I do not usually write reviews, but after by chance checking the woodys orange yelp page, I felt I needed to.
Honestly having been a Woody's customer for two years, I can say that majority of the negative reviews are grumpy old privileged white men from Orange who go to Woodys and expect The Cheesecake Factory. This is a diner! Not an expensive restaurant!! All the times I have been at Woodys and something was wrong (wrong side, or something just was not tasting good that day) both managers always asked me if I wanted the food remade or would comp the meal. Of course there are servers I prefer because they are more friendly and want to talk a little bit more, but I understand everyone needs to make their buck, and to repeat, this is not an expensive restaurant!! I am not expecting the servers to cater to every single one of my needs, but most of them do!
To all of you old grumpy people writing reviews - try being nicer to the servers and staff, because I am and they make my experience phenomenal! (Trust me I have seen the interactions between staff and rude customers and i am in awe that people treat their servers so badly)
Kailey is a great manager, she is funny and always does laps around the restaurant making sure everyone looks happy and full. She makes time to talk to customers to make sure they are satisfied and if something is ever wrong she says the cooks can remake it.
Kate is also a great manager who is always helping out other servers, so I frequently see her delivering my food and she is a great conversationalist!
Elva is a great server and knows how to interact with everyone, Elsie is the sweetest, and Kailey at the bar is hilarious, she should bartend more! They are just the highlights of woodys in my opinion, but a lot of other servers are great.
Now the food is good, and as I said before this is not an expensive restaurant!! It is a diner. Having said that I would say most of their food is delicious. Personally I love their burgers, especially for the price you get them at! Breakfast is my favorite time to eat there because they just have so many options! The cooks are so nice when I leave I always wave to them and thank them for my meal and they are always smiling and waving back.
If you read this far thank you, and probably all the people that should read this far will not.
Most of the negative reviews do not give woodys a chance to fix their mistakes, because guess what, they are people and make mistakes too! Woodys is one of my go to food places for the price and staff, so I hope you go and give it a chance!
(PS their onion rings are the best onion rings I have EVER had)
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