EggCetera Cafe. — Restaurant in Mokena

My family and I ate brunch here after my son’s graduation. Any time I visit a restaurant i’m not familiar with, I research it. With all the good reviews, I had high expectations of the food and that is NOT what was delivered, unfortunately. When we arrived, the atmosphere was nice and my family and I were greeted by a wonderful waitress. She was very nice and efficient. She took our orders and brought everything out that we ordered. This is where my expectations were not what was expected: My husband ordered a chicken skillet; instead of the dish being served on a cast- iron skillet, It was served on a plate. The eggs seemed under cooked (where in a little bit of liquid) and the potatoes in the “skillet” didn’t have any browning on them and weren’t seasoned. I ordered buttermilk pancakes, with scrambled eggs and grits. My pancakes tasted of sweetened flour, my eggs also seemed under cooked and my grits….. my grits were extremely undercooked. They were beyond grainy and hard and didn’t seem as if they were cooked past a couple of minutes. My daughter ordered strawberry crepes, and when they were served, there were a nice amount of bananas on top with strawberries in the middle. My parents ordered omelettes, and they too experienced liquid underneath. I ordered turkey sausage for my son with a side of fruit and that tasted good. Overall, I think the food needs to be revised and the skillets need to be served...

A perfect place to get well made, tasty food served quickly. The staff is friendly and efficient. The interior is bright and well spaced. Plexiglass separates each booth and tables have sufficient room between each.

I had the big breakfast was perfect. Eggs over medium and home style hash brown potatoes with homemade biscuits with real sausage gravy. Not the pasty, flavorless stuff but well seasoned with good pieces of sausage.

My wife's 2 potato pancakes were the size of half the plate. Served with sour cream and apple sauce, they were crisp on the outside and fluffy in the middle. Just perfect! 2 eggs and 2 thick slices of bacon rounded out her order.

We loved this so much, we came back again before heading back home today. My potato pancake order was as good as yesterday, a great sign of good cooking. My wife ordered 2 carrot cake pancakes. Made with walnuts and topped with a drizzled icing they were enough for 2. Link sausage and eggs were cooked just as ordered.

Should have signed up for the frequent user group. We would have received $5 off our order today.

Definitely will...

I never, ever leave reviews, but I had to for this place. •Restaurant was clean and nice atmosphere. That’s about the only positive thing I can bring from this review. •Country fried steak was not bad, just a little small. Lacked crispness, but tasted alright. •The benches are so uncomfortable we asked to move •The coffee was terrible, and not because they gave me the wrong coffee roast like they did. •The “extra crispy” hash browns I ordered were about as crispy as apple sauce, not one single speck of seasoning were on them, and tasted so bland I didn’t even eat them. •Service was spotty, just didn’t feel much attention to detail was present. •They charge 4 dollars for coffee for each person and it was arguably the worst coffee I’ve ever had. Never seen a company charge for coffee for breakfast unless it was a latte/cappuccino/ect.

Just a really disappointing...