My husband saw this place on Facebook and wanted to try it. I was skeptical of driving all the way to Lemon Valley (we live in NW Reno) but agreed to try it. its actually a bit hard to find, because there isn't a sign except on the back of the building. It's pretty small, and has very retro vibe, like it's been there since the 40's. But the food and the service made is worth the drive, and we can't wait to go back! I had the breakfast burrito, which is HUGE. I could only eat half of it! My husband had the meat lovers omelette, and it was crammed with four meats. Their breakfast potatoes were really good too! And the service was EXCELLENT. read more

Service is fantastic, was greeted immediately even though cafe was pretty full. Came to try out their Chicken fried steak while in the vicinity. The cream sauce they used was not a pepper type but so flavourful, but Cholula takes care of everything. The home fries looked very good, I will need to try that next visit, not knocking their hash browns that was pretty fantastic also. The appearance of the fried steak was pretty flat but it was a pounded steak and not ground meat which made it pretty delicious., needless to say the plate was pretty empty after I got done. My neighbor had a steak and eggs with the home fries is why I noticed the home fries which looked pretty good. This is a pretty homey and inviting interior and it seems a lot of locals frequent this cafe, a good sign indeed. Definitely worth a visit if in the vicinity. read more

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Mom and I love breakfast. We also like to try new places and and get a great deal. All three check marks for Hometown Cafe just north of Reno in Lemon Valley. Lots of photos of early RARA (Reno Air Race Association.) Friendly waitstaff. Large portions. Quick sit down service on a Friday morning. She did say there is a waitlist on the weekend. read more

Hometown Cafe - Dessert First! Homemade Cinnamon Roll - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Reno, Nevada

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We just moved to Reno and wanted to find a mom and pop breakfast diner. This was the first that popped up in my yelp search. At first, I was a little worried. It looked run down from the outside, the inside is giving retro ruby's vibe. Food was amazing and large portions. My family enjoyed their meal. Definitely our go to from now on. Our server was so sweet. 10/10 experience read more

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Grandpa brought me here for breakfast while I was helping him with some heavy work. He took me out to a place in town I almost never go to. The only time I ever come out here is to visit my mom, and this place is past a turbo take to get there. It was packed inside when we came in, so this is clearly a popular place! The interior was relatively old fashioned with shelves full of Very old cartons of products and lots of pictures of old art as well. Simple colored walls as well. All of the tables had red and cream diamond pattern table cloths on them which helped add to the old style fashion. The chairs were all pretty standard and good to sit at. I decided to order the New York Steak and Eggs. The eggs were good. Well prepared and tasty too. The hash browns were also pretty good, with nice flavor to them to enjoy! The steak was very tasty. Well cooked, seasoned well, and a very good size too! Overall I was quite pleased with the food here! It was tasty and enjoyable all around! No complaints on my end! Definitely a recommendation from me! read more

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If you want old fashion comfort breakfast with the fam, this is your spot! I have picky eaters for children and they basically licked their plates. My husband and I gave each other the look "oh yeah, this is the spot". Portions were American big. Price was generously right. Delicious. As soon as you walk in, you feel like you're at granny's house. Cozy and the attire is come as you are. Everyone was super sweet. Although they were super busy, still managed to take care of us well. Compliments to the chef. read more

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The best breakfast spot in town! Yes it's a bit of a drive but it's well worth it. The staff here are friendly and provide great service. The food is made with pride and love and always hits the spot. Way better than Pegs and all the other trendy breakfast places in town. Love this place! read more

We've only been here a couple of times. So far, staff is nice, food is good. Open for breakfast and lunch.

This is our go-to place if we want a good meal at an affordable price. The servers here are excellent and always friendly. It has a "home town cafe" kind of feel inside with lot of booths for families of 4, and then tables for bigger parties. The food is always good...great omelets and other breakfast items. They also have a good lunch menu. Portions are always more than enough. read more

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Woweeee - I was not expecting the large portions or the great brunch from this unassuming diner. We were seated right away on a Sunday at noon. Service was fast and friendly. My coffee was never cold or empty and he food was excellent! Prices are good too. A solid 5 stars! read more

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I love this little unassuming, family owned spot. My husband and I come here quite often, and I love bringing people who don't even know about it. They always love the vibe, the food and the kind servers. I come here because the prices are fantastic, and the food is always good. They are known for their very large portions. My husband and I always share something savory and something sweet. Our go to is the chicken fried steak and eggs and their apple cinnamon French toast... we can never finish it all!! read more

Great food. Large portions. Yummy grapefruit Mimosa. Friendly staff. Quick service. I love this cafe.

Always good food, friendly service and a clean environment. We continue to go here when we want a good breakfast (although recently tried their burgers and they were good as well). read more

The food and service were great, and the decor gave a homey feel. Best breakfast in the North Valleys by far.

