Original Pancake House

User Reviews of Original Pancake House

Yelp.com Review - by Anna S.

5.0 of 5 stars. Best breakfast ever. Best: Banana pancakes, Chocolate Chip pancakes, 49er Flapjacks, Apple Pancake, Chocolate Crepes with Strawberries, Hash browns and Orange Juice. Go. Just go...P.S. Go at 11...
yelp.com - user review - 09/25/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Jane T.

4.0 of 5 stars. My boyfriend and I came here for breakfast the other day, craving a decent breakfast. We actually debated quite a bit on which location to visit and this one turned out to be the closest.Our wait was...
yelp.com - user review - 09/01/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Matt W.

4.0 of 5 stars. The famous walker bros was well worth the weekend wait. Try the Venetial eggs benedict, strawberries and bananas, santa fe omelette, and strawberry waffles. All under 10 dollars and worth every...
yelp.com - user review - 08/31/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Michael H.

5.0 of 5 stars. The pancakes are what they are known for, but you have to give them props for executing about every breakfast item incredibly well.Some highlights:If you go healthy and get your omelettes with egg...
yelp.com - user review - 08/26/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Susan K.

4.0 of 5 stars. Good food at good prices. Some of the staff is rather eccentric.Expect long lines in the mornings on the weekends.
yelp.com - user review - 07/10/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Judy L.

4.0 of 5 stars. This breakfast joint is CRAZY on the weekends! I recall people standing outside to wait in line when the temperature was in the single digits this past winter. Walker Bros. never disappoints and...
yelp.com - user review - 06/10/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Mari K.

5.0 of 5 stars. Every time I dine here I feel like I'm taking a stroll down memory lane. Seriously. I've been dining here for over 15 years and can't even count the number of meals I've had here- Saturday brunches...
yelp.com - user review - 04/13/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Jessica S.

4.0 of 5 stars. This is the breakfast place you come back home to when you're in college, when you're visiting friends, when you're all grown up with kids of your own and you want to start traditions. That's what...
yelp.com - user review - 03/25/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Patty Y.

2.0 of 5 stars. The pancakes are great, the service is hurried, and the lines are long and wind around a tight spot in the entryway out the door. This place is great for those with sweet tooths (think challah french...
yelp.com - user review - 03/07/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Grace L.

4.0 of 5 stars. In this neighborhood, this is the place to go to for breakfast. Look at the lines on Saturday and Sunday mornings, and the crowd out the door is your sign to breakfast goodness. Your breakfast staples...
yelp.com - user review - 03/06/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Cherie O.

5.0 of 5 stars. Walker Brothers brings people together.Case in point:Random guy: Hey, you ever go to Walker Brothers?Me: Are you kidding? For everything! You?Guy: The wrestling team used to go all the time in HS.Me:...
yelp.com - user review - 03/06/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by jen m.

5.0 of 5 stars. My mouth salivates just saying the name! If you want a no frills, damn good pancake house..this is your place. I often crave breakfast food and I've never had a bad meal here. They serve Kona...
yelp.com - user review - 03/04/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Annabelle N.

5.0 of 5 stars. Let me preface by saying that I do not often crave breakfast food. However, when I do, it is surely Walker Brothers that I crave first. The rich creamy chocolate milk, the perfectly crispy bacon, the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/01/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Richard O.

3.0 of 5 stars. Good pancake house with a large selection of specialty waffles. I came here on Sunday morning and there was a long wait to get a table. The service is what you can expect at a pancake house and the...
yelp.com - user review - 02/17/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by joe s.

3.0 of 5 stars. "Business Breakfast" is the recession-era version of the 2-Martini lunch. For that, Walker Brothers excels. The breakfasts are massive, and the room has a dark serious authority to it.Instead of "I...
yelp.com - user review - 01/13/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Tricia L.

4.0 of 5 stars. Great brunch spot! Count on a wait before being seated though. I actually prefer the Wilmette location because I've had better quality of food there, but the #1 reason I eat here is for the corned...
yelp.com - user review - 11/26/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Lale S.

5.0 of 5 stars. oh my gawd!!!childhood memories of sunday mornings with the family at walker brothers shoving mouth-fulls of "chocolate-chippers" down my mouth, washing it down with a cold glass of milk... one of my...
yelp.com - user review - 11/05/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Ron J.

