Good food for a low price. Staff is friendly and quick. Breakfast was great, looking forward to trying lunch. read more

Min's Kitchen - American Near Me - Concord, California

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Our experience here was just Okay. Ordered crab benedict with eggs poached well (I can't do gooey whites), but the cook didn't get the memo or maybe just missed it. When I poked through the egg, it was literally NOT COOKED! as in RAW! She must have noticed my face because she came right over... I just told her that it was unsafe and I didn't feel comfortable eating it; I did not want a re-make. She insisted on re-making it and assured that it would be quick. Okay then. Unfortunately, when the plate came back, the only new items were the nicely poached eggs!! She (the owner) had decided to keep the now-soggy english muffins with uncooked egg slime all over them, along with the cold crab meat, then just plop a fresh pair of eggs on top. Wow!! Obviously, I still wasn't going to eat raw-egg-soaked bread cakes so I just didn't eat, since others in the group were pretty much already done. Everyone else's food was good, hot, & made correctly. We tried again a few weeks / months later (long enough so they could forget my face, lol), and they got the order right!! Ms. Min should not re-use old, soggy food, but sometimes other cultures don't think exactly alike... Service was good despite my complaints, so 3 stars!! read more

Min's Kitchen is by far the best and most affordable breakfast place around. Every weekend, we frequent this delectable establishment to satisfy our hunger with huge portions of the Crab Benedict, Chicken Fried steak and eggs, their famous coffee cake, Chocolate Chip pancakes, and Chicken Nuggets. The servers are courteous as they are personable even though they are extremely busy between 8-10 a.m. The dinner menu is also good. The Salmon was fresh and the fried rice perfectly blended with the right amount of salt and steam veggies. Over all if you're looking for something quick, inexpensive and don't mind the cheesy paintings, this is the place to go. read more

This is my to go to spot in Concord. Very similar to Chef B in Pleasant Hill... Even some of the employees have gone back and forth. Their breakfast is great. I am a big fan of the Mins Low Carb. When not eating healthy.. The Coffee Cake is a must. Only thing I don't really like are the biscuits and gravy.. But you can't win them all. Still a 5 star in my book! read more

Min's Kitchen - You can't get any better than this with a cup of coffee - American Near Me - Concord, California

We just wanted to try a new breakfast place in our neighborhood. Came here on New Years Day 2014, sat ourselves. The waitress came over right away and took our order, no fuss. Simple & fast. I ordered the french toast and my fiancee ordered the crab benedict. My french toast was okay, nothing special but the benedict was REALLY good. The place is close, clean, friendly, I'm sure I'll be back here for more breakfast. read more

I usually order to go from this place. I've ordered from this place about 3 times prior to coming in to sit down and dine. I work pretty close, so the guys are work would usually come here for their lunch. My first time coming here to dine in was a couple of weeks ago. I came in at about 1pm. When I arrived, I was told to sit anywhere I like. Since I was by myself, I chose to sit at their single booth located in the first booth that was in the middle of the restaurant. Even though the booth was only large enough to accommodate one person, there were still 2 chairs. When I sat down, I immediately noticed a lot of sugar left on the table. It looked like someone ate at the booth before I did, whoever cleaned the table only took the plates but left the rest of the table dirty. I ended up rounding up all the sugar and pushing it away from my dining area. A new server in training apologized for the mess. She cleaned off the sugar, but there were still a lot of sugar left behind that was still there. So again, I pushed those sugar away from me into a pile. The new server in training came back to me and took my order. I ordered a Pepsi and a chicken with avocado sandwich. The serve placed my order and came back with a cup filled with ice, a can of Pepsi and a straw. The cup I was given had not been washed I don't think. If it was washed, whoever washed it didn't do a good job. There was clearly something stuck to the cup on the inside. I showed my server and she replied "eww. That's disgusting. I'm sorry, I'll get you a new one" No worries and no harm done. She came back with a different cup and that one was just fine. About 10 minutes in, my sandwich arrived. The sandwich itself tasted really bland. There was no flavor what so ever, but that's alright I guess. Everything that tastes good is bad for you. So I took it as I'm eating healthy today. I think from now on, I will stick to ordering to go only. The other food I've ordered from before is delicious. But this first expletive of dining in didn't leave too good of an impression. read more

Amazing! Great food, excellent service. Sundays are pretty busy, but the first time was a Saturday and we were sold. Best biscuits and gravy ever! read more

Always great service, coffee is never empty, and the food is delicious. Try the sausage patty benedict!

Restaurant needs to be cleaned... Just one step above filthy. Food is average at above average prices. Suggest going elsewhere.

