(312) 789-9655

1120 S Michigan Ave (11th Street)
Chicago, IL 60605 41.8689 -87.6242

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Neighborhoods: Loop, Central

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Hours:

Mon-Fri 6am-3pm

Sat-Sun 7am-3pm

Price:

$

Last updated 8.16.11

Category:

Restaurants

Payment Methods:

Visa, MasterCard

Restaurant Special Features:

Breakfast, Family-Friendly Dining, B.Y.O.B., Brunch, People Watching, Lunch Spot, Cheap Eats

General Info:

Open 7 Days

Cuisine:

Traditional American

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Yolk

Owner

Come in and experience our newest concept, Yolk. , which pushes the envelope with new and creative breakfasts, specialty juices, and our own private labeled premium coffee. As soon as you walk in this new south loop hot spot, you will not only see but also feel and later taste the difference! With a unique menu and exceptional service in a professionally designed interior,Yolk. clearly stands above the rest.

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Featured Review

Valerie Moloney

Contributor

The Scene – The menu features diner classics, but this sleek space is no greasy spoon with its long granite bar, blond wood tables, cordoned-off booths and snaking light fixtures. An exposed kitchen faces the cheerful yellow and blue dining room, which stews with noise and walk-in traffic from all over the neighborhood, including elegant dames in full-length fur and the hangover crowd just rolling out of bed. Service is slammed but courteous. – – The Food – Egg dishes are signatures, but breakfast-as-dessert-options are tempting alternatives. A trio of buttery…

