Excellent staff, great service, great food. What more could you want from a restaurant? The servers all made our experience the best! They treat you wonderfully and rarely make mistakes! read more

Mexican food absolutely delicious! Chili Verde is awesome! Menudo is so delicious better then most Mexican Restaurants! I know my Mexican food and for being an American Dinner they sure do have good Mexican food! The burgers are yummy to. read more

To begin with I don't understand how this place had 4 stars it needs none, horrible customer service very rude & unwelcoming. I asked for the manager & the owner came by instead and it got worse I thought the employees were already bad as it was well the owner was ten times worse! Looked like she was on something talking to me like i was her child while "petting" my hair and my childrens ridicoulous keep your hands too yourself please don't touch me or my kids! They will treat your kids very rudely here this is the reason why I asked for a manager. Crappy food, employees and managers look like there on something it's horrible whatever you do don't make the bad decision I made and come here! If you like bad food, bad customer service go for it but I'll personally never be going back first time and last time ever. Hope this place gets shut down soon read more

We stopped this morning for Sunday breakfast and we were very excited to try it. After all it had been 20 years since we had eaten there. The disappointment was huge. We never send food back but this morning we thought about it. The chicken fried steak tasted like something out of the freezer and the gravy was definitely from a powder. The potatoes were cold and there was a long Curley hair on my toast. We paid and tipped 20% even though the service was extremely slow. However, we will not be back. read more

Has been there forever. Great Mexican food. Personable waitresses. Totally old-school. Icon of Oakdale.

Soooo good!! Stopped for lunch there today going home from Sonora. Had their taco and tamale plate it was delicious!!! Their guacamole was sooo good, very fresh!! Going to go back soon!! read more

We love this place! Great American and Mexican comfort food and wonderful service. Don't usually go in for the greasy spoon type places but this is special. read more

Went there for breakfast and was served moldy biscuits. My husband's omelette had an eggshell in it. Never again.

Love this place. The food was great. The costumer service is awesome, very clean, and the pies are super delicious. Totally going back!!!

Stopped here on our way home to sac from Yosemite. Bathrooms are clean. Food is bomb. Service was fast and friendly. Plus its right off hwy 120. EAT HERE. DO IT!!!! read more

Great home cooking. Don't get out there often but when i do its always fantastic. Highly recommended it if you are in Oakdale CA. Staff is friendly and they offer great customer service. read more

This little restaurant is a shocker you expect Denny's kind of food but No this little place is the Bombdiggity they serve great biscuits and gravy breakfasts of all kinds. Burgers, sandwiches and much more. The Mexican menu is great as well as the Meatloaf... We eat there often great place read more

Great service and on Sundays they have the best Chicken and Dumpling soup. Quiet family type place. Bring Grandma or Grandpa for a birthday or something. read more

A good place for breakfast or lunch. The food is decent and the prices reasonable. They have one of the best breakfast menus in town, and their combination of American and Mexican foods means there's something for everyone. I take my grandfather here for breakfast a lot and we always enjoy it. Try the Valley sandwich, it is one of my favorites (Tomato, Ham, Turkey, and Cheese all grilled together). read more

Good food. Friendly service. Stopped in for lunch on a drive to the mountains. All three of us wanted something different. They have something for everybody! Each of us enjoyed our food. The waitresses were friendly and attentive. Will go there any time we are passing through town. read more

Simply delicious Mexican breakfast! We love stopping by here on road trips. The huevos rancheros are so good, especially the sauce. It's not fancy or anything just really good home made food at reasonable prices. Definitely a must if you're in this area and want some real Mexican food. Can't wait to go back! read more

Our server was super nice and patient. We were a bit indecisive about what we were ordering and took longer. Was told, long after we ordered, that they were out of mozzarella sticks which was part of the "sampler" plate that I ordered. So I opted for extra chicken strips. Food took awhile and when it came finally, food was cold. Especially the french fries. And the extra chicken strips that were offered as a substitute on sampler platter came even later, but were hotter than original strips! I think the food was diner expected food, minus being hot. read more

I've been here many times and have never been too impressed, but this meal was incredible disappointing. I ordered the huevos rancheros and it was a strange and terrible dish. Overcooked eggs, chili beans (for some reason), canned ranchero sauce, dry beans, and bad rice. I ordered it with eggs over easy and with whole beans. The menu said that it came with chili beans, which confused me because huevos rancheros has become something I order every time it's on a menu and chili beans is simply not something that goes with it. So I ordered it with whole beans instead. The eggs that I ordered over easy were cooked over hard. There was absolutely no runny yolk and the whites were so rubbery that it was borderline inedible. For a diner that's been around for as long as Cindy's, they should know how to fry an egg... It took me a few bites to figure out what the strange flavor was, until I realized that it was the chili beans that I asked to substitute! I'm sure chili beans and eggs are really good together, but chili beans and ranchero sauce are NOT good together. The whole beans that I got on the side were so dry. It looked and tasted like they made them last week and kept reheating them in the microwave. The rice was also sweet for some reason and also pretty dry. I know they're a Mexican-American restaurant, but putting chili beans on huevos rancheros is one of the worst things I've ever heard of and it definitely was one of the worst meals I've ever eaten. The service was not great. We walked in and didn't know if we were supposed to wait to be seated or seat ourselves. We stood there for what felt like an uncomfortable amount of time while FOUR waitresses all just stared at us. No one said hello or said they'd be right with us. They just stared right at us and said nothing after we said hello. We figured it was "seat yourself" so we started walking to a table and then a waitress came and took us to a table. The waitress was quick to take our orders, but that's where the good service started and ended. While checking on everyone else around us, she never checked on us once. We asked for ketchup (for my sister's fries) when she brought our meals, but never got it, we were only offered more water as we were sliding out of our booth to leave, we finished our meals and waited almost fifteen minutes for our waitress to ask if we needed the check, and then she never brought it! After almost ten minutes of waiting for the check we went to the register and another waitress had to find our waitress, who then had to look for our check because she misplaced it. This is the last time I'll be eating at Cindy's. I hear the pies are good, but if that's coming from someone who actually enjoys this restaurant, I would proceed with caution... read more

my husband and I must have gone by this place a few times never once did we stop, yesterday after being in the city all day and on our way home to Sonora we decided to give it a try , I am so glad we did .this place is amazing ,the staff is friendly ,the food is excellent, very clean place . defiantly worth a drive back down the hill just to go eat here read more

