh except the blueberries. It was obvious those babies just came out of the freezer not long before they hit my plate. It would have just been better to leave them off. No one wants to eat frozen fruit.
Sadly, I was hoping the breakfast menu would get at least 4 stars since my last experience left me wanting a lot more. It was better than last time, but I'm still not convinced. I'm just not sure I'll be back.
I was a regular at Le Peep in Evanston while in college. Â I think it's scientifically known that the "Lumberjack," with a healthy dose of hot sauce, will cure any hangover. Â And like any fun-loving coed, I had my share of libations. Â Pardoning my digression, I have fond memories of the Evanston Le Peep and always found the service and food to be very good. Â But after visiting the Le Peep in Park Ridge, I wished I was drunk. Â The service was really lacking, and the food quality was pretty low. Â I also ordered a salad and they were out of ranch. Â How does a U.S. restaurant run out of ranch? It's like being out of ketchup. Â And I think their prices went up too because I was out a whole lotta change for a very lackluster meal. Â Needless to say, I will not be returning to this establishment any time soon.
Review Source:I have been coming here since this place opened in the 80's. This place has really gone down hill. We presented a coupon upon ordering as customary and were told that it could not be honored because it was Presidents Day. I guess I should have checked the unwritten policy board. Once we placed our order it took a very long time and when it arrived at our table, it was wrong. People that had walked in after we ordered got served before us and we didn't order anything that would require the extra time. They also do not accept Discover so they do not accept ALL credit cards. To sum up my review, they have permanently lost three customers and this my way to pass on my experience.
Review Source:Service is extremely slow. Food is a little below average. Price is too high. Coffee should be the cheapest thing on the menu but here it is not.
I ordered a breakfast burrito. When the burrito finally came I asked the waitress for some extra salsa. She brought me a bowl of hot pasta sauce with chunks of unidentifiable vegetables and I poured it on the burrito before I knew what i got. When I got the bill 15 minutes after we'd finished our meal. (btw the place was not crowded) I was taken aback by the 1 dollar charge for salsa. This took the bad service over the top as I asked for extra salsa and was given a hot bowl of pasta sauce.
I would avoid this place.
Great breakfast/brunch place.
Unlike one of the reviews I read about Le Peep, I actually loved their bacon. It wasn't fatty and hard, but rather soft and tasty. My entire breakfast was fantastic. I'm usually a hard critic when it comes to pancakes, but theirs were just right-fluffy, buttermilk goodness.
I say yay.
I'm definitely a fan of this place. It's one of the two I can depend on and frequently go to in the area. The prices are decent for the area and the food has yet to leave me disappointed. I've always enjoyed the waffles, pancakes, or omelets. Coffee is kept full for the most part (very important to me!) Â The atmosphere can get a bit loud, but I enjoy the hustle and bustle early in the morning. Typically, we're seated within 5 min of arriving. Parking can sometimes be hard to find and you may have to park a block away depending on the time of day. Thumbs up!
Review Source:It felt especially hot at Le Peep today....I am sure that it was not the fault of the restaurant. Â Even with air conditioning at full blast, shades drawn, the sheer amount of people crammed in the restaurant had to add to the heat from outside.
I do not like their bacon. Â It is the kind that has a liver aftertaste. Â I also did not care for the country fried steak. Â It too had a liver aftertaste. Â The Huevos Rancheros? Â OMFG! Â Forget the rest of the menu. Â Order it if you like heat, jalapenos, carnitas and green sauce. Â If you can't handle the heat, stick with the happy face pancakes.
Everyone was friendly and  the food was great so why only one star? I took a companion there for lunch during the work week and between taking our order and delivering the food, it took 1/2 hour - literally. When we got there at 12:45 the restaurant was hopping with what looked like the local business people and when we left at about 1:30 (about 10 minutes to eat), there were a few sparse tables filled with mainly the elderly. It seems that, unless you can get there before noon and you have an hour for lunch, everyone around there knows that this IS NOT a place to go to for a work day lunch.
Someone should tell them that the explanation "we were busy" Â to a customer is restaurantese for we didn't have enough waitresses and we really don't need your business. They are right.
Even though this place is located in the downtown area of Park Ridge and seemed to be a chain restaurant, two things that usually keep me away from a restaurant, the two for one coupon changed my mind.
