This used to be one of our favorite places.... It seems like maybe there's a new person in the kitchen because the food presentation has changed significantly... seems like less love more grease smaller portions less put together more meat spilling out all over the place. I like a sandwich that holds together... Ambience is good when poker night is not happening... service is always friendly. read more

This place is cute and very old hometown feel to it. The sandwich was great and very filling. Classic fries were perfectly crispy. They give 4 oz sauce portions which is amazing and not very common in most places. Service was good. read more

Cedar's Restaurant & Lounge - Turkey bacon avocado sandwich on sourdough - Bars Near Me - Ferndale, Washington

The service & the bacon wax the best! The pancakes, eggs, & sausage were also good. The biscuit was ok.

I will NOT be returning. My order... Cedars omelet and a large chocolate milk. My bill $48.50 plus tip. read more

I loved the food- I had egg whites, two blueberry pancakes, sausage, maple syrup, decaf coffee. I am a picky eater, I so glad the food delicious. Also the servers did a good job taking care of my husband and I. I did not like the lighting- we felt it was little dark in there for us. read more

Food was good. We'd heard it was a great place for breakfast so we decided to try it. We weren't disappointed. I had chicken fried steak with extra gravy and it was perfect. Service was very good even though there were only two servers and the place was full. Ambiance is small town diner, period. Price was a little high. Have trouble understanding 3 dollar coffee but I don't go to Starbucks either. I would go again. read more

If you want some good old fashioned American diner food, look no further. Came here with a group of 5 on the way to the Bellingham airport. It's a few miles off the freeway, and it was pretty darn busy for a Monday morning. There is a large amount of seating and the 5 of us were able to sit pretty comfortably in one of their bigger booths. I ordered the French toast combo, which includes "3 pieces" of French toast, sausage, bacon and 3 eggs for $12.99. This was a huge meal! The 3 pieces turn into 6 half slices, and with the additional food it was a LOT of food! They cooked my eggs well (medium over) and I shared the meats with the bf who got biscuits and gravy with eggs. The portions are generous as is the price. Everyone was satisfied with their order and the service. read more

Cedar's Restaurant & Lounge - French toast special - Bars Near Me - Ferndale, Washington

We visited the Cedar Lounge and had a couple cocktails. Mike our bartender was great and informative. The decor was very comfortable and clean. Although we didn't eat, saw the food come to other tables and it looked great! Menu offered a lot of great options.. we will be back to eat there next time!! read more

Im a local here and I come to this restaurant fairly often. And im gonna tell you this place has the best French toast and eggs. Service is honestly so good I could live here. Love the waiters very nice overall I wish I could give this stars if your on vacation STOP HERE read more

Okay. Some friends love this place, but I wonder if it's just because there's really not that much in Ferndale. In 2023, prices are on the lower side of what I consider reasonable, which means yay! No $25 burgers here! But - you do get what you pay for. My burger was fine - nothing special. It is a good solid patty, but other than that, my "cajun burger" had a slice of barely melted cheese and some pickled jalapenos on top. I have been told other burgers are better, but meh, I wouldn't be itching to go back unless someone else wanted to. Service is fine - it wasn't that busy but there was only one person on. It was pretty slow and one of the things we asked for were forgotten - bacon on a burger. At least it wasn't on the bill, but it was sort of frustrating since we had to wait another 10-15 min for her to come back so I could get some vinegar for my fries and let her know about the bacon. It has the potential to be a cool townie pub, but it's sort of unclear if you can order booze in the restaurant area, and overall everything was okay. Ferndale needs more stuff up there, so I'm glad there's something, but I would probably go to a food truck down the street before coming here again. read more

Cedar's Restaurant & Lounge - a plate of food - Bars Near Me - Ferndale, Washington

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OMG... had the Big Cedar Omelette... best ever! Truly delicious in all respects; warmth, visual, size, quality of ingredients & "flavor". After this am not sure any other omelette will EVER be good enuf. read more

