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    Waldo Cafe

    3.8 (185 reviews)
    Updated 2 months ago

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    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for groups
    Dogs allowed

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    Country Breakfast Burrito
    Grace P.

    Loved this place for breakfast! We went on a Saturday around 10am. Waited for 15 min then got a table. Free cinnamon roll was classic and delicious. Service was quick and waitress was very kind. I loved my burrito! It came with gravy for a dipping sauce. Very cute diner vibes. Would definitely go back and order the same thing!

    BLT Sammie
    Julie K.

    Great service, food and such a surprise with cinnamon rolls. Service was fast and place was clean.

    Pulled pork Benedicts
    Candy S.

    Here we have a wonderful Cafe family owned. We walked in, open available seating chairs and booths and bar seating. Immediately greeted and seated. Madison was our server and very attentive with menus, drinks on top of refills and orders. Place is very clean, clean restrooms, atmosphere is very quiet/ average with lovely history news paper dividers, decorative table with ads. No kids menu, or crayons... not worthy of knocking off a star because the interactions with our awesome waitress Madison. Onto the food! We're greeted with a beautiful complimentary Cinnamon rolls home made, served warm! Delicious Portions are generous and enough to share or have leftovers. Kitchen sink scramble and it was packed with flavor from the meats with a nice biscuit home made. Pulled pork eggs Benedicts also generous portion, with pulled pork.. sweet, juicy and tender. Coleslaw was crisp and fresh on top of english muffin. Eggs cooked perfectly with the sauce added a nice touch to cut the sweet meat. Our kiddos just had Pancakes and French toast which is pretty standard not memorable but no need to knock off any stars. We're from out of town, so this was a great little breakfast place to enjoy before we take off towards the airport. Any locals in sure would enjoy this place and what it offers as well as the out of town folks. Enjoy!

    Yumminess
    Julian H.

    Best breakfast/brunch I've had in over 25 years. The way that food made me feel I haven't felt that much happiness in quite some time. The service and food was top notch. My wife loved the dinner feel and the free cinnamon rolls

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    Steven F.

    We recently went here for breakfast. First, just a need old fashion restaurant. Everyone there is super friendly and helpful. Place has a lot of seating. They start you out with a complementary fresh made cinnamon roll. I apologize for not getting a picture. They are excellent. Just the right amount of icing and cinnamon. My wife got the Denver omelet with potatoes and an English muffin. She said it was the best Denver omelet she has had. It was a lot of food. I got the breakfast platter: eggs, sausage and instead of potatoes and bread I opted for the French toast. As you can tell from the picture I started eating before I snapped the picture. Everything was delicious. A good hardy breakfast at very reasonable prices. Everything I look for when I go out for breakfast. I can't wait to go back and try them for lunch. They have a very big menu.

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    Country Breakfast Burrito IS SO GOOD this place is amazing. Great value, great flavor.

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    Best breakfast in KC by a mile. Great service...... and the gratis Cin rolls were sinfully awesome!!

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    What a great breakfast we had!! Fast and kind service made the experience even better!! Highly recommend!

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