No need to travel to the far east to see sweatshop conditions-- uncle Bill's diner apparently doesn't feel the need to turn the air conditioner on despite 90+ temperatures in the area. In fact, uncle Bill's diner gives the 70s show of Mel's diner, a bad name. Uncle Bill Junior, apparently the manager or occupant spends most of his time hollering back-and-forth across a trailer sized room. If you go into uncle Bill's diner with low expectations, relax, your expectations will be instantly met. Despite the food being passable, uncle Bill's diner gives double wide trailers, a bad name. As you, dine, be sure to soak up the ambience, as most of it will be in your sweaty shirt. If this place was a truckstop, no trucks would have stopped. Keep moving... Nothing to see here!! read more

This spot is the real one if you want a classic diner experience and food. The staff was super friendly and accommodating. They served us quickly and did not rush us. We had a large group and they made us feel like we were part of their family! Portions were perfect and we all left with full, satisfied bellies. My short stack of pancakes, eggs, crispy bacon, and hash browns were all hot and delicious. My mister had biscuits and gravy with eggs; 5/5 star review from him plus they kept his coffee cup filled. They were quick to clear plates and checked on us often. The owner was super friendly and professional. Prices seemed very reasonable for the area - not entirely sure since our friend picked up the tab. 5/5 would definitely recommend. read more

Going here for years. Always friendly. Great soup and great bread. Uncle Bill is always there to say hi.

One the best family-friendly diners. I've been going for over a decade. The staff is so friendly and inviting. The food is great! I love how quaint and family-oriented this place is. I can't recommend it enough. Tim, Helen, Uncle Bill, and the rest of the staff go out of their way to create meaningful relationships. read more

If your looking for an authentic diner, look no further! This little stand alone diner on Roselle Road in Roselle is a hidden gem. Although all the soups are great, go on a Monday for their split pea soup with homemade croutons! Fabulous! This place has been here for 32 years original owner with the traditional counter you can sit at and also booths. I saw someone with a club sandwich and it looked like the best one I have ever seen. We had patty melt and burger,delicious! Please stop in you will not be disappointed,also very reasonable and awesome service. read more

Uncle Bill's Diner is just about as diner as you can get. The clientele is filled with some older singles at the bar, some families and in the back corner the morning we went was a motorcycle gang complete with their leather jackets. Bad@$$! Uncle Bill's has pictures and posters of Elvis & Marilyn all over the walls here. Uncle Bill's can get very full as it isn't very big. Prices are great though, portions are large and food is good though nothing to write home about. I love cliches. They have some specials written on a board in the back and I had one of said specials - biscuits & gravy + two eggs. It was way too much food, even though I ate it all like a beast and just $7! Although I'm not running to go back to Uncle Bill's if I was in the area and someone suggested it, I wouldn't hesitate to dine there again. read more

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Picture yourself sitting down to breakfast or lunch at a diner in the early 1960's. Yep. That's what happens here. You go back in time. OK, so maybe you don't really go back in time, but it's a sweet vibe. After driving past this place dozens of times and seeing that an awesome, fellow Yelper liked to come here pretty often, I wanted to give them a try one early spring afternoon. Uncle Bill's Diner is exactly what it is. It's a diner. And there is an Uncle Bill. A long counter, barstools, booths, diner-style memorabilia (think classic cars and Hollywood icons), friendly staff, simple menu, reasonable prices, quick service, good portions, and greasy food! Just right. read more

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3 stars for friendly service, fast and fresh food, and value. The taste was ok, how can you really go wrong with breakfast? You really can't. This place didn't get any more stars because they have a pretty generic and limited menu (for a diner). Or am I just asking for too much when I require to see a 10,000 item menu? Well, to each his own. This place is just ok, really nothing special. Price is pretty good and reasonable so that's a plus! I ordered the bacon omelette and the egg was overcooked for my taste. It came with hashbrowns and a choice of pancake, toast, or french toast. I had french toast- that was just ok too. The location? Well, there's not much around this place so no extra star for location either. It's across a car place and the plaza it is in has 2 other businesses in it. Blah blah blah-- so does my review and the taste of this place! read more

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Greasy spoon? More like "crusty spoon" diner. I really expected great things from this place because of previous reviews but sadly disappointed. The food tasted good and the service was great and very fast. However, it was overshadowed by a filthy spoon and what looked like leftover food floating in my water glass. It's the little things that can make or break a meal. After feeling like it just wasn't clean at our table, I kind of lost my appetite. The stars are really for the good prices, fast service and nice people here. read more

