Driving home, spotted Mom's Kitchen on the way through Olathe, it looked like a good old-fashioned Mom and Pop restaurant. It was terrific. Good food plenty of it. Wonderfully friendly staff, busy, obviously locals favorite. You can alter the size, change the side order do whatever it takes to make you leave there happy, full and waiting for your next visit. The lady that waited on us treated a like family as she did to everyone else who had come in there. read more

Just the most perfect local diner. They don't have many of them like this anymore. Walking in they have their locals that have been going there forever. Service was quick and nice. We had a table of 5 and all of our food came out at the same time and very quick. I ordered biscuits and gravy with sausage links and the biscuits reminded you of homemade ones you would have at home with your family. Just perfectly done. read more

Mom's Kitchen - Biscuits and Gravy - American Near Me - Olathe, Kansas

This is a solid diner. Great breakfast burrito, full menu served all the time, good plain old coffee, delicious pancake. The servers are friendly and obviously have their regular customers. The ambiance is dive diner but it is clean. Love that it is still in business. Last time I came here was 1994! Will probably not wait 30 years to come back since we now live pretty close. read more

Service is fantastic. Food is good even though it's Cisco. I've been going there for 25 years.

I've been coming here for years, not sure how I've not done a review before. There is nothing on their menu that I've tried that I haven't loved. All of the food is great American Comfort Food! Breakfast served all day however they do close at 2:00pm so no dinner time here... Great salads, burgers, sandwiches and meals! Your burgers and sandwiches come with a serving of your choice of waffle fries, French fries or season fries but you can also choose peaches if you want which is what my go to choice is. I will however, steal a couple of my hubby's seasoned fries from his plate if he gets them. Always generous portions and even with the sandwiches I normally have to take half of it home to eat later. My favorite is the French Dip which the prime rib is cooked perfectly, with gooey Swiss cheese on a hoagie roll which is neither too hard nor too soft! The dip is just the right amount of salty and delicious!! I also love their BLT! Don't forget the pie! You may not have room left to eat it so just get a slice and take it home with you! As I said, they have generous portions and they are reasonably priced as well! It's family owned and operated and everyone on staff are welcoming and inviting and friendly and knowledgeable! Cute little location which although has changed hands a couple of times over the years has remained unchanged and kept the name since the 1940's! Yes, this is an Olathe staple and very well loved business! There are also paintings on the walls painted by someone who works there maybe? Never have asked to be sure but yes, they are for sale so if you fall in love with one you can purchase it and take it home with you! Downtown charm for sure! read more

We eat here regularly. The staff get 5 stars for personal/friendly care. A local diner feeling. Food hot and if you are not happy, staff fix it. Worth your trip especially for breakfast pancakes. read more

Great place! Staff was super friendly and the food was awesome! Love the homey feeling! Will definitely be back!

Now this is a chicken fried steak If you're looking for an old fashioned, no bells, no whistles diner, this place deserves your business. It's been around too long to not be good, and most places can't do a good chicken fried steak. Not here, it's amazing. Take my money! read more

Sadly disappointed. This is corned beef???Overcooked, dry, & chewy. The cook must have changed because this is horrible & a waste of money. I used to love this place. I paid $16 for an order of fries. The sandwich is not edible. read more

Mom's Kitchen - Rueben Sandwich - American Near Me - Olathe, Kansas

Good: the food was good. Finally went here because of the great reviews. Lots of choices on menu, good food and service Bad: the bathroom smelled like vomit and did not feel clean. Tables, booth, silverware, all felt old and not in a cute nostalgic way. After my trip to the bathroom I had a hard time enjoying the good food. read more

The food was so terrible. I really felt it was a hate crime. We were sitting right next to the front door and an old couple stepped inside looked at our plates that it just been delivered and turned around and left the building. read more

My favorite server Julia is today, she is outgoing positive young lady, if you haven't been here this should be on your bucket list, I have lived in Olathe for many years and never been here before until now customer talk about this place all the time, it's always busy here, this is not franchises, why do you support franchises when a mom and pop places is here, the food is excellent, grits are to die for, this is my fourth time here and each time I have something differently to eat, not a coffee person but this place is good,when you walk in the door or leave staff will say welcome or thanks for coming in, where else do you get this read more

Mom's Kitchen - Hash eggs and grits - American Near Me - Olathe, Kansas

Place was terrific. The food was wonderful and came out piping hot and fresh, the chicken fried chicken was some of the best chicken I've ever had. The server I had, I believe Julia was an amazing person and gave my brother a slice of pie for his birthday, entirely free which was also delicious. The exterior was nice and cozy, it felt like I was welcome and at a place where I was safe. Really awesome people eating inside too, it seems like everyone is just friendly here. read more

I am loving Mom's Kitchen! The staff has been fantastic. The Chicken Fried Steak is my favorite - excited to try more!

