Breakfast House

Quick and friendly service, and a delicious Nutella French toast special for breakfast. The environment was clean and inviting, and well worth a return trip.

Excellent food. Crispy bacon! Fresh squeezed OJ and intelligencia coffee!!! I just don’t understand why more breakfast places do not serve high quality coffee.

Nice, clean and peaceful place! A little hard to find parking but it’s chicago. Good service sat down quickly no waiting, served water right away everyone very nice. Food came our nice and hot! Love the fact that the orange juice was freshly squeezed and my son really liked that the chocolate milk was actually made and not taken from a already mixed. Will have to bring my parents.

Excellent!!! Great place for delicious, good quality food! Everything is fresh and cooked to perfection!

Incredible service, delicious food and no outrageous waits for a table! Affordable and a perfect start to a Saturday! We had the Vanilla Waffle, Breakfast Burrito and house potatoes. All were spot
On and perfectly flavored. We’ll be back!!!

The food was very good and tasted fresh. I ordered the 3 egg omelette and a meat sampler. With the meat sampler, you can choose 3 different kinds of meat. I had 2 strips of bacon, 2 sausage links, and a few slices of their andouille sausage. Andouille sausage was pretty spicy and tasty. My girlfriend ordered the corn meal cakes (which tasted great) and my other friend ordered the breakfast burrito. Good food with perfect portions. I’ll be coming back for sure.

Cheerful storefront place with a real neighborhood feel. Really nice menu with both breakfast and lunch items. Numerous Mexican inspired options. I had the baked vegetable frittata with tomato sauce, (which sounded much better in the menu description than it actually tasted.) It’s actually a veggie /​egg casserole which is pre-​cooked, then nuked before service. Unfortunately, it was served just slightly warm. The tomato sauce brought back fond memories of Campbell’s Tomato soup!
Also had a beet salad which was just what I expected. Terrific Intelligentsia coffee. If I come back again, I’d probably opt for the chicken and waffles. That really looked outstanding.

Food is good but does not blow me away. I gave it four stars for the following:
–Very nice waitresses
–Gave us a complimentary plate of fruit when they forgot to put in our order (and apologized several times)
–Flexible with substitutions and supporting filled with food restrictions
–Peaceful outdoor patio with flowers. Nice for a Sunday morning.
–Good value for your money.

I don’t know about you but, for me eating out for breakfast can influence whether I have a great start to my day or a drag on the day. It depends whether you had very tasteful meal that makes you feel warm and fuzzy inside or not.
This spot is closer to 4.5 Stars. The good reviews previous to mine describe this place well. The service was friendly and solid.
Totally enjoyed having the veggie egg white omelette (with tabasco) and potatoes, and the pancakes I shared were fluffy and didn’t require a dousing of syrup. The coffee was very good too. It’s a high quality greasy spoon diner.

Well hello Breakfast House, nice to make your acquaintance! My friend and I were struggling to find a brunch spot in the area and Breakfast House came up on my Unilocal radar and thankfully so!
We got lucky to snag a patio spot on the most gorgeous day of the year. Bottomless Intellegentsia coffee and horchatas! Whaaa! We didn’t even look at the regular menu since all the Chef’s Specialties grabbed our attention at first glance.
Between the 2 of us we ordered 3 plates… oops! Sorry not sorry. It was amazing. We ordered the crab cake benedict, the breakfast burrito and the oven baked french toast with berries. Everything was delicious to the last bite. Very well cooked and full of flavor.
I will be back!

Fabulous Chef’s special goin on right now the Brisket Hash with poached eggs served with bbq sauce and toast. Brisket was so tender and flavorful. Poached eggs made just the way I asked for it just a little runny. I usually just get a drip coffee which is delicious Intelligentsia coffee, but this time I got the latte. I was served in an adorable, glass high-​mug that was barista style, had the whole ombré look with the coffee and steamed milk. Those little things impress me. Not to mention the consistency with the great staff, and still keeping the linen tables nice touch.

Enjoyed a late lunch here on a Monday with my daughter. Nice spot. Love the yellow walls, and the service was super friendly and efficient. The chicken tenders for kids was really, really good. Chilaquiles was good but not the best version I have had. Easy parking on a weekday.

I love this place — the service, food and coffee! A perfect trifecta in my book. They’re pancakes are my favorite in all of Chicago. Every time I go, I make sure the waitress expresses my sentiments to the cook/​chef. The service is always punctual and attentive and no request is ever too big. Since I have developed a sensitivity to caffeine, I try to only enjoy coffee on the weekends. The house one of my favorite coffees at this spot — Intelligentsia. Although I’m bouncing off the walls after only 2 cups, it’s still worth drinking. The only reason I can’t give a full 5 stars is due to the size of the place. It’s very small and there isn’t a waiting area.

