Service is extremely fast here. We got our order in a matter of minutes! The portion sizes here are HUGE! I asked the server if they have a kids menu for my 2 yr old. She pointed me to the section that says, "Smaller side." Definitely was not a smaller side. My son received two huge pancakes and eggs. I would've even be able to finish that. Next time, I'll just order something for us to share. The food all comes out on different plates. Barely had enough room on our table. My MIL even dropped her plate on her lap because it slipped off the full table. The food was okay for me. I ordered the Joe's omelette. That was huge too. The brewed coffee was good. I also tried the iced coffee. That was okay too. For us going during breakfast time, there was never a wait and we didn't have to wait on anything. That was the quickest breakfast ever. The building says "Waffle Cafe" instead of "Waffle Shop." Still the same address though. I'd come back to try their waffles. :) read more

Waffles aren't too bad I feel like they're right under IHOP waffles so I guess I expected more. There's a huge variety so that's nice but service definitely lacks in this place especially by the younger girls who make it clear that they would rather be doing something other than work there. Not too crazy about this place but it wasn't all that bad either read more

Waffle shop? Awful shop. Made me gag on the food they brought me, had them take it back. I paid for my drink however, when i did so the owner tried to stiff me my change. BRUH. YOU DIDNT SERVE ME. YOU GET NO TIP! read more

We were a group of 15 (7 kids!!) when visiting and they were very accommodating. Waitress was very friendly and polite even though we might have been driving her a little crazy. Food was super good, especially loved the sausage and waffles. The portions are crazy big, love it! I'm from Miami but I've come to eat breakfast here each time I visit since I first tried it. read more

Fantastic plate of food, if you leave hungry, that's your fault. The omelette was fresh and huge. Biscuits and gravy out of this world. The sausage links are the best I've seen in a breakfast place. Definitely the place to go every time I come this way. read more

I was weary of the bad reviews but I went by word of mouth..that being said I do realize I was there on a Sunday at 10am so I wasn't expecting it not to be busy but i also wasn't expecting to wait so long and have so many different women come to my table i couldn't tell you who our actual waitress was..We didn't get napkins and of course my son spilt his drink so we had to sit in the mess for awhile.I also have never been to a place that charges for kid drinks AND refills..$2 each..that's a whole bottle at the store.No kid menu..I wish I knew all this before I went.The 2 stars is for the amazing fluffy pancakes and the homemade salsa!So good! read more

Just came in for breakfast and everything was amazing. Our waitress Tonya was the best. She was funny and she provided the best service ever. We didn't even have to ask for anything because she was on top of it!! I have to say this meal was better because of her! read more

I just tried this place for the first time and was impressed. In short, good food for a great price. For the price they give you huge portions. The French toast is great! Our waitress was awesome. There was a bit of a mix up with the hostess so we waited 10 minutes for drinks, but our waitress brought the food out piping hot. It is a busy place, but the wait is short and the cost is perfect. read more

Stumbled upon this place on our way to meet our realtor. It's small quaint place and it seems everyone there are regulars nice hometown feel. The food was good and portions were large for the money. This is the place for that home cooking you want when you don't want to do it yourself. Staff are friendly and I looked forward to coming back again read more

We come for breakfast here often because it's always on point. Classic breakfast foods, good service and priced fair. P.S. best country potatoes in town read more

amazing food and a really nice owner!!! portions are huge and service is quick and efficient!

Got a to go order. Figured it would be hard to screw up a cheeseburger . GuessI was wrong . Bun was soaked in greased. Meat itself was driipping GREASE and tasted like lard. Absolutely disgusting . Where's the burgers at in manteca?? read more

The food is always amazing here! Rarely have I ever had to wait for a table. One breakfast could feed three people! The price is good and the service always comes with a smile! I will be back again! read more

