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    Cindy's Restaurant

    3.8 (111 reviews)
    InexpensiveAmerican, Mexican
    Closed 6:00 am - 3:00 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Outdoor seating
    Good for kids

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    Ham and eggs
    marty a.

    This is one of those, everyone knows everyone kinda places! Good wholesome breakfast meals, at least that's what we had. Good menu choices including Mexican. I had the chicken fried steak and it was good, my ver medium eggs were almost hard boiled, but good. My brother in law had the ham and eggs, it wasn't a ham steak, but he liked it.

    Chicken fried steak
    Josh K.

    Handicap parking flat surface, hot food, fast service, clean dining room everything you could ask for for a delicious breakfast plenty of seating in the dining room. Windows all around and the dining room plenty of lighting,

    Nichole S.

    Ladies who work here are very nice. I'm just not the biggest fan of their food. I ordered the chile verde omelette. And a barley soup to go . My grandma had the pancakes with bacon. I had a cup of coffee for my drink. Coffee was absolutely horrible!! Yuck ! I put French vanilla creamer in it and it still was bad. 1st time they brought me my coffee it was not warm. So the waitress brought me a new cup and it was piping hot, but unfortunately still tasted bad. The omelette had way too much cheese and just didn't taste good. My grandma enjoyed her pancakes but her bacon was not cooked enough. Barley soup later tasted bland so I ended up not eating it . Cost us over $50 for our food. In my opinion it was not worth it!!

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    Betty N.

    Food is always amazing friendly staff heartwarming atmosphere. When your passing through or leave in town come enjoy a wonderful breakfast lunch or dinner Thank you for the awesome food.

    Their French toast used to be better and bigger quality. Now it's like kids size menu.

    This place has changed. We have been going here for 2 years now and nothing tastes the same and quality of food is down. Staff- hit and miss. When they get busy, they forget about you or refill on coffee while waiting is a no. some portions look like kids size when they arrive. Fruit bowls, quality of oatmeal and cream of wheat not the same.

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    Went to Cindy's and really enjoyed the food. The waitress and staff were very attentive and friendly. I had the San Joaquin Burger and my partner had the Deluxe Chicken Burger... the jalapeño on my San Joaquin Burger was SPICY! So if you don't like spice, don't order that or just don't add it. The place is clean, but very dated, that's the only negative I would say.. otherwise it is a great spot and I definitely plan to continue going.

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    Great service and as always great food ... A must try is the Ortega Omelette and always a slice of pie to go

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    Don't order the Menudo they take an eternity to get it to you 2/5 would not recommend

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    The service was great. The owners and employees are very friendly. The restaurant is always clean and the food tastes great too!

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    I feel like the customer service could be better. I really like the split pea soup from here. They have really great dessert options.

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    Great food! Cute local restaurant with a small town feel. I love their burritos and their quesadillas. The staff is so sweet!

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    Last Sunday while dining with a relative, I was made aware of a place called Backwoods Burgers…read morelocated in Oakdale, CA. As this person knew what kinds of foods I liked, and had just dined there, it went to the top of my "let's go" list. As I happened, today my wife had the day off so away we went. Wow is all I can start with. From the moment another held the door for us, to the friendly greeting and smile of the young lady who waited on us at the counter to the decor and design inside and out, we immediately loved it. We found what we needed on the simple menu, accommodations from the git go, to even having a knife to cut our burgers in have (we rarely eat the whole thing right away). SOLID experience all around. Two burgers, sweet potato fries, fried zucchini and two ice teas was our meal. The burgers were tasty, the sides great, the staff on point start to finish, Ashley was our server and did an OUTSTANDING job all the way. We even had another customer hold the door on the way out. When I went to take a picture as we left, another fellow stopped so as not to walk into my shot. Wow again. If you love burgers, and are nearby, you need to try these folks' fare. You won't regret it.

