A good old fashion diner in Ripon. If that's what your looking for stop in. The wait staff were very attentive and the food was excellent. I've only visited once but there weren't regulars I noticed from my observation. Clean and friendly spot that I would recommend. read more

My Garden Cafe - Banana walnut Carmel waffles for after the race - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Ripon, California

We had lunch here and both our meals were inedible! The staff were very good but the food is obviously from cans. I returned my meal and got refunded, my boyfriend ate half of his - the rice and mushrooms were RAW, the gravy was from a can. Maybe their breakfasts are okay but we won't be back to find out. read more

Place is not worth it. Everything tastes like its from a can. Order a California omelette, it says house-made salsa and it was a enchilada sauce and says American cheese but taste and looks like cheap nacho cheese from 7-11. The eggs Benedict did not look like hollandaise sauce. Would just skip this place all together unless you like everything from a can. read more

Ordered take out on a Friday. Food was available a couple minutes ahead of pick up window. Ordered the firehouse burger as I love anything spicy, it did not disappoint. Had a side of fresh fruit and it was all very fresh. I'll go visit them again and try some breakfast items next. read more

My Garden Cafe - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Ripon, California

So delicious. Our first time here and I ordered the florentine omelette with hot cakes. Everything was fresh and AMAZING. The restaurant is very charming. My meal tasted home cooked and made with love! read more

Good small town cafe. Great staff. Affordable menu. Been eating breakfast here once a week for years

The place is so worn down. Chairs are ripped. When we sat down our table still had food stains. Food was so bad I didn't even finish my food. They put so much cheese in everything. My California omelette was cheesy and salty. The egg Benedict was again cheesy and salty. Couldn't get past all that salt and cheese. The waitress was nice and friendly. Our first time and our last. read more

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Come here quite a bit for breakfast. Farmer's Omelet is really good. Service is great even when busy. I really like the breakfast burrito but tell them to put everything inside the burrito. Pancakes are good. Homemade jam is yummy. It's a diner. read more

I have been here before years ago and the experience was lack luster but it's time to check in again and see how things are now.... It's always a great experience at their Modeso restaurant. So this should be similar right? Wrong. Sort of. I was met at the door and promptly seated by an efficient, if charmless, droid. After a while I started feeling neglected by my R2 unit. The experience was redeemed with a genuinely friendly waitress. My order was promptly dispatched and to my delight arrived in quick order. My modest Daylight Special arrived exactly as ordered and coffee was refreshed. No complaints here except the reheated sausage links, although tasty, were almost cool. That's been my experience at My Garden in Modesto as well. If that happens on my next visit I'll label it endemic. I was hungry and anxious to start my review so I did not get a photo except for the stack of toast. I'll definitely be back but probably make the drive to the other restaurant instead of here. The price point is absolutely a good value. Leave a good tip and help the wait staff by putting your plate at the end of the table. All in all, this is still worth a stop. read more

My Garden Cafe - Home made jam! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Ripon, California

I was born and raised in Ripon, but have lived in Maryland for 24 years. We were visiting family this August, and a highlight during a pandemic vacation, was being able to eat here for breakfast one morning. I like that we were able to eat outside, and the food was fantastic and the portions were satisfying. I had the chorizo omelette with a side of biscuits and gravy. Delicious! Please excuse my love of hot sauce and obsession with ketchup in the photo. It's how I operate. Not affiliated with the restaurant, was a kind, elderly gentleman who was giving out handmade wooden cars to children. This is the small town charm, I've always loved about Ripon. read more

My Garden Cafe - Chorizo Omelette with a side of Biscuits and Gravy - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Ripon, California

I do not recommend ordering food to be delivered by GrubHub from this restaurant. There is no way they would've sent this meal out to someone that was in the dining room. I ordered the pork chops scrambled eggs and tater tot's and every item was burnt. read more

My order was take out ready in 10 mins, like I said I've never had a bad experience food is delicious and staff is friendly and attentive. Two thumbs up 5 stars. read more

My Garden Cafe - This is the California omelette it's absolutely delicious. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Ripon, California

I swear everyone is so friendly in this town. Especially here. I had just dropped my dog off at the groomers down the street and was hungry. I was going to order to go but decided to eat there. I got an omelette and orange juice and it was delicious! It definitely hit the spot. I for sure want to go back and buy some jam though. I had never had homemade jam before. OMG! It is sooooooooo tasty! It went perfect on my toast! Going to bring the husband next time to share the experience. read more