The service here was amazing. Our waitress was nice and upbeat. The food comes out fast and there is no wait! I got the chicken fried chicken and the gravy was amazing! Would definitely eat here again. read more

Mom's Kitchen - Chicken fried chicken with the fried potatoes and over easy eggs - American Near Me - Olathe, Kansas

This place was amazing. Service was great & food was even better! Great hole in the wall. read more

Mom's Kitchen - Side Biscuits & gravy - American Near Me - Olathe, Kansas

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I went to Mom's in the 80's and the food was incredible. Last time. I could barely hold it down. Hollandaise sauce was dripping of the edges. Pure Sysco, right out of the can. Cold and gross. My wife got a salad and they gave per packaged dressing. When we went back to our table I looked into the kitchen. All i saw were cans of premade Sysco product. This ruined my memory of how great the original homemade food use to taste at this Olathe Landmark read more

Excellent food with the mom's and pop atmosphere. I have been coming here for years since moving here from Germany. None of the commercialization that is so fake just good quality food. read more

The food is consistently delicious, the coffee is great, and service is outstanding; what more could you ask for from a diner? read more

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Food was very cold. Silverware was dirty!! Our special request wasn't meet. Will net be back!!!

Went there again this past weekend with brother and nephew. We love this place because the food is just good!! Nothing plain or simple about it.... but it's the basics done right; eggs (all styles I've had were great), sausage links or patties, ham steak, plate sized pancakes, biscuits, gravy, and more!!! The atmosphere is not why we are there... it's in an older building. They keep the place clean and service is with a smile!!! read more

I am so glad to have found a new breakfast spot in Olathe. I found this restaurant on Google and saw the awesome reviews. It's a truly small town fee kinda place, older gentleman sitting around drinking their coffee reading the paper, very friendly staff, and great service. My husband and I don't eat pork, and luckily there were some options for us. It's rare to find a breakfast spot without sausage in their gravy. I was thankful to find we could order "cream" gravy for our meal. The meals came out quick, and as other reviewers said, portions are not withheld. Our entire meal was $20! We will be back. read more

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Deliciousssss food! Lovely people! The vibe is so welcoming and the customers are mostly regulars, almost like everyone knows everyone here. I have seen so many people get food to-go. I love their patty melt on rye bread, biscuit and gravy, county fried chicken and frieees read more

Thought we'd try a new place and saw this little MoM and PoPs place on Yelp. Walked in and neat cozy place, greeted right away by the hostess and within a couple minutes were greeted by a very nice and efficient waitress. Only thing I would suggest is providing the specials as you couldn't read the board very well. I would have had one of the two specials had I seen them prior to ordering. That being said, I had a sausage, mushroom and white cheddar omelette which was good size and very food. I would've preferred the cheese inside the omelette instead of a slice melted on top. I picked the fried potatoes as my side which were amazing. You should offer an option of a plate of those with buffalo sauce and shredded pepper jack melted over the top. I also got a biscuit with the meal which was good and I ordered a side of gravy which was very food. Coffee was good and like they put a pot on the table. Prices were reasonable and will definitely be back to try the specials. read more

Got to say loved eating here at moms kitchen . Food is good and prices aren't bad either for how much food you get very reasonable. Came here with my husband and my toddler daughter to try new places and explore Olathe since just moved here. I got chicken fried steak came with 2 eggs toast and hash browns Daughter got off kids menu Mickie pancake,eggs, sausage Husband got Mexican omelette and hash browns All items we ordered were delish it was so much food we needed 2 boxes for my food and my daughters. Service was great.! Friendly staff Homemade pie was delish got key lime to take home and try . I recommend coming in to this small mom pop shop you won't be disappointed. read more

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Visited this wonderful restaurant while visiting my buddy in Kansas. We went around lunch time, but were open to either breakfast or lunch. When I saw the choices for my lunch, I had major choosing issues. I ended up going for liver and onions, one of my favorite meals. It was as if my momma was back there cooking. Even the gravy tasted like Mom's. My buddy had a hamburger steak that looked equally fantastic. For dessert we each had a slice of pie. They had a board that listed the options available, but many of them had "out" written beside them. My buddy wanted chocolate pie and asked for it even though it had out on it. He said that they probably hadn't updated the list from the day before. He was right, but not the way he wanted to be. The server came out of the kitchen and wrote "out" next to at least five more pies. My buddy settled for a blackberry pie that he said was awesome. I did not settle. I planned on the butterscotch pie from the get go. It was amazing. read more

