i know we've come to this place in the past and i know we've had (or i've had mixed results) so today's little excursion shouldn't have surprised me. but, it's been a while since we were there and i forgot. first, our server (Vicki) was great. friendly and very outgoing. so it pains me to crap on the experience, but the food (at least mine) sucked. that might be partially on me for ordering breakfast in the mid afternoon, but if you're gonna make it available make it edible. i ordered 2 eggs over medium, corned beef hash, homefries and wheat toast w/ strawberry jam. also, a coffee w/ cream and Splenda. if you've never been here you should know they don't serve traditional "diet" sodas. instead, they server that nasty Zevia garbage. knowing this i ordered coffee. however, i should have known that i'd not get standard sweeteners. they had some other nonsense made with Stevia which is fine, but i could not get a good mix of it in my coffee to make it taste right. it was fine, but not great. our meals came, after what seemed like a small eternity and my food was lukewarm. i suppose the hash was warm but it was on a 2nd plate and the stuff on the main plate wasn't cold, yet, but fairly close. i should have said something but i was hungry - at least for the moment. the corned beef hash was basically homefries w/ shredded beef and grilled onions. honestly, i was expecting the stuff from a can and was kinda disappointed but tried it and the meat was good - where it wasn't full of fat. i picked most of the onions out and tried to make the best of it. my eggs and homefries (on the other plate) though, were not hot and trying to eat not hot eggs is gross. they also weren't cooked to my liking (which was why i ordered them over-medium - so i wouldn't have to eat undercooked egg whites. c'est la vie. the toast and jam were great. Danielle liked her pickle-chicken sandwich and seemed disappointed that i don't want to go back, so i'll probably have to relent at some point and just get French Toast and go into diabetic shock. oooohh, i forgot. i also ordered a cup of the corn chowder (soup of the day). it wasn't great and corn was the least plentiful ingredient in it. i'd call it more of a potato and bacon chowder w/ corn casually tossed in. read more

I've always heard good things about this restaurant so we finally tried it for my husband's birthday breakfast. It did not disappoint. Everything was fresh, hot and tasty. Service was quick in spite of the line at the door we've been back several times and have always had good service and great food! read more

Check Please Cafe - Blueberry pancakes - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Grafton, Ohio

Big party of 16 for dinner. Probably biggest they could seat together. Service was good. Server was fast, food came out in waves since they have small kitchen & only a couple small hiccups. Food was mostly good. I didn't love the coleslaw (apple vinegar style) but they let me swap for another side. Burgers, salmon, chicken paprikas, dinner gyro salad & county fried steak were well received. Fresh cut fries were super delish - like the fair. White bean chicken chili was a good special soup. Value for most was pretty decent except the burrito bowls. Price too high for the size & 2 of our guests didn't love the burrito. Good visit overall! read more

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Yessss to the best GF pancakes I've ever tasted!!!! Omelette did not disappoint and their 'build your board' board at the table is THE BEST! I'm Sally at the customization of ordering so being able to select everything (including the most-best 'well-done' hash browns! We will be back 100%! read more

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Fun to draw on their tables. Exciting list of cafe beverages. Friendly service even when busy. read more

Check Please Cafe - It was fun to draw on their table cloths! Good breakfast, too! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Grafton, Ohio

Small place with limited menu!! Fish & fries were very good!!! Cheeseburger & Onion Rings also very good!!! Had to drink out of jars with no straws!! Delivery not there yet!!! Waitress very friendly & patient!! Nice clean place with nice decor!! Recommend if you don't mind limited menu!!! read more

