Disappointed. I had high hopes for this place. Ordered a ribeye, asked for it to be cooked medium, with jumbo shrimp $13.99. When the plate arrived the ribeye was roughly as thin as 10 sheets of paper and anything but prepared medium. The meat was so well done it was grey in color and the texture was very dry and tough to chew. The shrimp and accompanying fried zucchini and onion rings were over fried; however, the French fries were cooked to perfection. Cocktail sauce was a bit different than usual having pepper and more than just horseradish and ketchup but tasty in its own way. I ordered a side salad that was very well portioned and dressed with croutons, cheese and tomatoes. Also, their ranch dressing is the good kind. Probably won't visit this cafe in the future but I hear from others that their breakfast and Mexican items are better than what I experienced. read more

Chino Cafe - Ribeye, not so medium cooked - Cafes Near Me - Chino, California

The food was really good but the service was really bad. We had a waiter that wasn't helpful at all. He kept going to same table to talk not to serve them. He was talking to them like he knew them personally. He pay no attention to the other tables he had. We didn't get asked if we needed anything from him like more drinks or check. Other people helped us like the bus boy and the girl that gave us our food. Why even have a waiter if he's not willing to help you in any way. Took him forever to take our order and ask about drink when we were already done with our food. What's the point now. We thought he was going to help us but instead to his phone and was talking to that same table. Will not be coming back cause of him. That guy needs to be trained better. read more

Been supporting this mom & pop since I moved to the IE 14 years ago but not anymore. Why is the ENTIRE staff masked EXCEPT the owner/manager? And why does he think it's ok come up to me & speak with me without a mask? At least half the patrons walked in without masks and one inconsiderate one decided to sit right next to me, not leaving at one stool of space in between. My chicken fried steak was mediocre at best. The hash browns were really good, eggs were undercooked and the coffee was nice and strong. My server was awesome! There was one tall lady just walking around in circles doing absolutely nothing, watched as I received a cup of hot water instead of the coffee I had asked for and did nothing. Towards the end of my meal, I saw she actually picked up some plates and took them to their table. Two stars for my server and the coffee. read more

The place is never open and their prices are ridiculous! This place needs to take a look around chino and figure out that people are not going to pay those ridiculous prices for food! read more

This is a nice family friendly cafe with tasty food and generous portions. We happened by and stopped in for brunch. Not too long of a wait during these COVID times. Staff was friendly and attentive. Most places have a two egg breakfast, this one has as a standard three egg. Great assortments of jellies and teas. My husband liked the hobo breakfast. Nothing fancy, but just a great place to bring a family, have a nice meal and feel comfortable. read more

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Excellent food! Excellent staff! Taco Tuesday, yummy! Everything we have ordered has been good! Mexican food to burgers. read more

Worst food and service ever! 3 out of 4 of us got diarrhea with-in hour of visiting .. I stopped eating half way but still got sick.. read more

I love the omelettes here! Hash browns are excellent. I've been here 3 times for lunch and service has been great each time

My dad and stepmother brought me here for lunch. I was surprised this place was open during a shut down but more power to her! People have bills to pay! The place looked pretty clean and our hostess was friendly. I ordered the veggie omelette with red potatoes and wheat toast. The omelette was very good filled with veggies and very flavorful. The red potatoes were a little over cooked. The wheat toast was so good full of melted butter! The restroom was pretty clean. Everyone enjoyed their meals. I'd definitely return. read more

We often drive through to get breakfast burritos and/or quesadillas. Then we have the kids and grandkids over to share! Get lots of their house salsa- it's mild but flavorful. read more

