I visited the lounge side last week in the evening with a group of friends. The bartender was friendly and attentive, and we all ordered different food items and no one had any complaints. However, the bathroom could really use a deep clean, as I noticed quite a bit of grime and dirt on the stalls and wall.. read more

Food was just as a diner food should be. Service was very friendly and prompt. I liked that there are large booths for larger groups. read more

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What a little treasure! Huge portions of food, and tastes amazing! If you've never been here, definitely a good place for breakfast (served all day long) I haven't had any other meal, anytime I go I get breakfast. Today I had the classic chicken fried steak and I will be eating it for days. Service was fantastic and she is on the ball (we sat in the lounge area) Definitely will be back! read more

BlondZee's Guest House - Chicken fried steak, hash browns, eggs and English muffins - American Near Me - Salem, Oregon

So many 1 star ratings. I wish I would've checked Yelp before going to check out the Steak Frites special they posted on FB! We entered to an empty restaurant, well one guy was at another table. We ordered, and the server said lots of people were asking about the special. I was told they were out of Chimichurri sauce, but could make it otherwise. Daughter ordered a cheeseburger and salad, and we were going to trade sides. Server then came back and said they couldn't make it and I'd need to order something else. Disappointed, I decided upon the Chicken Parmesan. Server brought out the salad and a dinner roll. The entrees followed shortly. Daughter was brought a salad and fries. My entree was also served with fries that I didn't request and the chicken was smothered in 'spaghetti sauce' and mozzarella. I took a bite and the sauce was disgusting. It seemed old or burnt. I couldn't eat it and knew they were closing, so when asked how things were, our server was nice and took it away but came back with it on the bill. I said we would not be paying for a bad meal I hadn't eaten. The 'manager' (not manager) come out and say he couldn't give it to me for free and needed an explanation, so I repeated what I'd already told server - that it was inedible and they could taste it if they needed to (I'd taken one bite). I never asked for a free meal and had already said we'd pay for the salad and roll that I'd eaten. Both the manager and server knew it was our first visit. When a carryout box was brought for my daughter, 'manager' said "If you take the fries I'm going to have to charge you for them. The fries were her side, but she told him go ahead and add them to the bill, as we weren't trying to get anything for free, only a decent meal. He came back with the bill and changed his tune saying he hoped we would come back and try their breakfast. He also asked if we would like pie for the trouble. Daughter encouraged me to accept the pie, but, mind you, the damage was done. First impression & customer service = Fail. Even still, a $10 tip was left on the $15 bill, as it was no fault of the server. I see why the place was empty and definitely won't go back! read more

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We walked into the bar, the bartender said pick any table. Levi was our server he got us started right away with a beer. I got a half order of the CFS delicious crispy & tender served with brown gravy and mashed potatoes with veg. My wife had the hand breaded chicken sandwich. It came with lettuce, tomato, mayo, and most importantly..toasted bun. Chicken was cooked through, juicy and delicious. read more

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This may be the dirtiest place in town. The outside doors, railings, parking lot are very run down and dirty. Can you at least wipe stuff down? The chairs at the video poker machines are broken so you can't actually sit in them unless you are feeling like a trip to the ER later.. When we first moved here 9 years ago the owner was always there and she was so proud of her concept of featuring a different car each month. I think that is literally the only thing they care about. If you like tacky, cluttered and disorganized then you will love how the bar looks. This place needs a lot of help. read more

We can't chime in on the quality of the food because we never got any. We got coffee and the waitress took our order, and we waited....and we waited....and we waited some more. Received a refill on our coffee but no food. Forty five minutes went by, and people that came in after us already had their food. We left $5.00 on the table to cover our coffee and we left. We won't be back. read more

Food: a ton of food for the price. The Cabo taco omelette is unbelievable... super delicious. The service was perfect... fast and efficient. Inside is super cool with all kinds of license plates to look at and memorabilia. Highly recommend read more

BlondZee's Guest House - Taco omelette - American Near Me - Salem, Oregon

Comfortable ambiance, amiable Staff, tasty food, ample portions. A large property, w/ several dining-meeting rooms available and reasonable prices. Easily accessible, plenty of parking. read more

The service was outstanding with Jade as our server! We love it when we get Jade because she remembers us and knows my husband likes salsa and needs sugar-free syrup! The food was so good exactly the way we like it. Eggs were perfect! Sherrie is a good server too! Our favorite breakfast place! read more

