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    The Kafana

    4.3 (56 reviews)
    Closed 7:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Casual
    Dogs allowed
    Good for groups

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    The fantastic desert

    The food was simply amazing! We had Cajun Shrimp with Linguine. The dinner salad was better than most. The main course made you want to lick the plate. The cake with blueberries and raspberries, a lemon marscapone filling absolutely delicious. Service was great! The only negative was the intrusion of smoke from the casino. Maybe that will be resolved in the massive remodel happening now.

    Battered and deep fried Monte Cristo sandwich.
    Robbie R.

    This is a review for the Kafana restaurant ... strange name, I have no idea where it's from. A lot of the restaurant food reviews end up on the Bordertown Casino listing, so I'll post on both. I'm traveling south down the 395 from Susanville and I hit the Nevada border. I've heard about this Monte Cristo Sandwich they have here at the Kalafa Restaurant here inside the Bordertown Casino. I'm always on the lookout for a good properly done Monte Cristo, and that means battered and deep fried after the sandwich is assembled, too many places skip the deep frying and just give you toast. Exit off the freeway is easy and we pull into the Casino. Parking isn't bad and the restrooms are right as you enter, so that's convenient. We're seated in a nice cozy booth. Looking over the menu I see the Monte Cristo described as a ham, turkey, & Swiss cheese sandwich battered & deep fried - ($13.99). It comes with choice of potato, fries or, hash browns. We both order the Monte Cristo sandwich with hashbrowns. The food arrives quickly, but the first thing I notice is the hash browns are a little pale and not very browned. I guess that's how they do them here, so if you want more crispy golden brown you have to ask. Mine got sent back to get more cooked. After my hashbrowns were browned more , they were crispy and tasty. The sandwich comes with this strawberry syrup stuff that's way super tasty. The batter is pretty thick on this version of the Monte Cristo and you need to use a fork and knife, instead of just picking the thing up with your hands. I'll say, it's is one of the better versions I've had. Good filling of ham and turkey with Swiss cheese melted inside. The batter is a bit too thick for my liking, but I still enjoyed my sandwich. In fact it's so filling, that I took half the sandwich to go in a box. In my pics, the batter is so thick , it's hard to tell that's a sandwich under that deep fried batter. The food and service seem pretty good here at Bordertown, and I'd stop in here again on my travels up and down the 395.

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    Myrna S.

    We headed to The Kafana Cafe, located inside Bordertown to have breakfast/lunch. When we arrived, the restaurant was fairly crowded but the hostess managed to find a booth for our party of four. One of our two servers: Katrina soon appeared to take our drink orders and informed us that our server, Rachel will be by to take our food orders, and Rachel appeared soon after. Our entrees arrived in timely manner and most of it was devoured with relish because all the food was expertly prepared: well seasoned and cooked to perfection. Our two servers Rachel and Katrina checked in on our party frequently and earnestly asked if we needed anything. Their professionalism and genuine friendliness almost moved me to tears because I didn't think this quality of customer service still existed. A very heartfelt kudos to these two ladies, they are an exemplary example of wonderful customer service that keeps people like me patronizing business like this who makes our business and customers like us feel appreciated. Thank you ladies for proudly providing awesome customer service!

    Double up breakfast.

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    The breakfast here is amazing!! We eat at border town often. The food is consistently good and the service is top notch.

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