Egg Basket Pancake House

880 S Barrington Rd, Streamwood
(630) 483-1200

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The skinny Thai or Philippine lady needs to learn how to mind her business. my fiancée had to leave and she really had the audacity to ask where we are going, (none of her Business) then asked me if I’m going to stay.. can’t make this bs up.

terrible service, felt depressing to be there.

Will never step inside to get food there again.

-A.K

Atmosphere: 2

Service: 1

Pavlo Kondratiev

Pancakes were amazing

Ryan Braschko

Well, our breakfast at The Egg Basket and Pancake House was definitely an experience—just not the kind you write home about unless you're warning relatives.

We walked in to find only one other table occupied, and the waitress was so deep in conversation with them you'd think she was officiating their vow renewal. No eye contact, no “be right with you”—just us, standing there like extras in a Denny’s horror movie. When she finally noticed we existed, we were seated in a booth that clearly gave up on life in 1994. The cushions had permanent “butt dents” so deep I think I achieved sciatica just sitting down.

The vibe? Vintage, but not in a cute, kitschy way. More like “1970s rec room meets furniture liquidation sale.”

We eventually got menus and placed our drink orders. Ten minutes later, she returned to crush my wife’s breakfast dreams by telling her that the one item she actually wanted—the cinnamon raisin French toast—was no longer a thing. Same with the Greek toast. Apparently, the menu is more of a wish list than an actual list of offerings.

When the food finally arrived, we got our hopes up for about 3.5 seconds. Then came the flavor... or, rather, the total absence of it. My wife’s French toast had the texture of drywall and the taste to match. My chopped steak and eggs were so bland I thought my taste buds had quit mid-shift. The hash browns were burned yet still managed to taste like nothing. Impressive, in a sad way.

The syrup? Served in tiny plastic cups that looked like they’d survived multiple apocalypses. It had the consistency of aged glue.

Service? Nonexistent. No coffee refills, no second check-in, and barely a smile. I told the waitress everything was great because I didn’t want to be that guy—but oh, I lied. I lied hard.

Once upon a time, this place was great. Now? It feels like it’s being slowly reclaimed by the earth. If you’re into culinary disappointment and vintage furniture-induced back pain, this place is for you. Otherwise, run.

And just to really drive it home: as we were sitting there, we noticed a Beatles reunion happening—on the wall of our booth. Yes, crawling bugs. Just chilling. Even they looked disappointed.

We will NOT BE BACK—and that booth might still have a part of my spine.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Evelyn Tudela

The waitress was too busy chatting with another employee to be attentive to the customers us included.

The food was good, and the serving size was good. The sour dough bread was very good.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 2

Mr. Fco. Dominguez

me and the woman love this place. Super good food, super good staff and super good prices. This place is SUPER

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jeanette Weber

Great service, excellently prepared food!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Steak Skillet

kenjer711

Four of us had breakfast there today and were very happy with our plates. I had the Popeye Omelet with egg, spinach, bacon and Swiss cheese. Very good. The side was hash browns and they were just okay. Not bad, but not exceptional. They needed salt and pepper, which was no problem to add. The rye bread toast was chewy and exceptional. It was probably the thing I loved the most. My partner had the Meat Lovers Skillet and really, really enjoyed it. My son had the Lingonberry Pancakes and said they were delicious. Lingonberry is not on many restaurant menus, so that was unique. His wife had the Wild Berry Blintzes and they were just okay. I think it was the first time she ever had blintzes and she was not crazy about them. It was a good experience overall. The server was very attentive and responsive.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Rogina Weston

I wanted to try a new breakfast spot and since I was at Walmart I decided to try them out. When I first walked in the hostess was on his phone and and seems a little lost after I requested a booth he stared into a room of emptiness before picking the booth it took the waitress about 5 mins to greet us which was confusing to me because this place was empty I had then proceeded to ask questions about the menu and the waitress didn’t listen to my question and went to a rant about how they use real eggs unlike any other place around here I ordered the cream and chicken soup it had no flavor no matter how much salt and pepper I added no flavor I also ordered the two eggs and meat with toast I order my eggs over medium and got sunny side up and two sad looking sausage links the waitress messed up my 4 year old order I asked for grilled cheese and fries she brought French toast and bacon she took it back and make the correct order my sister was safe she ordered a waffle with fruit the fruit saved the waffle for her she also ordered bacon which was just bacon and slightly over cooked old tasting bacon and she ordered a egg scrambled wrost egg no flavor for a real egg also my nephew ordered the angus burger and again no flavor he tried adding salt and pepper to no avail portion sizes were decent except the two tiny sausage links my sister said it over all underwhelming and not impressing at all they need to clean a little better because there was dirty air vents and bugs in my light fixture above the table will not be going there agian also if it wasn’t for me having to give a star I wouldn’t of done that

tony deleon

The food was good but the second time we went there the service was not so good the server I felt ignored us and forgot some food items and we had to ask for refills..but the food is good

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 3

Levitator

I think they just assume you have ketchup at home and can't imagine someone on the go etc. They don't like to honor your requests that you PAID for on to go orders.

Jay Bly

A great local place. For breakfast and select lunch items. Service was good.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Esmeralda Ruiz

Waist of time and money. Service and Food was terrible ? Never coming back.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Wild Berry Pancakes

Erik Linquist

Bottomless coffee, good breakfast selections. Friendly staff and comfortable atmosphere.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Biscuits and Gravy

Jenni T

Waitress was great.
Food was ok.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 5

Wojciech Gorecki

They served a huge portions of orders and I really loved their skillets and coffee.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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