I’ve been going to the Budget Cafe in Lompoc for over 30 years and it cooks up the same delicious food every time I’ve been there. The waitress is one of the best you could ask for. The ambiance is old school and a welcome site for sore eyes. I hope to be coming here for a long time. BTW the food is cooked fast and the quality of the meals are done to your liking. The eggs and vegetables are farm fresh. You won’t go wrong stopping her for any of the many items on the menu.
Yo Mama
Busy place with only one server most times , but super chill vibe n good food at a good price .
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Fried Steak, Budget Burger and Fries with Cheese
C G
Very nice spot. Service was great and so was the food. A definite must. Very friendly staff.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Bill Meinke
Had a great Chili Verde omelette. Rita was a great server.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
hugo beltran
Old fashion, great service great food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hamburger, Blta, Chicken Fried Steak, Budget Burger and Fries with Cheese
Franz Bmx
The waitress never show up to take my order.. after waiting over 10 min, got tire of waiting and I left.
Service: 1
The San Antonio Inspector
I had the ham & cheese omelet w/toast. The food is really good here and the service was really kind.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Meadow Bell
Down home-old fashioned kind of place. Enjoyed our meals and they only had one server who was busy. We'll be back to try other meals for sure.
Kid-friendliness: Lots of room so I think it's great for kids.
It is what it's named, food is decent and inexpensive. I take family and friends here when we want to go out but not spend too much.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 3
Nancy Aguirre
This is a restaurant we won't go to again. We gave it a try since we loved the other restaurant this owner previously had: Lompoc Restaurant, which is now gone. My husband ordered a burger which he said was "fine" (nothing special), & I ordered a Club Sandwich on sourdough. It was almost inedible & I barely ate 1/4 of it. First, they used the wrong bread, then the turkey was so thick & dry I could barely chew it, then, the cheese was so awful. I think it was that American cheese you get at the store that you have to peel from those transparent wrappers & it tastes so gross. That meal cost $35 (we each had a soda), so it was definitely not "budget" unless they mean that budget is regarding the food items they purchase to serve customers. At the other restaurant, I always got this sandwich & it was always so good. It also always came with a pickle/carrot garnish. This didn't. It was very disappointing & we left regretting wasting our money here instead of somewhere else where we would have enjoyed our meal.
I've been here before. Had the corned beef hash. Most likely, it was from a can. Texture of how mushy it was was quite similar to the ones you'd find at like the 99cent store. I remember at the time I went, the service wasn't all that great. The lady that was there seemed a little I don't know a little rude. Anywhere that was the 1st and last time I took a step there.
Should just close the business. Everything seems out dated, old, hardly busy.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Corn Beef and Hash with Hashbrowns and Two over Easy Eggs
Scott Engineering
Closes at 8 not 9 as listed
SleepyMonkey 714
I've been here before. Had the corned beef hash. Most likely, it was from a can. Texture of how mushy it was was quite similar to the ones you'd find at like the 99cent store. I remember at the time I went, the service wasn't all that great. The lady that was there seemed a little I don't know a little rude. Anywhere that was the 1st and last time I took a step there.
Should just close the business. Everything seems out dated, old, hardly busy.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Corn Beef and Hash with Hashbrowns and Two over Easy Eggs
Ebrahim Ehsan
Me and my buddy stopped by here to have some breakfast and it was delicious! The service was amazing and I would definitely come back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Troy McPeek (Notorious T Money)
“the budget cafe” = name speaks for itself! but, and this is a big but, it’s a decent place to eat if the universe lines all the stars up for that day and the servers and kitchen staff are in a good mood and ready to pump out some good food. such as the day my great niece and i came in for breakfast. the place had already emptied out from the morning rush of locals and we were the only customers there. the server was nice until she started talking with us and then she became very attentive and happy. it’s no loss on me it was because of my darling little 4yo great niece. i told her mother, my niece, that wherever i can take ‘willow’, i’ll be pretty much guaranteed to at least get a conversation with or even get a date with a woman, be it in a diner, park, beach, church or anywhere there are single ladies looking for the opportunity to meet a single man. anyway im getting away from the budget cafe. so i had eggs bacon waffle. the eggs were perfectly cooked over medium, i couldn’t believe it but ill take it. i love crispy bacon and i got crispy bacon as i asked for. my little niece had pancakes from the kids menu with scrambled eggs and she ate every bit of it. you know little kids, they seldom finish any meal. that’s about all. if i had simply wrote a review of the budget cafe it would only be three sentences long because, well, because it’s the budget cafe and to a bigger extent, it’s lompoc, if you get my drift. so, here’s a few pictures of that morning with my precious little niece and I at the budget cafe in beautiful lompoc valley.
