Uncle Nick’s

Uncle Nick serves up the best gyro I’ve tasted in Rockford. Whenever I’m in town, Uncle Nicks is an absolute for lunch.

Their slogan should be «shut up and be grateful we are here». Nick’s sits ground zero in one of the most crime ridden areas in America. Yes. The place is kinda dirty. Yes. there is no seating inside or out. Yes. Your food comes out through some mystery hole behind the counter. No. Nobody I know has ever seen what is on the other side of the mystery hole.
The food is ok — not great. I think it gets rave reviews because there is NO competition. Hats off to the brave men and women who serve behind the secret food hole at Nick’s!
You will understand when it is late and you are very hungry Just shut up and eat your gyro.

Best Gyros in Rockford forsure plenty of meat they are loaded get it with an order of fries and cheese. Staff is real nice prices are perfect very affordable. Great late night snack.

I come here every year from Colorado just to get these. I’ve been going there since I was a kid. Almost makes me regret moving from Rockford.

Omg the pizza puffs are out of this world! Josh was 100% right. I’d orgasmed in my mouth. You should totally try these. I traveled from Phoenix AZ just to try them out. Oh and the gyros are legit! Stay hungry my friends!

I do not mean to insult anybody else for their opinions about this place, but those from Chicagoland are in for a TERRIBLE disappointment with Uncle Nicks. The one staff member was friendly and did give me no onions when I asked for it. However, just taking the bag already told me that I was in for a disappointment when it felt empty.
Got it home and opened the bag and the sandwich resembled the size of a wrapped hot dog. When I opened the sandwich it had puddles of sauce with some meat. No tomatoes on it. I did not ask for no tomatoes. See pictures.
If it taste good, all the above observations do not matter! It did not taste good. It was flavorless to be nice about it. The sauce had no dill and was bland, and the meat taste like it was frozen… now that I think about it, the place does not have an open kitchen and you cannot see a rotisserie spit, so for all i know, it is frozen.
Overall, I asked around and everyone raved about this place. It is a gross disappointment to me, but I am learning that I took great food for granted closer to Chicago. I enjoyed Tom and Jerry’s much better! I will not return soon.

Gyros are good but I prefer getting fresh meat, gyro sauce, and pitas from valli and making my own. I know lamb meat is expensive but it was like $ 20 for meals for two of us. That is a lot more than I want to pay for fast food.

Absolutely the best gyro you will ever get. Total divey place that deserves you try it. Been going there for years and it always remains a great and tasty value. Everyone at work considers the gyro as the gold standard to measure all other gyros. The fries are fantastic and plentiful as are the sandwiches. As cheesy as the place it is cleaner than you would expect. Enjoy the gyro!

When it comes to great Greek food no one does it better than Uncle Nicks. Gyro’s, baklava, spinach pie, etc. all wonderful.

A Rockford landmark. I have been here countless times during countless visits to Rockford and always end up stopping here. The gyros and fried mushrooms are awesome. The Italian beef is great. Only problem is they just stick pepperoncinis on it instead of giardiniera. The building looks like stir-​fried shit but don’t let that deter you from a Rockford rite of passage.

The BEST place for Gyros! My FAV! Cuz price is Low for this delicious mouth watering treat and gotta have em cheese fries!
Since living in Rockford, this was my place 2go to for After hour meals! Yum!

I just don’t get all the hype about Uncle NIcks. I came to town and couldn’t wait to try the gyros everyone here talks about. I’ve had many gyros at many places in many states and this was probably on the bottom of the list. Maybe its simply there isn’t any competition here.

Amazingly fast service during 4^th of July parade. Gyro was not a disappointment!

20 years ago this place would have gotten five stars from me. The place is disgusting dirty. I would not be surprised if I was told that they have been fined or temporarily closed over health code violations. I once saw a little cockroach fall from the ceiling and land on the counter directly in front of the counter clerk and a half dozen people waiting for their orders. I reached over and killed it, then walked out. Nobody else left, which speaks to the lack of quality options at 2:30am. If they ever remodel the place and clean it up, I would consider going back. Until then, there are other places where the food is as good or better, and do not give you the feeling that your food is being prepared and served in the rest room of a ghetto gas station.

