Dapper’s West Family Restaurant

Neighborhood Greek family owned restaurant. Staff friendly and wide choice of menu selections. Food taste is average, nothing stands out but quality consistent. Have tried breakfast and dinner. Dessert the highlight, must try the cakes pies, and cookies. Would return for a nice family meal.

Still love this place after all these years! The staff are always nice and I know the food will always be good

I was brought here by my fiancé for some breakfast and the place did not disappoint. I got the country fried steak and eggs with a side of pancakes and everything was delicious. The service was good but not exceptional which is why I gave this place 4 stars. This place is definitely worth a visit.

Skillets are the BEST!!! Dappers is NOT cheap on giving you big portions, and you will NEVER go home hungry. Friendly staff, clean and delicious!!!

Have been coming here for 15 years. It never disappoints. They never skimp on quality or portions. Great price and staff is always attentive and friendly. Angelo is welcoming and always takes time to visit our table.

Food was good, but our service was terrible!!! My friend ordered a small side salad which consisted of mostly iceberg lettuce, 1 slice of tomato and 1 hardboiled egg. She was charged $ 4.90. That’s crazy!!! A bit much for lettuce and 1 egg! I had coffee and our waiter didn’t ask once if I would like a refill. We watched our waiter walk by with the coffee pot in his hand time and time again giving refills to others and never asked if I would like a refill. I asked for refills from the bus-​boy. As a matter of fact, he never asked us if everything was ok and/​or if we needed anything else. For a Sunday morning, I would of never thought that getting a coffee refill would be such an issue. It’s a shame too, because my food actually tasted pretty good…

Ate there a few days ago, for the fourth visit but every time I order a different meal. I get terrible stomach and indigestion 30 minutes after leaving the restaurant. I would suggest any other restaurants before eating at dappers!

We met up with some friends this past weekend on a Sunday around 8:30am. The restaurant wasn’t packed at all, got a seat right away. Service was great, coffee was ok, wasn’t the best but it was good.
I ordered the Turkey Sausage with Eggs, Im picky about breakfast and this place was really good. I would definitely go back for breakfast again.

This place doesn’t even deserve 1 star. They were out of almost everything I tried to order and the food was terrible. I usually don’t like writing bad reviews but they just have way to much on their menu.

What is it with Addison and diners? Another good spot. I used to go to Dappers with my Grandfather, and now go with my cousins and my daughter.
An old school place (this is said with affection), but clean and well run.
I would have breakfast at Dappers anytime I am in the area.

Mike & I have been to Dappers plenty of times, we had breakfast, lunch and dinner.
We had no bad experiences, we never had to wait 15 mins. for a cup of coffee as they always come around with a pot of coffee, Dappers may have been busy. We never waited long for any thing, I have no idea where Alexandra is getting her information, Alexandra must have a really bad ATTITUDE, I recommend Dappers, no one should listen to bad reviews unless you try Dappers yourself then review. Dappers is an Awesome restaurant.

My family and I have been coming here for years! Never has failed us yet. You know when the service is good because the same servers have been there for years! All of the soups are always amazing. My favorite is cream of chicken! I have a few favorites that include: Russian Rueben, skirt steak sandwich or the skirt steak dinner, pork tenderloin dinner, leg of lamb special, and chicken salad on a pita! If they continue serving everything with great portion sizes and quality food we will be coming back for years to come!

I’ve been to Dappers a few times, usually preferring Sunmist or Dinos (further west down lake street). BUT neither of those are open late so to Dappers we went last night. I’ve been here at all times of the day or night and it’s never been all that good. Never been all that bad necessarily either though. However last night was just plain terrible…
They were out of the cream of broccoli soup (sad) but I can understand that. My husband got the «gumbo» (if you could call it that). It was like slurping a liquidized salt lick. I felt my blood pressure rise after one spoonful to try it. His entrée was the meatloaf dinner. It was very solid and looked more like thick slices of gyro meat in my opinion. Also, it was pink in random spots throughout which we found to be odd. It definitely didn’t look like any meatloaf we’d ever seen before. His gravy on the side was very clumpy… like snot. He barely ate any of it and felt the plain/​bland mashed potatoes were better.
I ordered the caesar salad and a side of hashbrowns (because even tho I wanted something light, potatoes are always necessary). WORST SALAD OF MY LIFE! How hard is it? Lettuce, dressing, chicken, croutons, and a dusting of parmasean cheese. This one? Soaking wet and WILTING lettuce, no dressing AT ALL, bland fatty chicken (I could swear it smelled weird too, but my man said that’s what bland chicken smells and tastes like), and a ridiculous amount of vegetables piled on top. Raw onion, 4 wedges of tomato, cucumber, olives (like 5 or 6) and hard boiled egg. Ew to all of that. The amount was well beyond that of garnish or a bite here or there– I had trouble fitting it all on my little bread plate! I didn’t order a mixed veggie platter. All the effort put into taking all that crap off and I was greeted with the wet, wilting, tasteless joke of a salad underneath.
Plus side? My hashbrowns were undercooked. Luckily, I like them that way. That, plus the ketchup on the table was all I ate. The waitress was friendly and courteous, she kept our waters full which is more than other waitresses we’ve had here have done.
My husband let me have his dessert so I chose from the large bakery case. The only thing I’ve ever had from there before last night was a cookie so I opted for the oreo pie. Surprisingly, the man at the register cut a rather generous piece and we took it to go. It’s quite thick, but with a little bit too much whipped topping. Otherwise, no complaints on that one.
I wanted to believe this bad experience was due to the time of our visit which was 11pm, but it’s hard to accept when it’s more than an hour and a half before closing and mostly empty inside. In hindsight, that should have been a clue. To add insult to injury, any other time we’ve visited the food or service was less than mediocre. We left hungry and dissatisfied. This was the last straw, we won’t return.

