Sammies Cafe

I’ve been coming here for years! I’ve even been to the previous location too. The food here is fantastic! It tastes way better than Denny’s and is relatively cheap. I usually get their skillet’s and pancakes which are always fantastic! One of the best breakfast places in the area and I highly recommend this place.
Recommendations:
Any pancakes,
Porky Pig Skillet
Anything!

I have been here many times fiancée. I am not sure what is better, the service or the food. We used to come here often till we moved, but it’s still worth the drive. Both of us try different things often, and haven’t found one bad thing yet. Sammie’s is a small place, but they always find a way to get you started quickly. Food is also served quickly. If you are looking for fantastic breakfast food, this is your place!

Amazing skillets! I’ve been coming here for years, always great food and service. My dad and sister went there today and couldn’t stop talking about how good the hash browns were!

Typical «hole in the wall» diner which I love. The food was fantastic and hot. They give you large portions. I’ll be back

Went there today because of all the great reviews.
Pretty disappointed.
Service was ok. except for my food coming after the family’s did. Food was not bad… just meh. The booths are horrible n old n very uncomfortable
Wife ordered eggs benidict and our kid ordered the french toast eggs n sausage, I the country skillet w pancakes.
Their food came out hot n looking great. My pancakes came but the rest took another 5 min. Finally it comes and it’s hot n fresh but that’s about it. If I can make the same stuff at home… I will. There was nothing special about the food.
Like I said not bad… just run of the mill breakfast

The food is not to bad but it would be nice if they would move to the 21 century and put a menu online thank you.

Awesome place for breakfast great
Omelette @ pancakes @ crape sand big amount of food for the price, again try it you will like it

Service was horrible food was ok. They forgot to give us menus, drinks and they forgot to bring us our to-​go box. They did apologize for it, but I feel like the wait time for what we ordered was just ridiculous. They need more servers.

Hubby & I are on the quest for the perfect hash browns, saw this place had the hb’s along w/​decent reviews on Unilocal so we’ve tried the plane twice now. First time was pretty good, today, notsomuch. The place is inside an old Browns chicken, clean, tables are a tad crowded.
Breakfast both times — eggs, hash browns (better than some places but not quite crispy enough), french toast, bacon. The quality of the food was fine — french toast is actually very good & the service is efficient. I ordered a Denver omlet today w/​rye toast, hubby ordered the french toast w/​crispy bacon. Ten minutes after ordering, the omlet & french toast came out w/​the promise the toast & bacon were coming out. 5 minutes later (well into my omlet), toast comes out w/​the promise that the bacon is coming right out. The place is not big & we could hear the waitress asking the kitchen for the crispy bacon at least 3 times then she’d come around again to let us know it was coming. It finally came out as we were finishing breakfast. The waitress was apologetic, I let her know we’d like to express our disappointment to the owner. She said he was the cook & likely wouldn’t come out of the kitchen — seriously!!! The Owner is the cook who could care less about putting all components of a meal on the table at the SAME TIME??? We were going to express our disappointment to the hostess who we believe may be part owner but as we stepped up to pay, she stepped away & we ended up paying our waitress. Won’t be back.

Simply awesome ! I came for breakfast and had the German combo the potato pancakes are huge. Giant plate of food $ 10.super nice service small town feel. Excellent

Let me tell you, this is one of the best place to have breakfast in this area. I got the biscuits and gravy combo. The food came out on 2 full plates. The service was great, I didn’t have to wait for drink refills at all. I would of given this place a star if they would make the décor a little bit more pleasant. I definitely recommend the food though.

I liked the old location better than the new location in the old Browns Chicken. Opted for the country skillet and was not disappointed. Piping hot with plenty to eat and prepared according to order.
Or waitress was on her game, prompt service and the coffee cup was never empty. Out the door for food and drinks for under twenty dollars. The menu is quite large with a lot of options.
My only complaint would be the conversion from Brown’s to Sammy’s. The restrooms were a little nasty and the parking lot is still configured for the old restaurant. Also I read somewhere that this was a Irish restaurant, but looks more like a typical Greek place.

