Nickys

I love this place. they just remodeled and it look great. My favorite is their dark meat Grecian chicken. The portion is large and comes with salad and garlic bread, yum. The burgers are also pretty tasty too.

HHHHHmmmmmm!!! Is it possible that Gage Park has healthy food for take-​out? Oh yes it is! My goodness… Nicky’s char-​grilled Grecian chicken is delicious! I’m really really surprised because I think this is the best tasting chicken I ever had and it’s not deep fried! I got the whole Grecian chicken family deal which includes a whole chicken (already cut up), salad (with feta cheese, olives, and cherry tomatoes), salad dressing, garlic bread, and fries. This package is good for 3 – 4 persons. At home, I just made a chicken salad by putting chicken bits in the salad and added avocado and voila… a guilt free meal!

I’ve been coming to Nicky’s for years. This is a place where the food is delicious and the service is great.

The food is great. I go there often. They give you the food fast and they are friendly. Just Sucked that they took the free refills off.

This place has ample seating and menu items but this review is only for the Grecian chicken.
THIS IS THE BEST CHARBROILED CHICKEN THAT YOU WILL EVER TASTE IN YOUR EVER LOVING LIFE!!!
Whew! Sorry… I had to go caps to get that out lol.
But seriously, the chicken is life changing. It’s everything. Perfectly seasoned. I mean the flavor is soaked into every ounce of chicken down to the bone! I haven’t really tried the sides or bbq so I can’t speak on that but the chicken is outta this world. You must try it. Get the catering half pan, eat off of it for a week and thank me later lol!

If you want some short order than you just might fall in love with this place as I did many years ago as in like nearly 30 was the first time I was here, It has been about 15 years since I was here last. I need to make it a point to not wait so long in between visits.
My Big Baby was EXACTLY like how I remember it. Extremely delicious! Compared to all short order burgers I have had in my life (and I have had many!) These are hands down the best.
The service: well it is what it is young folks probably with one of their first jobs serving food. They did the best to their ability and were very personable which is all I can ask for.
Going to to return sooner rather than later

I never say very bad things but this has to be the worst food ever my beef taste nothing like beef the chicken salad taste the same as the beef and the pita bread was old I walked out and throw both meals away

One of my favorite places, love the staff there. The cashiers are awesome. The food is excellent, the place is always clean. I miss their full slab BBQ ribs :(. The cheese sticks are the best!

The salad is amazing and so are their chicken sandwiches. Service can be a bit slow sometimes but it depends on what you order. I also love their big baby minus cheese for me and the fries

My gf and I frequent nicky’s on 58^th and Kedzie Ave. When we need our grecian chicken or big baby fix. My gf loves their grecian chicken (dark) as well as I do.
Their double cheeseburgers (big baby) are also delicious. I also like their chicken sandwiches but i always ask for it on a pita bread.
I noticed not only do they just carry their delicious grecian chicken, they now also sell mexican style chicken (pollo asado) which we have not tried yet but does look good.
There’s always plenty of seating if you want to dine in and plenty of parking as well.

The Big Baby burger is great but, honestly, the grilled chicken salad is excellent. Great take out spot.

Food is good. I like mex pollo dinner.

Food is good… Service is terrible, while waiting for my food the cashier and cook were arguing very loudly, the cashier also tried to keep my change it’s was $ 5. Because of the service I won’t be going to Nicky’s anymore. It was my first and last time

I used to love this place! It was the go to spot for fast food! But the quality in food is not as good as it used to be. Portions have gotten smaller and the prices have gone up. The meat in the Italians beefs seem rubbery now. Soo disappointed.

YES; FINALLY; WHEN THEY SAY FAST FOOD, THEY REALLY MEAN IT HERE!!! I didn’t wait but 6 minutes to get my 2 rib tip orders & burgers. It was fast, clean, the guy was firm, clear & polite! I came here before but I don’t often make my way over this area much. It is worth the stop. My only peeve; they don’t put the white sandwich bread slices under or right on top of your ribs to slop up the juices because there isn’t much to slop up.

I love in Niles and will drive all the way here for there Grecian chicken, chicken gyros & big baby (double cheeseburger) awesome fresh delicious food w/​healthy options!!! Love it!!!

For shame Nickys! $ 0.80… $ 0.35… $ 0.69 what do these numbers have in common? Prices for things that are generally complimentary at other restaurants but Nickys nickle and dimes their customers over. $ 0.80 refill from a self serve pop machine. $ 0.69 for sauce on the side. $ 0.35 for a cup of water! Really?!? I know it’s not situated in a nice ‘hood but like the guys on Monday Night Football countdown, «Come on man!» Were it not for the above mediocre food I don’t know what would keep people coming back here. I mean not even McNasty charges their customers for a cup of water. And don’t get me started on their «buy one get one free gyro*» scam.

How can you taste so good then give me such bad diarrhea?!
I felt tricked.

I’ve been coming here since I moved to the neighborhood in 1995. I have always had a good experience coming here. Excellent gyros, polishes, chicken sandwiches, greek salads, the list goes on! I’ve tried other imitation Nicky’s and none of them match the taste and quality!
I would recommend take-​out, the bathroom is scary last time I used it several years ago and the booths are ok. I always order my food to go. Not a large soda selection (RC, no Coke or Pepsi) but that’s ok in my book!

Now this place knows what’s up.
They were in the trib a few times so I finally decided to make the hike and check it out… quickly found out they live up to their name of «the Real McCoy» as there are plenty of imitators, which I quickly learned just driving in the area.
Upon recommendations, I got the chicken sandwich… and it was the best I have EVER had. NOTHING compares to the thickness or taste of this chicken. It is charbroiled (excellent idea) not to mention the wait time was absolutely zip, even during lunchtime when it was busy. The store was clean and the employees were polite. Prices are competitive, and this is a great change from the usual fast food garbage. You definitely get what you pay for here; and that’s quality.
I have gone back a few times since and experimented with more of their food. These are my recommendations:
ANYTHING chicken: salad (always romain), sandwich, pita, dinners, you name it.
Ribs were pretty good
Big Baby (Double cheeseburger, grilled onions, mustard, ketchup, pickles… i feel like this should be the trademark burger of Chicago)
Gyros is always great
Polish sausage, awesome
Not really a fan of the hot dogs
For comparison purposes, I honestly could say this place can go toe to toe with Portillo’s, as far as food taste. The grilled chicken sandwich puts Portillo’s to shame. I will never order a chicken sandwich there (or anywhere else) again now knowing about this place’s chicken.
This place is my new hidden gem.