Boooooo! I like this place, but today they disappointed me. I ordered the eggs Benedict and bc I can't eat pork, I asked to sub avocado. They obliged without informing me they'd charge me an extra $3 for a quarter of an avocado on top of whatever the ham costs them. They had never done this before. Bad form. read more

First off, call for directions, GPS got us close. The restaurant has a sparse but adequate menu. Anyone can find their own dish, and they're all good. The Halibut Oscar was a fresh take on a classic. The Halibut was perfectly cooked and had a hint of char....perfect. The crab and asparagus were well done with a wonderful sauce. We also had the Prawns in a wonderful cream, pesto sauce. The cream cut the "sharpness " of the pesto. It would have overpowered the 5 nice Prawns. I had the Cajun mac n cheese. Think jambalaya with mac n cheese instead of rice. Ultimate comfort food. The adult beverages were outstanding and the bartender did an amazing job. Too top that off , you're overlooking a working Marina with Marvelous Sunsets. I saved the best for last. The service is a very careful balance of attention but letting you enjoy your dinner. ONE TIP: THE CHAIRS ARE HARD WOOD AND INCREDIBLY HEAVY. BRING CUSHIONS. Enjoy read more

It's like traveling back through time this little diner lounge was delicious. My wife loved the blueberry pancakes. if you're in Ferndale, this is the place to go for breakfast. I'm sure lunch is good as well but breakfast is what we had. read more

This is one of those places you could eat at daily. Great diverse menu. Huge, good quality portions. I think its a top choice for Ferndale. I usually split something with my wife. Hamburgers are amazing. read more

I typically enjoy the food and service here, always a great spot to visit as for all the food is amazing. Unfortunately I didn't know it runs a Daycare center unsupervised letting an employees child wonder the main floor. Opening the cash register drawers open with the employee not present. read more

Adding 16 hours later....... On top of all the below one us ended up with what looks like food poisoning from the beef dip in the middle of the night, totally added salt to the injury. All in all, spa and resort is great, the regular staff are great, but stay AWAY from cedars restaurant at all costs!!!! Management does not seem to care and obviously there are some quality/safety issues with food handling. The resort is great, spa is good. All the staff for the most part are good and helpful. I stay often, but I have an issue with management. My issue; we had reservations for 5:00 pm for dinner. We arrived 15 min early and the hostess seated us right away. The server was good and took our order pretty quickly. We noticed the restaurant was pretty much empty (it was still a bit early for dinner). We were served our drinks and then our food pretty quickly. Food was ok, nothing great, but ok. We decided to skip desert and come back later in the evening after our spa visit to order it. We paid our bill and were viewing some of the paintings they sell in the restaurant by a local artist, considering purchasing a couple of them. Then a woman i believe by the name Leslie (i have to assume a manager or head server) came to our table within a few minutes of paying our bill and asked us to move to the lounge as our table was reserved by other guests. It was 5:35 (35 minutes after our reservation time) she told us we were welcome to sit in the lounge. The restaurant was mostly empty. We were taken off guard and were planning to leave within 5-10 min anyways, so we got up and left. I decided as this was not the way customer service should be and so i decided to make a formal complaint at front desk. Gentleman was apologetic and very understanding, he left a message for a manager to contact us. Later that night we got back to our room only to see an email message from a manager justifying what this sub manager had done. This place needs an overhaul of managers! Never in my life have i seen such poor dealings with a customer complaint. This is completely unacceptable and i expect more from this place. I am somewhat local and spend much time here but will reconsider for next time! If that specific table was reserved for other guests they should have sat us at any of the other 50 tables in the place. The biggest issue is management has no understanding on what or how customer service works! Update 5 days later: Whats sad about this is we come here all the time. On the day we checked out, they credited us the last day since we were leaving early and checking out at 11:00 am. They made promises that they were going to investigate and get back to us. Its been 5 days and I've heard nothing. Im not expecting any sorts of compensation as i told the manager on the day we left. I do want an apology from the kitchen mgr that started this whole fiasco. I am still waiting! read more