I love dining at Breakfast House. It’s become a favorite stop after church on Sundays. The place has become more popular the past few years so there’s often a short wait during brunch hours. The service is speedy and the staff always pleasant. One of my favorites is their Paris Ommlette served with shaved ham, gruyère cheese and dijon butter. They also serve lunch throughout the afternoon.

Now mind you, I placed an order for delivery 45 mins ago, received my food about 15mins ago, have eaten and I’m now writing this review. I’m THAT impressed!
I decided I wanted breakfast for lunch. I know, I know. I like to live dangerously lol. Anywho, I ordered a short stack of 2 pancakes, bacon and eggs. It arrived nicely packaged, separately, and HOT! Yes HOT! This seems to always be a challenge for deliveries. Not for Breakfast House, though.
Pancakes were perfectly light and delicious. Eggs were scrambled nicely. Bacon was just how I like it. Not greasy, with a nice crispness. Delicious!
I’ll definitely order from here again and can’t wait to try the other items!

Visited Breakfast House yesterday with a friend looking to try something new. I had driven by several times and always thought the outside was a little lack luster but the good reviews drew me in and I’m so glad they did! The front room is small and cozy with a breakfast bar for seating and there is also a back room that allows for larger groups. The huge windows in the front bring in a ton of wonderful light to help wake you up. You can tell right away this is family owned and filled with love. Everyone we encountered was super friendly and helpful.
We sat at the car and I ordered regular coffee and my friend had a Hazelnut Latte. His was amazing and my coffee was good as well. They serve Intelligencia and offer several different coffee options, teas, and fresh juices. I ordered the Egg White Frittata and he had the Supreme Chorizo Hash. Mine was light but had the perfect amount of veggies and fresh, soft, melty feta. My friends hash was AH-​MAZE-​ING! I kept sneaking over to his plate for bites. The eggs were cooked perfectly… Not too runny or hard and the avocado was smashed up to a guacamole consistency. This mixed with the chipotle aioli, eggs, potatoes and veggies was recipe for the best breakfast I’ve had in a really long time. I’ll definitely be back for this. We also shared the sautéed apples which was the perfect amount of sweetness we both needed.
This will surely be my new go to for breakfast. I’m eager to try their other options as I’m sure everything else will be just as fresh and amazing. Such a great place to start your day.

Great little breakfast spot on grand. Always busy but not crazy waits. Corn cakes are great and the family owned and operated usually means great service which is true here.

Disclaimer: Considering that this place is called «The Breakfast House», I probably should have ordered breakfast food rather than lunch food, but I went at 1:00pm, so I stand by my choice.
I would give a 3-​star rating solely for the Chicken Caesar Salad I ordered. I had a craving for it. Otherwise, I would have ordered something else. I hope to come back again to review their other dishes! I was disappointed by the presentation of the salad. There weren’t many croutons and the parmesan was unevenly distributed. The chicken had some good pieces but also some fatty pieces. It was grilled and overly charred. It did satisfy my craving though.
I tried my boyfriend’s turkey sandwich, which is well worth your money’s worth. There were giant slabs of turkey and provolone along with lettuce and tomatoes. The fries that came on the side are pretty good, but also pretty standard.
I love that they offer Intelligentsia coffee, one of my favorite brands of coffee. I got an iced mocha, which was quite good — a perfect balance of espresso and chocolate flavors.
Also, while the music wasn’t fitting for a brunch atmosphere, I thoroughly enjoyed that they were playing ATB. (High five to any trance lovers out there!)

Honestly, I am a little regretful to have lived in the neighborhood for almost 2 years but only coming here for the first time last weekend. This place was awesome! Not only did it have a quaint, family-​style atmosphere, the food was pretty amazing.
We tried the chilaquiles and the breakfast burrito. The latter was actually a special for the day, but if you ask me, it should be a permanent fixture on the menu. The chilaquiles were cooked to perfection. The sauce had a wonderful flavor and was well complimented with the chorizo. The best part was the fresh guacamole that accompanied the dish. It had just the right amount of acid and heat.
We will definitely be back here again!

Came here on a Sunday for brunch. Nice that there’s free street parking and Our wait wasn’t long either. The place is really cute and it has a feel of eating in someone’s living room.
My sister had just run the shamrock shuffle and we were both starving. We each got an order of the chilaquiles, which were extremely good and cheesy. We then shared an order of the Nutella French toast… delicious. The menu has a wide variety to choose from whether you’re craving breakfast or lunch. Definitely see myself frequenting this place for brunch again.

Eigentlich bin ich ja kein Frühstücksfreund, aber nach den ganzen guten Kommentaren hier musste ich es auch mal ausprobieren. Der frisch gepresste Saft war sehr lecker. Allerdings hat der Kellner mir den bestellten, heissen Chai Tee in kalt gebracht. Er hatte extra vorher noch gefragt! Daher gibt es hier einen Punktabzug! Das Frühstück an sich war Top!