Elmer&#x27;s Restaurant

Stopped here during a road trip as it had a lot of good reviews. Service was quick and everyone who…read moreserved us was great. This is a nice place if you're looking for a classic American breakfast, though the food could be seasoned a little more.

ALWAYS such a great experience here. We just had a meh experience at a different breakfast spot and…read morecoming here is always redeeming. The staff is energetic and so kind. It's so clean here despite it being a bustling spot. Even the patrons are delightful. The desserts are TRULY AMAZING. The breakfast food. AMAZING. We have never waited long to be seated or for our food. You can make your stay here brief or relaxed. The consistency here is unmatched. This place is the law of breakfast cuisine.

Great breakfast in Grants Pass

Eggs hash brown bacon

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We've always had pretty good food and service there…read more HOWEVER, it closed permanently on April 15th, 2026

The hostess, that seated us wasn't very friendly. But our waiter was wonderful.the food was very…read moregood arrived in a timely manner,and was very good.. the atmosphere was very comfortable.

Now that is one helluva biscuit!! Get er dun

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Lots of food!! I think it was one order of the Bigfoot and eggs benedict.

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26.1 mi

The food here was absolutely delicious but the to-go service was a bit lacking. We came in and the…read moreminute we said we weren't for dine-in the waitress seemed annoyed. We waited and placed our order. The grits, bacon and over medium eggs were nicely prepared. The waffle was perfect t! The burrito didn't include cheese which was a bit weird but the sandwich was sublime!

Fun 1950's road diner feel, and super nice staff. Popped in for breakfast before heading to Home…read moreDepot. They overcooked something, then were super attentive to make it right. That's all I can ask for, because everyone makes mistakes. Coffee is diner strength, so on the lighter side.

Time travel

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Milkshake bar

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Bee Gees Diner is everything a classic diner should be and more!…read more The Vibe & Service: You're greeted with genuine, sweet service from the moment you sit down. The staff makes you feel right at home. The Breakfast: A solid, no-nonsense classic breakfast done right. Eggs, bacon, toast, hash browns--everything is cooked perfectly and hits the spot every single time. Speed & Portions: The portions are massive, and the kitchen gets the food out to your table remarkably fast without sacrificing quality. If you're looking for a hearty, traditional breakfast with fast, friendly service, this is hands-down the spot to go!

We love our Bee Gee's Diner! We're there at least once a week. Especially Sunday mornings for…read moretheir amazing Avocado Eggs Benedict and the delicious and beautiful Bloody.Mary's they make. They're always consistent and always delicious! Breakfast, lunch and dinner! We have our faves for each! Enormous chef salads, delicious sammiches', Prime rib dinners on Friday and a most extensive menu! If you can't find something on it, you're not hungry! We feel blessed to have this "gem" in our little town of Rogue River! Oh, and the cinnamon rolls... bigger than your head! We have friends from Arizona that make it a point to stop here for them...

Pancakes

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The sign of the building

Punkys Diner and Pies

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First time here. I've been coming up to Medford since I was a kid and never knew about this place!…read moreAnyway, I've just got done visiting my friend who lives here locally. I wanted to originally order a pie for her birthday but because of their popularity, the bakery was backed up and needed 72 hours advanced notice when I called in Monday the 19th. That's totally on me since I waited until 2 days before my friend's birthday to order a pie! Moving on. I decided I wanted to try this place for breakfast on my drive back to my home state. I ordered the bread pudding French toast combo with the bacon and scrambled eggs. I usually never order French toast because of the sweetness, but this sounded extremely interesting. It was super good! I also ordered the Memphis Grits combo to go for dinner a later time today or tomorrow! I've been coming up regularly for the last 4 years so this is my new favorite spot! Great service, too!

I happen to be very picky about my pancakes, and these were some of the best pancakes I've ever…read morehad; terrific sausage as well.Service was great with lots of coffee refills. The ambience of this diner is patriotic and they have a Veterans room.

Bread pudding french toast is the best I've ever had! Crispy turkey bacon too!

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The champ is here!

