Around The Clock Restaurant & Bakery
Around The Clock Restaurant & Bakery
Chicken Fajita Pita
Yummy bread & butter
Two Quarters in drink.
1/2 lb. Texas Burger
Blackened Catfish
Chocolate Chip Pancakes & scrambled eggs
a plate of breakfast food
Some of the clocks hanging around
food
Baked French Onion Soup this size is a Cup which is offered as a side to meals, or there's a Bowl which is larger
The French Silk Pie is perfectly rich and delicious!
Chocolate Chip Pancakes
Today's Specials - Sunday
Lemonade
Athenian Gyro with 2 Eggs
French Dip Sandwich
My husband was hungry and ate the chicken despite it's appearance. Every piece had freezer burn. It was edible but not what he expected.
Sausage Skillet
Cut 1/2 lb. Texas Burger
The display case full of goodness is calling me. Must resist!
Fountain 24 oz. Soft Drink
Ed L.
Dec 13, 2024
After waiting around for 2 1/2 hours at the Starbucks, my friend pick me up and we headed south. We saw Around the Clock bakery and restaurant in the area, so we decide to stop for lunch.These kind of restaurants are awesome because you can order anything on the menu regardless of time of day and you'll get it. Especially with breakfast items.. You can get breakfast anytime of the day whenever they're open. And so, I basically got breakfast for lunch And it was very very good. Upon arrival on a Friday afternoon in November 2024, my friend, and I arrived to a very popular spot. But thankfully, we were seated almost immediately. Our overall experience took about an hour from start to finish. I ended up getting their breakfast platter with a side order of chocolate chip pancakes with drizzle on top. Thankfully that they had a restaurant on site so my friend and I could use that after our mail before we head south toward Vienna, Illinois for the night. The restaurant itself seemed like a mirror image of IHOP or Denny's. More about IHOP but with local favorite that could please to anybody on any given day or night. The restaurant itself is clean and very busy. The service here was good, friendly and casual at the same time although it was typical also. I ended up having iced tea to drink and water as well. For the most part though, it was good to have had lunch here. The ambience was nice and definitely quiet so my friend and I could talk and not yell at each other. Not sure if they have Wi-Fi or not, but never needed to use it anyway.Your experience here at Around the Clock restaurant your bakery in Crystal Lake, Illinois was good and decent while being satisfactory as well. Not sure if the restaurant itself is literally 24 hours operating, as the name of the restaurant implies, but they do serve good food at a reasonable price. Prices are standard foremost, breakfast restaurants go for these days, with most entrées around $12-$13 apiece. The menu is quite extensive, offering most favorites and your beverages, including coffee, tea and carbonated beverages. They do have milk and juice also. This place says for anybody and everybody that likes breakfast food, including pancakes, sausages scrambled eggs, among other things that are traditionally with breakfast. I will definitely recommend this place if you're in the area and want to go as an alternative to the usual Starbucks or McDonald's for a hearty meal. Doesn't have to be breakfast but come here whenever you can so you can get your breakfast food fix no matter what time of day you have it. Generally speaking, these food is refreshments are great because they offer a sit down option for anybody who enjoys socializing among friends while having breakfast food. I enjoyed myself here and hopefully you will too. I thought the pancakes were great and the breakfast butter was wholesome and simple. They were all delicious and thankful that I friend suggested coming here on the way south toward Vienna, IL after our meal.Around the Clock restaurant and bakery he's located in Crystal Lake, Illinois. His physically located at 1234 Main St. near the Costco. They accept major credit cards as well as cash. As far as parking goes, your best bet is to find parking next to the restaurant. If that's all filled up, your best bet is to find street parking nearby and walk towards the restaurant. Not sure about public transportation around Crystal Lake, but if you can try to find it information online, there might be. I know the Metra station is in Crystal Lake and has services to downtown Chicago. Other than that, not sure. For myself, though, I came and departed here with a friend in a rented automobile. If you're not that lucky, best bet is to either rent your own car, fine public transportation in the area if there is one, or Uber and Lyft can make it possible. So, it was a nice place to have your fill of pancakes. I know I had my fulfillment of pancakes during my time here. I think it was the best thing for me because I had a 50 mile race ahead of me the next day and I needed all the carbs I can carry with me into that event. And so, if you love breakfast food at anytime of the day and in the Crystal Lake area, consider coming to this fantastic place. Pretty sure it's popular and a hidden jam to most tourist traveling to Crystal Lake and the Chicagoland area. Definitely recommended for sure.4.0 stars for the overall experience. Support local!B
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Dianne P.
