Picked up a couple of the breakfast pizzas for family brunch over the weekend. They went fast!…read moreDelicious! Another favorite from The Curators Cafe.

The Curator's Cafe took the place where Great American Bagel use to be. What an amazing upgrade. I…read morehave not had a bad meal there and the owners seem like good people. My favorite is their breakfast sandwich on a toasted croissant. Their breakfast pastries are great and they have one of the best brownies I've had. Support local business, we need more places like this in the area, so let's support them. The vibe of The Curator's Cafe is great. They have art everywhere. Every time I've gone in people working and eating there have been friendly, it's my favorite new place to eat at. Bring some friends and check it out. They also do catering!!

Everything hit on all cylinders. Server was great! Clued me on to the Friday special that included…read morea slice of French toast. Saved $5 over 2x3x4, that does come with a second slice of French toast. Entire staff and owner were very friendly. They do a great job of keeping everything spick and span. My meal was excellent and certainly will be sure to return again. They have some pastries from Sweet Treats in Chicago that are tempting me to try. Especially the cherry squares.

Amazing food and the staff is outstanding!! Love this place!…read more Great pancakes! Lattes great too!! As is all the food we had!

The food and lattes are so delicious and the servers are amazing! You will absolutely leave…read morestuffed! If you are looking for some really creamy grits, go here! No instant lumpy gritty grits here! The Banana Anna French toast. Oh my. We decided we will have to go back a few more times to order different things that sounded so good! It is a bit noisy when it's their busy times but we didn't mind!

This is a cute place. We picked breakfast from the reviews and it was very good! They have regular…read moreand specialty coffees. I had the honey pistachio latte. Delicious! The biscuit was big under all the gravy which had good flavor. My husband had the traditional breakfast. It was a lot and he had to take the pancake home. Only item was the potatoes were a little over cooked. Otherwise a good meal. Plenty of choices and space for anyone to be happy if with a group. We here staying at a hotel nearby and wanted a real breakfast. Two coffees and two breakfasts cost us $47 without tip. The service was great and our waitress friendly.

Two things stood out the most for my first visit. The customer service and the quality of food. I…read moreordered the avocado breakfast and a Freddo Espresso, which both exceeded my expectations. My meal was served fast and the waitress was helpful and attentive. Will definitely go back.

This place is my go to everyone I take here loves it! I try something new every time NEVER…read moredisappointed

We have heard so many awesome things about this place from so many people, so we finally made it…read moreout to visit and LOVED it just the same! The place is beautiful, atmosphere bright, clean and welcoming, beautiful art, excellent service and the food and coffee was freaking delicious! Usually, going to a breakfast place in the past, we would expect the same types of food as everywhere else. This place, though, actually has creative dishes packed with FLAVOR as well as basics but also super yummy. I was very impressed by the food and the fact that it came out nice and HOT. Our server kept our coffees filled, water jugs on the table, he checked on us and made sure we were taken care of and everyone was very happy with their meals. We loved it so much we ended up going back the next day to bring more family! :) The lattes are excellent and even the decaf coffee tasted great. Finally a restaurant that brings back dining as an enjoyable experience. I noticed they have a private room in the back, too... for parties, definitely taking note of that for future. Outdoor patio was closed but I imagine it's great in the summer. All in all, we highly recommend this place and cannot wait to go back. I think others enjoyed it too as the parking lot was packed and tables filled, not sure if they accept reservations but might be worth calling ahead of time if you do go. We were able to be seated quickly but it did fill up. Seems like this is a new destination spot! Definitely our new favorite place. Highly recommend the biscuits and gravy and the chorizo bowl...we also loved the chocolate chip pancakes, the Sunday Morning plate and lattes. Next time we plan on going for lunch, they have beer, mimosas and Bloody Mary drinks we are excited to try. Careful, addicting yumifications! lol J&S

Let's start with the great…read more.. Location is easy to find. 30 minutes from my home, but people online love it, so we took the drive. No wait. Seated right away on a Saturday morning and we were seated where we wanted for college football viewing purposes. Capacity was at about a third of the restaurant. Friendly staff. Everyone we encountered was nice and wanted to be helpful. We had the Sara(h)s...one was training the other and they were very kind. It is so clean inside. I felt like the staff had been well trained in front of house upkeep which was really nice. The acai bowl and seasonal pistachio iced latte had great flavors. But... Hot coffee and iced latte came out about ten minutes apart. This is a pet peeve of my husband's. He doesn't want to receive and start to enjoy his food and drinks until I receive mine. I was also raised that you don't start at the table until everyone has everything, so this was not the best start. (I know that's not how it always works out, but a couple minutes and good communication can make this a reality most of the time.) The avocado toast came out with the cream of chicken and rice soup. The soup is not a cream based soup. It's a very thin, mostly clear broth with some form of dairy added, but never would it be considered a "cream of" soup. It did not deliver and unfortunately we sent it back. The toast was a plain bagel (as the option requested), but if that bagel hit a toaster on the way out, there was no indication once it hit the plate. Room temperature without any color on it whatsoever. The avocado spread had a little seasoning so that made it a little less underwhelming. Those items arrived together which were both for my husband and when we asked about my food, we learned it was being dressed at the coffee station. Our kind server came by and told us it was almost ready two more times (it was an açaí bowl). I asked about my extra crispy bacon and was told they would check on it. The açaí bowl eventually arrived and it was well thought out and very flavorful. But no bacon and my husband was done eating by now. So I asked for containers and the bacon in a to-go container. The bacon had obviously been rushed and was undercooked with white fat clearly still visible. Our server said the manager took off the bacon and the soup, but never bothered to stop by and say anything. That was a service fail in my eyes. It wasn't really about the money. It was about what appeared to be training issues in FOH, BOH and coordination across the board. $30 plus $12 tip, we had two coffees, a small açaí bowl, avocado on a bagel (not toasted) and undercooked bacon. Not on the repeat list at this point in time. I imagine if people are honest about the areas of improvement, this business could thrive. The full bar, fun coffee drinks, biscuits that LOOK amazing, location and sweet staff could make this work. I hope they do.

