Just your average diner food; not good and not bad. Fries were a bit salty, but the Reuben was pretty good. read more

Hoosier Cafe - Rueben and fries - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Chandler, Arizona

EAT HERE!!! It was our first time experience eating here, thought we'd take a chance and we got delivery takeout through Door Dash. So that is a test in itself already, and we are happy to say it was great! My Bf ordered the Two Egg platter with corn beef Hash, which he was able to get both French fries( unfortunately wouldn't recommend the fries, they didn't travel well) and biscuits with country gravy. But THE BISCUSTS...AND GRAVY!! ENOUGH SAID. It was delicious and FULL OF FLAVOR, you could really taste the herbs in it. As I snagged quite a few bites of it lol. I had the Moo Cow Breakfast Burger, well done, which it was! The potato bun was a really nice touch, and came with pickles tomato lettuce, and I got potato salad for the side, though there were a lot of good selections to choose from! That's another thing! Lots of variety in the menu and choices! So DO EAT HERE! We would definitely recommend and we will be ordering again soon!! Ok gotta go, gonna Om Nom Nom Nom more of this food! read more

I have lived in the east valley for 30 years and had yet to try Hoosier Cafe... until today. The service was friendly and prompt, the coffee was hot and very smooth. DH ordered the bacon cheese burger with fries. I snagged a few of the fries and they were perfect, hot, crispy and right amount of salt. The burger on the other hand wasn't horrible, but not good either as it was dry and over cooked ( dark crunchy crust on the outside) and was lacking in seasoning. I ordered the veggie skillet with the ranch potatoes cooked extra crispy. I even advised our server I would like them almost burnt. The skillet came with sautéed peppers, onion, tomato, mushroom and broccoli, topped with cheddar cheese. I noticed right away that there was no color on the potatoes and asked our server to again make them extra crispy. She returned with the skillet just minutes later. The potatoes were still soggy and I couldn't taste any spices or seasonings. The veggies looked good with the exception of the broccoli. It was pale green and in tiny pieces, my guess would be frozen broccoli that was pulsed in a food processor. I requested she just take the skillet and remove it from the bill, which she did and offered an apology. This seems to be a common occurrence for me at most restaurants. I should learn better than to order this but I seem to hold out hope for crispy, savory, cheesy skillets. I don't eat eggs so I substituted half of a blueberry waffle instead. This was probably the best waffle I have ever had. It was crisp on the edges and warm and fluffy in the inside with the perfect amount of blueberries. This was served with butter that had been whipped and airy with syrup that was not overly sticky sweet. I would definitely return for the waffles but not sure I would be willing to try anything else on the menu. All in all I am still actively searching for the elusive unicorn of perfect skillets but at least I now know where to go when craving waffles. read more

The service is awesome. Clean...my husband ordered ham steak. But he got a cut piece of can ham. I ordered a simple breakfast a waffle and sausage. I eat it all....I think I would come back. And a cute puppy reminds me of my baby coco at home. But yes visiting Chandler Arizona come have breakfast here. read more

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I met a friend here for breakfast this morning. We arrived shortly after 8 and although they were busy we were seated in under a minute. The menu is classic diner food with a fairly large selection of items to choose from. I ordered a ham and cheese omelette with hash browns and at my friends urging chose the biscuits and gravy as my other side instead of toast. She had some sort of biscuits and gravy dish that included eggs and sausage. The servings are huge! Both of left about half of our meals on the the plate because there was so much. This was my first experience with biscuits and gravy and it wasn't bad unfortunately the gravy also ended up covering my hash browns on the plate so I couldn't truly enjoy them as they got mushy. The service here from the hostess to the server was great. They are fast and friendly and very helpful. Breakfast for two with beverages was under $25.00 which was a great deal considering how much food there was. read more

Went here for breakfast this morning, delicious food and great service. Prices were just right and portions were huge! We will most definitely be back! My dad especially enjoyed his corned beef hash! My chicken fried steak was yummy! read more

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Very simple looking place with a touch of the Midwest. Gets much better from there. Menu is straightforward, not over complicated and honestly there's not a bad pick on it. Breakfast and lunch is their specialty. Fresh food, good portions and cooked to perfection. ( 3 egg spinach omelette one of my favs) Service is awesome, food served quickly. The Hoosier girls, not to be mistaken with Hooter girls :) are all efficient, very personable and know how to treat a customer. If there's a crowd out the door don't be deterred, quick service turns the tables and a 20 minute wait is well worth it. Without a doubt one of the top breakfast/lunch places in Arizona ! * I've been there 2x since the Covid19 reopening, everything is very clean, always wiped down, tables are spaced and the crew wears masks ( doesn't hide their smile) if your concerned about safety. read more

