H & H Restaurant

Had dinner to go tonight, everything was great, thank you again! My mom loves coming here, the lady who runs it is so nice and always makes you feel like family.

H & H… My review. I barely gave it 1 star, only reason I did was because of the interesting décor. I was clean, dated but clean. As others mentioned it was like you time warped into your grandmothers house, but I liked it.
Chips and salsa were good. I have made the identical chips at home, El-​Milagro corn tortillas quartered and fried, wala! Simple.
We waited and waited and waited for the food… 45 minutes easily and there were only 3 other tables on a Monday afternoon. Can you say SALT? And More SALT? … It was so overwhelming on the skirt steak, my mouth started to burn. My girlfriends chicken fajitas were salted just as much, she didn’t even have two bites. No other Mexican flavors on the meats except SALT, everything else was bland.
The menu said «includes rice, beans and guacamole». The rice and beans were barely there with maybe half a spoon of each, both bland bland bland… and no guacamole in sight… Did I mention the SALT? Sad to say we won’t be back…

Okay so first off the food was very good, I had the chicken taco platter and my girlfriend had the bbq chicken sandwich and the seventeen frys it came with lol. When you walk in it is a trip. I had never been here before and was at a car show down the block so I was looking for some where to eat. It’s a mixture of a cantina, a Chinese food restaurant and I would say a western saloon from the 1860s. We were the only people in there at five o’clock on a wednesday. The service was good and the lady some have refered to as grandma was super nice. Our combined total was less then $ 20 which was a good deal for the ammount of food we got, we were both filled up. I would come back if I’m in the area.

When you first walk in, it is hard to tell if you have just walked into a museum or someone’s home. The décor is old and a bit odd too. We were met by a lady that other reviewers have referred to as grandma. She took us to a dining area with some tables in the middle of the floor and we were seated at a booth. I ordered the taco dinner with 2 beef and 1 chicken taco. My wife ordered the Aztec plate which was a combo with a tostada and two more Mexican classics. After about 15 minutes grandma came out with some homemade chips and salsa. I must admit the taco chips were very, very good. The salsa was just regular and not much to talk about. I would have preferred mine more spicy.
My tacos were excellent; it was probably among the best chicken tacos I have ever eaten. My wife also enjoyed her meal as well. My only bad thing to say is that the service was a bit slow. We waited 15 minutes for our chips and salsa, another 20 minutes for our meal, and another 20 minutes for the bill, paying it, and for grandma to come back with our receipt and credit card. If you don’t have any where to go afterwards, I recommend this place.

I really struggled with my rating on this one. H & H has some real strengths, but a few notable problems weighed their score down.
H & H is located in the lower elevation of the picturesque town of Lemont. It occupies a couple of conjoined buildings in a pretty prime location. When I arrived for an early lunch, there was only one other occupied table. As such, I expected to get in and out pretty quickly. After getting my menu, I immediately homed in on the lunch specials, which didn’t seem terribly special with respect to price. Suffice it to say that there are not many bargains to be found on the lunch/​dinner menu. My heart sank a little more when I saw the dreaded notice of $ 10 minimum for credit cards. I started straining my brain with mathematical contortions to find a lunch special plus an appetizer to equal about $ 10. I don’t think it is possible. Finally, I went with a dinner order of sopes (3) to be served with rice and beans.
Meanwhile, I expected to be greeted with the famous chips and salsa after I received my menu.
Nope.
Surely I would get them once I placed a dinner order (perhaps they weren’t offering them with lunch specials).
Nada.
Finally, when my food arrived I asked, «Doesn’t this come with chips and salsa?“My server said yes, and a couple of minutes later they showed up. They are just as good as other reviews mention — the salsa was fresh and tasty, but the star of the show was the bowl of homemade chips. They were hot, sort of puffy, and absolutely delicious — the best chips I’ve had in years.
Sadly, the food took way too long to hit my table after ordering (at least 20 minutes — perhaps as much as 30). This was all the more baffling, considering there were only two tables occupied and the other one was wrapping up their breakfast meal. This clearly is not the place to go if you are in any sort of hurry.
My entrée consisted of three beef sopes and rice. The menu promised beans in addition to the rice, but enough time had elapsed that I didn’t want to make a fuss about the discrepancy. The sopes themselves were absolutely fantastic. I destroyed two of them before I knew it — the little masa bowls were filled with a fantastic mixture of beef and refried beans and topped by lettuce and tomato. I could eat these all day long — they were that good.
The décor appears to be from the 1980s — the booths are upholstered with a pretty homely floral print. I have a hard time visualizing these ever being attractive, but they may appeal to some. The walls are adorned with artwork set into the most ornate wooden frames I’ve ever seen. Not my thing, but taste is subjective.
In summary, the food is top notch, but other things really dragged my rating down. If they could find a way to get food out more quickly, give complimentary chips and salsa without being prompted, and include all elements on the plate, the rating would hop up to a 4. If they also updated the décor, they would get a 5^th star.
It’s a shame that the great food here is not matched by the other elements of the dining experience. They’ve got a chance at something really special here.

