This is a great place to eat! The food is very good with a great selection for both breakfast lunch and dinner! Their hand carved turkey dinner is great! The service is excellent and there's plenty of seating! I would recommend it no matter where you live in the valley! read more

Definitely not a place for us younger folks lol. My waitress was extremely rude and very impatient with me when trying to decide what to order. She would come back and ask me what I wanted to order barely two minutes after just asking me beforehand. Not mention she shook her head at me and rolled her eyes when I wasn't ready to order. Haven't even been sitting down for ten minutes at this point and immediately had to leave. I'm sure the food had potential but the servers attitude was fucking ridiculous. read more

Food was awesome. The apple pie was even better! Service was awesome as well! I will be back!

Great food and an old time atmosphere. You have to ask for sweetener for your coffee. They don't have it on the tables.

I was getting my windows tinited in the Rogue when I saw this cute little cafe across the street. So I risked life and limb and ran across the big street of Main. I was greeted by a friendly face that belonged to Gayle. After sitting and looking at the vast country style breakfasts, I decided on a special of French toast and bacon and I also wanted the biscuits and gravy. Gayle suggested getting the eggs and biscuits and gravy special and ordering French toast on the side and saved me some money. Very nice. Coffe is tasty and hot. As I love biscuits and gravy I anticipated the gravy to be so yummy. Much to my dismay it was a little bland. Nothing a little salt cant help. Eggs were cooked pretty well. The French toast was really good. The decor reminds me of being in either Kansas or Iowa. Middle America country style. I really liked the atmosphere. nic naks and broke-a-tracks all over the walls feels homey. The place is clean and doesn't seem like a hole in the wall. I like this place. A cute little gem. A cute little cafe in Mesa...I will be back not only for the food but Gayle made my first experience even better. read more

The little mesa hasn't let us down for breakfast. It is a family owned an operated place. The coffee has always been good. Service has always been cheerfull and attentive. If you expect canned smiles and fake. Take your self important attitude to the trendy places.come here for solid breakfasts from a family that is consistently on target with a welcome and a hot meal. As a tip.. always ask for blueberries on your pancakes it is worth the upcharge. read more

I eat breakfast at leat every other weekend. Yes it may have a outdated decor but that what makes it feel like home. I have bi going there over 8 years. Never had a bad breakfast. If your up scale snop you want to stay away... this place is for common folk who like home cooking and not a 5 star 4 course meal. Real people serving real food. read more

I had to double check the address to make sure this was the same restaurant that everyone talked so highly about ..... we tried it twice and on different days and times and we came away with the same review...way too expensive for the quality and quantity. $15. for seafood platter that of course was taken out of the freezer bag and mixed vegs - same. Limp fried potatoes to go with. Mine was a horrible looking pork loin - flattened and covered with a coating that tasted quite fried. Pork chop was ok. but not worth the total price of $25. + tip. This should be tagged $$ rather than $ unless you don't eat. Back to Red Lobster! read more

I came here for breakfast/brunch and it was delicious! I had biscuits and gravy with a side of home fries and a cup of hot chocolate. The biscuits and gravy were better than other places I have been to. The biscuits were cooked and not moist or floury. The gravy was also scrumptious not too many spices just good. It had bit of sausage and was great! The home fries were pieces of sliced potatoes and not greasy at all. They were excellent. The hot chocolate was also delicious. Sweet and creamy. Overall it was good!! No complaints here! read more

Cozy little café, nice waitress and food and coffee were hot. Mostly older crowd but not snobby.

Worst breakfast ever, and to top it off Laurie overcharged me and had an attitude about correcting the bill. This place is over rated and you couldn't pay me to return. read more

Exactly what a previous reviewer said. Interior dated (but clean). Kinda homey actually. Stopped in for breakfast and it was very good and perfectly cooked. The home fries were especially delicious. A quiet, comfortable place for breakfast with great service. read more

We are usually pretty fond of diners, but we were sadly disappointed when we tried Little Mesa. The decor is old but I think adds to the charm of diners, we played eye-spy with all the wonderful eclectic plates along the walls, that was fun! The staff was friendly and the service was great. The food on the other hand was very bland and disappointing. I had such hopes for my potatoes and gravy. I might go back and try the breakfast, seems like other Yelper's really liked the breakfast. We received one of those discount coupons from Restaurants.com for a gift and this was one of the places we could use it. If you don't know, Restaurants.com is a website where you spend like $25 on a gift certificate that gets you $50 in food. I think ours was a $15 and you get $25. But the policy on them about the tips being automatically added on made our meal around $50 when it should have been closer to $25 or $30 with the tip. So we ended up spending the $25 we got as a gift anyway. read more

