Found this place while having my car serviced down the street. Indoor and outdoor dining available. Good menu selection. Bf ordered the sausage burrito and it was huge. I ordered the chicken strips and waffles and it was a lot of food!! I barely ate half the waffle, and one chicken strip. Best thing is the food is made to order. Fresh and hot. Service was fast and friendly. I definitely want to go back! read more

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This was a favorite of mine but after being refused to be seated in a booth because it is for 6 not 4...really? How stengie is that? But totally ok, for a man to be sitting on a booth by himself to talk to another woman across, he was completely done but could not be asked to move so we could be seated. I am not coming here no more if they value in the wrong area. They lost a group of 4 for the non existence of 6. No common sense. read more

I am recommending this place because of good customer services and also delicious food. My dinner was a sizzling chicken fajita which came like a meal with rice and beans. I noticed that most of the people had their reviews about Brandon's Diner on Google and that's why their rating on Yelp is not fair right now but trust me they are good. read more

Brandon’s Diner - My awesome dinner - Tacos Near Me - Riverside, California

Amazing flavor, quick service, inviting customer service, good portions, cost efficient, and the extra touches that will bring us back again! If you haven't been here yet-- you won't be disappointed. read more

Brandon’s Diner - Chicken fried steak, veggie skillet, hot cocoa/coffee - Tacos Near Me - Riverside, California

I arrived on Monday at 8:45 and was seated immediately. Had a cheerful greeting from two of the waitresses, and a cup of hot coffee within two minutes. Blanca served me again and she was cheerful upbeat and a big smile on her face. The food arrived within five minutes was hot and tasty. The ambience is like an old time diner, but cleaner than I remember . The music played at a low volume and three television were on. It was a good experience and I will certainly return. read more

Ain't here last week eating here this week awesome service awesome foods always good and warm. And the syrup is always warm. read more

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The staff is very slow. We were sat down at our table and we got our drinks right away. The host was great, unfortunately, I can not say the same about the waitress. We saw the waitress 6 times, not once did she ask to take our order. She came outside to refill drinks for a party that was already eating. They were really quick about getting others seated.shortly after took order at other table that arrived after us. When she finally asked to take our order. I kindly asked for the check to pay for our drinks. She asked why. I explained we have been sitting here for over 35 mins. She said let me find out why. I again politely said, please bring us our check. read more

I probably end up here a couple of times a month. It's good for a family meal or hanging out with friends. Always good food and good value. Yesterday, we had two entrees and the total was less than $30. I think we've tried everything from breakfast to the Mexican food. We've never had to wait, but we don't usually get there at peak times. This is on the list of places to take my grandson and any visitor to town who wants solid diner food. read more

The wait for this place is crazy, they have a bunch of empty tables and no one checking the sign in sheet.. Some people just got up and left read more

Chile Relleno Burrito. BE WARNED, they do not cut off the stem of the Chile before putting it in the flour tortilla. I asked the waitress to ask the cook to remove the stem before using for a burrito. Her statement was that the cheese would leak out. I pointed out, that it's sitting on a flour tortilla. Later I thought, oh and the part you cut to stuff it with cheese will leak too. CUT UP THAT BURRITO BEFORE YOU EAT IT. read more

The service was not good. We ordered an omelette and asked for spinach, that clearly didn't have spinach. My Chilaquiles were basically nachos, since it was tortilla chips with a nasty/sour green sauce that was poured over it. Not a traditional way of making chilaquiles. When I let our server know, he said that "people complain that the chips are too soggy", instead only offering to bring more salsa. As far as the service, we were completely ignored. The server helping the other table just had attitude all over her face. Never once offered us water or coffee, when she passed with both pitchers multiple times. Our server only came out twice and didn't offer a water refill until he brought over the check. I had to ask one of bussers for a coffee refill! HORRIBLE FOOD AND SERVICE! This place is overated and wasn't worth the 40 minute wait. read more

Food is good. Servers are really nice & friendly. Clean dining area and newly remodeled. read more

Brandon’s Diner - Yummy cheesy chili cheese fries - Tacos Near Me - Riverside, California

We were served old, moldy, brown edged lettuce salads to start off our lunch. By the man in the blue shirt behind the counter. My husband said he was the Manager. The waitress said she couldn't believe he actually served us the salads. So she made us new salads from a fresh bag. And put cucumbers and tomatoes on top with croutons. Husbands hamburger was okay, he said. My Albondigas soup consisted of 4 meatballs, a few carrot slices, and a little piece of a potato. No zucchini or cabbage or onion. Absolutely flavor less!! It was like tomato soup with meatballs. When I had this soup at the Indiana location, it was delicious and full of onion, zucchini, carrot, potato and a few meatballs. We're sticking with the Indiana/Tyler location. Service there is great and food is consistently delicious! Magnolia location is nice inside and outside. Wish the food was good too. read more

Recommend the menudo. It's not on the menu but quite delicious, hit the spot especially after a hangover read more

