This place is amazing!!! Best hamburger I've had in forever. The bun was perfect, the fries were from fresh potatoes everything was perfect! Sliced tomato, onion, lettuce. Wow. In the middle of nowhere too. read more

For travelers heading north on US Hwy 97 into the Klamath Basin and the "Oregon Outback", there's very few dining options between Weed and Klamath Falls. Just four small towns dot the trail, and two of them (Macdoel, CA, and Midland, OR) offer zero in the way of fresh food. Despite the growth of the K Falls area and especially Bend as a tourist destination for adventure-seekers, restaurants in this 90-mile stretch are an endangered species. For every eatery that is open, you pass as many vacant turn-key eateries and dilapidated husks of former restaurants such as the spectacularly decaying Juniper Lodge restaurant and motel which stands open to the elements and curious exploration in the south end of Butte Valley (one can hardly believe today that it was still in service just ten years ago!). The road slows down around a couple of corners in Dorris, the last California town, just enough to keep 3-4 places open, but even Dorris has seen its best and cheapest option, Mi Ranchito Taqueria, shuttered in recent weeks. Very sad! Just a couple hundred yards shy of the stateline, the ghostly Cal Ore Supper Club's wooden siding splinters as it sits below its fantastic rusty neon/googie-era sign. By the time you enter Oregon, you might be demoralized enough to crave a heatlamp-beaten corn dog at a mini-mart, but you don't hafta settle! Cinders Café is just three miles ahead in Worden, and it is a trucker haven, a heaven for coffeeshop mavens. Surely, the bar is set low for quality when competition's nearly non-existent, but Cinders shoots well above it and achieves excellence, particularly in the area of breakfast where the sausage, biscuits, and gravy are some of the best you will likely find for hundreds of miles in any direction. I've always been in too much of a hurry to or from K Falls to stop in the tiny hamlet of Worden to eat at Cinders. I've often wondered about it as I've passed it about 60 times in the last ten years. The Wikipedia page for Worden says "As of 1990, Worden had a 24-hour café and truck stop", and Cinders was still open 24 hours when I first began visiting the area often. Back then, if I was hungry on Hwy 97, I'd just gut it out and fill the gullet with the greasy fare at Mollie's truck stop and diner which served at all hours near the cluster of cheap motels just north of the junction with State Rte. 39. Before it closed a couple years ago, Mollie's was a bit better than Cinders at providing the definitive atmosphere of a mid-20th-century coffeeshop with its chrome-moulded tables and wrap-around front windows, but the food at Mollie's was barely better than Denny's. Cinders completely buries Mollie's food while providing a much less hooker-y feel. Trampy trucker-friendly ladies of the night would often buzz around Mollie's, and while it was sometimes fun to gawk at the groadiness of road-weary johns getting frisky with pitted-skinned, peroxided chippies in tube tops revealing dubiously tatted tatas, I'd rather I was eating Cinders' fantastic food. Cinders is simply the best traditional American diner food north of Lulu's in Redding or south of the Portland metro area. My girlfriend got the "Worden Benedict" which is biscuits & gravy with plenty of fennelly sausage. All the elements tasted homemade. This ain't no Sysco crap! I chose the Philly cheese omelet special which combined perfectly grilled peppers with prime rib (I opted to hold the onions) and gooey cheddar. If the chef turned the leftovers from the previous night's prime rib into this omelet, it can only be a credit to his creativity and resourcefulness. If it was not leftover prime rib, then he must've begun roasting it before the crack of dawn because it was totally delightful. Service was fast and friendly, even though only one waitress was there to serve all of the guests and handle tickets for a couple Oregon Lottery keno players. She apologized beforehand that she was nursing recurring migraines with new meds, but despite the appearance of being frazzled, she executed her job incredibly well and kept lively conversation with a couple old-timers seated at the horseshoe-shaped bar. It sounds like life moves slowly in Worden....or at least, everything moves slowly except for this waitress and the traffic whizzing past at typically 10mph above the posted limit. The big topic of conversation was the antique gun that the waitress had won at the NRA dinner in Dorris earlier that weekend. Our bill was $20 even including my girlfriend's coffee. We left a 35% tip because Cinders really earned it. From now on, we'll make a point of stopping there! (Please note: I entered the address as Worden, OR, but Yelp defaulted it to Klamath Falls.) read more

Wow, a real true restaurant to go to, a one-of-a-kind. I had the fish burger, it was very delicious and the service was excellent, wish we have one of these restaurants in my hometown read more

Heading out of Klamath and needing something to eat, my expectations of Cinders was low. Heck...we are in the middle of no where. How good could it be?!? Wow.... the food was excellent! I had the Volcano Burger with salsa and peppers. Not too spicy and very delicous. My husband had the Fish Sandwhich. The cod was light and crisp. The sandwhich had homemade coleslaw between the layers. For dessert we had Berry Pie. Yum!!! Cinders is reasonably priced and well worth the stop. read more

Awesome! Who would have thought?! Great omelets, cottage fries were amazing, huge servings, great value and we'll put it on our itinerary next time we do the drive! read more

Parked at the truck stop next door for the night and decided to have dinner at Cinders. The food was very good and high quality. The service was top notch. Will make this a regular stop now when driving down HWY 97. read more

Best burger on HWY 97! Great place to stop and stretch your legs, amazing food, and good service.

