We were in the area and wanted to try something new. This place is very nice. There is plenty of parking and lots of seating. There are booths and low tables. The restaurant has lots of windows so there is plenty of natural lighting. The restaurant is very clean and the tables, booths, floors, and walls are high quality. I ordered the Gyros platter and it came with a choice of potato and I picked Greek potatoes. They were lacking in flavor but they had the perfect texture and were good. The soup today was beef and vegetables but I chose to have the side salad with Greek dressing. The dressing did not have much flavor... Just tasted like vinegar. The vegetables were fresh and delicious. The Gyro meat was cooked very nicely and tasted delicious. I would definitely eat this again. There were some really nice crunchy and crispy pieces... Not fatty or gristly at all. I love that they included feta cheese, I love eating that with the pita. This has to be the best gyros I have had in a long time. My husband ordered big farm breakfast. The eggs cooked over easy were good. The corn beef hash was cooked perfectly (which is the most important part of this breakfast in my opinion). The hash browns could use a little more taste. The pancakes were good as well. Definitely filled him up. He would order again for sure. The menu has lots of great items on it. Cannot wait to come back and try something else. Highly recommend dining here. read more

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8/18/26 I see people recommending this place still. This place is not a good restaurant. The quality of food is very cheap with high prices. But I guess to each their own. At one time I ordered a chopped steak the WORST I HAVE EVER HAD. . read more

Coffee was good. My special order of oatmeal, egg with a little cheese was perfect. My friend had the fruit waffle and it looked amazing. The waitress was a little distracted but overall good. I would recommend this breakfast place. read more

I have not been disappointed with anything I have eaten at this restaurant. The only thing I don't like about it is the open atmosphere; it makes for a louder environment which I do not like. There's nothing at all to break up the sound. read more

I'd seen this place driving north and thought we should stop in. First off, this is a family restaurant. My wife noted lots of seniors and construction workers in the restaurant. The prices are very reasonable, and the portions are generally large. Let's start with dinner - my wife was looking at their meat loaf or all you can eat chicken, and she went with the all you can eat chicken. I had their roast beef sandwich, which is best described when looking at the menu as exaggerated. The chicken was served hot, fresh out of the fryer. From the darker gold color of the breading, either they have the oil too hot, or are using old oil It should be golden brown - this was trending towards brown. The chicken itself was hot and fresh. The veggies served with it as a side were likely canned and not fresh. I had my beef sandwich with fries, which were steak fries. It came with a bowl of chicken soup (not a cup) and I did find one piece of chicken in the soup. And that's all the chicken I found. The beef sandwich was okay - the beef was thick cut, and it came with Au Jus. I had to salt it and use the Au Jus, or it was pretty dry. Service was prompt - our glasses stayed full. The bathrooms were clean, but the door on the westmost bathroom opened with a bang into the wall, which was a bit startling. Summary: Lots of food. Very reasonable prices. Good service. read more

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Great place for breakfast, lunch, and dinner! Excellent service with personable staff, a pretty interior, and good wait time and quality of food. And their prices are REALLY reasonable. They have great weekly specials too. Their seafood is bomb. read more

I love their all day biscuits and gravy on Monday. And they do have some of the best biscuits and gravy in the area. Also their weekday specials you can't beat the price I can be in and out in under 45 minutes and the staff and owners are unbelievable very friendly and they always have my table ready. read more

When I have ate here in the past it was amazing! I usually get the French toast and it is yummy! When I ask the server for certain stuff they don't look at me crazy. They are very nice! I mean so so so nice! I would definitely come back here! I love this place so much read more

Great home cooked food and very friendly atmosphere. We love the breakfasts, the fried walleye dinner and many other choices!

best breakfast, good customer service. Super Quick Best family diner. The atmostphere is nice

Very quaint and down home feeling! It was a family owned restaurant and the staff were super friendly and even chatted with us for a moment. They checked on our table a good amount of time. The food was soooooo delicious! As you can see the portions are HUGE! I don't travel out here often but we definitely said we'll come back the next time we visit DeKalb! read more

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Food is fabulous! Service is beyond great! This is the go to eat place when we are in Delkalb!

Service was great Food was great Ambiance was OK, the lighting was bright, not a great softness to them. However if the people don't mind them,then they're OK. read more

The food is pretty good depending upon what you get. The service is always good and friendly. It's a bit loud when it's busy but not unbearable. The owners are wonderful. The desserts are delicious. They have the best mozzarella sticks around. The prices are fair and portions are generous. read more

From service to food was no good. Our server was always Mia. I ordered a patty melt extra onions, soup of the day was broccoli cheddar and a slice of ham. I never got the ham. The onions on the patty melt had some raining on them that made them taste like they were soaking in lemon juice. The soup was awful. Like trying to eat glue. I had to add a ton of creamer from the table and salt and pepper and hot sauce just to make it edible. Onion rings were ok, though not salted or anything. The salad had rotten lettuce in it and when we told the water she just kinda laughed and said Oops sorry. Didn't offer to replace it so that whole thing was thrown away. Someone ordered the fish fry while we were there and it smelled so bad we had to leave and I love fish but this smelled read more

Family owned with a very pleasant atmosphere. Food is very good at a reasonable price. Large selection.

