Excellent quality food at a reasonable price. Love their breakfasts and my husband says the liver and onions are 2nd only to his mom's! Friendly staff. Locally owned. read more

The food wasn't great. The service was pretty mid. There was a lot of food though and some of it tasted kinda old just when I went it was about four or five months ago. read more

Good food, cooked to order but I thought it was a little pricey but I have to say it was a lot of food The service was great.

Called ahead ordered regular French toast. They gave me some cinnamon swirl crap that was over priced and awful. They did it for the up charge. Because regular French toast was 11 and the cinnamon crap was 13. The rest was ok but they used to be good but now they are way overpriced for breakfast and the lady that took the order did not even suggest the other French toast was on the menu. I haven't been there in a while but I won't be going back soon. Not happy at all. read more

A few weeks back I reviewed the 5 Coins restaurant and criticized them for what seemed an excessive surcharge for eggs, thin non-Heinz ketchup (in Heinz bottles) and an overall reduction in food quality (compared to the former owners). I decided to give them another try recently and was pleased to see major improvement. The surcharge for eggs is gone, a variety of condiments are at each table. The ketchup isn't Heinz but it's a decent quality alternative. But most importantly, the quality of the food seems comparable to what it had been in the past. The service was good as usual and the restaurant was clean and well kept offering a family style ambiance. I had breakfast which is generally a pretty straight forward meal in terms of food and preparation. Next time I'm going for lunch. If my lunch experience is as good as my breakfast was, I'll be back as a regular customer. read more

Customer service is amazing The food is amazing The music in the atmosphere is soothing A beautiful Rockford gem read more

Family-owned local place. Very friendly staff. My kids love sharing the appetizer sampler platter.

My wife and I stopped here for breakfast for the first time and we can't say enough about this place. Plenty of seating, friendly staff, prompt service and a great breakfast menu. read more

Basic dinner. Nothing fancy, decent food. Good service. They took care of our family of six. We will go back.

5 Coins Restaurant is a straight-ahead Midwestern diner with yummy food and friendly service. My husband and I stopped here on our way on our way through Rockford; the diner is in a strip mall within two miles of I-39. He conjured up an a la carte breakfast involving gyros meat; he said the rye toast tasted like it was made of homemade bread. I had the Eggs Benedict Florentine, and I practically licked the plate, the Hollandaise was so good. The spinach and mushrooms were sautéed just right (and generously piled on the tender English muffin) and the eggs were perfectly poached. I got fruit instead of hash browns, and I appreciated the option. The coffee was good--not barista-level but definitely fresh (some diner coffee tastes burnt but not here). I appreciated the open dining room (easy to navigate between tables) and the beautiful morning sunshine through the windows. Given the early winter snow and cold, the parking lot was ice packed and tricky to walk; pretend you're a penguin and waddle it. read more

5 Coins Restaurant - Eggs Benedict Florentine with a side of fruit. Delish! - American Near Me - Rockford, Illinois

Its a family restaurant, nothing fancy. If you are hungry they will be able to satiate you with the menu. The service is like any other family restaurant and you will be treated as such unless you are part of their family (you go there often). It is conveniently located off of Alpine with enough parking. read more

Excellent as always. Food hot and delicious. Serve Good as always. One of my favorite breakfast stops in Rockford.

Great service and food is always delicious, though, I'm not a fan of the fruit toppings for your pancakes. The restaurant is always very clean and not overly loud, it's great for bringing an old friend or two to catch up with. Overall, great place to get breakfast. read more

Typical diner spot with good food. I've been here a lot. Especially for a hangover cure. They have plenty of great choices. I love their skillets and BLT's. The servers are always friendly and I believe the owners work in the restaurant as well. I'm happy to have this nice diner on the side of town I live on since there isn't much over here. read more

