Cafe Stratos

Great breakfast special: 50% off your breakfast order (with purchase of beverage) from 6:00 am — 9:00 am.

Without a doubt, the worst breakfast ever! I had the basic breakfast with biscuits instead of toast. The biscuits were tiny and seemed kinda rubbery. The hash browns you can taste that they had been frozen and just bland and although they looked crispy, they were not. The eggs tasted like those weird eggs you get on a free breakfast at a hotel stay. My boyfriend had sausage gravy and biscuits. The gravy was bland and the sausage part of the sausage gravy was MIA. Again, tiny little biscuits. Save your money and drive a little further west on Lorain to Canary’s or Gourme.

We’ve been here for breakfast maybe half a dozen times. The waitresses are pleasant and helpful, and the service is pretty quick. My only complaint is that the corned beef hash, which is one of the things I judge a restaurant by, tasted like it had too much ketchup in it. Otherwise, the breakfasts there are good… we have not been there for lunch or dinner so far.

I should have known that I would have issues as soon as I found this place on Unilocal.Unilocal said it was closed but it was actually open.
I walked in and I was the youngest person dining (oh wait including the staff). Paper signs tapped everywhere. One giving the «early bird» specials and another notifying that carry out boxes would be charged a dollar.
Ok but I continued. I ordered the stuffed cabbage. I was told it came with the soup and salad bar as well as bread.
Visited the salad bar and started making my salad. The lettuce wasn’t fresh but not awful either. However when I grabbed cucumbers, some little gnats flew up at me. I decided to skip the salad.
I next tried the soup, beef barley. No issues here. Very tasty.
Unfortunately their kitchen is open for the dinning room to see. The cook wanders around an even put his finger in his ear, failing to wash his hands afterwards. Kind of disturbing.
Finally the entrée arrived. Presentation was good. The menu claims «real mashed potatoes». I find that very hard to believe. These taste, look, and feel instant to me.
Now the stuffed cabbage. Very good! Unfortunately it doesn’t make up for the items I already mentioned.
I think I will skip this place next time I am in town

Breakfast is ok just ok! Big large carpenter ant to start… that should of been a warning. In the bathroom it was the most disgusting thing I’ve ever seen in many years anywhere !! It’s making me nauseous just to think how dirty the kitchen must be if they let the bathroom stay like that. Poop all over the seat !!’ Gross. And that poop was there a long time !!! The sink vanity was crusty with old grime and hairs. I just left
There and hope they read this and shape up the place. It could be a nice little place to eat, but right now they better wake
Up!!!

We have been going here for years. Typically for breakfast, but I’ve eaten lunch and dinner here.
The menu has lots of options, and they are all home cooking and comfort food type selections.
When we do breakfast, if we buy a beverage, the meal is half off. What a deal! Not sure of the time frame, but we are always there before 9am.
With dinner entrees, typically they bring warm, crusty, homemade bread. Mmm!
The folks that work here are very friendly. The place is clean, and filled with character.
The salad bar is nothing special, but I enjoy the soup options.

Café stratos has great character. The inside walls feature painted murals while the outside during warm months features a beautiful garden on the deck. (worth eating outside for)
The menu has many options and long with many early bird specials from 2:00pm– 5:00. 50 percent off with the purchase of a beverage.
The salad bar has its basics along with pasta salads, pudding. And two soup choices (they are very good and homemade)
The staff has always been friendly and on the ball. You can tell that many of the family members work here as well.
This is one of my favorite mom and pop joints to eat

This place was amazing! Great food… Warm homemade bread, wonderful soup and salad bar… Very reasonable pricing… Good service and nice people. It’s Friday night and not crowded here but should be!
Ps…Also a great kids menu (we brought our 3.5 year old)

Was recommended this place by a gentleman who works at Goddess Elite. I don’t live in the area, and when I checked the reviews on Urban Spoon, the 52% «like» rate was kind of nervous-​making. Still, we all decided to take a chance and go for it. My husband is always up for a new diner.
When we got there, they seemed kind of confused and disorganized. However, they had a great special running: 50% off your entrée with the purchase of a beverage. OK then!
Finally we were seated, and then we ended up with Stella as our waitress. SHE IS AWESOME. She is funny and super adorable.
And on to the food. They have something for everyone. I got veal with spaghetti. But before that, there was the soup and salad bar. I didn’t get any salad – salad is pretty much salad wherever you go. I DID try the soups – beef barley and chicken dumpling. Both were fantastic.
My dinner was also delicious. They make everything THERE, so it takes a long time to get your food. But there is the salad and soup bar, and they also bring out the most amazing crusty bread that’s still warm.
What was also refreshing? The portions were not MASSIVE. I was actually able to clean my plate, which I rarely do when I eat out. And I had room for dessert, which was warm blueberry pie. They also had a Buckeye pie on the menu, which was like a French silk peanut butter pie. I KNOW.
It’s not a trendy place. Well, maybe the clientele changes in the middle of the night, but we were there on a Tuesday evening and the demographic was definitely more of what I expect to see at Bob Evans.
I like diners, and I don’t go into them looking for fancy stuff. I want good food and fun service. And this place had it. Will definitely go back when I’m back in the area.