I wouldn't recommend anyone go here. The food and service were fine. But after I left, they added $3 to the tip I left on my card for a total of 32%. In addition, they billed the tip separate from the meal, which is weird. I've never seen any restaurant do that. read more

Food was not fresh. Service was terrible. I had wings that were way spicy without any sauce and salty as the ocean. The wings with no sauce should not be spicy. Ruben mean was tough and had to be cut with a knife. Had to ask for water 3 times. Decaf coffee was ordered. When refilled it was refilled with regular coffee. Wait person was rude. They charge more if you use credit card. Never again! read more

This place has been around awhile and knows how to do food! Truck-stop size portions guarantee you won't walk away hungry and it is well worth the cost. The coffee is ok, nothing special. To me it has kind of a dark and grungy feel but that won't stop me from going back. I'm sure it is a byproduct of its age. Service was not bad but not great. If I come for breakfast I don't want to have to look for coffee. There were only four tables with guests when I was there so not sure where the server disappeared too. This day we had the Chicken Fried steak (you get 2-steak Patties) and German Sausage (2 full-size sausages) breakfasts read more

BlondZee's Guest House - Chicken fried steak, eggs and biscuit w/gravy - American Near Me - Salem, Oregon

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11/25/25 I don't recommend eating here. We ate there when the were first opened. It was good (back then.) Today I Ordered the (lighter side) chicken fried steak dinner. The chicken fried steak was almost burned and it made it extremely dry. The mashed potatoes if I had to guess are instant they had a weird flavor and texture. They had sautéed veggies with it. Some were burned some where barley done. Can't figure out how that could happen. I took one bite from the CFsteak that's all I could stomach. It was so bad that it didn't even dawn on me that it was covered in brown gravy until I got home and looked at other people's pictures and theirs is white gravy. My husband had the kelbasa sausage it was rubbery. The hash browns were only cooked on one side. His pancakes were so tough and rubbery that the steak knife he had for his sausage wasn't cutting them. Tearing yes cutting no. Well we wont be going back. Glad I didn't ask for a refund. I read other reviews on how customers were talked to and treated when asking for one. read more

Went here about 1.5 years ago. Stained carpet, looked dirty. A few people in my group got food poisoning after we ate there.The food was so gross and I did not complete my dinner. I really do not know how anyone likes this place. Never went back. read more

My husband had been wanting to take me here for awhile, he loves the food. We were seated immediately, the servers were very nice but it was pretty dark on the inside. The light hanging above our table had been broken and taped back together, I thought that was odd. Our food arrived pretty quickly, I ordered a country scramble, with spinach, onion, ground beef and cheese and hash browns and toast. It was ok, the portions were huge. In my opinion it looked like they used a huge portion of spinach, and it definitely didn't seem fresh, it looked and tasted like chopped frozen spinach. All the cheese on top melted in this weird ball that was pretty hard to cut to separate it. I asked for crispy hash browns, they weren't. My husband ordered a meatloaf omelet, it had brown gravy on top, it also came with hash browns and toast. He loved it, it's his favorite menu item. Overall it was ok, I'm glad my husband and his friends have a place they enjoy coming too. read more

BlondZee's Guest House - Meatloaf omelet with brown gravy, sourdough toast and hash browns. - American Near Me - Salem, Oregon

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I've gone to blondzees for years. With that being said what brings me back is the lounge area. It's got awesome leather old school booths, a nice big fireplace. I mean it's pretty cozy in there on a nice winter day. Drinks are proper. Now as far as the food goes. Well it's definitely just ok. I don't think anything is scratch made. But don't expect a homemade gravy or hollandaise sauce. If you're hungry it will definitely fill you up. Portion sizes are great. I don't mean to make it sound like there food is horrible it's just there is much better tasting places out there for breakfast. Like I said I've be been coming here for years and will be back again. If you haven't tried it go give it a go. Make sure you eat in the lounge area. You have to be 21+ read more

BlondZee's Guest House - Chicken fried steak - American Near Me - Salem, Oregon

Food is good, big portions,went for lunch with my wife,I am retired chef but always get me the way they slice meat in this case corned beef or pastrami or roast beef, order a Rueben, you can make it easy to eat meat tender if you slice the meat the right way but when you mentioned to the chef and the answer is slicer was broken is kind of funny by hand or machine you slice it properly ,any way ,restaurant is good, and I am going back read more