    I always drive by here and was curious to go! They have little lights outside of their building…read morewhich you can't miss going down Oakdale street! I had always wanted to try it because it looked so inviting and I loved a good cheeseburger. We came with a party of 8 for my twin cousins birthdays and they were EXTREMELY nice and accommodating even though they do not take reservations they really helped us out to big tables together to include everyone and one of the servers with the long braid, forgot her name but gosh she was the SWEETEST and I love chatting with her! 10/10 service!! The food was absolutely delicious I noticed on the menu they sure has some GOOD lookin sandwiches but since it was my first time dining there, an their known for their burgers, I got the smashed cheeseburger which was SO good the cheese was delicately melted to perfection, I couldn't notice my cousin got the "mac and cheese burger" interesting choice but she had been there many times and swore on oh! Now the garlic fries and ranch? Those were spectacular! They even come out and sing happy birthday with banana pudding but we brought our own cake beverage it was such a big party. All and all it was DEElicious and I'd love to return to try their pesto chicken sandwich this place was perfection and made my cousins birthday dinner totally perfect!!!

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    I was working in Oakdale today and not being familiar with the area, I turned to yelp to find a…read moreplace for lunch. The name of the business has "Classic Drive In", in the title. When I think Classic drive in, I think American Graffiti, or Sonic where they come out to your car. This isn't that! It is located on a corner with a small parking lot. Best way to describe the building is kind of like a Foster's Freeze where you park somewhere and walk up to the small hole-in-the-wall type building and place your order at a small window. This should not be a deterrent though. Some of the best places are hole in the walls. I was met by a friendly gentleman who took my order. I ordered the Mushroom and Swiss Ranch burger with a side of onion rings. No, the burger didn't have "ranch" on it. It took me a minute to realize that was a category of burger...like ranch style burger. It was a burger that the gentleman said, "you won't be picking it up to eat it. It is a knife and fork type of burger!" MAN, HE WASN'T KIDDING! When I picked up my order I was greeted by his wife who was even more friendly and inviting (if that is possible), than her husband. All-in-all, the burger was delicious, very nice toasted bun, loads of grilled mushrooms and red onions with a Chipotle Aioli sauce that gives it a little kick. The flavors blended well together. My only knock would be on the burger patty itself. It was a bit small. The flavor was there just not enough meat IMHO. For that I rate the burger 4/5 . The onion rings crispy on the outside and tender on the inside...the way they should be, 5/5 . Keep in mind I rate each establishment for the categories they are in. This is not a 5 star, high end restaurant. It is a classic hole in the wall, walk up to the window and order fast food category. Sometimes you just want a good burger, greasy fried food experience that tastes good. This place has that in spades...and it is delicious! I will be back.

    This place is really good! The food is so fresh and has that homemade feeling. I really like the…read morehumdinger and the key lime pie milkshake.

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    Bistro 120 - Grilled Angus Steak Bites

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    4.3(356 reviews)
    0.6 mi
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    I will start by saying the food here is amazing. The steak was cooked perfectly, and the appetizers…read morewere delish. We ordered the asparagus and the Brussels sprouts as appetizers and split the New York steak. I'm giving a 5-star here because it's rare to find things up to this standard, but I have some points for improvement. The service was good, but my drink order was incorrect. Not a big deal or worth one less start. However, the ambiance is close but not quite. We had a reservation and, upon arrival, were seated between two full tables. One had two children who were loud and wiggly throughout our whole meal. (Nothing against children, they were totally appropriate for their age and very cute) But it would be nice if reservations had designated areas that were a bit farther away from the crunch of the walk-in crowd. Nothing we experienced took away from the great food, so the 5-star remains. Looking forward to another visit.