My Garden Cafe - Spinach Mushroom Jack Cheese omelette with avocado, hashbrowns, sourdough toast homemade jam and a glass of orange juice. $15 - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Ripon, California

I ordered the eggs florentine. The hollandaise sauce was broken and looked very unappealing. There was a massive amount of hollandaise sauce on my plate as well. The country potatoes were sliced thin like potato chips, and most of the potatoes were overcooked and inedible. The staff was very nice and provided good service. The cafe was clean. The menu was large and could afford to have the eggs florentine removed. read more

This place hit the spot. Like an old school diner. It's a little worm but has good old fashion good with large portions. It's a Denny's or ihop style but better. We had excellent service too. read more

This weekend I decided to change up my breakfast routine and try a new diner. My boyfriend and I opted to go to the My Garden Café in Ripon after reading the Yelp reviews. I'll be honest the reviews on the biscuits and chocolate gravy is what swayed me.   The diner is cute and smells inviting. We were seated quickly and given time to look over the menu. I went for the Mediterranean Omelet with hash browns and (surprise) the biscuits with chocolate gravy. My boyfriend ordered the waffle combo. Our waitress was attentive and refilled our coffee regularly, although I wasn't a big fan of the coffee. It was made correctly I just wasn't fond of the flavor.   Our food came out relatively fast and was nice and hot, aside from the bacon. The Mediterranean Omelet was great tasting and nicely done. It did have an overly large amount of feta for me, although that wasn't really an issue as I just scraped some of it out. However, I was disappointed in my hash browns. They were cooked together in one large clump, sort of like a clump of mashed potatoes fried on both sides. I ate about a third of them and decided I'd had enough.   What I was largely disappointed in was the biscuit with chocolate gravy. I'm not quite sure what I was expecting, but I didn't like the overly sweet, generic chocolate pudding that was slopped on top of my biscuit. The biscuit itself was good with the right amount of fluff and butter, but I couldn't get over the super sweet chocolate pudding on top.   My boyfriend's waffle was okay, but nothing to write home about, and his bacon had the consistency of jerky and was cold. He ordered over medium eggs and got over easy, although honestly that is something a lot of restaurants have trouble with and nothing we usually fault them over. read more

My Garden Cafe - Mediterranean Omelet with hash browns. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Ripon, California

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Next stop: Ripon, CA - My Garden Cafe. Absolutely nothing has changed at My Garden Cafe from last year's visit to this restaurant... nothing. No price increases, portion reductions... in fact, their menu is even more extensive. My Garden Cafe is now serving Dinner Entrees from 5pm onwards besides their all-day "regular" breakfasts and sandwiches. Joe's Original (**** 1/2 $8.25) Big 8" Plate filled to the brim with Country Potatoes (*****) and a Scramble concoction of the Original Joe's recipe - Ground Chuck mixed with Eggs, Onions, and Mushrooms. I've got to say that My Garden's Country Potatoes was FAR better than the Joe's Original! Not kidding! Thinly-sliced diagonally-cut Potatoes fried with bits of Green Bell Peppers, and diced Onions and then some Black Pepper mixed in on top of that - Damn, this was Good! Chose the side of Pancakes (****), 2-5" round Pancakes on a separate small plate. Very good! Coffee (*** 1/2 $1.75) Unlimited refills! In fact, Service (*****) Service has not declined... Always had a full cup o' Coffee and Ice Water without asking. For some reason, still an awful lot of Flies.... like last year. Just what I like... No price increases, same excellence in cooking, and large portions. Next item to try Milwaukee Omelette - Jack Cheese and Mushroom Omelette. Noticed that their clientele are mostly Women... older women. Seemed like a Woman's Club meeting... read more

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Great experience! Thank you... We had omelettes and coffee. Food was delicious, service was amazing! All for a fair price!! Thank you Trista, cooks and the rest of the staff for a great experience. We're from Tracy and will happily drive back... read more

I used to go here years ago and it was good but I just picked up a to go order and is totally disgusting! I got eggs Florentine, (eggs Benedict with spinach and mushrooms instead of ham) the eggs were hard boiled, not poached the hollandaise looks like it's been sitting out for a couple days. The hollandaise is gelatinous and solid. It's also really salty. Totally disgusting. read more