Their parking lot is always packed and I found out why last weekend...... Their food is classic, homestyle, and just plain good stuff. We went for brunch on a Sunday and I had over-easy eggs, hash browns, and bacon. The hasbrowns are the best-cooked I have had in forever. The bacon was super-crisp. My husband had the buiscuits and gravy which was terrific as well. They even made my kids a Mickey Mouse pancake. Our service was really great as well, especially for the amount of people in here. read more

Last time I heard some give a special order on their food. So this time I decided to ask my hashies browned. Oh they came out perfect. I assumed they figured I liked all my food cooked and got my scrambled eggs just right also. I also got a french toast on the side. I literally thought I was skipping in heaven for a moment. We got a different set of waitress this time and ours was very attentive. From walking in to leaving, everyone has smiles. read more

Mom's Kitchen - American Near Me - Olathe, Kansas

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Chicken fried steak, 2 eggs over medium, sourdough toast, hash browns and a glass of water- add lemon. This was my order. What I got was, Chicken fried grease, 2 eggs over medium fried in grease, butter with a side of sourdough, potatoes held together with cold grease and a glass of ice water with brown lemon. Do you know how old a lemon has to be to turn brown? It's almost impossible because of the citric acid. Anyways, after taking a couple of bites I could hear my arteries clogging. So I decided to take a drink of ice cold water forgetting the effect it has on hot grease, wham! My mouth was full of grease that had hardened. Not cool man... Is there any good breakfast restaurants out there that have a good meal at a decent price or is it as mythical as the unicorn? read more

Mom's Kitchen - The secret ingredient.... - American Near Me - Olathe, Kansas

We were on a time crunch and almost every other breakfast restaurant in Olathe was on a 30+ minute wait. IDK how/why I remembered Mom's Kitchen, but I'm so glad I did! This place was a great greasy spoon (and I mean that with love and affection). You can get all your traditional breakfast items at Mom's. I had eggs, hash browns, bacon and toast - all perfectly cooked. The restaurant isn't new and shiny, its not a chain with fancy decor, but it is well-kept. Our server was great - she was attentive and she got the food out quick. Will I go back? Absolutely! read more

Came in for breakfast with my sig. other. I ordered the eggs benedict and he ordered just an omelet. Our order took 45 minutes to come out. People that had been seated after us were getting their food before us. Our waitress ignored us completely. No update on why our food was taking forever or anything to even check on us to see if we needed water or anything. Finally we flagged our waitress down and asked where our food was. Her explanation was that the eggs benedict hollandaise sauce takes awhile to prepare. This would have been a nice thing to mention upon me choosing this item, as I would have changed my mind if we were going to wait close to an hour for someone to make hollandaise sauce (which doesn't take an hour unless you have no idea what you're doing). Anyways, finally we get our food. My eggs are cold, his omelet is cold. The hollandaise sauce that apparently takes forever to make tasted like salty egg yolks. It was disgusting and I was so disappointed, not only in our service but the terrible food. It's such a run-down diner I thought it was basically like a dive diner that would make up for it's gross condition with good food. Wow, I was really mistaken. It's just all-around bad. I will never return here. The service is slow and the food was terrible. I feel bad that Olathe doesn't have better quality breakfast restaurants. read more

The coffee was a bit cold but they were very busy. Service was fast & friendly. We were also served promptly. Food was amazing. Biscuits & gravy are to die for! Taste like my mom's don't pass up this little diamond in the rough. Good little shops like this are hard to find. Love it love it! read more

When I was a kid, our family would come here every Sunday morning after church for breakfast. What dear fond memories I have of Mom's kitchen. Sadly, those memories will have to stay memories. I will not be returning. I used the restroom before ordering and walked in, turned on the light, and watched two roaches scatter beneath the floor boards. After washing my hands, I proceeded to turn off the light and noticed the switch was completely black from grime and dirt. Upon sitting down in the booth, I noticed several dead flies lining the window sills and the salt and pepper shakers are covered in years worth of filth. The ceiling vents are coated with black dust. I absolutely cannot believe this restaurant is still in operation. Clearly they do not care about cleanliness. I wonder what the kitchen looks like? The service is great and the food is pretty good. The jalapeño bacon is delicious and something different than your normal breakfast fare. I can't get over the total lack of care regarding the cleanliness of this restaurant. People can get very sick but I won't take that chance as I will never return. I'll have to rely on my childhood memories when thinking of Mom's kitchen. read more