This restaurant is located in a strip mall. When I was there for breakfast the place was busy and I had a hard time finding a parking spot. The lot is shared with other stores and even that early on a Saturday morning, I ended up having to park on the opposite side of the strip mall from the restaurant. I ordered one of their skillets for breakfast. I honestly for the life of me can't remember which one. The portion size was just right for me. It wasn't so big to be daunting, but there was more food than I could finish. The skillet was okay. There was nothing all that spectacular about it. Usually when you go to a restaurant like this you'll find a nice combination of flavors in the skillet. This one just kind of all blended together into a good, but not great flavor. The server we had was a little off her game that morning. I'm not sure if it was because they were busy, she was having a bad day or what, but we'd go long periods of time between visits and would wait to get drink refills or if we needed anything else. When it was time to go, it took a while for us to get the check. One less than stellar experience with service doesn't mean the entire time it's like that, but it did make me question whether or not I wanted to return for another visit. The atmosphere is that of a small locally owned restaurant. Various decorations on the walls and clean dining area. Since this is a family restaurant there were kids running around and playing in the bathroom. Something I abhor. It's not the restaurants fault that people don't know how to parent or teach their children proper restaurant etiquette, but they really should address these kids getting in the way and making a mess in the bathroom. Overall I thought it was a nice restaurant and I would like to try them again. Maybe just not for breakfast on a weekend. read more

As always when traveling, the food goal is to try unique, non-chain restaurants. Two hours into the day's drive, we found 5 Coins Restaurant. I still don't know why it is called that. They serve breakfast all day, and that is enough for me. It turns out that 5 Coin is a quaint, strip mall restaurant doing a brisk business for the locals, not far from the interstate. This place had a fantastic breakfast selection. If I didn't have to stay alert to watch for deer, I might have tried the cinnamon roll French toast. Instead, I went the carnivore skillet route. They built it on a foundation of either fresh cut home fries, sort of a cube cut, or freshly grated hash browns. Mine had the home fries. On top of that was a grilled mixture of ham, sausage, bacon, peppers, onions, and shrooms. Finally, there were perfect over-medium eggs on top. It was crazy good. I couldn't eat it all. Our server, Bridgette, made an excellent food recommendation and kept our coffee hot. I could find no fault with the 5 Coin food or service. I wonder what their Eggs Benedict is like. read more

5 Coins Restaurant - Lumberjack skillet over easy - American Near Me - Rockford, Illinois

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Absolutely immaculate food, great aesthetic, and excellent prices. What more could you want! It's perfect! read more

Came here for a quick lunch with a co-worker and was happy with the experience. I got the Greek salad and a cup of one of the soups and he got the monte cristo sandwich. We ate every morsel of food we had, so clearly it was good and the price was right! Everything on the menu was reasonably priced, so you'll go home full and not break the bank. Staff was friendly as well. Now that I'm living in the area this will definitely be a lunch spot for me. read more

This is easily my favorite breakfast spot in Rockford. Either eating in, or carrying out, it's been great every time. The menu has a good variety of choices. They have a very friendly staff, and everything seems really clean. read more

We have never had a bad meal here....love this place!!!! Best breakfast and Greek specialties!!!!

We go here for breakfast on Sunday morning's after church. Mom loves the Black Forest Waffles. I usually get the Classic Breakfast. What you see is what you get for the price. There are no up charges for hash browns like in other Rockford diners. The food and service are really good. Highly recommend! read more

5 Coins Restaurant - Black Forest Waffles at 5 Coins - American Near Me - Rockford, Illinois

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The first time I ate here, I was blown away by the food and service. Since that visit, though, I have visited three separate times and have gotten terrible service and sub par food. The hostess is very rude, I have waited over ten minutes for a seat when there are very clearly available tables. I received an omelet with an olive put in it that almost broke my tooth... then barely got an apology let alone any sort of new order or discount. I was so excited my first visit, but have felt extremely disappointed since then. After giving them the opportunity to redeem themselves, I know that I will not return again. read more

Excellent home cooked food. Some of the best soups I ever had. Amazing service, and family owned and run. Keep doing exactly what you're doing! read more

I had breakfast skillet which was good. It had the meats and I could actually taste the difference in each meats. My waiter was nice and attentive may me feel like it was just me she was waiting on. read more

5 Coins Restaurant - two eggs on a plate - American Near Me - Rockford, Illinois

Typical diner. We came in very early and it wasn't busy. No issues with the food but also not exceptional.