Iron Skillet

3.2(68 reviews)

27.1 mi

Not our 1st time here and not our last. Every road trip from…read moreSan Francisco requires a stop over here. FAB hotel next door as well, where we stayed, which I will write up separately. I shall also mention this is a Truck Stop, but not your usual. Before we headed our for our last drive to the Oregon coast, we had breakfast here. Wilma was our server and she was FAB. Everything you would expect from a gal named Wilma. Open 24 hours and breakfast served all day. Funny, engaging and very attentive as we dined on their "Traditional Breakfast" - $14.99 which was HUGE. Which consisted of the following: Two eggs*any style, hash browns, and toast or biscuit, plus bacon, turkey sausage or sausage. Big shout out to Wilma, hope she is your server. We will be back, but next time we shall "split the breakfast", unless you are starving :-)

Yes topical truck stop dinner, I had the chefs salad and it was amazing, the bacon I could smell…read morecooking before I received my meal. I know the quality can differ from shift to shift but who ever was in charge tonight 6/7/2026 knew what they were doing wait staff was on point the place was clean!!

Grilled Chicken Sandwich $13.49

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Side Soup NE Clam Chowder $6.49

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Another delightful meal at Arbor House. Thought I'd add some more photos of the food, since I…read moredidn't have any last time.

Food was amazing 4 course style sit down meal, specials that grab your attention with original…read moreideas, presentation was perfect... and the servers were spot on! The restaurant its self is welcoming and warm feeling, very clean.. prices are to be expected for the quality! Great for a special occasion! Really love this place! Well done!!

New bench seating!

Onion soup that came with the full meal.

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Sign outside

Railroad Cafe

4.5(57 reviews)

60.8 mi

We were passing through on our way home to WA after staying in Bandon for our anniversary. We both…read moresaid as we were driving through Myrtle... Hey that restaurant is cute lets stop for breakfast. It did not disappoint. Super friendly staff. Great food. Good coffee. I cannot emphasize enough how clean it was. Lovely little unexpected place. Will be stopping by again.

I've ate here a few times with a friend. Each time, the food was better than the last. I've tried…read moreto get my husband to try this place a couple of times. Well, today was the day. Finally!! He wasn't sure what took me so long to take him there He tried the Denver omelet. He thought it was very good. Ham and vegetables were fresh and tasty. Hasbrown were good. I had "The Railroad." Homemade biscuit and gray with 2 fried eggs on top of gravy. 3 pieces of perfectly fried bacon. The biscuit taste like Grandma made it. So delicious! Portion sizes were appropriate. We walked away with mighty full bellies. Prices were good. The service was friendly and with a smile. Great railroad and farmhouse decor. Local stories. Good ol' small town folk.

Hours current

Logger burger

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Chili burger

Elmer's Restaurant

3.6(311 reviews)

22.5 mi

Special shout out to waitress Ashley. Today we had skipped lunch, so my wife and I were pretty…read morehungry by late afternoon. We appreciated Ashley hostessing and waiting about 5-6 tables by herself. This was just before the official dinner hour, so the staffing was correct. They just happened to have a wave of people today. I hope someone from Elmers see this review and gives Ashley a little praise. For someone reading this who is not familiar with Elmers: Good traditional American style restaurant. Nice and clean facility. I like their German Pancake dish. It is similar to one my mom made. Tonight I had the Flat Iron Steak. It is a good portion and decent meal. My wife had the Rueben sandwich. We've always been happy with the food at Elmers.

Best part of leaving California and coming to Oregon is eating at Elmer's on Biddle Rd. Everyone…read morehere is super nice the food is always great. It always feels like going to your family's house for a meal. We're here for breakfast but so can't wait for dinner. The Dutch baby pancake or German pancake was massive. It could easily feed 2-3 people. I will definitely be taking that with me today. It's too delicious to leave behind. I don't eat a lot Mark always says I eat like a bird. But I will nibble on this throughout our journey today. Enjoy your day

German pancake w Lingonberry jam. Eat it by cutting a pizza slice and rolling it up. Tasty!

Yukon French Toast with a side of eggs & bacon. Plus a Belgian waffle!

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Ben B.

