Grumpy’s Cafe

Great food for the right price and excellent service. Beats the hell out of Lucky’s.

We ate here for breakfast! Neat café with a great atmosphere! Specialty pancakes are a must! We had the pumpkin spice stack! Service was great! Quick seating!

Omg sooo good! Truly was grumpy until I ate the all meat breakfast skillet and put pumpkin pancakes in my pie hole. It’s a new day! Eat here!
With any luck you may get the kind and attentive server with the Egyptian and irish tatz!

We loved this place. Good sized portions and delicious food. There were 5 of us, we all ordered something different and NO ONE was disappointed! I love the little details, non matching coffee mugs, fun art, larger tables available, not to loud or noisy. Someone in the party got this bacon covered in pancake batter thing OMGosh… I am making this at home!

perfect.
every single time.
I’ll come to tremont just to eat at Grumpy’s. The salmon quinoa salad is amazing. the service is quick and efficient.
great job!

Went to Grumpy’s for brunch and had the porky omelette with cajun fries and rye toast. It was the epitome of comfort food. Large serving size and generous amounts of moist pulled pork and bacon stuffed inside a fluffy egg receptacle. The rye toast was also well buttered and melted deliciously in my mouth.
Grumpy’s had the comfort and service of a diner with better quality food and ambiance. Will definitely be going back. Also awesome that they serve all day brunch on saturday and sunday so you do not have to wake up early to get your hangover cure!

I had heard that the brunch here was great so we decided to try it out. We were told a 20 min wait which we were fine with, they then proceeded to send us outside on the patio with about 20 other people waiting. Closed confined areas tend to make me slightly uncomfortable but we were able to find a seat and chill out.
At least it was heated as it was cold that morning, they also had coffee out there as well.
It felt odd they just kept shoving people out on the patio to wait yet I guess better than the alternative of waiting outside.
We waited about 30 min and were seated. Our server was awesome, very attentive and quick. We had already looked over the menu so we were quick to order. Food times were quick for how busy they were 15 min from ordering we had our food.
Corned beef hash omelette was delish and huge. My boyfriend got the breakfast burrito said it was good but nothing special.
I would return and try again for sure maybe next time try to get there a little earlier to beat the rush.

Not gonna lie, my decision to come here was largely influenced by the restaurant name. My boyfriend and I were feeling a bit grumpy that morning, so it seemed fitting. Funny name aside, I wasn’t too impressed with the food.
First of all, they only have Lipton tea for their hot tea selection which seemed like a rip off since they charged $ 2.50 for it. My boyfriend said their coffee wasn’t great either. They use random mismatched mugs (mine was from a CPA office) which is probably supposed to give the restaurant an eclectic vibe, but it just seemed cheap.
Their menu is labeled with gluten-​free labels which were helpful. I had the Eggs Florentine, but it turned out to be saucy mess. It’s a hefty serving, but I got sick of the peppery flavor about halfway through the dish. My boyfriend had the Grumpy’s Special which was pretty generic, but it was a good price at $ 6.99 whereas other restaurants charge a few dollars more for the same thing. The special comes with toast, but they don’t have gluten-​free bread and weren’t willing to substitute extra potatoes or something else to compensate.

Fresh, fast, and friendly! This café was a cross between café/​diner. The food was so fresh. I had chicken salad on fresh wheat bread. Chicken salad was light and yummy. Cozy seating. I loved the back room décor. My son enjoyed the house made mac and cheese. He was able to choose the cheese and added bacon to it. He couldn’t even finish the whole thing. He’s 15 and definitely has a hardy appetite. That says a lot about portions. I also hap a cup of the French onion soup. It was so fresh. I loved that they added rye croutons. It gave the soup even more layers of flavor. Loved Grumpy’s.

It was good, but not extraordinary. I believe they rotate the menu frequently so we would go back to try things out again.
It was very busy and they do not take reservations unless larger 8+ party.

I got breakfast here once, some sort of pecan pancakes that I think I remember liking?, but besides that no other visits until recently when I wanted to check out their «Anti-​fish fry». The dinner contained lightly breaded and grilled haddock, herb roasted potatoes, southwest slaw ($ 13), side of 3 pierogies with grilled onions ($ 3), and a side of broth like clam chowder ($ 3). And of course tartar sauce and sour cream were included. Overall I think it was a good dinner, the potatoes were a bit lackluster and I would have preferred mac & cheese, but no big complaints and I liked their unique take on the clam chowder.
I’d say this place is a solid 3.5, but I am not going to round up until I try a few more of their offerings.

What a cool, different place. I had a jambalaya omelette with cajun homefries… absolutely delicious. My only complaint is it listed shrimp as an ingredient and there was literally one shrimp on top of the omelette as garnish. Would have loved to have shrimp actually in the jambalaya.
My son had the grumpy’s special breakfast, your standard breakfast with pancakes. The pancakes were delicious, I snuck a bite. He loved the whole meal and ate most of it.
The ambience is great, there’s cool art all over the walls and the coffee mugs are all old goofy coffee mugs. This will definitely be a must stop every time I’m in Cleveland.

The hostess is pretty decent and extremely friendly. Same goes for the food.
Me and a friend ordered porky omelet and egg skillet! Pretty awesome. Is a bit pricey. But a good hangout spot for brunch!