Solid local diner, food. I can only speak to their breakfast, but a homemade biscuit really shows the quality of a restaurant and Cedars is doing a great job. Very kind staff and attentive. Cool local diner vibe for sure. The place was full on a mid Monday morning... But not too full for you to feel taken care of! Well done. read more

Cedar's Restaurant & Lounge - Lil Cedars - not so little! - Bars Near Me - Ferndale, Washington

We went to Cedar's for breakfast because well, there wasn't many other choices on Labor Day. The place was super crowded supposedly because that day, the other breakfast place was closed. We ordered the French Toast Special and Egg dish plus a Belgian Waffle. The service was amazing, Savannah was great inspite of the fact that it was very crowed! The food was a solid 4 stars if not 5. We certainly would recommend going to Cedar's for breakfast! Not sure about the food for other times of the day! read more

Cedar's Restaurant & Lounge - This was the French Toast special! It was huge! - Bars Near Me - Ferndale, Washington

I love this place for breakfast. We come here every Sunday. The servers are amazing. I love the Benny.

I did a Google search for "breakfast" while traveling and came across this place. I picked the Lil Cedars Special because I was craving some biscuits and gravy. I walked in and sat myself at the bar. The restaurant was very busy because it was brunch time, but everyone who works there seemed in a good mood. They did a great job working the dining room and the vibes were very good. The food took a little longer to come out because of how busy they were, so if you come in a rush this won't be a match for you. It was worth waiting for! I especially liked the hash browns. The sausage links were substantial and juicy. Everything was perfect and I can't wait to go back. read more

Cedar's Restaurant & Lounge - Lil Cedars Special with sausage links. The menu said one biscuit, but I could swear there were actually two. - Bars Near Me - Ferndale, Washington

Are you kidding me? I crave this double burger daily. Great food, great spot for a great price. You can't beat it. Good ranch, too.

I hate to give this place two stars because there were a few circumstances beyond their control. Here's the disclaimer about that. One server doing all of the front... phone orders, bagging to go, serving and cashing out. It's a lot to ask of any one person. That being said, she is in desperate need of time management. She could only focus on one task at a time. And that task would get dropped if another came up and it did. The table had not been wiped. There was some sticker reside on it that supposedly could not come off. I scraped it with a fingernail... it comes off. But even if it didn't, salt pepper and crumbs around the table condiments. Not a lot, but enough to know the table had not been cleaned. Moving on. Menus came and mine was dirty, a bit sticky. Not how they should be handed out at the best of times. Ice waters came handled by the rim... Observations... there were only a few tables occupied. But not one table got their order as it should be. Missing items, tables food being delivered spread out rather than together. One family, the woman didn't get her meal until the two kids and husband were done! A table of three walked in and offered to grab menus, but server said she'd bring them. 10 minutes later, the woman went up and got them. She brought their drinks to them how...? Yep, hands on the rim. Get a tray! Meanwhile a table of 4 seniors who had finally got their food and asked for a sauce that was suppose to go with her food, got up and asked for it again. I watched the server take a credit card on the table of 4 and walk past a table that was now empty but had a dirty setting for one that had finished. MANAGE YOUR TIME. Buss that easy table on your way back. When she did come back she did "buss" the table but no wipe down. While I feel bad for this lone server cashier, she was way too scattered. Some time management training would significantly change this. Back to our table. We ordered an appetizer, but she came back and had forgotten they were out. That's ok. Not a big deal. Our food arrived. My gf had the crispy shrimp, skinny fries and a salad. Salad was small but fine and it was fresh. I ordered the three piece fish and chips. When our plates came it looked REALLY good. The shrimp were nicely coated and crunchy looking. My fish looked fantastic. GF asked for cocktail sauce as there was no sauce at all for her shrimp and I asked for malt vinegar... a staple of fish and chips. I watched her go back a chat with a local... she obviously knew him. She got the fresh made and not actually stirred horseradish and chili sauce and the bottle of vinegar and set it down. Then went back to her conversation. After 5 minutes... our food starting to cool... I walked up to the counter to get it... she's busy being scattered and socializing. She sharply stated she would bring them. I said you are very busy so I thought I'd help you by coming to you to get it. She said thanks and handed it over. BE OK WITH HELP! The fries were fresh, hot and delicious. So there is that. The shrimp was tasty but the batter was unseasoned. Nothing to it. Usually there's at least salt, pepper, some kind of seasoning. Nothing. They offer 2 fish and chips, a two piece and a three. They gave me four. Ok that was nice. My fish batter tasted like dough. It was not doughy but it again was so bland, it took away from the fish. The reason for getting fried seafood isn't just for the seafood taste, but also the usually, complimentary taste of the seasoned batter. It lacked. The real sad part was I had to keep checking to see if the fish was cooked. Maybe it was freezer burned before being battered in dough. Somehow it was overcooked and rubbery. A few bites were like chewy calamari. I kept inspecting the bites. You could see two of them were dried out. It simply lacked anything flavorful. They do do a lot of Uber eats and DoorDash. One driver came back because a burger was missing. He had checked his ticket and it matched. The server just forgot to put it on the order ticket. She acknowledged that. This means another group that did not get their food at the same time, the driver certainly lost his tip and had to deliver twice to the same customer using his car and his time. Bummer. This place is an old school restaurant. It's been around since 1909. You'd think a place like this would have some long time recipes around. If the business owner is reading this, please please please train that poor girl. She was VERY polite, and could be a great server. It's really not her fault. Can't afford to hire someone to at least take phone orders and package it to go? Get in there and do it yourself. Take better care of your employees. Lesser a person would walk out on you. She kept a smile and did what she could. Sorry folks, this is a hard pass for me. read more