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A recent review describes this small cafe - Check Please - as a gem. I'd say that comes fairly close. A friend who lives in this metro area is always willing to make the drive to Grafton, OH to eat here. And that includes bumbling down these quasi-country roads to get here. I had always assumed that Check Please did a breakfast-lunch business. They do, but they stay open for all three meals, closing at 8:00 p.m. I am impressed with how they navigate covering the traditional basics for these meals in addition to coming up with some more creative menu items. However, they get their name from these paper checklists on the table, along with colored pencils and paper tablecloths, on which you can customize breakfast platters, sandwiches, and salads, at the very least. (Some people will obviously want to scribble on the paper table cloth, too.) And, on top of this, they come up with some innovative spins on home made traditional desserts, should you have room for that. Every now and then, you should make room! This is more than a restaurant in that it approaches a cafe-bistro style even though its exterior definitely looks more "mom and pop." The food at Check Please is excellent. The ingredients that go into what they make appear to be top drawer, both fresh and locally sourced. The service is also excellent - customer focused, amicable, and effective. If you have a refillable drink, they will see to it that it is refilled as you go along. The pricing is fair. You would not expect to find an eatery like Check Please on a two-lane road south of the Ohio Turnpike. The other thing that's funny is that there will be an "interesting" intersection of people here, since this is at the edge of a metro area, in a small town with farms around it, and near Oberlin College, which always makes the list of the 10 or 20 most liberal small colleges in America. Lena Dunham, who I dislike, speaks to that and is an alumna. What this means is that its customers will span a wide gamut of ideologies. Get off the turnpike and drive down to Check Please. This place is a great find. read more

Check Please Cafe - On the left is a stuffed green pepper and on the right is the pesto chicken (mine). Rounding out these are fries and pita with hummus. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Grafton, Ohio

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The food is great and the service and staff was informative and friendly. I am new to the area, I'll be eating at this restaurant many times in the future. read more

Love eating here because you know the ingredients are the best quality and many items are made in house. read more

Check Please Cafe - Roman burger sandwich - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Grafton, Ohio

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I have no food photos, but I go here all the time, 98 times out of 100 I get breakfast, but all the food is great! So many breakfast options *good coffee* from a local roaster!! Friendly staff, accommodating if you need gluten free or menu substitutions - really wonderful place. BUT sometimes there is a very long line, so be prepared to wait. read more

Walked in to a small wait on a Monday morning. Cute place. Small mom and pop with an all woman staff. You can here talking from the kitchen which is a little annoying. Background music isn't exactly breakfast music. Coffee can out and it was very good. They have a small sweetener selection so bring your own. Cream is standard. They have a cool select your own write in menu. Food came out and was little disappointed. Was supposed to be a grilled tomato not a couple of pathetic slices with pepper. Also an avocado for a ana dditional charge was a few small slices for extra. Eggs weere under cooked. Bacon they don't know how to cook. Very underwhelming. If Nancy's main Street is closed then this is the fall back location. They need to fix a few things but it is an ok place. read more

Check Please is an absolute gem! My mom has fallen in love with this place, so I'm there with her at least once a month, and try something new every time. There is nothing I haven't loved and I always struggle to choose! Even with a pretty big menu and rotating monthly specials, everything comes out fresh and flavorful with generous portions. Don't sleep on the house-made dressings. All of the servers are incredibly sweet and service is fast and attentive. It is a smaller place so you may need to wait a bit for a table during busy hours. read more

Food is pretty basic diner fare. The coffee, however, is awful. It tastes like a cup of hot water. Consistently. No other complaints.

Have visited here twice. No complaints. Service was good and the food was okay. If one thing we didn't like it was that prices seemed just a little high for neighborhood eatery. This is little Grafton Ohio, not downtown Cleveland or Chicago where rents are high and taxes are higher. However, won't discourage anyone from visiting for a bite to eat. Having said all of that, we had to cancel our credit card as we got a call next day saying someone was trying to use our card number at a gas station 50 miles away, but fraud department got an alert and transaction was declined. Not saying it was due to eating here, but that was only place we went to for past few days. Just be aware. read more

It's a diner and a great one. Servers are beyond good. The food is fresh. I will go back.

