Pirates Lair Cafe

Breakfast is down home and tasty. Ham steak is huge. My favorite with crispy hash browns. Order breakfast before 11:30. For those of you with wait time problems, look around you are in the Delta.

A great place to visit right off of the San Joaquin river. I love the décor and feel of the resort. The food is good for a delta restaurant. My husband and I shared a tuna melt and salad, which was good. The serve was good and the waitress was very nice and polite. We did not experience any of the issues identified in earlier 2015 posts.

If I could leave zero stars I would. Beware this place is dirty and the manager is the rudest, most unprofessional, unwelcoming person I have ever met in a café. I do not recommend coming here the food is lousy and overpriced. You’ve been warned!!!

We came to the Delta for a nice family vacation. A gentleman told us to check out Pirates Lair café for breakfast…
We got there at 11:30 AM and were seated, given menus, and were told that lunch would not start for 40 minutes. So we ordered coffee and orange juice and we were there for breakfast anyways.
Just before we were brought our coffee and orange juice a woman came out and barked at us,“Breakfast is over!!! We’re not serving breakfast anymore!!! You’re too late, breakfast ends at 11:15!” Then we were told that again we couldn’t even start to order lunch for 40 more minutes.
Our Family was in total shock, as to why this woman was so rude to us for absolutely no reason. I wish this café luck if they’re going to keep her around.
What kind of café stops serving breakfast at 11:15 AM? And then won’t serve lunch until 12:30? We go to a lot of cafés and this by far was the most dysfunctional café we’ve been to yet. Their orders were completely backed up and they were only at 50% capacity.
So if you want to go to a café and not get served any food and get yelled at, then this is the place for you!

Doug E. you are mistaken about them hating bikers. I and my biker buddies go there every time we are riding our Harleys in the Delta area. They treat us very NICE and always have in fact. We love their food also. We all have different opinions I guess.

Used to come here all the time. Came for the first time in a year or so. Service was ehhh decent, sat outside (deck was closed), table was dirty. Ordered mimosas– about 6oz-​8oz for 3.50. Quality and quantity of food was not worth my drive. I was let down cause I always speak highly of the place.

This quaint little spot in the Delta’s got beer and wine, breakfast til 11:30 am and outdoor plumbing. The grilled ham and cheese sandwich made me feel like a kid again and the pictures of Elvis on the wall hark back to a simpler time. Love it!

Returning to the Delta after many years away. Stopped by the Pirates Lair Diner. It hasn’t changed since we left… except the staff is younger.
Had a great breakfast, all four of us sat on the roof deck in the sun. Our order took a while and the staff certainly gets a workout running up and down the stairs, but they never let our coffee cups or water glasses go empty. When the food arrived it was hot and prepared exactly as we had requested. Hash browns crispy and crunchy, bacon crispy and dry and the eggs over easy! Prices are very reasonable and staff is warm and hospitable.

Cafeteria food anyone?
My tuna melt and fries reminded me of my grade school days…
I understand that the town is small and there aren’t really many tourists, so the food around Isleton may be slacking a bit.
I wish I could have like the food, simply because it has been a family business for decades– but we’re talking about mediocre food here.
The tuna melt was about $ 8, which is also steep.
There was a semi– melted cheese wedged in the tuna… It just wasn’t hot off the grill as I would have liked.
I appreciated the fact that it wasn’t dripping grease though.