We have been eating breakfast here every weekend for a couple years now and my favorite thing about this place is the consistency. We drive from Ceres to eat here. The food is always good, especially the eggs. These chefs are the masters of egg omelets!! Perfectly made every time. It gets really busy at times but worth the wait. The servers are all incredibly nice and work really hard to keep up with this busy restaurant. read more

Thank you for being open!! We frequent your location weekly, we want to support our local business. We feel very safe eating there, I am pregnant and our daughter is 4. Food was great today, see you next week Aj's. For all those Covid concerned leaving negative reviews, no one said you have to eat there! And you are more likely to get it at Costco,Walmart and Target, they don't wipe down all the boxes, canned good, clothes ect before you touch it, buy it and take it too your home. read more

Service was spot on. I had the house salad, presentation was nice, had carrot sticks and sliced tomatoes, however the lettuce was more yellowish than green, tasteless and there was a huge piece of uncut core in it ugh. read more

Freshly squeezed orange juice!!!??? Oh whatttt ??!!!! And I can totally get it served as a mimosa ($4.99)... even better!!! Mimosas are also served all day. Total plus and super delicious. I was totally hoping they would do bottomless mimosas but this is so not the place for that. This is a nice little diner aimed to served families. There was tons of little kids running around during my visit. The service is pretty attentive but the food took a bit longer than I thought to come out, it was super bowl Sunday though so I will give them a break for that. I had two little kids on my table which were getting a bit anxious waiting for their food. We asked the waitress for some color crayons so they could color their coloring sheet and none were provided. Oh well, no biggie, thank goodness for iPhone technology and games. As for the food, not too shabby. I ordered the mile high platter from their special menu ($10.25). It consisted of a biscuit at the bottom, topped with a sausage patty and then drenched with country gravy. I loved that I had more than enough gravy to go with the whole meal item. It had a side of has brown potatoes as well. The menu is pretty diner basic. Not sure if I would go back being that there wasn't anything else that caught my attention but over all, not a bad place if you're looking for a decent meal. read more

AJ's Cafe & Grill - Freshly squeezed oj for this mimosa.... Def a plus - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Turlock, California

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Welcoming atmosphere Great fast service Veggie omelet loaded with fresh veggies French toast fluffy and grilled to perfection Amazing service Our server was Jeannie - she's is the BEST! Can't wait to go back Just wish we lived nearby read more

Used to be a Turlock favorite! Always used to go here until today when I had a party of 5 (3 of the 5 were present) and was refused seating until the WHOLE party was present! Absolutely ridiculous! Take in mind, my parents are in their 70's. We were the only people on the wait list. I will not be coming back again. Completely disappointed. What happened to customer service? read more

I happened to be in the area around breakfast time and did a quick search for a breakfast burrito and came along this place. Normally 4 stars and near under sketch me out but my to go burrito was perfect. I ordered it with the gravy on the side thinking I wouldn't like the gravy but I added gravy to every other bite and it totally hit the spot. Not to mention the salsa on the side was also a plus, it was the right amount of flavors but lacks that kick I like in my salsa. Total would recommend for a quick breakfast, the place did seem a bit run down when I walked Insjde but that wouldn't stop me from dining in. read more

AJ's Cafe & Grill - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Turlock, California

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Locally owned diner with a friendly casual atmosphere. Service is top notch with familiar faces and support staff. Delicious breakfast served all day; best burgers in town and fresh locally prepared pies. Can always get served within an hour so you can make it back to work on time without feeling rushed. If the interior received a refresh, would rate 5 stars. Super busy on weekends so you may have a wait. read more

