Meh. Not impressed. Ordered an omelet that was flavorless/bland. Adding lots of Tapatío for much more flavor! They use canned mushrooms instead of fresh. You have to walk past the food station to get to the restrooms where there are plates of food within easy reach for any passer-by to touch, sneeze on, or cough on. That's pretty disturbing. Definitely a locals hang out, but not a place I would recommend for anyone else ‍ read more

Pancakes were burnt and servers were rude will probably never go back horrible first time experience thought it was going to be a nice little local dinner like the ones in my home town but i was wrong just horrible all around didnt want to return the food cause they had a sign that said we have the right to refuse service. read more

Was immediately greeted upon walking in the door and We were given a place to sit - no wait. MaryAnn was out waitress. She was great, very friendly, funny and attentive. Food portions were large and the food was excellent. Great place to start your day with happy and attentive people! They all seem to love what they do and you can definitely tell. I'd definitely make this my go to spot if I lived in Colorado (from Chicago). You don't find many places that are as comfortable as this one! Thank you MaryAnn great job we will be seeing you again when we come back this way! read more

Janie's Cafe - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Longmont, Colorado

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Janie's is an example of a small-town mom-and-pop restaurant, not fancy, just very good food and excellent service.

I posted a picture of my plate here. The food is really good. Unlike almost every where else in Longmont, the portions are big and the price is very reasonable. Other restaurants have downsized there portions and increased there price. Janie's has kept there big portions and Low price. The food has excellent flavor (especially the eggs Benedict) and is not bland unlike other restaurants in the area. The wait staff is friendly and very helpful. They do need a bigger location however as they pack out really quick. No surprise there as they are really good. read more

Janie's Cafe - Eggs Benedict with Loaded hashbrowns (bacon, onion, mushroom and cheese). - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Longmont, Colorado

The good: service fast and friendly. Prices ok The bad: food mediocre, ate half of my omelette and didn't want to finish the rest. Decor definitely needs an update. Booths had holes and rips in a number of places. Wood paneling on the wall damaged and unappealing. Random items in window strange, didn't know this was a restaurant at first. Service station with microwave and random items not visibly appealing, but open and prominent for all to look at while eating. Dirty dishes stored in bin that you see right when you walk in. No idea why anyone would put dirty dish tray right in front of the main door. The ugly: very dirty! Carpet covered in stuff. Ceiling tiles had visible stains and water damage. A/c vents had tons of caked on dirt streaming down right above us. Didn't notice till we had sat down and ordered, otherwise would have left sooner This restaurant needs some love and carr read more

This place is great. Good food, affordable prices. Best sausage links I think I've ever had. Nobody in here under 70, so you know it's good (granted this is at 7am). My wife said you could be anywhere in America when you are inside here, but you could only be in America. Just a great American no frills diner. read more

Everyone is so friendly and accommodating here! And the food is SPOT. ON. I have been searching for the perfect biscuits and gravy for years and it was at Janie's the entire time! BACON is perfectly crisp and the over medium eggs are exactly that. I LOVE this place! read more

I'm a Longmont local and love this place. Does exactly what it says on the lid. I've only ever eaten breakfast there - but the menu is extensive, value for money terrific and always pleasant service with a smile. This is a true old fashioned diner. Dont expect wifi, power to charge your laptop or anything else to interrupt you from having a great meal, served quickly. You'll have your coffee cup refilled constantly. I like that its open at 5am. read more

Truly disgusting food and environment. I had the Western omelette and coffee. The coffee is not terrible for this type of place, but my plate was. The ketchup must have been super old too, because it tasted more like vinegar than ketchup. I am not a very good cook but could easily pull off better fare. I am now sick to my stomach and will never be going back. I would recommend Hidden Cafe. Much tastier, if you're looking for greasy spoon type breakfast/diner food. read more

Busy here when we come in about 10:00am of Friday. All locals. Very good breakfast place. Big portion, great service. Constantly check if we want coffee. Ordered cheese eggs and oatmeal with bacons, all are great! Foods are filling and warm. We finally wake up and brain goes to the function. Thanks Janie's coffee and homy cooking food. :-) read more

Decent old school place. The breakfast options are all the basics of a mom and pop dinner. The service is very attentive and quick. Reasonably priced and our order was served within 10 mins. The food was decent, homestyle cooking. The milk was ice cold and the coffee hot. The grandma was cute with her candy cane glasses and Xmas sweater. So perfect for Main street in Longmont. read more