I'm happy restaurants are open dealing with the frustrations of 2020. We came for lunch and it was indoor seating. It honestly looked as though the last time this restaurant was cleaned was back in the 80s. The furniture is just so outdated as well as the carpet. It's hard to sit down and feel comfortable when you're environment feels a bit dirty - my concern was wondering if the kitchen was the same. The clientele at the time was only elderly around. No one our age and no high chairs available. The waitress was very rude. The food- served within 2-5 minutes. It was obvious it was already made and reheated. Honestly with all the steps businesses are doing to be clean I don't know how anyone can come inside and eat here. We asked for our food to be actually cooked and remade and the cook and waitress got very offended. With 2020 there's no excuse for the way this place looked inside. An outdated restaurant means outdated kitchen. It needs to be inspected inside because it doesn't in my opinion fit new 2020 covid regulations. I honestly don't know how anyone can eat here. The tables are so old even after we cleaned it/ it still looked dirty. Oh, and the plates were so gross they felt like old cafeteria plates. I honestly felt as though I was given reheated cafeteria food. At that point I'm better off eating at ikea or bringing them a pack of Dixie plates. Like Dollar Tree has plates for $1 come on now. There's no excuse. With not going out as often as we normally do- appearance, service and taste for a restaurant is a must. If you like a clean restaurant, good service and great food avoid this place. Especially if you have kids please keep them away. So many great small businesses didn't make it this year and honestly don't know how this place lasted this long. I rather just cook at home than come here it's not worth it in my opinion. read more

I think this place recruits ex highschool cholas to work here. If there's a wait, they expect you and other families to stand in a little area, Hello Covid. The waitresses roll their eyes and have horrible body language and manners. They are not accommodating at all. No hispitality. If you want to be treated like shit, this is your place! Never again. So much potential for this place but needs a re-haul and new staff. read more

Stopped by today for a late breakfast. Chino Cafe serves a good, hearty, late breakfast. I like their egg breakfast, it comes with 3 eggs and they were cooked perfectly. I had the eggs with hash browns, ham (for a change) and biscuit and gravy. I asked for the hash browns crispy and they were. Ham was good, cooked right. The biscuit and gravy was OK, but a nice change from toast and jelly. I was surprised that there weren't many people in the restaurant. We need to support our little family owned businesses, I hope to see more people in the restaurant next time I come. read more

It's unfortunate that the workers here are severely understaffed, so I would give them a big tip for being so overworked. We've left tip for the table to clean up and we've also noticed that the manager is picking up the tips for himself. The owner also does not wear a mask for COVID. And they have never closed during the city's quarantine orders. This business is very unethical, I recommend eating elsewhere. read more

We stopped in for dinner today. We had still in for breakfast a while back but wanted to try dinner. We got fish n chips and country steak. Food was good and service was great too. Place was not very crowded. For the price we got a great meal. read more

First time there, but never again. I been having acid reflux for 2 days, after eating enchiladas at this café, not authentic Mexican food. My mother was also unhappy with her order. read more

This is our second time coming and it's been enjoyable each time. All employees there are nice and following the mask and safety guidelines. If your lucky enough to be served by Karla then your in luck. She is awesome. Her service is on point and our drink glasses were never empty. Thanks Karla for your wonderful service. Food was good and big portions with reasonable prices. read more

Chino Cafe - Breakfast for lunch Chicken fried steak, 3 eggs, hash browns and biscuits & gravy. #1 breakfast, 3 eggs hash browns, sausage bacon. - Cafes Near Me - Chino, California

Chicken onion and pepper omelet was flavorless and hard to chew. Coffee was served cold. Our waitress came by twice during our entire visit. Once to take order & the other to give us the check. We had to physically go inside the restaurant to get what we needed bc no one was coming to help us. If they weren't staffing the patio they should not have seated us there. Never going back to this place. read more

Good food and overall experience! Five-minute wait on the list for two on Mother's Day. The male host was very attentive and welcoming. Our female server was very nice and professional. The food was served hot and was cooked well. The only thing I'd say is the strawberry milkshake was much smaller than I thought it would be, and was a little too milky and runny. It would have been nicer if it had been thicker, sweeter, and larger. read more

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Use to love coming here. Today I went through the drive up window and found out some interesting information. Chicken strip orde no longer comes with honey mustard unless you pay extra. I also got some zucchini and found out that you must pay for an extra house dressing you only can have one ranch. The zucchini was burned and hard to eat. We have always enjoyed going there because the food was good. No more will I be going back. Very sad. read more

