5 Coins Restaurant

Customer service is amazingThe food is amazingThe music in the atmosphere is soothingA beautiful Rockford gem

Family-owned local place. Very friendly staff. My kids love sharing the appetizer sampler platter.

Basic dinner. Nothing fancy, decent food. Good service. They took care of our family of six. We will go back.

Its a family restaurant, nothing fancy. If you are hungry they will be able to satiate you with the menu. The service is like any other family restaurant and you will be treated as such unless you are part of their family (you go there often). It is conveniently located off of Alpine with enough parking.

Great service and food is always delicious, though, I'm not a fan of the fruit toppings for your pancakes. The restaurant is always very clean and not overly loud, it's great for bringing an old friend or two to catch up with. Overall, great place to get breakfast.

5 Coins Restaurant is a straight-ahead Midwestern diner with yummy food and friendly service. My husband and I stopped here on our way on our way through Rockford; the diner is in a strip mall within two miles of I-39.He conjured up an a la carte breakfast involving gyros meat; he said the rye toast tasted like it was made of homemade bread. I had the Eggs Benedict Florentine, and I practically licked the plate, the Hollandaise was so good. The spinach and mushrooms were sautéed just right (and generously piled on the tender English muffin) and the eggs were perfectly poached. I got fruit instead of hash browns, and I appreciated the option. The coffee was good--not barista-level but definitely fresh (some diner coffee tastes burnt but not here).I appreciated the open dining room (easy to navigate between tables) and the beautiful morning sunshine through the windows.Given the early winter snow and cold, the parking lot was ice packed and tricky to walk; pretend you're a penguin and waddle it.

Typical diner spot with good food. I've been here a lot. Especially for a hangover cure. They have plenty of great choices. I love their skillets and BLT's. The servers are always friendly and I believe the owners work in the restaurant as well. I'm happy to have this nice diner on the side of town I live on since there isn't much over here.

As always when traveling, the food goal is to try unique, non-chain restaurants. Two hours into the day's drive, we found 5 Coins Restaurant. I still don't know why it is called that. They serve breakfast all day, and that is enough for me. It turns out that 5 Coin is a quaint, strip mall restaurant doing a brisk business for the locals, not far from the interstate.This place had a fantastic breakfast selection. If I didn't have to stay alert to watch for deer, I might have tried the cinnamon roll French toast. Instead, I went the carnivore skillet route. They built it on a foundation of either fresh cut home fries, sort of a cube cut, or freshly grated hash browns. Mine had the home fries. On top of that was a grilled mixture of ham, sausage, bacon, peppers, onions, and shrooms. Finally, there were perfect over-medium eggs on top. It was crazy good. I couldn't eat it all. Our server, Bridgette, made an excellent food recommendation and kept our coffee hot. I could find no fault with the 5 Coin food or service. I wonder what their Eggs Benedict is like.

My wife and I stopped here for breakfast for the first time and we can't say enough about this place. Plenty of seating, friendly staff, prompt service and a great breakfast menu.

Excellent as always. Food hot and delicious. Serve Good as always. One of my favorite breakfast stops in Rockford.