The menu is impressively filled with specialty dishes you won't find at your typical breakfast place, such as shrimp melt (de-li-cious) and lobster benedict (ab-so-lut-ely scrumptious). The side of fries is a mountain of potato pleasure. Maybe mountain range would be more appropriate, since it really was that big. Plus, extra points for offering sweet potato fries! Hardly anybody does that, and they were well prepared. The service staff was nice, but not super prompt with visiting our table. The restaurant was pretty ugly. It was clearly a mishmash of interiors and they didn't bother trying to cover it up. Our table was next to a tile wall, which we suspect at one time was a bathroom, but the wall just behind us was drywalled and painted. My sister thought the yellow paint was charming, but I found it too harsh. There are also faded, crooked pictures hung on the walls that didn't match, and signs sloppily hung up. I would definitely not go here for the atmosphere. Just make sure you're going with someone pretty to look at. :) read more

Seat yourself. Eat plenty. Walk out happy. Average spot for good ol' American breakfast. Personally, I enjoy corned beef hash, and bacon & eggs. Place gets pretty busy during breakfast and brunch hours! read more

This is a very unassuming spot, located within a strip mall. My first impression when I walked in was not very positive...the furniture is really old looking and not much decor to speak of. If I wasn't with a friend who loved the place I would not have given it a chance but I'm so happy I did. The menu is great, LOTS to choose from and more than just typical diner foods with creative ingredients and combos (I noticed eggs and calimari on the menu to give an idea) I think there were about 9 different kinds of benedicts!! We got standard breakfast this time but will definitely be back to try more because everything that was coming out to the surrounding tables looked fantastic. Also, they have TVs so the game was on while we were eating breakfast. That was so awesome! read more

Good breakfast & good service!! I ordered the florentine eggs Benedict, it was delicious!! I have to say they serve the best hash browns!! Although I wish these kind of breakfast places served better coffee. read more

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I would definitely try Min's again and I would recommend it to a friend. The food was very good - fresh and reasonably priced (portions were generous). I had a California Benedict. The bacon was crispy and thick, the sauce was pretty good, but the eggs were slightly overcooked for my taste (I like the yolks runny). The hash browns were crispy on the edges (much more potatoey since they were homemade) & the avocado was pretty fresh, although it was turning a little brown. The location is depressing, but once you are inside, the restaurant is bright, sunny & busy. The service could use a little work - my friend's order was slightly off, and it took several requests to get addl. items like drink refills, but it seemed pretty typical for a breakfast place on a Sunday. read more

Great breakfast spot. The menu is pretty amazing and has all sorts of combinations I never would have dreamed, like calamari scrambles. The food is great, I'm a little more traditional and stick with french toast or a benedict. The service is freindly and fast as well. read more

The service is good. I appreciate that another waitress picked up the slack when the original waitress assigned to us was busy with another customer. It always bugs me when restaurants are super territorial about who serves who and an observant server is helpless to rescue a customer from a poor server. Not to say our original server falls into the bad service category, she was fine, but busy with another customer. If anything it was our fault for sending her away the first time. Portions are good. Had the eggs benedict and sweetie had the french toast. This was a good, solid meal, but I guess old fashioned is not to our taste. The ham on the eggs benedict was flavorful and thick for CB, but the hollandaise sauce was a little heavy-tasted a canned? I usu. ask for extra crispy hashbrowns, but forgot when I ordered. Nevertheless, the homemade scalloped potato hash had a very nice crispy, hard crust so I was very happy with that. Sweetie had the french toast. It's more on the eggy side, which I don't mind. They use the big thick slices of white bread as their base. He thought the bread should be more fancy, but I thought it was keeping with their style of food. The decor is ... odd. They had a renaissance-styled picture of a bf-ing mom titled "Mothering" against a backdrop of egg-yolk yellow walls, but hey, whatever floats your boat. It was definitely memorable. read more

A pleasant surprise for sure! Considering the location/ the complex it was in- you would not expect a delicious brunch place to be wedged in the corner. My two friends and I wanted to meet up for brunch somewhere in between where we both lived and after doing some research, I read some good reviews about this place so decided hey why not. The combo benedict ($10.50) with shrimp crab and avocado- delicious. The sauce wasn't overwhelming at all and all the flavors just married well together. One of my friends ordered the pecan waffle which also looked quite tasty. We all split a side of fruit for $4- well worth it. The fruit was fresh, ripe, sweet, and in a generous size bowl. I'd definitely come back here to try some other items on the menu. Those whole wheat blueberry pancakes or the chocolate pancakes definitely were calling my name. read more