Ordered a Mexican omelette on the recommendation of the hostess, and it was mediocre. Tortillas were run of the mill store-bought tortillas, salsa was nothing special (most likely from a 1-gallon jar purchased at Costco). The appetizer platter was also mediocre. Nothing wrong with it, but certainly nothing worth noting either. I was hoping to find a mom-and-pop gem with home-made food and local flavor. This was a minor step above Denny's read more

Coming back from a 15 mile hike in Yosemite, close to 10pm my friend and I were famished. We came to Cindy's in desperate need of good but ended up being delightful. Certainly above average diner food, extensive menu and promptly service! Tea selection was good too. Defiantly way better choice than any those terrible fast food chaos along the way. read more

Food was great and the staff was great. They were so attentive and never had to try and find them. They were so incredibly nice. Good relaxing atmosphere. read more

The food is good, the service is great can't complain! It did take a while this time for a waitress to take our order but its ok they are usually fast. The food is great quality, not your typical Dennys. read more

prices are good, food as elsewhere, but very nice personnel, friendly, makes you feel welcomed and appreciated.

I love the french dip sandwich, which was better than one I got recently at an upscale steakhouse. The taco salad is very good also. We like the kids-eat-free deal and the kids like the hamburgers they get on the kids' menu. The service is good, Luz is a gem and the food is excellent. I'm a fan! read more

We come to Cindys after every camp trip. Lake Tulloch or Don Pedro, we ways come after for great food and great service. Prices are decent and portions are pretty good too! read more

We love Cindy's! Not only is the food great, but so is their personal service. Most of the waitresses know us and our children by name, they know where we like to sit when we dine and even remember our usual drink choices. It's a great place to take kids especially since kids eat free Monday, Wednesday and Fridays. Our kids love to eat at Cindy's, they especially love Maria. She always goes the extra mile to give the kids a hug or a little extra candy treat after our meal. Cindy's is a great place for getting a meal that has that home-cooked taste in a casual, comfortable environment. read more

If there was an option for zero stars, I'd choose that...I'm glad other people were happy with their meals and service, because my family and I were not!! We waited for 20 minutes, for our drinks to be refilled and a total of 40 minutes for our food and by then, it was cold. When we asked, we were told that everyone was busy with a large table...We will NEVER dine there again...The food and the service is better down at KFC/ A&W!! read more

Look all rstaurants have off days, I've been reading some of the less than flattering posts here on Cindys, My family and I have been going to Cindys for 20 yrs, and yes Luz is one of the warmest genuinely caring people you'll ever meet...We get good satisfying meals here ALMOST 100% of the time, there have been some bad days here, but when you consider the bussy pace being right on Hwy 120 they're bound to have some off days, Luz can't work them all lol... All I can say to the nay sayers is come on back during a less busy time, Maybe a lazy Wednesday afternoon? try the Huevos ranchero with a side of crisp bacon, try the fried shrimp dinners, try just about any Mex dinners... and oh yes top it off with deliciuos homemade Apple pie ala mode, ask for a pie out of the kitchen, they actually did this for me! Cindy's is great, mom n pop food,and if you're lucky you'll meet Luz, the real deal when it comes to waitressing... Im definitely a customer for the next twenty yrs!!!! Norm, Kathy and kids and grandkids, Oakdale CA. read more

My husband & I went there on our trip. We hadn't eaten breakfast yet, and my husband was craving eggs. They cooked his eggs and country spuds right, so he was satisfied. I ordered the special, which that day, was the omelet with pepperJack and hashbrowns on the side. They gave me the wrong omelet! The one they gave me made me even wonder if they knew what they were doing! They gave me a similar one that had Swiss cheese, and mushrooms! It only had the mushrooms inside, and there was another just like it right on top of it! The cheese wasn't even inside the omelet, it was on top! The hashbrowns they gave me were basically mashed potatoes with a enough shredded potatoes on top to cover it and make the top crisp! Both of the items on my plate tasted similar too each other, and were extremely tasteless! Next time, I think I'll have a breakfast burrito from Taco Bell or something! It will probably taste better! read more

If you're a vegetarian, don't go here. I asked two people if there was any meat in the corn chowder, just in case, and they both told me no. The waitress brings me the soup and I find huge pieces of bacon in it even though I had just asked if there was meat in it, even after I told her I was vegetarian. So she says the cooks can make me a vegetable soup to which I agreed. She brings the vegetable soup and it's made with chicken broth. So I explain to her again that I'm vegetarian and can't eat the soup. She argues with me and tells me there's no meat in it, just a meat broth. I told her I wouldn't pay for it and she asks if I want to take the soup home; like it's going to magically turn into vegetable broth on the way back. After staring at her for a moment, completely bewildered, I tell her no and she tells me the cooks tried, and takes the soup back. I watched her hand the soup back to the cooks and see them laughing about it. They were obviously trying to pass the soup off as vegetarian even though they knew the broth was chicken product. If you go here, be sure to stick to the salad... read more