It is not a fancy place. You aren't going to get amaretto crepes or an asparagus and pancetta omlette. But the food is good. It is very consistant. The staff ia friendly as heck. Don't go with a large party because seating is best for 2 to 4 people and you kind of seat yourself. You may have to wait. Because they are busy. And they are cheap. You get tons of food for your money. We go to most breakfast places in the area and we have our favorites depending on what we want on a given day. This is the cheapest and a pleasant experience to boot. read more

I've been coming here for 20+ years. The owner is the "old guy comedian" that others have referred to. This man loves what he does and is always smiling and telling jokes. He is there cooking almost always. This is a small 50's-60's themed diner. Walk in sit wherever you'd like and have a great inexpensive meal. Don't be turned off by a couple bad reviews. This place has been here for decades for a reason. read more

While this place looks unassuming, don't let that fool you. So far my wife and I have been here twice and the food is absolutely amazing. The cooks make everything fresh to order. The biscuits and gravy are some of the best I've had. The omelettes are on point too!!! Highly recommend that if you're in the area and you'rehungry, give Uncle Bill's Diner a try. read more

It's aiiight. My sister loves coming here more for the service and atmosphere so she better put her rating up to equalize mine cuz food wise this place is average at best. The servers can be nice though. Nice and LOUD and also a bit of nice, but it makes you think if they used to serve at Ed Debevic's er something before it closed down. read more

Fantastic service and great food prices are very good also. My wife had the skirt steak and eggs and was very happy that she did. I had the meat lovers skillet and it was delicious. I would highly recommend this place. Kinda small but great food and awesome old school place read more

Highly recommend the soup! Cream soup day ( chicken and rice and cream of potato) on Thursdays is always a hit, not to mention the bread and butter- I know it's bread and butter but yum! Also my favorite breakfast is the biscuits and gravy - again so good. Everyone is so nice, they make you glad you came for a visit. And some food. read more

I love it here and so do my kids. We go to uncle bills when we are in Roselle. The soup is excellent

I have a previous review from 2017. Now it's 2019 and I still love this place. Old style diner with simple, yet great, food! Beats all the fancy breakfast places in my opinion. Love their simple egg breakfasts, their biscuits and gravy are great, and their lunch and dinner options all have been tasty! Haven't had a single bad experience here. 5 stars for sure! read more

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No! A huge no! You got an older gentleman behind the counter blowing his nose and touching things after. Most are wearing their mask on their chins walking around and talking loudly etc. very weird experience. They obviously can give a crap about Covid. The food was not good either. Seems like this place has regulars that don't mind any of this. read more

Think 90210's Peach Pit and Mel's Diner. You'll be smacked over the head with nostalgia from the moment you walk in the door. It's like a blast from the past that I've only dreamed of, but never experienced. Until now. We have driven past Uncle Bill's Diner a bazillion times. And a couple weeks ago, we decided that we couldn't just keep driving past. So we pulled in the crowded parking lot and made our way inside. We went back again today, so I'll give you an overview rather than a total replay of one visit or the other. It's totally a diner. A long counter with stools loaded with locals eating breakfast. More tables and booths than I could have imagined squeezed in there. During our first visit, there was one booth available and we snagged it. This time, it wasn't quite as packed so we chose a booth. (The same spot as last time. We're creatures of habit.) Anyhow, the servers work together as a team. There is no rhyme or reason. No actual pattern of who does what because everyone does everything. They are a well oiled machine. Operating in sync at all times. Pouring coffee, refilling sodas, taking orders, clearing dishes. Here you're a Honey or a Sweetie. It works. Don't question these things. Until you're a regular and they're calling your name when you walk in the door, Honey or Sweetie it is. No joke...it's like Cheers - where everybody knows your name and they're they're always glad you came... Both times, people walked in and someone said 'Hi Joe/Bob/Jim!' And this was echoed about four times throughout the joint. Awesome! There IS an Uncle Bill. He's a very hard working guy. You'll know exactly who he is. The booths aren't overly comfortable, but you won't linger. Get in. Order. Eat. And get out. They are busy. It's reasonably priced and nothing fancy. So far, we tried eggs over medium, hash browns, bacon, biscuits and gravy, skirt steak sandwich with fries, ham and cheese omelet and chocolate chip pancakes. Eggs were cooked perfectly. Hash browns and bacon standard but good. Biscuits and gravy were top notch! Skirt steak sandwich was a mistake. There was nothing wrong with it, but this is really a breakfast joint so I wouldn't order it again. The omelet disappeared rapidly from my son's plate. I loved the chocolate chip pancakes!!! Light and fluffy with a ton of flavor packed in. Yes please. They cook right in front of you so that's cool. I will be a regular here and some day, I won't be Sweetie anymore. I'll be good 'ol Jen! I can hardly wait! read more

