Willie's Rear

Absolutely the best! Loved the lumberjack burger.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Friendly and fast

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great food, great place to enjoy coffee, conversation, and remove yourself from the distractions of a cellphone. Everytime I'm in TC I make a point to stop and have a coffee and breakfast here. 10/10, would recommend.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Loved this small old-fashioned diners. Other than my wife and I, all other patrons were locals, most of whom were regulars. That says something about a restaurant located in a tourist community.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

It's a nice restaurant with reasonable prices. The food is very good and there's plenty of food. The staff are very friendly.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The fried potatoes were hot but dried out and hard. The biscuits were light and fluffy. The sausage gravy was ok, just not for me. The fried egg was on the edge of being sunny sunny yet.
Nice place.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Beth was really nice and chased down my family to give my brother his sun glasses because he forgot to grab them. Also the food was just good in general.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Best Burger in Traverse City!!! I had the Lumberjack burger yesterday for lunch. It was juicy. Mouth watering. Big burger for the price . No frozen meat patty. It was all Fresh!!!

Great place for breakfast! Jim and Beth are great and the food is reasonably priced.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

It's a great place to get food, drink coffee, and enjoy your company. It's not a place to try to special order everything, complain about patrons, or fuss about the parking.

This is the type of place you come to eat. Get Brent's Mess and Jim's Potatoes and you'll walk away happy. The prices are really outstanding, especially in Traverse City. Jim will take care of you, just make sure you're ready to walk around the back to get inside.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I love “the works” omelet, food and conversation is always part of this adventure. Best bacon in town!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Everything Omelet, Sausage and Eggs and Potatoes

I ate here on November 7th and feel like I got food poisoning. :(

Beth and Joe go out of their way to ensure you have the best breakfast in Traverse City. Shhhh..don't tell your friends!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Cozy diner. Good food. Friendly service!

Classic old school diner with a northern small town ambience and decor.
We are glad that we gave this place a try despite not having many photos.
Coffee was fresh, mild, not too strong and not weak, the waitress was attentive in a subtle way, not overbearing or too talkative, but to the point and pleasant.
The omlette, breakfast quesadilla, potatoes, toast and the house sauces were fresh and tasty.
They had cabin style walls with cabin decorations and little signs at the booths to encourage conversation over using phones and that was a nice touch. The whole place had a nice calm ambience which is great when you're trying to have breakfast and to wake up. We were able to have a booth in the front part where you can also have a view of the area where breakfast is made. Everything was clean and smelled nice. We will have this place in mind when we're in the area again.