What a deal! Crab avocado omelet for $11.50 crab avocado benedict for $12.50. Best part is the dungeness crab is good quality. Doesn't have the heavy fishy smell the cheap crab meat has. Solid chunks of crab meat. Excellent hash browns not shredded more like a scallop cut. Nice golden brown and tasty. Fruit cup that came with my nephew's breakfast was nice fruit was really fresh and recently cut. Wish I was in the area more I'd definitely be a regular. read more

Such a cozy little find in Concord. My mom and I were visiting the area and decided to stop in for some breakfast. Our waitress was extremely busy yet still made us feel as if we were her only table - outstanding hospitality! The food isn't over the top - just your standard breakfast options, but everything was tasty and cooked to order. read more

The best breakfast around! Great potatoes with the egg dishes. Chicken-Apple sausage was dry but Benedicts are delicious. Friendly service. On another visit it was lunchtime. I had the most beautiful chef's salad ever! No kidding! A work of art and full of meat and cheese! Great neighborhood joint! read more

this place satisfies the need for more/better breakfast options in concord... getting a little tired of nations, don't like stepping foot in places like ihop, and places like mimi's gets expensive. this place is also not what you would expect. starting with everything from the name (found myself looking for orange chicken on the menu), to the location (that shopping center seems like a blackhole for businesses), and even the artwork on the walls (i especially enjoyed the little kids on triceratops painting). but i left here satisfied, and excited to come back again and again to try everything else on the menu. i got the dungeness crab & avocado eggs benedict, and a large fresh squeezed orange juice. the oj was awesome. nothing surprising there. the eggs benny was a little too much for me palate-wise. don't think my insides were prepared since i don't usually eat them, but i had to try given the crab and avocado combo... it also came with hashbrowns which were probably my favorite hashbrowns i've ever had. they were like scalloped potatoes grilled to perfection. i also had a dabble of friends' calamari (big pieces, need to be cooked longer), sweet potato fries (very good). everyone seemed to enjoy their meals. the service was very attentive as well. i would give the food a 4/5, but the overall impression this place left with me was a resounding 5-star. hope to see this place thrive! read more

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Fantastic food! This is a great place for breakfast and lunch. I have not had a bad meal. These are experienced restaurant people. They employ quality ingredients and you can taste it in the meals. Of special note is the salads. This would be a $5 salad almost anywhere else. Here, it's just part of the meal. My other fav is the French Dip, but it is only available certain days... and here's why: The meat is cooked special for that sandwich on that day. Sweet potato fries are another option that's uncommon. Try the seafood dishes - another quiet specialty of the house. See you there, soon. read more

Everything a breakfast-lunch spot oughta' be. Sunny room, fresh food, expertly made, fresh juice, thoughtful, gracious service, kickass BLATs! read more

Min's Kitchen - BLAT on wheat. (that's the pancakes with bonus baby cake in back.) - American Near Me - Concord, California

Very good place for breakfast. I had a hangover and a hankering for some corned beef hash. the cbh was good, nothing overly spectacular, but you get a lot and hashed browns were excellent and cooked perfect. I didn't sample any of the dishes my friends had, but they all looked excellent and they commented as such. You get plenty of food at a decent price. I will be back. read more

Love this place. Very old school of what is left of Americana of the Bay Area of food, portion and hospitality. Bring your American Flag and you better know your Military Gripe to be amongst these regulars. read more

This place is tucked back into a little shopping center. The shopping center is a little sketch but don't let that deter you. We've only come for breakfast and each time it's been delish. Pancakes are fluffy and generously sized. Bacon is thick and cooked perfectly. Eggs are fresh and also cooked well. Hashbrowns are my favorite. They don't look like little potato shreds and aren't ever greasy. There can be quite a long wait if you don't get there early enough. That should speak for itself. I wish they had a kid's menu. It's a little pricey to order off the regular menu for the amount our kids eat. If they just could add a smaller portion breakfast with a lesser price tag, we would come here much more often. read more

July 2016: $20.71 for two 2-item omelets, a Coke, and a coffee. Went on a weekday at 11:00am, no wait. Home-cut hash browns are griddled, super soft chopped potatoes, like, a step before mashed. Omelet is the thin-egg-wrapped-around-filling type. Coffee is pretty good, and my cup was quickly refilled. We'll go back. read more

