This was my first time visiting Chicago, and dining at Nellie’s Restaurant was truly a highlight of my trip. The coconut oatmeal was hands down the best breakfast I’ve had — perfectly creamy, flavorful, I also ordered the Sancho, and it did not disappoint. It was packed with flavor and cooked just right. The food reminded me so much of Puerto Rico — authentic, rich, and full of heart. It honestly brought back beautiful memories. I can’t wait to come back the next time I’m in Chicago. Highly recommend to anyone looking for delicious, authentic food and a great dining experience!”**
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Chevoughn Donohue
Authentic and delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Elba Nunez
Food is delicious, weekend service was better. On Thursday 10: am. was awful. The 2 girls were talking to each other. Drink preparation took forever & was prepared wrong. They kept following each other throughout the restaurant and not even once they ask customers if we need something. We have to aks for everything. No syrup for the pancakes, no utensils on our table so I grabbed it from another table. They have 0 interactions with customers. Good restaurants go down because of lousy servers service. I noticed they bring out multiple tables food at the same time so your food is warm instead of hot. I don't think I will ever come back
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 2
Maricela Ramirez
My friend and I visited Nellie’s on Sunday 2/15 and had a rare bad experience. We made a reservation, got there on time and still had to wait a couple minutes before being seated. There was a couple that was seated next us maybe 10 min after we did and noticed that they got their food after we did, which prompted us to flag down staff to give us an update on our food. By that point we had been waiting about 45 min which is then when they finally brought out the avena de coco.
We still waited a bit for food and when it finally came my friends order was wrong, which might have been mixed up since the server didn’t write down our order. They did correct it but my friend had to wait another 10 min for her food.
We overheard the server tell the couple next us that they would be getting 20% off their bill for the long wait, which we also expected to get since we waited longer but we did not.
We did not get checked on the entire time we were there, not even for water refills. We also had to the get the attention of staff to give us our check. We did get offered some free desserts but we weren’t interested.
This is a completely different experience from what we’re use to at Nellie’s. Hope they do better.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 1
Maria V
The pan con mantequilla did not have any mantequilla
Jessica Quigley
The food took over and hour to arrive at our table and when it did arrive, it was just ok.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 2
Gunner 420
This place is cozy the food is amazing the carne frita was amazing the rice was delicious 😋 the prices were perfect Forest location the service was good the server was nice and out going
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sanford Green
Just passing through Chicago and heard about Nellie's through a Google search. Great find. The food was delicious. The service even better. Real comfortable vibe. Check it out
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tomi Oliva
The best avena hands down.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Avena De Coco Coconut Oatmeal
Nickcole Bolden
This place was recommended by a colleague of mine. Me & my party had the Weekend breakfast buffet. Decent price at $25.00. Located on Division St near Western Ave in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. Good selection of Puerto Rican dishes on the menu with an omelet station as well. Maduros (Plantains), French Toast and Plantain casserole to name a few. Service was good, but we later discovered we paid the bill for another party!!🤨 I had to make another trip back to the restaurant to understand how it happened. An employee named Alex was very helpful & kind. He made the proper adjustments needed and many apologies were given. This incident will not discourage me from returning to this establishment.
This is my second visit to Nellie’s Restaurant for breakfast, and both times I’ve been greeted with very friendly and helpful staff. I love their Pumpkin Chi Latte with coconut milk. And I can’t wait to dig into my Tortilla Boricua (a unique omelette) from their Breakfast Special.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Alejandro Chorne Andrade
Fah king fantastic food. The staff is polite and helpful, supper cool atmosphere too. Clean and pleasant.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jade Mazurek
Delish food and super nice staff! The vegetarian sandwich was so fresh that it was hard to put down.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Saadia Coppedge
Very inviting and the food was amazing!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dr Ml
Wow ! Disappointment in this restaurant! Sunday brunch! Very very very very very small choice of food , not so tasty, 25$ for one just food is expensive for this type of food ! Not good at all !!! 😃😃😃
This was my first time visiting Chicago, and dining at Nellie’s Restaurant was truly a highlight of my trip. The coconut oatmeal was hands down the best breakfast I’ve had — perfectly creamy, flavorful, I also ordered the Sancho, and it did not disappoint. It was packed with flavor and cooked just right. The food reminded me so much of Puerto Rico — authentic, rich, and full of heart. It honestly brought back beautiful memories. I can’t wait to come back the next time I’m in Chicago. Highly recommend to anyone looking for delicious, authentic food and a great dining experience!”**
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Authentic and delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food is delicious, weekend service was better. On Thursday 10: am. was awful. The 2 girls were talking to each other. Drink preparation took forever & was prepared wrong. They kept following each other throughout the restaurant and not even once they ask customers if we need something. We have to aks for everything. No syrup for the pancakes, no utensils on our table so I grabbed it from another table. They have 0 interactions with customers. Good restaurants go down because of lousy servers service. I noticed they bring out multiple tables food at the same time so your food is warm instead of hot. I don't think I will ever come back
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 2
My friend and I visited Nellie’s on Sunday 2/15 and had a rare bad experience. We made a reservation, got there on time and still had to wait a couple minutes before being seated. There was a couple that was seated next us maybe 10 min after we did and noticed that they got their food after we did, which prompted us to flag down staff to give us an update on our food. By that point we had been waiting about 45 min which is then when they finally brought out the avena de coco.
We still waited a bit for food and when it finally came my friends order was wrong, which might have been mixed up since the server didn’t write down our order. They did correct it but my friend had to wait another 10 min for her food.
We overheard the server tell the couple next us that they would be getting 20% off their bill for the long wait, which we also expected to get since we waited longer but we did not.
We did not get checked on the entire time we were there, not even for water refills. We also had to the get the attention of staff to give us our check. We did get offered some free desserts but we weren’t interested.
This is a completely different experience from what we’re use to at Nellie’s. Hope they do better.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 1
The pan con mantequilla did not have any mantequilla
The food took over and hour to arrive at our table and when it did arrive, it was just ok.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 2
This place is cozy the food is amazing the carne frita was amazing the rice was delicious 😋 the prices were perfect Forest location the service was good the server was nice and out going
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Just passing through Chicago and heard about Nellie's through a Google search. Great find. The food was delicious. The service even better. Real comfortable vibe. Check it out
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The best avena hands down.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Avena De Coco Coconut Oatmeal
This place was recommended by a colleague of mine. Me & my party had the Weekend breakfast buffet. Decent price at $25.00. Located on Division St near Western Ave in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. Good selection of Puerto Rican dishes on the menu with an omelet station as well. Maduros (Plantains), French Toast and Plantain casserole to name a few. Service was good, but we later discovered we paid the bill for another party!!🤨 I had to make another trip back to the restaurant to understand how it happened. An employee named Alex was very helpful & kind. He made the proper adjustments needed and many apologies were given. This incident will not discourage me from returning to this establishment.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
Restaurantji Recommends
This is my second visit to Nellie’s Restaurant for breakfast, and both times I’ve been greeted with very friendly and helpful staff. I love their Pumpkin Chi Latte with coconut milk. And I can’t wait to dig into my Tortilla Boricua (a unique omelette) from their Breakfast Special.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Fah king fantastic food. The staff is polite and helpful, supper cool atmosphere too. Clean and pleasant.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Delish food and super nice staff! The vegetarian sandwich was so fresh that it was hard to put down.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very inviting and the food was amazing!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Wow ! Disappointment in this restaurant! Sunday brunch! Very very very very very small choice of food , not so tasty, 25$ for one just food is expensive for this type of food ! Not good at all !!! 😃😃😃
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 4
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