Friendly but slow service, so don't be in a rush. Decent food but didn't really like seeing the cook without gloves.

The name is apt. For a person on a budget. Nothing special whatsoever about the food or location. If you like holes in the wall, you might get a kick out of it. read more

We ate there last week. The burgers were very greasy, and the buns too soft, and not even toasted. Fries were nothing special...warm, not hot. The restaurant is dingy, very dated, and needs a gooood cleaning. We gave it a try, but won't be returning. read more

Lovely place !!! The Waitress was wonderful and nice and the food was extremely great !! The prices we reasonable and the Karma was good !! It wasn' t too busy but it shoulda been !!! Thankx ! Lynn read more

Very pleased with the service and homey atmosphere. Attentive, pleasant, and professional service!! I've tried all the places in town for breakfast and this place has won my business mainly because the service is top notch!! read more

The food at this place is not bad. The service is great. My only complaint is that the place needs some love. It's just really dirty inside. It's not very hard to clean ceiling fans yet the ones in this place look like they haven't been cleaned in a few years. I'm sure a lot of that dust blows all over the place as soon as they turn them on, be sure to cover your food if you go in on a hot day! read more

I only get them a one star because I asked the waitress what kind of chicken came with the order and she told me dark meat and I came with white meat and it was dry and when I told him I wanted a refund she said she couldn't do it because the owner when the lower service was lousy the food was lousy and that's the second time I will never go back to the store the ownerI met at the store and he reads he doesn't allow refunds and heels for restaurants in town shame on him read more

We stopped in for breakfast, this was the second time eating here. Nice location close to Lompoc Hospital. We didn't have much time to waste, but after spending all night at the emergency room for a family member, we were pretty hungry. The food was really good, we were seated and served right away, the only issue was the service. The waitress said she would be right back for coffee, but apparently, her breakfast was more important than ours, she was behind the counter eating the entire time we were there. Another waitress finally refilled our coffee. She finally came back to our table after she finished eating to give us our check. The last time we were there we had to wait 15 minutes to pay our bill, they do not have a host. Worst service we've experienced in Lompoc. I hope she enjoyed her breakfast, we don't plan on coming back, too many other better places in Lompoc to eat breakfast and get good service. BTW, I'm a pretty good tipper, but not this time. Would have given more stars if not for the service. read more

Good breakfast place only. Everything else is sub-Denny's quality.

The food is okay but the service is terrible. I came here with my family and our waitress was super slow and unattentive. It took forever to get our drinks and then a good 30-40 minutes just for her to take our order . After taking our order we didn't get refills even though it took forever. Once she brought the food back she had no idea who ordered what so getting the plates passed out was a little much. And still no refills. While we were eating she never checked up on us and took a good 45 minutes just to give us our check. The entire morning dragged on because it felt like we were waiting on her the entire visit. read more

We started to make this a regular place to stop for lunch or dinner depending on the time of day. We like to order an entrée with the all-you-can-eat salad bar. But, when we can't eat both, we like to take a salad with us. When we did this last, the waitress started yelling at us across the restaurant and charged us for an entire meal full price for our one take home salad. We're upset about this! read more

Nice little cafe we stopped at for breakfast on our way up US 1 and 101 on our road trip. Got a nice tasty breakfast and was able to get one of the kid's meals even though we weren't kids lol. Good service all the way around. The cafe ambiance came close to the ones that you see in the small towns in the movies. read more

Great hosts, very friendly atmosphere, food is good and the price is right. I was exited to see the 1.99 breakfast for kids what a bargain. I know where to take coworkers when I have to buy. Give it a shot I don't think you will be disapointed. read more

Just standard/ decent food and rude waitress, which leaves a lot to be desired. Honestly, nothing to be crazy over

Within minutes of getting our food we see a roach crawling on the wall! No thanks! I got my kids and left ASAP!

What can I say, absolute worst. Service beyond slow. Food was terrible, Bacon charcoaled, sausage beyond greasy, poached eggs raw. Pancakes taste like flour... Then no refills on my coffee. Wow, how does it survive! 1st and Last time! read more

I have been looking for a decent breakfast place at a reasonable price in Lompoc and finally found it in Budget Cafe. The Tri Tip and eggs were excellent, with actual tri tip steaks served with perfect eggs, fruit, and bread. All of this with coffee cost about the price of just the plate at most places here, It is a hole in the wall restaurant with a Southwestern theme, lots of old people were chatting when I went in. The place serves breakfast all day, which is nice on those days you want tri tip and eggs at 3 PM. read more

Great food and great price. Place isn't fancy, but it's always clean and tidy. Food is always amazing and waitresses are always attentive. Menus are awesome, try their avocado and cheese burger. I make it a habit to come here 1/month minimum. read more

