Golden Nugget

The food is fine and I probably would be giving a better review but it all is negated by the sexist comments posted at the register. I don’t appreciate being belittled and then paying money to the same establishment. Even my daughter, who is 8, said that those statements were not nice. Maybe management should consider removing those comments considering many of their patrons are women. I won’t go back until they do.

Great place for quick, delicious, and affordable brunch after your kids’ YMCA lessons!

Late night experience was awesome! My husband and I enjoyed our waitresses, service, and meal! If you want traditional home style cooking; this is your place to go! Especially after a night of drinking! May I also recommend the spinach & cheese omelette! It was fresh and amazing!

We had a terrible time here. I grew up going here and I was excited to introduce my husband to GN. When we arrived, the hostess was sitting at the counter chatting with her friends. Several servers saw us waiting but ignored us. After a few minutes, the hostess noticed us and was very pleasant. It was a gorgeous day and we sat outside. The waitress took awhile to come take our drink orders. She failed to bring my drink and then took our breakfast orders. After waiting 20 minutes for milk, I cancelled the order. 40 minutes later, there was no sign of our food or waitress so we just got up and walked out. There were several other tables in the area that had their orders wrong, forgotten, etc. Obviously we won’t be back.

I love me some Golden Nugget. My son and i go for breakfast all the time only problem is they are a little pricey.

Typical greasy spoon. Cheap enough, and good service. Very extensive menu, but bad coffee.

What’s to say? It’s a large diner that has a little bit of everything. Open 24 hours so it’s good after bar/​party good.
Breakfast is good in general. They have good boneless wings and ranch. Good ranch is a major key.
Small little patio outside that is always filled with bees and the seats are realllllly uncomfortable outside. Don’t eat out there.
You’re clearly not eating here for fine dining or something unique. You get what you came for and its reliable.
And that’s all I have to say about that.
Jackée

GoldenNugget is old faithful
It’s Never bad. But it’s never Really amazing either!
It’s A-​OK
You get a lot of food for NOT a lot of money. And you can ALWAYS find one in like just about every neighborhood is Chicago.
This one is walking distance from my place and even closer to the blue line… So you can imagine the times and hours I come strolling into here: D

This place is just OK. Some waiters are really nice and on-​point, while others are rude and slow (in an otherwise empty restaurant). Most of the food is pretty mediocre, unless you are really hungry. They do give very generous portions.
The only redeeming menu items are the pancakes and milkshakes, which are amazing.
The price for the food is not great. you pay way too much for the quality you get. However, again, they do give you a lot of it.
Overall the pancake house has a sort of grimy and outdated atmosphere to it. I would not go there with a date or go for a nice meal.
Only come here of you are very hungry and would rather eat something other than fast food. Or for the pancakes and milkshakes (yum).

I have been going here since the 1990’s. Great food and freshly prepared. Coffee is good as well. We went there for Sunday breakfast last week. The Greek omelette was big and delicious. Lots of spinach and Feta cheese. Plenty of food. Their specials are usually very good. Service is friendly and good.

If I could give negative stars, I would, which breaks my heart, because I have been going to this place since it was built.
First off, the place is filthy — from the tables to the cutlery, it was just gross! After they «cleaned» the table, we went at it again ourselves with wet napkins. My daughter needed to use the bathroom, but opted to wait until we got home.
Why there was a line of people waiting to get in is beyond me. It was moderately busy — it was late Sunday morning, after all — but there were plenty of empty tables and booths.
It took almost half an hour just to get our order taken, and then it took equally as long (or longer) to get the food. Seriously, it was an order of buttered noodles, three orders of Easy Mac, a toasted bagel, and an oatmeal.
If I didn’t have 2 hungry teenagers and 2 hungry tweens to feed before I had to go to work, I would have just left. Only after talking to the manager did our food come up, but it STILL took 10 more minutes.
I still had to get everyone home, get changed, and get to work. I barely made it in time (I literally had 2 minutes to spare!).
I hate to say it, Golden Nugget, but never again.