Brandon’s Diner - Mexican Breakfast - Tacos Near Me - Riverside, California

First time here. Was highly recommended by a friend. The environment is very nice. Clean restrooms. Tables and floors are clean as well. Not a very big place but well set up. Pleasant staff. Food was delicious!! Very diverse menu. Definitely worth a visit. I will be back next time I'm in the neighborhood read more

Food was okay. Service was okay. The only thing that threw me off was the lipstick on my coffee cup. Probably won't be coming back! read more

Brandon’s Diner - Lipstick on a cup I got and I wasn't wearing lipstick - Tacos Near Me - Riverside, California

Waiter was horrible today 10/24/21 @1:00pm she had an attitude didn't get her name but had a nose piercing like two of them. I normally would have overlooked the. Bad service hoping the food would have made up for it but nope.... Ordered breakfast in which pancakes came out hard and toasty, I've never had toasty pancakes just weird . My sons burger came out burnt and wife's huevos arriba con caballo came out bad as well sauce was not the real deal. Place was packed so I figured it had to be good right? No, sad to say Denny's tops this place hands down! Management needs to fix this asap. read more

I've been coming to this for years I never been disappointed big portions I love this place first service sometimes it's too busy is it's worthy to wait read more

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It is very rare that I give one star ratings, but honestly this place deserves it. I normally steer clear of Brandon's because I just don't find the food good at all and I've had horrible service in the past at the other location. When my mom recently suggested this Brandons for breakfast, I decided to just give them another try thinking it would be better than the one on Indiana. It wasn't busy at all inside when we arrived so thankfully, we were sat fairly quickly. Our server came and took our order and shortly after, four other tables near us were sat. My mom made a joke to me that we got there at a good time because so many people had just come in all at once. With that being said, all four of those tables ended up getting their food before we did. We weren't given any refills like they were all given, no update on the food, nothing. By this time, about 30 minutes had already gone by since we have ordered and one of the tables was already finishing up with their food. Another server noticed that our food was not out yet so she went back to check on it. A few minutes later, she came back around with it. Finally, my food came out first and I instantly was disappointed. I ordered the chile verde plate and it came with four small pieces of meat, nothing more. I would understand if I had gotten that small amount of pork with the huevos rancheros, but for the plate? Really? $16 for that? I took one bite and it was barely lukewarm. It felt like it had been sitting out for a while. Also, it just WASNT GOOD. I thought to myself, wow, what a waste of money? :( About a minute later, my moms food came out and it ended up being the wrong thing. She just so happened to order the same thing as the woman seated next to us who had made some special substitutes to alter her meal. When she first got hers, I overheard her complaining to her husband that her order was wrong but she still decided to eat it. When my moms came, we realized that she was eating my moms food and my mom was eating hers. My mom kindly brought it up to the server who proceeded to basically gaslight us all into thinking that is what they ordered. My mom was trying to be cool about it and was going to let it slide, but the server made it seem as if we were the ones who made the mistake instead of just admitting it got mixed up. The woman next to us was already finished but understandably frustrated so before my mom ate hers, she sent it back. We figured we already were paying for one awful meal so it just didn't make sense to pay for something with special requests that we didn't order. We got seated first, got our food last, didn't get a single refill, were given the wrong order, and basically got screwed over with the chile verde. I read the receipt and saw that it was in fact rung in the way my mom ordered it, without all of the special requests. I still paid and left a tip, but I will never return. That's okay though because there are plenty of people with no taste buds who will continue to support this place so good for them. read more

Not planning on going back there again my son and I sat on the outside tables like I done many times before I made I contact with the 3 waitresses and they would pretend not to notice us finally one came to help first thing she said was did you sign in I let her know that I've been there 100's of times never signed in but okay so we ordered what I always ordered cause I share with my dog the half fried chicken and I get what looks like crumbs. When you spend your hard earned money on eating out you expect to get what you pay for not here. I miss the old staff do better Brandon's. read more

Brandon’s Diner - Half fried chicken crumbs. - Tacos Near Me - Riverside, California

First time visiting this location. Food was delicious and service was excellent!!!! We will be returning soon! read more

Brandon’s Diner - Tacos Near Me - Riverside, California

Waited for 2.5hrs and all we got was coffee (that we had to continue to ask for) a salad at the 2hr mark and excuses from the waitress that the kitchen lost our ticket! We finally got up and left at 2.5 hrs and saw the waitress cancel our order that they had just begun to make! Will not be eating there again, not that they really care if it took the waitress under our instruction to get on our food after such a long wait! read more

Like Wow!! Brandon's Diner di not disappoint us. Food was so scrumptious so much flavor. read more

Brandon’s Diner - Eggs Benedict with a side of Fresh Fruit. My baby Girl ordered Crunchy French Toasts topped with whipped cream and strawberry's. - Tacos Near Me - Riverside, California

Do not order from here. We will never order here again. We ordered a carne asada combo from Uber Eats, and they only gave us the piece of meat, no rice and beans or chips and salsa as promised in the combo. $16 for that. Are you kidding me? read more

Brandon’s Diner - Carne asada "combo" plate. No rice or beans or chips and salsa, was charged $16 for this?? No - Tacos Near Me - Riverside, California

Consistently friendly service and good food. We come here just about every week for breakfast and enjoy it.

