Goldy’s Grill

This is a wonderful place to have breakfast and start the weekend. The food is consistently excellent and service is great! I love the smaller ‘diner’ atmosphere and their fresh squeezed orange juice is the best! Prices are reasonable and the daily specials are always worth checking out. Love this place!

I’ve been here 4 times. It’s OK. The guy on the grill over cooks the pancakes almost every time. I haven’t had bad service like others have mentioned. There is nothing very special to make me crave a return. I usually only go if I’m in a hurry, as it’s across the street.

I have a thing for tiny cash-​only breakfast and lunch joints where they still call you «kiddo». Sorry guys, I forgot to take pics of the food because I was so hungry. My wife got thick french toast, I got eggs over easy with ham. Eggs come with hashbrowns and your choice of toast or pancake. I opted for the pancakes and they are huge. The griddle guys are experts. This place really has it down.

Just a plain old café in the suburbs of Chicago. Good food, good service and good value. It was loud and fun. I ordered a typical American breakfast fried eggs, hash browns, sausage patty with whole wheat toast. It was a very solid dish. Good place to try.

First time there. Told they had good soup. Stood outside and read menu posted on window. Went inside. Eventually I was acknowledged by a woman with short blonde hair who lacked customer service skills. I ordered soup to go. I pulled out debit card and the pissed off look on her face told me that she had gone through this scenario with one too many customers — she pointed to window and said «We don’t take credit cards.» I apologized and would have given her cash IF she would have stopped there. She proceeded to point to the window/​door in an animated way and elevated voice, and told me «You were standing out there reading it!» Yikes. I apologized and told her I was reading the menu, that I was a newbie. She wasn’t appeased. She was really rude and didn’t care who in the establishment heard her either. I put my cc away, calmly told her that she handled that very inappropriately, and that I would NOT be back.
Try somewhere else.
Drab décor’ and really old booths/tables…but not old in a cool way. This place was dreary.

The food is fine. Nothing seems to be homemade (hash, hollandaise) which to me is disappointing. I can understand hollandaise (slightly) but not the hash. Waitress and bus «boy» were not the friendliest. The waitress walked away several times during our visit making us wonder if she even heard us. Would we go back? Eh, I think we’ll stick with Mac’s on Higgins.

This is a throwback to the diners of my youth. Not fancy, just good, old fashioned, stick to your ribs tasty eats. Belly up to the counter and watch the cook do his thing or grab a booth and read the paper or watch the ball game. I’ve only been here for breakfast a couple of times and I feel right at home.
The food is not fancy — it’s a diner! Hearty is more like it. The place feels a bit cluttered and worn a bit, but that gives it that homey atmosphere that makes me nostalgic.
Prices are good too. I’ll come back. You might have to look for this little place, but you should go.

Looking for a quick place to eat breakfast i stopped at Goldy’s diner and boy i did not like it. Bad food. Disappointing service.

As far as I’m concerned, goldys is the best there ever was and the best there ever will be when it comes to diners! I have been going here for years and have tried just about everything on the menu. Breakfast and lunch… You can’t beat it!!! The staff is super friendly and recognize their customers. The food is the best around hands down. My personal favorite is the eggs and corn beef hash… Soooo yummy!
Ps… They take pics of all their regulars and put them on the wall. Whenever I’m there I get to say hi to my late grandmother :)

Great little local diner. Nice and cozy, great place to get breakfast on a Sunday.

As far as diners go this place Rocks! Solid service, fresh food, crispy fries, perfectly cooked eggs, juicy cheeseburgers and great club sandwiches! The soups are always fresh and yummy too! An A+ diner.

If you want breakfast this is the spot. Bring cash, but not much of it because the prices are pretty good. Their chops are so yummy. Ham and cheese omelette is a decent size and offers lots of ham. To go or sit down, service is always on point!

RECOMMENDED. CASH ONLY. In comparison to the BEST brunch and breakfast places ran by elite chefs in chicago, its a 4… In comparison to competing places nearby, its an easy 5. If you’re checking out goldys, youre probably in the burbs anyway…
Mostly for good quality food, pricing (coffee included in most entrees), and also because they offer a good variety of meats (we don’t eat pork). The included coffee isnt gourmet — but its decent: not burnt and nasty like gas stations. Most of the other local diner breakfast places in this area have dreadful coffee…
This is as good as bfast gets in the burbs.

Been to Goldy’s twice. Both times for breakfast. No wait. Decent prices. Plenty of good food. I’ve tried the eggs & pancakes… and the ham & cheese omellett. Both were really good. About $ 7 for the omellete, hash browns & pancakes is hard to turn down.
If you’re one of those atmosphere people… then you’d get a kick out of this place to. Small and intimate. Only 1 long counter top with stools, and 1 row of booths. You can see the chefs cook right over the counter.

Prices were quite reasonable for the amount of food provided, and service was very friendly. It had an old-​school feel to it that I really enjoyed. I went on a weekday for an early lunch and there was quite a crowd there already, though parking wasn’t a struggle – though I could see how one might need to park on a side street nearby if there were a lot of people at the strip mall. I’d definitely go back for breakfast or lunch in the future.

Great little old school diner for brunch, and nice to have near home. They’ve been here 11 years I’m told. It was really busy on a Sunday and the little strip mall parking lot was almost filled with just their customers. They are a bunch of friendly folks, and have been here 11 years I’m told. An older guy told me our table was smoking, I hesitated for a milli –second, and he laughed and said he got me. Coffee is priced into their breakfast specials, and prices are very reasonable. I’d go with 4.5 stars. We tried their corned beef hash skillet (includes coffee for $ 8.95). Pancakes substitute for the side was $ 0.65 extra. I tried the thick french toast ($ 4.60). Overall, I would say 4.5 stars. High marks for the nostagia factor. The only thing holding them back is maybe the taste/​quality of say the pancakes and french toast wasn’t tip-​top, but plenty good enough, especially at the prices. Cash only here.

incredible clean, great owners, friendly staff.
best deal in town, and also very creative meal solutions!
I had the turkey sausage egg benedict and it was to die for! not to mention that their hashbrowns are made from fresh potatoes right on location!
my husband had the gyros omlette with feta cheese, how cool is that?
extremely great prices too…

Cash

Just went to Goldy’s for the first time 2 weeks ago, and already made it back this morning. I ordered the corned beef hash skillet the first time and a meat lovers skillet the second time. My wife ordered an omelet with avocado the first time and just eggs, hash browns, and toast this time. Both times our food was cooked perfect, they were very accommodating for our 9 month old daughter, and we received top notch service!
After my trip today, I went to Unilocal to figure out why I never stumbled upon it in the past. When doing a search for Breakfast and Brunch in Park Ridge, it didn’t even show up… not sure why. When searching for Goldy’s specifically, I found that they got great reviews, so hopefully this review helps people find this great little hidden gem!

The diner is small but cozy. The food is incredible. Just ate the most amazing corn beef sandwich. The beef was full of flavor, lean, and good size portion. I can’t wait to back!