You know how when your aunt invites you to a party at her house and you go, but then you see someone’s car parked on her driveway that you absolutely don’t wanna see so suddenly you need to find another place to eat? No? Just me? Oh…
Well anyway, we were walking around downtown Lemont last night looking for a place to get our grub on. The first place was just a brewery. The second place looked okay but kinda lame bar food. The third was an Italian restaurant that thought way too much about itself and had Stepford girls at the hostess stand that frightened the living crap out of me.
So when we wandered into your Grandma’s living room at H & H we were delighted. I really wasn’t sure what we’d stumbled into. Was it a museum? Was it a store? Was it ACTUALLY someone’s living room? The décor, yes, is odd. Old. Old and odd.
That’s when your grandma, a sweet old lady in a smart pants suit with a glittery jacket came out and asked how many of us there were. Had to be a restaurant, right?
Grandma sat us down and gave us menus and asked what we wanted to drink. Awhile later she toddled back with two giant GIANT glasses of soda/​iced tea. And after she took our order she brought us a bowl of homemade tortilla chips that are so fresh they melt in your mouth. I would go back just for the chips. Andres D. was spot on with his review. So amazing.
I ordered the seafood chimichanga and my wife ordered a Mexican combo plate. Admittedly, the food took a little bit longer than I was hoping. But Grandma was kinda busy because there were two other tables she had to wait on and she’s not as spry as she used to be. Really, that was it. But she was the sweetest, nicest lady you’ll ever meet so you can’t even knock a star away because every time she brought something there was a big smile on her face.
My chimichanga arrived and it was absolutely bursting with seafood. Crab, shrimp and scallops. And while they were of the frozen variety, they were still cooked well and had a nice tangy sauce that went with them. A smearing of beans, rice, guac and sour cream were also added to my plate as garnish, but the amount of them was so tiny you pretty much got one bite out of each. They, unfortunately, were cold. I think they prepared the plate prior to the chimichanga coming out of the fryer.
All in all, it was a very pleasant dining experience. A little slower than I liked, but enjoyable nonetheless. And the food was very good. I’d absolutely go back. After all, I might not’ve been able to see MY grandma last night. But it was fun hanging out with yours.

When my husband and I first walked in to H and H, we weren’t sure what to make of it. The smell was a strong potpourri, and the décor was quite outdated. Still, we were in the mood for Mexican, so decided to stick around… and we were glad we did. The service was friendly. Most of all though, the food was surprisingly good. We recommend the cod-​Mexican style, or the pollo a la Mexicana-​both had fresh ingredients, a unique sauce, and seemed home-​cooked. Took a little while to get us our food, but that seemed to be because they cooked it from scratch. We’d go back.

Robort Irvine from Restuarant Impossible… PLEASE go to this place!!! Filthy, not sure if anything has been cleaned in 20 years. Ordered fajitas… tasted like chinese food. My grandson had a taco with ground beef and it was grey… he literally spit it out all over his plate. Should have returned the food, but it was obvious our waiter was also cooking and felt sorry for him. Do have to say, the chips and salsa were really good, went completely downhill from there. Would suggest Taco Bell before ever considering this place.

Service was good, facility was gaudy but very clean. Yes, the homemade chips and salsa were tasty but our breakfasts were very lackluster. Burrito was small and just came with more chips and my hue is rancheros had literally only a tablespoon of beans and a tablespoon of rice. I left hungry and doubt we will be back.

Stopped in for breakfast while my car was being worked on at the local mechanic: loved it! Great eggs, and as a self proclaimed hash brown junkie I can recommend there’s. Coffee leaves something to be desired, but everything else was perfect. Good service too. Will be back.

Loved my meal… Salsa seems to be homemade and great.