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Was not impressed gave them a second chance and still was not satisfied. Unfortunately had to throw my food away because I was unable to eat my lunch. I have heard they are good, but unfortunately they did not satisfy my taste buds. I had mentioned to them about my first experience, however, the worker seemed uncaring. read more

One of my absolute favorite spots for breakfast. Their country fried steak is really good as well as the biscuits and gravy. The staff are always friendly and prices are reasonable. If you are in Ripon come here and get some breakfast read more

Still a favorite place of ours-glad to see they are still open and busy. Yummy food as always. The ranchero sauce on the breakfast burritos was yummy. And as always the chicken fried steak was crispy and the gravy thick and yummy. The pancakes are fluffy and tasty-breakfast desert. We got food to go and it was ready super fast (10min) and still hot and fresh by the time we got it home. Glad to see their sign is being fixed. Still a favorite local place! read more

The staff is hard working, attentive, and professional. The menu is chok full of delicious entrées. The blueberry waffle was delicious. read more

The Standards have FALLEN in regards to allowing somebodies boyfriend to be all over the restaurant with out a mask ..serving peoples food and drinks ,, bussing tables with out properly wiping things down also not wearing a mask ... also at my last visit was seen getting into the register??? Very unprofessional!! read more

First and last time to this location. 1. Our waitress never came to our table to ask if everything was ok, but she did all to the tables around is 2. I had to get up and get my own coffee creamer 3. I had to get up to get my own ketchup 4. I had to get up to ask for a coffee refill 5. I had to get up and ask for my own water. 6. I had to flag down a different waitress to fill my coffee cup. And there was one waitress that came automatically without asking. 7. Our waitress was not very friendly, because when I thanked her for anything she didn't answer back. 8. She was nice to everyone else around our table but not to us. 9. And didn't have to look very hard, but there are strains and dirt on the floors and walls. I took my daughter in law for breakfast, it was our first time here but it will be the last. People that are servers should never forget that they are the ones that make the first impression about their restaurant. I have to believe that not every server is that way. read more

Best breakfast ever! Food and service were perfect, we ordered a chicken fried steak breakfast + simple classic sausage & eggs and they were amazing. Even the coffee was good! read more

Great place for breakfast or lunch. Totally great home made corn beef. Pretty great breakfast and petty nice professional waitress also. Thankyou to our waitress Amber read more

Although we regularly stop into the Tully Rd. Modesto cafe, today was our first time eating at the Ripon location. We won't be back. I ordered my favorite, the crab sandwich. The waitress dropped our food and a requested bottle of ketchup at our table and that was the last we saw of her until long after we'd finished our meal. My sandwich was nothing like what I get from the Modesto cafe. There it's delicious with crab salad, a little spicy mayo and lots of shredded lettuce and tomatoes on a croissant. Today it was a croissant with overly wet crab salad, too much spicy mayo and not one shred of lettuce or slice of tomato. And no sign of the waitress to request a correction. We ate and then waited, and waited for our check. Waitress finally paused at our booth and said "I gave you your check, right?" We said no, and she searched her pockets to no avail and told us she didn't know what she did with it as she walked away. We watched her taking orders and serving food on the other side of the room for almost 15 minutes before we got up and went to the cashier. I told her our waitress apparently lost our check but we'd waited far too long already and needed to go. Waitress laughed and said it had stuck to the back of her order book and she forgot to bring it to us. Our check was given directly to the cashier who took my card and processed it. I never saw it to verify that it actually reflected our order. We will continue to enjoy the food at the Modesto location but will avoid the Ripon cafe in the future. read more

Breakfast was very good. Excellent service from Natalie. She was very nice and personable. , for Natalie. Thank you.

