Service was great... the 3$ cup of sausage gravy so we could taste it to know if we'd like to order biscuits and gravy.... It was not good! Who puts onion powder in a bowl of breakfast gravy.... It was so gross... even my 86 year old mother wouldn't have more than one bite! The sausage had absolutely no porky flavor.... I'm not sure what that concoction was.... It wasn't pork sausage breakfast gravy!!! Maybe invest in some Good breakfast sausage and you won't have to have some guy through some herbs in a gravy and then call it sausage gravy.... It wasn't sausage! read more

Childer’s Eatery - sausage gravy, probably pork Gravy....no porky flavor, no sausage flavor.....onion powder, pepper and parsley flakes .... Gross - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Peoria, Illinois

The food was great! We went for brunch, and would like to go for other menu items. Will be back when I'm in the area. read more

Childer’s Eatery - Building - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Peoria, Illinois

Overall, experience was a little overwhelming - seemingly everything on their menu has onions in it, and their biscuits and gravy even tasted like a raw green onion, little to no other flavor. Their coffee was okay at best, but $7 for an average, small latte.........get real. Overall not a great experience, server didn't even greet us at the door, just grabbed menus and walked away to a table until we followed..overpriced, overwhelming, over-onioned...go here at your own risk. read more

I've been to other locations a couple times and absolutely loved the food, so I brought a friend to the new location to try it out. Luckily for her, she loved everything she got. I on the other hand was a bit disappointed. We ordered some drinks, she got an oolong tea and I ordered an iced lavender latte...I got a hot one, but drank it anyway. It was pretty good. We also got the bacon lollipops for an appetizer and were completely in love with them. Would definitely order again. For our meals, she got street tacos with butternut squash and kale and some really tasty chips. I got a steak and potato frittata. It was supposed to have chimichurri sauce and Parmesan on the top and potatoes....none of that was there. Also, they'd asked how I wanted my steak cooked, I asked for medium and got well done. It was very hard to chew and had virtually no seasoning. read more

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Had brunch this morning. Sat promptly and waitress took drink order. Took about 10 minutes for her to bring pot of coffee. My food was decent, my husband ordered eggs benedict (sauce separated from sitting under heat lamp) and home fries (was given French fries). Our waitress Brittany H was inattentive to us (she did not deliver food to table, nor check that all was okay until we were finished eating). She dropped the bill on the table and while I'm still finishing up, reaches across me to remove plates! She also stood next to table as we paid and said if you want a receipt you can have one printed up there. Just all around horrible experience today. We will stick with the Junction City location and Brittany H may be best suited in a bar slinging drinks. read more

The location at Grand Prairie is very nice. The staff is friendly and the restaurant is clean. Love to go there for breakfast. Although I usually always order the same, the dish various sometimes a lot. But it's always good. Love their large kids meals. Almost adult burgers and fries for just 4.99$. It can get quite busy for lunch and weekend breakfast, but it's worth the wait read more

While visiting Peoria we found this place on Yelp. We were lucky we got there when we did, the wait was less than 5 minutes for three of us even though they were very busy. We heard the wait grew to 50minutes not too long after we got there. Food was amazing and plentiful. The service was good. The espresso machine was down at the time; however there were plenty of other great drink options. We tried the Cafe Ole and the Black Cheri Yuzu Mimosa. We will definitely visit again. read more

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Happy to have another Childers location. Very crowded on the Sunday I went to dine there. The food was good, the wait staff did ok but the staff that delivered our food didn't know what he was carrying. Our black bean dip had a carrot that wasn't fully cleaned and peeled. I'm optimistic it will get better and was overall happy. read more

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I was going to take a pass on this place simply due to the reviews, however I quickly realized that the reviews were based on a "new" opening and I'm sure they were working out the kinks. Service was great, food was fantastic, coffee was strong and hot! To top it off, I wouldn't expect to find cheese grits in Peoria, but the chef knocked it out of the park! Thought I was in Georgia with those grits. My only complaint, which resulted in the 4 stars was the orange juice... yes, fresh squeezed, however I felt that $5 for MAYBE 8oz (closer to 6oz) was about $3 too much! Take a lesson from the pancake place across the street that serves a pint glass of juice for the same price. read more

