Nice diner in downtown Morgan Hill. Wanted to try somewhere different than our usual haunts. The service is wonderful. Attentive and very friendly. Great suggestions with the menu too. Food was only ok. I got the corned beef hash with a side of biscuits and gravy. Corned beef hash was good. Needed more seasoning. Biscuit was so tender and melted in my mouth. The best thing I had. Country gravy was sissy. No flavor and missing the chunks of sausage that make it hearty. read more

We just stopped by to find out that it is closed for good. So sad! It was an amazing place and the staff was so friendly and welcoming. Why??? read more

The service here is outstanding! We really got that at home feel. The morning we were here everyone sang happy birthday to a little girl and I really loved this. The food was average diner type. I got the chicken and waffles. It didn't wow me but it was decent. We would go back just for the comfortable seating and ambiance. read more

Papa's Place - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Morgan Hill, California

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Papas Place is the Best Place! Food, Folks and Great Playlist from the 50's Good Service because it's better than Dennys! read more

Papa's Place - Great food - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Morgan Hill, California

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The service here is great--it really gives you that classic diner feel. The decor inside adds to the authentic atmosphere, indoor seating with booths and high top tables to dine. They often have daily specials, which is a nice touch, and I left feeling full. Overall, it's a good spot for a comforting meal! read more

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This place is amazing! Very homey-diner type of vibe. Food was so good, waitress was attentive, nice, and made us feel right at home. She had great recommendations and she even gave us a few samples to try! I already want to come back! The french toast was so good and some of the best bacon I have ever had! read more

Papa's Place - Rockin' French Toast - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Morgan Hill, California

Huge portions for their food, great service, and plenty of choices to choose from their menu! Server's always trying their best to acommandate their customers and always having fun with it. It's a classic brunch diner and loved how the inside was decorated with Halloween theme things. read more

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Everything about Papa's was 'meh' except the service! I would give five stars to the great folks that work there and would even be tempted to go back just for that. They were friendly and attentive to absolutely everyone in the place. It was nice and gave a 'homey'' welcoming feel from when you walked in Until you left. It is essentially a 'local' restaurant that serves Denny's quality food but not as consistently and at a slightly higher price point. Which I would be ok with if the food was cooked properly. Everything was a bit overcooked or undercooked and under seasoned. The hash browns were super weird ... more like mashed potato pancakes not fully cooked in the middle with no salt. It was not 'terrible' but it also was not exactly good. Food was more close to two stars. Will I go back? Ummmm ... unlikely but perhaps... read more

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Very fun environment with the staff. You can see that on a Saturday morning that a lot of regulars come in. We ordered a veggie Benedict and my husband got the country fried steak. He loved it! My Benedict was delicious. We ate at around 10 am and it's now pm and we are still stuffed lol. Okay we had a couple snacks here and there but the food is filling! It's a very feel-at-home place which is nice! We will be back to try other things on the menu! Yum!! read more

Papa's Place - Veggie Benedict and country Chicken Fried Steak with a pancake - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Morgan Hill, California

The food, service and ambiance was very good and the prices were reasonable. The staff was really nice and very helpful ! read more

I always like to have savory and a little bit of sweet for brunch, but most brunch spots have dishes that are one (eggs) or the other (pancakes/griddle items). I was happy to see that Papa's Place has a dish called 2+2+2 which is 2 pancakes, 2 eggs and 2 slices of bacon or sausage. The total amount of food was huge, particularly since the pancakes were gigantic. I was also pleasantly surprised to find that with all of the egg dishes, you could replace the toast with pancakes or other carb items...had I known that, I may have ordered differently because I could have gotten a pancake with any dish. They provide homemade salsa which was tasty if on the spicy side, and the menu had lots of Mexican items (including breakfast nachos!). I don't find myself in Morgan Hill very often, but I would definitely explore the menu more the next time I'm in the neighborhood. Service was friendly, and the food came out quickly. While I generally like hash browns, these shredded hash browns were not my favorite. read more