Covid-19 visit. So I'm from Milwaukie but traveled to see a friend. We chose the place. Friend it was similar to Black Bear Diner. The restaurant wasn't super full. We had a party of 5 (1 was a kiddo) Our server was new but she sure did try hard! I felt really bad for the women working because the one waitress had said they had a whole new team in the kitchen. Our wait time was a little long but the food didn't disappoint! Our party had 2 Chicken Fried Steam meals which they were good, kids chicken nuggets, adult chicken strips and then the other got Parmesan chicken... they have really good dinner rolls. Homemade ranch dressing (that's important) Overall it was worth the wait. Again, these were women who were hard working & I felt for them. I left them a decent sized tip. With Covid being here I imagine there are a lot of places trying have staff and also remain safe. They also have a classic car out front and there were a few in the parking lot. This place I would return to! & they also have a pretty big menu. Breakfast is served all day. read more

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Would not recommend this place. The pancakes were not cooked through and the eggs Benedict was not done inside. It's a difficult item to make so they should not offer. The server was very pleasant and brought the food in a timely manner. The atmosphere is quaint and the classic car on display is awesome. read more

If you want to fight for your life in a very real, very physical way, BlondZee's is for you! You'll be batting their pet flies away from your face and food the whole time you're there--great exercise! While the dollar signs show that the cost is inexpensive, the true intestinal cost will be quite high! You're essentially paying for food poisoning. The waitress was nice, but not on top of refills for fluids (which turns out we would desperately need after this visit... bc of the liquid diarrhea) and the food took forever to come depsite only one other party being there. We were upcharged for a side salad and charged a 4% fee just for using card. First time there, went for dinner. The food itself was very mediocre. I wouldn't be back based on that alone, but the liquid sh*ts at 5am before work will really stay in my heart for a long time. Great place to go with enemies. Would not recommend taking friends. read more

Was a little bummed out, I am a car guy and was astonished by the car memorabilia upon entering this restaurant. However the food just wasn't it. I ordered the chicken fried steak and it appeared to be fried in old oil and very dry. The gravy tasted like it came out of a can, and the eggs tasted like they were microwaved. My girlfriend found a hair in her French toast too, so that was disappointing. read more

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The bar where everyone knows your name. Like Cheers. Same chicken fried steak recipe for decades. Old school comfort food.

Everything was greatly distanced and masks were worn by staff. While waiting for our food the waitresses were loudly bantering back and forth. At one point they were talking about one not wanting to leave yet and the other saying "I'm not worried because of customers or anything, I just haven't closed the place up by myself in awhile." With the rest of us (the customers) looking back and forth at each other. Our waitress was very friendly and on top of the game! Always asking if we needed refills or offering condiments so we didn't have to ask for it. The food took maybe 10 minutes to come out. It was hot and delicious! The chicken fried steak meal was just shy of $16 that came with a HUGE steak, 3 large pancakes, a generous portion of hash browns, 3 eggs and 2 pieces of toast! My fiancé who is a dumpster couldn't even finish half his meal! I was a little hesitant on my food as we heard there was a new cook today. The hollandaise sauce for my eggs Benedict was so flavorful and rich. The eggs were PERFECTLY poached and runny. I was in complete shock a new cool did this! So pleased with the food! read more

BlondZee's Guest House - Chicken Fried Steak Hearty Features hash browns, 3 eggs, 3 pancakes and 2 slices of toast - American Near Me - Salem, Oregon

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Our waitress Kimberly G. was very friendly from the moment we stepped foot in the restaurant and she was very up beat. The food was so good. I'd really do recommend this place for the food and prices as well as the service. I'll be back for sure. read more

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Food was good, atmosphere great, wait are fun friendly and attentive! Nothing more to say.

We had been here for dinner once before abd it was ok but we decided to give them a try for breakfast. I got the Big Johns Biscuits and gravy and man it was amazing. 4 full size scratch made biscuits with nice thick gravy smotheredon top. I was only able to eat half! I took the rest home to eat later. My bf got the Bomblet which was a 3 egg omlette with Country fried steak pieces with cheddar cheese inside and topped with gravy served with hashbrowns and toast. Everything was delicious. Definitely recommend this place for breakfast! read more

Stopped in for lunch and the special was Turkey noodle soup- The bartender was raving about it so I decided to give it a try... WOW! I normally would've never ordered turkey soup... This was like Thanksgiving turkey, full flavor, meat was perfectly moist, lots of noodles, Rich broth- Ahmazing! And it was paired with cheesy garlic toast which was fresh sourdough bread coated with Parmesan, garlic, herbs and grilled perfectly. First time I've ever ordered turkey soup on a menu, and one of the best lunches I've had in a long time. Well done! read more