After walking into the restaurant we were seated right away and the waitress was at our table within a few minutes. The menu had some unique items on it, but I had a taste for a certain type of skillet which they did not have so I settled on a omelet. You get a pot of coffee at your table, which I always love, that way you do not have to track down your server to get a refill. Â
The omelet came with a scoop of sour cream on it, something that I have never had before, but it actually hit the spot. Â The food was semi hot and due to it being a little chilly in the place, the food was starting to cool off near the end of the meal.
The meal seemed to be priced like other restaurants in the area, except for the coffee. Â For two coffees the price was about $ 4.50, way overpriced. Â But once we found a coupon in the local mailing that cut our bill in half, making for a good breakfast.
Another place I just-so-happened to stumble upon. This time when trying to get to Siam Thai that I've been wanting to try in Park Ridge. I tried stopping in for an early lunch (10:30ish) but they weren't open yet. So I walked next door and found Le Peep.
Has a very homey, diner-type feel to it. Pretty large if you consider it's size as a whole.
My waitress was very nice the entire time, making fun coversation and making comments at the amount of food I ordered (SURPRISE right!?)
There's a glass container of lemon water at each table for you to pour for yourself as you want.
The first thing that immediately caught my eye were the cookie cakes; I ordered them immediately. They're two cakes filled with chocolate chips and crunchy sweet granola. The cakes are large and each one nearly takes up the plate themself, so the two of them were hanging over the edges. The chocolate chips melt perfectly inside. The batter turns perfectly flakey and soft. And the addition of the granola was very different and it's my new obsession for pancakes. Just a great piece overall.
I also ordered what they call an Omni Omelette, which is an omelette with ham, sausage, bacon, mushrooms, combo cheese and sour cream. Again, a fairly large dish. It comes with potatoes and toast. The omelette was well made, didn't fall apart (as mine would). It tasted fresh and the peppers inside spiced it up a little.
Overall it was a very good, unexpected experience. I think I'll come here much more frequently.
I had a taste for a club sandwich and given the limited choices down NW Hwy in this strip of chain outlets, I decided to give this place a shot.
Menu was your typical greasy spoon neighborhood joint (seven brothers, omega,etc). While not as robust as some, enough items on the menu for most.
The first mistake I made was not ordering a breakfast type item, as it appears that is what they are known for in the area.
Second mistake was when I guess I did not read the continents and description of their turkey club sandwich.
The club here is mostly ham, with a few slices of turkey, 2 slices of bacon and 1 tomato served in a folded over pita bread.
The sandwich was OK, but for $9 there was really not much to work with. The club @ Jack's on Touhy in Lincolnwood is a beauty, this was not even close to be a contender.
Older clientele, with some young Chase bankers/tellers from across the street.
A 1pm Sunday "breakfast" after sleeping in just a bit. Â My brother, his girlfriend, and I decided we wanted breakfast food so we went to the one place we love. Â Le Peeps. Â
Im just going to have to cut to the chase and say our service was disappointing. Â As soon as we were seated our server came and handed us menus and told us the kitchen would be closing in 15 minutes and walks away. Â Ummm...coffee please? Â We got the Stuffed French Toast, Salmon Eggs Benedict, and Benedict Omelette. Â Food arrives and is AMAZING...but where's the coffee and water? Â He brings the water after I waved my hand in the air and then tells me the coffee is brewing. Â Uh huh...I ordered coffee 30 minutes ago. Â
Anyways, back to the food. Â I would love to give them 5 stars just for the food. Â Consistent, delicious, huge portions, A+. Â I like the extra touches with the parsley and the dill sprinkles. Â The cut up potatoes are simply well made.
I do have to applaud them for automatically bringing the ketchup and hot sauce. Â Whew! Â That would've been an added disappointment. Â
Interior is light and airy with a huge ceiling in the main seating area. Â Art work hangs from local students on their walls and windows are painted with seasonal things. Â I wish I could of loved this eating out experience but maybe next time. Â I will be back but hopefully not so close to closing time...and not the same server.
I went here with a group of 5 for breakfast on Sunday, around 12:30. (No, despite the time, it was not lunch.) We were going to head to The Original Pancake House, but there was a long wait, so it was decided to try Le Peep. I haven't eaten at this location in years, though I did go to their West Loop location a couple of months ago.
I'll start with the bad and move onto the good...
Cons:
Long wait for our food, even though the resturant was only about 70% full. Normally I'd think it was because we were a larger group, but a table of 2 next to us waited at least 30 minutes for their food.
The potatoes were a bit dry.
