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    Robin's Nest Cafe

    4.5 (26 reviews)
    InexpensiveCafes, American
    Closed 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

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    ROBIN'S NEST CAFE ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Outdoor seating
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Best grilled cheese ever!!
    Scott C.

    One of my favorites!! Great food, great service!!! Awesome '50s vibe and it's located right on the runway at Shannon Airport for great sites as well!!

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    Gene P.

    What a great place for nostalgia ... love the retro look with comfort snacks that bring back memories - tots, fries, onion rings, shakes, and root beer floats tasted delicious as we watched the planes land and take off Friendly service added to the great experience. Fun place to take the grand kids!

    Great root beer floats!

    Retro diner where one can see planes taking off and landing while sipping a root beer float! A cool hidden gem in Fredericksburg! Our burgers & wraps were delicious. Reasonably priced. Great friendly & attentive service from the staff. Nice outdoor patio and great AC indoors. We shall definitely be returning to this wonderful cafe at a historic airport !

    Cheeseburger!!!
    J.B. B.

    My favorite airport diner! Always a hit: Cheeseburger + Chocolate Milkshake. Hang out on the porch, watch planes go by. Go to the museum. Awesome place to introduce kids and those who are kids at heart to aviation. :)

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    Kristen S.

    Soooo amazing for adults and kids. Definitely come hungry and get lunch while you enjoy watching biplanes. There is also museum to tour and a gift shop. So awesome, will definitely be back. Not to to loud either for the kids. Limited seating on their patio but if you wanted to even sit inside you'd have a great seat there too!

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    Angelina M.

    Unexpected little gem. Great speedy and friendly! From the outside it can appear bland, however on the inside it is 1950's adorable. The menu is pretty basic like family-diner, however the taste was above expectations and the service was speedy. They have trains passing and airplanes, a museum as well so you can make a small day event out of it. Love it!

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    3 months ago

    Love this place server was super nice & food was great milk shake was awesome music was fun and 50's

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    Staff were friendly, service was quick, food was good. Watching the planes land was fun as well!

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    Melanie S.

    Thank you for the amazing review! We really appreciate it!

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    Thank you for coming in, and for the great pictures!

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    Thank you for your review! We really appreciate it!

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    Thank you for stopping by the Nest!

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    9 years ago

    Great place for a quick breakfast with your children. Awesome eating & watching the airplanes take off & land.

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    Thanks for the feedback!

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    8 years ago

    Food quality has gone down hill. Very disappointing. Atmosphere not like it used to be. Prices way too high.

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    Greeted at entrance and held door open for us (I'm on a Rollator so very pleasant experience upon…read morearrival that I rarely experience.) Seated quickly and server was there in under one minute and gave us a bottomless pot of coffee and brought Splenda (which is not on table.). My wife ordered avocado tacos and said they were excellent. Her grits were excellent! My food however was not great. Ordered beef hash and eggs. I really wanted corned beef hash but not on menu. Beef chunks, what few there were, were actually cold as in right out of refrigerator cold while all the other ingredients were just right so it's like they tossed them in at last minute with no time to warm up! Overall it was very heavily seasoned and after a few bites I lost my appetite. Way too salty too. Again the grits I ordered on side were excellent. I took 3/4 of my meal home to try to eat later and perhaps add some corned beef hash to but haven't had the desire to finish yet after two days so likely I won't eat it. Something about the seasoning and overly salted that didn't sit well with me. Overall this is a very pleasant upscale restaurant but there are zero bargains on menu ($54 with tip for 2 people for breakfast = very high IMHO.) Music was a bit loud as we were almost directly under and between two speakers. Could just be me but I can't see any need for high volume music in such a nice restaurant. Perhaps when it's busy it helps with the overall din? Checkout was super easy with QR code but I dislike the 18% low end suggested gratuity. Let me decide. I know there is a customized tip capability but 15 vs 20 should suffice. Less for poor service which I doubt you will get at First Watch. However I cannot ever recall in my 76 years tipping any server more than 20%. Overall the food selection is fairly non-traditional and limited. 1 pancake is $9. Seriously WHO orders just one pancake? If one goes to Cracker Barrel you can get 3 pancakes, a meat and two eggs for a buck more. And delicious. This place is definitely more upscale but honestly it's about the food, right? I prefer good tasting food vs upscale so likely we won't return (but man those yellow grits with a big scoop of butter on top were delicious - better than Cracker Barrel for sure!). If I should ever return I'm ordering two sides of grits (or a big bowl) and that's it! Out for under $8 + coffee. Not sure how this chain will survive but if I were the operations manager I'd find a few menu items to sprinkle in that appeal to us tightwads, with hope some will order the higher priced offerings. A very basic pancakes, eggs and meat for ~$10 would get my attention. Almost all their menu items were in the $14-16 range which is like dining in the big city. Too much for Fredericksburg I'm afraid. It's not that we can't afford First Watch, it's that First Watch's (2 of them) are out of their element here. I wish 'em luck but fear, like the past tenants in that building, they won't make it unless they can find a menu that packs people in 7 days a week. There were probably only 4 tables occupied during our Tuesday at 11am visit. My father owned/managed several restaurants growing up and he always said you can put a restaurant in a barn in a cornfield 20 miles from no where but if the food is excellent and price is fair the public will beat a path to your door every day! He was right.

    I visited this breakfast spot recently, and overall it was okay. The food itself was pretty…read moregood--my pancakes were fluffy and the eggs were cooked the way I asked. However, nothing really stood out as exceptional. The service was friendly but a bit slow, even though the place wasn't very busy. The atmosphere is casual and comfortable, but the tables could use a little more attention when it comes to cleanliness. Prices are fair, though I've had better breakfasts elsewhere for the same cost. Not a bad place to grab a morning bite, but not one I'd go out of my way for either.

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