Nice, clean diner. Staff friendly and portion big for breakfast. Would come back anytime.

Came here for brunch and had the bacon cheeseburger on French bread (I think it was French bread). Anywho, it was really good! It’s quite large, can totally be shared or cut in half to save the rest for later. It came with fries, your choice of regular cut or curly. I also ordered clam chowder for $ 1 extra dollar, but the clam chowder was nothing special. The service was good, got a seat right away, prices are decent, and they even have their own parking lot. I also like that they use quality ingredients and that they’re open ²⁴⁄₇.

I don’t get this place at all. It’s definitely a dive sort of dinner, with super outdated, grimy looking décor. However, their prices are that of a trendy restaurant with fresh ingredients. You can’t have it both ways. Have better tasting, fresh food if you want to charge such steep prices! Needless to say, I won’t be back.

Overall it’s a good Nugget! We go there for breakfast or dinner. Good for a night when you just don’t want to cook.
I will say the breakfast items are usually better than the dinner. Chicken and waffles! This is not a five star fancy restaurant. It’s a Nugget! 24 hour diner. So think of it that way when you go. Good for kids.
They have good specials and the service is usually acceptable. Recommended!
Mmm pie!

The egg white omelette first off is expensive and on top of that they cook it with tons of butter. Obviously if someone’s ordering an egg white omelette with spinach they don’t want to fatten it up with tons of butter. The place is a dive. $ 30 for two people to eat breakfast that pretty much sucked. No thanks. Never again.

Don’t quite understand how 3 ½ star restaurants are always so busy!!! We were stuck traveling for a few hours and settled for this place. Should’ve been a little more patient in finding another spot.
Spinach and Mushroom omelette was overcooked, how can anyone mess up breakfast foods!!!

Warning: do not come to eat here in the morning unless you’re really drunk/​hungover and don’t care about the quality and eating under cooked food.
I asked for a simple egg and cheese omelette. The middle where it was folded over was uncooked, like a freshly broken egg was just opened and dropped in there. Yeah, think about biting into a phlegm-​like texture surprise. The pancakes were not cooked all the way through either. It would ooze uncooked batter. I was so disgusted I couldn’t finish.
To top it off, I bought a blueberry muffin to go because I left the table still hungry. The waitress packed it nicely in a box and bag for me. I get to work and open it up and it is covered with mold. Yes I have pictures.
I am bitter that I tipped well as I usually do, because intially I thought this was the cook’s fault, not the waitress’. But then the muffin surprise happened.

I have occasional bouts of insomnia. Let me just say, it’s uncommon for Jason and me to suffer from it at the same time; BUT, it does happen and when it does…
We usually go to Snap Fitness on Irving Park. The gym is an excellent way for me to burn energy, stop thoughts from racing inside my head and clear my mind from whatever is preventing me from sleeping.
The Golden Nugget is a few blocks away and open 24 hours. About twenty minutes into our workout, we start to develop an appetite. Against our better judgement, I’ll call The Golden Nugget and place an order for pick up. It’s usually 2 orders of French toast and one side of sausage.
The toast is thick bread dipped in batter made from fresh eggs and half & half cream then baked, served with whipped butter and maple syrup on the side.
I always get the Six Wedges and only eat three while Jason eats the rest with his order. He flip flops between the Six Wedges and the Very Berry (seasonal fruit with whipped cream) French toast.
They don’t have turkey bacon or sausage so it’s about the only time I eat sausage made from a pig. It tastes really good and our dog loves it too!

Good Eggbeater spinach and cheese omelet with side of cinnamon pancakes split between my friend and I… we took home half the omelet and ²⁄₃ of the huge double thick pancakes. With coffee the total was just under $ 20.
Waiter was very attentive and informative. Decorations for Halloween were cute.