10/10! This was the best breakfast I've had in a very long time. Drove all the way from damonte ranch (south Reno) to try this place and it was very worth the drive. Our server was fast and very kind with our menu accommodations! Great prices and super cute on the inside!! Eat everything on my plate will be back again very soon read more

Hometown Cafe - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Reno, Nevada

Great little small cafe. Good service. Quick food. And nice to have something like this in the north valleys

Just stopped in to get some food to go. It is 20 minutes before closing time so I just called an order in and picked it up. It was ready in like five minutes. Fairly friendly people, I love the phrase here. So yeah can't say much more lol read more

Hometown Cafe - French fries to go - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Reno, Nevada

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I was very optimistic coming here was pretty disappointed with chilaquiles was nothing like a chilaquiles service was pretty good but overall wasn't bad. read more

Good little breakfast spot, though they serve more than I just have only been here for breakfast and killer mimosas. Great service and friendly staff make you feel welcomed. read more

Great breakfast. Bacon & eggs and steak & eggs. Came out fast. Both were great. They refused to let us run out of coffee.

Love this place food is great the staff is great they are friendly and fast conveniently located close by

The Chicken Fried was very good made with real steak and ground meat. The rest of the food was ok, a bit over cooked. Service was good not great. read more

Hometown Cafe - Chicken Fried Steak, Biscuits and Gravy, and California Omelette - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Reno, Nevada

I've been eating here since I was a kid. The food is great, it's a whole in the wall breakfast spot that I recommend to everyone I talk to. The service is amazing, I've never had to wait for my food longer than 10 minutes. The ambiance is old fashioned, a piece of history on each wall. 10/10 read more

The food is delicious, the service is always great and it's usually not too busy. Definitely one of our go to places

We've been eating at Hometown for decades, I remember when it was Curt & Al's (the best!). But we won't be spending money there anymore. The last few times we ate there have been borderline, we learned not to get the chocolate chip pancakes because they're so unbelievably sweet, it's nauseating. I can't imagine feeding those to a child. But today we were done. I ordered a sausage mushroom omelet. It actually had slices of cheese on top (see picture). Anyone who knows how to cook well knows you don't use sliced cheese on top of food. You use slices for sandwiches. The inside was so overloaded with mozzarella that after a few minutes the omelet had cooled enough that it became a rubbery mess. Think cold mozzarella sticks. Yuck. The sausage was just cut up links. Not so bad, I guess, except these are rookie cooking mistakes. A chef worth their salt (and training) would never serve an omelet with sliced cheese and cut up links. I'm just sayin'. My home fries were paper thin. Who cuts potatoes that thin? You could excuse it if they were crispy. They weren't. They were half soggy and half burnt, as was my toast. Hubby got the California omelet and he wasn't happy with his either, same cheap sliced cheese. He got a side of fruit and the sliced bananas were black on one side, too ripe. As you're cutting up food to serve, a chef should keep an eye on what they're working with, and if the fruit is overripe, you don't serve it, you toss it, or save it for something like banana bread. You could argue that perhaps the overripe bananas weren't noticed but they were put into the container with the black side down, so it wasn't easily noticed. That tells me it was done on purpose. And it also tells me the cook doesn't actually care what they serve. The rest of the fruit bowl was gross, fruit was all overripe and inedible. It wound up in the trash. The place was busy when we picked up the order, which blows me away. People are happy with this junk? No thanks. From now on we'll stick with Pegs. Goodbye Hometown. We've loved you for a long time. But all good things must come to an end. read more

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Just like home cooking. The service is fast and friendly. The food comes in large portions and the place is never empty. Good service from start to end! read more

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They still always get my bacon and eggs prepped as ordered and I still love the French Dip! Today I finally tried something new here--the Eggs Benedict! Egg cooked perfectly, very tasty ham, OK Hollandaise with top notch hash browns! As usual staff was helpful and friendly, even when very busy like today. read more

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Went there on a Saturday morning. The place was very busy. The waitress was fast, Friendly. The food was good and it only took about 10 minutes to get our breakfast. We ordered the special. Which was the country omelette. If should have been called the kitchen sink. It had eggs, cheese, bacon, sausage, ham. With country gravy. Home fries and a biscuit. It was huge. read more

We hadn't been here for awhile so off we went. My wife had the chicken bbq sandwich and I ordered the senior pork chop. Her sandwich was really good and the fries nice and hot. But I was especially impressed by my lunch. The only nit picking I can comment on is the pork chop was a bit overdone, which is easy to do since it's thin cut. It tasted really good, the mashed potatoes had big chinks of potatoes in it, which I liked. The veggies were cooked perfectly, with some crunch still present. And, it came with a cup of soup, which was meatball and also very good. All for less than 10 bucks! Amazing. The coffee was good as was the service. We'll be back much sooner than later. read more