The service here is friendly. However, the food isn't good. It wasn't bad, but the taste just isn't there. Additionally, the portions are very small for the price that you pay for each of the menu items. The ingredients used in the dishes don't really match the price either. Just as an example to illustrate, if your dish includes mushrooms, there'll be very few mushrooms. Expand this out to each and every item, it just leaves you wanting more. The wait times are also long. read more

The staff was friendly and the service was good. The food was just ok. I ordered a side of the Cajun bacon, it was inedible. I had them make it again, the waitress said it's dark because of the seasonings used. No it's burnt! read more

Check Please Cafe - Cajun bacon, it was clearly burnt. I sent it back and it came back barely edible. The staff was very friendly. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Grafton, Ohio

I placed a phone order at this quaint little breakfast diner in Grafton. I was pleasantly surprised but the charms and kitchy ambiance it had to offer. They offer your traditional breakfast foods along with healthier options like sides or fruit as well as avocado toast. They also have a soup and sandwich menu as well as traditional entrees. I appreciate that they offer dine in, delivery, or pick up. I ordered the avocado toast with a side of home fries and sausage patty's. The avocado toast did not come with butter or anything on it which would have been nice and the avocado was over ripe slices. The home fries were sliced potatoes with skin which was a nice surprise. The sausage was a little bit spicey and the fruit was nicely diced. read more

Check Please Cafe - Entrance - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Grafton, Ohio

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Food was fresh, served to order, and the Red Cedar coffee was amazing!!! Service was fast and so well done. The decor is farmhouse and very quaint. Cozy atmosphere. Glad we found this place, we will be back. read more

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4th time we tried eating here and again a horrible experience. Their most popular dish, paprikosh, was runny orange grease with dry chicken chunks and no spetzels. The cook said their was so I had to stick a fork in the chicken to show waitress there was none. And it tasted like toilet water. So ordered pancakes instead. They charged $.99 for a tiny tub of extra dressing for the salad, which we weren'told.. Then they charge $.99 for the sour cream for the paprikosh that was sent back. And another $.99 for an extra pancake syrup which as needed as a minimum. The Salisbury steak was disgusting. The gravy was just grease, not any attempt to make gravy. Made me sick all night. NOTHING WAS DONE TO SHOW CONCERN OR GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE. I'm tired of people that must eat crap at home that say they could eat the shit they call food at this place. They will never see me or any of my family or friends because they have all heard the disgusting details. Im ashamed that they are a Grafton business. read more

Food is phenomenal! The staff is so kind and the prices are affordable. It's also so cozy there.

We were looking for someplace different for lunch and a short drive from Cleveland's west side. Recalling something I read, we decided to try the Check Please Cafe. We definitely weren't disappointed. While the service was "leisurely" probably due to a customer rush, we had plenty of time to check out the menu. We particularly liked the checklist option to customize sandwiches which we haven't seen before. My wife had a chicken sandwich, made to order and I had a gyro. Both were very tasty. We finished with a piece of homemade berry pie which was really good. We have added Check Please to our "definitely return" list! read more

Yes! Good food, great service. Will definitely be back. They have an extensive gluten free and keto friendly menu. I got the parm crusted chicken with zucchini noodles and a keto biscuit. I am gluten free and very happy with my meal. read more

Check Please Cafe - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Grafton, Ohio

One of our favorite breakfast spots, maybe THE favorite. Service & food are always top notch - especially the monthly pancakes/French toast & drinks! I love how you can doodle on the table which is great when my daughter comes. I need to come back for lunch sometime too! read more

Check Please Cafe - a woman sitting at a table - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Grafton, Ohio

My 13 year old son and I stopped in for breakfast together for the 1st time and we waited to be seated for a view minutes. Once seated the server was friendly and explained the menu to us. We enjoyed the food as it was delicious and the portions were perfect for us both. Overall, the price is fair, food is delicious, quality is top notch, atmosphere is fun and clean for every age, and we will for sure be back! Great little gem with wonderful service! read more

This place used to be good, and we have enjoyed coming here since their opening. The last couple times have been average, at best. But we thought we'd give it just one more shot. We ordered 2 strip steaks, with 2 sides. HUGE MISTAKE! They were so tough and absolutely FULL of fat and grisly. I sent mine back, my husband hacked away at his, and ate about 4 or 5 bites. I ordered a wrap with the garlic mayo on the side. The mayo was on it and the bacon was dripping in grease. I took 2 bites and that was it. We were charged 34$ for my drink and they charged us 1/2 for the wrap, and charged us individually for our sides. WOW. I have work 25+ years in the service industry, and that is NOT customer service. We did not eat! Just a garbage way to treat loyal customers. Should have comp'ed our meals. Now we won't be back, and will tell everyone we know about this awful place. Way to make a buck.​​​ good luck read more