Pros:
Extremely nice server! My friend and I decided to get two breakfasts and split them up, which we like to do so we can try different things. Without being asked, our server split them over our two plates, which made things WAY easier for us. Yay!
Over all, really good food. Collectively, our table got the following (and enjoyed it all, despite the potatoes being a bit dry):
Chicken-fried steak
Biscuits and gravy
Greek Goddess (special of the day)
Green Fields Forever (sans chicken)
Kid's cheeseburger (the fries looked awesome!)
Fast checkout. We had to split the bill three ways- and it was no prob at all.
I'll definitely go back, but I have to say, I think TOPH next door is still my favorite!
Wide variety of food - but nothing spectacular.
We went there for Valentines day brunch. Â It was nice. Â They have a wide variety of things to choose from - so you're bound to find something that you'll like on the menu.
For a breakfast place it was a little on the pricey side, but not bad. Â You could easily spend more and the portions are big so you get your money's worth.
I'm not a big breakfast eater. Â I had the almond cranberry pancakes. Â There were two giant pancakes with a lot of berries in them, but I think just almond flavor. Â I had some sausage on the side - three hearty links. Â I also had some fresh orange juice.
My wife had a salmon eggs benedict. Â She said it was okay, but dry. Â Again a huge piece of salmon came out, but she would have preferred it to have been lox. Â
Overall a nice place to go once in a while for breakfast, Â lunch, or brunch as they are not open at night.
Lots of parking nearby. Â
What was odd was that when I tried to use Yelp to find it, as I new I was nearby, it didn't show up. Â Perhaps this review will help it to show up on the Yelp maps.
Very good dark roast coffee, which I find generally hard to come by. the food was good too. I had the cranberry oatmeal which came with a gooey bun, which is an English muffin with butter, brown sugar and almonds on top. Good place to stop if you're in the area, not worth a special trip though.
Review Source:Le Peep is the perfect place to go when you want brunch/breakfast without the fuss. Sure, you may wait a little bit but it's never too long.
Le Peep just has great food. My only problem is that I order the same thing every time I go here...the Drifter. Yes I got it the last time I went and yes it was still great! Luckily my boyfriend likes to switch it up and tries other breakfast dishes and no complaints!
Service is fine, we're never in a rush so whatever. It's brunch, some of the Park Ridge people in there need to relax a little bit and realize the server is not just waiting on your table....cue my devil horns..
* Note, my reviews are for the Le Peep in Park Ridge...just realized I was reviewing the Mt. Prospect one..oops
Nothing special, really. Â We tried Gale Street for brunch, not knowing that they don't DO brunch during the summer months, so then we headed up north and I remembered Le Peep. Â It was crowded, of course, but it only took about 15 minutes to get a table. Â Service was reasonably fast, and the food was good but not exceptional. Â The only quibble I had was that the whites of my over easy eggs were still runny, and that squicks me beyond the telling of it. Â But I didn't make it clear that I hate them that way, so I didn't say anything. Â I need to learn to tell the server in advance seeing as how so many places serve over easy like that these days.
It was also fairly warm inside, and on a day where the humidity is in the 95% range, and the temps are in the low 90s outside, that's not a good thing.  One family walked out because of the heat.  I didn't think it was that oppressive  but everyone is different.
If I couldn't think of a better place to go tor brunch, Le Peep would be a reasonable choice. Â But mostly I can think of better places to go.
We went here for a late Sunday breakfast and the place was busy but not overly packed. I like the way they have the tables set up and the layout of the place, All of the tables surrounding us were occupied and i did not feel cramped or feel like I was listening in to someone else's conversation. Our server was very good, she was friendly, fast, efficient, and did a remarkable job of trying to turn over our table without making us feel rushed.
We started off with the cinnamonster, which we split because the cinnamon roll holds true to it's name. It did not disappoint. For the main course I had biscuits and gravy, eggs, and hash browns. It had a special name, but I don't remember the 'official' name for it. Everything was very good. I am a big fan of biscuits and gravy and finding excellent biscuits and gravy in Chicago is difficult. These were different to say the least. the gravy itself was OK but they added some green onions to it which was a different little twist. I enjoyed the change from the norm.
Consistently good....I usually get the dutch apple oatmeal, which keeps me full all day until dinnertime or the mini veggie omelette, which is equally delicious. Â Service is pretty good and they do give out some good coupons (as well as their coupon book you can purchase...very good deals to last all year). Â Flavored coffee is tasty and the lunch menu items I have sampled are also pretty good (love the open-faced BLT!) Â My only beefs? Â They run out of soup FAST....I got there at lunchtime once and they were completely out (and it was not particularly close to closing)....also, their women's bathroom is gross! Â The rest of the place is very clean, but the bathroom smells horrible and it never changes...maybe next time I go I need to mention something
Review Source:Against better judgment, I went here again for breakfast.
