A deeply comfortable and low-key family restaurant that is not a chain! This is the sort of business that a person that feels completely at home in. Healthy and reasonably priced food options pair perfectly with a spacious hometown feel. This is the perfect place to have a late night conversation over dessert, or enjoy some lunch as you get a thing or two done for your work day at the same time. The staff and management are sincere conscientious and pleasant. read more

I would like to go 3.5 stars for stars restaurant. At Stars you get slightly upscale diner atmosphere, better than diner food and prices at the high range of diner prices (slightly higher than say Denny's but so much better) and better than diner service. If I were in Ukiah again I would definitely go here over chay-chay-chain diners. Support the local business. read more

What a nice surprise! We like a weekend breakfast out occasionally, and we run out of places to try here. Plus, have not found a favorite yet. So John had been here with a colleague for lunch & thought it was worth trying for breakfast. You see my reservations about the restaurant verges on the snooty. The location. Adjacent to an EZ check cashing outlet, next door to a Chevron station and in the Orchard Street shopping center across from a Sears appliance store. You may get the picture... it's not an idyllic setting. And it's pretty basic looking... rectangular kind of cinder block-ish looking with window walls. I'm game for trying almost anything new! Why not? Walked into a very nice interior-- spacious, airy, clean & bright, with many booths & tables. We were seated , coffee mugs & menus in our hands right away. Good start. As the other reviewer, Alex L. stated [& it's very apparent,] the wait staff is friendly, nice sincere greetings & smiles-- and very cute!! Had to point it out to John.... he doesn't seem to notice attractive people, or he's very discreet about it, haven't decided. The offerings are pretty standard fare... one of the favorite breakfast items in this area is biscuits & sausage gravy, and it's on every local menu. Someday I'll try it when I'm past the point of worrying about heart problems. I wanted to go for the Belgian waffle[ with eggs & bacon], but at almost $10, [and you can make one, for what $.75]... decided on one of my favs... corned beef hash, eggs & hashbrowns. it was cooked to perfecton... crispy, non-greasy, HOT and very tasty. I was a very happy patron. Coffee was good with numerous refills too. Don't know if I will be trying their dinner, but lunch might be worth a try... they have interesting offerings. I also read that they will do take out orders also & give you curb side delivery. I think I may try that! read more

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Decent place for dinner, extensive menu, I recommend sticking with the basics as a menu this large must be difficult to execute. Tonight I went with the ribeye special. The meat was cooked perfectly, well seasoned. The garlic Texas toast was soft and toasty good. The tomatoes in the salad had been either cut to long ago or had been frozen at some point and was breaking down. There was no vegetable included and could have swapped out the starch for broccoli, but that came with a hefty up charge. So I passed. Clean restaurant. Very Denny's style but food is a definite step up. Waitress was friendly, but not quite in her game. read more

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Great food, clean restaurants, nice restrooms, good service, lots of parking , close to cvs

This place is great. The food was perfectly cooked, and the service was excellent. I ordered a breakfast burrito-sans meat- and fruit. The burrito was crispy outside and just the right softness inside. The filling was a perfect balance of scrambled eggs, hash browns, and avocado. The creamy avocado slices played off the crispy hash browns. Yum! And it was served with REAL fruit, not some lame mix. My spouse had an omelet that was packed with fresh spinach, crispy hash browns, and an English muffin. All were declared delicious and cooked just right. We will definitely be back! read more

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If I could give MORE Stars for this restaurant ? I would ! EXCELLENT service and food! We ordered The Tuna Melt , it was SO good! The Avocado Egg Rolls.......... That experience was literal Food Ecstasy ! The menu is loaded with wonderful food choices for everyone! Vegetarian choices are exceptionally good; outstanding. read more

The service is prompt and friendly, keeping the coffee cup filled. I enjoyed the breakfast burrito which was accompanied by a generous side of fresh fruit. The burrito was delicious - bacon perfectly cooked and included avocado, nicely wrapped and cut in half to show off the fine ingredients. I noticed another patron had the steak and eggs which looked fantastic, so I'll try that on my next breakfast run there. read more

The service was horrible. Me my sister and my brother ordered the same thing but my brother ordered it a little bit different and she was like so it is different. She was just really rude and they took very long to take our order. NEVER will I EVER come back to this place AGAIN read more