It's a bar. I found the food to be pretty pricey for what I got. Looks like pretty friendly locals pub read more

Cedar's Restaurant & Lounge - More room to breathe in the lounge today. - Bars Near Me - Ferndale, Washington

Great Fish n Chops and burgers, almost everything I've had since moving here from Edmonds has been fantastic! Service is decent + as we've been there many times. Better ambiance inside with the remodel! Like it! read more

I gave this restaurant 5 stars,but it deserves 10. The burgers were oh-so juicy, mac and cheese must be at least a half pound of cheddar and the steak fries perfectly seasoned. The regular burger is a half-pounder, and their is no kid's burger, so if you have children and they want a burger like mine did, only give them half. My only criticism is the burgers were so juicy that my 10 year old was wearing it. Excellent service added to great food and you get a 5 but deserve a 10 (according to the 10 year old who assisted in the writing of this review). read more

I recently found myself early for a meeting in Ferndale and (as usual) hungry. So I Yelped the best breakfast nearby and was shocked to find out there was only one option: Cedar's. I found a parking spot outside and sauntered in. Cedar's has an old-school, wood-paneled vibe and is full of local Ferndalians catching up on the latest town news. I found a seat in the center of it all, ordered food, and kept my ears peeled for anything exciting, but other than a couple of older guys talking politics and a couple of younger gals talking about failed relationships there wasn't anything too titillating on the town gossip front. Soon my giganto plate of breakfast arrived. It was typical coffee shop fare, with plenty o' gravy on my biscuit and well-cooked eggs. The biscuit was a little dry, so I didn't finish it, but otherwise it was a fine - if not remarkable - meal. For being the only place to get a morning meal in Ferndale, this was not a bad option. I love a place with a true local vibe, and in that department Cedar's delivers. read more

This is one of our regular haunts. We go once a week or so. Everything on the menu is good! Their scrambled eggs are the best I've had, anywhere (I get mine with cheese). Their wings are meaty and large and far better than BWW. For sandwiches I recommend the turkey, bacon, avocado on toasted rye. Their burgers are delish! On the dinner menu they have a chicken artichoke dish that is very tasty. And you can never go wrong with fish tacos!! They also have a full bar upstairs that serves in the restaurant. Portion sizes are substantial. Highly recommend. Refinery workers here for turnaround, or whatever, this is a great place to eat while you're on the road. Healthy portions and nice variety of delicious foods for breakfast, lunch, and dinner..... And they're on the main drag through town, heading from 76 refinery to the highway. read more