Classic diner vibes. The service is always fast (even when they appear slammed) and the staff is very friendly. I love their biscuits and gravy, my husband always goes for the breakfast burrito. Portions are huge! We've never had a bad experience at Janie's. read more

Mom and pops greasy spoon. Go there for breakfast and get the huevos with hash browns. Not open on Sunday. I'm a regular and the wait staff remembers me and my family and are very personable. read more

Based on other Yelper's reviews, I made a point to try Janie's for lunch today, and I was not disappointed. I got there at 11:30am and the place was full and I got one of the last available tables, by 12 noon there was a short wait. When you walk in there is a rail-thin man at the register to greet and seat you, wearing slacks, button-up shirt and tie. I ordered the corned beef hash with home fries, and it was hearty and delicious. Decor? think: wood carved art on the walls for sale. Dress code for men? None, but if there was, it would be either a ballcap advertising a car company or farm machinery, or else a cowboy shirt buttoned all the way to the top. Did I feel out of place with my MacBook Pro open on the table in front of me? Slightly. Did they put me at ease and make me feel like a regular customer? They sure did. And how often do you get to say that about a restaurant? read more

Best breakfast I have had in forever! Being from Texas, chicken fried steak is pretty important to us, Janie's didn't disappoint! It's probably best I don't live here or I would be big as a house! read more

Janie's is an old school breakfast and lunch diner. They serve good portions of traditional breakfast food at inexpensive prices. Like several other reviews noted, service is above average here. I've been in several times,some when they were quite busy, yet always received friendly and unrushed service. Well done! read more

I have now been to Janie's close to a dozen times. This place has not disappointed yet. The service is extremely friendly. Every time I have been in this place it is very busy, and the staff handles the busy atmosphere like professionals. The breakfast food is the best i have experienced in Colorado. They serve a classic "souther style" breakfast and everything I have eaten has been incredibly well done and fairly portioned. I highly recommend you get some breakfast at Janie's. Hopefully you'll get to meet Janie, and see why her restaurant is as good as it is. read more

The food is always good but the place is dirty. The bathrooms are FILTHY. The floors are messy. I hope they clean it up to make it better. read more

Not really 1 star but I need to do my best to offset the very false 4 star rating that brought me in the door once and never again. Honest rating 2, stars, run of the mill crappy ingredient greasy spoon. Source of this review: Myself, grandson and son of an American bistro that had 8 years of kitchen experience before reaching adulthood at a restaurant frequented by Jacque Pepin (we were really close to his house, not fine dining but well executed food) and my girlfriend who has been written up in the NYT for her pastry skills. We aren't snobs but we get catty when we feel the wool was pulled over our eyes. It's my own fault, I walked in the door and within a millisecond I knew what I was getting in to. This is a corner cutting greasy spoon. It is very inexpensive, status quo diner food. I did not want to venture too deep in to their menu so I ordered a product I knew (curly fries, expecting that Sysco curly fry product, bam, nailed it) and took a chance on something that I thought would be homemade which was their green chili. Within 2 spoonfools of the chili I was done. Corn starchy, canned tomato tasting with canned green chilis. My girlfriend ordered the pancakes. The pancakes left the ever so familiar film of hydrogenated butter flavored product in my mouth and though they were cooked through still seemed doughy. She inquired whether the maple syrup was pure and the waitress not knowing any better said "yes", well, needless to say it was maple flavored corn syrup, as expected. If you want 4 star or close to 4 star breakfast go to Lucielles or LePeep. Do not waste your time with this truck stop diner. If you want dependable mediocrity at a low price though, this is your spot. We both ate for $12, I would have spent double that if this place upped it's quality by 30%. read more

Very much the downtown diner. We went for breakfast which had quite a few options. They even offered a vegetarian option for a smothered breakfast burrito although the chili was just not good. The food is a lot of ingredients with very little seasonings ( read: flavor). I can't help but feel they are catering to their normal clientele which was on the older side. The service was friendly & we never had to wait for coffee refills. Honestly, I wouldn't recommend this place as something special but if you need to fill your belly and go somewhere local this should fit the bill. read more

Found this here on Yelp. Visited twice, and was very pleased both times. You are immediately greeted just inside the door by an old timer who has been there 23 years. You are directed to one of the booths (it's all booths) to sit down. A very active staff who have obviously been there a long time waits on you hand and foot. Your coffee and water are refilled about every 4 minutes by a roving lady with two pots in her hand. The food was excellent. Chipped beef on toast $4.75, and a great ham steak with two and toast very inexpensive. This is a locals place, and everybody who's anybody eats here. Good down home cooking, and free WiFi even. Nice touch. Easy parking on Main St in front, no parking meters. No handicap access. read more

Good home cookin :) not your average breakfast place. a hole in the wall with delicious and inexpensive food

Cool small town diner. Not the best corned beef hash but if your looking for cheap old school favorites this is a good stop.