Ordered potato skins + a lot of other food from them on door dash. No ranch was put given to us. We hop in our car and drive down to ask about our ranch, lady says you have to chose ranch or sour cream from door dash menu, (we were given neither btw) take her word for it, she stingily gives us one small side of ranch for 8 large potato skins. We leave and go buy a bottle from store adjacent to them. Get home check door dash menu, realize she was full of sh*t. There is no menu to chose ranch or sour cream and any menu I can pull up says it's served with ranch. Foods average, now being cold since our trip to retrieve ranch. MAKE SURE YOU SPECIAL ORDER EVERYTHING THATS SUPPOSED TO ALREADY COME ON THE SIDE, OR THEY WILL SCREW YOU OVER. read more

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My friend and I came here for dessert and I was astounded by how huge my slice of chocolate cake was. I ended up taking half home. The place puts umbrellas in everything. Service was not the greatest. Our original server took our orders and some time later told us her shift was over and that another server was going to help us. By then some more people came in and there only seemed to be one person taking orders so it took forever for us to get a takeout box and our check. read more

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The food is really good. Portion size is plenty. Their breakfast selection is great. I love a place that you can order breakfast at anytime

We are visiting Ukiah and found Stars on Yelp, and so glad we did. I had spaghetti, which was excellent. After being on the road for so long, it was nice to have a meal that was fantastic in every way. Hubby had the Cobb wrap and potato salad. It was massive and he said it was delish. We may bow back tonight! read more

Stopped at Stars while traveling to San Francisco go lunch. Had the steak sandwich and my wife had the fried chicken, the food was great and the service was exceptional. I recommend Stars. read more

Stars has changed a lot over the years. From the girls only wearing skimpy bottoms to different management. The food isn't like amazing but it's always been pretty good. Recently it has gotten better. They increased their prices and the quality has gone up to make up for it! The wait staff and management have always been nice and accomidating. Really enjoy the atmosphere! read more

Restaurant was nice and clean. Hostess and waitress were really nice and the food was great. We had steaks w/shrimp. Salad that came w/the meal was delicious. Kids enjoyed their food too. Will definitely return and recommend Stars! read more

I know prices are going up but quality is unacceptable I ordered a hamburger ... do you ever go into a place that has food on display but it's not for eating... well they were short handed pretty sure my burger came from a display... it was cold bun was hard as a rock it was bun cold hard burger one piece it f tomato... most disgusting thing ... I try to give places consideration for everything going on but I should have called the health department read more

I've always liked the food here, the service is always quick and friendly, it's the staple of a quality diner Today my gf and I ordered through door dash, and door dash took a little extra bit of time to get to the food; it wasn't the worst experience but I have to say that I called the restaurant to check on the order and I talked with Danny, who I confirmed is the General Manager Danny went above and beyond to track my order and communicate with the door dash employee with so much patience and kindness, it can be hard to start your day hungry but when you have someone that goes so much out of their way to accommodate your needs it makes a world of difference. Stars has always been consistent and I will now make sure to go directly through the diner and say hey to Danny every chance I get. Way to make a rough start into a positive experience, thank you Stars and especially Danny read more

We had been going here well before the pandemic.....was always good, food and service and very affordable. Now it's still great with the service and food but the prices have gone way up.....used to get breakfast for 2 for around 25-30.....now it's like close to 50 +.....and lunch was over 60 !!! We used to get lunch for 25-30.....now instead of going there 1 -2 x's a week, we just won't go anymore. The elderly population will stop going there because it's not affordable anymore.....such a shame. Guess they didn't get there covid money. We will miss the staff, sadly. read more

It was not our 1,2,3 even 4th choice but WOW!! THE MOST AMAZING FOOD!! We even rolled in at 9:15pm on a Thursday. Had the Avocado egg rolls This southern Californian approved!! Then the eggplant pesto!! F*@k me!! Seriously best food of our month long vacation so far! Our waitress was a doll!! read more

Always a good experience! The cucumber hummus bites and the citrus salad are to die for.

We got takeout of the pasta a la diana for $18 and reuben for $16. Both were 4 stars. Hits the spot.

