Nookies

Love Nookie’s. This location has a French Dip which is excellent. Also their chicken sandwiches are great, chicken wrap is great & even their quesadilla is good. I love their chicken noodle soup, too. Staff here has been around for a while & do a great job! Perfect spot for brunch, lunch or even dinner. PS it’s BYOB too!
Enjoy!

Nookies is an ok option for pretty much any meal, though they ted to be known more for their brunch/​breakfast offerings. They offer a large menu with a wide variety of items, so anyone and everyone can come for a meal and be sure that they will find something that is to their liking. The coffee is good. Staff is generally friendly. The juice is actually fresh squeezed. The portions are huge (I usually get an extra meal or two thanks to the leftovers if I order an omelet). And, of course, they are BYOB, which is always a nice bonus.
So why only 3 stars? To be honest, I don’t find Nookies to really be anything special. It always strikes me as a pretty standard diner with average food. I’ve had some okay meals, a few disappointing meals, but I’ve never had a really great meal here. Whether I am there for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, I’ve never had a meal that would cause me to truly recommend Nookies to others.
So, if you are in the area and in need of food, then Nookies is a perfectly acceptable option. However, I wouldn’t go out of my way to visit and wouldn’t wait more than 10 minutes to be seated.

Basic diner, good food. Decent prices for the location

Good size breakfast, large portions to star a day. Good variety of omelettes available.

Really good breakfast food. Convenient and quick. Other than the breakfast items I haven’t been super impressed. But if your looking for a relaxed spot for brunch this is a good spot. Also is byob, which is a major key.

Have gone twice and both times we’re left wondering why the long lines on weekends… I was expecting something on par with other top Chicago places but found it to have the food quality of a diner without the authentic charm of a Diner Grill or S&G.

3 stars because they have some good ass coffee and the server was super nice! Not sure his name, but he had cool glasses on.
Food was alright. They cooked it exactly how I liked it. However it wasn’t AMAZING food. Same food as you would get at Golden Nugget. I ordered two eggs, hashbrowns, bacon and toast. Simple.
So it was A– Ok!
I would probably go back, for that coffee!

Stopped at Nookies after a visit to Second City. Great service by Ruben and the grandson of the founder. Food was excellent, especially the Bistro burger which was cooked to spec. Side salad was generous and very fresh. Highly recommend this place.

We went here for dinner and loved it! The service was great and quick. I loved their tea selection and I ordered soup and salad. The salad was much better than I expected and the soup was delicious. The best part was the atmosphere and the nice service. We will definitely come back whenever we’re in Chicago.

Stayed at the Hotel Lincoln down the block, so this was super convenient. Seated right away at a table by the window with an entertaining view of the neighborhood street. Very friendly and attentive staff. Ordered the spinach and cheese omelette with hash browns. Yummy! All servings are substantial and our coffee was constantly kept warm and fresh. Really liked having a water pitcher at the table, and was immediately replaced when running low. Overall a great experience and would go again!

Cute little breakfast joint!
Love how it’s BYOB and it just feels like home. Not the best, not the worst.
A-​OK Nookies.

If you’re craving pancakes, waffles, bacon or sausage, Nookies is the best! If you’re craving omelets and hash browns, Nookies is the best! If you’re craving hot soup and sandwiches… ok, you get my point. You can never go wrong with Nookies.
The staff is friendly (one server NEVER writes down your order and no matter how complicated or large your party he gets everything right. Don’t know how he does it). The service is quick. This place is always packed for breakfast, brunch and lunch. Yet the table turnaround is quick. I’ve never waited more than 20 minutes and that’s when we had a party of 10!
You’ll usually pay between $ 10-​$ 15 per person and take home food because the portions are large. Great deal!

Steak & blue cheese sandwich is fantastic :)
The orange juice is really good too, as are the waffles.
It’s nice and warm in there and the service is good.

favorite breakfast place in Lincoln Park, maybe the whole city.
sooooo good!

Last weekend I visited Nookies with a group of friends. We had a 12 o’clock reservation and our party of 15 arrived on time. When you make a reservation there’s an expectation that your table will be ready when you arrive but we still ended up waiting nearly 45 minutes to be seated. That’s unacceptable in my opinion. What’s the point of even making a reservation if you’re still going to have to wait anyway?
We finally got seated and had to wait another 15 minutes or so for menus. We were seated at two different tables that were adjacent to each other. However we weren’t served at the same rate of speed. One table had finished eating their food before the other table had even been served! Luckily everyone was good natured about it and went with the flow.
I ordered pancakes, bacon and eggs. There was a special for about $ 9 but the server rang everything al a carte which ended up being more expensive. I was annoyed but I didn’t complain. There were too many of us even bother with it.
The service was ok. Our waiter was efficient but he was like a robot. He wasn’t personable at all. He took the orders, dropped off the food and that was it. He never came back to check on us or anything.
The food was ok. The pancakes were overcooked so they were dry and tough to cut. The eggs and bacon were edible but nothing special. Overall, I just wasn’t impressed. Even still I’d be inclined to give the place another shot. The location is convenient and the environment is cozy enough.
Even though everyone in the group was unimpressed by the lackluster service we still tipped the waiter well over 20%. It is Christmas after all…