First time eating at this restaurant. Very nice staff. The menu was quite large with a lot of choices. We ordered from the senior menu. We were pleasantly surprised, not only with the quality of the food but the portions were large. Couldn't believe the great value. We will definitely be back. read more

nice environment and staff a little disappointed about my steak though:( it was a little undercooked. read more

Hometown Cafe - New York Steak and Eggs - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Reno, Nevada

Nice place. Waitresses are fantastic. Food is good. I would recommend for anybody to go. Their pies are excellent

Absolutely flash back to my Grammies home! Comfortable atmosphere, definitely gave me the feeling of a perfect grandmother vibe. The food is also that comfort food, delicious, good price and amazing service! I highly recommend for a breakfast spot. read more

Good food and plenty of it. Good old fashioned breakfast!! Nice staff!! Very fast service.

What a quaint little 'mom and pop' shop. I've visited this café numerous times since 2014. Each time the food has always been delicious, the wait staff has been attentive and nice. Most recently, I went Friday April 29, with my boyfriend's mother, around 9 or 10 and was seated right away. I ordered the Eggs Benedict. And while it was delicious, the Hollandaise sauce was just doused over the egg, ham and English muffin. I could barely distinguish the different flavors from each component. The Hollandaise sauce was nice and rich though, and made well. I told myself when I came back, I would order the sauce on the side. Another Kudo to the kitchen staff, my boyfriend's mother ordered a California omelette with hash browns and she asked for them crispy and burnt. They came out a beautiful shade of crispy and I was impressed with the attentiveness to their listening to her request. Sunday May 1 I went back around 1030-11am, with my boyfriend after I ran the Biggest Little 5k, and the Sunday rush gave us an estimated wait time of 20 minutes, and we probably waited 10. Kudos again to the staff for over estimating the wait time. I again ordered the Eggs Benedict and asked for the Hollandaise sauce on the side. I was able to pour my own and make sure the ratios were better. That was 10/10 an amazing decision. If you like Eggs Benedict smothered in sauce, order as is off the menu. If you want a little more control over how much sauce is allocated, order the sauce on the side. Overall, I will continue to go back and eat there, weekdays or weekends. Definitely a great little spot. read more

Hometown Cafe - Eggs Benedict - next time will be asking for sauce on the side or lighter sauce - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Reno, Nevada

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A nice low-key comfortable place to have breakfast nice people haven't had a bad breakfast yet I will be back

Still the best breakfast and lunch spot in the North Valleys!! Best service!! Very down home feel!!

This place has been highly recommended to me and it was worth the drive to the Lemmon Valley area. Hometown Cafe is exactly what I imagine when I hear the word "diner." It's cozy, homey, a little dingy, and the staff is friendly. We started out with the chili cheese fries for the table which was a HUGE portion of fries. The ratio of chili, cheese, and fries was perfect, not a fry left uncovered. Also, the ranch that came with the fries was so good, definitely not the kind of ranch you have at home. After that, our food came out, each equally large in portion. We had the chicken and waffles special, breakfast burrito, and the Suzie's Scramble. The waffle was soft but not soggy, and the chicken, while just chicken tenders, was juicy and solid. The breakfast burrito was HUGE and made a great lunch the next day. It had a ton of cheese and every inch was filled. Suzie's scramble was a nice lighter breakfast option but still just as filling as the others. Unfortunately, with leftovers in tow we didn't get the chance to try any of the desserts that we had been planning on getting. Next time, I'll definitely have to save room for more! Everything was well worth the price. Compared to a lot of other breakfast places in the Reno area, Hometown is the most bang for your buck. More affordable AND higher qualify. Highly recommend! read more

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Very sad, today went for breakfast with my grandkids and daughter waited about 10 minutes to be told that it was going to be a 45 minutes to hour wait, when I was looking at empty tables, then was told it was because of kitchen stuff shortage, management needs to get with the program for your customers who pays your bills, I'll will not return until service improve, pegs restaurant has got my business...very sad read more

Went to hometown cafe on a whim and were so glad! We were seated right away without wait (not to say it wasn't busy!). We got a nice booth for 4. Our waitress was super nice and straight to the point which was great since we were starving and needed to eat. I got the eggs Benedict. I don't eat ham and our waitress switched it out for tomato and avocado which was great! I got them with home fries and they were delicious My fiancé got the smothered breakfast burrito and it was really good, and way too much food! The portions are huge and the prices are low, what a steal! Our friends got the blueberry pancakes and the chicken fried steak and everyone was very pleased with their meals. read more

Hometown Cafe - Smothered breakfast burrito - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Reno, Nevada

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