They love their customers and actually care about customers birthdays I got my birthday pizza from here and they wanted to be sure I was wished happy birthday thank you main street
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Justin Moline
Main Street Cafe – St. Johns, MI Classic small-town diner done right.
Came in on a Tuesday evening (12/2/25) for dinner with a group of four and ended up with a very solid meal and that cozy “everybody knows everybody” vibe you only get in a place like this.
Food highlights: The Jumbo Butterfly Shrimp basket is legitimately good. Big, plump shrimp, perfectly fried, not greasy. Comes with a mountain of fries, a little cup of corn (weird side, but fine), cocktail sauce, and a roll. At $15.06 it’s one of the better shrimp deals in Clinton County. The toasted BLT was exactly what you want: thick-cut bacon, fresh lettuce/tomato, mayo, nicely grilled bread, and a pickle spear on the side. Add-on fries were hot and crispy. Meat & Cheese Omelette was huge, fluffy, and Toast came nicely buttered and grilled. Mac & Cheese Bundle looked like pure comfort food – creamy, cheesy, and the kid at the table demolished it.
Portions are diner-generous and prices feel fair for 2025 (our total with tax came to $47.13 before tip, and we left stuffed). They even do the “fries/salad included at no extra charge with a lot of entrées” thing that’s sadly disappearing at a lot of places.
Service was friendly and fast, even though they were moderately busy. Our server Skyler was on top of refills and never made us feel rushed.
Overall, Main Street Cafe is exactly what it claims to be: honest home-cooked food in a comfortable downtown spot. The Tuesday taco deal on the board looked tempting too.
Highly recommended if you want real diner food without any pretension. Support local!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Wendy Somes
Waitress was excellent food and service great I recommend this small cafe to people
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Clinton Page
Good food
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
david steffen
What a cold & uncaring welcome!! Won't spend any money here .
Nicole Robbins
The food and service was good. We could have done without the constant slamming of the dishes being cleared off of tables tossed into containers right behind our table. It was very loud.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 5
Rizzo
Only based on pizza
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Chris Bauerle
Small town diner with good food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Claire M
The food was good and service too. But just over $50 breakfast for two adults and one 7 year old. Hence 2 star. And i only had coffee 1 egg hash browns and bacon. I can’t afford a tip. I was told that eggs are ordered easy, med, med well or well. I ordered med well and yoke was runny. Still, more upset by cost of breakfast.
Will be eating from home. Pay myself.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 3
Todd Duling
The server was great, very friendly and attentive. However, the diner is very dated. The scrambled eggs seemed pretty cooked, they were flat and resembled a cut up omelet. My omelet was shiny, flat and not fluffy. The hash browns and french toast were under cooked. Probably wont go back there.
The food is excellent!! My favorite is the chicken tenders with crispy fries and cafe ranch!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Stephen Nantz
If like me and my friends, sausage gravey is a big deal. Theirs is good, worth ordering. It's not oh my gods is the best ever, but I order it all the time when I may with friends and take it home for later. Enjoy.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Thomas VanderWoude
Best cinnamon roll I’ve ever had. I might drive to St John’s from GR just for coffee and another one. Waitress was charming and helpful as well.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jim Brzezinski
Small town old time diner feel. Good variety menu and decent service. Had late breakfast around 11:30am. Decent not large portions.
They love their customers and actually care about customers birthdays I got my birthday pizza from here and they wanted to be sure I was wished happy birthday thank you main street
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Main Street Cafe – St. Johns, MI
Classic small-town diner done right.
Came in on a Tuesday evening (12/2/25) for dinner with a group of four and ended up with a very solid meal and that cozy “everybody knows everybody” vibe you only get in a place like this.
Food highlights:
The Jumbo Butterfly Shrimp basket is legitimately good. Big, plump shrimp, perfectly fried, not greasy. Comes with a mountain of fries, a little cup of corn (weird side, but fine), cocktail sauce, and a roll. At $15.06 it’s one of the better shrimp deals in Clinton County.
The toasted BLT was exactly what you want: thick-cut bacon, fresh lettuce/tomato, mayo, nicely grilled bread, and a pickle spear on the side. Add-on fries were hot and crispy.
Meat & Cheese Omelette was huge, fluffy, and Toast came nicely buttered and grilled.
Mac & Cheese Bundle looked like pure comfort food – creamy, cheesy, and the kid at the table demolished it.
Portions are diner-generous and prices feel fair for 2025 (our total with tax came to $47.13 before tip, and we left stuffed). They even do the “fries/salad included at no extra charge with a lot of entrées” thing that’s sadly disappearing at a lot of places.
Service was friendly and fast, even though they were moderately busy. Our server Skyler was on top of refills and never made us feel rushed.
Overall, Main Street Cafe is exactly what it claims to be: honest home-cooked food in a comfortable downtown spot. The Tuesday taco deal on the board looked tempting too.
Highly recommended if you want real diner food without any pretension. Support local!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Waitress was excellent food and service great I recommend this small cafe to people
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Good food
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
What a cold & uncaring welcome!! Won't spend any money here .
The food and service was good. We could have done without the constant slamming of the dishes being cleared off of tables tossed into containers right behind our table. It was very loud.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 5
Only based on pizza
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Small town diner with good food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
The food was good and service too. But just over $50 breakfast for two adults and one 7 year old. Hence 2 star.
And i only had coffee 1 egg hash browns and bacon. I can’t afford a tip.
I was told that eggs are ordered easy, med, med well or well. I ordered med well and yoke was runny. Still, more upset by cost of breakfast.
Will be eating from home. Pay myself.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 3
The server was great, very friendly and attentive. However, the diner is very dated. The scrambled eggs seemed pretty cooked, they were flat and resembled a cut up omelet. My omelet was shiny, flat and not fluffy. The hash browns and french toast were under cooked. Probably wont go back there.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 4
Restaurantji Recommends
The food is excellent!! My favorite is the chicken tenders with crispy fries and cafe ranch!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
If like me and my friends, sausage gravey is a big deal. Theirs is good, worth ordering. It's not oh my gods is the best ever, but I order it all the time when I may with friends and take it home for later. Enjoy.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Best cinnamon roll I’ve ever had. I might drive to St John’s from GR just for coffee and another one.
Waitress was charming and helpful as well.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Small town old time diner feel. Good variety menu and decent service. Had late breakfast around 11:30am. Decent not large portions.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Great breakfast place. Meat Omelet was great!
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