Excellent service!!!! Shout out to Karie, our server! She is a ray of sunshine! Her contagious smile, positivity and immaculate service made our day. The portion is ample, food is prepared right. My chicken fried steak was crispy, and the gravy was so yummy. Blueberry pancake with blueberry syrup was delicious. Oh, the hash brown was also crunchy outside and moist inside, perfection! You get either a toast or a pancake with your dish, add blueberries to your pancake for less than a dollar, why not? Plenty of parking + convenient downtown location. Feels like a sports bar, we watched the World Cup while having a brunch :) read more

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I went here for the first time today because it's one of the few American breakfast diners that are open late (until 3pm). Upon arrival, we were seated quickly and drink orders were taken by the host. The space itself is decently large but kind of strange layout. There is seating all along the walls of the establishment but the center kind of has a lot of open space. It's a lot of booth and table seating and they can accommodate larger parties from what I saw. The host told us that the food orders will be taken by the waitress. Unfortunately, the waitress (only one) took a very long time to provide us service even though the restaurant was not busy at all. We waited at least 15 minutes before she came to us. What was upsetting is that we saw her serve a different table that came in after us, first. We asked the host if the waitress would be coming to us soon and he just said "I don't know" and laughed it off. It was a pretty unsatisfactory experience. As far as the food, the menu was large with a lot of the common diner options: pancakes/waffles/ French toast, omelettes and other plates like chicken fried steaks. They also had Mexican breakfast items like chilaquiles, huevos rancheros, etc.. Lunch options were available which was an array of burgers and sandwiches. I ended up ordering their "spinach omelette" and honestly wasn't stoked about the quality of food. The hash browns were so mushy and moist, not crispy at all like you would expect from hash browns. The omelette itself was okay at best, but for some reason there was a ton of what seemed like gravy(?) leaking out of the omelette which I totally didn't expect. The flavor wasn't there for me anyway. Sadly the best thing on my plate was the side of butter toast and jam. I honestly don't recommend this place which is a shame because I love a good diner. But with the poor quality of service and food I didn't like, coupled with the fact that it's downtown and parking isn't always easy to find, it's really not worth going to for me. read more

Papa's Place - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Morgan Hill, California

My rating system is a possible star for: food, drinks, service, ambiance, and "other." Food: No star. My husband got the Avocado Toast, which turned out to be an un-toasted slice of wonder bread with some avocado chunks, giant slices of undercooked onion, and a glob of sauce. It tasted as bad as it looks in the picture. I got the Huevos rancheros, which was a tortilla, eggs, and what tasted like canned chili instead of fresh salsa. Drinks: +1 star. Great hot chocolate and wide selection of drinks including brunch classics like mimosas and bloody Mary's. Service: No star. We waited for at least 15 minutes before flagging someone down to order. Once our awful food arrived, our server never checked on us, and we had to flag the manager down to pay. Ambiance: +1 star. Cute spot. Feels like a comfortable, welcoming diner. Other: No star. They charge a +$2 credit card fee? Unusual to have a fee, especially that amount at a restaurant. If we had been told we would have paid cash. read more

Papa's Place - "Avocado Toast" = An un-toasted slice of wonder bread with some avocado chunks, giant slices of undercooked onion, and a glob of sauce. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Morgan Hill, California

Love this place. Very old nostalgic vibe in the heart of Morgan Hill. Great breakfast, great service and pricing.

went there in July of last year and had a nice time there for breakfast- service was good and food was great too. stopped by again this january and decided it'd be my last time. place wasn't busy- it had around 3 couples there (ourselves included)- and service was slacking. i had ordered a toast with eggs and substituted the bacon for sausage and ordered a single side slice of pancake. i received bacon instead and our waitress didn't seem to care that our side dish never arrived. i understand mistakes happen but i saw and heard no excuse for it unfortunately. read more

Papa's Place - french toast 2egg 2 bacon joeys burger special - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Morgan Hill, California

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Went here on a Friday morning. We were greeted by the ladies in the counter and told us to seat any where we liked. They have large booths which is nice for a bigger party. The waitress where friendly and kind. The food was tasty. It had a lot of flavor! Planning to go back in the weekend to check out the wait times. I ordered the chorizo skillet. It was sizzling and delicious. The chilaquile plate tasted it was done with a homemade chile sauce. read more