First time there...we were told to sit anywhere...sat down ..waitress gave us water and said our waitress would be right with us. Waited 10 minutes, she said again that our waitress would be right with us. Waited another 10 minutes...no one helped us. So Rude! We wanted breakfast not Dinner!! We will never go back again!! read more

I will never ever order from here again! I realize that due to COVID some restaurants may not be on point but I asked for over medium eggs and they made it over hard, my hash browns were hard don't know how you can mess that up!! The pancakes were hard too like really come on!!! My daughter ordered the Chile verde omelette it's not an omelette they threw the Chile verde on the top of the omelette that's not an omelette!! I ordered pork chops and they were cheap porks and way over cooked!! Do not eat here!! Btw their pictures are deceiving!!! read more

went here to meet up with a friend. The food was great as always, LOVE the Jam!!! and they did not say anything when after we paid the bill we stayed for quite awhile longer. They even offered us more coffee :) Thank You ladies!!! read more

They are not following COVID 19 protocol. Went for breakfast last week and most servers had masks on but one did not and neither did the cooks! I don't want people leaning over my food with no mask! It was busy inside and the plastic around the booths are not safe and people are not 6 feet apart! I know to each their own and people have choices but this place is not for me! read more

Unimpressive. I ordered the Eggs Florentine which came out with the sauce looking lowkey like hardened melted cheese... like what? The poached eggs were overcooked and not runny.... isn't that point of a benedict? The potatoes were sliced in potato chip form and half were burned the other half not fully cooked?? I don't understand.. I couldn't even pick up the potatoes with my fork unless i scooped it as if I was using a spoon. Pancakes tasted just like the ones from dennys The biscuits and gravy were cooo. I give it an extra star only because it didn't taste terrible. It was fine... or maybe my judgement is a little off because I was pretty hungry. Maybe I'm just spoiled from the 4-5 star breakfast cafes in the bay but this definitely came up subpar. Not worth the 9.99 Also, I came during the day of a big event but my group of 10 came in with plenty of tables to spare yet they told us the long wait was because they had to cater to all the people coming from the event. Yes I guess... but a few tables that came after mine got their food before us! I guess I would have understood if maybe they were waiting to serve all our food at the same time, but that didn't even happen. read more

Great food. HORRIBLE SERVICE! This used to be the spot on a Sunday morning, but after my last visit, I think not. I understand that they get busy, but they won't even communicate with their guests waiting at the door or anything! On a busy morning, you might enter and see the crowd of people that are waiting to be sat before you, but you won't really know what the heck is going on because the staff won't even talk to you. There is an older lady that works there that wears her hair up...I'm not sure of her name, but I suggest getting her to serve you because she's the only one I've had any luck with. Again, GREAT FOOD, but this spot is in dire need of being re-staffed. read more

Decent food. Poor service. I was sat down way before another table of people, and they did not take my order until after the other table put in there order. The other table got their food first. I had no re fills on my water when it was clearly empty for a majority of the time once I received my food. Very disappointed in the service. And no they were not busy. I think they might need a staff meeting and need to discuss the way the check on there customers. read more

My daughter spent a good bit of money ordering from this restaurant for my Mother's Day celebration...the food was cold the orders were wrong and the sausage was very fatty...Restaurants are crying for customers and yet this is how customers are treated...we will never order again. read more

Got the linguica breakfast, 2 kids French toast breakfast bacon & eggs, fruit bowl with coffee, everything was really good and the service was great read more

Walked in for brunch with Ma and Pa recently and I would say that overall this place is not a bad choice for a quick, casual, diner style meal. Our server, Amber, was very nice and appropriately attentive. Decor is cutesy farmhouse and Formica. Clean tabletops and restrooms. Their booth boxes (where the seat pad sits on top of) need cleaning or recovering. No big deal, it's a farming community so there's gonna be some wear and tear. 1. Huevos Rancheros: I took a gamble on this one as this place is definitely not Mexican and many Mexican places can't even do Mexican right. Overall tasty but, they do NOT use lard in their beans. Lard is the critical ingredient to make Frijoles delicious. An "approximation" of refried beans at best, I did not finish them. 2. BLT w/Veggie Soup: Good portions with quality ingredients in the correct proportions made for a happy Mom. Can't ask for more than that. 3. BLT w/Egg and a HUGE Garden Salad. Again portion, ingredients, proportion were all on point so no complaints from Dad. I did notice that they use Hunt's Organic Ketchup instead of the usual crappy Heinz. Thank you for that! All in all, I'd say I'd be happy to come here again as they have a wide range of dishes to suit any mood and a competent (that day) cook who turned out some good dishes. Clean overall, the restaurant has plenty of little nick knacks on the walls to look at if the conversation is slowing. Only complaint is the lack of Lard in their beans. Embrace Lard, it's not as bad for you as you think! read more

Found this place by accident but glad we did. I had the waffle ,sausage and egg it was very good. We will try to stop here again some time.