The food was ok- exactly what you expect from a diner like this. After reading the reviews I was hoping to be wowed, but that didn't happen. The service was very good and the staff was very friendly. Overall, the food was pretty much like I've had a Denny's or Village Inn. I would hope this place would do something different to set them apart. read more

I found this place on yelp being from Denver we weren't sure where to go for a good breakfasts. So I yelped breakfast and This place had good reviews so we went to try it out. Walking in the cafe was very homie feeling and the clientele seemed on the older side which I'm sure were regulars. The hostess/cashier lady told us to take a seat in the back where we found a nice comfy booth. She was not particularly welcoming but then came our waitress and she was very very kind. We ordered a couple breakfast burritos which were huge and delicious I had the chorizo at the suggestion of the waitress (great choice) . If I'm ever in this part of Colorado if definitely come back. Worth a try if your in the area!! read more

Due to our extensive traveling my husband and I use Yelp constantly and are big fans. Unfortunately on this occasion the 'rave' reviews let us down. Overall 'very' average. The decor was clean but dated and somewhat stuffy but I will forgive just about anything if the food is worth it but not on this occasion..! The pork chops were so thin they were more like a 'slice' of port with a few bones rather than a real pork 'chop'. The home fries were under cooked and just not seasoned, very bland. On a positive note the staff were efficient and friendly. All in the experience was very lack luster and certainly not up to the quality the reviews suggested. For someone who like a great breakfast my advice would be to try somewhere else. read more

I honestly have no idea why this place gets so many good ratings. The food was incredibly average, the atmosphere glum, and the wait staff average. There are so many better alternatives for breakfast, I can't imagine going here twice. read more

One of my Longmont favorites! Green Chile is fantastic ;) Go there now -don't walk ...run!!!! read more

If you like diners then you will like janices. The food is okay, its got the same diner coffee and not fresh squeezed oj but the food isnt bad its just that you will never see it on Diner, Drive-ins & Dives unless they get a "real deal" cook. The food selection is exactly what you would expect from any US diner with the same low prices to match. The staff are friendly and stop by and check on you regularly to make sure your happy as well as refill drinks. It u like diners come check it out because you will like this one too. read more

Stopped in here for lunch on Saturday. It was very busy but service was fast and friendly. This is your standard all american diner fare, so for diner food, it met my expectations! read more

This cute little dinner is amazing. The service was very attentive and nice. The food was nothing less than delicious. Very please.

Good traditional all American fair. Great friendly service by mom and pop. A piece of Americana!

Janie's is a throw back to yesteryear. Food that is edible and service that no longer exists. Great place to go for breakfast and lunch.

First off, I like the interior. Homey. I had a classic breakfast with eggs, sausage, toast and biscuits and gravy. One thing that really erks me is simple fundamental mistakes. They made a huge one. While making the roux for the gravy they didn't cook it long enough. It had the raw flour taste still. Not cool. It ruined the meal for me. I might give this place another chance one day. I wasn't impressed though. read more

Great MA and PA place!!! It is the best place to grab breakfast in Longmont:) The Cinnamon bun is the best thing on the menu. The staff is great and they make you feel like you are family. It is not a fancy place but it is warm and cozy. read more

Pretty good diner. The burritos do look amazing. They also have gluten free toast, bagels, and english muffins, though I'm sure the entire kitchen is not GF. read more

I know a good breakfast cafe when the waitress comes to your table with a coffee pot in her hand. Excellent quality, quantity and service. The Western Omelette is big enough for two. Very reasonably priced. This is where you meet your neighbors. read more

I freaking love these types of places!!! I got the biscuits and gravy and they were scrumptious. Great service and I want to visit again. Lots of options for breakfast and lunch, our friend got a huge cinnamon roll and it looked amazing. Good ol' greasy cooking, just the way I like it :) And yes, the decor was a bit outdated, but it wouldn't be the same if it were different. It didn't have an effect on my inhalation of food. read more

Great diner, clean + affordable. Quick, friendly service. Comfort food, but not super greasy. Good hash browns. Lovely diner style coffee - enjoyed it so much we took a cup to go. read more