Came here for breakfast. Floors were dirty. Silverware was not washed properly. 3 adults meals and 1 kids meal. Took 33 minutes according to the kitchen manager. Who tells us normally they have 6 cooks and they are down to 3. I asked her why did that table that came in after us, get served before us. She goes ahead and acknowledges this did happen, and brushed it off by offering a gift card. Never coming back here. Go to the pancake house across the street and save yourself a lot of time. Food was not even good. Only saving grace was the server who felt terrible. read more

I wanted to love this place. It fell short. It was pretty busy on a Saturday morning but it's way overpriced for what you get. Took almost 40 minutes for an omelet, crispy dry toast, French toast and a breakfast skillet. It was good, but for $46.00 it was NOT worth it. We all had water to drink as well. Also, the food runner was a larger guy with a full beard and longer hair. Seems kind of against health department standards.Do yourself a favor and hit up the pancake house. At least there you get a decent sized amount of food for the price. Overall our visit took almost and hour and half. read more

Tried the new Childer's in Grand Prairie on Sunday. Not impressed. The food took an extremely long time to come out, over 40 minutes. The service was not good; we were ignored much of the time. And the place was very loud, uncomfortably so. read more

This restaurant has been one of our favorites.. Gr8 food and choices. We always enjoyed their Junction city location in Peoria.. more spacious and accommodating staff. The Grand Prairie location has much to improve upon though.. been there two Saturday mornings in last few weeks now.. once close to 11am and today around 9:45am.... waiting period can be really long, they don't provide buzzers, so you can't venture out much in the mall. Sitting area for those waiting is limited. Our server today was slow and clearly overwhelmed. Took 15 mins to just bring coffee. No water was served to few of the guests at our table. No crayons provided with the coloring sheets. The lady who brought the omelettes out was rude and extremely unprofessional.. two of the guests ordered Truffled vegetarian omelette, one without goat cheese.. so the lady was screaming 'regular veggie' when within our group we were scrambling to figure out which omelette is she talking about.. they need to stick to the names on the menu.. if they are in such a hurry to dump the food and get going. I was disappointed with the service, though food tasted good. Not sure if I want to take my family back to this location. read more

I've been going to Childers since I was a child. I love the food and the atmosphere. This new location is great! It's always hard to expand a business and I think so far it's coming along! You can't compare a 30 year established restaurant to a brand new development. I will definitely return with friends and family! read more

The entire is modern and I was impressed with their creative menu. Their tea selection was very nice. I ordered the macha which was very delectable. The Darjeeling tea was also presented at proper temperature for a tea of its type. The bottom pour tea pot it was prepared in was a nice touch and showed me they took there tea seriously. The chilaquiles verdad was very tasty the only this I would add to this dish is the traditional green chill served with it. The bacon gouda lollipops were delicious but a little pricy for only getting five. The service was prompt and when we said we were in a hurry when we sat down they remembered and gave us our check early which was very convenient. Over all I give this a four star out of five due to price. read more

Stopped in for a late breakfast. It just was not that good. The service was really slow, and the food was all cold by the time it got to us. The omelette was soggy and the eggs with the bikerider were stone cold. The only thing that was good was the pancakes. read more

Great service, delicious food and beautiful, clean atmosphere. Love all 3 locations and the new one did not disappoint! Will be back again soon! read more

Went here for lunch! came here with a large party after the lunch rush and everything was brought out faster than I imagined. Love the atmosphere and my burger was delicious! Will definitely be returning! read more

Great Place! I had the Breakfast Burger and it was everything it should be! The seasoned fries were hot, crispy, and delicious. The wait staff is friendly and on point. Covid measures were followed and we felt comfortable while we ate. Bravo to all involved in our experience. We will definitely be back for more great food, great service, and fun atmosphere. Ask to sit in kendra's section, she is awesome at service with a smile. read more

