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    Robin's Nest Cafe

    4.5 (27 reviews)
    InexpensiveCafes, American
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    Robin's Nest Cafe - Milkshake! - Cafes Near Me - Fredericksburg, Virginia
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    Robin's Nest Cafe - Best grilled cheese ever!! - Cafes Near Me - Fredericksburg, Virginia
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    Robin's Nest Cafe - Watching a plane land from the outdoor dining patio - Cafes Near Me - Fredericksburg, Virginia
    Robin's Nest Cafe - Can watch the flight line but don't enter! - Cafes Near Me - Fredericksburg, Virginia
    Robin's Nest Cafe - Cafes Near Me - Fredericksburg, Virginia
    Robin's Nest Cafe - Great root beer floats! - Cafes Near Me - Fredericksburg, Virginia

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    Robin's Nest Cafe - Runway at Shannon Airport - Cafes Near Me - Fredericksburg, Virginia

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    ROBIN'S NEST CAFE ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Good for groups
    Outdoor seating

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    Runway at Shannon Airport
    D. G.

    Cute little diner next to the runway. Good diner style food. Fantastic burger, blt and chili fries! Service is very attentive and super friendly! Will definitely be going back to check out museum and maybe do a little plane watching on a nice day.

    Best grilled cheese ever!!
    Scott C.

    One of my favorites!! Great food, great service!!! Awesome '50s vibe and it's located right on the runway at Shannon Airport for great sites as well!!

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    Gene P.

    What a great place for nostalgia ... love the retro look with comfort snacks that bring back memories - tots, fries, onion rings, shakes, and root beer floats tasted delicious as we watched the planes land and take off Friendly service added to the great experience. Fun place to take the grand kids!

    Great root beer floats!

    Retro diner where one can see planes taking off and landing while sipping a root beer float! A cool hidden gem in Fredericksburg! Our burgers & wraps were delicious. Reasonably priced. Great friendly & attentive service from the staff. Nice outdoor patio and great AC indoors. We shall definitely be returning to this wonderful cafe at a historic airport !

    Cheeseburger!!!
    J.B. B.

    My favorite airport diner! Always a hit: Cheeseburger + Chocolate Milkshake. Hang out on the porch, watch planes go by. Go to the museum. Awesome place to introduce kids and those who are kids at heart to aviation. :)

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    Kristen S.

    Soooo amazing for adults and kids. Definitely come hungry and get lunch while you enjoy watching biplanes. There is also museum to tour and a gift shop. So awesome, will definitely be back. Not to to loud either for the kids. Limited seating on their patio but if you wanted to even sit inside you'd have a great seat there too!

    BLT on wheat with chips
    Angelina M.

    Unexpected little gem. Great speedy and friendly! From the outside it can appear bland, however on the inside it is 1950's adorable. The menu is pretty basic like family-diner, however the taste was above expectations and the service was speedy. They have trains passing and airplanes, a museum as well so you can make a small day event out of it. Love it!

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    4 months ago

    Love this place server was super nice & food was great milk shake was awesome music was fun and 50's

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    Staff were friendly, service was quick, food was good. Watching the planes land was fun as well!

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    Melanie S.

    Thank you for the amazing review! We really appreciate it!

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    Thank you for coming in, and for the great pictures!

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    Thank you for your review! We really appreciate it!

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    Thank you for stopping by the Nest!

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    9 years ago

    Great place for a quick breakfast with your children. Awesome eating & watching the airplanes take off & land.

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    Melanie S.

    Thanks for the feedback!

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    8 years ago

    Food quality has gone down hill. Very disappointing. Atmosphere not like it used to be. Prices way too high.

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    I really like the ambience at Locavore The service was excellent. The server, Victoria was very…read moreattentive. My friend had the Tuna dish and said it was delicious. I had a bite and confirmed it. I had the leg of lamb in a saffron and garbanzo bean sauce. The sauce was absolutely delicious. The sauce itself would make a wonderful soup dish. The leg of lamb, unfortunately, was rather bland in taste. It was okay, but didn't convey the flavor of the sauce. Still, I will go back because other items on the menu looked so good. Next time I will try the rooftop bar.

    We came in as a family of 3 for brunch on a Saturday soon after they opened. The place is quaint…read moreand nicely setup/decorated. The brunch menu has a nice assortment of delicious items to choose from. They also have a full brunch cocktail list (Bloody Mary, Mimosa, etc). I was interested in a Bloody Mary, but service seemed to be a little amiss while we were there as the bartender wasn't there and the server wasn't able to tell us about the Bloody Mary (do they make their own mix, description, etc), so we just opted for water with brunch. The brunch items we got were all amazing! Their sausage gravy is made with chorizo, which adds a very nice, smokey touch to the typical biscuits and gravy and it came out with a pair of perfectly poached eggs. Their burger was beautiful and perfectly made and the beef was a very tasty, nice blend. The buns was incredible! Their fried chicken sandwich was excellent as well. Great batter, tender and moist chicken, and the toppings were great too. French fries were piping hot and flavorful too. So, the food was great, but the service was amiss. Would we return? Most definitely! I just mark up these services issues to having freshly opened for the day and maybe being a little short staffed. Hopefully the next visit would hit on all cylinders.