"Pick any table along this side.", she says. Well, every table has leftover pieces of food and coffee stains on it. I wonder which seat we should pick. I ponder and pick the smallest coffee stained one. The servers were not friendly at all - when asked about substitutions, you get stared at like you're from another planet. I asked 3x about substituting tomatoes for some mushrooms but ended up getting tomatoes anyway. I ate the omelette and country potatoes. Their ranch is runny/watery but it helped with the country potatoes since they were bland. Getting a server to return to your table was difficult. The place was moderately busy but I saw 6 women walking around - I thought it was sufficiently staffed but who knows. This was my 1st time here with my son. We found this place on yelp and decided to try it. I'm not sure I'll go here again. I felt that if you weren't a "regular", you weren't treated the same. I feel the food is overpriced a bit for the bland taste it had. I really do have mixed feelings about this place. Maybe if I try it when it's less busy? On a different day? Hard to say. I'll ponder and update my review if I do try it again. read more

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I can usually find the good in food even when it's at its worse, but I could barely get a word in trying to convince myself the food received is okay. I don't know what went wrong but the French toast was vile. It did not look like any of the pictures I saw online when looking to eat here!!! I saw one hair and assumed it was my boyfriends and then saw TWO so I just stopped eating it. Really gross of me to see the good in food and my lesson was learned. Not to mention, one of them had green spots on it so I ignored that piece altogether. I don't blame the waitresses or waiters at all, but the one serving us couldn't even look us in the eyes while giving us our food probably because she was scared if we were gonna say how shit it was or something to her face. I would never do as well as never waste another meal here!!! It was just so gross!!! read more

This morning I took the family out for breakfast. Most of the time my meals are very good. This time I was disappointed with first the cook for sending out a burnt order of potatoes. Second the server who allowed this dish to be served. My country potatoes were crazy burnt and nasty. While my cheese that was topped off was still freezer cold. Bottom line I hope they see this review and make better QA improvements. I will still visit but will call them out on a bad order. read more

AJ's Cafe & Grill - Diced ham and scrambled eggs. With burnt country potatoes. At the top yummy lol - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Turlock, California

Another first! Went to AJ's for breakfast and it was not a mistake. The food was good and the service was great. Even with the place being packed and more people coming in. I would recommend this to everyone! We will be back again! read more

AJ's Cafe & Grill - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Turlock, California

Try this place because of the Yelp reviews and I love mom and pop diners l. Came on Friday and it was packed due to Veterans' day. Okay place nothing I ate was super great or even memorable. Service was really slow. I had to ask for napkins and silverware so I could eat my salad.. Plenty of people working so not sure if they were throw off due to having more then normal Friday lunch crowd or this was a standard slow poke service.. I think our waitress had things on her mind today..came back maybe once to do a refill and it was not what we originally order for drinks. None of the staff or our wsitress were friendly. Still we left her a decent tip even though the food and service was par. Yelpers..you let us down read more

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I like this place, especially for breakfast. The portions are good sized, and usually served rather quickly. Several items on the menu, as well as thier ever changing list of specials are very good. Service here is friendly and attentive, although at times they appear overstaffed and check on the tables a little too much. Thier French Toast Deluxe combo, Breakfast burritos, and Biscuits and gravy combo are among my favorites here. Breakfast is my meal of choice here, however their diner style fare lunch and dinner items are also worth a try. Nothing fancy or outstandingly great here, but there is something to be said for a place that knows it's niche and is consistently good. read more

AJ's Cafe & Grill - French toast combo deluxe. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Turlock, California

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Food is good. But the watresses are not really attentive to the customers. Other than that..food is delicious. Place needs to be updated..the enviroment feels dead. Their menu was not organized. They need to spruce up the place, plus their uniforms looked boring. The cafe needs to have a wide selection of drinks..they had no beers. Just coffee and soda. read more

So disappointed. We heard good things about this place. But man what a complete let down.. the place was so busy with hardly any room if you come with a family be prepared to be sat at different two seat tables. 1. The help was very unfriendly not one but at least five of the 6 servers. We were overlooked . Food was like pre made bacon was cold you could taste the fat. .pancakes were slightly overcooked .black on bottom .. scrambled eggs look like powderd eggs. The over medium eggs might as well been served directly on to the plate skipping the hot plate. Sausage, s again very cold the coffie was good though frenchtoast was ok .premade and warm topped with a ice cream scoopfull of butter ..i should have took pictures but i left my phone at home.. over all they really need to pay attention on courtesy to the customer.. im sorry but dine at your own risk.. 05/29/2022 read more