After taking my 11 month-old daughter to gymnastics class, both of us were starving. She is still learning to walk, so I do most of the footwork. After debating on whether we should do sushi or sandwiches, I remembered this place from some months back. The place looks terrible, but I had been pleasantly surprised the last time and was expecting an equally delicious outcome this time. After taking my daughter out of her carseat and carrying her and a bunch of her stuff in my arms, I was greeted with a warm welcome. Oh wait, no I wasn't, that was the two women who pulled up at the same time as me and walked in 15 seconds faster than me because they didn't have to unbuckle a child. "I like your car!" the waitress said as she let them in from the cold. The door was closed for me and no such greeting was offered; I guess she doesn't fancy Saturns. I waited up front not too long before being seated, I was offered a high chair by a man whom I presumed was the manager. Another girl brought the high chair and said, "She'll be right with you." "She" didn't come for several minutes, and I noticed "She" was glancing at us, but continued checking on other people. I wonder if "She" liked my rainboots. I actually considered getting up and leaving, but I knew my daughter was especially hungry. "She" finally made a brief appearance for our drink order. By the time she returned, we had decided on the Hot Turkey Open-faced Sandwich. What really sold me on that, was the fact that it came with veggies, mashed potatoes, and your choice of fries, salad, or soup. It says on the menu under the bold SANDWICHES: all sandwiches are served with your choice of fries, salad, or soup. After hearing they had minestrone soup, I was sold. Upon completion of my order, "She" mumbled at the end, "And a soup," as she wrote and walked away. I was glad to see she was writing everything down. Then I thought, " 'She' better have not said 'add a soup,' it comes with my meal." The soup came out warm, and tasted as if it were days old. As that neared a dismal end, the sandwich arrived. I have never been served disgust on a plate prior. The mashed potatoes, were completely bland and the turkey was overly salty. At least I had veggies. The veggies HAD TO HAVE been prepared by Chef Mike a.k.a. The Microwave because some of them were warmed while others were STILL COLD! I can't believe such an atrocious meal costs $10.95!!! If I go to a restaurant, I expect quality food prepared THAT DAY and especially for $10.95. I've had better meals at Denny's for a fraction of that cost. And now for my favorite part, the check: "She" charged me an additional $4.95 for the small cup of soup. Are you kidding me?!?! I even grabbed another menu and double-checked if I read correctly, which I knew I did. I even looked to see if it was stated ANYWHERE that soup was not offered with my sandwich, no such exclusion was noted. I waited for "She" to come back so "She" could fix the bill, but "She" didn't come. I went to the cashier and told the girl up there I was charged incorrectly and showed her the menu. She looked and said, "Yeah, that one doesn't come with a soup, there's an asterisk." I looked again, "Where?" I questioned, "I don't see one anywhere and 'She' never said it was additional." She looked and then looked confused and said, "Yeah, I'm not going to be able to take that off." I merely said, "I'm not paying for the soup." She took the check and walked to the back. I thought she was going to grab "The Manager," but instead "She" found time to argue with me. "She" started going on about how "She" asked me if I wanted to "Add-on" the soup and I said yes. I said no such thing. I flat out said, "I'm not paying for the soup." "You have to, you ate it." "I ate it because it was part of my disgusting meal, I'm not paying additional for that." Then "She" started in with "She's" a manager and "She's" worked there for 11 years. I had a few choice responses that I immediately thought, but held my tongue. "She" came off as if she tried to be intimidating and even said, "Don't yell," when I clearly never yelled. And believe me, "She" would have known I was yelling if I actually yelled. I merely spoke very sternly again, "I'm.Not.Paying.For.The.Soup." "She" caved and only charged me for the nastiest microwaved meal that ever existed. I decided to pay with cash so "She" wouldn't touch my debit card. I should have complained about the entire meal, but I was trying to be easygoing. Don't eat disgusting food. Don't put up with horrible service. DON'T EAT HERE!!! read more

This review can only be for the coffee and service, since that is all we experienced in the 25 minutes we were there. I had high hopes for this place as it seemed like a great breakfast joint and the reviews weren't too bad. We were in the area early because we just had an hour and a half drive to sign some loan papers and wanted breakfast before the signing. We waited about 5 minutes to be seated and while we waited the lady in front of us was told that it would be about 20 minutes until someone could be with her, to which she replied, "you said that 20 minutes ago." Forshadowing... Once seated our coffee order was taken and we were given menus to make our decisions. They had a lot to choose from which is nice, but we never got to try any of it. They came by to fill up our coffee after the first 10 minutes, and then about 10 more minutes later we left $5 for the coffee and walked out. No one ever came to check on us, take our order or even look in our general direction. We were purely forgotten about and the couple in the table next to us who was seated about 15 minutes after us, had their order taken right before we decided to leave. Shame, it might have been good. read more