Well we had eaten here once before and the service and food here was great. This time around the food was just okay and from what I was told the waitresses were new. Items were forgotten from our meal and the meal was very bland. It's not a bad place, I understand that everyone has to start somewhere and our waitress has to be properly trained which is not her fault because it was painfully obvious she wasn't trained. It's a very simple mom and pop style place. Give them a chance, I probably would again. read more

I give the Budget Cafe 5 Stars because their food is that good! They are as close to an old fashion diner feel as you are going to get. Also they staff is beyond professional and very friendly. I would eat here every day if I had the money! read more

My boyfriend and I happen to be driving through Lompoc and decided to eat at this "fine" establishment. This was New Years Day and as soon as we walked in, all the patrons just stared at us. We stood there for 1 minute until we were acknowledged. We were told to sit anywhere so we sat in a booth. Another 5 minutes passed by and noticed one of the waitresses filling up the sugars on the tables and the other one immediately attending to a couple who had just walked in after we were seated. My boyfriend went and got us menus and still, no one came to ask if we wanted drinks. After what seemed like forever, we stood up and walked out. We headed over to the Jalama Beach cafe which was 1000 times better. Excellent food, service and ambiance. The waitress seated us promptly and attended to us i n a timely manner. The Budget Cafe is very old and looked like no one did anything to maintain it's appearance. I would not recommend this place even if it was the last place to eat! read more

Worst family birthday breakfast ever! Food was good excellent but the HUGE cockroach crawling up the wall behind us was gross...kid's had just received food I informed the waitress that maybe she should tell owner she was real apologetic so I felt bad causing a scene whn the "roach" came bak so I called her over she helped us move n as soon as we were in the clear he came back now coming towards a big picture my husband was sitting infrnt of so we all slid over so he could at least try to enjoy b-day breakfast w/o worrying if it's crawling on his back. Eeew. Then the bill comes n she totally charged us full price for eating w their pet! I totally expected them to be a lil more grateful we just didn't walk out screaming n yelling the whole time about the big roach that was out n about...I itch just thinking about it!..stay away from here!!! read more

Stay AWAY! I am surprised the health department has not investigated this place. Dishes are thrown into bins by the "front" of the entrance and piled up. I arrived after the "breakfast" crowed and the pile had been pilling up for a while! That just tells me, cleanliness isn't on the top of the menu. :( Ordered a hamburger. Frozen patty cooked well done. Budget applies to how much the owners invest in this restaurant. Décor is from the seventies and probably so are the spider webs. Filthy place. Don't eat there. read more

Had breakfast there this morning. Clean family down home type diner with very good service!

We've had two meals here in the past week: breakfast and dinner. Both were good. The service was friendly each time and the food was good. My father-in-law has special dietary needs and the wait staff have been very accommodating. read more

Worst service I have ever had. Our server was extremely rude and unprofessional! We waited a good 5-10 minutes just to get our drinks and then waited another 45 minutes for our food! Only 3 of the 4 of us got our food. We had to ask our server about 10 minutes later where my boyfriends food was. When she brought it 5 minutes later (which she never apologized for) it was cold. As we were about to leave she then brought our fruit cup and basically threw it on the table and walked away. When we got up to leave, we waited in the front for our check (which she clearly saw us) and kept walking back and fourth as another server watched and laughed. She then handed another waitress our checks to give to us. Never even apologized for any of her service!! Hands down the worst waitress I have ever had. We will never go back read more

Food is fine. Restaurant is filthy. Anyone claiming this place is clean and tidy should clean their glasses. Seriously. It could be cleaned up though. read more

I had the most disgusting experience here. Came in with my 2 kids to have breakfast. Our food came to the table & I was taking a scoop of the butter & as I'm doing this there is a huge cockroach IN THE BUTTER. I show our server this & she says "oh I'm sorry about that, let me get you a new butter" as if that problem happens often. I was so grossed out and disgusted I just walked out of the restaurant. I will never come back to this place. I don't know how it isn't shut down yet. Gross. read more

We would stop here on the way home from a family reunion. Normally we get get good service and food. This time was a mess. No straws or large cups. We had to remind the server of our toast and pancakes. The biscuits were very hard and cold. We still never got the pancakes so she discounted our bill. Sounded like other tables were unhappy too. Over all not happy with our experience. Will probably find a different breakfast location or eat at the hotel. read more

Great food, welcoming atmosphere, and the waitress (Sarah) was top notch. She allowed us to make substitutions to make our meals customized exactly to our liking. And to add to her excellent customer service, my son left his iPod on the bench after we left, little did we know. She found my email address in the iPod, emailed me, and then even dropped the iPod off at our house! I really appreciate people going out of their way to help a person out. You just don't see that that much anymore. Thanks for a great experience, we will be going back here again! :) read more

The breakfast is great, and the burgers are even better! I wouldn't recommend the biscuits and gravy, as places like American Host really know their sausage gravy. The only thing that makes me skeptical is hearing the microwave going every few minutes. Other than that, they have yet to serve me a poor meal. read more

