Bill’s Breakfast & Lunch

I grabbed a quick breakfast at Bill’s last weekend. I ordered a spinach, egg, and cheese on a bagel. Also got a snapple iced tea. My total was $ 5.50!!! I can’t believe I got a breakfast sandwich and bottled drink for that cheap! The prices alone gives Bill’s an extra Unilocal star.
The egg sandwich took forever to cook, we were waiting almost 10 – 15 minutes. But they were packed, and I wasn’t in a rush. But I can’t imagine how unfortunate that would be if I was in a hurry to get back to work.
There’s some tables in the back you can eat-​in or carry out. The people behind the counter are soooo friendly! They are great!
Overall, great food, great service, amazing prices. Keep your patience if its busy.

Delicious, quick, simple, inexpensive. Small seating area. Lovely service. Thumbs up.

Bill’s came up in my Unilocal search was I was In need of a 7am weekday breakfast spot. The store front and space are pretty unassuming, but the food is good, service is friendly, and the prices are fantastic. My egg and sausage on an everything bagel was tasty and manageable (sometimes those bagel sandwiches are impossibly awkward and tough to eat!) and my Southern friend approved of the grits.

I come here multiple times a week to get breakfast, and I stop by every once in a while for lunch. I haven’t found better prices anywhere in Philadelphia. They accept cards and cash, something that also isn’t too common in Philly.
Their platters are STUFFED with food, their sandwiches are amazing, even the soups are delicious. As a native New Yorker, I can be very, very picky (some might even say snobbish) about my food, and yet this place meets my expectations every time.
The staff is also great. Friendly, and remembers all the regulars.

The woman who takes the orders and works the register is permanently miserable. I’ve worked a block away for 2+ years and she is nasty every single time I have been in there. she must be the owner. I have no idea how she could keep her job if she isn’t. They have tip jars, but they should specify one for the cooks and one for the witch.

I stop by for breakfast every now and then to take to work with me, I always order the omelet with French toast and potato’s, Its good I’ve never ordered anything else from there to know what’s the rest of the menu taste like

Friendliest staff ever, they care very much about their customers. One of the best omelettes I’ve ever had hands down, everything was so fresh. My boyfriend got the breakfast cheesesteak sandwich which he loved. Great little place!

This rating is strictly for the egg salad — I love this place and it’s a go-​to lunch spot. The egg salad is absolutely terrible, and it’s a shame because everything else is so good. The egg salad is 90% mayo and 10% eggs… also no flavor. You might as well buy a tub of mayonnaise, it’s cheaper. Please change up the recipe!

Best pancakes I’ve ever had. Hands down.
They’re always super friendly here, the place is clean and no frills but the food is always well prepared and reasonably priced for what you get. Try it. You will not be disappointed.

This place is a hidden gem! First off — they have THE BEST BREAKFAST SANDWICHES EVER. I literally had a spiritual experience with a turkey bacon egg and cheese everything bagel sandwich. I do not lie when I say it brought me back from the dead. Melty cheese, a perfectly toasted bagel that isn’t overwhelming to the ratio of insides. Plus, this place has oatmeal, grits, and other diner elements I have yet to try. This is literally the best kept breakfast spot in the otherwise barren area of crappy overpriced breakfast sandwiches.

I work in Center City and this place has become a go-​to for breakfast and lunch. The bagel breakfast sandwiches are delicious and service is always friendly & quick. The Italian hoagie is quite possibly the best I’ve had anywhere in CC Philly, especially for the $ 7.50 price tag.
They’ve got a nice selection of chips, drinks, salads, hot and cold hoagies and rotations like chicken tenders, fried fish, etc. They take cash & credit which isn’t always guaranteed for these little sandwich shops. There are probably 5 – 6 tables and almost always someone sitting in there whenever I visit. All in all, nothing but praise for Bills!

Lately, Bill’s has offered some lunch specials that are «gourmet» like. The Italian Chopped Salad, when offered as a special, is out of this world and would easily appear on another restaurant’s menu at a much higher price.

Serious sandwiches snappily served.