Very pleased. My son and I stopped after shooting clays for a late Sunday breakfast based on the other three reviews. They were right on track. I had the corned beef hash. It was cooked crispy on the outside and the eggs I ordered were done over easy just as asked (lots of places. Get this simple thing wrong) and even though there were potatoes in the hash it came with hash browns as well. My son had the bis kits and graveyard. Tried a taste and it was very goog. Gravy tasted homemade. Portions were to large to finish, so brought home leftovers. Will defiantly go back when we are in the area. read more

Cinder's Cafe provided a comfortable relief from a long day on the road. The coffee was fresh, our waitress was friendly, and our burgers were very satisfying. Wouldn't recommend this establishment if you're in a hurry, but we were happy to be out of the car for an hour. There was only one waitress working during lunch time, so service was a little slow. read more

It was a great amount of food. Well prepared and affordable. Extremely friendly staff. Would recommend.

Would not recommend. Service was slow..food was almost inedible. Foul smelling. Rude. I drive a truck and I'm used to diners..but this was just terrible. My meat came almost raw and thick with grease. read more

Very good meal! Prompt service and the food was very toasty. I had the chicken strips lunch meal and it was dinner potion size and very good. My husband had an elk burger...Very good..homemade buns and quality meat. We stopped on a road trip and were very pleasantly surprised. read more

On our way to Bend OR and getting hungry. Had a great bleu river burger with salad. And best onion rings. Salad was crisp and had cheese Not a simple dinner salad. read more

One of our favorite places to eat!...Good food-GREAT waitresses....We Love Jerry at breakfast time especially!

We are giving Cinders Cafe five stars because it is exactly what it sets out to be: an excellent diner. My husband's bison burger was perfectly cooked - grilled crisp on the outside and juicy on the inside. The biscuit was homemade and as tender as they come. Home fries are made with real potatoes. Nothing fancy, not a foodie haven (pancakes served with commercial syrup), but a great place for breakfast on a road trip. The waitress was friendly and kept the coffee full. Perfect diner decor. Thanks yelp reviewers for the scoop. read more

Been here three times, as it is in an ideal location on one of our regular routes. We have given it an honest go, but we are done with it. Breakfast items are OK, everything else we have had is just not very good. Service is slow, but has always been friendly. The food is just low quality, but the prices aren't particularly low. read more

I sat for 10 not one time did Gina the waitress Acknowledge me that I was there then she get pie for another family I walk up to counter & ask if I can order & the bitch threw a menu at me !!!!! So I told her to fuck off & left can not believe the service here don't think I'll ever go back & all cattle trucks drop to eat here & she was spun out on meth read more

This was a great place for dinner the chicken soup was hearty the elk burger huge the fries fresh plenty of food reasonable price

I haven't had delicious breakfast like this in a long time!! Our waitress was super friendly and constantly filled my husbands coffee cup so he wouldn't run out. read more

We have eaten here since 1966. Not often but when we pass through this area of Oregon. It's a cafe next to Worden Truck Stop on Highway 97. Friends recently moved to the Klamath Falls area and had eaten there. They spoke highly of the food and so we drove 45 minutes to eat here. The food was the best tasting food we have eaten in this cafe. I'm not sure when the name became "Cinders" but it's new to us. The food tastes were wonderful and they served the best sausage patties I have eaten in a long time. They shared the sausage was from a butcher business in Klamath Falls. The eggs, potatoes and toast..yes toast! was some the best breakfast food we have eaten in a long time. Before leaving I told the lady cooking what a great job she is doing in preparing their foods. We will be back. read more

Stopped for lunch here on Tuesday, Sept. 17. Cute and clean. Nice bar. Great menu. Had a great mushroom, swiss burger and fries and the best beef noodle soup! I am going to contact them and ask for the recipe - it was that good. My husband and I recommend this spot if you are passing that way. read more

Great Diner. I have stopped anytime for a meal. I live in Midland and it is real handy when no one is cooking. This is the last good place to eat before Weed. Ladies are cool as can be that wait on me and the food is better than most Diner food. Portions are big and more than enough to fill the hungry beast. Burger with cheddar and pineapple is killer and Chicken Fried Steak is great as well. Cool bar with music and slots. Always a pleasure stopping here. Very clean and food is always hot. Leave a good tip as the folks that work there , deserve it. Stop there on your way out of Klamath Falls. You woun't be sorry! read more

This is NOT your typical greasy spoon truck stop diner. The food we ordered was so yummy that we all cleaned our plates!! I am so happy we spotted Cinders Cafe bill board and decided to stop. Be warned it doesn't look like a restaurant from the outside so you might miss it on the south side of Hwy 97. I tip my hat to the two ladies that served us and did the cooking.. Thank you! read more