Mimi’s Cafe

Worst food I’ve had in years. We ordered fish and steak. Both were smothered in so much gravy, that they looked disgusting. I don’t know how my wife ate the fish. She said she felt sick afterward. I wish I could go back in time and choose another restaurant. Servers were polite though. Also restaurants, dim your lights in the evening, it makes it much more intimate.

Came here today for lunch with friends. I lunch on the lighter side, tomato basil soup and the bacon & blue cheese salad with chicken. The salad was good, bit had all of my fave ingredients which is why I ordered it. The soup was just okay. I was expecting a little more flavor, instead it tasted like spaghetti sauce. Needless to say I won’t be ordering the tomato basil soup anymore. Our server was great but service was pretty slow and the restaurant wasn’t even crowded. My favorite thing about Mimi’s is that on Friday’d they have a $ 5 flight of mimosas. It’s not on the menu, so you have to ask for it. The flight includes hibiscus, mango and orange juices.

This was really just a disappointment.
The hostess told us it was a 10 minute wait even through there were over a dozen tables empty, our wait ended up being only about 3. The server was polite, but the food was really mediocre. The food came out at different times. The eggs were cold. The fish was generic (frozen, possibly Mrs. Paul’s), and the fries were floppy and stale. The tarter sauce was possibly the worst I’ve ever had.
Top it off with high prices (which it’s not worth), I’d say avoid it if you possibly can.

Not what it use to be. We’ve had more than one bad experience. There are plenty of employees working, but somehow no one is doing the right thing. Waiting way to long to be seated, to long for water at the table, no one sure whose table it is. Brunch took 3 hours and not because we wanted it to. Terrible service. Gave a 2, because our food was good. Just took forever to come out. Just not acceptable. There is obviously a management issue, as there is plenty of staff and they are polite, eager and capable. They were not busy, lots of empty tables. I think there is misdirection. Obvious issues on many visits. Last visit for us.

Disgusting
To start my water came with dead flies in it. We were here on a weeknight and the place was really slow. Despite that it took an hr from time of order to get our food. The food came and it looked as if just out of the microwave. My friend ordered some fish that came with a salad covered in garlic sauce? Idk it was a bad joke at this point. This sauce made us all gag. We sent the fish back because it had the toughness of jerky and was stuck to the plate almost as if it had been burnt on. They gave us a dessert we didn’t ask for… I think as an apology. But the dessert was really stale crêpe cake that showed some freezer burn.
I felt really bad for the waiter. He was very nice and enthusiastic. A lot of the other employees didn’t really seem to be doing much. I mean I would be embarrassed to serve that food, but it wasn’t his fault. So for the waiter it would be 5 stars, but this place a total 1.
To top it off my friend was really sick the next day.

I been here several times for brunch. The servers usually aren’t too bad but this has to be the SLOWEST place I’ve EVER been to in my life. The food is decent not amazing. Just good enough to make me come back. As long as I’m in no hurry whatsoever. I have noticed that they screw you on the fresh fruit that comes with certain meals. I have had to ask for it EVERYTIME I’ve been here. Today it consisted of a few grapes and 3 small slices of an orange. And not even cold just at room temperature. I think I’ll find another place to have my weekend brunch.

Service has been slow in the past, but today’s lunch was speedy and tasty. Requested our favorite server Charles, he never fails to deliver with a smile. I brought 4 dozen muffins back to the office and became very popular!

I got the farmhouse tacos which were good. The service wasn’t great. We did have a party of 40, but some of our party never got their food. The wait staff didn’t check back to make sure everyone had their food. I don’t think I’ll be back. I wasn’t impressed.

If you have a lot of time on your hands, I would recommend you coming here. My Fiancée and I waited exactly 57 minutes for our food, from the time we placed our order.
There was 0 apology, and the food, which was «meh» came out room temperature.
My waitress was O.K., but I felt as if I was asking her a favor to wait on us.
I did get a latte, on my morning there, and it to my surprise was not bad. There was 0 bitterness, and I honestly enjoyed it very much, however, my Fiancée and I agreed we would not come back to this Café.

Well. They did say they were sending a few gift cards out for my mother but we never received any.