This is probably one of the worst restaurants I've ever been to. Where to start...well I can give it one positive all of the tables are booths, so if you like that or care, there you go. The place is super sloppy and filthy. The bathrooms are atrocious and the servers look mismatched and wore ill fitting and dirty clothes. Shoulda been a clue. It's also a bit pricey for the quality. The sausages were disgusting, the omelet was very dry(no cheese and very little bacon), the waffle was just ok. Although they charged me $1.00 extra for pecans even though I ordered a pecan omelet?! Even the toast was thin and stale. My husband and I left most of our food behind and paid $24 for that!? An expensive lesson. Never again. read more

Hadn't been here in years. Went today to have breakfast with friends. Their service was terrible, was almost impossible to get our coffee refilled. The waitress dropped off our food & was gone. I asked for my hash browns to be flattened & crispy. They weren't, when I finally got her attention, she said she wrote it on the ticket. I sent them back & then she came back with some barely crispier & said she tried but after she told the cook 3 times this was the best she was gonna get out of him. My friends food was cold & we tried to complain but couldn't find our waitress. I had a bacon omelet, I aware it was ham & I had been pulling the pieces out while trying to eat it. When she brought the check I said I think I got a ham omelette, look at these pieces. She said no that how the bacon comes. Needless to say, I didn't eat much of my food & neither did my friends. When we checked out, was asked how it was and my friend told them. So the cashiers response was I'm sorry. Never again, so embarrassed since I was the one who suggested this place. read more

Food came and the portions were generous...however neither one of us steven half of it. The bacon was leathery, the eggs, country potatoes and bisquits and gravy were all warm...not hot! My plate had a half dollar size chip in the top of it. And lastly if you're going to charge 2.95 for OJ I expect the waitress to at least come around and refill it at least once. Service was lacking! She brought the check 5 minutes after getting our food and asking how it was. read more

Smelled funny when me and my wife walked in like mildew. Everything else was fine best waffle in town the country style potato's was bomb, eggs good how can you go wrong though. One more negative is they don't Cary turkey sausage, chicken sausage or turkey bacon. read more

So since its literally taken a half hour to have someone take my damned order im going to give you all a play by play of my experience here. Currently im sittng down, watching people around me fet seated, order, then get their food while im stuck with my watered down drink making eye contact with anyone to get a goddamned omelet. I guess since a waitress just barely retrieved my order after telling me 20 minutes ago she'd be right with me the timing begins! Fifteen minutes after ordering, 40 aftr entering. The lady waitress dumps my food on the table as if I am annoying. No bitch im hungry. Been here for 45 minutes watching people who came in after me eat and leave. Shit there goes your tip. But the food is good. I enjoy it. Like its REALLY good. Or I am near a point of starvation. Oh look another person just finished who arrived after me. 4 star for food. 0 for punctuality and service. Averages out to one star cause good food is only great IF YOU CAN GET IT. read more

Got a chef salad with my coupon. The salad looked good but I tasted the cheese and it was bad. You ever eat bad cheddar cheese? Gross. If you look real close you could see the white color mold. Anyways I told the waitress and she had them "scrape" off my cheese and put new cheese. Now isn't that a kick in the ass? read more

We always go for breakfast specials. Ham, eggs, biscuits and gravy, etc. Coffee refills are abundant. Best way to feed a whole family for cheap besides eating at home. Friendly service all day long. read more

If I could give it a no stars I WOULD. we get sat right away, it wasent busy so i couldn't expect more. We are a party of 3 adults and 1 kid. We order our drinks, 2 shakes and a coffee. Two waffles and a French toast combo. We get the coffee but no shakes. Once we get our food we wait for a good 3-4 minutes for our shakes to come out. Until I asked the host if she can check on them. We finally got them. Honestly no flavor ! We don't even know who our server is. We only saw her at our table once when she got our order. A server was passing by so I stopped her to ask her for straws. I can tell she didn't like it at all because she looked at me weird. We had to ask for coffee refill. 4 minutes after we got our food they drop off the check with out even saying anything. (I know it was 4 minutes after because I posted a snap) I would of expect them to atleast check on us, ask if we needed anything else. No napkins either. They haven't stopped at our table once to check on us. Never have I experienced such a HORRIBLE service. Like honestly I'm impressed! We for sure won't be coming back here. I'm sitting here still waiting for a box at least, I know they see half of my plate still full. And a server is walking around with the coffee pot but doesn't stop at our table. I wonder why ? it looks like they have enough people so I don't understand this service. Do they have a manager on duty?... no name tags so I can't give you the name of the server that has been looking at us weird since I asked for the straw. Lastly I ended up getting up going to the expo line asking for a box the same server was there i asked her and her answer was "it will be just a minute" so I let her know that it's been over 20 minutes and no one has checked on us and she didn't even looked at me and said that she will go to my table. VERY DISAPPOINTED! read more