Took my mom and sister here for breakfast on Sunday morning. They don’t even bother to supply half & half for coffee. Just oil based fake «creamer». Stay away. There are 10 better places for breakfast in the west suburbs.

Weekend Brunch Review
Waitress acted dissapointed when we asked for time to look over the extensive menu and talked up the buffet… I wish we had passed.
2 soups… no oatmeal or grits
Iceburg salad bar with basics from the 70’s
Tough scrambled eggs, soggy french toast, over cooked bacon.
We could have had toast if we wanted the waitress to make some for us.
Coffee… so bad we ended up going to the coffee shop down the street to get the taste out of our mouths.
We won’t be back.

Diner type place.
Good Omelet.
Hair in Fruit (icky)
Nice servers.
Open 24 hours? Really
They have a salad bar (K, I love salad bars) but I was there for breakfast so that wasn’t an option.
Would I go back… probably after church again for b-​fast.

Ordered off the menu after going up the street first to Aries (NEVER GO THERE!!!)
The staff welcomed our unexpected party of 9, service was good and the food was better than average, I used to live in Cleveland and was back for a visit, I was pleasantly surprised.
Would have got 5 stars for a diner had the waitress remembered to bring my friend his side of mayo, but all in all, a good place. Portions were generous as well.

This is a great place to come for breakfast if you are in the area. The best 24 hour restaurant I have ever been to.
I don’t particularly care for their breakfast buffet, but the salad bar is yummy. Their soups are worth the calories, one of my favorite things here. I always order their grape leaves, their not like grandma makes, but compared to what other restaurants are doing, their excellent. I like their gyros here, I don’t believe they are from a spit or shawarma, but they still taste good. The Greek pork chops are good here, I have them at breakfast with my eggs occasionally (well done please).
I would definitely recommend this place for late night munchies or an early breakfast with the elderly. Nice Greek Diner, nice staff, nice location!

Been here at least a dozen times over the years, and I like it. The breakfast is good (from what I understand, half-​price before a certain time!), as are the poultry and seafood choices. For lunch, I often order their tuna on pita bread with veggies, which is delish. Their buffet was good too, which I understand they don’t have daily. During warmer months, the outdoor patio is very nice, lined with exotic plants and flowers that clearly are a labor of love by the owner. As is true of all family restaurants and diners, prices are much better than the ripoff and over-​rated national chains. I also think more and more people are becoming aware that diners are a better and healthier choice (but still affordable compared to the chains) than unhealthy fast-​food. They are also very ‘kid friendly’, with a good kids menu, and crayons and coloring books to keep them busy. I’ll continue bringing my family here!

I found a hair in my food and sure wasnt mine. Never again will I go back

Before I start let me say I’ve been to café stratos more then 10 times in my life. Okay, it’s a small family owned place it’s not a fancy suit and tie dinner date. The food is good, breakfast is my favorite. I’ve never had a complaint EVER! Portions are large, unless your not satisfied with a plate size omelet filled with meat and vegetables, fried potatoes and toast. In that case then you should have got the breakfast buffet. The prices are decent, you can’t beat 50% off on Tuesdays. The potato pancakes were so good I asked for the recipe, and got it! Service is OK, not super but is not bad. Overall it’s a nice place with good food.
Breakfast buffet on weekends, starts Friday night 10:30pm
Eggs, meats, potatoes, french toast, pancakes, biscuits and sausage gravy $ 8.99

The food looked great but tastes HORRIBLE!!! We sent the food back and just ordered an omlet and a burger and they screwed that up too! How do you mess up an omlet and a plain burger?!! Never again unles I’m being paid to eat! Don’t waste you time or money!!! If I could give it zero stars, I would!!!

Was here Monday morning for breakfast. Good decent food and nice prices. Missed the breakfast special by ½ hour. We got there at 10:30am or a quarter to 11. I wanted the friend I was with to get out of bed to join me, but they were lazy. I finally got them up and ready.
I had a basic egg breakfast, 2 over medium, bacon, hash browns with rye toast and coffee. The portions of hash browns and bacon were generous. My friend finished what I could not eat. I love hungry skinny people with high metabolisms.
The wait staff was very friendly. I would love to give 3 ½ stars, my 1^st batch of eggs were not cooked all the way, but they were nice to bring me another. They cleared the table when we were finished and did not rush us out. We got to talk for a little while. I enjoyed them pretty well, but it was a little to warm in there. They needed to turn up the air a bit.
I would like to come back and try some of the other food, another time.

Run by a Greek family, Café Stratos offers real cooking at its best. The staff is always friendly and the owner will often come over to discuss his garden which literally covers the building. In nice weather, the back patio often hosts his pet birds amid the crawling vines and flowers.
The food is akin to great home cooking. The Greek Pork Chops and Greek Fish with lemon and oregano are as good as described and literally melt in your mouth. There’s a basic salad bar that’s usually stocked with avgolemono (Greek lemon soup).
Breakfast is equally hearty and served 24 hours. When you realize the food quality for the prices, you’ll know why the parking lot is never empty.