Wow. I will start by saying, I have been coming to this establishment for two years now, ever since I have lived in Charlotte. It has never been the most astounding choice for brunch, but more of a convenient meeting place for all of the family members coming from different parts of town, needing different interstates to head to homes out of town, etc. but never has an experience been as horrid as yesterday’s Sunday brunch. I will start with the hostess. She was rude with an extremely poor attitude. We told her we had 3 adults and two children that need high chairs.
She coldly told us she needed to check on that. She came back saying, well I have one high chair and one booster seat. My niece and nephew are 14 months old and far too wiggly for booster seats. We state we will wait until availability of second high chair but are told she has no clue when that will be, not offering up any professional apologies, timelines, or resolutions.
After deciding to bite the bullet and sit before the second high chair was available, we politely ask to be seated at a table rather than a booth, for ease of getting the kiddos fed, etc. She looked at us like we had just asked her to jump off a bridge. She then proceeds to seat us… at a booth. We let this slide feeling we have requested enough at this point.
The table right next to us also had a child in a high chair, and when combined with our high chair, left little walkway room for waiters and customers. Waiters would stare at us like it was our decision to place children in this location and talked to us like we were such an annoyance to be paying customers at this facility. Clearly they have the mindset of «I just work here» and have no professionalism whatsoever, as well as blatantly lacking maturity or manners.
After my niece was getting extremely wiggly and we were having a hard time figuring out how we would handle meal time, we reminded the staff we needed a high chair about 15 minutes after being seated.
We were then given yet another standoff attitude that still produced no answers. There was a third table in our area that had a high chair and that family was departing. We asked a waitress if it was possible to have that high chair because we had been waiting for one. She literally huffed and puffed to the point I was concerned this little woman was going to hyperventilate. She then said not even one single word as she slammed the high chair right beside where my nephew was sitting in his, then walked off.
We now have three children in high chairs back to back, the three of them actually becoming being silly and baby talking back and forth with each other due to the close proximity.
My sister and the mother of the other child were very frustrated with such poor care given to families and my boyfriend and I were continuously ready to jump up and swat away a hot plate/​beverage/​food item that at any point could drop on these kids heads due to the poor excuse of staff members carrying hot food OVER the children’s heads as they squeezed through the narrow spot. I wouldn’t trust these waiters with a guinea pig much less carrying scalding plates above three toddlers heads.
We uncomfortably rushed through our poorly prepared meal and I tipped out of the extreme deep down goodness of my heart for this tragic service. Wait staff is horrid, food is abysmal, and the manager seemed like he didn’t know what the heck was happening in his «store» either. I will never be back, ever. Ever ever ever. Absolutely not. What a poor excuse of a professional establishment.

I came to Mimi’s with a friend of mine the other day and we enjoyed it! Our waitress was sweet and did seem to share some interest in making our time enjoyable. If anyone is looking for something that has a homestyle cooked meal with an authentic taste, I definitely recommend. The food took awhile to come out and there was a huge gash in the booth seat, but other than that, everything was good!

I really like this restaurant! We went twice in the past week! Not very busy but not slow. Took advantage of a free entre’ coupon and $ 5 house wines. What a great dinner!!! Deviled eggs — try them!
Brunch – Mimosas, any will do! Very good!
Chicken and waffles are on Point! Just be ready to eat a lot of food!
I feel that they are Northlakes little secret, try them out! We will definitely be back!

Wow. I’ve got to update my review. We went to Mimi’s Café for breakfast for the first time in quite some time. So many things have changed, and I’m not just talking about the revised, blander menu.
We went on Memorial Day, a Monday, at around 9:30 a.m. It wasn’t very busy yet, so we were seated right away (by our server, in fact; I guess there was no host on duty yet). There were tables scattered here and there with people, but nothing significant.
Our server was great. He was very friendly and attentive… at least until it was time for the check and he was overwhelmed with the now-​crowd of diners. It looks like the kitchen and management are where the problems lie. For breakfast, it took wayyyyyy too long for us to get our food (between 30 – 45 minutes), especially when the restaurant was not yet crowded. We never once saw a manager; nobody when we walked in or out or walking the dining room to apologize for/​correct the food delays. And, sadly, the food was just average. Gone are the days when a Mimi’s breakfast stood out from the crowd. My ham and cheese omelet was nothing special and looked sloppily assembled. We could/​should have just gone to IHOP for better, quicker food.
On a related note, it seems the Mimi’s Cafes I used to go to in Orlando have closed due to poor service and a decline in food quality. It looks like Charlotte’s is not far behind. We won’t be back.
p. s. The free wi-​fi never worked for me either, which I wouldn’t have noticed except we waited forever for our food.

I am VERY surprised at the previous reviews regarding poor customer service. I visited here today with a women’s group from church that included about 20 ladies. The service was the best part of my visit. My waitress, Cheryl, and her crew were very attentive. The glasses were at least half full. All problems were addressed immediately and with a smile.
I ordered the salmon omelette, expecting the salmon and all ingredients to be cooked into the eggs. However, it arrived more like an egg omelette that was cook and they put slices of salmon into after it was cooked. Then there were uncooked pieces of purple onion on top. Rather than even attempt to eat this, I sent it back because I knew it wasn’t something I would like. Cheryl was SO nice about it. She even gave me a side salad so I’d have something to munch on while I was waiting (at no charge). I then ordered the pot pie because the picture looked good. Because they were making it from scratch, it took awhile and I asked Cheryl if they could box it up as a to go order, which she happily obliged. The presentation wasn’t great, but it tasted fantastic. They could stand to put potatoes in the pot pie, but aside from that it was fine.
Mimi’s serves a variety of muffins and they were all delicious. I had the blackberry muffin, which came out steaming hot. You MUST get a muffin. They are melt in your mouth portions of sweet goodness.
Bonus — Despite a group of 20 or so, they did not automatically add gratuity. Hate when restaurants do this. It worked out in the waitress’ favor ;-) Good ones don’t have to add gratuity.