Stopped in there today and to my surprise they had many patrons but I was seated and served very quickly. I usually stop in early evening and not many at that time. Anyway, The meal was again, fantastic. I had the Chicken Fried Steak meal with a salad. The chicken fried steak was prepared to perfection. The steak was actually very tender which in my mind is perfection. The crispy part was just enough without being overly too much crunch. Usually at other places I've found tough meat in their chicken fried steak. I've read how another place claims they have the "best chicken fried steak in Phoenix". Not true!!! The Little Mesa Cafe has the "Best Chicken Fried Steak." With my meal I had some tasty flavorful mashed potatoes with white gravy and fresh cut green beans. These were not the usual from the can rubbery green beans. Little Mesa Cafe serves fresh green beans. The meal was perfect because it was so good. As for the service? Well you'll never be treated better anywhere else. The servers here are fabulous. I can't remember my servers name but she had stars in her tattoo on her arm. I topped off my meal with a RC Cola. The meal was so good I'm gonna hurry back. I don't live close either. My maps app tells me they are 41 miles away from my home in Phoenix. I highly recommend The Little Mesa Cafe. read more

I tried this place 3x in a year time. 2x for breakfast 1x for lunch. It was horrible each time. I wont ever go here again. Yucko. Food was nasty. The place is dusty and dirty. There is old decor. They have a plate collection on shelves above the tables and i noticed one of the shelf brackets had broken. Ready to fall any minute. I told the flighty waitress and she said, "Wow, that is bad! I will have to tell the owners". And she continued taking orders. The place smelled like a dirty restroom. We noticed the smell as soon as we walked in. Also, many older people go here. So you have to deal with their snorting and clearing there nasal passages while your eating. Older people just dont seem to care where they pass gas or blow their nose. So we had to deal with the gross sights smells and sounds while we tried to eat our nasty food. Oh, and the old rude german sounding cashier topped it off. She was snippy to the people checking out including me. She didnt even say thank you. And the display case up by the register was full of dusty handmade things that you may see sold at a flea market....in 1970. I like to give places a fair chance. I gave this place 3 chances. And all were fails. read more

Breakfast isn't overly prestigious but tastey and its a bargin.. The pancakes are delicious and pretty much everything I ordered was amazing. . The servers are wonderful and warm, it looks like the place is full of lifetime patrons, which makes sitting down for a meal that much more comfortable. Having dined for both breakfast and dinner i would say hands down breakfast is the attention grabber. . Try breakfast first if your in the area... read more

This place is a diner, and if you're expecting anything else you'll be disappointed. But for a diner the food is fantastic! I had the eggs and bacon with an english muffin. I ordered my eggs over very easy and they came out perfect. The bacon was thick cut deliciousness. My dad's girlfriend had the french toast and it looked amazing. My dad had pancakes and let me try a bite - fluffy wonderfulness, in my opinion. The orange juice is from concentrate, but again...it's a diner. Please expect a diner and review as such. Oh yeah....the price is right too. About $25 for breakfast for three! read more

i think this is one of those neighborhood haunts that is only appealing if you actually live in the neighborhood. i know. i have one of these places right around the corner from my house. the decor was nice enough, if not a little dated. and the staff was okay, if not a little inexperienced. but the food quality wasn't good for the price. the kids meals are a horrible value, unless you like paying $4.39 for a handful of fries and five banquet brand chicken nuggets. it's the kind of place that should serve breakfast all day but doesn't. they wouldn't allow up to use the entertainment book coupon on a holiday, which made the meal insanely overpriced. i dined with three other adults, and we all agreed that we would never go there again. read more

I love Little Mesa! The best chicken n dumplins anywhere!! Everything is homemade and the service is always wonderful!

