Lemon Rice Soup. That is all. But seriously, try it. It's the best and I always take a quart home with me, even when I order it with my breakfast. I cannot believe there are other posters who dead-panned this place - it's the best! Yeah the décor is old, yeah the patronage matches the décor, yeah yeah yeah boo hoo this diner is superb! It's everything you could ever want in a greasy spoon diner! The Greeks, lets face it: They can cook, and this joint is no exception. Always look at the specials of the day, they are worth every penny, and they're relatively inexpensive! I'm always going here on Sunday mornings and granted, the place is packed, but you'll get seated relatively quickly and the service to match! Food is awesome, staff is friendly, pricing is average, service is remarkably-fast. I love Commander's Restaurant and recommend it to anyone who likes diners. Oh, and 'mousaka' is pronounced, "moose-aKa!", it's absolutely delicioius BTW. read more

Great service always. Good food. I only eat lemon rice soup from here because it tastes homemade not artificial like most places. I love the vegetable omelet. It's our regular place for breakfast/lunch. read more

Very good lemon rice soup and delicious steak fries. The gyro was so-so, not as good as I expected for the Chicago area. Service was excellent, wide variety on the menu. Not too far from the highway. I'll definitely put this on my list next time through. read more

Fast service. Great lemon rice soup. Chili mac is one of my favorites. The bouncey booths drive me crazy, especially if some unruly kid sits behind me. But that's not going to stop me from going in. read more

Lemon rice soup is delicious but customer service sucks. Also you have to spend $10 to use your card. That's tacky. I, like many, rarely carry cash. Guess they'd rather lose repeat business than accept a card. Guess I'll head somewhere else I'm sure there is someplace around here that wants my money. I'd give one star but the lemon rice soup is really good. read more

Been here with family years ago. Always great service, great food, pricing very reasonable. Not extremely loud and just a chill vibe

Always a great breakfast place in Munster. The staff is friendly and they always get you in and out in less than an hour. The food itself is always consistent, the lemon rice soup is the best around. I love being able to come in town and get a quality breakfast each and every time. read more

When you think about quality of food, quantity of food, and price, Commander hits at least 4 stars. I'm sure not much has changed since my mom was growing up in Munster and coming here in the 60s. There were so many options that looked appetizing, and I'm sure even more options would look appetizing if this was a hangover breakfast/brunch :) We walked right in on a Saturday morning around 9:30/10 with no wait for a table. Water and coffee were offered right away, but we stuck with just water. That's actually the source of my main complaint...the water glasses were like kiddie glasses, and I drink a TON of water, so was finished with my glass in less than 5 minutes. I saw our waitress come out with the pot of coffee and fill up the same two tables' mugs at least 5 times (no exaggeration) before I could even get her eye contact to request more water. Besides that minor annoyance, the food came out quickly and really hit the spot. I had the spinach & feta omelette with hash browns and toast, and the manfriend had the french toast. I don't have much of a sweet tooth, especially for breakfast, but the bite he let me try was realllllly delish. We both ate, and were stuffed, for $17. Add a diet coke and gratuity and you have a $23 breakfast - not a bad deal. We'll give it another try and hope for a little more attentive service. read more

Great place for breakfast! They have some awesome French toast. I alway say a restaurant should have good coffee! I highly recommend this place! Enjoy! read more

We were hungry and driving outside Chicago, we had a hotel check in time around 3 PM. So we thought we should keep driving till then, and then found this place around and went in for a brunch. Food was above average, and had a lot of variety compared to English breakfast type restaurant. read more

I have been coming to this neighborhood restaurant for years. I must say it has very friendly, clean and consistently good food. The place is always packed which speaks for itself. I enjoy the breakfasts, but they also have a huge lunch and dinner menu. They are known for their delicious lemon rice soup! Will continue to enjoy their tasty food. read more

Lemon rice soup is a staple of my youth, and the breakfast has never been consistently topped. I'll keep coming around as long as this place is here. read more

There was a roach on my table today. The service was adequate, but once I saw the cockroach (mid-meal), I realized nothing else there really mattered. read more

Some foods like the hot open face turkey are okay but most of the kids items are gross, especially the Chicken tenders which are fried to the point of cardboard. Plus honestly the place needs an overhaul. Signs attached to the walls with duct tape, cords taped to the walls and the place is just plain tired. read more

Dirty. I have personally found a box staple in my soup before. A family member found a used bandaid in an omlette. Give it a try, and report back what forign object you might find embedded in your food. read more

Sunday morning and place was packed. Service was slow. Food was cold when when we got it. Gyros omelette made with those processed flat gyros meat strips you buy in the grocery store. Biscuits and gravy bland. Second bad experience there. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice... read more

Never had Scrod. Trying it. I'll let you know. SMOKING SECTION!? Come on people, the 50's have long since past all of us by. The place has been around a long time. The menu is extensive and eclectic: Greek, Italian, fish, steaks, burgers and a huge breakfast menu. Service was attentive. read more