My wife and I have eaten here regularly for a number of years. The food is excellent, the service is great and the servers a delight. I recommend this restaurant to those who like a home town atmosphere with friendly service a great food. read more

Great brunch place. Great food, great service. The eggs Benedict were great and our family loved the breakfast burritos as well. Worth the line outside. read more

We're back again! When we visit our daughter (we live in Florida) we always come here for breakfast. Always great food and service

Our neighbor had a lot of great things to say about Hoosier Cafe and we decided to give it a try... They were super busy on Saturday morning, but the wait wasn't too bad. Waitress was friendly and kept the coffee coming which is extremely important to me!!! The food was good - they got the eggs right and the crispy hash brown was just perfect. Warning - the pancakes are huge! After eating the bacon and eggs, I could barely finish one!!! The place could use a little updating, but for the price they serve pretty good breakfast. read more

This morning I thought I would change it up a bit and eat at Hoosier Cafe in Chandler. I ordered two eggs over medium with a ham steak and their Ranch potatoes. My waitress took my ordered and offered either diced green peppers, onions, or jalapeños. I ordered my potatoes with the jalapeños and wheat toast buttered. Im a creature of habit and normally eat at Biscuits Cafe in Chandler, but thought this would be where to get a ham steak since they are an midwest style restaurant. Waitress brought my meal very fast. The ham steak was a disappointment right off the bat, it was a small slice thin of ham, nothing close to a ham steak. It wasn't a smoked ham steak as listed. The eggs okay, but the Ranch potatoes very average. They reminded me of the end of fries ends over fried. Now I never order toast buttered because they always seem to lather them up with liquified butter. I did today don't know why and of course a piece of toast had a piece of hair or bristle from the brush used to apply the butter. I said it was a hair and server went the brush route. Now the jalapeños were not fresh diced, but jalapeños from a can for nachos. So the breakfast was averaged and the server said that jalapeños were brought up from a previous customers as why not freshly diced? I then ordered oatmeal and it was okay, but my spoon brought to use was dirty. I took a pic to post. I paid for my breakfast so don't think I voiced my concerns for a free or reduced breakfast. The server was good, she kept my coffee full and hot and easy polite. read more

Hoosier Cafe - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Chandler, Arizona

Good atmosphere for cheap breakfast eats!! Has a lot of Indiana Memorabilia and is a hub for veterans! Tried the chorizo skillet with ranch potatoes. Delicious!!! read more

Hoosier Cafe - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Chandler, Arizona

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I've never eaten here...I am visiting from LA and ordered Togo during the Covid19 shutdown. I had the Denver omelet and my girlfriend had the Spanish omelet. Sooo good. We also had the nitro cold brew organic coffee with cbd unreal. The couple of employees who were working were so nice. There were several people coming and going with take out. I read a couple of the bad reviews...not sure about that. Our standards are really high from living in LA. Best breakfast I've had in a while. I recommend eating outside... read more

Forgive me Hoosiers, I should've done this a while back. Love this place! Food is great staff is great and it's definitely a Midwest joint. Perfect for my family because we do miss what the Midwest has to offer. Big food with friendly service. It's hard to please my folks when it comes to restaurants but they sure do love it here! read more

Classic Breakfast Joint located in Warm Chandler, Arizona. One of my go to Breakfast Restaurants in the Phoenix Area. Very good

What can I say? MEH. It's a diner themed to Indiana. I'm amazed that they stay in business with that theme, but what the hey. The food is normal diner food, good and greasy, I love that old diner feel. They have that (in my opinion) disgusting biscuits & gravy, which is designed to make Hooiser's the fattest people on earth. I had bacon and eggs as I'm not Hoosier, I'm just a captive there. This place is ok, but I won't go there again. I was brought here as a joke because I was visiting from Indiana. There is nothing here that I can't get at 10,000 other places in Phoenix, except high cholesterol. read more

Ok, I have seen this business listed as a great place for breakfast. I have passed by a couple of times and wasn't crazy about the outside appearance, too bland, and I kept driving. However, I wanted to give this place a chance and see what it's all about. I was impressed how clean and responsive the staff is. There seems to be plenty of seating and I didn't see a bad seat in the place. The menu covered about everything one could ask for, except maybe the yogurt fruit craze some people yarn for. I ordered the biscuit and gravy, and a waffle. Both were delivered promptly with normal serving size (not huge portions) and each was very good. I would not hesitate to return and bring a friend! read more

For the first time in a while I was out of the house really early, too early for the meeting I had scheduled. So to pass time I decided to get some breakfast. I had been wanting to try the Hoosier Cafe. It is always packed! I found a table right away. The water is good (not very common). I ordered 2 eggs, hash browns, sausage and chose biscuits and gravy over toast. DUH. The eggs, which I ordered basted, were perfectly cooked. The hash brows were wonderfully crunchy without being burnt (like my last breakfast experience). The sausage was a patty and was good but a bit oily. The star was the biscuits and gravy. It is a huge portion. The biscuits are soft and the gravy was thick and peppery. The servers are too cute. The whole atmosphere takes you right to small town America. I will return! read more