3.0 of 5 stars. Walker's has great pancakes, but nothing special. They serve the same breakfast items you can get anywhere just a bit more expensive. It's certainly not worth the wait on the weekends. Still Walkers...
yelp.com - user review - 10/30/2008
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This is how you start your day! Seriously! by Melissa L. at InsiderPages

Best pancakes indeed! I love the friendly staff! I enjoy being a repeat customer! Its not to far from my house and its surely convenient when i don't cook breakfast!
citysearch.com - user review - 10/24/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Manda H.

4.0 of 5 stars. Would be 5 stars but parking is Extremely hard on the weekend. I really wish they could share the lot with the Ski shop next door or something. I love everything on the menu. I just tried the bacon...
yelp.com - user review - 10/15/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Patricia K.

3.0 of 5 stars. I simply love breakfast. If I can get a decent breakfast for lunch - ohhh baby. After hearing a lot of raving reviews at work, I decided to give it a shot with a couple of friends. It certainly was...
yelp.com - user review - 09/03/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Amy D.

4.0 of 5 stars. Yummy yummy! I got the danish garden. It doesn't sound very tasty but boy is it!! It's a little bland so I added salt to the dish, but it's a great texture. It's a cross between a pancake and a...
yelp.com - user review - 08/25/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Patrick C.

2.0 of 5 stars. Just ok.I really really don't get the lines.It got a "shout out" by Tina Fey in Mean Girls.
yelp.com - user review - 07/31/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Adam R.

5.0 of 5 stars. Whenever I take people to Chicago and want to impress them with a good breakfast/brunch spot, I take them here. The German pancake is the best pancake I've had in my life, hands down. Just doing a...
yelp.com - user review - 07/25/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Scott R.

5.0 of 5 stars. This place has some of the best breakfast dishes available: The Danish Garden made with Havarti cheese, onions, broccoli, and other vegetables is amazing, as are the flap jacks, crepes suzette,...
yelp.com - user review - 04/09/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Jacob J.

4.0 of 5 stars. Its an expensive treat for breakfast. Belgian waffles is a must, its big and has company. Most dishes come with sides like, fruit, a short stack of pancakes, potatoes, etc. Eggs Benedict is a...
yelp.com - user review - 02/07/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by k v.

4.0 of 5 stars. I have been to Walker Brothers a dozen or so times, I have never tried that apple pancake cause its just a little too sweet for me, my friends always try it and I'm ok with a bite or two. I usually...
yelp.com - user review - 12/30/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by iddells E.

4.0 of 5 stars. Update 12/20/07----OMG THE APPLE PANCAKES ARE AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Heard many great things about Walker Brothers, so we decided to try it out. I should have made it a point to try what Walker...
yelp.com - user review - 12/09/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Melanie S.

4.0 of 5 stars. I love Walker Brothers. It's my personal mission to try each and every Walker Brothers in the greater Chicagoland area. They're all pretty much the same, which is a good thing. It's just a...
yelp.com - user review - 10/28/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Peter V.

4.0 of 5 stars. Walker Bros is a special occasion breakfast place. As other reviewers mentioned, it's a MUST for those of us former north shore types when we're back in town. It's one of a kind, like many of it's...
yelp.com - user review - 10/21/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Amy R.

4.0 of 5 stars. This seems like a place that doesn't disappoint, given the line at the door when we walked in on a Saturday morning. The hostess herded us in like cattle, which I didn't appreciate, at least until...
yelp.com - user review - 09/19/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by neil c.

5.0 of 5 stars. Hands down my favorite pancake house in the world. The apple pancake is a delicious treat. Blueberry pancakes - fantastically executed, Buckwheat pancakes - healthy and delicious. Silver dollars -...
yelp.com - user review - 09/06/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Jean C.

4.0 of 5 stars. I don't get up here that often, mostly because one of my regular dining companions won't eat breakfast food for supper. His loss. Walker Brothers remains my favorite place for pancakes. I adore the...
yelp.com - user review - 06/27/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by George B.

3.0 of 5 stars. This is one of the better places for breakfasts in the Chicagoland area. I've never had a bad meal or cup of coffee (they serve a Kona blend!) here. I recommend the German / Dutch Baby Pancakes, the...
yelp.com - user review - 06/24/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Alan R.

4.0 of 5 stars. I would say that unless you get an apple pancake, dutch baby or danish garden, than its hard to judge Walker brothers. Those are their specialties. They have other things that are good, but if you...
yelp.com - user review - 05/26/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by steve c.

5.0 of 5 stars. Apple pancake!! So sweet and big and full of apples. Everytime I go to this one it always has a slow line. I don't think it's as big as the other locations. Another favorite is their coffee. Their...
yelp.com - user review - 05/09/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Kathy R.