Waffle Cafe - I kind of wanted to take this home. Ohhh well - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Manteca, California

Love this place! Great food, friendly waitresses, and they always keep your coffee filled up.

This place is AWESOME... friendly ppl, great customer service & very fast service. The portions are HUGE & the price is right for any budget. If you are not a big eater I would share the breakfast!! read more

Any one who gives this place less than a 10 is crazy. Huge portions, outstanding flavor, reasonable prices, and the best staff. They are speedy on service, my coffee never runs dry and they always get my order right. I can go there with all three of my children and leave with full bellys and alot of left overs for under $40. read more

We are long time customers over 15 years. We always are happy with the quality of the food and service. But not today. The food was good and came out quickly. The service was non existent. Our drinks sat empty the whole time while the servers were talking in the drink station, we know this because we went over there to get a refill and instead of a refill we were told, I'll take one to you, and they never came out. Keep in mind the restaurant was only 1/3 full which is very unusual for a saturday. If we go back maybe we will get the A team not the B team. read more

This is my wife's favorite breakfast spot. She loves the ham and eggs breakfast. There waffles are killer and they keep the coffee flowin.

Good enough comfort breakfast for me. I've only ordered omelettes and all have been good and plenty. It's not the best, but it's definitely the Manteca vibe. read more

Honestly one of the best breakfast places I have ever been to. Every Sunday morning I go. Huge servings. Decent pricing. And awesome service. read more

I went for lunch before my grandsons' basketball game. Didn't expect much from the looks of the place, but my spouse wanted breakfast... and we're not real familiar with many places in our son's home town. I ordered their Grilled Chicken Sandwich, not something I have ordered but twice in my life; I was food-fickle - didn't want breakfast, didn't really want a dinner like meal either, ya know...? Anyway, it came with a 'Garden Salad', with my choice of Bleu Cheese dressing. ACK! I HATE soggy salad! Our server didn't notice my salad was drowning in water (not dried after rinsing) when she brought it to me and ran off before I could tell her... in fact it took so long for the server to check back to our table that I ended up draining it off myself onto my hot tea dish. ARGH! When she did come back, it was to bring our main meal; the Chicken sammich I ordered was surprisingly good, considering I was already creeped out by the salad experience. Chicken was crispy like I like it, came with tomato and lettuce, but would have been MUCH better with jalapeno on it...and the french fries were old. Oh, and I asked to NOT receive the 'obligatory dill pickle' on my dish, I just hate that!, but yep, you guessed it - it was still there and touching my bread and my fries! YUK! Although the server was very young, I'd say teen-aged, she needs to be trained to LOOK before you serve your customers' food! THAT will get you better tips. Considering there were maybe 5 other tables occupied, this place looks as old as my dead grandmother and did a piss poor job in most anything they offered. Don't go here! read more

The plates were very generous nice hearty servings. Not only were the servings big but the food was good too! Wait staff was very helpful and had a quick turn around on anything ordered...the only downside (now this is pet peeve of my own) was them bringing the bill to my table within 5minutes of me getting my food served. Definite no no. Willing to give it the benefit of the doubt hoping it was just because they were busy. read more

This place is good. Service is good. Food comes out quick and is fresh and hot. Portions are big. Prices are good. I haven't tried much on the menu, I always get the waffle combo. Their waffles are so crispy and delicious! This place is waaaay better than Black Bear for sure! read more

Run down, dirty you can spend 40hours cleaning the place and it wouldn't look clean. I don't like going here

our favorite breakfast in town. We rarely have to wait long. Generous portions. Hubby says it is the best chicken fried steak he has ever had. They have some good lunch options as well read more

