P J Klem’s

Been going here for years for mostly breakfast. Thorough breakfast menu. Food cooked as ordered every time.

On my last visit, I witnessed a cockroach climbing on the back of an adjacent dining chair. We both complained to a manager, whom seemed to not care. Can’t recommend this rat trap.

I love this place we always get good service.

I’ll start by saying I was impressed with the remodel of the restaurant. It’s clean, shiny and definitely an improvement over the old «décor», cough, cough. After that it was all downhill. «Meh» doesn’t even begin to express how I feel about last night’s dinner.
We’ve been going to Klem’s off and on over the last 20 years, mostly because our parents swear by it. I’ve never been all that impressed by the food however, last night hit an all time low that I have to post on. I ordered the baked lasagna. Without a doubt it was the worst meal I’ve ever been served anywhere. When I order lasagna I guess I expect a square or triangle of a well built lasagna that has shape, keeps it’s shape and has sauce, lots of cheese and solid pieces of pasta sheets.
Yes, I ordered «to go» but that still comes with an expectation of good food, that actually has all the ingredients in it. The lasagna noodles were chopped up or shredded and all over the container in pieces (I literally drove 3 minutes to my destination to eat) and the container was never tipped over or disturbed. There was possibly a tablespoon of marinara sauce in the entire dish even though I had asked for extra marinara, there was no mozzarella that was findable in taste or texture and possibly a tablespoon of ricotta cheese. The pasta hadn’t soaked up the sauce, it wasn’t tinged red and it was slimy rather than saucy. What I did taste had absolutely no flavor at all. No Italian seasoning of any kind, no garlic, not even a hint of tomato flavor. The absolute blandest of anything I’ve ever tasted in my life. Basically it was slimy pasta. Cardboard has more flavor and it’s not slimy and questionable.
I have to say that no matter what I won’t be going back there for anything. It’s hardly worth spending money on something that you find is truly inedible and intolerable.

The hostess is warm, friendly, calls you Honey. This is your typical Greek owned and operated restaurant, which I happen to be a big fan of when it comes to breakfast. Place is super clean, service is great and they have slots.

We went there on 2 separate occasions and both times it was a whole lotta «meh». The first time I went I had a greek omelet (I think that’s what it was) that was super salty. The second time I had the standard fare (eggs over easy, pancakes, sausage). Nothing special about it. The coffee was nothing special.
I also have a pet peeve about coffee creamer. Is it too much to ask for some real creamer, rather than the little tubs of half & half. It never tastes as good with the little tubs. The second visit just confirmed our opinion of the first visit.
The service was fine, but the food was just not good enough to keep going there.

Very disappointmented at my first visit to PJ Klems. Had gone to the banquet hall, but not the restaurant. The service was good, yet the food was ok. I ordered a chicken fajita panini with cream of chicken soup. The soup had very little flavor to it. When I received my panini it was missing the chicken and had cream to it which was not specified in the menu. The cream was cream cheese or some other type. Not tasty. Don’t think I will go back.

In response to Clark k. s review of pjs klems. I as an insider, and patron of pjs klems need to bring to the table the truth about what really happened on this evening. First off the owner, manager is not a waitress, and none the less has Brown hair not white. On the night of this event the hall was contracted out till 12:30. Also in the contract specifically there is to be no outside alcohol brought in. When bar closed they proceeded to bring liqour from the outside and also they lost concept of time as people do when enjoying themselves. Toula addressed the issue of the liqour and had to also bring to light that it was 1:30 am, an hour past the contract. So in closing I must say pjs klems has been in operation for 28 years and great pride is taken with the banquet hall as well as the front of house, the restaurant. All and most bookings of party’s are because of the pleasant events they have. In closing I would also like to acknowledge the gentleman that had this party booked another party ay pjs klems for February 2013.