I hate to give a bad review because the ladies at the counter really look like they hustle.
I work around the corner and frequently think «maybe this time it’ll be good,» but almost without fail something ruins it for me. I’ve had my order forgotten, I’ve eaten cheesesteaks without cheese, I’ve waited 25 minutes for a sandwich, I’ve waited 10 minutes just to pay despite standing in front of the register with my card out, they’ve been out of ingredients, and for some reason they stop serving breakfast at 11 despite being a self-​proclaimed breakfast place. Once I ordered a sandwich and when I asked why I was being charged more than the price on the menu, she showed a tiny asterisk on the paper menu (which nobody reads) and then proceeded to charge me even more, and I ended up buying a just sandwich for about $ 11.
The food is good but it is a basic deli menu that you can find anywhere for similar quality, and likely for less money. With so many other good places around I don’t see any reason to go back.

I was walking to my hotel from the Philadelphia Convention Center and was starving. I stopped in for a cheesesteak and it was terrific. The cheese (provolone not cheese whiz) was melted into the steak and the bread was chewy. I definitely should have gotten two although there was no way I could have eaten it.
I returned for breakfast the next day and md for $ 3.69 you get two eggs cooked to order grits toast and coffee. Huge portions. Came back the next day and ordered the same except I added scrapple to my order (a pork loaf cut with cornmeal). It was terrific. If you staying near the convention center or Broad street near the courthouse you definitely need to check this place out The lady behind the counter is incredibly friendly and knows the name of just about every customer. I felt like I was in the restaurant version of Cheers.

Great breakfast and lunch spot in the Philadelphia building. Good prices and service. It’s not gourmet but good old fashioned American lunch food. Very clean.

I kid you not when I say I got the best bacon, egg & cheese on a bagel I’ve ever had in Philadelphia. Not that I’m ordering them often, since I don’t love the bagels in Philly, but still. This thing was huge, delicious and under 4 bucks.
Will be coming here much more often, since it’s a block from work. And the place is surprisingly clean and well-​kept. Yay!

I went here for the first time today for lunch. A co-​worker recommended the place and told me to go for the chicken cutlet hoagie.
The restaurant is incredibly clean and I really like that you can watch the cooks prepare your food.
I got a chicken cutlet with sharp provolone and spinach with a side of macaroni salad. $ 12 is a little steep but it’s enough food for two lunches. The portions are generous and the food is absolutely delicious.
I waited less than 10 minutes around 12:30 which is impressive for any lunch spot in Center City.
The women who work behind the counter were very sweet and quick to help everyone waiting.
They take credit cards and have seating if you feel like eating there.
The only thing I would change is their system for ordering. There was no line and no system of organization. All of the women behind the counter were taking orders, preparing salads and taking people’s money.
Overall great experience. I’ll be back.

I think it’s safe to say I’ve been to Bill’s more than any other Philadelphia establishment. (Bob & Barb’s probably a close second.) I think I am one of the so-​called «regulars» now as I am normally greeted by my first name. The people are so friendly. It might be called Bill’s, but it seems to me that Chrissy (my high-​energy buddy previously mentioned) runs the show. If Bill is the founder, Chrissy is the mayor. She remembers almost everybody.
Not much to say that hasn’t been said. My «go-to’s» continue to be:
–Egg & cheese (sometimes bacon) on the 12 grain bread
–Turkey club the 12 grain toast (BIG sandwich)
–BLT (duh)
–Buffalo chicken cheesesteak, if I’m feeling saucy
This place is not perfect, but I love it and I hope to continue to frequent it for another five years.

Great prices, great service: the women working there were smiling and super sweet.
I had a yummy spinach salad and my lunch mate had a gigantic Italian hoagie, which he said was terrific (and always is).

Chicken pot pie soup~~~ LOVE IT! I get it almost every week! $ 3.51! the best $ 3.51 you’re going to spend!
the prices are fair here n the food is not bad! in fact, the other day i got a breakfast sandwich and it was SO big… i couldn’t finish it. they tried to put like 3 eggs between the 2 buns, crazy!