Kid-friendliness: they love kids at the budget cafe.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Pancake, Scrambled Eggs with Cheddar Cheese and Home Potatoes, English Muffin and Bacon Sides, French Toast Combo
I’ve been going to the Budget Cafe in Lompoc for over 30 years and it cooks up the same delicious food every time I’ve been there. The waitress is one of the best you could ask for. The ambiance is old school and a welcome site for sore eyes. I hope to be coming here for a long time. BTW the food is cooked fast and the quality of the meals are done to your liking. The eggs and vegetables are farm fresh. You won’t go wrong stopping her for any of the many items on the menu.
Busy place with only one server most times , but super chill vibe n good food at a good price .
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Fried Steak, Budget Burger and Fries with Cheese
Very nice spot. Service was great and so was the food. A definite must. Very friendly staff.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Had a great Chili Verde omelette. Rita was a great server.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Old fashion, great service great food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hamburger, Blta, Chicken Fried Steak, Budget Burger and Fries with Cheese
The waitress never show up to take my order.. after waiting over 10 min, got tire of waiting and I left.
Service: 1
I had the ham & cheese omelet w/toast. The food is really good here and the service was really kind.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Down home-old fashioned kind of place. Enjoyed our meals and they only had one server who was busy. We'll be back to try other meals for sure.
Kid-friendliness: Lots of room so I think it's great for kids.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sausage Patties WL Eggs Potatoes
It is what it's named, food is decent and inexpensive. I take family and friends here when we want to go out but not spend too much.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 3
This is a restaurant we won't go to again. We gave it a try since we loved the other restaurant this owner previously had: Lompoc Restaurant, which is now gone. My husband ordered a burger which he said was "fine" (nothing special), & I ordered a Club Sandwich on sourdough. It was almost inedible & I barely ate 1/4 of it. First, they used the wrong bread, then the turkey was so thick & dry I could barely chew it, then, the cheese was so awful. I think it was that American cheese you get at the store that you have to peel from those transparent wrappers & it tastes so gross. That meal cost $35 (we each had a soda), so it was definitely not "budget" unless they mean that budget is regarding the food items they purchase to serve customers. At the other restaurant, I always got this sandwich & it was always so good. It also always came with a pickle/carrot garnish. This didn't. It was very disappointing & we left regretting wasting our money here instead of somewhere else where we would have enjoyed our meal.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 4
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I've been here before. Had the corned beef hash. Most likely, it was from a can. Texture of how mushy it was was quite similar to the ones you'd find at like the 99cent store. I remember at the time I went, the service wasn't all that great. The lady that was there seemed a little I don't know a little rude. Anywhere that was the 1st and last time I took a step there.
Should just close the business. Everything seems out dated, old, hardly busy.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Corn Beef and Hash with Hashbrowns and Two over Easy Eggs
Closes at 8 not 9 as listed
I've been here before. Had the corned beef hash. Most likely, it was from a can. Texture of how mushy it was was quite similar to the ones you'd find at like the 99cent store. I remember at the time I went, the service wasn't all that great. The lady that was there seemed a little I don't know a little rude. Anywhere that was the 1st and last time I took a step there.
Should just close the business. Everything seems out dated, old, hardly busy.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Corn Beef and Hash with Hashbrowns and Two over Easy Eggs
Me and my buddy stopped by here to have some breakfast and it was delicious! The service was amazing and I would definitely come back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
“the budget cafe” = name speaks for itself! but, and this is a big but, it’s a decent place to eat if the universe lines all the stars up for that day and the servers and kitchen staff are in a good mood and ready to pump out some good food. such as the day my great niece and i came in for breakfast. the place had already emptied out from the morning rush of locals and we were the only customers there. the server was nice until she started talking with us and then she became very attentive and happy. it’s no loss on me it was because of my darling little 4yo great niece. i told her mother, my niece, that wherever i can take ‘willow’, i’ll be pretty much guaranteed to at least get a conversation with or even get a date with a woman, be it in a diner, park, beach, church or anywhere there are single ladies looking for the opportunity to meet a single man.
anyway im getting away from the budget cafe. so i had eggs bacon waffle. the eggs were perfectly cooked over medium, i couldn’t believe it but ill take it. i love crispy bacon and i got crispy bacon as i asked for. my little niece had pancakes from the kids menu with scrambled eggs and she ate every bit of it. you know little kids, they seldom finish any meal.
that’s about all. if i had simply wrote a review of the budget cafe it would only be three sentences long because, well, because it’s the budget cafe and to a bigger extent, it’s lompoc, if you get my drift.
so, here’s a few pictures of that morning with my precious little niece and I at the budget cafe in beautiful lompoc valley.
Kid-friendliness: they love kids at the budget cafe.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Pancake, Scrambled Eggs with Cheddar Cheese and Home Potatoes, English Muffin and Bacon Sides, French Toast Combo
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