I had a really great breakfast here the other day with my friend Dave…read more Service was spot on, jams were excellent, toast and eggs were perfectly cooked, coffee was refilled often. 10/10 would do it again.

When I have friends from outside of town, this is our go to spot-…read more service so good people move out to Bellingham and this is the first place they want to go! Food is consistent and fantastic. Exactly what you would want from a market diner combo!

First time - Chicken Sandwich…read more Cajun Fries Onion Rings All were excellent- really, really good We'll be back

Please don't go to this establishment. There is a hyper realistic mannequin on the ceiling of the…read morebathroom in a ski mask and jumpsuit and boots. With a hyper realistic face watching you. It's probably suppose to be some joke. But I am a woman using a public bathroom alone and there is man waiting for me in it. How do you think that would make anyone feel. Scared? In danger? I did scream. And no concern in the slightest was shown. I doubt the establishment cares because if they had any empathy or understanding they wouldn't do this. But in case anyone was planning a visit please don't go. Let's get this burger joint that thinks it's okay to create unsafe environments shut down. I hope it closes immediately. SHAME ON YOU.

First time visit. Great little breakfast place, it was nice and busy, which is always a good sign…read moreMy wife had the basic two egg hash brown toast breakfast very good. I had the pork Verde skillet breakfast. Excellent very tasty gigantic portion and the coffee was good too. Definitely will come back here again. Rachel was a great waitress, very friendly and cheerful

A timeless Bellingham staple, The Little Cheerful Cafe sits on a bustling corner downtown, and…read moreserves up some of the best breakfast you can find in the city. On a typical weekend morning you will find this lively restaurant packed wall to wall with hungry patrons who return time and time again to enjoy a great meal, lucky for us the hostess was able to greet us with a friendly smile and bring us to our table without any wait. Once we were settled in our seats, a waiter came and took our order with the same smile and great attitude as our hostess. While we waited for our food my wife and I sipped on a couple of mimosas off the cocktail menu and enjoyed the view from the corner window. I have tried out many different meals during my visits here, but I always go back to their scrambles. Today I tried the Bham Scram. Scrambled eggs are mixed up with house made apple chicken sausage, sun-dried tomatoes and onions all on top of a heap of hash browns that are cooked to crispy perfection and seasoned perfectly. Of course on top of all that there is a generous serving of goat and cheddar cheese, then finally sliced avocado. If you choose this dish I hope you bring an empty stomach! All of their scrambles come with your choice of toast, english muffin or a house made biscuit. I suggest topping any of these options with their homemade jam. Little Cheerful will always be a favorite of mine. I recommend this spot to anyone that is looking for a delicious and filling breakfast while visiting downtown Bellingham.

I absolutely love this place. Great service, great food, great selection. They do it all right. Any…read moreday I come here I am happy. Good job you guys!!! Personally recommended: any burger (they are all good) chicken fried steak (it's fantastic) Crispy chicken sandwich (very good) .. and throw a double margarita on there if u r going all out - good drinks

Great food, the best service in Whatcom and a local gem. Live music nights are phenomenal! Why…read moreleave the Valley when "The Diner" is close, delicious and our favorite place to hang with our community.

Delicious! Been coming here for years and quality has remained intact! Highly suggest ordering…read moreonline if you're in a rush.

The Sandwich Odyssey just became my sandwich shop gold standard. An office I was hosting lunch for…read morein the area requested lunch be catered by this gem. I called right within the 24 hr notice, be mindful of seeking to place a small or large catering order. Customer service was spectacular! The menu offers something for every dietary preference. I really appreciate the wrap option, as it makes it easier for clinicians to place their selections to the side if they are in a rush. The pasta, and spinach vegetarian wrap were delicious. I can't wait to go back to Bellingham just to grab lunch here before I head back home; I highly recommend!

The service was very good, we had a late arrival but our server never made us feel we were hanging…read moreout too long. Extra requests were met with friendly service. The food was good, my companions enjoyed a burger, chicken and I had a fish sandwich. Cute place, had to pay for parking

The burger was good but it was small. I appreciated that the bun didn't fall apart and the…read moretoppings were quality ingredients. Fries or tots are 4.95 extra. The hand cut fries were delicious. Small portions for the price tho. What really irritated me was seeing that I was charged 1.50 for a tiny condiment cup of ranch. Ketchup is free so why charge me for ranch when it doesn't cost much more to make or buy? Seems like a money grab. I also hate being charged to use a credit card. Feel like being nickeled and dimed. Parking is hard to find and you have to pay 1.50 an hour. It's a pass next time.

Great little breakfast sandwiches, some of the best I've had. Lunch menu is a bit pricey for what…read moreis offered but it is good quality across the board. Right in the middle of lovely Fairhaven, a nice spot to grab a bite before hitting a book store or some of the numerous other stores available to browse.