OMG Droooooooool Uncle Nick’s wow… OK so I used to live in Loves Park and man the 5^th str was the place to go for a good gyro…
Mmmmmm my favorite setup for this bad boy is the gyro combo, easy onion’s, double meat, wash it down it with a Pepsi, has to be a large combo cause damn them fries are sooo salty good unlike the salt licks you get from MacDaddys uck…
I left Rockford Metro area in 2003 and every time I do mean every time I get back to Rockford I hit Uncle Nicks its a first stop in town and its a last stop out…

The Uncle Nick’s on N. 5^th Street has got to be a Rockford landmark. The place looks like it used to be a place where you parked your car and girls on roller skates would bring out your order, but now it looks like a tiny kitchen rose out of the asphalt with the sole purpose of slinging great hash.
So after an evening of pub crawling you carefully park your car on the narrow corner strip, get in line with Rockford’s denizens of the night, and marvel how twenty bucks could get you a delicious and artery-​clogging feast. Definitely get the gyros, which is so rich and fat that the wrapper looks like it’s dissolving from the grease. You can buy extra tzatziki sauce if you want your gyros sloppy. Add on some fried mushrooms, which should be eaten hot or they’ll turn to petrified versions of themselves an hour later. The fries are big and hearty, and so are the onion rings. They’ve got spanakopita, too, but a better option would be the pizza puffs. Try the baklava, which is super-​sweet and gooey. Hang on, you’ve still got enough money left for a nice refreshing drink.
I’m not sure if the place takes credit cards, because I’ve always paid in cash. Also, don’t worry about the location being in a «seedy» part of town, because people may come in all shapes and sizes, but hunger is universal. Plus, the admonition «don’t be a jerk» applies everywhere, even here.

If you eat one meal in Rockford it should be a gyro from Uncle Nick’s — the original location if possible!
There’s nowhere to sit and some people may think it’s in a questionable part of town but none of this matters. This is place to go for the most amazing gyro of your life. Seriously.

I absolutely love Uncle Nick’s. I don’t eat it very often because its not the best food for you but when I do indulge I love it. The gyros are great. I also like the fried mushrooms and love the jalepeno poppers. I always go to the older one downtown. If you go after the bars close be prepared to wait in line a lil bit with some interesting characters.
It’s in a lil bit of a shady area but across the street there is a building that cops are always sitting in so nothing is going to happen there. Once my friend got some food and was going to sit and eat in his car in the parking lot and a cop came over and told him he had to leave. Kinda weird.

Oh Uncle Nicks! The stories I have heard, the times I’ve had, I won’t stop coming… though I should.
This heart-​attack-​city has delicious gyros and french fries, but at 1 or 2am, I usually crave hot dogs, mozz sticks, and fried mushrooms; all three being excellent. The medium drinks are decent, sized to match the meal.
But when I wake up the next morning and see the remains of an Uncle Nicks massacre on my coffee table, I say a prayer for my thighs and arteries and hope I make a better decision next time.
*No seating inside. Open late, oh so late.*

This has been an after hours staple of mine for years. Go in, get a gyro combo, go home and enjoy. They used to be the best for a good gyro, but anymore their quality is sliding. I’m not sure if it’s the staff or owner, or what.
Speaking of the staff… WOW. I was in there last night and the guys behind the counter where rude, slow, and to be honest, it seemed like they couldn’t care less about serving me. They where too busy speaking on their cell phones. Which would be a problem in of itself, but just because I may not look hispanic, doesn’t mean I don’t speak spanish and I know exactly what you where saying about the customers in there!
The place is small and cramped, get in move to the left, and slowing work your way to the right, and hope you don’t get squashed by the drunk crowd.