Feb 26, 2025
We were waited on immediately by a very pleasant waitress. She promptly bought water and took our order. My husband ordered fried chicken and we waited. After 15 minutes or so the original waitress came out and introduced us to a second waitress who would take over since she was going home. We waited another 15 minutes and finally the food came out. My husband's fried chicken had the weirdest look. It looked like it had been taken out of the freezer and had freezer burn on every piece. It appeared that any breading had fallen off. It was gross. We've always driven by this place and wondered about it. May try it one more time just to give them another chance. It may have been a bad day. The pies in the front bakery looked delicious. We should have ordered coffee and a piece of pie.
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Matt W.
Feb 29, 2024
This has been a fav of my parents for ~ 50 years! I LOVED the French, dip w a delicious bun, lots of shaved beef & wonderful dipping gravy. Fries were great (as you would expect) & I also ate 1/2 of a delicious pancake!Others had pancakes and bacon (loved them) and a couple of omlets (which were destroyed).Everyone was full and happy.Service was fast and friendly, and drinks were always refilled.While the age of the patrons is certainly older, its the perfect place for any age!!
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Jane O.
Oct 18, 2024
Went there for lunch, as I'm on a mission to find the best burger in McHenry county. This did not win the prize. I ordered the English Burger I think it's called, with cheese and bacon. It also had tomato and lettuce, to add if you choose. $12.95. I've yet to order a burger that has fresh fairly crispy bacon on it. This was crispy, but rather hard and old tasting. I almost didn't order cheese to have on it, but I'm glad I left it on because it helped the flavor. The burger itself I ordered medium, after asking does medium have slight pink in it, it did have slight pink in it when it was delivered to the table and I cut in half but it seemed to continue to cook a little was fine, but it was not a moist burger at all and was very chard on the outside but not in a good way. The thing that really was interesting to me was the price with tax it was almost 14. . No fries no accompany on other than a wilted pickle. I don't know why restaurants even have pickles on the sid unless they're edible and fresh I don't know ... it wasn't awful and I did eat it. I just wasn't impressed at all. It's always a busy place especially on weekends and it was lunchtime weekday when I was there, and it was a lot of people in and out not too crowded but busy. Service was ok, fine. It's just not my go to choice for a burger. It is an old Crystal Lake staple that's been there forever.
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William G.
Oct 19, 2024
Tried to leave an additional review on Google Maps but it won't let me so I have to do one here. I've been to Around The Clock several times and the reason I go back is because the food is ALWAYS fresh and hot! They are a VERY busy restaurant but their service is always prompt. The servers are attentive but not overbearing. Recently we had Brittany as our server and she deserved 10 stars!If you go by and see the parking lot is full....do yourself a favor and wait for a spot to open up. You won't be dissapointed!
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George C.
Sep 14, 2024
Was seated in a timely manner there was not a wait.After being seated it took 25 to place an order. We sat for appx 30 minutes before we left. We did not get to eat. I am unhappy about this
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Sue P.
May 21, 2024
The menu has changed but has a good variety. Server was attentive. Sweet display as you walk in looked amazing! I had an ' English Breakfast' which was a muffin with scrambled eggs, cheese, bacon and breakfast potatoes. Good size serving and very good. Cousin had a breakfast item also that came with unlimited fluffy large pancakes, bacon and eggs. She enjoyed it. I'd definetely recommend it!!
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Eric F.
