Above average diner in a very tiny town. This place reminded me of Mels diner. The tv show, not the restaurant. It came equipped with a funny waitress that couldn't wait to quit her job if she won the lottery and everything, lol. One of the only places I've ever ordered a burger medium and had it come out medium. Was very tasty as was their potato salad. It really hit the spot after a long day. read more

My family wasn't one for food traditions, but this place was one of our few. Whenever we came up to visit my grandma in Chester, we would end up going to the Kopper Kettle. I can't say I grew up eating at many places, and the nostalgia of this place rather than the food is probably what lead to this four star review. Which, I know, is the worst way to review. But I just can't shake the good memories surrounding this place, its staff, and the huge portions. I'll certainly be back. read more

After six hours on the road, we stopped in for a bite to eat. Chinese food in a diner? Okay...but we played it safe. We both got burgers, and they were standard issue, fine. The homemade potato salad and cole slaw was a pleasant surprise. Those are five-star worthy. read more

My family and I have been coming here for years. We stop by each year during our annual camping trip. The food is SO good! Biscuits and gravy are the best. Great portions Will be back each year read more

The portions are big! It's more of a brunch than breakfast. The vegetable omelette I had was more than filling, with home style potatoes on the side. The biscuit was freshly baked and came with soft butter on the side. Coffee is unlimited. A good place to charge batteries before going for a hike. read more

Excellent service, friendly owners. Breakfast was as ordered and very good.

The only thing redeeming about our visit was the omelette was decent. We walked in, frenzied energy, asked if we could sit outside, were told no, 5 minutes later people were getting served out there. Should have left then. The tables were bussed slowly such that the place had a after-party feel of a college dorm. The waitresses were also working the register. They were disorganized. Our order was screwed up multiple times. Our waitress was very apologetic, but her mistakes were plentiful. On an entertaining note, the "capuccino" on the menus was a pre-packaged cappucino (the kind you add water to) and it was laughably horribly sweet and tasteless. The reviews make it sound like this place used to be great. Not anymore. If I had no other choice, I would eat here. read more

Decent diner-ish food, super friendly and witty waitress, good value.

We came here for lunch and had a chili dog, a veggie omelet and the french toast supreme (2 slices of french toast, 2 eggs, 4 slices of bacon). A minute or so after the french toast arrived, a second order of eggs appeared, because, apparently, the cook wasn't satisfied with the eggs they had sent out on the plate. I couldn't tell the difference. The bacon, I'll add, was excellent. It was so good, we came back for dinner and were not disappointed. The mixed berry pie was great - thank you fellow Yelper for urging us to try the desert. I wasn't that hungry after finishing my dinner, but once I started that pie, there was only one way it was going to end. The prices are a bit high, but the portions are large, so it's not a bad deal. I'm not sure when we'll be back in the area, but when we are, I'm sure we'll be back for more! read more

Huge improvement. We were seated in a noisy booth and the waitress was super quick to move us. Ordered and wasn't a long wait for food as packed as the restaurant was. My husband wasn't excited about the all meat scramble. I tasted it and it was over seasoned with sage. It's all you could taste. My meal was simple with eggs, bacon and hasbrowns. Can't really mess it up. It was good. I think we could give this place another try later on. It is competing with the Lumberjack so the simple food is a bit pricey. I think if the food is good you don't need to charge so much. read more

This is a good location right on main street in chester. I went with my friend and the food was ok. It took a while to get to us. It didnt seem overly busy so not sure what the hold up was. Workers seemed very nice. I would say this is an average run of the mill diner. read more

We just walked out of this place, after waiting 40 minutes while others who came in after us were served and leaving. Guess scrambled eggs, and a hamburger @ 1 PM in the afternoon just overwhelmed the chef. Save your self the frustration, stay away read more

Great comfort food. Very reasonable prices. My nephew got the ham steak. It was huge. I'm doing the keto diet and wanted an omelette. It was great too. read more

Food was very good, after they got the order right. The first time our food was brought to us they had our orders all mixed up. Service was slow, if you're not in a hurry it's worth a try! read more

Not the best breakfast you've every had but good for Chester. It's always nice to go out and eat when on vacation, this is one of the better restaurants in town, we love going at least once for a meal while we stay in Almanor. This last time was good and the service was quick and friendly. read more

I'm sad to see all the bad reviews here. Kopper Kettle used to be THE place in Chester for breakfast. I remember those huge plates of biscuits and sausage gravy and big pancakes. Tasty! read more

