Tom & Jerry’s

Best ribs around. Soups are excellent and I recommend their Italian beefs! Dianne and Sarah and Tom make an excellent team. Highly recommend outdoor cooking in summer for ribs and pork chops.

If you’ve ever wondered what it feels like to have bare nether regions in the Tundra, then this is your place! LOL
But first, the food and service: quick, friendly, and delicious. The menu selection is huge, and the counter staff is very patient when it comes to customers deciding what they want. The portions are huge, and delicious.
So why did I mention freezing nether regions? The ladies room. It was absolutely freezing in there. It was the first time in my entire life that I have ever worn a coat to the toilet. I’m surprised that the water in the toilet bowl didn’t freeze, also. However, the bathrooms were clean, and I’d much rather have a cold toilet than a nasty toilet.
Anyway, T&J’s is a good alternative to the same old McDonalds. Give them a shot.

I love their gyros. They’re the only place nearby that actually serves gyros and they give you a lot of meat, onions, and tomatoes. The cucumber sauce is so delicious. Their crinkle cut fries are awesome. Their Chicago Style hot dogs are also good.
One of the things I did not like from this place was their macaroni and cheese bites. I had the impression that these would be so great. Made in the kitchen and to die for. They are almost $ 4 for 6 mac and cheese bites and they’re advertising them like it’s a special.
My boyfriend and I always went though the drive through and the past 3 times we kept forgetting to order some mac and cheese bites, because they sounded so delicious and filling, we would come back for more.
Well, last time we went, we finally ordered these mac and cheese bites. Came home and took them out of the bag to snack on them while we got our plates ready and we were so disappointed! These breaded mac and cheese bites are honestly the ones you can get from the Hy-​Vee or Target freezer section down the street. They weren’t homemade, you can totally tell. There’s probably less than 5 macaroni noodles per piece, which is not a lot. 80% of these pieces are made of the breading. No flavor at all. We were so disappointed we wanted to go back and complain, but our food was getting cold already.
Bottom line: Come for their gyros and fries, STAY AWAY FROM THOSE $ 4 MAC AND CHEESE BITES.

I work in the area and enjoy going to lunch at the many local eateries. Unfortunately, I am just going to avoid this place!
Today, I went through the drive thru and while waiting near the side and back of restaurant there is a pvc pipe running to the parking lot where I was waiting for my order. The pipe drains grease from the restaurant into the parking lot and the sight and odors was 1000% disgusting! I have no idea why I even waited for my salad but I did and that was 1000% disappointing! It was chunky pieces of iceberg lettuce, some bland cooked chicken, maybe 3 cherry tomatoes halves, a few slices of green pepper and onion and some cucumbers.
You’re better off going to Portillio’s which is just south of this place.

One of my favorite local restaurants. Great dogs, beef, and gyros. Many go to the competitor a few blocks north but I don’t like the crowds and college cafeteria feel: hurry up so we can have a seat.

Great local burger joint! Everything is fresh and made to order. Their gyros are second to none, and huge! Seriously, you have to eat some of the «insides» with a fork before you can even think about picking it up. Burgers are amazing, I love the mushroom and swiss. They have surprisingly great salads, so fresh, the grilled chicken salad is my favorite. I like their beef better than Portillo’s, and besides, I’d rather give my money to a local place. Prices aren’t bad, higher than McDonald’s next door, but you get what you pay for. The place is always kept very clean, as well. Highly recommended when you’re looking for a casual, friendly place to get a bite to eat.

No more chances. Ordered 2 Chicago Style hot dogs at window. She kept asking if we wanted everything on them, at least 3 time. Qhwb we got to the window I asked what would be on the hot dog. She starts the list with «ketchup» (their menu lists hot dogs AND Chicago Style hot dogs.) We started to pull away when I realized the bag was light, only 1 hot dog. We backed up and when what apeared to be the manager, a ahorter girl, black hair with glasses asked to see our receipt. She said we only paid for on. We said ok we can pay for the other one. She repeated we only paid for 1. We repeated we would pay for another. after 3 or 4 of these ridiculous exchanges, I asked «would it be easier if we juat went ro Portillos to get the 2^nd dog?» She said «fine» closed the window and walked away. We kept trying, they did not.

