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    Hometown Cafe

    4.4 (341 reviews)
    Closed 7:00 am - 2:00 pm

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    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Zuly L.

    If you want old fashion comfort breakfast with the fam, this is your spot! I have picky eaters for children and they basically licked their plates. My husband and I gave each other the look "oh yeah, this is the spot". Portions were American big. Price was generously right. Delicious. As soon as you walk in, you feel like you're at granny's house. Cozy and the attire is come as you are. Everyone was super sweet. Although they were super busy, still managed to take care of us well. Compliments to the chef.

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    Rod L.

    This is our go-to place if we want a good meal at an affordable price. The servers here are excellent and always friendly. It has a "home town cafe" kind of feel inside with lot of booths for families of 4, and then tables for bigger parties. The food is always good...great omelets and other breakfast items. They also have a good lunch menu. Portions are always more than enough.

    Tiffie P.

    Woweeee - I was not expecting the large portions or the great brunch from this unassuming diner. We were seated right away on a Sunday at noon. Service was fast and friendly. My coffee was never cold or empty and he food was excellent! Prices are good too. A solid 5 stars!

    Liam M.

    10/10! This was the best breakfast I've had in a very long time. Drove all the way from damonte ranch (south Reno) to try this place and it was very worth the drive. Our server was fast and very kind with our menu accommodations! Great prices and super cute on the inside!! Eat everything on my plate will be back again very soon

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    Tommy J.

    Just stopped in to get some food to go. It is 20 minutes before closing time so I just called an order in and picked it up. It was ready in like five minutes. Fairly friendly people, I love the phrase here. So yeah can't say much more lol

    Burnt toast. I could taste it. Gross.
    KC C.

    We've been eating at Hometown for decades, I remember when it was Curt & Al's (the best!). But we won't be spending money there anymore. The last few times we ate there have been borderline, we learned not to get the chocolate chip pancakes because they're so unbelievably sweet, it's nauseating. I can't imagine feeding those to a child. But today we were done. I ordered a sausage mushroom omelet. It actually had slices of cheese on top (see picture). Anyone who knows how to cook well knows you don't use sliced cheese on top of food. You use slices for sandwiches. The inside was so overloaded with mozzarella that after a few minutes the omelet had cooled enough that it became a rubbery mess. Think cold mozzarella sticks. Yuck. The sausage was just cut up links. Not so bad, I guess, except these are rookie cooking mistakes. A chef worth their salt (and training) would never serve an omelet with sliced cheese and cut up links. I'm just sayin'. My home fries were paper thin. Who cuts potatoes that thin? You could excuse it if they were crispy. They weren't. They were half soggy and half burnt, as was my toast. Hubby got the California omelet and he wasn't happy with his either, same cheap sliced cheese. He got a side of fruit and the sliced bananas were black on one side, too ripe. As you're cutting up food to serve, a chef should keep an eye on what they're working with, and if the fruit is overripe, you don't serve it, you toss it, or save it for something like banana bread. You could argue that perhaps the overripe bananas weren't noticed but they were put into the container with the black side down, so it wasn't easily noticed. That tells me it was done on purpose. And it also tells me the cook doesn't actually care what they serve. The rest of the fruit bowl was gross, fruit was all overripe and inedible. It wound up in the trash. The place was busy when we picked up the order, which blows me away. People are happy with this junk? No thanks. From now on we'll stick with Pegs. Goodbye Hometown. We've loved you for a long time. But all good things must come to an end.

    Half Turkey Club W/ Side Salad
    Rochelle S.

    Just like home cooking. The service is fast and friendly. The food comes in large portions and the place is never empty. Good service from start to end!

    Crisp bacon! Harder to get in a restaurant than one might think!

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    Very good service, very good food across the menu, and the only truly Hometown Cafe ambiance left in the region.

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    2 years ago

    Great food, good service, reasonable prices. Acoustics could use a little help, but it's not bad.

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    2 years ago

    Good food and lots of it. Service is quick a d friendly. The food doesn't seem "fast food" ,it's homemade quality.

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    4 years ago

    Good local spot for breakfast! Best restaurant to get breakfast at in the North Valleys. Service is always fantastic no matter how busy!

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    Love the food service is good and everybody should come here love this restaurant give it 5 stars

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    1 year ago

    fantastic food, prices are good, great service, never been disappointed! chicken fried chicken is go to order

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    They had good food. The waitress was kind, and they brought food right away. If you want a local joint to go this is the place.

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    Staff isn't super friendly, due to having so many tables in such a small space. Food was okay.

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    Awesome Breakfast! Even better service! I eat here once a week and the food and service is consistently fantastic!

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    Food was not good but the service was nice. The orange juice tasted like it was expired or the cup was dirty. Ambience was decent.

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    3 years ago

    Comfort food at a great price. Staff is very polite and attentive. Very consistent food and service quality.

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