I have never had bland tasteless corn beef sandwich before, but I found myself salt-n-peppering the hell out of my sandwich, just to get a little flavor. I have had better, basic middle of the road family restaurant from my places. My husband's family worships this place-not me, and the prices for breakfast are high. The wait staff are nice for the most part. read more

They get zero, stats from me I just left there and left my whole order on the table due to the pancakes were runny in the middle my eggs, were not done sausage was pink and cold chicken fried steak was cold when I asked to talk to the management I was told that they were busy so I left all my food on the table paid my bill so if anyone eats at that dump I hope you don't get food poisoning because the staff and management don't care about the services they provide read more

Service was bad. If i liked the food and the service sucked I will not be back. Simple as that.

It's your typical family restaurant, huge menu, decent food. Nothing special

I was there today for Lunch with friends. I had the Julliene salad and it was very good. Everyone else had Breakfast foods and we were all very happy with the food and service. read more

Good for breakfast. Commander skillet with poached eggs!

This is our go-to breakfast place at home. It's good. Decent food. Nice service.

Good food and service but don't go there on a hot day--management will not fix air conditioning so you will sit there sweating while eating your food. read more

Great food, cozy atmosphere, friendly staff. Our family has enjoyed this place for many generations. Check it out !!

Recently had lunch here and could not believe it! The prices are outrageous! They only allow one pop refill - anything after that and you're charged. The rolls were cold AND we had to ask for them, the lemon rice soup which used to be the best in Lake County was sub-par and the dining room was so noisy that we couldn't carry on a pleasant conversation. I will NOT be returning!! read more

Surprisingly not too bad. Restaurant was clean and populated mainly by retirees. Service off the bat wasn't great but our waitress warmed up after a few minutes (I guess it was pretty busy). Food came INSANELY fast and was plenty hot. I had the Denver omelette, it was tasty with big chunks of peppers and onions. My girlfriend had the Belgian waffle. She thoroughly enjoyed it. Best of all...bill was $15! Never going to beat a high end brunch in nearby Chicago but it was a pleasant surprise and we'll be returning. read more

I've eatten at this restaraunt since I was a toddler..and it is JUST as good as it was back then. ANYTHING and eveything you could want is More than Likely on the menu. The service is good and one of the owners are ALWAYS on site, just incase you need to discuss a less than average situation. I usually get a cup of Lemon Rice soup,bc I'm Greek and it's just as good as my Nounna used to make. but everything is fresh and comes out made to order and HOT. and they're open late too. definatly check out the Commander...MArk the manager will take good care of you read more

I've been going to Commander's for years with my two sons since they were very young now there are two grown men still coming to commanders their service is very excellent The owner and waitresses are very friendly if you get a chance you're in Münster Indiana stop in. They have the best soups out I specially love their cream of broccoli soup read more

Went in to order lemon rice soup. Paid the bill and waited. A gentleman walks in after me orders the exact same thing and pays. They bring him his soup and out the door he goes. Here I stand waiting. No other patrons around. I finally asked the cashier what happened to my order as I placed it before the other gentleman even walked in the restaurant. This question was met with hostility from a blonde waitress with numerous piercings in her ear. She stomped back got my order mumbling the whole time that this wasn't her order. I paid $8.00 for soup. I wasn't offered any rolls (although I clearly heard her ask him if he wanted some) and didn't even receive so much as a cracker with the soup. I'm done with Commander. Been going there 20+ years, but not anymore. read more

Sometimes visiting a place once is enough and it might not be fair to judge them on there lunch or dinner menu from a breakfast experience but it was just that bad that I would never venture wasting a second trip. Slow service from a rude and thankless waitress on a early morning trip. I guess if I was a senior out to grab a cup of coffee or wanted to sit around and BS with the dozen or so 80 yr olds in there they might have treated us a little better? How can you mess up two eggs over easy with hash browns and toast? only to bring me out a burnt waffle that I ordered on the side along with taking 30 min to get it all to the table dispite the fact that we were the only two people there not just drinking coffee! I am pretty forgiving but I wont ever eat here again! read more