I actually haven't eaten here in a couple years so was happy to find that they updated their menus. I got the bacon pepper jack burger and it was quite yummy. read more

After eating at a casual dining chain restaurant the night before (with unappealing food and bad help as a result), I desperately sought a place where the servers were friendlier, the service more personal, and the food was far superior - this is exactly what I received at Stars. The diner was rather quiet that night which I did not mind and actually preferred. I found the location to be calm, the décor to be inviting, unique, and pleasant, the menu to offer a wide variety of enjoyable foods, and the service to be very friendly. I ordered the French Toast Special with bacon and it was prepared perfectly. I enjoyed every last bite (and this is coming from a very picky eater - so trust me when I say that the food was exceedingly tasty). I do not live in the area, but I am glad to know that when I do visit I can rely on a place that provides both great food and service. I would definitely recommend Stars to others. read more

Good as it gets for diner food. The french dip had well seasoned beef and tasty fries. Sounds simple but it's amazing how many people can mess up french dip. Thumbs up to Stars for getting it right. The Apple Pie Overload is big enough to be a meal by itself. Molten caramel over apple pie covered in 4 scoops of vanilla ice cream and what must be a pint of fresh whipped cream. And, of course, the waitresses. Amanda is cute and very attentive. She had my ice tea filled before I finished and was always stopping by with a smile. Coincidentally all the other waitresses were attractive as well. Nice bonus in addition to the great food. read more

I've never had a bad experience stick in my head for so long. I asked for a recommendation, the manager said "The Pasta is better than Italian Restaurants" and recommended an overpriced Pasta Dish. The Pasta was SUPER overcooked and lacked flavor, they obviously didn't salt the water or the pasta. The portion size was enormous. If you'd like to fill yourself up until you burst at the seams, you might as well buy a $10 bag of dogfood, it will be a lot cheaper and just might taste better. Do not waste your money here. read more

I took my mom here Monday night (8/18/2014) around 8pm. We both had minestrone soup which was good. The mushroom Swiss burger I had wasn't that great, seemed expensive. My mom had open faced roast beef which was ok. But for $31 we could have gone someplace better for the money. What really angered me was how the manager treated us when we went to pay for our meal. My mom asked about the senior discount (she is 78) and he seemed a bit offended. He didn't like when I asked how much it was (10%). He pointed at our receipt "that's for HER part not yours..." Ok, were we offending him by asking about it? Don't get angry at a customer and talk down to them when they ask questions, if there's a problem with a senior discount then don't offer one. Also, I was really upset that he was talking to my mom like she was a stupid idiot. This is unacceptable. He was impatient waiting for her to give him the right amount of change due. I won't be going back there with my mom again. We've been regular customers but don't plan to be anymore. I'd rather go somewhere where older patrons are treated with more respect. read more

Went to Stars with some family members. The staff was actually pretty nice and was communicating with everyone waiting to be seated (we were there on a Sunday, after church time). After we were seated it took the waitress awhile to take out order, when she did she asked everyone else at the table what they wanted to drink but ignored me...thanks... Our food took awhile, but again it was during a busy time and many guests were starting to leave anyway. I noticed my family members were low on their coffee, the waitress NEVER refilled their drinks and she NEVER came up to our table until delivering the food...the thing is that we saw her attending to other tables but just didn't come up to us. The food itself wasn't too bad but it's pretty overpriced. All in all, I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone. read more

This place was so good that we actually went out of our way to eat here 3 times on our trip to/from LLW! Stopped here for lunch with friends just to waste time, as we got up to Ukiah a bit early and, well, the folks at LLW werent gonna feed us until dinner anyway. Stopped here blindly because it was called a "family" restaurant (LOL), translate to "diner" food... and well, kill me; we love diner food. Anyway, wasnt expecting much more than basic food choices from a "greasy spoon" sort of place. We were greeted immediately by a cute, young hostess, sat right away and had our waitress introduced to us. Nice touch. Actually, everything about the place is a nice touch. Right down to the silly little crepe paper fruit decorations on the top of the toothpicks they put through the sandwiches and the little toothpick umbrellas they stick in the fruit that's bobbing out of the iced tea. Yeah, they are serious about their toothpicks here. But it's very cute. In 3 visits, havent found a bad item yet. and their fruit salad... OMG. It's actual FRUIT! not just some little chopped up pieces of pectin tossed by the wayside, but honest to goodness (oh, so good) whole fruit wedges (not just little pieces or chunks) of melon, apple, orange... total yum! Will definitely be back on future trips "up north" read more