Service sucked very badly. Â It took almost 15 minutes for the server to approach my table, and I had to beg him to take my order and bring me coffee. Â Had he taken 1 minute more to approach my table, I would have walked out. Â Of course, he had so much time to chat with every other table and serve 4 other tables which walked in way after I was seated. Â It should be noted that my server never checked on my table during my meal.
My meal sucked badly. Â Eggs over cooked and cold, potatoes undercooked and ice cold, english muffin was raw and cold, Â and my bacon was cold (I swear it was microwaved!). Â But the biggest crime against humanity was that my coffee was pisswater weak and room temperature.
At the end of the meal, I ended up asking the cashier to send over a manager so I could complain. Â After a 12 minute wait, the manager felt bothered enough to show up. Â I notified her about my experience, and she let me know that she will deal with it and my server... in 5 hours after his shift ends, and that depended on if others complained about his service. Â She also gave me 2 complimentary meal coupons which were set to expire 1 week after my visit.
This place is the suck. Â I am not planning to go back to this location.
I came here for Breakfast and the food was really good. Â I brough my son who is a picky eatter and even he liked the food! Â There were quite a bit of people, but we were lucky enough to get there early before the crowd came. Â The place seemed clean, and the staff was friendly and checked in on us quite a bit. Â Prices wasn't bad at all either!
I would go back for breakfast!
The stuffed french toast started my Sunday off in a pleasant sugar-y state. Good thing since it numbed my desire to take the screaming baby from a close-by table, dip it in tempura batter and then deep-fry it.
Good food but temper that with the knowledge you'll be having breakfast with everyone else in Park Ridge since apparently there is only one other place to go...and don't even get me started on Original House of Pancakes.
Crowded, slow but nice service, and children - i'd go again if I was in the area, but it's not worth a special trip.
So, Le Peep is pretty much your typical brunch place-- eggs, pancakes, good fresh squeezed juices and smoothies... This location is cleaner than others I've been to (I'm looking at you, Evanston) and the staff is friendly. Â
Since it's the only brunch place in Park Ridge, there's usually a decently long wait to get a table, and if you're from the area you're also pretty much guaranteed to run into someone from high school.
Been here once and that'll be it. Â The place is super packed, no room on the tables, service takes forever, food was room temp, bland breakfast meats and very noisy to top it all off. Â It was VERY annoying eating here. Â I'm surprised I saw good reviews posted, these people must be clueless and probably have never had good breakfast before. Â Prices are far from reasonable. Â 4 skillets, 2 coffees and 2 juices for close to 60 bucks??
Review Source:Went back this past weekend 10/7, I highly suggest not visiting in the afternoon if you're having breakfast items. Â Well, in general. Â There on a Sunday afternoon, the place was a pig sty. Â The carpet was filthy with crumbs and other debris. Â A once over with that roller vacuum thing could've made the place looked cleaner. Â The glassware and dishes stocked on the table were unclean. Â My friend and I shared a Cinnamonster. Â Big cinnamon roll. Â We thought it probably would've been tastier in the early AM, if, they are baked every morning. Â The roll was sweet enough and well liquidated with cream, just the roll itself tasted, day old. Â In all the experience was just OK. Â In the future, breakfast hours only. Â For those of you picky about silverware and glassware, you won't enjoy whats offered here. Â Both look like they have been munched, crunched, bit, bitten, smashed, scratched, maybe a once through a garbage disposal. Â Not appetizing, visually speaking.
*************************************
Very good breakfast place. Â Call ahead on weekends. Â Its downtown Park ridge area, it can get HELLA busy. Â On one occasion I was out there early morning, before doors opened and there was a line. Â I still waited almost forty minutes.
Very good and popular breakfast spot in downtown Park Ridge. Lots of menu choices around the usual staples: eggs, pancakes, french toast, oatmeal, yogurt... (try the Petit Toast: french toast sprinkled w/ powdered sugar, bacon and fruit side - ooh good!). Â
Food is good and plentiful, and you get your own carafe of coffee. Â I only wish their skillet dishes came with scrambled eggs (like Egg Harbor) instead of basted eggs. Â But their fresh-squeezed orange juice makes up for it!
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