    Food flavor, presentation, quality and price point 5/5…read moreService was adequate. 3/5. We came at 7pm and there was 8pm closing time so we were conscientious and had our order ready immediately. ALL the waitstaff and manager (I think- blue floral polo) were very focused on closure for the full hour. Unloading clean dishes, stocking the bar, a lot of watch checking. This is pretty off-putting when trying to enjoy food and feeling the pressure of closing time. No ongoing smiles or eye contact. Ambience: very cute, modern vibe. May need to look into some sound absorption material as there is quite loud reverberations from lively parties nearby. I also felt the employees were not very happy and I felt it was due to them being under extreme scrutiny of above-mentioned manager. Nobody smiled.

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    House of Beef - 20oz Ribeye cooked med-rare

    House of Beef

    3.5(482 reviews)
    0.6 mi
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    For context, I often find myself driving between San Francisco and Fresno. On one articular trip,…read moreI was craving prime rib (which happens every two weeks or so). I asked my favorite llm where I should stop by for prime rib going from Fresno to SF. It at first suggested I make a bee like for house of prime rib in sf, which I like but have been to many times. It then suggested house of beef and I'm so glad it did (cattleman's in Livermore was also a 3rd choice but I've been there several times too). Thankfully it was Fri eve and they had prime rib. I like mine rare and it was perfectly cooked, very marbled, huge, well seasoned and delicious. I pared it wth au jus and mashed with gravy. Then, what reminded me to write this review, was the tri tip from the meat counter and took to go. They were nice enough to pack it in ice for my 2 hour drive. I just cooked it on my grill in the rain and this is seriously one of the best tri tips I've ever grilled up. The meat tenderness/marbling/quality is on par with any prime grade/American wagyu I've bought and the seasoning is just super on point. Looking forward to smoking the baby back ribs I picked up as well in the next couple of days but I will definitely be back next time I'm in the area. Seems like other reviews had issue with service but the staff were exceptionally attentive when I was there. Seriously the only thing that wasn't top notch about my experience was the cocktails(mine was totally fine but I'm a bit spoiled when I'm in SF) but for my purposes passing through I just wanted the prime rib and meats to go to be delicious and house of beef certainly lived up to its name!

    Small dining space, but it works. We came at 5pm ish and got seated, and by 5:30pm, it was very…read morebusy with all the tables taken. Service is fast and attentive, staff is apologetic about the wait, but the waiting time was not too late or rushed. Our server 10/10 service, even gave us extra bread to take home. Salad and soup bar were excellent and everything tasted fresh. We loved the tomato soup, but didn't like the french onion dip soup. The bread was amazing, and even tasted great as reheated leftovers. The prime rib and ribeye steak were cooked perfectly to our order, but couldnt finish eating dud to being full from the unlimited bread, salad and soup bar. Garlic fries were amazing and crispy, even after reheated for leftovers. Only a few things I didn't like was when we went to get our soup and salad, they cleared the whole table. I was warming up the butter in my hands for the bread to spread on faster, but they took it away like trash when we went to grab our salad and soups. They resetted the paper towel rolls to the side of the table when we moved it to the center, and they almost took away my husband's alcoholic drink, and then realized we were still dining. The lighting was definitely way too dark. I could see elderly people slipping if there was were liquids or food filled on the floor. The space is interestingly very small for a steak restaurant, but they seem to make everything flow well. Definitely would come again, enjoy the soup and salad bar, and then maybe share a steak instead of ordering two.

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    3.8(415 reviews)
    0.3 mi
    $$

    Great food, nice vibe and will definitely be back…read more Probably the best place in Oakdale