Very disappointed when we were charged an extra $2.50 because we split our breakfasts. We did not request an extra plate but the waitress noticed that we split our food and added the extra charge. Too bad, we used to eat there couple times a week. read more

I love this place. Workers are so sweet. They have really good coffee and fresh pie :)

The breakfast burrito with chorizo was nothing special, but still very yummy. Hash browns were excellent, nice and crispy on the outside. My friends pancakes on the other hand were phenomenal. Made me wish I ordered that instead! Service was a little slow but our waitress was super nice. read more

Had breakfast on Sunday November 8, 2015. This was our second trip, not sure if we will go back. It was pretty busy so we expected to wait a little for our food. The coffee served to my husband was not very hot and the cup was not clean. We waited well over 45 minutes for our almost cold food, the waitress offered to have it heated up...didn't have the time to wait. She did not offer to adjust the bill as should have been done. The men's restroom was gross to say the least. Deserved one star but I hate to do that. The server was really sweet. read more

Perfect service, huge range of menu options, delicious food. Same menu and owner as Lompoc Restaurant, but there is a waitress there who is a little rude, so I drive a bit further for this one. Definitely recommend. read more

Yesterday was St Paddys Day. The three of us had the Corned Beef and Cabbage. It was great! Good portions, very tender and tasty, with potatoes, carrots, and, of course, cabbage. Salad or soup and bread. You can't beat it. read more

I asked what I got fight with the fried chicken I was told I got half a chicken I told the waitress I didn't like white meat and when the chicken came it was two pieces of white meat and she refused to give me a refund or help anything I would not recommend this restaurant anymore the service and the food has gone down greatly read more

Worst restaurant in all of Lompoc. It's a shame this "eatery" is on Ocean Ave. No actually it's a shame it is even in Lompoc. We have been TWICE here and BOTH times we received horrible service and mediocre food. We have the unpleasant opportunity of being "serviced" by the WORST waitress EVER. And unfortunately we had the same waitress both times. Rude, inattentive, and hostile. She threw dishes into the washing bin. When asked for more creamer she sighed loudly, jerked the empty dish out of my hand, and practically slammed the another bowl on the table. She also apparently doesn't know what the meaning of a refill is. She brought our toast late and didn't bring my husband's English Muffin until after he was finished eating. Finally halfway through our meal she bring us more coffee...only because my mother-in-law asked. Also she kept running to the bathroom looking like she was going to puke. Honestly I would never eat there again even if this was the last "restaurant" in town. Better place to eat is The Cajun Kitchen next to Starbucks on H St. There is a reason why there is always a line to eat there! The Budget shouldn't have the name of restaurant, this place is a legit dive. Oh, by the way I couldn't tell you the name of the waitress because she didn't even tell us! But she's the blonde lady with glasses. Rude Rude Rude! If I could give this a 0 I would! DONT EAT HERE!! McDonalds is a better option if you want cheap. read more

If I could rate this ridiculous place a 0 I would I went to go have breakfast with my family since I haven't done that in a few years so we go in and get seated around 9:15 am its takes this women about 5 minutes to come and take the drink order which is fine because we were ready to order the food as well we ordered 3 teas, dr. pepper and a apple juice well the apple juice was for my little brother who is 8 so she brings the soda and teas and tells me if im ready to get my side salad I can get up and get it so I get up and there is nothing ready for the salad bar so I told her that it wasn't ready she told me that she was still working on it and would let me know when it is ready this is after she told me to get up and get it so I sit back down for about 10 minutes and my little brother asked where his apple juice was because he was coughing from his allergies so I get up and ask her if she could make it she said when im done with this to go order and said it very rude and so I sat down confused because its not hard to go and make a apple juice so I had to walk my brother to go get a apple juice from a different place because 10 minutes after that it still wasn't done so my mom asked if she could get the food to go she said what do you think its ready its going to be awhile so my mom told her just get it to go please than the waitress said to my mom where is your daughter so she can make her salad its finally ready my mom told her my daughter changed her mind she does not want it because I had to go to the car at that point so then my mom goes to pay and my mom asked her your not charging me for the salad and again got rude towards my mom and snapped at her saying no its not on there but she would not let her see the receipt and then my mom had told her that my brother needed the drink because he had allergies and as she walked away she mouthed im not a mind reader yet I had walked up 25 minutes before this for the apple juice so after that we were pretty upset but got home and my brother started to eat his fruit and than started yelling so we ran over to see what was wrong and there was a spider in his fruits so I killed it and told him do not eat this I cannot believe it I will be back to talk to the owner since they said there is no manager but this is unacceptable ive never ever seen this before and I will be posting in ever forum I possible can btw the lady who took our order was about 5" 10 with dark brown hair around 9:15 on 4-1-15 read more