By far the best restaurant for breakfast in Sycamore and the surrounding area. Fabulous staff that are incredibly nice and friendly. Food always comes out super fast. I love that they don't try to get all "chefy" with their breakfast. You have to try their pancakes if you go...delicious!! Most affordable restaurant as well! read more

Beat close to home family restaurant in DeKalb. Excellent food. Always hot well proportioned food served by the best staff around. Deserts are great! read more

Finally tried this place The Breakfasts we ordered were blah and a small portion The couple sandwiches we ordered were greasy and un-appetizing Burgers were premade patties, I could make better at home. Not going to return read more

Ordered the Tex-mex salad. Presentation was nice. However the beef was so bland and the taco shell was cold. 95% lettuce. Not shredded lettuce but huge chunks of lettuce. This just was very tasteless. Definitely do t recommend this item. Had to get ranch on the side and just turned it into a lettuce salad. Just to add flavor. read more

Rise & Shine - Tex-Max salad - American Near Me - Sycamore, Illinois

This beautiful restaurant is located on the strip right on the other side of McDonald's. The food is fantastic! The girls who waitress are kind and do their jobs very well! I give the whole experience a 10 out of five. So get out there and enjoy some tasty food! read more

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Just another restaurant supply truck joint. Add water, open can, defrost. Nothing here to get excited about. It's edible and clean, boring, and not remarkable in any way. The service was slow, but it was also the very beginning of full open again and I think they might have been short handed and busier than planned. The server was very busy and very nice. She was the bright spot of our visit. Bacon cook way ahead and kept warm = rubbery O/E eggs had uncooked whites Hash browns undercooked Toast was cold, wouldn't melt whipped butter Pancakes looked big and fine My son liked his skillet The coffee was good. Might go back if our regular places are packed, but won't make a special trip for ordinary food. read more

The folks and food are passable. Nobody wore a mask including staff. Customers were coughing and weez read more

We tried this place a few weeks ago... the food was awesome, the lady brings the check to the table and says "they'll total it up at the register...." ... I totaled it up and did the tax before getting to the register and the woman over charged me $5... I thought "honest mistake." ..... Go there again today with my mother, and they did it again. This time we watched the register and physically watched the lady purposely ring up $10.99 for each meal rather than the $9.99 it cost, what a sleaze ball thing to do..... So be aware she going up to pay, make sure you watch the register and add it up before getting to the register because I have a feeling these "honest mistakes" happen a lot.... It sucks that they're so crooked or at least the check out girl is, because the food is amazing, but we won't be back for these reasons. read more

Great tasting food. Friendly service! Nice people very clean! The breakfast was great and they have specials like all you can eat fried chicken and walleye. read more

The food was great. Looked great and tasted great. Great and speedy service. Would recommend 10/10. read more

Rise & Shine - The French Toast was superb. - American Near Me - Sycamore, Illinois

I love this restaurant! The staff is always friendly and helpful. And the food is amazing. Their menu is huge and has an incredible variety of the types of food you can order. Today I got the Fishermans platter that comes with a piece of walleye, catfish fillet, butterfly shrimp and basket shrimp. Enough food for two meals. Very delicious. read more

Rise & Shine - Walleye, catfish, butterfly shrimp, and small shrimp - American Near Me - Sycamore, Illinois

Ordered catfish and they fried it like cod (not in cornmeal) so I sent it back and asked for a cheeseburger. The picture of catfish isn't actually how they make it. Ordered a cheeseburger and I got it with a hair on it. The owner said the cook has a shaved head so she doesn't know how that got there. Hmmm maybe because it didn't come from his head. She took both meals off our tab but this is unacceptable. I will not be returning. read more

Rise & Shine - Pube burger - American Near Me - Sycamore, Illinois

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This was our fourth time coming to this restaurant, the third time my husband order chicken it was fine but the cooking took very long when my husband ordered the food the waiter asked if he wanted vegetables or other side, my husband asked what kind of vegetables and the waiter said broccoli, my husband said oh yes broccoli is fine, the broccoli was very mushy, my husband likes it more firm, the owner came saying they don't serve broccoli and they did it for him that they only give mixed vegetables, well the waiter did not say so he offered broccoli that is why my husband ordered it, we will not order something they don't have. The owner very prideful and I could see he was angry. We decided to go back this evening giving it another shot, my husband ordered the all you can eat fish, the pieces were huge and the waitress came asking if they wanted more, we went with a friend who is visiting from North Carolina, the same waiter that said they had broccoli came requesting our friends plate while he had food still and he was waiting for more fish, they give you 2 more pieces after 20 min of waiting, the waiter kept asking our friend for his plate we told him they were waiting for more fish but the waiter still took his plate, the fish came and after a long wait my husband lost his appetite so he ate half and asked if he could get a box the waitress very rude told him no you cant take it you have to eat it here, we never have felt more violated treating us as if we were there just for a free dinner, they rather throw food in the trash than give it to the customer as they already ate half, horrible service. We will never go back there made us look as thief's, they are offering the fish and people can't take it if they can't eat it all, horrible service. We spend a lot of money in restaurants I guess they won't be getting our business anymore, with all that is going on and they rather throw the food in the trash or maybe they give those pieces to other people who knows these days nothing surprises us anymore, or maybe they are racist as our friend that came with us is a color gentleman. Very bad service the worse. All you can eat fish is a scam. read more