A big group of us came to eat here for a taco tuesday, they were able to seat 15 of us perfectly and promptly. We ordered some chips and salsa, they do charge for that by the way. The salsa was pretty good. For the tacos they only have hard shell tacos here, but for taco tuesday they are a $1 each so that was a plus. The amount of meat they put I thought was a little small, they do pack it with lettuce and cheese so it feels like your eating a taco salad. The tacos were ok but not sure if I would return for them. If we return I'll definitely check something else out from their menu. The staff was friendly, kept checking up on us the whole time. They do have a couple of tv's there, so I'm pretty sure they'll put on some baseball or football games on. read more

I stopped in I saw cafe and most of them are good this one was a thumbs down chaquila's were chips with cheese no sauce with cold eggs on top beans were sour just not a good breakfast place read more

Went here because of the friendly family atmosphere of the restaurant and the decent Yelp reviews. The 4 of us ordered the Ribeye Steak sandwich, 12 oz Ribeye Steak, Shrjmp basket and Fried Chicken plate. Everything was OK. I compare it to a Sizzler minus the bomb ass cheese bread. The service was nice and the price was a really good value but as usual, you get what you pay for. read more

Good food excellent service! Tried the Ortega beef sandwich and it did not disappoint. Carmen is an excellent server. Remembers her customers and always provides service with a smile. You feel like part of the family when you dine here. read more

Recently reopened for dine in. Service is overwhelmed. Food is underwhelmed. First and last time here. This is my $12.00 philly steak sandwich. Aka one slice of beef lunch meat on bread. read more

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The prices are ridiculous for what is served. Ordered a waffle with strawberries. They were old and they over poured the syrup and the whole thing was sigh and distasteful. Order a appetizer trio and the zucchini's tasted sour and the onion rings were so thin it was mostly breading read more

This was the worse experience that I have ever had. Every week I would pass by this establishment and was curious about the place. Today I went the servir was horrible. We waited for almost 45 minutes to get our food. When we got our food, they gave us the wrong order. The meat to my breakfast was not the temperature that I asked for and the waiter had the audacity to tell me that the meat was at the right temperature. The ambiance was okay and it wasn't my cup of tea. Above all, there are other restaurants in Chino that are way better than this place and the prices are ridiculous high. read more

Came here with the boyfriend over the weekend to try breakfast here. It's a locally owned no frills place. We came in and there was no wait as we came in for late breakfast, before lunch. We were seated. The place has a good amount of seating. It's definitely on the larger size for a locally owned mom and pop type of place. The worker was friendly, and we ordered 2 breakfasts. I ordered the country ham and eggs while the boyfriend ordered the combo #1. Prices are fairly cheap... not as cheap as the bigger better breakfast at Norm's, but still pretty cheap. Country ham and eggs was $7.50. It came with 3 eggs, country ham, hash browns, and your choice of toast or biscuits and gravy. I ordered mine with biscuits and gravy. The ham was a bit dry, but everything else was good. My eggs were cooked the way I wanted it and the hash browns tasted fresh. The biscuits and gravy was good. Biscuit was soft and the gravy had sausage in it. My boyfriend's combo #1 came with 3 eggs, hash browns, 2 bacon, 2 sausage, and pancakes for $9.50. We both enjoyed our breakfast and our food came out in a timely manner. Our waiter was friendly and checked on us enough. It did take a bit long to get the check however. We would come back here again. We both liked the food and the prices, plus this place is like half a mile from where we live. read more

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Good breakfast. Food is tasty and plentiful. Service is prompt. Price is reasonable.