This place isn’t what it used to be. The service was crappy!
We waited 15 mins to get a cup of coffee.
Waited another 15 mins for creamer.
The waitress came about 10 mins later to take our orders.
My sister didn’t like her order because of the condiments in it and asked them to change the order… they charged bit orders. Didn’t ever warn us that they where going to do this.
Brought dessert to us, it was spoiled. We told the waitress and she questioned us.
She through our plates at us.
Then we went to pay our bill and asked for an adjustment and they said they could only change the platter that my sister returned to ½ the price… I got on the defence and said «NO» I refuse to pay for something we didn’t eat. I asked for the manager, he never came. The cashier (after 10mins) finally took the charges off.
I don’t recommend this place and I will NOT return.

This is our to-​go spot to please everyone, especially late at night. We like most of their soups (Greek style with a bit of a lemon taste); their breakfast selections are generous and tasty; and I’ve always been pleased with our dinner choices. And to top it off, they actually do a decent saganaki for when I want to splurge without heading into Greektown! But even better than that, I’m seated quickly, the food comes out hot and ready to eat, the staff is helpful, and the place is always as clean as a whistle.
The place also has a large parking lot, so you never have to worry about being crowded, although you’ll find people in there any hour of the day or night because it is really good.

Food & atmosphere very good, 4 Stars. Service 1 Star.
Long time customers, future is somewhat uncertain.
Our initial server, terrible, forgetful, poor attitude, and after throwing a straw at my wife, had to request management to replace the server.
Never had an experience quite like this one before, and may be isolated to this one situation & server. Subsequent service was good, management did not follow up and inquire what the issues were.

No bad, soup was good, salad ok. Very friendly place git seated quickly waitress was really nice.

Note, I walked in and ordered to go, did not dine in.
I was greeted quickly and asked to go to the counter to order when the waitress asked me to have a seat while she took care of some other tables. She was very nice, took my order then asked me if I wanted coffee. I didn’t think I wanted coffee, but next thing you know, I wanted a cup. Coffee was very good.
Food was very good. Ordered an egg white omelete for my cousin and eggs with pancakes for me. Very good choice. Everything was perfect. Prices were reasonable and super fresh. Will have to go back and eat in next time.

There’s a plethora of similar restaurants in the area and this is my least favorite. TSome of the things I hate are small idiosyncrasies like the waitresses calling me «sweetie» or «honey» over and over. And wear less perfume.
But really the food isn’t great. The soup is always fantastic, I’ll give them that. But the prices have gone up. I had the shirt steak which was way overcooked. The fish is bland.
The kicker is that the owner sits behind the dessert counter and guards it like a bridge troll. He will absolutely let people walk out without their dessert if you don’t ask for it. When you ask for it, he seems perturbed and cuts small slices. And forget about a bag, he won’t want to give you one of those either.

This place was so bad, I thought we were on camera. Seriously.
As we walked in the door, I was explaining to my companion that THIS is a «Greek (–owned) diner» and to «pay attention to the outdated ‘80s furniture.» I’m a fan of it, btw.
And we walked in, and I squealed like a little girl when I saw the massive dessert display. (I’ve been on a sugar kick lately.) It doesn’t revolve, but maaaan, is it extensive. I spotted the Choco Cake I wanted immediately. You know, the one on the faaaaar right that is ALL chocolate.
People-​watching was supreme: I saw a few nice ‘stashes and mullets. The little old lady behind me was kicking me in the booth like a rambunctious kid. I saw all sorts of peeps of all age ranges, which seemed promising.
Our waitress called us «Sweetie.» Over. and. over. gahhhh. That should have been my first warning that things were awry in this joint.
The dinner menu has the soups listed as: «Soup of the Day, Pea Soup, Chicken Noodle: $ 3.50.» I asked what the Soup of the Day was and was told «Pea Soup.» Erm, alrighties. I went with it. I also ordered coffee and a slice of the cake. (He ordered the Chopped Steak in addition to the Key Lime pie.)
The soup was insanely thick/​condensed-​ish and lukewarm. Ick. I’m usually a member of The Clean Plate Club and have NEVER left a bowl of soup go unfinished (even the condensed Campbell’s I’ve made at home.). Not here. The rolls and croissants in our basket were super stale. two bites in, I stopped eating the stuff.
My coffee cup went empty despite our waitress checking on us (once), asking if I wanted a refill («yes please!») and not coming back until she brought us the check. Another waitress — coffee pot in hand since she refilled HER customer’s cups — refilled mine.
I could hardly wait to get the check and GTFO. While my friend went to the restroom, I went to pay. Aaaaand waited. And waited some more. The «manager» or whoever he was (he kind of walked around the place intermittently) finally put down the Coke he had at the counter area and moseyed on over to me. He didn’t ask how anything was — just rang my card through.
Bad, baaaad experience. We won’t be back.