We were out in this are before work because we both have very busy work days with calls and…read moremeetings. I am a vegan, and keep a vegetarian kitchen. My husband likes meat, so we go out to eat fairly often so that my husband can get the foods that I do not allow in the house. We went to Niko's Breakfast Club and my husband loved it. There was truly nothing for me to eat except hashbrowns. They were very good, but it would have been nice if they had at least a few vegan options. Vegetarians always have plenty to eat at a breakfast spot. I believe that eggs and hashbrowns (no toast) are suitable for Celiac/gluten-free diets. They do have one gluten-free pancake. The service was fantastic! 5 stars, but they need to expand their menu offerings for people of different dietary needs/choices. Personally, we would not return due to the distance but mostly because they have nothing for me to eat.

The cream of chicken soup is an absolute favorite!! The people are nice and the service is great!!read more

Food and service were excellent…read more.. We enjoyed the Lingonberry crepes a Dublin skillet.

Amazing service great ambiance. Grabbed a breakfast sandwich for myself and came back an hour later…read moreto grab lunch for the family.

Absolutely horrible. Will never ever come back. Cared more about a sign on the door than customer…read moreneeds. Literally, had to walk out!!! Owner was extremely rude.

Love love love their breakfast. The staff can be hit or miss. One experience I was laughing so hard…read morebecause the waitress seemed to have a problem with a specific member of our party. We all just laughed it off but it was honestly very strange. Otherwise, great place to go for breakfast in Shorewood!

Second visit to this place, and it just doesn't disappoint…read more Today's fresh sandwiches were limited but they had Momma's fresh made spanakopita! My favorite Such a cute little dining area to the back with mismatched upholster chairs and an upright piano. The owner is just so welcoming and accommodating this is just a gem in downtown Joliet.

On Monday had the soup and sandwich. Said they had a limited menu. The menu is hidden. The…read moreminestrone soup had no flavor. The soup seemed to have been boiled for days. A small step up from boiled mush. The carrots were twice the size of my spoon. Service was very slow. Had the smoked salmon bagel with cream cheese. Not great but ok. Do not order the soup. Wife had soup and grilled cheese. Sandwich was ok. Neither of us ate more than a couple spoons of the soup. In running for worst meal of 2026. Neither of us tried the coffee.

Vegan options are super limited to 1 dish. Veggie skillet with basicly just oil and nothing else on…read moreit (no egg etc). Do I mind? No I have ate TONS of breakfast places and had only veggies heated up honestly. I can name 6 places in orland, Bolingbrook, Naperville, Joliet, romeoville, I can eat just "veggie skillet no egg, no cheese" and it taste just fine. Ordered it and after few bites did not taste fresh, in fact tasted dry? And frozen. I got almost sick IMMEDIATELY. Mind you I paid " like "$20+" for this. My stomach was so messed up, I wanted to Vomit. Also note my boyfriend ordered Cheesey Egg Omelette, and also refused to eat it after 4 bites. it's not just my meal. Maybe what we ordered was just not the freshest veggie, or egg, or cheese, or... ? I don't know what the heck happened but $47 down the drain. 3 bites each. We asked for a check and walked out. I hate to leave a bad review but atleast the $5 strawberry juice, which was you know... not really fresh or juice was just flavored water, no sugar, was decent. ALSO, my boyfriend did like the pancakes. So... just order the pancakes Service was alright. Ambiance was alright. Food, personally I wouldn't come back. Even if you paid me. My stomach hurt so bad. The place looks nice tho, and lots of options, just don't take anyone who you love there, maybe an enemy.

For the first time, in a long time there was no line or wait time-we were seated right away. The…read moreissue lays in how long before the waitress took before even coming to the table. We watched a waitress' at other tables take orders, bring food and visit tables to check with their patrons, however none for our table. After 8 minutes as I was getting up to head to the hostess - a table porter caught my eye as I got up he started heading toward the kitchen. I got to the hostess to inquire if there was even a person assigned to our table and as the hostess looked over my shoulder toward our table a waitress was standing there. This was someone we had not seen going to and from other patrons tables. Makes me wonder if anyone had even told her people were seated in her section. The waitress was personable, however she did make errors in our order; Or she didn't check the food before bringing it out. Because we were pressed for time needing to get to our next destination we just ate and did not have her make adjustments. The breakfast was good nothing extra or special just okay. I've had better at a restaurant down the road. When the restaurant is not as busy (yet) the space is airy and cool almost cold feels like a warehouse of sorts. Deco is minimal.