Excellent service....Fast service.....I ordered spinach and eggs with feta cheese.... My husband ordered Chile Verde with eggs...when they brought are food the feta cheese wasn't melted all the way. I didn't want them to throw it away. Just to reheat it in the pan.. Well she came back with a new order. I eat it all up. .tasted so good...I do recommend to eat there...take the family....thank you...for everything. read more

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Food was delicious. Great service. Very relaxed atmosphere. Pancakes are humongous. Plenty of parking. Reasonably priced. read more

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Went for breakfast. Chino cafe doesn't disappoint, great food, good service. I had biscuits & gravy with red potatoes n turkey sausage 3 eggs on top DELICIOUS. Be back soon read more

I just had breakfast here. The food was cold and they messed up my order. The waitress didn't come back to refill coffee. I had really high hopes, but was really disappointed. Avoid this place. read more

Such a cute little mom and pop feel in this cozy little restaurant. I recently came here on a Monday afternoon and had the best country fried steak and eggs for brunch. The service was very attentive and friendly and the food was served very quickly. Our waitress made sure to keep checking to make sure we were filled up on coffee and water, and was available whenever we needed to ask for something. This has consistently been one of my favorite breakfast/brunch spots in the area over the years and I will continue to keep coming back. read more

Chino Cafe - Country fried steak, hash browns, scrambled eggs - Cafes Near Me - Chino, California

Great food and Great service. Breakfast spot on point for a Saturday morning after the swap meet. Really enjoy trying different items on the menu. Chilquillias are the best so far. But the omelettes are filling as well. Staff is great always friendly and polite. read more

If I could give this place NO STARS, I would! Worst service ever!! We had to wait an hour to be seated and then another 45 minutes to get our food. My plate of a simple pancake was so cold and hard I could've flung it like a frisbee. I asked for another plate with perhaps a decent pancake but after a half hour of waiting I told the owner to just take the order off my tab as now I was upset and disgusted at such poor service. Never come here!! You're better off at Bravo Burger, Flo's, Norms or ANYWHERE ELSE! read more

We got there and there was a sign saying it would take a while because they are short staffed. I get that but we stood in the waiting area for 15 minutes without so much as getting acknowledged by the only server there. Suddenly two guys walk in past us and sit at the counter. The server looks over at us which is now a gathered group of 3 families waiting to be seated. He then starts to help the two who sat at the counter giving them coffee and complaining about being alone. Really? Needless to say we walked out just like the others. read more

A pleasant surprise in the neighborhood of yummy taste for breakfast! I came here after reading reviews on Yelp! , I order the #1 breakfast with all sausages. The hasbrown is fantastic, rustic with just the right crisp cover, handmade, NOT oily and seasoned lightly like it should be. So good! Sasauges links are tender and lightly seasonable ( again, big YES), cooked to tenderness. The pancakes are huge in portion and topped with butter..... I haven't had a juicy, soft and filling pancake in most of diners. This one blows my mind away. I can really tell the cook pay a lot of attention to the food and waitress is very receptive, you know they care a lot in this diner. I would come here over and over again compared to everything else around in the same price range. Plus side is that I don't have to worry about the overwhelming amount of salt and oil you find almost everywhere else. read more

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I was a regular here but had not eaten out for several months due to COVID restrictions. I did eat here a couple of weeks ago and the food is still great. They had the social distancing set up and all staff were masked. It's a shame that the blanket COVID restrictions do not recognize the businesses that do their best to follow the "rules". read more

Came for dinner with couple of friends. Not a busy day, no waiting. We all got the Thursday special $29.99 for two orders of prime rib steak, onion ring and a appetizer platter (I think). Food: didn't wait long, abt 10mins. I requested my steak medium. Over cooked a bit, the steak looked moist, it had some water(defrosted water maybe) on it like came out from steaming, but definitely not juice, the meat was dried and flavorless. I stared at it for couple mins and forced myself to eat 1/4 of the steak with A1 sauce. Disappointing and unsatisfying. It's like one of those moments u question urself, Wht u hv done. Onion ring: it was hard, shelled by thick corn flour. Totally wrong, probably fried too many times. Didn't try the other appetizer platter cuz it didn't look right to me. Service: was alright, we didn't ask for too much. Reason I gave 1 star is because the food ruined everything. I can blindfold myself and cook a steak 10x better than this. I really didn't expect top quality steak for $15 but this gone too far. I will treat myself better next time. read more