A bit of background on my experience with this establishment , today was our 4th time in a month and a half, AND it will be OUR LAST.. I have never been so humiliated before, I even had a guest from out of town with me and my wife. Let me warn Everyone If you have NORMAL eating habits and understand on ANY all you can eat, If you do not finish your plate you NORMALLY will be able to take the left overs with you.. That is also assuming the establishment doesnt think you are ordering to get take it home with you,, Hear is the problem with this place AND its the reason i will never go back for their fried chicken they offer all you can eat for chicken and fish, GREAT BUT heres how that works... they give you a certain amount of pieces and unlike ANYPLACE i have ever been, they actually cook up the meal AGAIN,, so the way it works say today for the fish , gave me 3 pieces of fish , i finished those, and asked for 2 more as the waitress asked me , the issue here is after you have done eating literally be prepared to wait another 15-20 min AND if there is alot of people for the chicken i waited for 3 pieces 30 more minutes, now when someone is near done eating it is NOT easy to start eating again, and we get full and this is why they do this. So i explained to the owner last time and i assumed he would change it , how hard it is to have 30-50 fish extra on hand heating for no more than 1 hour?? no they are not going to do that they are going to make you wait and then as today, i asked the lady for 2 boxes to take what i cant finish. I got humiliated in front of my wife and company this girl tells me ohh "you cannot take anything with you" well this is a stupid statement because UNLESS you think i am ordering to take out and take advantage she would of never said it. This is extremely poor business practices, after arguing and telling her, to wait 20 min for more fish, i heard i am sorry, I expressed it to her the way I saw it, as judgemental, and she said let me speak to the owner, she comes back 5 min later :im sorry the owner will not give you 2 boxes, I said wow well know know what lets leave now, so now they have 3-4 uneaten and what are they going to do throw them away? or perhaps put them back on someones plate? who knows , but what a unwise decision that was, lets lose a customer, and on top of that throw out the fish when we could of said sure whatever you dont eat, save up and take home with you gained the customer and we would of been back.. I think the stupid masks are getting people brain dead If this continues this business will close NOONE wants to wait for a second time to cook another meal how easy this would of been to have some on the side and give them out quicker.. we will never come back here the owner is pridefull and UNWISE in business for sure places like this will close do to people getting treated as we did,,, instead you pissed off a customer not to mention embarassed us many places to go next fri it wont be rise and shine... HORRIBLE... read more

Clean bright friendly breakfast spot. I had an omelette and hash browns cooked just right and hot. Waitress was nice and attentive to our needs. Huge menu with Greek flare, I would definitely come back now that things have opened up. read more

The food and service are very good everything I have ordered has been not a disappointment

I have had breakfast there twice and the food is ok and I understand they have recently opened. I can honestly say that the service is extremely slow, I was actually going to get up and leave. I will Not be going back a third time. I wish them the best but something needs to change . read more

The food is great and the place is very clean. I was a little disapointed with regards to customers not wearing face masks when they were coming and going. It is worth trying. read more

this place NEVER disappoints. everything on their menu is cooked perfectly. ive never had a BAD dish of any kind, and ive had just about everything on the menu. the staff are always courteous and welcoming. you feel like you are dining at home. its a great place. if i could give 6 stars i would! i thoroughly recommend the greek omelette, the lumberjack frech toast, the monte cristo melt, and the pork chops read more

Have been there multiple times since they opened everything has been very good and the service excellent. The fried chicken is excellent and worth the wait. The breakfast skillets are large and full of ingredients. The beef roll up was full of beef and cheese and was very good. read more

Rise & Shine - Country Hash Skillet - Excellent - American Near Me - Sycamore, Illinois

We decided to try this new place out. They did a nice remodel, the staff was friendly and the food was good. We will go back again to check out other menu options. read more

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Kind of plain on the outside, but the inside has been updated very nicely. We were greeted with big smiles when we entered and were seated immediately. We arrived around 11:00 am on a Sunday. Two of us ordered breakfast while I had the chicken fried steak special with hash browns. The breakfast plates were well above average for diner food--great taste and pleasant presentation. My chicken fried steak appeared to be home-made with a crispy crust that didn't get soggy from the chicken gravy, while the meat was tender. Hash browns were partly crispy and very good. We were served quickly even though the place was very crowded. Empty plates were removed quickly as well, and water and coffee cups were kept full. This family restaurant was a very pleasant surprise and recommend it very highly for people looking for an excellent "diner" experience. read more

Have had breakfast, lunch, and supper here. Service is very good. Food portions are delicious and abundant. Great place for a meal.

Wife and I go here every Friday night for date night. Best quality food, friendly staff, and good size portions. See you tomorrow!