Yia Yia’s Pancake House – North Riverside

We have lived in the area for almost 20 years… This is the best place for good quality FAST breakfast… The servers are always pleasant… it’s always packed, but the wait is never more than 10 minutes, for me is worth the wait… Love it!

Best breakfast place around! Long lines all the time for a reason. Everything I’ve ever had is perfect and love the staff, very nice and quick. My favorite item is the lemon rice soup. I get this stuff to go all the time. For breakfast I love the bonjour… Whole wheat egg white French toast is my favorite. Simple but healthy and filling. The BLT extra bacon is my husbands favorite. The tuna sandwich is one of my fav lunch time meals. Again simple and easy but delicious and perfect.

Service was quick and friendly coffee and water was always full. It was really neat to have them serve us an order of mini beignets to have with coffee while you wait.

Went on a Saturday — I am handicapped and use a walker — asked the hostess for a close table — we were waiting for others to join us. The hostess «found» us a table as far away from the front as you can get — so we sat and waited for our other three people to join us at a table that was quite a walk for me. The food was FANTASTIC — the waitress was a joy but. .. when I went to pay the bill in front, again, the hostess was so busy talking to a waitress that she had me wait — standing and quivering — while she chatted with the waitress for five minutes. Don’t know what her problem is but — our group may not meet there again because — very limited handicapped parking in their lot and — that hostess just doesn’t seem to be very tuned in to what handicapped means.

Love this place! Super yummy food. Just wish it was open later. The omelettes are delicious but the southwestern wrap is amazing! Great place for breakfast and lunch!

Went here on a Saturday morning with my ol’ lady. There wasn’t a wait at the door, so we were seated immediately at a 2 person booth. The bus boy brought 4 lil fried balls to our table. They turned out to be some sort of doughnut ball covered with a glaze of some sort. They were pretty good with my coffee.
I ordered an Abuela’s Skillet, scrambled with toast. This skillet comes with a side of salsa. Pretty unremarkable, this skillet was delicious and I took it to the house. I used some Tabasco to spice it up.
The Ol’ Lady got the Scrambled Crepes, bacon, egg and cheese wrapped in a fluffy little pancake. She was pretty impressed with it.

The best place to throw money down the drain for super high over priced food. Why should breakfast cost 35 for two people with no tip. The service is hit or miss at best. There are way better breakfast places near by.

We went this morning again after not having gone since before Christmas. We received the same wonderful service as always. The coffee is rich and bold, the orange juice was freshly squeezed and full of mouth exploding flavor, and the meals were outstanding. It really is great to see the entire staff working as a team and smiling.
We enjoyed it thoroughly and look forward to coming back again extremely soon. Rarely give 5 stars but I’m continually impressed by this restaurant.

I have tried this place three times because they are near me. each time a different person takes my order (i get the same thing) and each time there are different restrictions on what i can get and how. Your staff needs to be retrained on the menu and customer service. Never again, thanks Margaret for being rude! *sarcasm*

It was greasiest plate of food I have ever eaten and almost $ 20 with tip. Haha this place sucks.

This place isn’t bad. I like to have breakfast here from time to time. They’re pretty big portions and the pancakes are real big as well. It’s the closest breakfast place to my house and a great place to go to when iHop or Denny’s is closed. That being said this place is not worse nor better than other breakfast places I’ve gone to.

Not great and not horrible. I had the chocolate crepes with strawberry and bananas in the inside along with hash browns and bacon. I know we are still exiting the holiday season but reality is… it’s over. Adding cinnamon and nutmeg to everything especially after the holidays is not necessary and should be optional. For me, it ruined my crepes.

Was dissappointed to find a roach in the the carrafe of water. And the attitude of the cashier was horrible !
She said that they already had discounted a meal what do u want? Was a good place. Never will eat here again !

Food was OK today, could have been better and to make it worse a customer slammed his cup down and cursed another customer out because he was on his cellphone caused a huge scene and made the entire restaurant uncomfortable… and the manager didn’t even apologize to us on the way out in fact he was a Lil rude. didn’t even want to give one star but had to in order to post

Talk about a sweet spot. We came in for a quick breakfast because we had things to do in the area. We we were greeted and seated right away. Coffee and water came out quick. Coffee was typical diner coffee. Probably a bit better. But endless pot, can’t go wrong. I was very impressed to see the creamers are local! From glen view farms. That was impressive. Way to help support local state businesses! Before we ordered, our very polite waitress came out with these homemade donuts. I tried one. It tasted almost like sourdough bread. I enjoyed them. Our waitress said they were some sort of Greek dish. Can’t remember the name. But they were good!!! The food came out hot and delicious. I couldn’t find anything wrong with how we were treated or with the food we ordered. I only wish this place was closer to me. You can bet when I’m back down there and craving some breakfast or fresh orange juice, I’ll be back!