I went here and ordered a ham and cheese omelet special with home fries and toast. The omelet came with half a slice of American cheese on it and was terrible. American cheese does not belong on an omelet. I paid $11 after tip and this was the worst breakfast I have ever had. Yes even Waffle House is better! read more

Stopped into this little diner well I was waiting for my car to be tinted. That waitress know that I was kind of a picky eater and could not stomach grease. She assured me that the egg and steak breakfast came with a good steak. The steak was unseasoned and it appeared to be boiled with oil all over it. The potatoes on the side were greasy as well. It was one of the worst meals I have ever had in my entire life. On a positive note the waitresses were friendly, the coffee was excellent, and the bathrooms were very clean. It was simply poor quality food. Did not eat my food took it home to feed my dogs. read more

We had a buy one get one free coupon, so we decided to try this place out. Sorry to say, it wasn't even worth that. As a over the road truck driver, I have eaten at many places around the country where the food was marginal at best, and most of those places are better than Little Mesa Cafe. The food was pretty much tasteless, as was the decor, and the service was slow and unattentive. It's obvious that this place caters to the older crowd... Those who have lost their taste buds and don't have anything better to do than digest their food. A better bet for this style of food would be the Hoosier Cafe or the Iowa Cafe, both of which have food that you can taste and more reasonable prices. read more

Everything about this place screams Robert Irvine come help. We walked in and were hit with the dated decor and peeling wallpaper. The waitress forgot our order for coffee and coke ( they only had R.C.). The food was mediocre at best I had to send back my eggs because the whites were runny ,(at least they were real eggs). We won't be coming back but do give them point for kitsch. read more

We used to receive several buy one get one free coupons with purchase of two beverages, but now they are just buy 1 get 1 half with two beverages. Their breakfast is tasty, but without the coupon a little pricey. We used our coupon for dinner once, but it was still way too expensive, and the food was just mediocre. The service was ok, but very dusty, and outdated decor. Has lots of potential though. Not sure if we will be back. read more

For lunch I ordered a grilled cheese sandwich with swiss cheese and a side salad. The grilled cheese sandwich came out too greasy and the side salad was ice burg lettuce, some cabbage and croutons. No tomatoes, no cucumbers, nothing. I asked for ranch dressing and they DROWNED it. It was ranch soup with lettuce flavoring. I returned it and asked for ranch on the side. There was still too much ranch on the bottom meaning they didn't even rinse the bowl out. On the plus side the coffee is refilled and they did not charge me for the salad. read more

I ordered a BLT on rye. When it arrived it even looked unappetizing. I sent it back and the replacement was not much better. This time the bacon was only overlooked and dry, instead of actually burned. The bread wasn't replaced, and was dried out. The 2 slim slices of tomato were, well,ugly. I understand their ad for new cooks and wish them well. The services was also ho-hum. read more

I love Little Mesa Café. The food is like home cooking and the staff are like family. They have the best chicken and dumplings and breakfast here is amazing. I highly recommend that you bring your family and friends to dinner or breakfast here. It is hard to find food like this anywhere else! read more

Came here for lunch the food isn't bad, service is ok. Last time we went was a better trip, dunno if we will come back again. If your gonna eat here better to have a coupon just to try the place out paying less than you would have by just stopping by. read more

I like this homey cafe. Service is good. Food is good and if I don't like it I send it back and they are super nice about making right. It is comfortable for sitting and chatting because it is rarely crowded. Good homemade desserts. read more

It's hard to mess up breakfast. Potatoes instead of hash browns had concerns until our meal came. The fried, crispy potatoes were just like my mom makes. Very good. Bacon was very tasty and crispy. Wait staff was very nice and came by the table several times to freshen up my coffee and to see if we needed anything. Inside atmosphere is from the 1970's but homey. Price is comparable to other restaurants in the area. read more

Great little dinner. Food was good and service was good. Classic old school dinner. Would love to try their lunch or dinner soon.

This is an old style cafe. The food is really good, as well as the prices. The ambience is that of grandma's! It's very friendly and cozy. read more

Little Mesa Cafe - Its like grandma's with the curtains and wall hangings! - American Near Me - Mesa, Arizona

Just to add to Debbie E's post. I was with her that day and the blonde taking names for the wait list did seem to be on some kind of power trip. She did her best to act superior while making sure that everyone around her heard what she was saying. When I went to check out, she was the one on the register. By the way, checking out is very slow at best. She walked toward me, looked me straight in the eye and saw that I was ready to pay my bill. She took an abrupt right turn toward the kitchen and with her back turned to me and one hand on her hip proceeded to take a mouthful of coffee that she had sitting there. I was ready to walk out!! She finally turned around and as if she hadn't seen me standing there, said, how was everything? I could have given her a mouthful but instead just said that it was soso. I just wanted to get out of there and won't be going back. It is a shame because the server was very kind and did her best to smooth things over when we were finally seated. Restaurants really need to be careful about first impressions and who "greets" people at the door. read more

Love this place brings me back to my childhood in the 80's. Love the food, customer service and the price.