Grumpy’s Café
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I love brunch! Saturday brunch is my favorite time of the week and finding a good brunch place is not as easy as you might think. Sure plenty of places serve eggs, but very few do it with style!
This Saturday my wife and I checked out a little place I’ve seen in Tremont called Grumpy’s Café. We got in around 10 and it was PACKED! Even still we were seated right away because the place is quite big. It was a bustling atmosphere with friends and family’s getting a good plate of food to start their busy Saturday’s off right. It’s nice and bright inside thanks to the natural lighting of the skylights and the place is alive with vibrant colors and kitschy Cleveland artwork. I could tell that this place was a place to be for breakfast. It’s pretty loud inside for all that and our table was less than a foot away from another table which had two people carrying on a rather loud conversation, but it couldn’t be helped.
The menu had a large option of sweet and savory breakfast choices. Most of them seemed like traditional fare and a few unique outliers. I settled on the ‘Walker Hash’ (Chirizo, Andouille, Okra, Cajun Potatoes, Cheddar, and 2 eggs) I ordered them sunny side up with rye toast. My wife had the ‘Veggie Benedict’ (English muffins, Hollandaise, tomato, avocado, poached eggs, and Cajun potatoes) in lieu of her normal pancake order for breakfast.
The food came out quick and had a nice presentation to it. The waitress we had was attentive and friendly and kept our waters topped off. I absolutely enjoyed my spicy hash! Lots of hot sauce and a small splash of ketchup ensured that it was gone VERY quickly! My wife’s food was very fresh and tasty as well. I can always appreciate a fresh light breakfast from time to time.
I don’t know if this is the best breakfast I’ve ever had because good breakfast is just that, good breakfast. What I do know is that Grumpy’s Café does what they set out to do very very well and that’s have a great space to enjoy good breakfast food with people you love to start your day out right. I will definitely be returning!
Bill for 2 with water and breakfast meals was $ 25.
Atmosphere — ****
Price — ***
Quality — ***
Taste — ****
Service — ****
Good Points
— Great fun place to meet up with people for breakfast.
— Food was prepared well and quick.
— Staff was gracious and friendly.
Bad Points
— A bit crowded if you are the claustrophobic type.
— If you’re looking for super unique combinations this isn’t your place.

I had to see what all the fuss was about this acclaimed top 5 brunch spot on cleveland. The place was packed to the brim Sunday late morning, good sign.
I got The Grumpys Special (scrambled eggs, bacon, toast, buttermilk pancakes). I paired it with a side of corn beef hash and coffee. My girlfriend had a veggie omlette with a coffee.
Ill get to the food but hats off for tremendous service. Despite the place being packed our waitress never made us feel that way. Coffee was always full, and she even insisted on getting me a new napkin when mine dropped on the floor. Not necessary but still appreciated.
Eggs and bscon can’t go wrong, ditto on the pancakes. The corn beef hash was MAD GOOD BRO, very savory, not overly greasy.
The place has a good vibe, plenty of interior pieces of art to look at too, and what appears to be a great staff!

Came here for brunch. BUSY BUSY BUSY! The parking lot and restaurant were completely packed and we were lucky to even get a spot. It was worth it. We had a large group of 7 or so. The food came out in a timely manner, but the waitress forgot a few things (coffee, side dishes). All of the breakfast food is fantastic. Pancakes, skillets, breakfast tacos etc were all delicious. I actually can’t stop looking at the pictures and wanting to go back haha.
Visit here for sure if you want a hearty breakfast on the weekend, just get here early so you don’t have to wait long.

Bumping up to 5 stars because of the AMAZING biscuits and gravy. Fresh fluffy biscuits topped with a creamy sausage gravy was a little taste of breakfast heaven!
I’ve been on the hunt for great biscuits and gravy since graduating high school in 2001, yes my high school cafeteria had the best ever (don’t judge me!) FF to new years day 2016 and I finally found them!
I’ve visited several times and the staff is always great and the food fast and fresh, but now I have a very special reason to come back!

So Grumpy’s was super busy and it was around 8 or 9ish in the morning… people wanted their breakfast lol. I decided to get mines to go, so I ordered the Breakfast Burrito with Bacon and Cajun Home Fries. To me, I thought the restaurant was a little cramped… maybe a little more space is need in the front area. Staff acknowledged customers and had good attitudes. I sat at the counter area while I waited for my order and had a good view of the kitchen. The guys (and girl) were kind of killing it on the flat top, lol they were not playing. I was watching the one guy making a lot of omelets, kind of regretted my decision on the breakfast burrito (next visit… maybe).
When I got the burrito, for some reason I thought the home fries were going to be inside the burrito… nope, it was on the side. It would have kind of been better if home fries were inside the burrito. Didn’t get a set up with my to go order… like napkins… ketchup, hot sauce, heck even a fork since the home fries were on the side.
There are other menu items I would like to try out and definitely need to sit down and eat at the Grumpy’s. Would like to give this another chance.

Ate here for lunch with my coworkers. We came here since it was the only one open during weekday lunch. I ordered the Cajun catfish which was pretty good, just wasn’t all that delicious. The fish itself tasted pretty fresh, I just didn’t like the sauce they put on top, so I just scraped it to the side. The rice and good, but the chicken that they cooked was really dry, so I didn’t eat that. The café itself is really quaint and comfortable. The servers and waitresses were very hospitable and friendly, making sure our waters were refilled and that we were enjoying ourselves.

I feel disappointed that I have to give them 2 stars. I hadn’t been here in over 3 years and I know that it is a local favorite so my brunch group decided to check it out. The food just wasn’t as good as I remember it to be.
I ordered the Sweet Potato Pancakes. When the description states Maple BBQ Drizzle I didn’t think it would be straight BBQ sauce. I didn’t taste any maple and it tasted like it came straight from a store bought bottle. Other items that were ordered at my table were the Breakfast Burrito, Walker Hash and Walnut French Toast. We all thought most of the dishes were underwhelming but the saving grace was our wonderful server.