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I'd been eager to try Uncle Bill's because of the great reviews and, well, I heart diners. Uncle Bill's has a '50s retro feel with lots of Marilyn and some Elvis posters in the wall. Seating is limited, so I can absolutely see how there's a weekend wait. At 7pm on a Monday, though, it was just us and two other patrons. Dee took our orders - she was friendly and intuitive. I had the Tuna Melt + pea soup. It came on toasted seeded rye (total YUM) and had 2 slices of cheese. They had just cleaned the fryer so no fries for us, so we got hash browns instead. Fine by me! He also got the pea soup + a grilled Chicken sammy on Pumpernickel, no cheese. Sadly his bread wasn't the toasty goodness mine was. Still, both portions were hearty. We each had coffees and waters which were regularly refilled. So, yep, good service! Our pre-tip total was $17.60. I devoured half of my sammy - it was tasty and the tuna was plentiful - and took the rest for lunch today. All was great and was at least worthy of 4 stars ...UNTIL ("TMI" Alert!) we got home and I had to go straight to the restroom. Ugh. Thinking it was a fluke, I ate the rest today for lunch aaand had the exact. same. results. I don't have a delicate stomach, so something was definitely awry. Really disappointing, because it was so delish. :/ Sorry Uncle Bill's: not convinced I'll be returning. read more

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Absolutely ADORE this place best food & coffee $ & staff in the area! Been coming here for yeaaaarrrrrssss!! read more

Came here from a suggestion by Jennifer P. The outside of this place looks well-kept. The neon signs are in good working order. Inside, the look and feel is definitely of an old diner -- not old as in Golden Nugget, disgusting old, but more like a Johnny Rockets charming, authentic good old vibe. I ordered the split pea soup, and the Uncle Bill's Bionic chicken sandwich, which was a grilled chicken sandwich, lettuce, tomato, grilled onions, and bacon. Even though I requested no cheese, they put cheese in my sandwich. But no worries -- the cook and waitress were extremely nice and offered to recook it, in which I declined as the cheese was easily able to be scrapped off. The sandwich was delicious! The only thing lacking was the toasting of the dark rye. Because it was left untoasted, the bread quickly crumbled and I was left with a messy sandwich. But the chicken and bacon was cooked perfectly, and seasoned just right. It was one of the best grilled chicken sandwiches I have had in a very long time. The split pea soup was great as well, although I have to say it was saltier than I would have liked it. Overall, the food was still good, and the people were nice and friendly. If you're looking for diner food, without the Golden Nugget yuck, definitely check out this place. BATHROOM REVIEW: Comprising of a one-person bathroom, inside was pretty roomy. The inside had a lot of rusty looking pipes, and had the look and feel of a really old bathroom. Sit or squat? Squat! read more

WOW! Very friendly atmosphere, large portions, good prices, and quick. Im just traveling through, but I am so glad that I stopped here!

Like many others, I drive past this place everyday to and from work and ive always been so curious! My brother and sister were both in town visiting for the new year and I thought what a perfect time to check this place out. Come in and sit anywhere! They are super friendly, quick and courteous and the ambiance was EXACTLY how I was hoping it to be! really made me feel like I went back in time instead of thinking about another year at midnight. The food was great and the price even better, just what you would expect from a good diner! I will definitely be coming back again and again in just sad it took me all this time to finally go! read more

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If you haven't been to Uncle Bill's Diner for breakfast give it a try. The food is great and you can actually watch them cook your food. Great staff and good hometown cooking. Give it a try. Tim was our server and is a huge Tiger Woods fan. Say hi for me. PS...They had golf on TV so made it super great for me. read more

Delicious!!!! The service was great, too! Friendly and really welcoming. The portions are large but the prices are very affordable. We went for breakfast...meat lover's skillet, NY Strip steak and eggs, Denver omelette, and biscuits with gravy. The first three came with a side choice of pancakes, french toast, or toast. We had pancakes and french toast. Everything tasted fresh. We have found our new favorite breakfast spot. Looking forward to becoming regulars! read more

Best neighborhood diner. Clean and safe environment. Food is homemade fresh and delicious. Friendly family restaurant staff makes you want to come back. Reasonable prices and nice portions for working people. 1950s decor and music completes the experience. A must visit for those who love diners. Uncle Bill may stop by your table to say "Hi" if you are lucky. read more

Excellent food and service. Extensive menu and wonderful daily specials. French fries are super good.

