Hot Grill — Restaurant in Illinois

This is my favorite hole-in-the-wall restaurant in my area. As another reviewer has mentioned, it is a very tiny place, not really eat-in friendly, and the interior could definitely use updating. However I always do take out, so it's not a problem for me.

The menu is pretty extensive and everything I've ordered has always been very good and made fresh. Calling ahead is very easy, limits your wait time, and they have yet to make a mistake on any of my orders. You get a LOT of food for what you pay, and the unhealthy fast food items are available but almost hard to find. Not that you'd want to find them - you can get a real lunch or dinner and pay only a little more than you would for a hot dog and fries elsewhere. We've had breakfast, lunch, and dinner from Hot Grill. Omelettes, grilled cheese, burgers, hot dogs, baked chicken - it is all very good and at prices that constantly surprise me. My favorite by far is the baked chicken and rice which comes with potato and choice of soup.

You may walk in and wonder how an understated little place like this can have so many good reviews. My answer is try it out and let the food do...

EXCELLENT! I am upset that I just found out about this place now. This place was recommended to me and I am not disappointed. I got the chopped steak, with potato and rice along with soup. Everything was great, the rice was excellent and the flavor was perfect, the potato's were delicious and steak was cooked perfectly. It might be a little more food than I needed so I would split this up into two meals next time. I highly recommend this place and will revisit it.

Prices are reasonable especially in an inflationary time period and especially if you are able to split the meal into two.

They serve breakfast all day long which is great to know for the future.

The owner was super nice, said he has bee in business in for well over 20 years and he definitely takes pride in...

With a name of "Hot Grill" what else do you need to know? H. G. serves mostly grilled sandwiches. I tried a Breaded Pork Tenderloin. It was about as basic as you can get - breaded pork tenderloin in a roll with lettuce, tomato and dressing - not the big"flying saucer" kind.

But for a place that's been in this location for 23 years, they have done something right. The small brick edifice is next to a small slots joint, but don't let that bother you. The tiny dining area is about 20 x 20. Hot Grill is a true Ma & Pa establishment - Ma's at the counter and Pa mans the grill. I enjoyed my visit. Both Ma and Pa are got for conversation. As I mentioned, the tenderloin was not the winner. But their main line is other sandwiches, gyros and...