THIS PLACE SHOULD BE SUED FOR RACIAL DISCRIMINATION!!!! I had a very disturbing experience at the Commander today and have vowed never to return. I stopped by there today for lunch and I sat at the bar stools and an African-American family were eating lunch behind me and I overheard them say they were dissatisfied with the service from their waitress (which I completely agreed with because I had the same waitress not only today but other times before) and so they requested to speak to the manager. After they stated their complaint to the manager he became extremely defensive and irate and began yelling at the customers telling them never to say anything about "his girls" and "to get up and get out of his restaurant and never return again!!" I was completely dumbfounded. But even more disturbing was how quickly it became a racial scene as several white customers began to make ignorant comments, quickly siding with the manager and supporting his tyrant with their cell phones ready in hand to call the police. The manger did in fact call the police as the African-American family refused to leave. The 10mins it took until the police arrived felt like the longest most awkward moment ever!! But I quickly chuckled when the African-American policeman arrived!!!! The policeman professionally de-escalated the situation, the family paid for their meal and quietly left. It was evident they felt humiliated and embarrassed...made to feel that somehow they did something wrong. In that moment I was extremely disgusted with this establishment and quickly paid for my meal and vowed never to return. I did my best to catch up to the family and offer my support but they had already left and I was left feeling angry and confused. I thought maybe I had been part of the show called, "What Would You Do" or had been watching a scene out the movies the Butler or 42...but none of those were the case. LONG STORY SHORT...DON'T GIVE YOUR BUSINESS TO THEM!!! ZERO STARS read more

Been going here for years. My wife and I usually order the broasted chicken dinner. Takes a little more time but is worth the wait. We have tried various items from the menu and have yet to get something really bad. Service is good, just be prepared to wait if you go on Sunday morning or early Sunday afternoon. Overall, a decent place to eat. read more

My cousin and I meant for dinner and some coffee last night at The Commander. Let's just say the only good experience that we had was our waitress. My cousin works so we both met a little later in the evening around 6:45. It was the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Our waitress came to the table and said nicely if you could choose something from my new if we were going to eat that the cook stops at 8 tonight. So that's fine I ordered my sandwich and we were drinking coffee and talking. She told us not to worry that we could stay there because all they were doing after we ate was cleaning up and then leaving and that wasn't going to be until 10 p.m. . Well at 8 the owner Gus comes over to the table puts down a box and he says you're going to have to leave were closed and you're going to have to take your sandwich and whatever else you have and make it to go and I saw him doing this to others in the restaurant that we're still eating as well. I guess I'm jumping a little bit ahead of myself but our hostess I don't know her name gives me to menus and tells me to find a place to see she doesn't see people. I was there a week earlier with my cousins to have dinner and she did the same thing with the menus she doesn't even see you. So now it comes to the point where we decided we're going to have to leave I packed up my to-go box and went to the cash register to pay. I hand the hostess my debit card and our total was $7.95. She Taps on a sign on the counter that says you can't use your debit card unless the order is $10 or more. I said I'm sorry I don't carry cash this is all I have so this is what you're going to have to get paid with. And in a very snotty way she said we'll remember it for next time. As my cousin and I left and we were in the foyer we talked about our incident and we both decided there will be no next time because of how rude the upper management is. Like I said The only person that was fantastic the whole evening was our waitress and I hope she gets wise and leaves that restaurant to get another job elsewhere! Trust me that is the last time I will visit that establishment because of the incident that occurred. There are plenty of the restaurants to go to who will not treat you that way! read more

Ate here with my family of 7. We had 3 kids meals, which are not really cheap especially since we have to pay extra for the gluten free buns, the kids meals comes with a small drink included in the price. Our server brought the drinks out in a 4 inch glass with the meal. The adult drinks are served in a 7 inch glass. I've been there before and never have gotten such a tiny drink for the kids before and they were refilled. When they needed a refill, our server informed us that the kids soda is not refillable. Advised her that we have always gotten a refill on the kids soda, she stated, not by me, this is the policy, no refills. The fact that I had to flag her down to get her to the table, not good service and how rude she informed us that she would not refill the kids drinks, and she was not thrilled to fill the adult drinks, will definitely keep me from coming in going forward. Pepsi products must be more expensive that RC and Coke that Commanders does not want to give a refill. Customer service here at an all time low. Apparently the soda must come out of our servers pocket. The Lemon Rice soup is very good but not enough to come back and get treated rudely. read more

Commander provides many different assortments of classic foods. Very good for a quick eat. The modern take on the lemon rice soup signifies true excellence behind the counter. Great stop, highly recommend. read more

This is as good as it gets folks, if you want a tasty meal for breakfast, lunch or dinner--commander is the way to go! Great meal portions, typically comes with soup and/or salad and meals get dessert as well. Always one of my favorite choices to go to! read more

Ive Been Here A Few Times Being I Lived Down The Street. This Place Has Good Service, Decent Priced Food, & Open For Those Bad Hungover Mornings. The Chicken Noodle Is Fresh & Breakfast Looks Like Its Decorated For Magazines. The One Thing I Recommend HIGHLY Is Their Burgers !!! They Are Soo Fresh & The Fries Are Super Thick So You Get Your Money's Worth With The Entire Meal. Thats All. read more

This is like a Munster reunion and area classic. Everyone in town comes here and they do a very good business. The food here is what you would expect from a good breakfast place. The service is good and fast. The price is reasonable and I would recommend this place for breakfast for anyone in the area. read more