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    3.9(58 reviews)
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    As someone who hasn't been to breakfast in the longest time, THIS HIT THE SPOT! Michelle was giving…read moreus the best recommendations and great service, the blueberry lemon cornbread was TO DIE FOR!

    Greeted at entrance and held door open for us (I'm on a Rollator so very pleasant experience upon…read morearrival that I rarely experience.) Seated quickly and server was there in under one minute and gave us a bottomless pot of coffee and brought Splenda (which is not on table.). My wife ordered avocado tacos and said they were excellent. Her grits were excellent! My food however was not great. Ordered beef hash and eggs. I really wanted corned beef hash but not on menu. Beef chunks, what few there were, were actually cold as in right out of refrigerator cold while all the other ingredients were just right so it's like they tossed them in at last minute with no time to warm up! Overall it was very heavily seasoned and after a few bites I lost my appetite. Way too salty too. Again the grits I ordered on side were excellent. I took 3/4 of my meal home to try to eat later and perhaps add some corned beef hash to but haven't had the desire to finish yet after two days so likely I won't eat it. Something about the seasoning and overly salted that didn't sit well with me. Overall this is a very pleasant upscale restaurant but there are zero bargains on menu ($54 with tip for 2 people for breakfast = very high IMHO.) Music was a bit loud as we were almost directly under and between two speakers. Could just be me but I can't see any need for high volume music in such a nice restaurant. Perhaps when it's busy it helps with the overall din? Checkout was super easy with QR code but I dislike the 18% low end suggested gratuity. Let me decide. I know there is a customized tip capability but 15 vs 20 should suffice. Less for poor service which I doubt you will get at First Watch. However I cannot ever recall in my 76 years tipping any server more than 20%. Overall the food selection is fairly non-traditional and limited. 1 pancake is $9. Seriously WHO orders just one pancake? If one goes to Cracker Barrel you can get 3 pancakes, a meat and two eggs for a buck more. And delicious. This place is definitely more upscale but honestly it's about the food, right? I prefer good tasting food vs upscale so likely we won't return (but man those yellow grits with a big scoop of butter on top were delicious - better than Cracker Barrel for sure!). If I should ever return I'm ordering two sides of grits (or a big bowl) and that's it! Out for under $8 + coffee. Not sure how this chain will survive but if I were the operations manager I'd find a few menu items to sprinkle in that appeal to us tightwads, with hope some will order the higher priced offerings. A very basic pancakes, eggs and meat for ~$10 would get my attention. Almost all their menu items were in the $14-16 range which is like dining in the big city. Too much for Fredericksburg I'm afraid. It's not that we can't afford First Watch, it's that First Watch's (2 of them) are out of their element here. I wish 'em luck but fear, like the past tenants in that building, they won't make it unless they can find a menu that packs people in 7 days a week. There were probably only 4 tables occupied during our Tuesday at 11am visit. My father owned/managed several restaurants growing up and he always said you can put a restaurant in a barn in a cornfield 20 miles from no where but if the food is excellent and price is fair the public will beat a path to your door every day! He was right.

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    THE BEIGNETS!! I don't even remember what else I ordered for brunch because the beignets were a…read moredream. Crispy outside, delicious, doughy inside. Cooked so perfectly. An order comes with six. Three are covered in powdered sugar and the other three are cinnamon. The cappuccino was a little small but great quality. I loved our waitress. She was fun and attentive. The restaurant has a really cool vibe with the bank vault inside. I'd highly recommend and will be coming back again!

    4/13/2025: We didn't know we needed reservations, so we were…read moreoffered outaide, but it was too chilly (49*). Luckily there were a couple seats at the bar. Our bartender/server was Lashone and she was funny, fast and friendly! She was pouring drinks for the ENTIRE restaurant and didn't miss a beat!! The breakfast menu is small but everything sounded fantastic. I chose the Steak Tacos; my husband chose the brie and bacon frittata (added by the chef since the quiche was sold out. Steak tacos were delicious (see pic). Menu said they had steak, cheesy scrambled eggs, tomato salsa, breakfast potatoes and cilantro. I didn't see or taste any potatoes, but the tacos were still delicious! I'd only recommend draining the salsa through a sieve because of the excess juice affecting the integrity of the tortilla. My husband's frittata was awful. The eggs were dry; he compared them to "eggs at the bottom of the warming tray at a cheap breakfast buffet." The chef also served a side salad alongside. My husband asked about subbing potatoes and Ms. Lashone made it happen. She was the star of our brunch: drinks were delicious, the conversational quips were quick and funny. She was attentive without being intrusive and made sure we felt welcomed and taken care of. 5 stars for her and my food; 1 for the frittata. I don't want to average it and tank the rating. We'll be back soon to see Lashone!

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