This is just for the banquet!
Came here to celebrate a baptism in the family.
Blegh. Dingy, outdated and in need of major repairs!
The only saving grace was the roasted chicken that was served. It was far better than I definitely expected! It wasn’t the best but better than I’ve had at other banquet halls.
I wouldn’t book my party here but I could understand if someone’s on a budget and needed something quick.
Servers were dressed poorly and one even had flip flops on! :/

The only reason my husband and I ate here was because we both used to drive by this place every day after work, and we kept wondering what a Klem is, or who PJ Klem is, or why anyone would call a place PJ Klem’s? *Klem* just sounds unappetizing. Also, the building is so ominous! The website made it look sort of fancy, so we were just so intrigued we had to check it out. The whole thing reminded us of the scene in Arrested Development when Lyndsay and Lucille went to some greasy spoon and the waitress yelled, «Wyelllcome to Klimpy’s!» So, in any case, the place is just a dirty old dive with bad food. I had a stomach ache the whole day after my meal here — I didn’t really expect otherwise, so it’s my fault for going. THEN, when I googled the place, I found out that they have neo-​nazi parties here. That made me so angry and sick that I gave my money to an establishment that supports genocide. It put a whole ‘nother nasty spin on the whole thing. I will definitely never come here again, and would never recommend it.

Ate here once… once. The food was nothing to write home about. The hard part for me is I live in Lyons and I see the food scores from the county. PJ Klems is always in the bottom. Two things to note. The post about Hitlers birthday party is completely true, go ahead and google it, secondly someone who worked there tried to commit suicide in the kitchen by cutting his throat, he failed, but left a mess. Other than that it is pretty much an eyesore. Some love it, most non residents eat there once… once.

I have been going here since I was about 10 years old when my Mom’s co-​worker invited us out for breakfast with her family on a Saturday… I fell in LOVE with the family friendly atmosphere when I lived in Lyons with my own children…
I have 3 little boys who are VERY energetic and from the time my first was born in 2002 to current they have ALWAYS been VERY accommodating to our brood my first time there as a Mom my son was VERY colicky to the point I thought we were going to be asked to leave… but instead the family matriarch came over and helped me to settle him down & taught me some tricks to getting the gas out of his tummy…
They would get us a nice booth to the side when my boys were still breastfeeding so I would not feel subconscious about feeding them in public as I was a young Mom (19, 21 & 22)
I can honestly say I have always felt like I was coming home when we go in there… a few weekends ago me & my Hubby went in just the two of us on Sunday and their Cream of Chicken & Rice soup is JUST as good as it ever was… The hash browns with onions were amazing as ever and the eggs Benedict was AWESOME!
My old staple for dinner/​lunch was always the enchiladas and while not EXACTLY the traditional style they have ALWAYS been delish…
I was a little sad this last time when I didn’t see their nummy fudge in the desert case… idk if they stopped making it or just didn’t have it then… But OMG the maple nut fudge they had was just WOW and I would give ANYTHING to have it again!!!

The quintessential Greek-​family-​restaurant! Family owned and operated with wonderful old-​fashioned comfort food. Gyros are great, but the big surprise here is the excellent pizza and wonderful fajitas. To top it all off, the bleu cheese salad dressing is the best I’ve ever tasted. A favorite for many, many years. Also try their carry-​out in Crest Hill!

I’m very familiar with family style diners (especially at odd hours of the morning), and I have to say the food at P J Klem’s was far better than most if not all I’ve had.
I got the portebello mushroom sandwich, and I wished I had eight more after and the stomachs to deal with them. It was fully of tasty marinated mushroom bits, swiss cheese, cream cheese and herbs. It came with a soup as well, and after the soup and fresh hot bread, I couldn’t even finish my sandwich, or the fries. My boyfriend got the reuben and enjoyed it as well.
It was well priced, and the service was fast and nice. Highly recommend this place

It’s still a great place to meet for good conversation. You will always find someone you know in this place and that’s why I like going there.

If you’re visiting and partying with friends in Riverside on a Saturday night, this is a great place just over the bridge to get some Sunday morning hangover medicine, i.e., fried runny eggs, hash browns, sausage and toast. They have other standard diner fare on their lunch and dinner menus as well.
If you sleep in, it gets a little noisy/​busy around the noon hour with churchgoing families. But to get those much needed alcohol-​soaking calories into the stomach, it’s worth paying the sonic price!