OK, I've been holding out. I've been visiting Mom's for probably three or four years now, but it's kind of slipped my mind when it comes to review time. Oops! To give you an idea of how much I enjoy Mom's Kitchen - first of all, how can you NOT like a place with 'mom' as part of the name! - I live near downtown Kansas City, MO, and Mom's is located on Santa Fe Drive in Olathe. In my humble opinion, it's worth the drive! Mom's is nothing fancy. It's comfortable, clean and has darned good food. Great pancakes, great omelettes, ENORMOUS chicken fried steak, and sausage gravy that will make you slap your mamma. I've seen where some Yelpers have had questionable service, but I can say I've not had that experience. And again, I'm driving a ways just to eat! If you're heading to Mom's for breakfast on the weekend, I'd recommend getting their early - say, before 9am. If not, it's possible you may have a little wait. Every time I've been, there has always been a lot of people there, which is another indication of good food lurking! Yeah, mom's is nothing special, but it does have special food! read more

Overview: Sorry, this place was a disappointment. We tried Mom's Kitchen for breakfast after our soccer game, we have 5 kids and 4 adults. The service was slow, the food was mediocre, and the cost was expensive for what we got. Details: The place is very casual and down home. We got seated quickly and the waitress took our drink orders. At this point the waitress must have gotten busy or distracted because while she was buzzing around our table, she was not at our table for a while. This was okay since it left us time to review the menu. The menu was not huge, but it had the staples we wanted for breakfast. Including the country choices, like steak and eggs. The kids menu was tiny, two choices only - pancake or 1 egg with bacon/sausage. After a good wait, we ordered our food. I got the Eggs Benedict with fried potatoes, because the waitress told me this was the only place I could get them in the city (not sure what city she was referring). Our boys got waffles. One of my boys even got the jalapeno bacon, an interesting item that I wanted to try too. After we ordered we waited. And waited. There were two tables on either side of us that sat after us and got their food before us. I think the size of our party disrupted the waitress somehow. She did buzz by a few times letting us know she was coming right back. She never did. After a long wait we got our food. The Eggs Benedict was two poached eggs on a split English muffin sitting on top of a huge slab of think cut ham. All covered with hollandaise sauce. I personally did not like it. The sauce tasted like a mix, the eggs were small, and the ham just overpowered the dish. It was too much. Eggs Benedict is not a country egg and steak breakfast, but they made it one. By the way, the fried potatoes we essentially homemade potatoes chips. They were good, but not unique. The boys seemed to like their waffles and the jalapeno bacon was good and spicy. I am not sure I would eat 4 pieces, especially since this little side dish was $4.50. In the end the food was OK, but we paid $70+ for a family of 5 and the food was country style not some expensive fancy stuff. I would not go back. read more

This is our staple "go to" restaurant for breakfast. I always get chicken fried steak, over medium eggs, and fried potatoes. Service is awesome, food is great, and we love the atmosphere. Their gravy is probably the best I've had, good coffee, and the service is wonderful. read more

Words you never want to say to your Mom "You let me down". I am so sad to say that but it definitely happened. First impressions were cute and family oriented. I appreciate the home feel and real kitchen community tables. Food, blah. I got the veggie omelet and it tasted like they grilled fish on the flattop before my omelet. Gross. The home potatoes were not the typical breakfast potato, more like eating chips. Hubs got the meat omelet and it was just okay. A few of our friends rave about the place but I hate that I don't see why. read more

If you're hungry for some good old breakfast comfort food, this is the place! I've been going there regularly for the last 4 years and have never been disappointed in my food or service. I've always been greeted as soon as I've walked in and had my drink order served immediately by Sherry, Jordan or Tina. They are the best and make you feel like your family. Be prepared to loosen your belt as the servings are well above average. Great service. Great food. Mom's Kitchen. read more

Stopped in today for breakfast. Never been here before but it was very good and the prices and portions are very reasonable. Great service!! Thanks I'll be back. read more

So first off when I received my food I unwrapped my fork from the napkin and there was food dried on it. Ok gross but no big deal just needed a new one. Then the "waitress" offered me hash browns with my food making it sound like it came with the food... It didn't she added 4 bucks to my bill. Also she added another 2 bucks for bread what kind of place is this that enuf for me to make the whole meal I got. I do not suggest anyone eat here its over prices they will add to your bill and tell you nothing till your order is biscuits and gravy with 2 sausage links with hash browns toast cofee and oj for 20 bucks and that's crazy and the food is bland and cheap read more