The food was pretty good, but the service my family and I experienced was horrible. Everyone received their meals correctly and in a timely fashion except me. I had to remind the waitress about the salad I ordered after waiting at least 15 minutes, then had to wait some more for them to prepare it. Also, after everyone else’s meals were delivered, she made no mention of my meal — instead one of the managers came over to let me know that they are just making my meal because the ticket for it «got lost». Sounds like to me she forgot to enter it! Then what really put me over the edge is he didn’t offer anything to me to remedy it after I told him that I was pretty upset. What kind of establishment is this! In my experience, they at least offer to comp your meal or give you a free dessert.
I’m not sure I will ever go back because of this.

This was the worst visit ever! I ordered the avocado crossiant and it was put together poorly! It was piled high with lettuce, 2 small slices of avocado and 1 slice of tomato… the cucumbers, banana peppers and olives were on the plate instead of the sandwich! I cut and attempt to each and it falls apart! There was no aoili or spread… just dry! Disappointed! It was served with a small garden salad that came to the table after I sent the sandwich back. Needless to say, the salad was the only thing I ate. When we askedfor more bread, the waiter brought it over on paper in his hand! WTHAY! SMH!
As for the little people, they enjoy their meal… one had pancakes and the other had ½ turkey club and a cup of corn chowder.
I paid the bill and left a minimal tip! I won’t be back!
SN — I could see the kitchen and the staff was playing a bit too much to be cautious of the poor service!

5 Stars with Charles, 1 Star without Charles. To put it simply, if you eat at this restaurant, ASK FOR CHARLES! He is the only waiter there who knows what to do. He’s extremely knowledgeable about the menu (he’ll suggest certain dishes if you’re a first-​timer after listening to your likes), very kind, and super fast! He’s the only way to have a great experience at this restaurant.
WITHOUT Charles, here is what you can expect. 1) An extremely long wait time after ordering food (they may forget about you, I’ve witnessed waits up to 1hr for a party of 4). 2) Really, cold, food, that has clearly been sitting under a broken heat lamp. 3) A waitress or waiter who will disappear and never refill your drinks. 4) Items (normally fruit) that come with your order NEVER arrive with the «cold plate», which is a bit ironic because they are supposed to be cold. 5) At least one order made incorrectly (in a group of 3 from my experiences). 6) Stained dishes and glasses.
Management at this restaurant is also very poor. Obviously, due to the ratings they currently have. If this happens to reach management, here’s a tip, have Charles train all of the other servers in the restaurant! Yes, promote him! He’s that good! He even remember the names of the couple sitting beside us. And on my way out, thanked both me and my fiancée for choosing Mimi’s. Need I say more? To the owners, he is definitely management material! At least on the customer service end of things.
Bottom line: with Charles, this place may be the best brunch spot in Charlotte! I’m talking 5 star rating! Without him, it’s 1 star on a good day!
About me, I’ve been to the spot 5 times. I’ve only had 2 great experiences. And guess what my waiter’s name was on those 2 occasions…
I hope this helps!
Good luck!
***The 3 star was given due to my overall experiences. I included all 5 visits***

French food as French as Olive Garden is Italian. You’d think they would at least try to fake us into thinking they were French. But the prices? Oh yes, they are French. And the portions are French too. Neither of those are meant to be complimentary.
I have only eaten at Mimi’s twice, both times for office Christmas parties, so I have never seen the full menu. This year I ordered the turkey cobb salad, and it was quite tasty. If it is at all possible, there was too much bacon for my liking. I ordered the bacon vinaigrette dressing, so maybe it was bacon overload.
I can attest to the skill of the staff, but occasions went smoothly, with only minimal errors with our orders. The bathroom was clean, they have some pretty interesting sink faucets.
If prices were 40% less, I’d be a fan, and since the quality of the food was great, I’d have no trouble awarding 4 stars.

Instead of picking one of our «norms» for Sunday dinner, my friends and I decided to give Mimi’s a try. For a Sunday night, the place was pretty empty, we were seated right away and our waiter arrived in no time.
Mimi’s specializes in «French inspired cuisine» and offer a variety of breakfast, lunch and dinner options. I went with their classic French Dip sandwich with the house salad as my side. The dip and creamy horseradish sauce comes on the side and if you chose you can add cheese, peppers and mushrooms. I didn’t add any of that and honestly for me it was just okay. I did really like the baguette bread but it just wasn’t a favorite for me.
I’m going to come back, because I want to give their breakfast options a try and try one of their signature dishes like the meatloaf or chicken pot pie. Oh yeah, and there’s a good amount of dessert options that I’ll need to try!