Eddie Papa's American Hangout

4889 Hopyard Rd, Pleasanton
(925) 469-6266

Recent Reviews

Sheila Zarekari

This place has been around for awhile but it was my first time here. Another late lunch for us so not a lot of people at that time. Unfortunately they said they will be closing down soon. The food was tasty (Texas Nacho) and servings are huge, especially, the club sandwich. Afterwards they gave us a courtesy cotton candy which was a nice touch.Kid-friendliness: The menu has many options, so even a picky kid would be able to enjoy.

FrancineL

Overall nice place for a casual meal with family and friends. We all enjoyed our food. Felt the service was a bit slow. Food took a long time to get and not much attention during our meal.

Jonathan Cohen

We heard on our recent visit that Eddie Pappas will be closing for good by the end of the month. Better go now if you want your last fix of some favorite dish! Thanks for the memories, Ed!

William Nathan

This was my first visit. I was attracted by its diverse menu, but was disappointed by how the food was prepared. The chicken and waffles don't use pieces of chicken, but boneless, breaded chicken breast. The San Diego tacos were stuffed with too much buffalo cauliflower and too much sauce. Eating these was really messy. The rice served with the tacos was tasty, but undercooked to the point of almost being crunchy. There's a Chili's across the parking lot. I would go there next time.

JillS

Came for Mother's Day brunch with modest expectations and I was extremely surprised at the quality of the offering and service. I was worried when I saw it was buffet, but again, it was Mother's Day and I know restaurants get hammered that day and it made sense. The format worked, it was easy to move through, the food offering was wide and varied...and biggest surprise of all, it actually tasted as good (if not a little better) as it looked. I'm sure they are short staffed like everyone else but this format allowed them to operate on a busy day without a service hiccup. The host , who I believe is the owner, was calm, welcoming, and warm. This was our go-to family event restaurant before the pandemic and it definitely reclaimed its place at the top of our list.

WilliamN

This was my first visit. I was attracted by its diverse menu, but was disappointed by how the food was prepared. The chicken and waffles don't use pieces of chicken, but boneless, breaded chicken breast. The San Diego tacos were stuffed with too much buffalo cauliflower and too much sauce. Eating these was really messy. The rice served with the tacos was tasty, but undercooked to the point of almost being crunchy. There's a Chili's across the parking lot. I would go there next time.

FrankN

Staff had an unexpected "walk out" of a server leaving one beleaguered server for the entire restaurant. Glad he stayed and not his fault for the unplanned departure, but it hampered our service experience significantly. There was not accommodation/concession such as free appetizer or drinks over the two hour dinner. Food was good with the appeal being variety of menu to suit any appetite. I also requested confirmation through the reservation service from the restaurant, not OpenTable, that seating would take advantage of the restaurants open setting and set up a round style arrangement. Never heard back from restaurant and we ended up in a one long rectangle which stalled plans for a group discussion. The final balloon deflation was no cotton candy, a trademark of years past.

Shar

Good food and good service. Being a Tuesday, there were only two other tables filled when we arrived so it was nice and quiet. Server was very friendly, and can't specifically call them out because almost all of today's servers do this, but it really annoys me when they refer to the table as “you guys”. How about just saying you, or you all, or folks? Restaurants really should instruct their staff to address their guests in a more professional manner. Other than that, would definitely recommend.

18GaryF18

A Tuesday evening and this establishment was not busy. Looks like they may be as much of a bar as a dinner. Had Fish & Chips and they were good. Service was laid back. Very laid back. Had to hunt down a server. Had to hunt down my check. Service was too laid back.

JohnH

Acknowledging it was busy on a Sunday afternoon, I still expected at least decent service and food. Started out by not having the red ale on the menu and no other dark beer selection available. Grilled cheese was over cooked and very dry. Server kept asking us to wait before getting our drink order, coming back with drinks, getting our food order, and never checked on us during our entire meal. All that said, and it took 4 days to get my dining points. Frequent customer, worst experience ever, and it occurred during important business meeting.

BillyJ

Service was terrible, chicken sandwich extremely dry, ribs overly sauced, wife very unhappy with her meal but not one person came to check on us to even ask why her plate wasn't touched. It was a Birthday dinner and wasn't able to order dessert as nobody even came to table. My son had to get up and ask someone for the check. Only time server came to find us is when we were leaving after paying with QR code. Thought we were walking out without paying. Not counting bar area, there was only 4 other tables in use. We were a party of 6. The biggest group there. Can not recommend Eddie Papas.

Herb Wood

I ordered online to pick up a hamburger. Asked for medium well but told them if that meant it would be dry, to fix it medium since I still wanted it juicy.. Ordered it at 5:45 to pick up at 7:15. When I got there it wasn't ready and had to wait 15 minutes. Asked them online when I ordered to not make it early so it wouldn't be dry. Well guess what? It was dry and hard when I got back to my hotel room. SKIP THIS JOINT! It smells like a mens room urinal odor cake throughout the place.

Riddhima Chandani

Eddie Papa's has quite a few interesting options on their menu and there is something for everyone. We ordered a Wagyu Burger - upgraded the fries to Garlic fries and Chicken n Waffle. The burger tasted great, garlic fries were fantastic! The waffle n chicken were extremely bland/tasteless. I asked for a Chipotle sauce and literally dipped chicken in that to get some flavor. Their Chipotle sauce, however, is probably the most tastiest Chipotle sauce I have ever tasted.They had Tiki drinks so we ordered one and it was delicious. All the drinks were great! Place is a bit expensive too.We saw other tables got served Cotton Candy with their bill so were very excited for ours but unfortunately we weren't served any. We thought that may be the other tables ordered it BUT, on research later, we found that Cotton Candy is served complimentary to all guests at the payment time so were a bit disappointed to not get any!

NativeTruther

Great food, clean restaurant and super friendly service!! The fish and chips plate looks like a kids meal but charge hefty prices for it so don't buy it! The best part of the experience is the fresh cotton candy at the end of your meal!! So amazing, so I will definitely visit here again!

VanessaV

We celebrated my daughter's 35th birthday. The service was great! There were 13 of us and were serviced quickly and correctly. Our waitress, Tanya, was a very attentive and friendly. Thank you, Eddie Pappa's, for a nice evening.

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