Nasty. Eggs are not eggs. Fake. Waiter likes to squish down biscuits with his bare hands, then poor gravy on them. Waitresses love to slam food, plates, glasses and cups on the table like they are trying to break them. Tables are sticky, restaurant is filthy, bathrooms are nasty. Give it a miss. read more

food was really good only downfall was that none of the employees was wearing a mask. I'm giving this restaurant a 3 star only because food was really good! easy a 5 star if they'd followed covid protocol. read more

We are in the purple tier with COVID numbers going up and they are packed inside - no distancing, not one mask in the house even when I asked them to mask up while grabbing my take-out. This kind of behavior is why schools won't be able to fully open. This is why businesses that care about the community suffer - the selfishness of AJ's is why, unfortunately, I will never be back. read more

The service was on point. The time between being seated, order taken, food hitting the table was in a timely manor. The Girl with the exstreamly long white nails constantly picking thing that got caught under her nails. No place in food service. read more

This place was super good. We had the HUGE Breakfast burrito (7.59). My goodness was it good. It is usually difficult to say that a breakfast burrito is delicious since none really stand out but this one definitely has its own category. You will not be disappointed if you try it. The orange juice was also delicious since it is freshly squeezed. Definitely a return visit is to be planned when in this area. read more

AJ's Cafe & Grill - Breakfast burritos for everyone! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Turlock, California

Need to take down the best breakfast in town.. went here on a weekday, not busy. Our server couldn't have been more disconnected from her job. Food was mediocre at best and overpriced for the quality. Won't be going here again. read more

We love coming to Aj's and have been for years but yesterday's experience has us now not wanting to come back. Waitresses and customers talking politics very loudly and non respectfully. Also no masks, not one from the cooks to the waitresses. There is a lack of respect for customers in this establishment and it showed yesterday. read more

Great place to grab a good breakfast! Good food, great prices and excellent customer service. Nice location, comfortable sitting and very clean. Also they have actual freshly squeezed OJ! read more

AJ's Cafe & Grill - Good breakfast! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Turlock, California

The first time I went, food was very good all around. Second time, the country potatoes were served almost cold. The biscuits and gravy are great though. read more

This should actually be a 4.5 star review. The restaurant has some seriously tasty good food. The only reason i knocked down half a star was because they forgot to put enough gravy on my biscuits and gravy order, so when it came time to grub, i was left with a biscuit and a half without anymore gravy to accompany them. Great restaurant, great food, great service! read more

My husband and I had the pleasure of visiting AJ's Cafe & Grill. It is a step back in time in a good way. The restaurant is decorated with signs that lifted our spirits. I joked with who I assumed is the owner about the sign that said if you are grumpy you will be charged $10 for putting up with you. I told him that they should up it to twenty. That's definitely my husband's and my sense humor after having worked in restaurants ourselves. It is good to see that someone still has a sense of humor after all this Covid trouble that we have all been enduring! BTW my husband is diabetic and I have high blood pressure just wear a mask and shield, they won't throw you out. Lol! Now onto the main point of this review, the food! The food is fantastic. It takes me back to a simpler time. I had the old Southern favorite, Chicken fried steak. This is one of my go to comfort foods. We all need some comfort right now. It comes with two choices of sides. I chose split pea soup and mashed potatoes with gravy. I must say that this rivals my Southern mother's chicken fried steak which I am sadly not too good at. The spilt pea soup is better than my own which I am told is pretty good. So if you are in the mood for some good down home cooking give AJ's a try. You won't be sorry! It is a great down home restaurant! read more

What a huge disappointment! Went there yesterday and no one was wearing a mask! Not the server, not the cook, no one!!