Started off our day with a tasty Denver Omelette with hash browns and sourdough toast. Excellent cheesy pepper jack and not too much grease. Very good hash browns and good toast. Crystal OJ best that I've had in a long while. Sammy (we just decided on his name when I called - I wanted Ted), the 15"ish Red-bellied Pacu looks like he could use a bigger tank. Hope they put his new name on the info sheet next to the tank. read more

I have been coming here for almost 30 years. The place has grown in size but the food never disappoints. The portions are big and the prices are reasonable. The service is excellent and they make you feel like a local even if you are on vacation. If anyone tells me the are going to Lake Almanor, I always tell them they can't leave without going to the Kopper Kettle. read more

My husband and I were visiting for about a week in the off season, ended up going here a few times because it was just so wonderful. Huge portions, homemade food, once you go there you are hooked, we can't wait to go visit again to see our new restaurant "family". read more

Large menu, lots of choices; decent prices, hugh portions. Had both dinner and breakfast there. Hamburger steak was more that I could eat and it was very good; breakfast was ok, not great, but ok, and again, a large portion. read more

Stopped in for breakfast after camping for three days, what a great little place. The Kettle Cornbeef Hash is delish , the buscuits are HUGE and the staff are super friendly. I will be back the next time I go to Chester or through there. read more

Nasty place, I won't eat there again. We stopped by for lunch, I ordered a chef salad it had hair in it, I asked for another chef salad which also had hair, I was done eating after that appetite was spoiled. read more

Great food. We camp there every summer all summer long. Always good lots to choose from and friendly, nice owners

What happen to this place. It used to be good & charming. presentation & food tastes like they have no pride in what they are serving. More options than the cheese cake factory but worst. I'm truley surprised that they have returning customers. read more

Anybody that gives this place a one star is nuts because this place has great service, amazing food and charming atmosphere.

Party of 10 arrived hungry and in a hurry to catch concert in park. Waitress (Amy?) Was spectacular! What a sweet woman and hysterical as well. On her game and had speedy service with a smile. Good experience. read more

Just got back home from a visit to the Kopper Kettle Cafe in Chester, and i have never seen a more pathetic excuse for customer service in my life. Mind you all i have been in food service for about three years now. First off, i ordered a, what i thought would be, a nice plate of Chicken Parmesan. One of my favorite meals. It came out to me both burnt and nasty tasting, i could only stomach two bites before i had it sent back. If i had to compare it to something, the breading tasted like stagnant dish water. It might just be me overthinking it now, but im not feeling too great after those few bites i took. Secondly, Allura Moore had a glass of Orange Juice, and she asked for a refill. Our server Kristen replied "sure but i will have to charge you, since it is not technically qualified for a refill". To that Allura replied, "no, water will be fine then". She came back and set a full cup of orange juice on our table, which she did not ask for. Lastly, and this is where it gets pretty shitty guys, When she comes to hand us our checks Allura Politely asked for her to remove the second charge of orange juice, as she did not ask for it, and she said "I cant pour it back into the jug" and proceeded to claim that Allura said that she did want the OJ, and that Allura did not say no to receiving the cup when she set it on the table. to which Allura replied "I had said No thank you the water will be fine, i did not ask for the Juice you must have not heard me" and Kristen (our server) continued to argue with us over a $4 cup of fucking OJ. Kevin Thayer interjected and asked for her manager, to which she replied "I am the only one here." Kevin then said "Okay so you are the acting manager on duty, who is YOUR boss" she replied "She is not here right now, her name is Amy and she will be here at 6pm, if you would like to talk to her." We asked for her bosses number, to which she did not give us. I replied in a very very angry voice, "We will be back". She left to her stand and called her boss and i could clearly hear her not explaining the full story to her boss. She said her boss would be there at 4pm if we would like to wait, since it was 3:58 we did decide to wait. We waited until about 4:20 for her boss to show up, to which she didnt. We got up to pay our bills for the food we did eat. She threw Allura's change onto the counter, and did not say the typical "Thank you for visiting, have a nice day" Which any GOOD server would have said even if the customer had complained. We will be calling back at 6pm, because the attitude coming from this server was outright bullshit. Ill be sure to let you all know how that goes. 0/10 will never go back. Fuck this place read more

Went to the copper kettle on the recommendation of our parents. This was the first time my brother and I had ever been there. As we sat down at our table we noticed how unclean it was. We kindly asked our server if she could please wipe it down. This type of request seemed to irritate her even though this is part of her job. While we were sitting there and her wiping it down with an unclean rag, most of the crumbs fell into my lap. We then proceed to have a family conversation on the incident when we noticed a person at the table next to us had begun calling us douchebags and whiners. I've then turned over my shoulder and asked him if he had an issue and if you would like to go outside to get to know me a little bit better. My brother had stood up and also asked him if you'd like to come outside to get to know him a little bit better as well. Even though minding our own business, we were insulted by the ponytail wearing local and no doubt high school football hero who may or may not work at the local Subway. Even though we probably were within our right to stay there and continue our dining experience we decided to leave rather than go to prison for homicide, even though the local fly probably should have been the one asked to leave. If you want an establishment with dirty tables and insulting local piss ants than Copper Kettle is for you if not stay far and clear away from this dirty establishment and ponytail boy. read more