Amazing service, all the ladies up front were nice and the chef made sure the order was to-the-T how I wanted it. Very friendly environment and nice looking restaurant. I had a beef chimichanga drenched in chile Colorado. The price you pay is definitely worth it for the amount of food you get, and the taste was great. read more

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Waited 45 min to get seated when tables where available. Waited another 45 min to get food. This is a cute little restaurant but not enough servers to go round! Too many mistakes and very very slow. read more

Taco Tuesday is my wife and favorite night to hang out at Brandon's on Magnolia. But tonight 4-26-22 was anything than pleasurable. Every waitress informed us that the kitchen was behind due to the fact that the cook who just happened to be the Kitchen manager was unable to turn food order in a timely manner. We actually canceled our taco order and opted to have a baked potato because those are in a steamer and is a quick turn dish. But sad to say that even took over 30 minutes. The cook had every waitress scared to death to even put up tickets. How sad when a manager of a kitchen can't run the back of house and get tickets up and out in a timely manner. As a longtime customer I will continue to come to our favorite location here on Magnolia. We made sure to encourage you waitresses to hang in there and keep smiling. A bad day in the life of a short order cook doesn't crate an emergency on our part. read more

Can I rate it at ZERO STARS?!?!? Boy, has Brandon's Diner changed!!!! They used to have good food and service, although at somewhat higher than average prices. Not any more. We were told three different policies - by three different employees. One was the Manager. The first one (hostess) was confused. The second one (waitress) was rude. The third one (manager) was fake-nice, but condescending. In the end, we left, after paying $7.50 for two iced teas - and went elsewhere. Part of me is sad that I will NEVER take my family and friends to another Brandon's Diner. But I will NEVER again be treated like that by them. I am left to assume that they make so much money that they can afford to alienate customers at random. Unfortunately, I urge everyone to stay away from Brandon's Diner. There are better places, with better people, that will treat their customers better. read more

Brandon’s Diner - $7.50 for two iced teas. - Tacos Near Me - Riverside, California

Came to try the strawberry lemonade and low expectations. Ordered onion rings and they were that soft fried like a funnel cake not that nasty crispy over cooked breaded stuff. Got an avocado cheeseburger with fries. Fries was missing seasoning but nothing some ketchup can't fix. Ordered a patty melt to the bread wasn't over toasted where the bread is too hard to chew or got to soggy bread. I'm definitely going to come back to try other food options. read more

The food is awesome. Portions are great and worth it. The place is nice and clean. Love it

My breakfast for dinner was awesome! I love the chocolate chip pancakes and the bacon is always perfect. Great service and attentive waitress and helpers. Sophy kept our drinks refilled and even with her mask on, I could tell she was smiling! read more

My order was ready when I walked in Price Lea are good the food was delicious. Portions were big enough to fill you up all day.

My partner has Alzheimer's and today was a difficult day in regards to his behavior. Our server was Gabriel he was so patient and kind to him, for which I am so grateful! The place was busy as another server, Christina walked by and was stopped by my partner for no other reason but to say hello. Gabriel and Christina were so kind to my partner. I was overcome with gratitude for these kind and wonderful people you have working at Brandon's. Thank you for such a wonderful experience on a bad day. And of course the food was excellent! read more

Good food, a lot of breakfast selection, clean and good service. Covid distancing seating arrangements which I appreciate and allowed our family to enjoy our meal. read more

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We have had great meals at the other Brandon's and we thought we would give this one another chance.(same person then being too pushy then non attentive.)The breakfast we ordered was excellent. Flo(Carey) just was not professional with us. It's nice to have regular customers, but putting your own words on (large) when we wanted small Oj,not bringing us water and ignoring me 3 times while I'm trying to get your attention is not how you should act! Try really Smiling too,(it might make things better for All!) read more

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I like this cozy place. We usually dine in for breakfast. The green chilaquiles are my favorite. The coffee is really good. The service is great. This is my to go place in the area. Kids eat free after 4pm! read more

Hello, I was just the Brandon's diner in Riverside on Magnolia with my husband and father in law. Our waitress was so awesome! I spoke to the manager about my husband's food taking too long to be ready and if there was something he could do on our bill for us to compensate for what happened. Rather than doing that, he found it easier to yell at our waitress for what happened. I told him it was not her! I left a note on our bill stating that what happened was not the fault of the waitress. She even asked the kitchen twice if the food were ready. If someone could please speak to the manager and teach him how to speak to his employees about how he should speak to them in a respectful manner, I would greatly appreciate it. It's mot right that our waitress should feel distraught and scared about hearing about it later being that what took place was in no way her fault. My father in law also told the manager that he shouldn't speak to his employees that way. Thank You, read more

The beef/chicken fajitas tonight were fantastic. Kermit and I had to arm wrestle for the last bite!!! Excellent and thoughtful service! read more

Brandon’s Diner - An empty fajita plate! Because it was sooooo good! - Tacos Near Me - Riverside, California

My family had a great experience at Brandon's Diner. The food was a bit pricey, but portions were good sized, and everything was delicious. The service was great as well. read more