I really love the other two Childer's locations at Junction City and University and was excited to have a location so close to home and took the family. The coffee was horrendously weak, bit we didn't get a chance to complain because the waitress ghosted us for 25 minutes after we got our coffee and placed our order. So, the food cone, and everyone gets their order but me. My mother is missing her English muffin. We complain again and someone comes from the back and tosses an English muffin on my mother's plate BY HAND. There was a huff and a puff and it was almost like she threw the muffin on her plate, "here is your damn muffin." My breakfast burger came out later, but now its overcooked and I ordered rare. The manager came out and gave us an attitude. I expect alot more for the premium prices here. What a horrible experience. This location needs immediate work and is not comparable to the others. Do NOT recommend yet, they need more time to get the ship running right. read more

This place was horrible do not go here the food was cold it took an hour to get here and left out several piece of me meal and half me meal was gone when I got it that was horrible I will never return back do not go let's run it out of business there were multiple hairs in my food and it had a finger nail in it. read more

First time eating here with my best friend! Ryan was our waiter and he was amazing!! Food was delicious. Definitely would check out if you were in the area and hungry for great food! read more

Hands down the best brunch spot in the area! my family or my girls friends go here at least every other week.

Great place to have lunch or dinner!! The interior is beautiful! Lots of choices for any meal any time!!

3 others and myself went on a Sunday. Keep in mind this was all of ours first experience with this restaurant. Hardly any people at the place. We were seated and the waitress came to get our drink order. A question was asked "what are the options" no answer was given from the waitress. An awkward 2 minutes of silence sent by. The waitress then stated "all waters GREAT!" Then proceed to walk away. Minutes went by and waters finally arrived (that were not ordered). We asked for a different waitress at that time. The waitress then asked why we requested a different waitress. After an explanation was given the waitress proceeded to argue with all 4 of us. We walked out and did not order. If it was possible to give 0 stars that would be great. None of us will be returning. Waitress staff needs to work on interpersonal skills as well as replying to questions. read more

My favorite place for brunch EVER. Food is incredible. Sometimes busy but only because everyone else is trying to get their brunch on too!

Food tasted great and menu was diverse with unique options. Confused as to why the breakfast/lunch menu only showed pictures of meals they don't offer? Very misleading. Waitress was able to direct to other options to try though. read more

Waited a long time for service. Staff was terrible. No one came to refresh our weak coffee. Did not get my toast asked about it a girl comes out with it in her hands, almost threw it at me!! Called the waitress told her. She took it and did not see her again. Very bad.. They need a good manager.. And training.. read more

Me and my grandma came to the GandPraire location. We got breakfast for dinner! I got the skillet and it was great! Only complaint was the hash-browns on the bottom of every thing! Very limited Menu would not recommend if you do not like onions or Peppers! Definitely will eat again! read more

If I could give this place zero stars I would. To preface: we are from the area and love to dine locally. Having always heard great things about Childer's, and being out at the Shoppes for holiday shopping as it were, we decided to stop in and see what the new location has to offer. The only saving grace about this place is the decor as it is incredibly aesthetically pleasing. However, that is where the pleasant experience stops. From start to finish we were left unsatisfied. We were sent to a table for 5-because the hostess thought we would be more comfortable-there were two of us and her comment to us was that they do this so that their larger guests are comfortable. She sat our menus down and walked away before we were even seated. Ten minutes later our server comes for our drink order. She does not introduce herself and she does not ask if we have been there before or offer suggestions. It takes a moment to get our drinks and she is off before asking if we want to order. We order, our coffees empty, and she does not ask if we want any more. We try to get the attention of three other waitresses over half an hour to get refills. At this point we were going to pay for our coffees and leave when she hears us say this she returns. Our coffees refilled, we wait another 20 minutes for our food. This was the second biggest disappointment of the experience. Everything was cold, and some things under cooked or over cooked. We had eggs, French toast, and chicken and waffles. The eggs were cold and under done. The French toast was hard and cold, the syrup had congealed and was cold as well. The chicken was over done, so crispy it was hard to cut through, and the waffle just as cold as the French toast. The food came with butter which was not at all melted on any of it. We asked for the bill and it took another 20 minutes to get out of the building. Again hardly spoken to, not asked about our experience, and entirely dismissed. All around this was the worst dining experience we have ever had in the greater Peoria area and we will not be returning. It is understood they have only been open roughly a month but as Childer's is a Peoria institution there are certain expectations which were far from even being met. read more