Bob Evans

The first time I went here, I ordered the chicken fried steak and mashed potatoes. I was not impressed with the quality (I can make it better than they do) and it didn’t seem worth the price.
However, the second time I went here, it was for breakfast. I had a waffle with sausage and added a side of hash browns for a few dollars extra. The food tasted really good, but I regret ordering the hash browns because they barely gave me any and it did not seem worth the extra cost.

How is this place empty? Seriously, the food is good the prices are good if not comparable to most places. If you don’t want to wait in line this is the place. This place was empty @ 5:30 and, based on the food, it should be full. I highly recommend giving it a shot.

We have visited this BE’s a few times in the past. Usually it has been pretty good. Today was different. One of our party wanted to try the brioche french toast with blueberries. Ordered it as such. The order didn’t come that way; just the french toast. Our patron thought that she had ordered wrong, and none of the rest of us knew if she did (vocalized)
I understand that times are hard, and everyone has to watch the bottom line, but I ordered their Rise and Shine breakfast, and I was thoroughly amazed at the small amount of home fries that was served with it. Potatoes are cheap. I was fine with the amount of eggs and bacon. Potatoes are cheap².
I learned awhile ago to order scrambled eggs ‘hard’, to make sure that they wouldn’t be soupy. I thought that I learned to order my glass of milk ‘with the meal’ to not have it sit on the table nor back in the server area and get all warm before the breakfast was served. I like a nice, cold milk with breakfast. I guess from now on I need to order a milk right when the whole breakfast order gets delivered to the table, because my Fing milk was warm as it came out of the cow.
Our patron did bring up the error on the brioche, and the manager made a bill adjustment. But, I still feel bad that anything had to be done.
Personally: Warm milk is the downfall.
Forecast: We will be trying MANY other breakfast venues in the area before going this one again. Sorry, Bob, we won’t be going down on the farm in this location for a long time.
The Men’s bathroom REALLY need attention. I would not have wanted to have the need to use the toilet.

Decided to try lunch to go today. I ordered the ham & swiss grilled on sourdough and vegetable soup. It’s just OK. The ham is a fat piece of ham but the sandwich itself was not bad. I liked the bread and the swiss cheese. The vegetable soup was ok but it had a lot of corn in it. The people working at the counter were very nice and the service was speedy. I don’t feel like I should change my rating because there is nothing stellar about today’s visit and quite frankly I have experienced better.

I always like the meatloaf, mashed potatoes and green beans. This Bob Evans was like the others. Average chain service. Good when needing something familiar :-)

To avoid the students I teach in small town America, I trekked down to CU for a place that was «off the chain». Not really… SO MANY CHAINS IN CHAMPAIGN. I wish there were more small, independent businesses. The IEA gift card was the reason I came here.
The service was okay. I had my refills of water, but this place was dead around lunch time! I decided to be really boring and start with chicken noodle soup (known as Chicken N Noodles). It was, in fact, just chicken, noodle, and soup. Not a lot of veggies swimming in that broth. Bob must be short on carrots and celery for Presidents’ Day. No worries though, I got those glazed carrots with steamed broccoli on the way! I was disappointed because I wanted chili. NO CHILI TODAY? What about tamale? See what I did there?
Anyway, I went with the BIG FARM BACON CHEESEBURGER. No sauce. Warning to those watching their figures… don’t get the sauce. It’s usually a blend of mayo, 1000 island, and other crap. Yep, I hate that stuff.
So it was chicken noodle soup with a burger. Instead of fries and coleslaw, I loaded up on veggies. That was about 850 cals I wish I had on pancakes and omelets.
I would have gotten breakfast from the «Fit From the Farm» menu, but I had already had some pancakes for breakfast. I would have had the «Be Fit Breakfast», but I already pancaked it up!
Would I go back? Not without a GC! OPH is better for breakfast!
Perfect word to describe… eh.

Our last visit to Bob Evans was only ok .
Service was friendly, the dinning room area was clean can’t say that about the bathroom at all, really really dirty, the bathroom did not see any cleaning materials in a long time lots of water on the floor too.
We could not find anything on the menu with pork like pork-​roast, so we had the meat love with mashed potatoes and green beans and that was only ok .
Love the fresh dinner rolls and the orange juice.

I mean, I was really hungover, so it did it’s job. But it was one of the greasiest things I’ve ever eaten in my life. Took about 15 – 20 minutes to get a table, but the service was good. Just don’t order the country fried steak unless you want a heart attack at 11:00 am.

Cleanest kitchen I have ever seen!

Sometimes, you just want breakfast. I get that. I’ve only had breakfast foods here, so I can’t comment on anything else.
The pancakes are pretty good, but they’re huge. I can barely finish half of them even when I’m really hungry. I’m a huge fan of breakfast potatoes, and I’ve never been disappointed with them here. Everything I’ve tried has been pretty good, though nothing outstanding. I think you could order just about anything without being disappointed, so long as you don’t look at the nutritional information.
I don’t go here often, however, because it never sits well with me afterwards. I once ate here for breakfast before meeting with a professor, and that was a poor choice. I’m happy he was running late too so I didn’t have to explain what kept me…

A solid breakfast choice if you are in the area. While I can’t recall anything being particularly amazing, nothing is really bad either. With the low prices, you can spend the money you saved on buying something nice in Marketplace Mall.

We were desperate for breakfast on our drive back to Chicago… and then appears a Bob Evans. woohoo!
I can’t believe some of the ridiculously unhealthy things they have on the menu — example: biscuit bread bowl with eggs, potatoes, cheese and meat in it, and hollandaise sauce on top. Seriously. Anyhoo, still delicious. We had french toast and an omelet. Both satisfied the breakfast craving. Service was good and fast.

This beacon of light half way thru a five hour trip appeared as if a mirage in the distance… or, ya know, on the corner.
We arrived and made a dash straight to the restrooms which we were happy to discover were very clean. We were a party of nine so they couldn’t sit us at the same table so split us into two tables right next to each other, which suited us fine.
Our waitress could not have been less thrilled to serve us. I don’t think I saw her crack a grin, much less a smile, the entire time.
The food was decent. The pancakes had a seriously tough exterior, but the eggs were yummy, the biscuits and gravy devine, and my toast wasn’t overly buttered (Rebeca has me looking out for that now).
I had asked for there to be two seperate checks since trying to figure out a nine person tab could get ugly, however when it came time to pay, one check.
Thank goodness everyone just decided to split the cost, which was wonderfully affordable, instead of picking it apart cent by cent.
Overall, a good travel spot for decent food.

This has to be the friendliest Bob Evans I’ve been to in a very long time. From the time I walked in the door we were greeted warmly, or were they flirting with us? Anyhoo, they made us feel welcome after a long road trip. The food was excellent, I had the breakfast. The facility is immaculate, and the environment matches as well. This Bob Evans is a hidden gem in this little town.

I used to love Bob Evans. Not sure if I’ve changed or they have, but I have to say I was not impressed this morning.
The sausage is still good, but everything else tasted like crap. You mileage may vary.