Finally got around to checking out this place and (based off current reviews) it was underwhelming for brunch. It’s a family-​style diner with so-​so ambiance and minimal to no wait time.
I had the Farmers Eggs skillet and my group tried the Denver Omelette, Breakfast Sandwich with Hash Brown, and the Two Eggs with French Toast. None of it was bad but there wasn’t anything remarkable or memorable about the food. It is BYOB so we did enjoy making our mimosas once we got a carafe of OJ.
The main motivations I’d consider for visiting Nookies in Old Town:
–Location (quaint neighborhood)
–BYOB (can’t knock BYOBs!)
–Minimal to no wait time for Saturday morning brunch (strolled in at 11AM)
–Friendly staff
The missing component is food that knocks your socks off! And to follow through with that metaphor… my socks were firmly on my feet the whole time. :(

Yummy food…
Turkey burger, fries, soup…
Great customer service by Hayley!!!
Smiling face…
Happy to be here…
Good conversation…

Great breakfast place or casual lunch in Lincoln park. Young and mixed crowd and very vibrant. Local feel. Extensive menu and great brunch/​breakfast menu. Omelette was great and service was warm and friendly. We will be back.

Been to a few of these, this one was clean. Others have been down right dirty. All of them need to be remodeled. French dip bread was fresh and soft, not enough beef and the aujus was terrible, side of fruit was fresh cold and perfect. Host was great, server was awesome.

Phenomenal! Cozy little restaurant with a quiet atmosphere. I’m from out of state and found this place on Unilocal and loved it. Came on a Monday morning, no wait, good service. My food was sooooooooo good. Very fresh and tasty, and it’s not very expensive. I would recommend coming here.

Well, it has been a few years since I visited Nookies and nothing has changed. The food is even better than I remember. I have a different perspective now as I have an 18 month old son. My review is a little different this time but it still keeps its 5 stars. Their childrens menu is great. He had the pigs in a blanket (pancake wrapped around a sausage link). He loved it and it came with a chocolate milk, all for only $ 3.50. They were accommodating to all kids (there were a ton there) and it just made the experience even better.
If my son could actually say sentences he would say «This place rocks!!!»

Nookies was suggested to us by a native and it just happened to be walking distance from our hotel. We came here for our breakfast our first morning. We were greeted and seated immediately by a very friendly manager. The breakfast menu had some impressive creations, Jess went with the special for the day, a trout skillet, and just for the heck of it I had a pecan Belgium waffle. The food was great, our service was impeccable. They kept the water and coffee filled. (Warning — the coffee was pretty strong, it made for an interesting rest of the morning.)
We were really happy with this breakfast, and I’ll definitely come back when I’m next in town!

Totally loved the food and service! This place looks smaller on the outside, but once inside it’s huge. I took my mom here for brunch and she had mention she had been to the Nookies before in Evanston and wasn’t impressed. Goes to show you each restaurant is different whether it’s a chain or not. This Nookies was great! We were starving so we shared an appetizer of the winter sampler special (Pancakes, Lemon bread, and something else… see pic below). All of them were sweet and delicious. For our main entrée we both had the Rueben. Tons of thick juicy meat and loved they put the dressing on the side. Wish it came with fries versus chips, but oh well.
Great service, reasonably priced, and decent food. I’ll definitely be coming back for brunch again.

Great portion. Superbly bland in both visits. Carb centric menu. Flavor is derived from ketchup, sour cream, hot sauce and a side of greasy salty bacon.
HUEVOS CON CHORIZO ($ 9.45) — flour tortilla was the sign. Beans tasted from can. Greek rice pilaf instead of Mexican rice. Bland chorizo was nicely blended with egg.
BLACKENED TILAPIA — overcooked tilapia, spinach overwhelmed by garlic slice, and the questionable sweet potato mash.
BOTTOMLESS COFFEE ($ 2.45) — in both instances: slow refill, coffee is barely hot. Ordinarily bitter.
SWEET AUTUMN TRIO — love the tasting concept that is loaded with 100% empty carbs.
MENU — a whole lot of nothingness.
VENUE — dining floors are unreasonably dirty at 11:45 am, even though they opened at 6:45 am.
SERVICE — the only reason for 2 stars. Wally is great as he is conscientious of coffee refill, helpful, a team worker. Ruben showed up and disappeared. The Host Dude seats you at table first, then counter.

Je recommande fortement très bon restaurant, service agréable et toujours à l’écoute. Repas copieux et vraiment accessible niveau tarifs! Que se soit pour un repas ou un bon jus d’orange je n’ai jamais étais déçue. Breakfast servi toute la journée donc pour les fans de la grasse mat’ n’hésitez pas. On peux également prendre à emporté et profiter du parc non loin. Photos à venir car c’est un régale pour les petits et grands enfants: p