Mar 1, 2024
Around The Clock Restaurant & Bakery serves Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner, but here, breakfast is the busiest meal of the day. This is a typical American Diner/Coffee Shop, with a lively Coffee Shop vibe, like so many other Greek owned Coffee Shops that used to dot Chicago. That means that places like this usually have a few Greek dishes scattered throughout the menu, like flaky Spanakopita (spinach & feta cheese pie), creamy-chicken-lemon & rice soup (they don't call it "Avgolemono" here), Souvlaki (a Greek pork kabob in pita, but here it's chicken), roasted or grilled lamb (but no lamb here unless it's a special), Gyros (in the case here, it's pre-sliced and packaged, not on a spool), and of course, a big Greek Salad with oregano, anchovies, feta, & olives. But Around The Clock Restaurant does seem to have some Greek dishes available, but not many, unless they are "off the menu" for regulars who are 'in-the-know'. My guess is that the new kitchen staff who took over from the old owners simply don't know how to cook Greek food anymore. Breakfast items crowd at least four pages of the menu here, with eggs any style, including Benedicts, Omelets, and Skillets. Waffles are also served, as well as Pancakes, thick French Toast, and one of my favorites, 3 thin Crepes for 8.95. And if you arrive early enough to get their Southern Sausage Gravy (they stop making it at 1:00 PM and it's sells out quickly), you can get a gravy smothered Country Fried Steak, either Beef or Chicken ($1 replaces your toast with a pancake). Also, some breakfasts Do Offer a slight Greek element, like Gyros meat added to your omelet or eggs. But the most special breakfast items here are the fresh pastries, breads, & muffins, all baked on site. Yum. Cakes, Pies, and Cookies are baked here as well, but alas, no Baklava. Lunch here is also typical diner food, offering Burgers, Sandwiches, Soups (the French Onion is good), Salads, and even a classic Retro Monte Carlo. The seafood offerings are Salmon, Catfish, Shrimp & Cod. There's also Greek Souvlaki, Fried Chicken, Hot Open-Faced Turkey or Beef sandwiches, Steaks, Spaghetti, and other items that lean more towards Mexican food than Greek (about 6 to 10 items), with two Asian inspired dishes (Chinese Chicken Salad & Chop Suey), and they even offer Jambalaya, sort of an odd outlier here. My favorite lunch at Around The Clock is their Friday, Saturday, & Sunday Prime Rib Special. It is under 25.00 and comes with fresh bread & butter, soup or salad, and two sides. But you have to like your prime rib cooked to medium, because I have yet to see a slice that's even close to rare. Dinner has pretty much the same menu as lunch. However what I didn't mention is that Round the Clock has a full Fountain service, with pies a la mode, ice cream sodas, plus splits and sundaes. One last Note is that this is in no way a cheap place. Onion Soup is just under 6.00, Burgers are just shy of 13.00, Broiled Cod is just under 17.00, Fish Tacos are a bit under 18.00, and decent steaks here are around 23 dollars. However, there is a kids menu, and seniors get 10% off if you ask for it. Around The Clock Restaurant & Bakery is open weekdays from 7AM to 10PM, and weekends (Sat & Sun) from 6AM to Midnight. Good Hours.
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Kathleen L.
Oct 15, 2022
We were in the area and decided to dine here! We have been here before but it has been several years. As soon as you walk in the restaurant you will see a display of desserts.They currently have some cute Halloween cookies, pumpkin, ghost and Frankenstein cookies decorated and they are so cute. Our waitress was very attentive and made sure my husband had plenty of drink refills.I ordered the French dip deluxe sandwich and received a bowl of soup and I substituted the cottage cheese for the potato and they gave me a pickle. My meal was good! It was prepared perfectly! My husband ordered the Corned Beef Hash with two eggs (scrambled) and hash browns. Instead of toast he paid $1 more for two huge pancakes. He was really impressed with the taste of his food and said he would definitely order this again. We shared a piece of caramel apple pie and it was really delicious. I don't think there was a bottom crust but it was still very good. We will definitely be back again when we are in the area.
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Maria S.
Jan 20, 2025
Around The Clocks prices have increased significantly!Plus my husband and myself did not receive good service on 01/18/2025 around 12:30...A waitress lied to me the "customer" in front of my husband a "witness!The waitress told me it was an additional 30 cents to add fries to Maria's Steak Fajita Pita sandwich...So l asked to add fries she lied and told me that a cup of soup was included with the price!To our surprise an additional fee of $2.95 NOT 30 cents was added on our receipt!Horrible service to say the least...Unacceptable behavior please do an investigation on this waitress!
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