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    Cafe Hodgepodge

    4.5 (88 reviews)
    Closed 6:00 am - 2:00 pm

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    Caprice Pani with house potatoes
    Art H.

    8/3/25 First visit. My Church has a men's weekly Bible study breakfast here so we decided to give them a try. Parking 5/5 We arrived 1-1:30 pm with plenty of parking in shared lot. Atmosphere 5/5 Popular family owned small diner with unique and interesting American and eclectic decor. Very comfortable restaurant where regulars gather and owners make you feel welcome and at home. Service 5/5 They were close to ending service when we arrived. They serve breakfast and lunch. We were immediately greeted and seated. Our server Chloe took our drink orders and returned to get our meal order. Nice menu options and both of us ordered the capris pain's which come with their country style potatoes. I also ordered a chopped salad for a little protein. Food 6/5 The meal (food) exceeded our expectations. The chopped salad was huge so we shared it. This salad was really yummy and the vinaigrette was delicious. Pro-tip The chopped salad is a meal onto itself! The Capris pani was fresh. Loved the tomatoes, thick sliced mozzarella cheese, basil(?) on a nicely toasted and pressed bread with a pleasant oil dressing. This deserves another few visits to confirm how wonderful this dish is! ; - ) Business 10/5 We love to seek and support small mom & pop family owned restaurants! I like to feature photos of these entrepreneurs and highlight places who are serving up delicious which they did well. Another thing we enjoyed about this restaurant is a number of their teenage children are servers or helping out elsewhere learning the family business which we don't see often. Stop by and give them a try, great food, friendly service and very nice owners. Way to go mom & dad! $64.55 w/Tip. Eat well my friends- SYOY!

    Norm W.

    First time at Cafe Hodgeodge in East Mesa. One of the few breakfast options available at 6:00 a.m. Located in a strip mall open for breakfast and lunch. Food was good, prices reasonable and it is not a chain! I ordered the waffles served with two eggs and bacon. I was the only customer, what a treat. Quaint ambiance and good service. Surprised to see two large waffles, the syrup was hot. I will be back.

    Young C.

    Wanted some breakfast and try a new place.. This spot used to be fried fish place but guess not anymore. I had high hope for this place with good reviews. First walk in and greated with friendly welcome.. On Sunday so seems like family is working which is cool. Looked at the menu and selections looked pretty good but I already had my mind set on chicken fried steak, since that's my all time favorite breakfast dish and always in search for the best. First I was little turned off by the price. Seemed pretty high for the dish but hey you never know.. Could be huge portion.. Also ordered coffee and half order of biscuit and gravy. Plate came and it was pretty good portion but not huge one. Side of potato was pretty good, with nice seasoning.. The chicken fried steak was nice and crispy but lacked in flavor. The gravy was not too bad but also lacked in flavor. If I'm thinking I need to add salt to my dish then definitely it needs more seasoning.. Eggs were cooked perfect. Biscuit was pretty good, pretty darn big size biscuit. Over all the service was great, nice cozy restaurant, I just wish the food tasted little better. Oh well.. I hate to give it 3 stars but it wasn't 4 for me.

    Green chili bake
    Amy A.

    This cute cafe is located in a strip mall with many of the stores closed up, but don't let that scare you off. When you enter the cafe you are greeted by friendly staff and you pick your table. There's variety of options on the breakfast/lunch menu. I ordered the green chili bake and it was delicious! It came out bubbling hot, egg on top (I opted for a scrambled egg instead of fried) with the perfect amount of spice. The others in my party ordered the Eggs Benedict and two egg entree. They had no major complaints, but they stated the potatoes could use a little more seasoning. The toasted bread were thick slices and the coffee was spot on! Definitely would come back again.

    HP eggs Benedict half order
    Hallie B.

    When I tell you the pancake was the best pancake I have ever had! The edges were nice and crispy but the inside was still soft and fluffy. It also had so much flavor for such a basic breakfast item. The syrup also came out hot! The hollandaise sauce for the eggs Benedict was delicious and had a lot of flavor. I'm not the biggest fan of breakfast potatoes normally but these were nice a crispy. The servers were so nice always checking in and asking if anything could be better. The little restaurant is tucked in a little shopping complex. As soon as you step in it feel like you are in a local small town family owned cafe.

    Chicken fried chicken- it was really good. They ran out of fresh fruit so I got double potatoes
    Melissa T.

    We will definitely go back! Most of the family ordered biscuits and gravy- they all loved it. I had the chicken fried chicken and that's exactly what I'll order next time. Really good! Clean woman's bathroom. They actually had products if needed which was a nice touch. We were a big party- only thing that as service wasn't great. They were busy maybe that was the problem. But we seemed unable to get her attention.

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    Great service and great food. Wonderful people. Hope to make it down again have surgery.

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    friendly, clean, welcoming and great service. food was good and came out hot and within minutes. 5/5

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    Great food and very friendly staff!! Prices are also very affordable. I will definitely go back!

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