I come here all the time and always order the same thing. Egg white farmers scrambler, side of canadian bacon and wheat toast dry. I have been coming here since I was so young and I like that they can accommodate to healthy lifestyles. They are extremely friendly and not expensive! Great breakfast.

Went to fish fry last week– shrimp were bad. They were burnt and hardly any shrimp inside– all burnt breading. Sorry I didn’t alert the manager.

This is the perfect mom and pop joint, the staff is so friendly. The food is great and the portions are rather large so I allways have enough to take home. For 2 people it usually costs me around $ 25 and that’s a steal for how good it is here. Love! I’ve been going here for years. It’s worth it. Chocolate chip pancakes are so good.

I ordered the three cheese omelette with broccoli and sausage. It was pretty tasty. The service was a little disappointing though considering it took the waitress about 10 minutes to come over when we first sat down and the wait time for the food was a bit excessive. It’s a cute little place, kind of a tight space but that’s ok cause they’re able to seat a lot of people. I would say it could be a little cleaner though. Overall, pretty good experience. I’d for sure go back.

We love this little diner. They have a lot of options, and we’ve never been disappointed with anything we’ve ordered here. Some of our favorites: Sammie’s Special (the 2 older kids fave), chocolate chip pancakes (the little guy’s fave), breakfast burritos, Italian omelette, or country fried steak and eggs (the adults’ faves). We also love walking in and being recognized and asked how we’re doing — very homey feeling.
However — it’s no longer located on the east side of 88^th. It’s just west of 88^th on the south side of 95^th.

Sammie’s is old school. Nothing fancy, but good food and great service. Breakfast all day, they close at 3:00P.M. They are open later on Friday and do a Fish fry (never been) so I cant attest to the quality of that. I am a pancake fanatic. Sammie’s makes the best pancakes. Just as great as southern Belles with better sugar-​free syrup. My Husband is a Lumes fan, but likes the coffee at Sammie’s much better. He enjoys their greek omelet.
They are very accommodating. If you want something that isn’t quite on the menu ie: a certain combination if ingredients for an omelet they will try to make it for you. Please don’t ask on Sunday when they are way to busy. Sandy, one of the waitress might look at you like you are crazed. Yeah the ambiance is lacking, and the place is old, but clean. AS long as the food is good who cares what the place looked like…

I ate here for the first time a few days ago. While I’m giving it 3 stars, I would probably not make an effort to eat here again simply based on the overall ambiance.
Pros
VALUE: We were there on a Friday night so we ordered from the fish fry menu. The AYCE fish fry is a great value, especially since they do this whole old-​school thing where they start you off with little dishes of salads for the table — coleslaw, kidney bean salad and pasta salad. We also got a bread basket, soup and dessert.
CHICKEN: Fried chicken is actually one of the options for the AYCE fish fry and it was absolutely delicious. Unlike many restaurants, their fry batter is well seasoned and I could tell that they use the proper temperature of oil for deep frying (resulting in a crispy coating that’s not greasy).
Cons
AMBIANCE/​OVERALL FEEL: This place is really out-​dated and cramped. I hate to call it «dirty» because I don’t actually think it’s dirty. However, it does kinda come off as dirty because of how old the building is. The tables are so crowded together that the wait staff cannot even access all of the tables without having to squeeze behind diners’ chairs. We sat at one of the tables (they also have booths) and I felt like we were nearly sitting on top of the people at the next table over.

This was my first visit to Sammie’s in their new location. They moved from the strip mall by Fairplay to the old Brown’s Chicken building a block or so down 95^th Street. The new location is much smaller, and rather cramped. The exterior of the building is still the same as Brown’s, and the parking lot is a crumbling mess. The interior was modified some, and only a fraction of the original decorations made it to the new place.
I was hoping the change in location wasn’t going to have any effect on the great service and food that I have come to love. Service was still spectacular, but the food was not up to par. My scrambled eggs came out fine, but my side of Gyro meat was so dried out and crunchy, that no amount of cucumber sauce was going to salvage it. Same can be said for my stale and crumbling toast.
I am hoping all this boils down to working out some new location kinks, since Sammie’s has always been my favorite hometown breakfast haunt.