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Our server used to live in Hawaii and named all the exact places she lived. It was awesome having her as our server since we were from Oahu too. She was excellent, the food was bomb and we even sang happy birthday for a 91 yr old loyal customer of theirs... Paul. Would definitely come here again! read more

This used to be where Just Breakfast was located. The reviews were good and decided to try this place out. Their menu has something for everyone. I chose the chilaquiles enchilada style with soft scrambled eggs and their red potatoes. My friend ordered the omelette with spinach and hashbrowns. Our food came rather fast, there were not a lot of people dining. The food was OK. My chilaquiles were a little dry so ordered a side of sauce. The potatoes were under cooked. My friend said her omelette was underwhelming. Is spinach wasn't fresh I had some type of a mix poured in between the layers of egg. I would go back and try something else, maybe pancakes or French toast. read more

It was nice, lots of food options. However we went on a colder day, and it was cold inside. I also had to send my meal back because everything that wasn't touching the plate directly, was cold. Top of eggs, biscuits and gravy all cold. Toast also arrived after the meal, cold butter not melted. read more

Food was great, however, do not go if you are in a hurry. Too long to take order, wait for food was long. Waitress all over the place. She did make Good recommendations but they definitely needed more help. Took over an hour from arriving to getting our meal. Cute family style restaurant read more

We stopped here on a whim as we were driving through the area. It is a homey, comfortable atmosphere, and the food was delicious! I had biscuits and gravy and they were fantastic. The biscuits were tender and doughy (how I like them). Sausage gravy was smooth and tasty. The bacon was also cooked very nicely. Service was good. I would definitely come back here- especially for the biscuits. read more

Papa's Place - Southern Breakfast. Biscuits and gravy - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Morgan Hill, California

Our first choice was beyond busy. Since we went on a Sunday afternoon, it was understandable. We used Yelp and found this place and decided to make the drive towards downtown Morgan Hill. When we got there, there was a closed building with the same address...damn, another victim of the CORONAVIRUS but it was next door. We ordered the country fried steak, the country fried steak skillet, chorizo omelette, chocolate chip waffles and southern breakfast. The chicken fried steak was very good, according to my wife. It was very tasty with a good amount of breading...plus, it came with an extra bowl of biscuit and gravy (which was very heavy). The chicken fried steak skillet was very good also. The fried steak was the same as my wife's but was placed on top of the potatoes, drowned in gravy with a sunny side eggs. Very, very filling and dense. My chorizo omelette lack flavor but they recommended their "famous" homemade salsa, which was very good. Since it was thick and had whole garlic, it was hard to squeeze out so I had to too open the top. The southern breakfast was the common eggs, bacon, hash brown...nothing spectacular to write about. The chocolate chip waffles was Da Bomb. The server got an extra order of the waffles from us...gaffed by the server. I thought she meant 2 stacks not 2 orders but it was very good, especially when it was drowned with syrup. I recommend them...with strawberry. Service was kinda okay but get use to having refills ignored unless you flag down your server. When we arrived, the counter lady told us to seat ourselves and the busboy was the most helpful. He was literally the server as well. It got busy fast and seem to outpace the 2 servers, who worked their butts off. The atmosphere of the restaurant was settled, kinda mellow. A lot of regulars were helpful, I needed to use the restroom and one customer told me the key was hanging on the wall. Thanks. They charged an extra $3.50 if you don't pay in cash. I used my debit card and noticed a $3.50 "cash discount". read more

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Food is delicious, selection of tasty dishes. Service is excellent and friendly. Oldies and old school music is almost always playing . read more

Homie, vibe, tasty food, and a kind waitress made for a pleasant dining experience. It was a nice spot to stop on our trip.