Editor's Tips

Where to Sit:
If you're with children, ask for seating in the back, where space isn't as tight and can accommodate strollers.
The Extras:
Don't feel like breakfast? Indulge in lunchtime favorites like the Dublin pot roast sandwich and the black and blue Caesar salad.
Know Before You Go:
While service kinks are being worked out, expect at least a 20-minute wait to be seated on weekends.
Parking:
Park in the pay lot next door for only $5 with a validated ticket from the restaurant.
ambiance
53.33000183105469% positive
  1. “am a Chicagoan and love trying new places in the city but when you find places with such bad energy and the atmosphere is just all about getting people in and out as fast as you can, then you've completely missed the point of it all.”
  2. “Huge menu, sleek atmosphere”
  3. “Exceptionally poor service and Heavy Metal sound ambiance”
  4. “We have never experienced such poor service, extensive 'sickening' food, and very, very, very loud ambience, not too mention the overpriced meal from a menu of non-exceptional fare.”
  5. “cool atmosphere w/ wonderful food”
dessert
100.0% positive
  1. “Feast (both locations), Cafe de Lucca (in Bucktown), Oak Tree, Nookies, Orange and hot chocolate are all great options as well.”
drinks
100.0% positive
  1. “The fritattas were especially delicious, the coffee was fresh, and the service impeccable.”
  2. “Never received drink refills which would have been nice considering we were sitting there for so long.”
food quality
82.10000038146973% positive
  1. “So check out Eleven city dinner, they have great food and better service if your looking for breakfast.”
  2. “It showed signs of toasting around the edges, but would be more accurately described as a cold slice of bread.”
  3. “It's unfortunate that this place actually has good food.”
  4. “order the buffalo chicken wrap w/ blue cheese, fries and a Pepsi.”
  5. “The fritattas were especially delicious, the coffee was fresh, and the service impeccable.”
  6. “cool atmosphere w/ wonderful food”
  7. “Nothing special about the hash, but the kitchen did properly poach the eggs, and many breakfast restaurants fail that test.”
  8. “The food was good but the service sucked!”
  9. “The food was delicious.”
  10. “Also many specialties on the mmenu were great, Crabmeat Benedict and Cajun Shroom Scrambler to name just a few were yummy.”
  11. “Breakfast food with a lot extra ,extensive menu, excellent serice and well prepared dishes”
  12. “The food is unquestionably the best I've tasted for breakfast -- the omelettes are creatively delicious and the pancakes are wonderful (especially with stawberries and maple syrup).”
  13. “It was a bunch of huge chunks of veggies and potatoes and I still am flabbergasted at how you can screw that up.”
  14. “We've been there several times when we are in our Chi home, and each time the food has been excellent , and we like the breakfast Skillets and Frittatas, and the Yolk Crepes.”
  15. “Great food.”
  16. “good food”
  17. “heard this place had an incredible orange bread french toast and was a great place for breakfast food during lunch hours.”
  18. “consider my taste buds very in tune w/ good food and good value.”
  19. “The wrap seemed old and stale, they use soggy iceberg lettuce, the chicken did not taste very fresh and hot, the diced tomatoes were like the ones you?”
  20. “Even the toast was inedible.”
  21. “Lots of basic choices along with lots of creative breakfasts like crepes and bacon bit waffles.”
  22. “loved the service and the food, the wait time for delivery of food after ordering was quick.”
  23. “The food is awful!”
  24. “Sometimes I wonder why people open up restaurants because if your not passionate about the food you serve and making sure your customers are always happy, then what's really the point.”
  25. “Often we waited the 45 minutes-an hour as we always enjoyed our food.”
  26. “Great food but service leaves a lot to be desired”
  27. “We have never experienced such poor service, extensive 'sickening' food, and very, very, very loud ambience, not too mention the overpriced meal from a menu of non-exceptional fare.”
menu variety
97.22000122070312% positive
  1. “The menu is extensive, and they are willing to substitute and add to standard menu items.”
  2. “Lots of basic choices along with lots of creative breakfasts like crepes and bacon bit waffles.”
  3. “We were to order as deaf people would order, which mostly means pointing at the menu.”
  4. “Breakfast food with a lot extra ,extensive menu, excellent serice and well prepared dishes”
  5. “Great variety.”
  6. “First it was very confortable, service was excellent, and the menu choices were very numerous.”
  7. “Feast (both locations), Cafe de Lucca (in Bucktown), Oak Tree, Nookies, Orange and hot chocolate are all great options as well.”
  8. “wonderful breakfast spot with an expansive menu.”
  9. “Extensive menu and good service.”
  10. “Huge menu, sleek atmosphere”
  11. “Promptly seated, we needed a good 10 minutes to review the extensive menu.”
  12. “We have never experienced such poor service, extensive 'sickening' food, and very, very, very loud ambience, not too mention the overpriced meal from a menu of non-exceptional fare.”
overall
100.0% positive
  1. “At this time, I think this is the best breakfast place in Chicago.”
  2. “It's a great place for breakfast or brunch!”
  3. “This is a great place for breakfast.”
  4. “I've been looking for a good breakfast place for some time now, and at least I can scratch this one off the list.”
  5. “heard this place had an incredible orange bread french toast and was a great place for breakfast food during lunch hours.”
return potential
0.0% positive
  1. “used to eat at this place in the suburbs when it was known as egglectic but I will never return due to a horrible experience.”
service
50.59999942779541% positive
  1. “and most importantly the service was awful.”
  2. “So check out Eleven city dinner, they have great food and better service if your looking for breakfast.”
  3. “First it was very confortable, service was excellent, and the menu choices were very numerous.”
  4. “Sometimes I wonder why people open up restaurants because if your not passionate about the food you serve and making sure your customers are always happy, then what's really the point.”
  5. “The service is lousy.”
  6. “Some people are disgusting, and sadly I can say that I felt the same sentiment from everyone working there.”
  7. “Too many places to pick from in the city of Chicago to have to deal with bad service and condescending attitudes.”
  8. “The hostess told me that my best bet was to carry out.”
  9. “The owner/manager had one of the worst attitudes I have ever seen, it was the way he spoke to his employees/co-workers to even the way he responded to a question from a customer.”
  10. “When I went up to the front to pay, I explained the situation and received the most rude behavior I have ever experienced from anyone.”
  11. “We have never experienced such poor service, extensive 'sickening' food, and very, very, very loud ambience, not too mention the overpriced meal from a menu of non-exceptional fare.”
  12. “The place itself is very inviting and the service was great.”
  13. “Extensive menu and good service.”
  14. “am a Chicagoan and love trying new places in the city but when you find places with such bad energy and the atmosphere is just all about getting people in and out as fast as you can, then you've completely missed the point of it all.”
  15. “Great food but service leaves a lot to be desired”
  16. “loved the service and the food, the wait time for delivery of food after ordering was quick.”
  17. “Terrible customer service---the owner should know better”
  18. “We were to order as deaf people would order, which mostly means pointing at the menu.”
  19. “The service was horrible from the moment I was seated.”
  20. “The fritattas were especially delicious, the coffee was fresh, and the service impeccable.”
  21. “The service was really fast.”
  22. “The waiter did not check on us to refill cofee,etc...The service here was unacceptable.”
  23. “The food was good but the service sucked!”
  24. “Yolk is totally overpriced and totally not worth the wait or the rushed, unfriendly servers and staff.”
  25. “The staff is friendly despite how busy it gets on weekend.”
  26. “Exceptionally poor service and Heavy Metal sound ambiance”
  27. “The servers are extremely nice as well.”
  28. “Its either the bad waiters or bad management!”
value
85.19000053405762% positive
  1. “consider my taste buds very in tune w/ good food and good value.”
  2. “It was a bunch of huge chunks of veggies and potatoes and I still am flabbergasted at how you can screw that up.”
  3. “The portions were great, huge actually.”
  4. “We have never experienced such poor service, extensive 'sickening' food, and very, very, very loud ambience, not too mention the overpriced meal from a menu of non-exceptional fare.”
  5. “Yolk is totally overpriced and totally not worth the wait or the rushed, unfriendly servers and staff.”
  6. “The portions are huge!”
  7. “Super large portions at affordable prices.”
  8. “The prices are great”
  9. “great price.”
wait time
100.0% positive
  1. “Promptly seated, we needed a good 10 minutes to review the extensive menu.”
  2. “Never received drink refills which would have been nice considering we were sitting there for so long.”
  3. “Often we waited the 45 minutes-an hour as we always enjoyed our food.”
  4. “loved the service and the food, the wait time for delivery of food after ordering was quick.”
4 Star Rating: Recommended