I grew up in the 60's and 70's in Michigan and I can say that the Hoosier cafe brought back memories. Days when my dad and I used to sneak out of the house on Sunday for a great breakfast. The Gravy is thick and packed with sausage. Eggs cooked perfectly, and Hash browns crispy on the outside and tender in the center. Oh and the bottomless cup of coffee! Bring back memories from the old days... read more

Sitting near a table of older patrons at Hoosiers this weekend, I listened to them decipher the HDTV conversion in the way only seniors can. Did they need to get cable? Was a converter box free? One was paying for hers. One had a box and cable... Of course I chuckled, but understood what they weren't saying. Why does something as easy as TV have to be so complicated- or expensive? I say the same thing about breakfast. I guess that's why we were all at Hoosiers. Good, solid.breakfasts. Fast, friendly service. And all for under $10. read more

So I had to make a decision on breakfast pretty fast last Saturday morning. It was between this place and another place within a mile of it. I had already been to the other place a few times. Cunundrum solved....NEW PLACE HERE I COME!!! I get there and start looking around. Looks like a pretty friendly crowd. I'm waiting to get seated so I step outside and pick up a local free paper to look at while I'm waiting for food (you have to read something or be doing something if you're a single diner or it creeps people out). So I look through the menu and decide on a Belgian Waffle with eggs and sausage. I start reading the paper and looking around the place and I say to myself "dude....place has got a lot of sports schwag on the walls" It just now hit me there was a good reason for this place being called Hoosier. My only complaint (and the one that cost the place a 5th star) is that they sat me at a table for 4 people.....little conspicuous here people. Anyhooo. The gastronomic delivery specialist drops off a squeeze bottle of my syrup (it was kind of a clear-ish version of a ketchup bottle you see at hotdog places) and I thought to myself "hey man...that's kinda cool". So a little while goes by and the food gets there. It was a pretty big waffle with really deep waffle-divots which is good for filling up with the deep brown nectar. The waffle was pretty good, the eggs were tasty and pretty fluffy, and the sausage patties did not dissapoint. Oh yeah...before I forget...the syrup squeeze bottle they gave me was all nice and warm. Really grubbin breakfast they had there!! I think next time I go I'm gonna try the thing where they fry up corn-batter and bring it to you. That sounds about as decadent as it gets. (+) Good Food Nice Atmosphere Cool Schwag On Walls Proximity To My Place (-) Single Diner Faux Pas read more

Massive servings! I had a skillet which made my eyes get super big when it came out. Seriously could have been 3 meals. Hubby had to help and we still had some left to take home. Potatoes on the skillet were fresh, moist and seasoned nicely so we saved the rest. drinks were kept filled the whole time, Service was fast and friendly and the restaurant has nice big windows to let in light and allow you to look out while you chat and wait for the good food. Would definitely come back. read more

Simple, old-school style diner. Prices were good, but the breakfast burrito my daughter ordered was very bland, a definite store bought tortilla (thick & chewy) and the salsa that came along with it lacked spice & flavor. I ordered the pineapple upside down cake, and it was melt in your mouth yummy! Service was friendly & good. In a crunch I would go there again, but probably not on the top of my 'favorites' list. read more

We had the meat lovers omelet and French toast with biscuits and gravey. Absolutely delicous plenty of food, service was perfect!! They are so consistent with their food and service. Much appreciated!! read more

Love the friendly staff, fun mix of customers and simple good food. Neighborhood spot that has a lot of regulars. Eggs always prepared the way I ask and that's a HUGE make or break for me read more

As a Hoosier, it was imperative for me to go, and I was quite pleased. Great food, great service - and be sure to get there early on the weekends, there is usually a line. Corned beef hash is homemade and great, burgers are great too. read more