Seeing the great reviews but my experience wasn't so great, it was slow, only 2 people there and first, they didn't have one of the items on the menu (ok, no big deal). I'd never been there before and the waitress came and sat down at the table then I ordered a salad, it came after a lengthy amount of time and was very small compared to other local places for the price (17.00 or so) and the ranch was not good at all. They put an egg on it that was soft boiled (runny) on top of it and the chicken was hot (not so big of a problem but it just made the whole salad "hot". Then I saw the added charge on the receipt of 97 cents as an ATM fee. Overall, with tip, I ended up paying over 30.00 for a medium sized salad. I would much rather spend the same at Betsy's, just wasn't impressed at all. Maybe I should have ordered the breakfast everyone is raving about? read more

Long wait time, staff needs to be more professional. The food wasn't good and extremely expensive for what we ordered. First and last time I go there. I wouldn't recommend. For 4 people and one plate each our total was $97 for food that wasn't good. It also is extremely high for breakfast, insane. read more

They took forever to get my DoorDash order out to me. It took almost 1 hour. When I went to go ask for my food 40 mins in, they told me that I've been only waiting 5 mins. That was pretty rude for me being patient for that long. read more

Very weird vibe at this place. First The waiter kept hitting on my friend making her uncomfortable. Then the waitress looked over my friends shoulder to look at my friend's iPhone. I got there late but when I arrived the waiter continued to make my friend uncomfortable. More than anything we sat there for a min in a state of shock debating over the odd behavior, but once my friend got off the phone we saw a dead cockroach on the floor underneath our table. We left there immediately read more

Avocado toast left a lot to be desired. Rubbery, unripe avocado on barely toasted white bread. It appears to have some sort of seasoning on it but whatever it is, I can't taste it. I wouldn't spend $8 on it again. My husband brought it home for me, so I couldn't send it back. If I had eaten in the restaurant I probably would have returned it. read more

Papa's Place - Unripe rubbery avocado on barely toasted white bread. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Morgan Hill, California

I am such an optimist and, yet, I am writing this review. It's called Papa's place but felt more like the hateful place. :( We live near here so we walked. 1st time: The server was nice. It was super empty so she was attentive. Food was good, not excellent, just good. 2nd time: We ordered the same exact thing as the first time: French toast, eggs with bacon and sausage. The biggest difference was the service. The service was AWFUL. She brought us our food except this time it didn't look like the first time. I told her we had just been here the previous week and ordered the same thing, so why were we receiving a different plate of food. She confirmed our order, asked to see our menu, and showed me what we ordered on the menu. We told her we ordered that last time and it came differently, we asked if we could have what we were asking for, which was 2 sausages and 2 bacons. She told us we were wrong and the plate was correct. The audacity! She said it didn't come with the plate and we would have to pay extra. We told her yes, we will pay, we just want our food. We were hungry and just wanted to eat. She finally came back and rarely came to bring me coffee. When we called her over to bring my partner more OJ, she said no free refills. We told her, again, we want another, we don't care if we have to pay. So I went to tell the owner that we had just been in the previous week and the service was what brought us back, but this time the service was plain awful. She apologized. Finally, on Sunday we drove to Betsy's but it was sooo packed so we came here. Omg worst decision ever. The server was the same from the 2nd time. She is not attentive, the plate of food was cold and actually took a while to come out. Once again, she was not friendly and would disappear for quite some time. My cup was empty and could've used more coffee. I had asked for the French toast to come out first but, nope, it came out with the food. I finally asked for more coffee since she didn't take the initiative to come or ask if we wanted more OJ or coffee. When she came to bring me coffee, she rudely said," move your daughter or I'll spill coffee on her." I moved her high chair out of the way. She spilled coffee all over the me and didn't apologize; instead, she said, "oops" and walked away. She came back with napkins and never apologized. My partner was furious and said we should've waited the 30 min wait at Betsy's instead of being seated right away at Papa's. We got seated right away for a reason- it's not busy. The service is awful and the food is okay. My plate went from a nice portion to a sad portion and the prices went up, too. Now, we just wait at Betsy's. Never going back. They say 3rd times the charm but not here. Service: super casual, not at all professional. She literally showed us and read the menu to tell us how our plate of food was correct- that was rude. Food: Okay. Maybe it depends on the cook or the effort. Why would anyone go somewhere where they're not providing excellent customer service and the server likes to argue about the food. I thought they would improve, but sadly they got worse. read more

My Favorite Restaurant in Morgan Hill Papa's Place Great Food the waitresses are fun everyone singing Happy Birthday to customers it is really a nice read more

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Great breakfast! The service was great and we got our meal quickly. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who loves breakfast.