11/11/10

Great Breakfast

by davidjohnson at Citysearch

Great breakfast spot. It's always busy but the wait never seems to be too long. I would recommend getting their strawberry-orange juice, it's always fresh and delicious. The food is great. I have liked everything I've tried but am a fan of the eggs benedict and the tour de France, which comes with three different types of french toast. They also offer other food for if you aren't in a breakfast mood. The service is pretty good most of the time, however, they can get pretty busy so it's best to try to order right away.

4 Star Rating: Recommended

05/12/10

South Loop Breakfast!

by Ashley81 at Citysearch

This place is right down the block from me, and I remember one of my roommates RAVING about this place as soon as we moved in this past summer. Granted, it took me a surprisingly long time to meander down there myself...like, four months. Haaa. (So I'm a little slow...)

It's a great place for breakfast or brunch! There are so many things to choose from for breakfast that it made our heads spin.The portions are huge! The prices are great . The waitress checked up on us several times. Simply Great place.

  • Pros: Big portion, great prices.
  • Cons: Nothing
4 Star Rating: Recommended

04/14/10

These negative reviews gotta be a joke...

by Diablovtpa at Citysearch

Okay, anyone giving this place one star must be working for another breakfast place, or simply be irritatingly impossible to please...

100% HONEST REVIEW

I have eaten at Yolk many times, never had a bad experience outside of occasionally waiting for a check a little longer then I wanted to... but it is a busy place on the weekends, so I expect it.

The food is gigantic. $10 for an omelet the size of my head, served with an English muffin (which is a little too firm for my liking personally, but I can't finish the pancakes you can substitute in for the muffin) and enough fruit on the plate alone to constitute a breakfast.

I get half that portion for $10 at most major chain restaurants.

I not only would go back, I do go back. And I consider myself picky generally as to where I eat.

So once again, these 1 star reviews should constitute libel or something, since they are entirely not my experience, ever. :-D

  • Pros: Huge protions, resonable prices, fair service...
  • Cons: Server occasionally hard to get attention of, loud.
1 Star Rating: Poor

07/27/09

Dirty Tables; Cold Eggs; Bad Service

by KMC1 at Citysearch

The food is awful! The place is dirty. The service is lousy. The only reason people are lined up to eat here is because it's one of very few breakfast places in the south loop. Skip it! Cook your eggs at home!

  • Pros: Nothing
  • Cons: Food served cold; Tables are filthy; Loud and noisy
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

07/12/09

yummy!

by playereli at Citysearch

good food

  • Pros: yummy
  • Cons: loud

The Details on Yolk

Place Categories:

  • great breakfast place
  • good wonderful food
  • great better service
  • lousy customer service
  • extensive menu
  • like early saturday morning breakfast
  • great prices
  • totally overpriced staff
  • bad condescending attitudes
  • worst dining experience
  • totally overpriced unfriendly servers
  • totally overpriced wait
  • great brunch
  • very fresh chicken
  • great portions
  • totally overpriced rushed
  • sizeable restaurant
  • excellent dishes
  • nice nothing
  • great breakfast spot
  • love buffalo chicken wrap
  • bad management
  • poor heavy metal sound ambiance
  • not overpriced meal
  • order buffalo chicken wrap w

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Come in and experience our newest concept, Yolk. , which pushes the envelope with new and creative breakfasts, specialty juices, and our own private labeled premium coffee. As soon as you walk in this new south loop hot spot, you will not only see but also feel and later taste the difference! With a unique menu and exceptional service in a professionally designed interior,

Yolk. clearly stands above the rest.

Yolk
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