Found myself here for the first time on New Years Day for breakfast with my sister. I'll find myself here again, for sure. Here's why: 1. Their Hollandaise sauce is deliciously creamy -- so perfectly balanced that, even upon dropping the spoon in the serving bowl, none splattered anywhere. I considered ordering a second side of eggs just to grace myself with more of that flavor. Impressive. 2. Dense, flavorful pancakes. They came with butter already on them, and soaked up any syrup I poured on there. Nowhere close to the usual IHOP/Dennys thin frisbee competition seeming to be going on. Great. 3. The place was well near packed, you can seat yourself, and there were clearly regulars traipsing about, the servers being on the kind of level of cheerfully greeting them with a Happy New Year and a hug. Fairly quick service (besides waiting for your incredibly fresh food) 4. THE BACON. PERFECTION. 5. Classic diner ambiance. 6. Overheard the server asking the table next to us about their kids' favorite school subjects and such -- very engaging. Also asked if we were doing okay throughout our meal. 7. Affordable prices with an expansive menu, probably one of the largest I've seen a diner offer before. It was about $13 for each of us, with serving sizes so large we were full before we finished. Thanks Yelpers for the encouragement to give this place a try. I hope you do so as well. Stop by and try it, I'm sure going to again and again! read more

Min's Kitchen - The Clayton Special & Florentine Scramble - American Near Me - Concord, California

This place has amazing food and excellent customer service! Will definitely be going back very soon.

Great food! Especially burgers. I went last year for company meeting. The staff are nice& friendly.

Just a quick 5-star review here! Allie was fantastic (wish she would've joined me for lunch ) and helped me decide on lunch. I had the salad and 1/2 sandwich. The salad was excellent and fresh and they ended up giving me a full turkey sandwich, which was also very good. Even the iced tea was good! I'll be back, especially if Allie is working. read more

Just had breakfast here for the first time. I was impressed with the food; though they had lots of interesting choices, I went with the staples - bacon, eggs and hash browns, and nothing was greasy, even the bacon. Portions are large and the prices are very reasonable. Other Yelpers have reported slow service; but my experience was that while they weren't exceptionally speedy, they weren't particularly slow, either. And I double-checked - they do serve breakfast all day, I think they're open til 3PM. read more

Love this family operation!!! Food and service are great. Very clean, good portions, delicious food.

Had another great crab omelet this morning. My dining buddy had two eggs with bacon and was happily surprised to enjoy two big egg, 5 pieces of bacon, yummy hash browns and 4 pieces . It was her visit to Min's and she agreed there is something special about their hash Browns and age was shocked to see 5 pieces of bacon on her plate. Yummy read more

We have been picking up our favorite Min's meals each week since they opened back up. They now serve limited inside seating and outdoor seating. Clean as can be and as delicious as ever. read more

So, I have fallen in love when this place. Yes, really. I try going here with my boyfriend at least once a week because it is just that yummy. Long story short, [according to earlier reviews] the owners of Min's Kitchen used to be the owners of Plaza Cafe.; and judging by the style of the food, sounds about right. The biggest differences and why I will choose Min's over Plaza: The prices are a little bit lower [less than $1], it's much bigger, it seems more alive, and they do take credit cards here. I order the same thing everytime, and it's always amazing. 3 egg omlette with chedder cheese and sausage with a side of wheat toast. The boyfriend have fallen in love with the Irish Benidict. Instead of ham [or whatever "normal" meats they might have], this has their corned beef hash. Ah-mazing. Really though. You much try. Oh, and their coffee cake is great too. read more

I thought the atmosphere was buzzing and much bigger than expected from the outside. Great service - you seat yourself and someone talks to you right away. Unfortunately, the food was sub-par and despite being so close to our house, we would rather drive farther for tastier food. read more

You are seated right away but the wait time for food is RIDICULOUS!! So unhappy right now.

No nonsense, good breakfast place. It's not fancy inside--its a diner/kitchen. Portions are HUGE. I had the Clayton special, Bacon & eggs with 2 seriously fluffy pancakes. Had to try the hash brows after reading another review. They didn't lie. Fluffy/creamy potato hash, fried up crispy. So freaking good. I'm already thinking about the next time I eat them. Lots of regulars (seems like the staff knows people on a first name basis), and a steady stream of customers. Tables are turned quickly. Really good. Recvomed if you're looking for good food, fast. Mmmmmm breakfast... read more

Loved the food at Plaza Cafe in Pleasant Hill until they changed hands. Husband and I were delighted to have found Min's Kitchen!!! Ordered our "usuals" from Plaza and was not disappointed. Portions are still huge and food was still great. This location is much roomier and had a lot more staff working. Husband was glad the fresh OJ was available. He really missed it! LOL! It's great to have our go-to breakfast place back! read more