Biograph Diner

Great place. Food is as good as the provirus location. Treat yourself to the amazing baked pancakes.
The new location does not quite have the décor of the old one — but it’s really more about the food and service — great!

Their breakfast is about what you’d expect from any diner such as this. It’s definitely very solid for a quick breakfast any weekend.
I did get a lamb burger once, though, and it was absolutely phenomenal. I would definitely highly recommend it to a friend.

Solid breakfast spot in the neighborhood. Has interesting spins on standard items like cinnamon roll pancakes and shakes with Oreo cookies mixed in. I had a steak skillet which comes with a side of pancakes. Iwas in my glory.

Burger was great! The malt was assume! Becky our server and manager was the best! Thanks for everything.

Classic diner with great breakfast food. I got the skillet with bacon and eggs which was really good. But the pancakes… even better! The décor is nothing special but the food and the cheap eats speak for themselves.

No complaints. Great diner experience. It was just lunch and very well done. I had to laugh at the way the manager kept getting involved in the relationship between the server and me, which made me want to bash him behind his back, but I think he was still in training mode. She had the rhythm to understand app then meal, he kept pushing my food as fast as possible. Chill man, I’m still working on the chicken straps and here comes my chicken sandwich. I’d eat there again when I’m in that hood, but I’m not going out of my way.

My family and I ate there after the holidays. My husband and I each had a burger and they were amazing! Cooked to perfection, juicy with a crisp buttery bun with fresh toppings. The fries were crisp and fresh. Both of had to take left overs with us. The others had breakfast food, omelets and French toast. The servings are very generous! Our server was attentive and very pleasant. When back in Chicago we will definetly be returning!

I had a very pleasurable experience here today! It’s a great casual joint to grab hearty diner fair. Our waitress was super personable and attentive. The hot chocolate was nice and creamy, unlikely the watered down stuff some places serve. I had the avocado abbey sandwich and it was do die for: toast, two eggs, cheese, mashed avocado on crisp toast, yum! The fries were seasoned perfectly. The prices were very affordable, $ 12 for my super hearty sandwich. I have no complaints and will surely be back soon and would recommend to anyone looking for some good diner grub!

Stopped in late Monday night for dinner. We had corned beef hash, egg skillet, pancakes, San Diego Club sandwich and a burger. The place was empty at 9 at night but our server was wonderful and the food was great. We will definitely return. How great to pancakes at night on a Monday. Ps they have a lot of organic and fresh ingredients. Gluten free pancakes too!

I came here with two other people on Monday, Dec 28^th around 7pm and we had horrible service–
Our waitress didn’t even talk at a decibel we were able to hear and was very antisocial
The manager didn’t even acknowledge us coming in and he was sitting in the booth we sat next to… The Bathroom smelled horrible and then our waitress came back twice to «just check» what we ordered???
We ordered a Hummus platter for the table which took forever and came out with meals
Fries tasted like cardboard
I had Asked for spinach and avocado added to my skillet with American and cheddar cheese
When received my skillet was just eggs with American cheese and potatoes
They had to bring out a plate of avocado and spinach which took another 5 – 8 minutes and part of the pit was in the avocado slices
My English muffins were brought last minute and hard (without butter)
Finally got to eat and my food was cold and just did NOT taste good at all. I Wasn’t even hungry by then. I had a few bites of the food in all and I felt sick before we even left.
And with my complaints of the service and order to the waitress, the manager (sitting in the booth behind me, who shared the same back of the seat with me) did absolutely nothing and made no notion to acknowledge my complaints or even comment on the service
I guess the kitchen was so busy, amongst my group of three (including myself) and the couple at the table by the window, that they couldn’t do a damn thing right.
NEVER again will I dine here. We were very disappointed.

Decent food. But more importantly the owners are cheap selfish turds. They dont even pay their employees. Im owed three checks they never gave me, same with numerous other employees. Horrible people. Employees put their hearts into their work and get shit in return.

We’ve been here twice and both times our orders have been wrong. You’d think they could get something simple like egg white omelets correct. Apparently they can’t.

You know, I wasn’t expecting much from the reviews but I had a nice experience.
Visiting from out of town and met up with friends on the café side (NOT the bar side). It was clean, light, played great music but not too loud so we could have a conversation.
Server was young and moved a little too fast but was friendly and made the effort for us to get wine with dinner.
Basic diner food, well-​presented. My potato skins were delish — just like I asked without scallions and the Hollywood salad was good, dressing on the side. A bit too much feta (it looked like it snowed feta on my salad.)
My salad, skins, and wine were $ 23.
(Now, I stopped by Clarke’s the bar next door which, even empty, was super loud with music, tvs on, ready for the bar scene to start.)
We stayed for 2 hours and the staff never tried to rush us. In fact, it was surprisingly light on diners so this is a good place to go if you like early dinners (6 pm on a Friday).