The best place to go during the virus silly shutdown! Good food and service! Highly recommend!

The best for breakfast. Service is great. Very friendly. Great hamburgers too. Very clean restroom. My favorite

Will never return. Was here Easter Sunday and a few hours later was sicker then a dog and still am sick from food poisoning here. Both my friend and I. She got an omelette and i got eggs, bacon, and Swedish pancakes. Also the service was horrible. read more

Great service. Great place to go for early morning breakfast. Try the portuguese platter!

After a wonderful Turlock Halloween with one of my close friends we all make breakfast plans that night. (You know why!) Nicki suggests Aj's! Holy crap, you walk in and it smelled freaking delicious! I got the linguisa breakfast and a side of biscuits and gravy! So bomb. Sausage was cooked perfectly and the biscuit wasn't hard as a rock! Hallelujah! I honestly forget what my friends had, but I know all of their plates were clean when they were done. I won't ever forget the OJ though. You could totally tell it was fresh squeezed and I honestly think I said, "this is the best OJ I have ever had." I need to go back here, now that I think about it! Coffee was good too, I had about 2-3 cups! lol. read more

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Dingy little diner. I liked the oldie vibes. Food was so yummy. Nice staff. I highly recommend.

Good is always great. Even with them being short staffed, service is always great. Everyone is very friendly

I just happened to be in Turlock, CA this past Saturday getting some work done on my car. After doing some research on YELP, we chose this place for breakfast while we were waiting for our car to be done. The first thing I noticed was the unfriendly reception we received when we walked in. At least 5 servers looked at us with blank stares and didn't say a thing. Since the sign up front said wait to be seated-- that's what we did. After 5 or so minutes, we were seated in the corner, and given menus to look over. I chose the 2 egg breakfast (over-medium) with sausage patties and hash browns. I did not like the hash browns- they were soggy and under seasoned. I should have went with the country potatoes. My wife ordered the biscuits and gravy , and they were delicious. The biscuits were freshly made in-house and the gravy had a good amount of pepper infused throughout. The only thing I noticed was that the gravy gets cold fast-- so eat fast. I wish I could say the customer service got better throughout our meal-but it didn't. The server came back once to drop off the check-- that's it! However, the food did come out fast. Although the place was busy, we were eating inside of 10 minutes. Bottom line, the name of this place is deceiving. Cafe and Grill sounds nice right? I would say this is more like a diner than a cafe or grill. If you are in the mood for biscuits and gravy-- check it out. Otherwise- there has to be better options (even in Turlock). read more

Great breakfast!! We had two omelettes and a baked oatmeal. You gotta try the baked oatmeal!! The coffee is good as well. Service was awesome! Say hi to Jeannie. read more

By far the worst place I've ever been. Took 35 mins to take our order, food was completely plain and tasted horrible. Our side of biscuits & gracy was so old and dry is crumbled. We weren't sure if it had mold on it but they said it was avocado. Treated us like we weren't paying for service. So frustrating when you hope for good service! Never going back. read more

AJ's Cafe & Grill - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Turlock, California

It was ok service was fast, even though it was super busy. I ordered hfor lf order of biscuits and gravy which was huge it can feed two people easy. The cin roll was ok wish it had for icing for sweetness. read more

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Went after the Turlock swap meet. Is close to the fairgrounds and had decent review on Yelp. Happy to report this place did not disappoint. Kiddo ordered the breakfast burrito. It was stuffed full of hash browns, ham, cheese and gravy. Was about 3" in diameter. I ordered the pancakes and egg. Single sausage patty, 2 eggs decent servicing, however the pancakes were the size of dish plates. Well over 1/4" think and there is 2 of them. Food was really good, made up for the meh coffee. Service was great and fast. Not much for conversation but it was really busy today. $22 for us both, and we left full. Will definitely be back when we pass through again. read more