BlondZee's Guest House - Homemade rich turkey noodle soup and cheesy garlic bread - American Near Me - Salem, Oregon

First time here, only 4 tables with people. We ordered right away, waited over 20 mins for simple breakfast and a hot roast beef sandwich. It seemed the kirchen was cooking one meal at a time. Food was just okay, not very favorable. read more

I love BlondZees. I love them not because they are the fanciest restaurant in Salem, they are far from that. I love them not because of the high end dishes, because this is more comfort food. I love them because they know how to serve. During Covid, I wanted to get to know members of the church I was now pastoring...and how do you do that? Well one by one, you invite them lunch. So I did. And the lunches were 2 hours long sometime. And seating was limited. But the staff allowed me those golden moments to bond with my new friends. They were patient and kind and the food is solid. It's a lot of food, you never ever leave hungry. Thank you BlondZees, you have a special place in my heart. read more

How does your business allow postings like this on social media/FB? I was enjoying your posts about Halloween and photos of your delicious food, but after this, I not only will not be visiting your business, but I'll be sure to tell others as well. Perhaps you should work on improving whatever those ladies were complaining about instead of calling them Karens and belittling them. read more

BlondZee's Guest House - Rude workers bashing customers. - American Near Me - Salem, Oregon

Quite possibly the worst service we have ever recieved. Our server seemed annoyed that we were there, we had to approach the counter for coffee and water refills after asking our server for refills twice. She walked away after dropping our food off before we were able to ask for condiments, which also seemed to annoy her. We had empty water glasses on the table and waited over 15 minutes for her to even reach our table. It took over a half hour to get a hot chocolate that was forgotten about and when remembered, took another 15 minutes to get. Food was mediocre at best. We have been coming here for over 20 years and we wont be back. On our way out a different server was taking drink orders and when asked for a coffee, her response was a very sarcastic accompanied by an eye roll, sure. I made eye contact with a 3rd lady standing at the counter, who also looked annoyed. read more

I love going to BlondZee's to eat. They have a lot to choose from, nice serving portions, and the price is right. My most favorite meal is their omelettes! They serve Mimosas and they have a full bar. Their service is great too. Will always go there to eat. You can book rooms for parties too. My friends got married there. Great place and I would recommend it to anyone. read more

Favorite go to place for some appetizers and we'll priced drinks. There is a family atmosphere here that is pleasant to be around, it feels like coming home. read more

BlondZee's Guest House - Gin and tonic - American Near Me - Salem, Oregon

I dont know why there are so many 5 star reviews. Chicken fried steak was greasy, gravy tasted like it was made with yesterday's burnt grease and then tried to cover up the taste with too much salt. Biscuits were ok, but nothing special. Big portions of bad food doesn't make it any better. We had a chicken fried steak and a Big John breakfast. Not going back. It was $31. Should have gone to McDonald's. read more

Quality food, great prices, excellent service. Massive portions, biggest chicken fried steak I've encountered. read more

BlondZee's Guest House - Chicken Fried Steak Hearty includes 3 eggs, browns, short stack, and toast. That steak extended under the hash browns, massive! - American Near Me - Salem, Oregon

I was excited to try this place and underwhelmed by all aspects. The food was really greasy, portion sizes were ok but not especially big, and it was nearly $20 for just me to have breakfast and coffee. read more

I read some previous reviews that criticized service, well that couldn't be farther from the truth. We had a young man named Ben and he was fantastic. He has never been a server before and you would never know it, his enthusiasm was infectious. He is a great addition to this wonderful restaurant. Food was great and definitely homemade. We had the meatloaf and it was so tender and portions are very generous! This place is a gem! read more

BlondZee's Guest House - American Near Me - Salem, Oregon

Great atmosphere great service great prices my favorite is hot turkey sandwich with mashed potatoes and turkey gravy.

My friend & I went for breakfast this morning, they had been shut down for so long. I was really looking forward to a nice breakfast. I was served coffee, water & our order was taken. After an hour passed & my friend was served many cups of coffee. I asked about our order 15 minutes it came, her order was ok but my Pancakes were so cold would not even melt the butter. I said I do not want cold pancakes, I waited another 15 minutes for hot pancakes when I ask about my pancake order I found out it had been cancelled. I ask for my bill . Paid it , now I will really have to reconsider coming here again. No one seem to care if I received my order or not or even how long it took! Floyd R. read more