Hartbrook Cafe

LOVE this place! Great service, friendly staff, and the absolute BEST stuffed hashbrowns!

Today was my second time coming here for breakfast and again I was disappointed. Food was ok, the waitress needed more training but the environment the staff in the front made was very uncalled for. I’m not going to go in detail what the conversations where about but they where not appropriate for a work establishment. I’ll try it one more time and hopefully they will read this and make the adequate changes and then I’ll change my review.

Um, food is ok tasting at best, however they seem to have it priced accordingly. Atmosphere gave me herpes. (Ok, not really). But seriously, the place is pretty gross. Both my wife and I had heartburn after eating there. We affectionately refer to it as the heartburn café (HB) now. Don’t even remember what I ate. Not sure it matters as I’m never going back. There are many better breakfast places in the area, but for some reason my folks like it. They like the prices I suppose.

This is a charming little eatery. It’s not fancy, and the service can be a bit slow sometimes. However their food is just great, especially the breakfasts and specials. You will walk away full after eating their breakfast. I usually have eggs up, American fries, and sour dough bread toast.
Their specials change daily and are also quite tasty and filling. They also have a very complete menu.
They do close late afternoon, they do not serve dinner. They are open seven days a week.

Waiting 45 minutes for two omelets is unacceptable. I try to support family owned as much as possible but this place needs new management. A little training on serving and customer service pays in the long run.

Food average. Took 1 hr to receive food. Was a Sunday morning. They were busy. Not as great as I hoped for an hour wait on food.

I have mixed feelings on the breakfast we had here. The décor is very dated. A folding card table was amongst the seating options in the dining room. It started with us having to ask for new waters since both of our glasses has onion chuncks floating with the ice. I ordered eggs, sausage, and hashbrowns which were good. My fiancé ordered corned beef hash that most definitely came from a can. It was gross. Ticket time was long considering it wasn’t busy. We were by far the youngest ones in the place (60+yrs average). The names of regulars who get special treatment is painted on the wall. Just another confirmation that this place isn’t for new customers.

Excellent food. Hash browns could stand to be cooked a little longer but I’m partial to well cooked hash browns. Decent speed service. Listening to the waitresses talk about how drunk they’re gonna get on the weekend was less than pleasant and they could definitely turn the heater up without any complaints from me. My main complaint is that they’re open until 3PM at the latest.

I’ve just read the previous reviews and I felt compelled to defend one of the best breakfast restaurants in the Lake Country. Just look at the crowds that flock to this place for breakfast!!! The eggs are cooked perfect and to order, but my favorite is the American Fries. They taste as if they were fried in butter and they fill your large plate with enough of them to satisfy all but the largest appetites. The atmosphere is typical for such a low cost breakfast and does not detract from my enjoyment whatsoever. Try it! You’ll like it!

Don’t waste your time.
Slow service. Mediocre food. Bad atmosphere.
Twice waited more than 45 mins for our food. Much of their menu is pre-​made, according to our waitress. Seriously, I can’t think of one glowing thing to say about this joint. Wish I could, but… nope, I just can’t.

Stopped here with the family last Sunday. Will never visit this place again. Walking in, the restaurant looked like an «after thought». Old furniture, chairs… duct tape on the booths. We sat down and the table was not clean, even though it had clean napkins and silverware. The high chair for my 1year old had old food on the seat. I ran to the car to get anti-​bacterial wipes to clean things up.
The food service was slow. Breakfast took over an hour and the restaurant was barely half full. My toast arrived BURNED. How can you look at black toast and say that it is OK to serve? My husbands french toast was DRENCHED in salted butter to the point that he could feel his arteries harden and blood pressure rise.
I would NOT go here again.