We love diner breakfast. We don't want fancy. We want good food at a good price and good service. Is that too much to ask? Apparently not, because Hoosier Cafe blew us away today! We went for brunch with a few friends. We arrived at 11am on Saturday and the place was jumping. I mean - every table filled with both patrons and food. So we waited patiently and checked out the decor. Vinny and Mary were with us and went to college in IN so they pointed out their fav college pennants on the wall. Nostalgia time :) Then the menu. Cute. They have a "you know you are a Hoosier if..." list except.....we are yinzers from the 'burgh and 2/3's of that list applied to us as well. So I guess that lends credibility to the theory that the 'burgh is Midwest, not Mid-Atlantic LOL Anyway as soon as we are seated, we are immediately greeted by the server who takes drink orders. Considering how packed the house was, that was pretty impressive. Now comes the sweet part: we had our orders within 12 minutes of when we were seated. Amazing, given how busy they were. And each order was absolutely perfect. I went for the mush. Really. I love mush. A childhood favorite carried into adulthood. The order was - well, why mince words - ginormous. I couldn't even finish it all which was fine because DH was nibbling on it anyway. Crispy outside, soft inside. Perfection. And - believe it or not - they made me crispy bacon. Not burnt. Not dry and tough. Perfectly crispy. DH had the Cali omelet. It was overstuffed and yet he managed to eat it all. Seriously, it was not only full of cheese and bacon with a healthy portion avocado, it came with ranch taters and toast. I can honestly say that it is the only omelet in the valley that rivals one of our other fav breakfast places. Now these two places could have a throwdown! The rest of the table had omelets, egg breakfasts, and one daring soul had a benedict who pronounced it excellent! And the best part: we never wanted for coffee - it was hot and always refilled! So the scorecard says: Price: 5 stars Quality: 5 stars Service: 5 stars Cleanliness: 5 stars This is a permanent part of the rotation now! read more

Today I visited for breakfast. I had the steak omelet. I was surprised to find that it was very flavorful, cheesy, and had a very good amount of steak. This was my 2nd visit to the cafe. The first time, I just had sausage and eggs which were okay but I was not impressed. Trying it again today made me say I would go back. Worth a try, and really good IF you order the right thing... read more

Out doing my Saturday morning shopping and happened by Hoosier Cafe. I have driven by the spot many times but for some reason today I took notice of the crowd inside. So I suggested to my friend who I had just moments before expressed her need to eat soon that we finish our errands and come back to give this place a try. This was by far the best breakfast I have had in a good while. I know, I know it's hard to mess up bacon and eggs but many people do. This place is awesome. It has a small town, small cafe feel. The service was phenomenal and the food delish. I will definitely return. Oh, the food. I had the two eggs, ham steak, hash brown and biscuits with gravy. My friend opted for the chicken and waffles. I have one word...Yummylicious! If you haven't been here you are missing out... read more

Friendly staff seemed to actually enjoy their job. Very prompt service. Place was packed and yet we were seated quickly. Food came out and served quickly Adequate portions and great tasting food! Only downside was only one bathroom so had a 3 person wait for mens a room read more

lol @ Gary in Chandler I'm not a friend or family member of the owner ... and I love this place. I meet a friend here on a pretty regular basis when one or both of us is craving the biscuits and gravy. She often orders a steak & mushroom omelet. It's exactly what you'd expect from a greasy spoon in IN. I was born and raised in Lake/Porter Co in IN so my curiosity got the better of me when I found a breakfast place called Hoosier :) I'm glad it's as good as I hoped. read more

Great traditional breakfast spot! My husband is super picky...wants traditional hash browns. Found them here. He had the biscuits and gravy with eggs bacon and hash browns. I had the French Toast Combo. French Toast was cooked perfectly. Probably some of the best French Toast I've had. Bacon was thick and tasty. Gravy was also really good. Service was quick and they kept the coffee flowing. We will return! read more

Food was good. Needed a quick bite and this restaurant filled the spot. I will be back possibly to try their pineapple upside down cake. Sounds delicious! read more

Solid spot for a good breakfast. It was crowded for a weekday morning but I'll take that as a good sign. The service was great, every employee was friendly and had a smile on their face and our coffee was never empty. Which is a big selling point for me when it comes to breakfast. Price is also great for the portion sizes here! Only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is because our food came our warm, but not hot, so by the time I was half way done eating it was about room temp which was kind of disappointing. But we will definitely be back! read more

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Shannon gave us great service! My husband and I split the meat lovers omelette and it was very tasty! The coffee, however, was the best cafe coffee I've had! Super smooth and buttery flavored to me. I normally only have one cup or just steal sips from my husbands coffee but not this time, I had 3 full cups! Something that has never happened before. The pancakes looked amazing as well. I'll have to try them one of theses days. read more

This restaurant reminds me of the restaurants I grew up with in central Illinois. The fried mush was great. It took me back to my childhood!

Had breakfast at Hoosiers this morning. It's a no frills diner. The food was delicious. I had the standard midwestern breakfast of eggs, sausage, biscuits, and gravy and it was probably the best breakfast I've had in Arizona this year. The staff is extremely nice and easy going. I highly recommend everyone check it out! read more

A favorite of one of my cousins, Diana Trimmer, and I can see why. Ordered the ham and cheese omelet. Huge portions and spot on great. read more

Hoosier Cafe - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Chandler, Arizona

Food is always good, service is always prompt, place is always packed. We usually order online and go pick up but the vibe feels nice inside. Diner style and in a charming shopping center. read more