Excellent food. Very friendly servers. Family gets I n and out quickly, even when very busy.

My sister in-law and I had breakfast on last Friday 7.25.25. The service was terrible. I don't know of the were short staffed or not. The food was okay nothing to brag about. With all of the breakfast restaurants in our area there us no reason for us to go back Briana's. read more

First time trying this spot out and was not disappointed. They have a very large menu but I'm glad because I like having different lunch options and not just breakfast (I almost always go for savory lunch). The service was good and the inside was very clean and updated looking. The portion for the price was on point I feel too. I ordered the German Benedict with potato pancakes in place of the usual English muffin. The flavor on the potato pancakes was definitely good and it came with 3 poached eggs that were perfectly cooked. The side of crepes to share were delicious as well, definitely would order again or try another flavor. My BF ordered the stuffed french toast and while it had great flavor, the French toast itself wasn't actually stuffed, it just had the "filling" between each piece - but again, the flavor was still good. Overall a great experience and will definitely come again - probably would even make this a go-to brunch for us since it's so close to home! read more

Briana's Pancake Cafe Restaurant - German Benedict Stuffed French Toast Crepes Two eggs with Meat - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - South Elgin, Illinois

The crepes are the best out of the 5 restaurants we go to. Service is always good.they plenty of tv's in the place but need to have closed captions on. Just a thought. read more

I am furious with the experience I had at this restaurant this morning. I placed my order ahead of time thinking it would make things easier--only to show up and be told they accidentally gave my food to someone else. I get that mistakes happen, but what followed was completely unacceptable. I ended up waiting over 30 minutes for them to remake my order, and when I finally got it--it was still missing items. As if that wasn't enough, when I called to let them know, the employee on the phone didn't apologize, didn't try to help--she immediately started talking back to me with attitude. I asked to speak to a manager and she flat out refused, then hung up on me while I was still talking. That level of rudeness and complete lack of professionalism is shocking. I've never been treated so disrespectfully by someone in customer service. Whoever that employee was, she has no business working there. This whole experience was ridiculous and ruined my morning. read more

Briana's is a good breakfast spot with a HUMONGOUS menu. It's literally the size of an encyclopedia. When I ordered scrambled eggs and toast, to my amusement, there was almost a look of disappointment on the servers face. The food was good, the decaf coffee was good, and there was no rush to quickly leave after we completed our meal. Overall, a solid spot for breakfast. read more

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Amazing food. Service was excellent. Very chill ambiance. Nice waiters. I recommend the stuffed crêpes. read more

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good service. nice cozy place. would say this california club was a tad bland but the cream of chicken soup was great and the fries were pretty good too! i would go back and try some of the other menu items. nice to have a place like this close by for lunch. next time i'll try the skillets with biscuits and gravy! read more

Briana's Pancake Cafe Restaurant - this California club was pretty good today! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - South Elgin, Illinois

We eat at Briana's nearly every week. The food is great. The service is excellent. Breakfast or lunch, you can go wrong!

My Gold standard for breakfast is Buttermilk in Geneva, but we were in a hurry and Briana's is right around the corner so we stopped in on Mother's Day. Boom! they hit it outta the park! Tijuana skillet was awesome, Pancakes were awesome, coffee was awesome, and the service was awesome. I heard the same from everyone else. Guess we have a shorter drive for breakfast now, lol. Cheaper too! read more

Pros: clean, nicely decorated, staff pleasant, we were waited on quickly, the food was very tasty. The fruit was fresh and flavorful. Cons: nothing worth noting We would go back! read more

I used to love going here for breakfast. I haven't been there in a year and was really looking forward to eating there. I guess they must be struggling with staffing. We were seated right away and then waited 10 minutes for the waitress to take our order. She asked if we wanted coffee and then immediately left. We saw the coffee pot go by twice and still no cup of coffee. We gave it another 5 minutes and then gave up. Very disappointing. read more

Great breakfast!! The club also was delicious... lots for your money. Service was very delightful

Very good food, portions and fantastic coffee. The omelette I had was amazing. Service was great too

One of the better breakfast places around: - Reasonable price - Clean - Great menu - Food tastes fresh read more

My boyfriend and I came here for breakfast recently...great + timely service, and the food was amazing!! The best skillets we've ever had by far and the coffee was wonderful. Would highly recommend! read more

Horrible services seated, waited 20 mins before the kind hostess took out drink and food order. 25 more mins - it was hot and uncomfortable inside. Left no one ever refilled our drinks or brought our food. read more

Amazing food great ambiance and fast as ever service even in a rush!! Not even joking food was hot and ready in less than 10 minutes after ordering!!! read more

Best crepes in the area. Service it is excellent. We really enjoy when Eric or his wife are working there.