Love love love this little place! It's like a diner but way more progressive and much better coffee. My boyfriend and I both have Celiac so we can't eat gluten. Check Please has us covered with so many options. Highly recommend! read more

Smores cold brew and club sandwich were so good. Service was great even with how busy it was. Definitely would go back read more

Check Please Cafe - Club sandwich was soo good - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Grafton, Ohio

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Enjoyed a wonderful breakfast! Melanie was an awesome server. She learned that it was our first visit and took the time to show us all the ordering choices. Wait time on a Sunday about noon was 20 mins. Mom and Pop style restaurant, nothing fancy, but it was clean, choices were plentiful and we're looking forward to a return visit! read more

Stopped here because I saw them on a local show as a great breakfast spot. We both had bbq bacon burgers. They were delicious. Although we asked for pink and they weren't I had onion rings - yum and hubs had hummus and pita which he said were really good. We would come back!' read more

Quaint atmosphere, nice menu selections, and excellent service. Plus, a fantastic selection of low carb items. They may need to expand.... ....Or possibly, open another restaurant in Elyria read more

Wonderful soups, nice atmosphere and a great selection of delicious food, including desserts if so inclined

I've ordered takeout from here during Covid, but have never dined in before. My husband and I stopped in for a quick lunch on a Saturday afternoon. It was not busy at all. The service was great. Our server stopped by for refills without us having to ask. The food was delicious. I saw an advertisement on the board in the entrance for lemon blueberry pound cake, which I could not pass up. It was so yummy. read more

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Great food great service. I went back twice in one week. Would definitely recommend trying this place out.

Those of us who have landed here know that Grafton is hardly a booming culinary scene. When it comes to a quick lunch your options are not a many. We have ordered from Check Please many times since the pandemic started and at first it started out pretty good. That is why when things started to go bad I gave them multiple times to make up for it. It never happened. The last three times this was my experience with Check Please. 1) Nearly choked on a twisty tie that somehow made its way into my salad. Called to complain and got a "sorry about that". That's it. I said ok that's fine. I don't feel a places owes you something for every little slip up even though it would be considered good customer service. 2) ordered their zoodle Alfredo with chicken. For delivery. The chicken was cooked to death, couldn't even be cut with a knife. I called to ask if I could get my money back they offered to make a new order instead. Great right? They're righting their wrong! Not really. They sent the delivery driver out an hour later with chicken. By then of course the zoodles where cold. I kind of figured they might remake the whole thing. I was wrong. 3) I ordered a wrap for lunch and received the atrocity pictured here for about 14 bucks because bacon counts as double meat. Listen, I am not cheap and don't mind paying for something that is worth it, but this poor wrap was really sad at any price. That is one lonely slice of Turkey on that thing and I don't even know if one side had the bacon I paid extra for. I have been disappointed too many times. I can't go back again. I do hope they get it together because everyone seems super friendly there. read more

Check Please Cafe - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Grafton, Ohio

Food is excellent, service is great, ambiance is very nice ..z Can make most menu items Keto friendly.. Great Restaurant. .

Food is ok nothing great. I have been here a few times me and my wife loved it. And they put paper on the table so the kids can color so that was cool and kept them entertained. Thought we found are new breakfast place. Then we went back, we have been back three times hoping it would get better but just kept getting worse. Service is slow and they come across as your and inconvenience to there day. Food takes forever. And prices are not amazing. Would bot go back. read more

Great lunch!! Service was very good!! Nice cafe and seems to be very popular. Happy we decided to have lunch here!

What can I say, can't complain. Probably the best breakfast I've had in a long time going out. I took advantage of their build your own breakfast. Wife had the country fried steak and Cracker Barrel aint got nothing on this place for country fried steak. Great portions for the price, coffee selection is amazing and good. read more

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This restaurant was really good! I wanted to try something In grafton and this restaurant did not disappoint. The staff was attentive and friendly. The portions were appropriately sized, and the food was delicious! read more

Check Please Cafe - Chicken Paprikash - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Grafton, Ohio