So far waiting 50 minutes and order hasn’t come. Food here is ok but only if they actually bring it. Never again.

My friend had a groupon, and I love diner food, so I was more than happy to accompany her for dinner here. With such a huge menu, it was tough to decide, but I felt like a burger, and we had a large amount to spend, so I went with the Gold Coast and waffle fries.
The burger was good and only slightly over cooked. The onion rings made it massive, so I ate a couple of them off the burger first. My waffle fries weren’t crisp and seasoned as expected. They were pretty light and limp, but it’s still a fried potato so the taste was fine.
I then ordered a coffee brownie sundae, something I was very much looking forward to. The brownie was quite hard and dry, not the moist and chewy treat I was expecting, and lacked in coffee flavor. The ice cream was also hard and had ice crystals. Disappointing overall.
For a diner, this place is ok, and I would always come back to a diner, no matter what. I would just order breakfast next time. There are better places out there for burgers and ice cream.

Nice place, the burgers were great and the milkshakes were better: D We had a great time with our waitress, she was fun along with us. I can see how service was lacking a little. If we weren’t as fun with the waitress we probably wouldn’t have enjoyed our visit as much.

We came after a wedding (about 12:30 am).
— Waited for about 30 min for somebody to take our order, then over an hour for our food.
— Food was cold. Coffee was awful and barely lukewarm.
— Various food items were forgotten and the food itself was subpar, according to ⁸⁄₉ people. One of the people in our party ordered a blueberry waffle. What he got was a waffle just topped with blueberries… what?!
Overall, just a bad experience, and I LOVE diners! Will not be returning.

Food takes FOREVER to come out, regardless of how few people are there. Managers are rarely available and very rude to their employees in front of customers. The food is great, but the staff and service is disheartening. I was also informed there is no cash register there. Umm what?

The food is great but the facility sucks! My first time eating here and had a horrible visit! The whole entire time I’m trying to enjoy my lunch, I’m listening to the servers having an obnoxious conversation. Now, it’s fine to discuss your lifestyle, but it would be great if you put your voices down. Once the server asked «how was everything?» When I paid for my tab. I let him know how horrible my visit was because of the servers conversion being loud. Have some respect for your customers while they eat. They don’t want to hear «Na mean» or «what does it mean when a boy says you’re on fleek»
Oh and as soon as I left the server thought it would be best so say «wtf» loud.
To the owners. You should definitely reconsider your young employees and hire a new group for better service. Even the bus boy was irritated and did a better job than them. Shouldn’t there be work to do than sitting on your phone gossiping? Never again will I come here.

We visited this place around 1am on a cold night
And the first thing I ordered was hot chocolate
I should say this place has the best ever hot chocolate that I had so far
The appetizers were good. Only a few options for the main course items though

In a rushed decision on where to grab brunch because I had a train to catch, my friend and I just went to the closest diner for a quick bite on a Sunday.
I got the Mexicana omelette while my friend got the big and healthy omelette. The food came out fairly fast.
My Mexicana omelette was decent, nothing too special. The big and health omelette was huge and it was really fluffy tasting. Both of us couldn’t finish our share of food so we boxed it to go.
For a small local diner, it was good service and pricing is reasonable. About $ 10−13/person for a nice quick brunch.

The food was inedible, the restaurant was dirty and the service was not good. Went on a week night, myself and three kids we waited over an hour for our food, two kids hotdogs and a kids pancake… I could have gone home and made the food myself at a faster rate… it was a little crazy!
We barley ate the food it was not edible and it was wrong, the kids hotdogs had onions, tomatoes and pickles all over them, when I reminded the waitress that I ordered the hotdogs plain she asked me in a very thick accent what was the meaning of the word, «plain»…enough said!
There are so many great places in Chicago, do not go to Clarke’s!!!

Ordered delivery and it was a disaster. An hour and a half later our food arrived and was cold. The bacon and cheese skillet was not good. The eggs were overcooked and brown and some of the potatoes were not cooked all the way. The baked apple pie pancake was good but they didn’t give me any syrup so it was pretty dry. We needed to meet the $ 20 minimum so we ordered a glass of orange juice, which never came! So freaking frustrating.
Just a tip: add little packets of syrup, butter, jams, etc. Not everyone has those things at home.

Since the Clarke’s on Damen closed we made a return to the Clarke’s on Lincoln– the place was empty– the service was slow– the waitress was a DePaul student with a lack of interest in our table. Thankfully the bus boy was on his game, and kept the water and coffee coming as needed.
The waffle I ordered was the worst waffle in the history of waffles– looked great– but was mushy, and tasted like cardboard– the pancakes ordered were like rubber and had to be cut with a knife.
Side of bacon ordered was good– Omelet, cheddar and spinach was ok. nothing fancy.Clarke’s used to be great, having been going for years, won’t be going back anytime soon.