Food was great and prices reasonable. Great service! I would eat here again. The only reason they didn't get 5 stars is that it was a little dirty inside. If they clean the place up a bit would be better but they are very busy so I kind of understand. read more

Well long story short, we were on a road trip for my birthday and on the way back home we were going to eat at Olive Garden for my birthday dinner... but our rental car breaks down 2 hours away from the restaurant, so we had to find a place to eat close by which was this place. I was disappointed at first because I really wanted Olive Garden but once I got my food it smelled so good I couldn't stop eating it. I ordered their breakfast burrito and caesar salad. I'm sad that we don't live close enough so I can eat at this restaurant more often. It would be nice to try more things on their menu. Oh also the staff sang happy birthday to me while they gave me a birthday sundae with a candle in it. Great place! It is right by Denny's but has way better food. :) read more

The mashed potatoes are so freakin delicious I loved them so much idk what else to say hands down an amazing restaurant.

Awesome! Alejandra our server was amazing. Food was so delicious and well served. Best experience on our Redwood trip.

I went to STARS today for lunch with my wife. We got a table quickly, even though it was busy. I ordered a corned beef sandwich. When it got there it looked a little dry. The corned beef was like leather. I almost choked to death trying to eat it. I think it was sitting under a heat lamp for hours. I don't even know if it was cooked that day. I complained to the manager. They assured me they cooked it fresh, even though it was clearly dry as the Sahara desert. Another manager came over and repeated that everyone loved the corned beef and it was a local favorite. I told him it was disgusting. He said something about having to keep the temperature at a certain point. I felt like I was being lectured. All restaurants have to deal with the same thing. They gave me five bucks off. I was born and raised in this town. I would avoid this place. The food is over priced and the management is pretentious as hell. If you want to choke to death on old corned beef while getting a lecture on food preparation, go ahead. I would suggest the Denny's next door. The service is better and the food is about the same. As for me, I'm never going here again. read more

My wife and I love love love this place! They're menu is huge and we've yet to order something that wasn't amazing. Plus they serve breakfast all day, how can you beat that? From the hash browns to the milkshakes this place rocks. We've eaten there a handful of times and the service has been welcoming and wonderful! L read more

I must say that I am so very happy to have finally eaten at this place. I've been living in Ukiah for over two years and always defaulted to Applebee's. After messing up my order twice in a row, I decided it was time to branch out. I'd heard about Stars from a few elderly people while waiting for a light at a crosswalk and decided to try it out. In my opinon, you can judge a diner by its burgers and Stars nailed it. The meat was not greasy at all, perfectly cooked, and actually tasted like meat. The bun was fresh and proportionate to the patty. The fries were on point. Service was awesome. Even the manager took the time to talk to us. Their Sierra Mist didn't even taste like tap water, like at most places. I am thoroughly pleased with Stars and it is now my go-to place. read more

Very disappointing. My hummus chicken wrap was hot like crispy tortilla hot, the coleslaw was hot on top and cool on the inside...too long under the heat lamp...but why? It's supposed to be cold. The potato salad on my husband's plate was also warm and sandwich was just ok. The waitress forgot our gumbo..but we didn't remind her...we just wanted to leave. Very expensive for what you get. We should have gone to Denny's and I don't even like Denny's. read more

Sorry excuse for a restaurant - looks like they copied all the menus from different restaurants around the entire state of California (no joke) and offered it all on their menu. It would be good if any of it actually tasted good but the food was bleh. I'd rather go to a restaurant that offers less items but the quality and taste is there. I'd only come back if I had a coupon or maybe it was a freebie or something but there are other restaurants with better quality food. I noticed that my last review on this place was hidden or deleted. ? read more

Simple place to stop and eat. Menu is a little overwhelming and felt like it never ended. Went for a classic and got a club. Met all my expectations and was speedy. The staff there talked amongst themselfs across the restaurant in spanish. So that was a little annoying. read more

I came here on my spring break trip, and it was delightful. The food was awesome and the service was amazing. The employees asked questions that weren't to personal but just enough to be friendly. They definitely made my family's day. read more