The Kopper Kettle, has some of the best lunches there is. I got a BLT with French Fries, which was the best BLT I had ever had, but the downside, was that the service was slow, but still 5 stars! read more

We have not eaten here in over a year I thought I would give it another try and what do you know a completely let me down so after coming in being seated and waited on order placed in the window three other people proceeded to sit down katsu serve their food before we did and then I ended up with Crispy pieces of other people's food in my pancakes I will never return to this restaurant! 20 years ago this restaurant was the bomb it was the place to go in town and now it is just crap read more

the best!!! great food and great service. they have another restaurant in chester thats been there forever. the susanville place is just as good. read more

My food was really good but the waiter "cadence" was very rude. We waited for her to bring us some more of our drink like most of the other waiters do but every time she walked by our table she looked the opposite way. We sat there for 45 minuets waiting for her to bring us a box tho she didn't. She was off playing with Christmas ornaments. So we waited a little bit longer for a box, we got tired of waiting so we asked her again but when we asked her she got a rude look on her face. I love to go her with my family but not if this is how the waiter is going to treat a paying customer. read more

I give 4 stars because you get a decent dinner in a pretty rural area for a good price. Friendly staff and a kitchen open until 9pm rounds it up. read more

We read all the negative reviews and decided to stop for breakfast and see for ourselves be for heading home to Oroville. I am so glad we did. The food was excellent and large portions. Our waitress Carol is just the sweetest . Will definitely stop again. read more

We had a long day of driving, and some comfort food was exactly what we needed at 8:30 on a Sunday night. What we weren't prepared for was for it to be first rate! We kept it simple...my wife and I shared a big chicken salad and a BLT with a couple of coronas. Everything fresh, bacon was perfect and chicken moist...came with onion rings which were perfect...and then we discovered that Amy, the owner, makes her own pies...berry rhubarb a la mode! Service was small town friendly and Amy especially warm. Left a big tip and vowed to write about it as soon as we got to our hotel. read more

I came into town to visit my son and decided to go to the Kopper Kettle. I lived in the area for 10 years and now come up to visit. We had a party of 5 adults and my grand daughter. Only 1 other table occupied when we got there. It took alnost an hour to get our food but 3 other tables filled and served before our food came. Only 4 of us received our food and I had to ask about the other two meals. My daughter in laws order was wrong. Being nice, she said to me it's ok I'll just east around it would take to long for them to cook another. I was a little upset not seeing her eat so I told the waitress the order was wrong. Her response "let me see whose fault it was" Really, not the response I expected. Waited for her to come back and she didn't return. She went and picked up someone else's food to deliver. I had to get on the road so we got up to leave and the waitress said "have a great day". Raising good kids, they said leave a tip anyway. This doesn't mean you did a great job it meant I raised good kids with morals. read more

Food is ok but atmosphere is very dirty. The flies buzzing around was very disturbing, there should be a fly swatter next to your silverware. The smell was also very pungent. I was thinking what the kitchen must look like. read more

Just a fantastic place where everyone goes for breakfast. The owner is incredibly nice and you can't go wrong here.

We frequently eat at the Kopper Kettle In Susanville, Ca. (once or twice a week) We figured that the one in Chester would be good also........Wrong. After standing at the sign that said please wait to be seated for 12 minutes with out being acknowledged, we were finally seated at a table by a grumpy older woman. We had to flag her down numerous times to get beverages refilled and she acted although we were inconveniencing her. When we FINALLY got our meals, there were 4 of us, one of the orders was completely wrong. As she slammed our food on the table and spilled water on our plates she growled, "what's the problem?' I responded by saying, no problem, this is not what I ordered. She stormed of and came back and said, "so what do you want me to do?' I replied nothing, I will just eat these meal. You received this 1 star only because the good experiences with have a Susanville, otherwise it will be zero. We will NEVER return to Chester Kopper Kettle nor will we refer it to anyone else. read more

the food was alright. my friend found a hair in her food. she asked the women to take it back and she did it gladly but towards the end of our meal she became a little on the ride side. she gave us a nasty look as we were leaving for opening the door loudly. what more can you expect from a group of teenage girls.dysfof-mimrIv-1fabci read more