Good breakfast spot! Only ate one of the three pork chops... The portions are HUUUUUGE! I left very satisfied! read more

Waffle Cafe - Pork chop and eggs were good - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Manteca, California

First off, if you're looking for an upscale, prim and proper place for a meal, this is not the place. The waffle shop is one of those places that looks outdated with grandmas wallpaper, and brown older looking booths. However, the food is pretty good and the portions are pretty big for the price. There are a lot of families that frequent this place. Although the atmosphere is older looking, people tend to really like this place. It does get pretty packed for breakfast on the weekends with a lot of families. There are plenty of modern places to go in town, but i enjoy this vibe now and again. It's a fun change from the Ihops and Dennys. This is a somewhat of a down home, rooting tooting, greasy spoon, stuff your face at Ma n Pa's, type of place. Check it out, it's a blast from the past! read more

Great place. Came to visit my cousin here in Manteca and wanted a good breakfast spot. Saw good reviews about this place so came. Good was good, you deff get your money's worth. Plates are huge. Super nice employees. read more

Aside from the restaurant needing a major facelift and TLC -- I'm a fan. I've been dining here for years. The service can be hit or miss, the portions are generous, food is yummy, and the prices are fairly moderate. read more

Make sure you get the waitress who is thin and had long brown hair, normally plain Jane type of chick. She always makes my experience worth going. One of the best servers I have ever had and I am picky because I am a server myself at a restaurant that requires way more than the typical restaurant. The other servers I usually have to literally run them down. They don't ever think about prebusing and don't care to keep any eye contact with there customers in case it looks like we may need something. After going quite a few times and being unhappy with the past service and being sat in her section I learn to ask for her and she pleases me every time. Oh yeah.... she prebuses!!! I love that the same two ladies are always around making sure our drinks are filled and taking out food when needed. Just wish they served as well. Don't like the owner that much though I do usually see him around walking doesn't really participate in helping which would be good for business if he would make his self available to socialize with customers by checking up on tables to see how things are going maybe to figure out ways he may improve or to show that he actually cares. The bathroom is one of the nicer bathrooms I have actually been in but today there was no paper towels in the dispensers. Instead there was a roll hiding on it's side along with no toilet paper. It was only 9, they need to check up more often. Now to the food***** {So remember denny's used to have their country potatoes (the fried square ones) they no longer serve and replaced with the redskin, well guess what you can come here and get them!!!!!} Now I have learned from today and so forth ALWAYS order the HASHBROWNS. They are the best I've ever had. Cooked on both sides, perfectly crispy and mushy inside. You also don't have to add salt to them like I normally have to. The waffle house country potatoes aren't my favorite. They should not season them and stick to the basic, onions bell peppers and potatoes. Always request them well done otherwise you may order under-cooked potatoes that are hard, yuck. The best omelettes, skillets, bacon, and sausage I have ever had. The omelette are always made with fresh eggs. The bacon is thick and sausage huge. The biscuits and gravy are always perfectly spiced, sometimes you luck to get the chunks of sausage other days you don't. I always think they put more than enough gravy on and I use it to eat my potatoes and omelette, yummy. FOOD CONS I finally ordered something healthier from the place and got the salad. It was the worst salad I have ever been served anywhere in my life. It was cheap iceberg bagged lettuce and the ranch was processed, not house made like I though and expected. The shredded beef is the worst part of any breakfast item available. I prefer the shredded beef at ihop. Wish I could top the WAFFLE HOUSE OMLETTE with the awesome enchilada sauce but it has the nasty pieces of beef included in the sauce making it pricier. And last I rarely order waffles so I am not very experienced but they great thing is the selections you have to choose from though the batter itself is not the best I've ever had. Would have preferred the pancakes over the waffle to be honest. The waffle by itself was bland. Denny's serve a better waffle. The parking is always adequate and I like the ambiance of the place. Old fashion but that's the point of going to a diner. I miss the coupons I used to see in the penny saver ad. Now if you are a coffee fanatic, I wouldn't recommend it here. Out of all the breakfast diners I have been to I love denny's coffee the most and none have ever came close to competing. But that's because it is strong and full of flavor. All the other places are weak and light. So it only takes one small creamer to turn your whole cup of coffee white. read more