5.0 of 5 stars. One of the best breakfast places around. I've not had a bad meal here yet.My fave is their signature apple pancake. For the uninitiated, it is apple slices and brown sugar baked into a giant pancake...
yelp.com - user review - 04/16/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Mark P.

5.0 of 5 stars. From the apple pancake to simple buttermilk pancakes with or without toppings, hands down the best pancakes in the Chicagoland area. Kona blend coffee is a plus. Although it's technically part of...
yelp.com - user review - 04/13/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Lara S.

3.0 of 5 stars. I was not raised around here, so maybe I just don't get why people rave about this place.Don't get me wrong - it's fine. The food is decent, but it's breakfast food. The orange juice is fresh so...
yelp.com - user review - 04/09/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Susan L.

5.0 of 5 stars. Walker Bros sets the bar for pancakes. They are my favorite, hands down. Perhaps that's because I've been munching on them since I started on solids at age 10mos, but that's beside the point. The...
yelp.com - user review - 03/12/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Rachelle G.

3.0 of 5 stars. A friend raved about how great Walker Brothers is and convinced me to make the trek from the city. My biggest gripe is the tiny parking lot! Walker brothers seems to generate a good brunch crowd and...
yelp.com - user review - 02/19/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Jessica O.

4.0 of 5 stars. If you are new to Chicago, then this is the place to be for breakfast! Best breakfast hands down.This was my first job when I was just a little North Shore teenager. It was and still remains...
yelp.com - user review - 02/09/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Nancy X.

4.0 of 5 stars. Aw, I love this place--from omelettes, pancakes, to crepes. Everything here tastes so good. I've been to the Wilmette location a few times too, and it seems to be consistent between these locations....
yelp.com - user review - 02/03/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by John F.

5.0 of 5 stars. I've been going to Walker Brothers for special treat breakfasts for well over 20 years. Everything is top notch, almost consistently. I usually take guests from out of town here for breakfast....
yelp.com - user review - 06/16/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Allison K.

4.0 of 5 stars. Walker Bros Original Pancake House! My favorite place to get an "oven-baked ham and cheese omelet" No omelet has ever compared to the Walker Bros. The cheese inside the omelet is so evenly spread...
yelp.com - user review - 06/02/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Jean Z.

5.0 of 5 stars. My choice always: Danish garden. Yummy coffee.I'm not a fan of baked omelets, i prefer mine on the grill, but the potatoes are actually COOKED IN BUTTER and we ALLL know how good that is! Yum....
yelp.com - user review - 06/02/2006
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Walker Brothers

If you're looking for a nice place to eat a hearty breakfast, Walker Brothers is the place to be. The line starts early in the morning but the wait is worth it. The Belgian waffles and the apple cri...
judysbook.com - user review - 04/15/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Ed L.

4.0 of 5 stars. Awesome breakfast. It's far from where I live downtown, but I always go to breakfast at the Pancake house when I'm in the area. I can't resist the apple pancake.
yelp.com - user review - 03/20/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by A.S. V.

4.0 of 5 stars. I know a dozen places better than this, but it comes down to preference. If you like traditional no-frills breakfast food, this is great. For those who complain about crowds, consider pancakes for...
yelp.com - user review - 02/18/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by gravy m.

3.0 of 5 stars. This place has a case of "been there forever, but maybe too long" because the food is average and the waitstaff seems rushed and harried most times I have been here. Don't get me wrong this is a nice...
yelp.com - user review - 11/14/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by Raedy P.

2.0 of 5 stars. You are gonna wait wait wait wait here. I think it's allllright, but not worth waiting for that long. I got some really thick and kind of gross crepes here once. People rave about it, but my...
yelp.com - user review - 08/27/2005
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Not the regular pancakes by Emilia G. at InsiderPages

They have the best crepes! with everything, even with ice cream! And the menu is full of very tasty items. The omelets? Devine. And HUGE! First time I went there I ordered an omlet and crepes. It was imposible...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/22/2005
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Great Place For Breakfast by Lyn T. at InsiderPages

Nothing can compare to Walker Brother's 49er's pancakes. Their menu is full of wonderful items. The apple pancakes, banana pancakes, crepes and waffles are terrific. It can be very busy at times and they don't...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/08/2005
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Great Pancakes!

I never know what to get here because its hard to decide between sweet and salty. The apple pancakes are great and taste good cold too. I always eat the left-overs the next morning. The corned beef hash is the...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/24/2005
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