    After dusk turned to dawn after working in the high mountain sun the one thing we both craved was a…read morescratch made Italian meal that google promised us. As we drove into the parking lot bright umber kumquats welcomed us to old world Italy. Thee bright eyed host graciously showed us to our table even though we were tardy to our reservation - we had travelled a great distance winding through backroads lined with orchards of apples and almonds. Offered the choice of dinning room or neon lighted gladiator hall - we chose the former and fell into our seats in view of the chefs and gallant servers. After a mere 10 minutes water appeared at our table in clean glasses with cube of ice. Promises of bread were made. As dawn turned more to dusk and the moon rose over the sierras and orchards, neither bread nor server came to fruition. After beckoning the cheese boy we were able to request arancini, salad, two glasses of crisp Chardonnay , and Sean's special. More dusk came... The wine and salad arrived and appeased our hangry souls. Never has a Caesar tasted so Kraft fresh and then came the ten rolls. I swear you could taste the thawck and pop of the pillsburry tube in every biscuit-y bite. The cheese boy generously offered heaping spoonfuls of brownish minced garlic to accompany we don't know what? Perplexed, we politely declined. Finally as trumpets sounded and the leaning tower leaned a bit more our Sean's special pasta arrived. Never since the fall of Rome has Italy suffered a greater insult. We could've for $3 more, ordered the vodka sauce instead of the pink tinted cream. There was no cheese boy to save us. The redeeming ray of light was the in-dinner entertainment of observing two awkward teenagers on their third ( maybe second ) date. Silence...screen time ...silence. It was beautiful to see them wild and free in their natural habitat. One night with you Firenze will fill our hearts for a lifetime. Love, D and R

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    Twisted Pig Bar and Grill - Mcbelly Bomb sandwich w caesar salad side

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    3.8(766 reviews)
    9.5 mi
    $$

    Today I took a friend out to the Twisted Pig for a meal. This review is first my impressions,…read morefollowed by his. First, we were seated promptly (outside, as the inside was full). This worked fine for us. We had our menus and drinks in a reasonable time, and had a relaxing time throughout. We both had the pulled pork sandwich along with the ice tea. I also had the cup of chili - nicely spiced). I enjoyed my sandwich (skipping the bun, as I am trying to limit carbs). My friend, whom I realized often fusses about the meals we share, was more critical. His comments were "Wrong bun, hamburger bun shoulda been an onion bun" and "How long does it take to make a sandwich?" (The wait time was totally reasonable to me.) He didn't like the potato salad (but ate it all with little time spared). He liked the meat in the sandwich, giving it a 5 out of 5. He liked the service less (I felt it was on point and just fine.) The twisted pig is a good place to eat, if it is noisy inside (as it often is) check out the patio.

    Another Sunday Brunch review for 2. You could call this Big Back addition because there were no…read moretrue healthy vegetables in sight. The flavors and combinations of how they made their sauce for the brussels sprouts. The little bit of cheese, the roasting, just perfectly. Those Brussels spouts were man. Oh, man, so so good. I mean, I was surprised there were any left at the end of lunch because they were so good. Then there was the deep fried pickles. Pickles are just something that you have to either love Em or you hate Em. But deep fried pickles are just that sour taste that I just have to have. I have to have a sweet and a sour and pickles are just that for us. So we enjoyed them. They were just crispy enpugh on the outside with just a nice firm bite of the pickle, tender. And then that bitterness was really good. And then our main meal came, and there is enough food on that platter for two people to share. So if you're getting it for one, you better be a hearty guy like you gotta be a lumberjack guy to eat this all by yourself. Because this is like a platterful. There is like 6 ribs on that plate, 2 mouds of the pulled pork, 2 big huge scoops of macaroni n cheese and like a bag of those tater tots, then they drizzle, drizzle, drizzle, barbecue sauce. All over it, it was just like mouthwatering. When it hit the table. It smelled so good, it was just amazing. And then we just dove in a little bit, tried this a little bit of that, the ribs fell off the bone. It was so good. Now the restaurant is small and looks like it is a locals kinda spot so it is semi loud with sports and men chopping it up, but there were ladies sitting at various tables and a couple of families so it is semi family friendly if you dont mind the bar aspect that is bigger than the eating area in my opinion. We only seen one staff member on the floor and one behind the bar while we were there, but the service was quick and the ladies were attentive so it was a good experience. The decor needs an update and it had a 4 out of 5 vibe for me, but I rate food not people so I would go back for that.

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    Twisted Pig Bar and Grill - Inside the sandwich. I ate this with a fork as I knew I was going to skip the bun.

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