I saw this place had good reviews on yelp so I was hopeful that it would be a great new place to become regulars. The food was okay, nothing to write home about. The waitress might have been on one. She was acting a little strange, which wasn't intolerable. However when she brought the food out to our table first of all she was carrying too many plates but she was also rushing and the food flew off the plate on the table, my lap and the floor. She then picked it up and put it back on the plate. I was pretty shocked. Then she said just kidding and told me she would bring me new food. I'm not even sure she was totally joking. It was a very strange situation. My family left wondering how on earth this place had such good reviews. Overall this place was mediocre at best. My family will not be returning and I do not recommend this place. read more

Ordered avocado toast and on the menu it states it has grilled onions on it, well it arrived and wouldn't ya know, the worst "avocado toast" I've ever seen. I'm glad I paid 11$ for 2 pieces of white bread with half of an avocado sliced and NO ONIONS. Absolutely do not recommend this place at all, disappointed!! read more

Papa's Place - "Avocado toast" what a disappointment - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Morgan Hill, California

The Service, The food and the enviorment was great! The waitress was such a charm, our first time there and she brought us a sample of their award winning gravy because we could not decide on what to order and she was so helpful! The gravy was enough for me to order the Chicken fried steak Skillet! Man was this plate so good! Everyone was so friendly, and so sweet! I Absolutly will be coming back read more

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Quality and quantity are on point. The sever Kerri and Busman Jeff have the best positive engagement with everyone. Such a great place. read more

Papa's Place - a pan full of food - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Morgan Hill, California

Walking down the main street in Morgan Hill, I one day decided to check out Papa's Place & am so glad I did! Thanks to my server, Sonia (who was wonderful by the way) recommended the chorizo scramble & so glad I listened because it was delicious!! There were several options as to how I wanted to have it whether with hash browns, country potatoes or refried beans but what I loved is I could get 2 half orders to equal my 1 selection so that is what you see in my pic. The other thing that I appreciated was it came with two types of salsa including a delicious avocado salsa...normally in other places I seem to get more of pico de gallo style so when I saw that as a selection is was such a pleasant surprise & made my dish even tastier!! I found out this used to be Just Breakfast until the new Owner, Brandi Zavaleta opened Papa's Place earlier this year. She also told me the touching story behind her new place & am so grateful she shared the meaning behind the name and why you may feel so much fatherly love when you enter...Brandi & her dad were going to run this together as a team when he suddenly passed only 2 months after they signed the lease...I myself lost my dad years ago unexpectedly so when I heard her story, I felt somehow our dads helped connect us so we could hear each other's story & more importantly introduce me to this great breakfast/lunch place right in the heart of Morgan Hill...now after reading this you hopefully you will also want to go & see why it is so perfectly called Papa's Place read more

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With betsys being closed in the meantime I had to fill that Chile verde craving somehow and San Martin cafe usually does it but I wasn't up to drive I wanted something close something also local and Papas place came up. The reviews gave me hope. Once there it has the mom and pop atmosphere and the staff is friendly but the the Chile verde made me want to cry. My tears would have had more spice than the Chile Verde. The pork was well cooked but the sauce is what makes the dish and it being watery is not the problem but the lack of flavor does it a disservice and having it be one of the most expensive if not the most expensive dish I felt a bit betrayed. Luckily the beans were well seasoned and that helped me through the dish but this has hurt me on an emotional level. Spare yourself the price and order a different item on the menu. read more

Papa's Place - Chile Verde, retried beans hash browns and sunny side up eggs - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Morgan Hill, California

Went here based upon the high reviews. Unfortunately, we were sadly underwhelmed by the whole experience. We should have known it was going to be a poor experience when we walked in and were the only customers. Although they greeted us promptly and were reasonably friendly, staff had a pretty lackadaisical attitude. They were more interested in chatting with their friends and other staff than waiting on us. Our order came out in relatively short order. However, the food was passable at best. I would give this restaurant a hard pass if I were you. read more