The food is very good. Big selection. Not expensive and a friendly staff. A surprisingly great place to eat. I would absolutely recommend this restaurant for all ages. read more

I was in Rockford over the weekend and my little sister who patronizes this eatery often took us out to eat and I must say the food is delicious. The portion sizes are awesome, in fact you have enough food to bring home some of it. I would highly recommend eating their if you are in the area. read more

They use to be a nice place to come. Now the prices got bigger and the serving size got smaller. I am not going there anymore to many other choices out there. read more

A small family restaurant with a fairly good selection. 5 coin has daily specials. I would recommend any of the breakfast skillets as they are reasonably priced and very delicious. A great staff and friendly atmosphere. read more

Great small restaurant that always seems packed. Philly skillet is my favorite!

My boyfriend and I met a friend for breakfast on a Saturday morning recently. We all ordered the Farmers breakfast which included two eggs, hash browns, toast, and meat choice. We all chose the ham steak and hash browns with onions and peppers. My boyfriend's hash browns had so much onion and peppers on them that he could hardly eat them while I had to search to find any in mine. Appears the quality control isn't the best. The "ham steak" was a piece of heated greasy processed pork shoulder, not the real sliced and grilled ham steak we were expecting. In addition, my rye toast was barely toasted and soggy. Although our friend raves about this place, my boyfriend and I won't go back to spend $9/plate for a mediocre breakfast we could make ourselves for less than 1/2 the price. read more

They offer you sufficient food with a family atmosphere. They will accommodate a large family so they can sit next to each other. With decent prices and a variety of side dishes it gets the typical 4 star rating. If the interior were redesigned I may have given them a 5 star. read more

My father and stepmother love this place and are regulars. Because of this fact, I have eaten here a few times. The juice is fresh, the food is hot, made to order and well presented. Everything was very good. Other reviews discussed parking, and I can see that being an issue for some folks. All in all, I like this place quite a bit, and give it 4 of 5. read more

Some times I love this place sometimes I hate it but usually I love it. They cook a damn good burger!

This place is just what you would expect from a neighborhood diner. There's nothing really exciting about it, but the food is delicious and inexpensive, and the staff friendly, so not much more you could ask for. read more

I stopped in for lunch today, table of 1. I was greeted and sat quickly, with a glass of ice water before the waitstaff arrived. The waitress was prompt and friendly. I ordered the Tuna Salad Sandwich which came with fries and a cup of soup. The sandwich was very home style (tuna salad on grocery store sandwich sized bread), but it tasted fresh and the bread was good - and frankly, that's about the size a lunch sandwich should be. The fries were steak-cut, reasonably portioned, and well cooked. I ordered the tomato & rice soup - it was rather thick but tasted excellent. Overall the a relaxing sit down lunch with quality food and good service was worth twice the $5 and change the meal came out to. Definitely will be eating here again. read more

Decent food. I've only ever gotten brunch there, but I've liked it every time. They always have great value daily lunch specials.

I took my mom for lunch and she was told by the waitress that there soups were excellent, especially on Thursday Ruben soup , Now that just gave my mom a challenge so Thursday afternoon mom asked if I would take her back to try the soup and of course you can't say no to mom so we did and the waitress didn't disappoint the soup was wonderful and hot. Even my grandson tried it and a 13 year old hates everything but the waitress told him to take a " No thank-you " bite so he did and at least he tried it, We will be back next read more

This was my first time, had the hot turkey sandwich. It was delicious!! The hot turkey sandwich had a side of mash potatoes with gravy on top of the mash potatoes and the sandwich. The mash potatoes and gravy were homemade and tasted delicious. The turkey was moist and soft and had a good flavor with that gravy. The hot turkey sandwich was at a great price and I would definitely eat at 5 Coins Restaurant again!! The server was attentive but not over bearing. Overall great food and great service. read more

Food was good for the price. For takeout, don't bother getting a soup if your food comes with it. The lady that answered said she didn't know what kind of soups they had and didn't make an effort to find out what they had. read more