Huck Finn Restaurant

Wrapped up my son's birthday weekend taking him here and it was a hit! I've been at another location but this one was amazing !!! The waitress, staff and vibe was pleasant and relaxed! Food and service was fast and customers so engaging and loving! I'll definitely be back !!!

I liked the ambience of this place--classic diner vibes. My group of 4 waited for roughly 15 minutes before getting seated on a Sunday afternoon, and from then on the service was quick and friendly. I ordered the Monte Cristo sandwich, which was a warm ham and cheese sandwich on french toast bread. The bread was soggier and the sandwich was saltier than I would've liked, but otherwise it was not bad. It was quite dense--packed with meat and cheese--and I was struggling to finish by the end. Dipping it in the syrup made for a rich sweet and savory combo, though that flavor got too heavy pretty quick. The fresh side salad was a welcomed addition.

Overall, I think this is a solid diner in Chicago with a friendly atmosphere that's perfect for groups and fairly priced food. Though I was not the biggest fan of the food, I also acknowledge I'm biased because I don't particularly love diner-style food. So although I wouldn't necessarily go back for just the food, I would be interested in going back someday to try their renowned donuts.
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Price (relative to peers): 4.2/5
Food: 3.5/5
Ambience: 4.5/5
Service: 4.5/5
Overall Value: 4/5

This place seems to have gone downhill. Stopped in recently for a meal and not only was bread oddly damp on one side, there was hair in my food. I went to tell the cashier and he rudely said where's your server? I said I don't know that's why I'm telling you. He should've apologized and said he'd find the server, but didn't. Staff are rude, lazy and the place was dirty. But mostly it's always dead when it used to be busy all the time. Now I know why I stayed away and will never return. Eat at your own risk.

Is this gourmet cuisine? No. Is the service fantastic? It's alright. BUT this is the perfect place to go when you're hungover and just hungry for some classic diner style food. I ordered the patty melt and my fiancé ordered the turkey club sandwich. Both of these came with a cup of some sort of soup - skip the soup if it's a weird cream based one. It's just okay and won't help your stomach if you're hungover; tide yourself over with the warm bread (fantastic) and wait for your main meal. My patty melt was as greasy as it was delicious. The fries weren't homemade, but they did the job.

There are really no frills here, but for a classic diner breakfast/lunch, you can't go wrong if you don't set your hopes too high.

Oh my goodness!! What a great place to grab brunch. I came in right before the snow came in and wow. I loved our server, loved the food, loved the cute diners vibe breakfast place. I don't really understand the negative reviews from this place because of how much I enjoyed my time here. The soup was delicious, breakfast portions were HUGE, and waffle was a great dessert to have.

The ONLY downside was that it took forever at the end to be noticed so we could pay the bill and when our server left, the new server never came to refill our coffee.

I've been to different Huck Finn locations but this was my first time dining at the Archer restaurant. Our waitress was very nice and attentive. The food is fine - big portions, affordable pricing but average taste. It does the job as far as a breakfast and lunch spot. I'll be back

a chicago classic! an all american diner that is family friendly and highlights the best meal of the day-- post breakfast sweet treat!

I went in there with a couple of friends, all from the food service industry( servers, cooks).
I asked the server a simple question about whether the eggs were cooked in oil or butter as I have a dairy allergy but can still have eggs. The server was a bit confused, totally understandable as she's not the one in the kitchen. It's a what happened afterwards that made our experience uncomfortable. We could hear everyone standing by the register including server talking about us. Saying "I am not a cook how am I supposed to know that" or just making comments regarding one simple question.
I get questions like this all the time and I do my job to get my customer all the information they need to make their experience a joyous one. By all means I know not to let a customer know that a question they had bothered me or my coworkers. Given the fact that we have attended to the lady standing behind the counter at our previous employer with her family and always treated her with the outmost respect and attention I felt very very disappointed.
We still tipped our server 25% because that's what we do in solidarity with our fellow food service industry workers.

This place was packed on a Saturday morning. I ordered the Chorizo Skillet with over medium eggs, and my friend ordered burger with fries + chicken noodle soup. The skillet was a little underwhelming for me. I had ordered this same skillet in the past and it was delicious! But today the skillet lacked in flavor. Majority of what I was tasting was plain potato. Pancakes were very nice though. They had a nice sweet, buttery and soft taste which I absolutely love.

The only complaint is the skillet not being very good and the server forgot to bring our chicken noodle soup, but she was very nice and apologetic about it once we reminded her.

Our server, Mary K. = 2 out of 5 (the table next to us got better treatment and service from her than us)
Overall food quality = 3 out of 5 (don't order the coffee here)