How I heard of this place: While Avenue Bread has been a Bellingham staple for a number of years,…read moreit was my sister, visiting from out of state that introduced us to the Fairhaven Cafe. Type of cuisine: Bread. All things freshly baked: bread edition. And all things on freshly baked bread. Sandwiches, pastries, coffees and more. Ambiance: Cozy, and vast, the space is equal parts grandma's country house charm and idyllic Fairhaven. The front is quickly bustling as we enter right as the doors open for the day, a line immediately building up behind. us. This spacious entryway full of menus in chalk and digitally are graced with a plethora of tasty options for snacks, meals, and treats enjoyed in the large, expansive restaurant or outside in the parking space-turned patio seating area. What I ordered: We selected four of their breakfast sandwiches on signature rosemary bread, each one as delicious as the last. For beverages, a mocha, an americano, and two steamed milks made their way to our table. What I loved: The sandwiches. Greasy, full, tasty and full of a novelty of tastes. They were devoured. Why I loved it: Quaint and cozy, a space for couples, families, friends and everyone in between. Cost: Average to high

This was the single most mixed experience breakfast I've had in Bellingham. And the most promising…read moreone. Let me explain. I used to be a regular patron at Diamond Jim's. It was my favorite breakfast place in Bellingham. Then... they changed the menu... and eliminated my beloved Greek omelette. After this blasphemy,I never forgave them and stopped going. Last night while perusing breakfast eateries for my Saturday morning ritual, I came across Grouchy's. The review said it was Diamond Jim's, but revamped with better food. And in perusing the menu online, no Greek omelette.... a mistake they should rectify, but I decided to give it a try. This must be a very recent rebranding because the outside of the building still says Diamond Jim's...inside looks pretty much the same. I went in later on a Saturday morning to avoid the inevitable, huge rush, and was promptly seated by a nice waitress. Coffee was ordered and sampled... Meh, utility coffee is what I would call it, it functioned as reasonably serviceable but forgettable caffeine delivery. Water was also provided without request, a nice touch. I ordered the chicken fried steak, two eggs over easy, English muffins...which are the superior form of two dimensional like carb delivery. We'll start with the eggs over easy. They were perfectly done, not runny, not crunchy just as eggs over easy should be. However, included with the eggs was some of the gravy that had been liberally applied to nearly everything. And I'm 61 not four, it doesn't bug me that my food has been mixed together a little bit and is "touching" After my first bite, whoa... what's this? A bit spicy. I hadn't put any hot sauce on, but there was a nice little kick to the eggs... which turned out to be the sausage gravy. Yes, the gravy. Simply put this is the best white sausage gravy I've ever had in Bellingham. Period. It had this really nice background spice to it that wasn't overwhelming, was not hot enough to ruin the rest of the meal or to make my coffee taste too hot, which is what spicy food can sometimes do. It had nice big chunks of sausage in it. It was delicious! Unfortunately... it went over two chicken fried steak patties... and the first one was tough and overcooked... The second one was a little bit less so. Had the chicken fried steak been well cooked then this would be God tier for Bellingham. Instead, it fell under the category of pretty damn good...because of the gravy. The English muffins... they were tasty as English muffins tend to be, but for future reference, please put them on a separate plate because as much as I don't mind most of my food covered with gravy, I do make an exception for my muffins. And maybe be consider adding in some jelly or better yet, preserves as an option on the table. There was none of that provided. There was honey so I use that, but I'd prefer some nice berry preserves. The muffins were good but a little bit soggy because they had been drowned in butter. I'd like them crispy and I'll put my own butter on. Thank you very much. And then we have the hash browns. Frankly, most places in Bellingham get hashbrowns completely wrong. It's obvious they are from a bag and tend to be overly crispy and dried out. Not these. Simply put, these are the best hashbrowns in Bellingham, I'd say approaching God tier. The perfect combination of a little bit crispy and soft, and instead of tasting like a ketchup and hot sauce delivery device, these actually had flavor to them.... damn good flavor. Somebody is doing these right. Conclusion: just a couple of little tweaks and this will be the best chicken fried steak breakfast in Bellingham. Just a couple of small little tweaks and touches and this place is going to be absolutely jam packed... especially if jam is included. The bill, nearly $30. Is that expensive? For Bellingham, unfortunately, not anymore. Will I go back? There's so much promise here that yes I will definitely be back to try something else. .

The service was terrible - arrived, told to wait. Waited about 5 min while the servers chatted,…read moreunloaded dishes, and then came over and told us to pick a table ourselves (could have started with that instead of having us wait). It just wasn't a welcoming vibe. I wanted to love the food. I LOVED DIAMOND JIM'S. This was pitiful and pricey. Ordered an English muffin and it was warm enough to melt the 4 tablespoons of butter but not actually toasted. The hashbrowns with pork verde topping had nice flavor but the hashbrowns were almost non existent. The potatoes on the Hubs Manslide plate were good, but he didn't love the gravy. Service took a while to come by and we ended up getting our own condiments from another table rather than wait. Server looked like she threw on a T-shirt from her laundry hamper and she had the same energy. Arrived happy and left Grouchy- if that is the reason for the name - then for $56 for a cup of coffee and a couple crappy breakfast plates you can be Grouchy, too. Good