Ruined my Dad's surprise 80th birthday breakfast. We scheduled delivery for a special breakfast for my Dad...two hours later no food has shown up and no communication from the restaurant. I followed up with UberEats and Brianna's apparently canceled the scheduled order with no notice. Thanks for ruining an elderly man's 80th birthday. Don't order from this restaurant if you want a reliable experience read more

The coffee is some of the best I have had, they have kona coffee. And I literally drink atleast 3 cups every time I go. We love the dishes, they have huge portions, and variety of options! They are also accommodating and love their service! read more

Food is OK but don't try to order anything for pick up because I'll screw up your order and then make you wait 45 minutes while the other food gets cold just beware read more

We have been coming to Brianna's for years and the service and food is always fantastic. We were delighted they were open this morning for Christmas and appreciated their staff. However we were shocked to discover the cost of one soda has increased to $6 EACH. We even checked with the hostess as we left to make sure it wasn't a mistake and she said yes, it had increased. This is absurd. We may still come here for breakfast, but we'll be having water. I'm not sure how any place could justify this. read more

Delicious food, cozy place with great food selection. The only down part is sad stuff. They all look so sad with no smiles... well maybe it is bcs they are working on Xmas. Sorry read more

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Hi i am very pleased with the crapes here this is my favorite breakfast spot in the area

First time ive ever eaten here. Got it to go , which is always risky i guess. The prices are far for what i got but i also got a completely wrong order. im a fatass and not picky so i ate it anyway lol but i think its weird they use like the german kinda sausage instead of ground breakfast sausage. My doggies liked it tho read more

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So, first experience here. Not entirely impressed. We walked in and the place is small and the decor is very plain. The manager (I assume he's the manager) walks us to our table. Friendly guy but a little annoying. He stood at our table for about 3 minutes asking us how we heard about them and where we normally go to eat and all that. Just let us sit down and look at the menu. The menu, ok selection but almost the same thing throughout. My wife ended up getting the Belgium Waffle. Eh, it's a plain waffle, how bad can it be. She bent her fork trying to cut it but she said it tasted good. I ended up with the German Benedict. Poached eggs, bacon, potato pancakes with hollendaise sauce. It was ok, but the bacon was not crispy (but I know not everyone likes it that way) and the potato pancakes were mushy and wet. Hollendaise sauce did not taste homemade at all. But, at least they can make a Poached egg properly and it came with 3. Server was not completely attentive. Coffee wasn't refilled until I asked. Bathroom was not really clean and was out of paper towels. I'm not sure about this place. read more

Briana's Pancake Cafe Restaurant - And this was our bill. Affordable, yes, but how do you know what you're paying for?? - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - South Elgin, Illinois

This place is small but amazingly comfortable and feels open. The decor is simple and pleasing to the eye...nothing garish or overly done. You can look around and see the perfect touches without the over-done decor so many places do. Waitress was so nice. Menu is great with lots of items that are different than every breakfast lunch place around. We had the garlic parm grilled cheese and it was so amazing and the fries were best around...McDonalds - come get their fry recipe. Honestly - and this may be small to some people, but I would have given this 5 as PERFECT but they use what tastes like a mayonnaise based garlic dressing - sorry but just the worst garlic is mayonnaise based. Other than that, everyone in our party LOVED ALL OUR FOOD. For the first time I was sorry I asked for half order of fries... Will definitely be return customers. read more

First time here food was very good I had the cronbeef hash and biscuits and gravy. Was nice a bright in there and clean

Is it typical for you to charge $3.75 for 1 x Café Vanilla & then only half fill the cup? Perhaps you ought to stop your online reserve system because your waitresses are too busy to even find out what a person who has already waited 10 minutes for their order what they want, & because, as I was informed, they don't know your whole/actual order 'because they ran out of printer ink.' Tried to support this restaurant last Thursday, placed more than clear order, over an hour in advance, to be delivered to my car at 12 pm. My daughter works 3 minutes away but only has between 12 & 12:30 for lunch... didn't get to her till 12:20 & had to woof down cold 'breakfast fare' along with my pricey 1/2 cup of coffee. I drove over 35 minutes away but I was there at 11:58. Instead, got a rude attitude from a blond waitress who didn't have time to even hear what I was there for. Ten minutes after order should have been received, got out of the car; waited to get attention to no avail, asked & told to wait while waitress finished w/one table & then went to another & was clearly pissed that I tried to let her know what I was there for. I then went to my car, called, and was told my food had been ready (guessing at noon because it was cold by the time I received it). Can't believe the audacity of your charging a 'service fee' for this absolute lack of service! Perhaps you want to go out of business? Certainly didn't impress. read more

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Seems my issues a year ago have been cleaned up for the most part. Briannas is again, my goto diner, staff is always nice and attentive, food is always good and hot. Thank you briannas for getting back to what you do well.. read more

I don't usually write reviews unless something goes horribly wrong but in this case it's the complete opposite! Food came in under 10 minutes after ordering even at the end of brunch rush our order came out perfect and delicious. Would absolutely recommend to anyone, fairly priced and variety of breakfast and lunch options this will definitely become of my usual stops. read more

The food is really great here and the service is great too but they keep randomly boosting the prices. Last time I got food here I even double checked the online menu price first but when I was charged it was a dollar more than what was on their menu and what was online. All the server said was that they increased prices in the new year. This is the second time that this has happened, so I probably won't be going here again. They used to have good food for fair prices, but now it's just over priced good food. read more

Awesome breakfast each time, prices are great! Service is awesome! Our favorite breakfast place.