Great place! Doesn't look like much from the outside, but don't let that fool you. I live right down the street and at first I thought it was a closed down little place. I must have only noticed it at night or when it was closed. Well, it's not! My Soul Matey and I were craving omelets one morning so we decided to grab some carry out and try it out. Winner Winner Omelet Dinner! Haha This is a small mom and pop place and it's super tasty!!! Looks like a "friend & family" ran place and it works for them! Highly recommend!!!! Get some breakfast you won't regret it! And who cares what time it is....because it's breakfast time all the time! Ha! read more

I've been going here for over 25 years my family is close with the owners of uncle bills there isn't anything on that menu that you wouldn't like take my word for it breakfast lunch n dinner I go here for great food great service great atmosphere read more

I've lived in the area for 35 years and finally gave this place a try. (Also, I'm 35 years old). Wish I wouldn't have waited so long. Great food, friendly service, good hometown feel, clean. Will be back soon. read more

Great place to go for diner foods. Consistently good meals and good service without the frills, This place broke my streak of poor places I've recently visited. IBB read more

My husband said he heard good things. Not sure from whom. Mediocre at best. Pricey for what you get. Basic menu. Nothing I can't make at home. Corned beef is canned. Sausage gravy is canned. I ordered the special skillet breakfast which also was mediocre. Not coming back. read more

DONT JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER !!Although looking in from the road it doesn't look like the best breakfast spot around, this place was very good. An old school vibe with a lot of older people inside. Seems like a local spot for regulars. Everyone knew each other by first name basis, except for me of course. My order was delicious. And good size as well, paid about 15$ for what you see in the picture plus a coffee.. if you want good food I recommend this place. If you want a fancy restaurant this place isn't for you. Oh and the staff was super friendly and attentive. read more

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Family oriented great prices for breakfast, super friendly. Will be going back again.

Worst service ever! Went to uncle bills for Mother's Day! The owner had his mask around his chin the whole time we were there, and took no precautions for Covid whatsoever. He also embarrassed a young girl in front of everyone for no reason just because she got there before her family and tried to get a table for them. I was so embarrassed for her, and he was so rude to her I was disgusted. I felt so bad I had to tell my waitress how unprofessional I thought it was, and she apologized for him. All I can say is I'm never going to uncle Bills again. read more

Cute Restaurant. Soup was delicious! One of the best soups I ever had. Burger & fries were super good. Friendly staff

Good Food, good and friendly service, great prices and wonderful ambiance. Food is served quickly and is tasty.

Food: I had the worst craving for hash browns. Sure, I cook all the time, but that's one of a handful of things I don't really cook for myself. If I'm grating potatoes like that, I'd rather make latkes. Generally, I'll do other things with potatoes that don't involve grating at home. I'd never been here before, but I'd read good things on Yelp, and it seemed like just the place to go to sate this craving -- reasonably priced, solid diner experience. Some days, you want experimental breakfast mashups, like tiramisu french toast. Other days, you just want fluffy buttermilk pancakes with no frills. This place is the latter (and yes, those pancakes are good). Food is well cooked, but not really seasoned much at all. I'm guessing this is because it mostly serves an older clientele, who are probably very salt-conscious. There are salt and pepper shakers on the tables, so you can adjust as necessary. Hash browns were nice and crispy on the outside and soft and fluffy on the inside; just what I wanted. Yay. Also, the coffee was good. Service: It's a small place, with super '50s decor and very friendly staff. As soon as I walked in, I was cheerily greeted and invited to sit anywhere I wanted -- even though they were clearly busy with people both sitting at the breakfast bar and at the booths/tables. It's a great place to people-watch, as well. Regulars were greeted by name, and the staff took the time to chat with them. I love that about places like this. It's very much not a modern place; the most modern thing about it is probably the fact that the '50s rock n' roll music that played came from the Sirius/XM 50's station, and so was much clearer than it would have been coming from a transistor radio. But otherwise? Old-school all the way. The short order cook was cooking at a flat-top grill that stood in plain view of all the customers, so if you sat at the breakfast bar, you got food and a show. Prices are more than fair, considering. If you're looking for anything fancy, keep driving. If you're looking for a very basic step backward in time, with really great service, stop in. They also serve lunch. (Oh, be advised that the breakfast items all come with "American Fries." That's their term for hash browns -- not "Freedom Fries" or something that might show up on the Colbert Report.) read more

Amazing staff, fast service and of course Best diner food in town! Try the Greek lemon soup, it's to die for. read more

Uncle Bill's Diner - Diners Near Me - Roselle, Illinois