Cafe Calbay

This diner deserves ¹⁰⁄₁₀ stars! No wait, fast service, very cheap prices and the food was to sum it up is out of this world. I had a garden skillet with American cheese and side of chocolate chip pancakes. I have never tasted so much flavor and freshness!!! I want to come here everyday! I will be definitely bringing all of my family and friends here! Not only is the food great but the diners atmosphere is so friendly, cozy and homey. I can’t say enough good things about this place. I am still sitting here writing my review because it couldn’t wait!!! Too excited to finally have found a fantastic breakfast diner!!!

Went here a while back and forgot to write my review. Shame on me! My daughter learned about this place and, being the breakfast people we are, we thought we’d try it out. It was a great experience! Sometimes it’s difficult to find a place that does «scrambled soft» but this place did it perfectly. Bacon was cooked to perfection. My daughter had the eggs benedict and she loved it. The service was great and the people are very nice too. I highly recommend this place. Can’t wait to go back for lunch :)

Awesome! Prices are reasonable and the food is excellent. Nice big portions. Café Calbay is La Grange’s answer to Tony’s Breakfast Café in Brookfield.

Awesome service AWESOME food highly recommend going here instead if waiting at Bkueberry hill for breakfast although they are good too.

I love this place. This is my breakfast spot on the weekends because it is good food, priced well and its not over crowded. It baffles me that people would rather jam themselves into Blueberry Hill and wait a half hour for an over-​priced breakfast.
Café Calbay has the old dinner feel and doesn’t pretend to be anything that its not. Its family owned and run which is great. They make breakfast well with no frills. But they do have gluten free pancakes. Their skillets and omelets are great!

Came here for the first time it was nice place for a good hearty breakfast
I had the veggie skillet, which was good, potatoes were kinda of dry, no biggie
The service by our waitress was superb, red hair girl with piercings.
The bathroom, the plastic lens cover looks like it wants to fall, could hit a customer in the headline eye could cause a medical problem. The toilet paper dispenser should be moved over closer to the door frame to allow big guys more leg room to poop, I’m sorry, I tell it how it is with no hold backs
I came here with some friends which was nice, bad thing about the outside of this restaurant is hard to find parking.
The prices were fantastic and very reasonable for LaGrange yuppy type people to eat at!!!
Great dive prices for non dive place

LOOOVE this place. Went there a couple times with my wife for breakfast. It has a 50’s style, hardwood floor and lots of posters on the walls.
We always get the «lumberjack» breakfast cause it has a lot in it and it fills us up. It has two eggs, bacon/​sausage and two giant pancakes!
The servers are very friendly and helpful as well as patient. The coffee could use some help but I don’t go for coffee, I go for the amazing food!

Yummy breakfast in a cute old-​style diner setting. Had vegetarian omelet with hash browns with nice golden brown finish and pancakes on the side. Want to pay attention to their specials next time and also go for lunch. Very friendly service.

I have eaten omelettes at every breakfast joint in a 10 mile radius and these are hands down the best.

Favorite breakfast place in western suburbs, food cooked to perfection, very friendly service, super cool place where regulars have their mugs. Love it.

Really great, cute diner. Went for the first time a few weeks ago. Prices were average and the breakfast we ordered was good. I loved that my skillet was well done without asking. Service was okay, but the food and the atmosphere stood out.

This is just a great, little classic diner. Located in downtown La Grange across from the Metra station they are closed on Mondays. They have two soups each day. One is a cream based and the other is broth based. They have several lunch and breakfast specials each day too.
I took my 89 year old father here for lunch. He had the clam chowder soup, grilled ham and cheese on rye bread and I updgraded him to sweet potato fries for $ 1 extra (see how much I love my dad?) He loved it but could only eat half of the sammie. I had the lunch special that was some super super deluxe grilled cheese. It was delish and worth every effin fat gram and calorie that baby contained!
Cute décor, I love the Santa boot coming down from a hole in the middle of the ceilng and the vintage booths and counter stools.
The acoustics make it a bit hard to hear when crowded but the low prices, good eats and cool vibe will keep me coming back. Oh, and as others have mentioned it’s not as packed as Blueberry Hill and I hope it stays that way. The teenage girls that waited on us were nice, efficient and great addition to this little diner. And, despite being in downtown La Grange on a beautiful Friday August afternoon, we snagged a parking space right out front.
Support this local, non-​chain gem of a place!

This place has a good vibe with 20^th century Americana with counter service and tables and booths. The quality of the food is a bit above average, especially compared to some of the other offerings in the area like Bakers’ Square or Blueberry Hill. Looking forward to going back.

Fun 50’s style dinner with great service and good food! I can be very particular when I order breakfast, and I got my corned beef hash burned to perfection. Eggs a perfect over medium, with tasty crispy hash browns.
Love the décor here, lots of vintage posters and good art. The coffee, food, and pretty much everything else here makes this a great breakfast-​brunch-​lunch spot!

My husband and I stopped here for breakfast early Sunday morning and really enjoyed it! We usually go to blueberry hill but wanted to try something new and I’m glad we did. It wasn’t very crowded so we sat right down which was awesome. As much as we enjoy BH, the crowds get a little annoying at times. The coffee was great, my omelet very tasty and our server was very friendly. I’d definitely come back here!

LOVE Calbay! Its a cozy little 1950’s feeling diner downtown LaGrange across from the train. I never had their Lunch items but their breakfast is DELICIOUS! It’s simple and fast.
Only con is that their coffee could be better. Also, it gets really crowed on the weekends. The earlier the better or else you’ll be waiting a little bit.

I always like to find the local places that are apart of the local fabric of the community, I would say Café Calbay fits that bill. As a newer resident of La Grange is was great to find a friendly, casual place that serves great homemade food.
You certainly can order their breakfast items, they have never let me down, and I appriciate the fact that you can order a fresh fruit cup instead of hash browns, but it is the Chicken BLT Sandwich which always ring me back. I would put this sandwich up against any chicken sandwich
So, great value, great staff and great food. I love this place.

I’m a big fan of this place. My husband and I go every weekend for breakfast. We used to go to Blueberry Hill, which we both like, but we decided to try Café Calbay because we thought more variety might be nice. I liked this place as soon as I walked in the door… I think it’s got a really comfortable, welcoming vibe and you can tell the place has a lot of regulars. The food is really good too. I especially like their omelets and waffles. The thing that really impressed me though, was the fact that they get their hashbrowns nice and crispy. I usually won’t eat hashbrowns because they generally seem to be flavorless piles of mush, but not here, they have a nice crunch. My husband usually gets a skillet, which he loves. I think the coffee is good too… old school good ol’ cup o’ joe. All in all, this is my favorite breakfast place in La Grange.