My hubby and I just moved to Lemont from Chicago, so we are working our way through the local restaurants. This was one of the last ones on our list, we saved one of the best for last! I will admit we were a little creeped out by the décor and lack of customers, but we both LOVED our meals (especially the fresh, homemade salsa). The service was very friendly and efficient. Although the décor is a little strange, it appeared to be very clean. The food was absolutely delicious, don’t let the décor scare you away from this gem!

WARNING! TWILIGHT ZONE!!! Horrible place, slow service, awful food, and décor that is dreadful. Kitchen Nightmares (Gordon Ramsay) would have a field day with this place. Went for breakfast on a Saturday morning, 10:30 am’ish. Took 10 minutes to get water that came in two completely different glasses, order was wrong, toast they said they will not butter and gave me a dish of butters (most that had broken seals and look like they have been there decades, wife’s scrambled eggs were slimy, and the gravy for the biscuits had a weird almost scary taste to it. One lady working the whole place. When we first got there another couple (there before us) got up and left because she never even came to them to get an order. There was an odd palm tree fish tank and all of the fish looked they were at the top just begging to be set free. From our seats the picture of Jesus above the door almost looked like he was telling us to RUN! I have no clue how this place can stay in business. Dreadful all the way around. Anyone who rated this highly must have been drunk off the margaritas! I wouldn’t even send anyone here as a bad joke!

Food here is top notch. Service is a bit slow but it is worth the wait. Also have the best margaritas in the suburbs!

It was… Interesting.
We went here for lunch for the first time. No one was in there! The décor was a mish-​mash of grandma’s house, tropical, Mexican, and Easter decorations. The menu was equally a hot mess of Mexican, brunch and American food. We could not help but laugh at sitting in the ridiculous booths.
The chips and salsa were amazing and complimentary. The rest of the food was ok (some of us got Mexican, some got brunch)
Overall, a hilarious experience, but probably one I wouldn’t repeat.

I don’t know how they keep the doors open. Friendly staff– wonderful down home feeling, but not usually a huge crowd.
For the price, I would go more inner city to a more authentic Mexican restaurant than H+H. The food is usual — not spicy, not very flavorful– mostly caters to the Anglo Saxon type residents instead of an authentic taste palate. I’m not saying it isn’t tasty– I enjoy eating here. And if I doused it with hot sauce = yes my mouth would burn — but choosing not to do that.
It is a normal sit down with normal to me food.

Not good. Go somewhere else

The downtown Lemont area is historical and you will even find mom and pop owned hardware and repair shops. I have passed by H & H for years, well like a decade. I never went in because I pretty much profiled the building. Today was a new day I just had to try it.
Walking into H & H the same feeling of reservations continued as I was led to my table by a very nice and sweet lady. The décor is righteously outdated but yet it really wasn’t a big deal.
As soon as you open the menu you will notice both American and Mexican food is their specialty. Anything goes ranging from a hamburger, salad and full blown mexican menu and breakfast.
I dove right into the Carne a la Mexicana, beef chunks with green peppers, onions, cilantro and cheese. Served with rice, beans and the most amazing homemade chips and salsa. The complimentary chicken poblano soup was on point and tasty.
The staff is friendly, super friendly and will go out of their way to make you feel at home. I will compare eating here to a dining experience at grandma’s house.
I took away 1 star because I felt there was an over abundance of cilantro on my plate and the green pepers were cut way to thin into strips (a tad pointy). A little more generous Mexican rice portion would have been lovely too.
On the real, I would visit H & H again. Just don’t judge a book by its cover and wait 10 years like I did.

My family and I have been going here for close to 20 years and H&H has some of the best Mexican food in the south suburbs. You really can’t go wrong with anything on the menu and Phil and Umberta will go out of their way to make you at home. The mole is to die for and their combo platters give you a little sampling of everything in-​case you can’t make up your mind.
The breakfast menu serves everything from huevos rancheros to your traditional breakfast staples (waffles, pancakes, omelets, etc). Prices are very reasonable and the décor is very old world Mexico (not Taco Bell or Chipotle).

I haven’t seen much of this area and there looks to be plenty new in the area. H & H looks to be a revitalized restaurant and we went here based on directions to the wrong mexican restaurant. Front Street Grill leftovers are preferred in my opinion but H & H has decent margaritas as well as guac & chips.
It was a little expensive at $ 40 for 2 dinners, 2 margaritas. I’ll try other food in the area before I head back here.
Oh, it was EMPTY at lunchtime.