Excellent food and service. Great hot beef and gyros. Fish sandwich was normal but who goes to a gyro place looking for fish

I lived in Dekalb for several years, and strongly preferred this Tom and Jerry’s over the one in Dekalb (it used to be the same owner, it is no longer). I never had a problem with incorrect orders in the drive thru, and my food was always tasty.
I am picky on my gyros, and was not a fan of their cucumber sauce, however. I went more for the hotdogs and fries. Other people I know really dug the gyros, and I was a huge fan of their ribs.
Now living in small town MN, I do miss Tom and Jerry’s quite often.

I’ve had their food twice and it’s terrible! I figured it might be better the second time around but definitely not. My friend just got food poisoning from there last week as well. Eat at your own risk

This place should close down! ! The burgers have no flavor! Have they ever heard of a little seasoning salt! ??? The only thing was ok was the French fries mainly because they are the crinkle cut.

Tom & Jerry’s will always have a special place in my heart as the eatery that introduced me to Chicagoland fast food. I had my first gyro here in the early 80’s and thus began a lifelong infatuation with seasoned beef and lamb browned on a gyrating vertical spit. It set the mark by which all future gyros would be judged. Thank you T&J’s!

I am really upset about this place. I ordered food to be deliverd to my job for my lunch a buffalo chicken salad that was disgusting… chicken was cold and the ranch sauce smelled old. I called to let them know and this is a first for me I hate complaining about my food. Whoever picked the phone was clueless and told me that I was a liar pretty much. The chicken was ice cold he said that the chicken was supposed to be hot. I tell him its cold he tells me he saw the cook sautee the chicken. So now i am a liar i took time from my lunch to call you to lie… LMAO Finally he offered me a credit that I won’t ever use and will spread the word to everyone at my job about their nasty food and unpleasant way of fixing their nasty mistakes.

We had delivery and the food was good. I had the Cajun chicken with mozzarella on a pita and my husband had a gyro. The food was good but my Cajun chicken was not spicy at all. I was expecting it to be hot. The fries seem to be reheated but overall it was just ok.

Great food!

The only reason I gave the restaurant two stars is because the food is actually somewhat decent. However, the service is terrible and everything is overpriced.
The two times I went in, I ordered my food and was charged more for my food than the advertised prices on the menu. Upon pointing this out to the cashier, she became very surly, sighed, and said «well do you want me to put 75 cents back on your credit card, SIR?» And this has happened not once, but twice.
I would not recommend this restaurant. If you’re in the mood for that sort of food, you can afford to go down the street to Portillo’s.

This place is AMAZING!
The food is always TOP NOTCH, COOKED TO ORDER, FRESH, & DELICIOUS!
The owner is so friendly, as is the entire staff that works there (kitchen staff and all).
The ONLY place to go eat if you want everyday food. burgers, french fries, italian beef, etc.
Reminds me EXACTLY of the restaurant my family owned as I grew up as a child.
P. S. Once they special made me a sandwich I always used to eat as a child and it tasted exactly as I remembered it. No fuss or anything, just explained to them what I wanted and they said NO PROBLEM!

A month and a half ago, I was disappointed in the direction that T&J’s was going. I was disappointed in the food, disappointed that a great place was starting to go downhill. I was seriously considering giving up T&J’s for good.
However, I decided to give T&J’s one more chance 31 August, and I am glad I did. I don’t know what happened in the last month, but whatever it is… keep it up. Food is great, the atmosphere is great. Staff is great.

Tom and Jerry’s is an above-​average Greek-​American-​Chicagoland fast food joint. They have solid gyros, burgers, chicken sandwiches, Greek salads and a plethora of delicious offering from the deep fryer including pizza puffs, mozz sticks, onion rings, fried mushrooms and poppers. Their hot dogs and beefs are just okay, I would go to Portillo’s down the road for those, but Portillo’s doesn’t have some items that Tom and Jerry’s does, most importantly Gyros!
Much better than its DeKalb equivalent because they just seem to put in a little more care into the food than the DeKalb location by doing things like serving the food ‘hot”.

So when I moved out here in 2004, we ate pretty regularly at Tom and Jerry’s, but the longer I’ve lived here the less and less we eat here, and I think we are finally done and over this crap shack.
They just cant seem to get a order right to save them. In the past 3 times I have ordered food here, 1 delivery and 2 walk-​in/​to-​go, they have screwed something up or forgotten something.
Its fun to order cheese burgers, and then open the containers in front of them to show them they ONCE AGAIN forgot the cheese. Ordered a Chili dog with Chili, Mustard and Onions… got a cheese dog. The hot dogs aren’t even Vienna beef dogs.
No thank you… no sir.
I say, stay the heck away from this place… try Riccardi’s Red Hots for dogs and beef etc.