5 years ago

I've been a regular customer of Elmers for many years and the food as well as the service has deteriorated. This last meal I received was the simple fish and chips. When the waitress brought the food, I immediately sent it back. It was obvious the fish and the fries were bathing in grease and not fully cooked. She did replace the meal, however I had to ask three times for som ranch dressing, only to receive it when I was almost finished eating. The coffee was so bad, I had to put three creamers in the cup just to stomach it down. It tasted like it was brewed that morning. I understand that covid has taken its role on food costs and employee retention, but I have given this much thought to leave this post. The portions have been reduced to something similar to a happy meal. The waitress brought me some garlic bread as I waited for my refire meal and the "toast" was a stale piece of bread barely warm that had no garlic taste. I tried to ignore that, but it was free so I didn't say anything. The only reason I am posting this is because I have seen the change over the years of food quality and preparation, seasoning, and now tge service too. We did tip the waitress, as it wasn't entirely her fault that the food was so poor. I won't be back to elmers of grants pass for a while as the bad taste in my mouth will take some time before I give them another chance. read more

Lady C.

7 years ago

I stop by this restaurant each time I visit Grants Pass because the food is always excellent, the service people friendly, attentive and happy. It is amazing in this day and age, how a restaurant that belongs to a corporation can be unique, and consistent like it continues to be. I attribute that to their manager, Rae Whitehouse! She's unique, warm, friendly and interested in making sure everything was perfect for customers. Customers definitely feel they're important. I observed her with employees and thought she was gifted working with them as well - a great people person. Rae is obviously, a kind soul, excellent business woman and yet still keeps a watchful eye on business. I'll be back, again and again! read more

Dawn W.

9 years ago

My family and I came here a few months back. The waitresses was only unattentive to us and chatted it up with another table but extremely rude the 2 times that she did come to check and see if we needed anything. We had to practically raise our hands as though we were in grade school to get our check and to go boxes. So here we are 3 months later and figured we would give it another go with a take out order and the woman hung up on my husband after she said hello and he asked "is this elmer's". Long story short if you are not a senior citizen I would not recommend this restaurant to an enemy read more

Rick B.

9 months ago

I had reservations for 20.at 2:pm. Emma (server) had everything ready. She put tables together in a row so the church of God family could all set together . The food came in a short time. It came with hot plates to keep all the food warm. Also the food was delicious . We all had a wonderful new years dinner . Bless you and your family's. read more

Trina C.

12 years ago

We go to this Elmer's 2-5 times a week, we sit in the bar, but the food is wonderful no matter where you sit, They have such a professional way of treating you and yet you always feel at home. That's why we go back so often. The menu is large enough you will have at least 3 things or more that you want to try. Keep it up folks! read more

Natalie D.

8 years ago

And this Elmer's is amazing. The food is so good and so fresh. I've never had bad service ever. All the waiters and waitresses are amazing and Trina does a hell of a job being a general manager in this fast-paced restaurant. I come every day that I have off. And I get the same thing over and over and it's consistent. Yuum read more

Josh R.

5 years ago

Normally the food is great! But as for today, it has marked the official day that I will never eat at this establishment ever again. We ordered from the breakfast section and everything we ordered was burnt and the gravy tasted horrendous and the customer service was just as bad. read more

Dave C.

12 years ago

Elmer's has become my go to restaurant since the closing of Della's. They are deffinitely above the cut on almost all of their breakfast food. My only complaints are that they skimp a bit on the fruit put on pancakes. And they've got the worst burnt coffee I've ever found. read more

Robert C.

8 years ago

Nothing special here, just another run-of-the-mill, generic diner. For the couple times that I've eaten here with friends, I've never had a bad meal, just nothing that would make me keep coming back. read more

Maria W.

9 years ago

The food is always good. And the service is super friendly without being overly so. We go to this restaurant every time we pass through grants pass. read more

Michael H.

12 years ago

I would highly recommend this restaurant. Their food went above and beyond, and they were very friendly and attentive.

Danny Zuko Z.

2022

3507

3 years ago

An outstanding service from the host to the waitress very professional service. Two thumbs up. read more

Curt R.

9 years ago

We have lunch there every Tuesday and the food is always good. The service is always good.

Debby S.

7 years ago

Delicious omelette Made to order especially as we had asked French tasting and delicious read more

Tiffany Z.

12 years ago

Excellent service very on top of making sure everything was good and food was excellent!

Food G.

11 years ago

We had breakfast and it was excellent. The kids portions are large and good affordable.

Linda C.

8 years ago

It's okay. Not real great; but not bad either same old same old.

John S.

12 years ago

Mediocre at best. Expensive for what you get.

Willy T.

13 years ago

Please explain how this is not a Denny's.

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