The wait was terrible! The food was cold. The waitress brought me a root beer twice when I said pepsi. And they didn’t do anything to apologize for it. Never again and don’t recommend it. My parents said coffee sucked. And food was cold. My sister order was messed up and they brought her correct order they took what was right from other plate put it on new plate with correct order which made part of food super cold.

I used to come to this place when it was called Jedi’s garden and it was open ²⁴⁄₇. They had THE BEST carrot cake, even the Chicago Tribune n hungry hound said so. Now its called YiaYias n its A great breakfast place. I enjoy their crepes, omlettes n french toast.
This place gets reallyyyy packed on saturday n sunday with wait times up to an hour! Wait staff is very friendly and they always come and ask you how things are. Their donuts with a slight powdering of sugar that they give you, as you wait for your order, taste SO GOOD! Freshly squeezed orange juice taste so good, I love it.
The only thing I do not like is that when you order the eggs n pancackes, they stack them together. I feel the pancakes should come on one plate n the eggs, sausage/​bacon on another plate.
They have their own parking lot and is only open for breakfast/​lunch. NO DINNER SERVED HERE.

Where do I begin… this was my first time trying this place. Reviews are pretty good, so I made the call for pickup. 25m later, I came in to get my order. There was a huge line. I wasn’t sure where To go, so I proceeded toward cashier/​host. I was told to stay in line to pay for my to go order. This was a problem, because I was in a hurry and there were dozens of people lined up to pay for their meal. after sitting down?! Why cant they pay at table? Anyway, 15m later I was able to pay for my food and get out of there. They really need a dedicated take out lane… or at least 2 cashiers to keep things moving.
Got home, and wanted to enjoy my steak skillet and crepes. To my disappointment, the food is mediocre, at best. I had maybe 8 pieces of steak, and some pieces of chicken… maybe from another meal?! The best thing about this skillet are the potatoes. Most of the meal was covered in processed American cheese that ruined the entire taste of the dish. The 8 pieces of steak, had a hint if swiss on it. In any event, I could not finish my meal and was definitely not satisfied.
On to the crêpe. Another poorly made dish. Weird sauces that left a horrible after taste. Strawberries from a can, yes, from a CAN!!! Had 2 bites, and I could not do it! $ 25 later, I was not satisfied with my meal. For $ 25 you can have a delicious breakfast almost anywhere. Healthier and with better service. i.e. Blueberry Hill, Elly’s…
With that said, I do NOT recommend this place, and I will probably never go here again.

Great breakfast and lunch restaurant. It is one of the better places in the area to stop and have a quick good meal. Portions are ample and service is fast.
The only thing that I don’t like about it is that it’s so popular that it is often too crowded. There is always a wait when I want to go.
I’ve never eaten a bad thing on their large menu. The lemon chicken rice soup is so delicious I wish I could replicate it at home. This is a Berwyn/​North Riverside staple. You can’t go wrong stopping and eating there.

I’ve been working in Cicero for close to five years and I don’t understand how I missed this place! I had the opportunity to meet a friend for breakfast in Berwyn so I used Unilocal to search for somewhere in the area and I found this place! It’s a cute little place! I was really impressed with not only the food but the service too! I will definitely be back to this charming place if I ever have a Saturday morning breakfast run or even on a weekday if I’m in the mood for breakfast for lunch!

This place is disgusting. Stopped by with my sister on our way to the airport and found the food to be completely lackluster – they give you some barely edible fried dough balls with powdered sugar: think a beignet, but without any flavor and not fried at a high enough temperature so that it’s just soggy and sad. I ordered the omelet (not fluffy) and the potatoes (not crispy) and the pancakes (not fluffy). Isn’t this supposed to be a pancake place?
Service was fine. Our waitress was decent, but the hostess was pretty zoned out.
But the kicker? We see a COCKROACH crawling on the wall next to us. We freak out and tell the waitress, who kills it and walks away – and that was it.
So, unless you’re the health department, stay the hell away.