With all the negative reviews I was dreading going here but I have to say we were pleasantly surprised. Our waitress did a great job of getting what we needed and this was with a packed restaurant. Our breakfast was excellent. We will be back to support a small business. read more

It's our first time in this place. What makes it special is the server that greet and served us. He's polite and make you feel at home in the place. I also recommend their food. read more

Very pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed my visit. Enjoyed my visit here far more than I expected I would. I was thinking a little mom and pop breakfast place with meh decor and decent food. I was pleasantly surprised that while Briana's is under going a remodel (so don't expect anything great decor wise) the food was really good and all the staff were very friendly and helpful. I was feeling fun so I ordered the Chocolate Chip Banana pancakes, delicious!! Light, fluffy perfect amount of chocolate chips and chocolate sauce. I received 4 huge pancakes (like literally had lunch and then a afternoon snack type huge). I also ordered hash browns as a side, those were very good as well. Nicely crispy without being burned. While I wasn't impressed by the appearance of the place (interested in how they are going to remodel!) the food and great attitudes of the wait staff definitely make this a place I'll visit again!! read more

First and foremost, let me just say what a load of crap it is for a reviewer to rate a place, especially a 1 star, when they haven't even stepped foot into the business. And for Yelp to allow it, is equally shameful. As for Briana's itself, the food is in the 3 range. It is your typical breakfast spot. Pancakes, Waffles, Omelettes, Skillets, etc. It's pretty tough to screw breakfast up. I've been twice (first time when it was Briana's Taqueria) and both times it was average breakfast food. Nothing to knock my socks off. Service is decent, but again, nothing mind blowing. Took food a while to get out to us. We were the only ones in the place and it still took 25 min to get breakfast. My wife ordered a skillett, and I ordered a wrap. Nothing complicated, yet 25 minutes. Not sure why? Cosmetically, this place needs a lot of help. Totally agree with other reviewers about what they saw. This place has been open for months now, and there is still blue tape on the walls, the booths are tiny, like don't bother trying to get four into them if your four are on the larger size. The restaurant is larger than someone's bedroom, and larger than a small classroom. It easily sits 60 people if filled to capacity. I doubt this place has even seen half of that at one time though. What turns me off the most about this restaurant though, is the fact that they have blatantly taken the menu from a restaurant less than a mile from them and are using it as their own. I'm not talking about same items with different names, I am talking word for word menu items that are exactly the same. Mamma Bear, Papa Bear, Lumberjack Skillet, etc. As far as I can tell, they added four "wraps" to their menu to make it different. Everything else is EXACTLY the same. I asked the owner of the other restaurant if there was any relationship between the two. He said there was not, and I have no reason not to believe him. If you can't be original with your menu items, then you are nothing more than "Meh" to me. For those familiar with this area, there used to be a place called Moonstruck that was in the spot next door to Briana's. It was 10 times better than Briana's. And it failed. Doesn't bode well for Briana. Doubtful I will be back a third time. read more

I'm really shocked at the few reviews I just read. Me and my husband absolutely love breakfast here along with everyone who has every accompanied us. Portions are amazing skillets are super tasty and best of all, they have gluten free pancakes for me or anyone with intolerance or allergy. They are incredibly tasty. Who cares if the tables are empty, the problem is no one knows about it tucked away in the strip mall. A little good marketing and they will be fine. Above average compared to other local breakfast spots. But let me guess - most of these reviewers are colonial fans hahha enough said Give this place a shot, support small business and you won't be disappointed read more

I've come here many times for breakfast and it's always good. Tried it for lunch and my sister and I each got Cream of Chicken Rice soup and split the nachos as we were craving them and the server recommended them highly! They were delicious. Fresh ingredients-they might even make their own chips. They were thin and crispy. All of their soups are also made from scratch. The servers are the friendliest around and always give good recs. They cut 10% off of your bill every day which is awesome (probably also because their prices are competing with Randall's down the road and they have similar menus). The potato pancakes are also tasty and the omelettes have always been good. Looks like they have a Friday fish fry and Fried Chicken in Saturday's now. Give it a try! read more

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