Real Food Cafe

2419 Eastern Ave SE, Grand Rapids
(616) 241-4080

Recent Reviews

Taylor P.

Food was amazing, service was quick and friendly! Cinnamon roll is AMAZING! Big enough for all four of us to eat. We enjoyed pancakes, waffles and a scramble. 10/10 and we will be back!

S J.

BEWARE!! You will be charged an additional 3% to offset the costs associated with having employees. You will not be able to dispute it, nor will the restaurant tell you for what these "additional expenses" are. We found out by asking our server. I find it appalling to be charged additional to pay for your employees' costs. That is a responsibility on your side of the register, not mine. Are you suggesting that Amazon should charge a surcharge for every item you order, or every box delivered to your address if you don't consolidate your order? My organization doesn't pay 100% for my health care. Should I send every customer an additional invoice to offset my portion? This is Corporate America and the responsibility of the employer to take care of their employees. My responsibility is to pay for the food I've ordered, that was prepared correctly (per my request), and to tip if the service was average or above. I found this antic to be completely ridiculous!! However, I encourage everyone to continue eating at this place. Eat there whenever you want. And when you receive that additional, non-negotiable 3% fee added on, take it out of the tip. Don't alter your eating habits, your joys and pleasures, or your liberties. I encourage you to alter your spending. Still pay the same amount as you would in total, just trim it with the tip. That's my 2 pennies.

Darius Colquitt & Company

A quaint neighborhood place. Cramped but cute. Great food, though some things can be bland.RECCOMMENDATION: TUESDAY MORNING BREAKFAST PLATTER.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Toast, Blueberry Pancakes, Lumberjack Breakfast, Whipped Cream, Home Fries

Patricia

Restaurant is way too overcrowded! Small! They only serve pork breakfast meat which stinks! The pancakes are very huge but ok. I used a lot of syrup because the pancakes just sucked up the syrup so fast. I heard good reviews about their food but for a selective eater, go somewhere else. Overall, I don’t care for this restaurant!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

Harold Bloomer

First time here this morning, and wow!! The service was amazing, the food was excellent. The quality of my omelette was something else. We will be back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Bruno Velazquez

It takes a long time to give you a table and serve you even if the food is good not worth

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

Michelle Patterson

We got take out from here. The food was fantastic. When we got the food, we realized that we were missing a meal. We called, and they got it replaced with no issues. Very good customer service and great food. I would recommend.

Food: 5

Service: 5

Maggie and Caleb Ohland

This is a real deal breakfast diner. The food, service, and atmosphere are all 5 stars. I ordered a basic bacon and egg breakfast and it was perfection.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Angela M.

Awesome food & love watching and talking to cooks while they cook my food & great waitress staff they work like a family

Thomas Jonker

Super busy on Sundays. We waited 105 minutes from the time we arrived till we were served.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Sausage, Northland Scramble

Angie K

Nice place to stop especially for breakfast foods. Very impressive menu options. Definitely coming again!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Dylan Barnes

Fantastic place. Best value for sure. Yeah there's Anna's House and the Morning Belle but if you want debatably better quality without breaking the bank and a heck of a lot less of that "packed like sardines" feeling, this is for sure the place to go.Parking: Parking is behind the building, plenty of parking there normally

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Breakfast Monte Cristo

Incognito Potter

Nice cafe/diner that was very busy. The food was good. I had the Northland Scramble, and the only disappointment was that I did not taste the green onion. Added a little salt and pepper, and it was good! Others in our group got omelets, waffles, and Eggs Benedict, and enjoyed them. Our server was very nice, but very busy. We had a large party (9), so it is somewhat understandable, but it took almost 30 minutes to get our food order in after we were seated. We had only a 5-10 minute wait to get seated. Ambience is typical of a diner. Very popular with the locals. Parking in rear.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Irish Benedict, Thick Belgian Waffle

Becky Matthews

Best french toast ever

Erin Hurley

This is a quaint space with a big punch in flavorful food! The staff are so kind & friendly. Breakfast is my go to and the cinnamon roll pancake is everything needed to conquer any sweet tooth!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cinnamon Roll Pancakes with Icing, Nutella Stuffed French Toast, Blueberry Pancakes, Westsider Scramble with Chirizo, Giant Cinnamon Roll

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