I am a native of Mesa Arizona! This used to be one of my dad's favorite little restaurant... I was hoping that I would feel the same way about it today! Unfortunately that is not the case, the workers seem to be in a bad mood not happy to be there... The food was just OK at best... So sad read more

Doing some car shopping, my mom and I stopped here for breakfast. Looked like a cute little country home cooking spot. Nice quite homie atmosphere. They have handmade items like aprons and pot holders for sale by the door. Pretty much locals, everyone was on first name basis. So we got the out of towners glares. (We live in chandler too) place does have a musky smell. My mom wanted soup but the waitress said they only serve soup for lunch. We both ordered breakfast. The food was real home cooking but mediocre. A bit over priced for a small cafe. A local couple was seated next to our table (again on first name basis) and they ordered soup and no mention of the soup rule? :-/ . My mom found floaties in her hot water for her hot tea and there was a staple on top of her pancakes. We tried waving down the waitress but she was too busy gossiping with the table by the door to even notice us. We got our check from the women at the register, paid and left. Cute looking, but won't be returning here. Or will not be recommending. read more

If you call a plain egg "omelette" topped with straight out of the can chopped tomatoes a "spanish omelette" then eat here.

My husband and I like to support local/small business as much as possible. However this place just didn't do it for us. Awful service or better yet lack of! And the food was beyond greasy! I get the whole "greasy spoon" concept but my goodness this food was dripping with grease not to mention there was a freakin hair on my plate entangled in my food!!! Gross!!! The service lacked severely... We were seated pretty quick but then sat there for god knows how long and not even water was served to us much less anyone taking our order!! You would think that with a hair being found in my food (yes they brought me a new dish) but as you can imagine my appetite was gone by then... And then the business still had the audacity to charge me for that plate!! Did they think I would honestly eat anything thy came from that kitchen????? We will never go back !!! I'd pick Denny's over this place and that's saying a lot!!! Lol read more

Oh man where do I begin about his place. First off I received a coupon by mail and noticed how appealing the picture of the breakfast food looks on this coupon so it got my attention. That weekend I decided to go check it out. Pulling up the building looks old and when we went inside it was no different. The decor/people who ate and work there looks like something you would find along a middle of no where truck stop. When I entered the place it had a old musky smell. I tried to not let that bother me because I was there really wanting to try the appealing food that was shown on the coupon. The waitress right away sat us at our table, asked us for our drink order but literally took for ever for that women to give us our drinks and really couldn't understand why since there was hardly anyone there and there was a few ladies working. When we finally ordered and got our food I was really disappointed. The picture and the food they served us did not look alike. So I tried to enjoy it but the food had a funny taste to it so I ate half of my plate. I was still hungry so I ate my daughters leftover pancakes she didn't eat. That was good. I mean how wrong can you go with making pancakes. I was taking a bite and I noticed a hair cooked in the pancake from that point I got up and paid for my meal. I was so disgusted from that place I had to leave quickly. After we left I was so grossed out I had to wash my hand because my hands smelled like that place and I would gross out. I will never eat there again and would not recommend this restaurant to anyone. read more

We were not greeted when we entered. There was a young man at the counter and he was preoccupied, he aked if we wanted a table or booth. We replied a booth. He said, if we could direct ourselves to that 1st booth, someone would be right with us. We sat here for 5 minutes before a waitress came over. She was not the waitress for this section and overheard my husband say out loud when are we going to get service. She came over and replied, I am sorry, I had to take a phone order. Then brought us water. Then the actual waitress came over. I think she was as old as the decor. She did not seem friendly or helpful even after I stated this was our first visit here. The patronage here all seemed to be the geriatric variety. Now as the food goes, it's average. Nothing special let me tell you!!! The Biscuits were fluffy but tasted like a mix, not fresh made. The chicken fried steak is pre-formatted and frozen, again not fresh prepared. The home fries were not chunky or cubed, they were smashed and fried. They had no flavor or texture. The sausage links were equal to what is served in hospital or buffet line. This was our 1st and last visit. read more