This is a long time staple in downtown Ferndale. History covers it's walls d as of the full house suggests this place is a well loved local landmark (which is exactly the type of place we seek out!). Our breakfast was quite excellent. Everything cooked perfectly, served timely, and coffee was plentiful! Very cheerful servers, too which is sometimes lost when it's a full house. Best part was watching the more seasoned servers coach the newer servers how yo keep customers happy. This is how a legacy lasts. Lots of good things to say about this place. Good value, too. Recommenced 100% read more

Cedar's is our favorite restaurant for a when we want a good waffle, pancake breakfast, or just about anything! The hamburgers and salads are great. Prices are reasonable for us older folks, and we often take home enough for another meal. We also like talking with Shiloh, when she is there. Always great service. read more

Since 1909! WOW good on ya, Cedars Restaurant Great coffee, yummy bacon, and awesome friendly service too. Thanks Cedars #CarCampingAdventures #GoGoGinger #ChasingSunsets #BeachGirl #ItinerantPetsitter #TravelingPetsitter #RoadTrip #CarCamping #FordFusionBnB #FordFusionEnergi read more

Cedar's Restaurant & Lounge - Bars Near Me - Ferndale, Washington

Staff is always friendly and engaging. Good home comfort style food that's keeps you coming back. During a time when service can be short handed, the staff makes up for it in eagerness. read more

So we ordered food with a delivery company this time. Food was still good, what we received anyway. It is very bad when you order something for delivery, it is not an item listed unavailable and you get no error messages, texts or calls about the order. Food shows up and an entire meal is missing so we ask the driver and he said he was told that it was not available. So that means one of us did not get food, do they not understand that? read more

Cedar's Restaurant is a delicious way to begin your day. I enjoyed a Big Cedar omelette, which had bacon, sausage, and some veggies, topped with the house's hollandaise sauce. I got the home fries and wheat toast on the side. They make their home fries with red potatoes-very good! The waitress who served us was friendly, and we were in an out on a busy Saturday morning in an hour. Excellent service, coffee, quality of food and people. read more

Cedar's Restaurant & Lounge - The Big Cedar - Bars Near Me - Ferndale, Washington

We've only eaten at Cedar's two times and both times it was a low point in our dining experiences. The waitresses ignore you if you are not a regular. The meals appears to be abundant, but the service is terrible. This last time (and believe me, it will be our last time) the restaurant was not busy, yet it still took 15 minutes to get our order in. Then after 10 minutes the waitress brought the menu back and said we're out of meat for you order. She then walked away and took orders and chatted with other people in the restaurant. Just ignored us!! We left. Fortunately there are other places to eat nearby with good service. Looking at the other one star reviews apparently there others customers have had the same experiences with poor service. Seems to be a recurring problem. Try Al's Cafe across the street. Good food and excellent service. read more

A great quick spot to get some diner food with a full bar. friendly staff. Plays the sports games. a family restaurant downstairs. read more

Cedar's Restaurant & Lounge - Spicy chicken Philly - Bars Near Me - Ferndale, Washington

Over the past few years the food and service has been good but the staff and ownership seems to have change recently and their service is down. read more

Our family adores Cedars. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner! The Cedars Team is always welcoming and efficient. The classic cuisine is delicious and consistent. I can't wait to see the remodel. Thank you for serving Ferndale and all of Whatcom County. read more

This place hasn't changed much for the last million years. Honestly, we came here because our go-to cafe was closed. What a nice surprise. My hubby ordered the hashbrown sandwich, and I ordered the BLT with a salad. The hashbrown sandwich was a layered delight of hashbrowns, bacon and sour cream, topped with more hashbrowns. The BLT was great but the garden salad was with iceberg and not romaine. It looked a little weary. Our server was so sweet and made us feel special. It is a great place for big appetites and families. It's a local fav because every table is full. read more

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The people were pleasant. My to go order took a bit more than 35 minutes and when I finally got it, the burger was lukewarm and the few fries there were stone cold. A waste of $17. Unlikely to repeat. read more