Sugar Pine

In early December we attended LaPine’s Christmas Bazzar (which was fun and fresh with many local items).
After shopping all morning, we decided a nice, hot bowl of soup sounded good. Since the Sugar Pine Café went through a recent remodel we decided to try it out. Bad choice! On this day the soups were awful.
One was a thinned down vegetable broth with floating mushrooms and onions, a few meager carrotts and celery. It was called «Mushroom Dill». It was mostly hot broth.
The second was much worse. It was «Creamy Potato». About ten minutes after ordering, the waitress came back to the table and said it would be a little longer as they had to «re-​heat» the potato soup. This was a surprise as she had stated there were two soups that day and it was around 1:00 pm, when you would expect soup to be hot and ready.
What she brought out was a re-​heated (probably from the day before or who knows when!) thinned out, see-​through soup. There might have been one or two pieces of potato in the bowl. When ordering, the waitress raved about the owners home-​made, rich, creamy potato soup. We were just shocked at what she brought to the table!
We asked her about it and showed her that it was thinner than the «mushroom broth». She said they had probably added to much water/​milk when microwaving it and then offered additional crackers to place in the bowl to thicken it up. Wow!
We had been there nearly an hour (for soup!) so we decided to just move on — having eaten most of the cup of «mushroom broth» and a few spoonfuls of the bowl of «potato milk».
We then received the best gift of all. When the waitress brought our ticket she did NOT remove the cost of the «potato» soup, nor did she discount the ticket. Those two pitiful food choices cost a whooping $ 9.00. Less than a cup and a half of soup all together.
Never again.

The food was good and the portions were huge! My husband and I had breakfast here and I had a biscuit and gravy plate for $ 9.75. I could have fed another adult with that plate. Our server was sweet, she interacted very well with the old timers and their dry sarcastic humor. Just between my husband and I our bill came out to 23 bucks for two plates and two coffees. Love it! Compliments to the Chef

We are talking about LaPine here. Awesome place with awesome folks. The restaurants in this town are above par. Our server was friendly and caring. Our food was fulfilling and fresh. Inside atmosphere is welcoming and comfortable. Parking is great as it’s available 360° around building.

Refreshing! Currently the best food in La Pine. Fresh ingredients and prepared nicely. The new owner has made so many great changes to this diner.
Clean and tidy!

Rollin’ through La Pine and Unilocal pretty much said «Stop here for lunch.» (Well, not ‘actually’ said, but the reviews looked promising so we’ll pretend.)
Busy-​busy joint on a Sunday at 2pm. We took the last little table in the back corner — big mistake by the way. Should’ve joined the solo guy at the front counter with his darling service dog! What happened was that we were forgotten, for a loooooong time. But the waitress was so darn darling and flustered that my husband full out lied to her about waiting a looooooong time. (He’s sweet that way.) The only reason I mention this is that another table waited half as long and got a HUGE apology from the owner and some freebies.
Turkey Melt is kickin’. Lots to thick tender turkey and a good amount of bacon. Onion rings were an upsell and were just okay. Not bad or anything, just squishy with no crunch. Great beer-​y flavor though. Yee Haw Burger was obviously hand-​formed grass-​fed beef. Perfectly cooked and lumpy! Lumpy = hand-​formed ya know. Originally my burger came out wrong but she ran it back and got what I wanted. Although I had to chuckle because when she set down Plate Attempt #2 there were about 8 ‘tater barrels’ (aka tots) rolling around. My odd eyebrow raise was noticed and she promised that more were on the way. And they arrived in short order so no harm, no foul.
Darn impressed with our meal. Service wasn’t on point but they were really trying hard and were super pleasant. That means a lot and covers up the missteps mostly. Oh, and you can’t beat the price. Two full meals, one with a ring upgrade, one grass-​fed moo = $ 21 pre-​tip. And we were full.
I’ll be back. And next time it’s the BOTTOMLESS Root beer Float for $ 5. BOTTOMLESS!!!

First, remember you are in La Pine, Oregon. The food is solid «road food». Like most people, we were on the road to somewhere else and wanted quick eats, but not fast food.
The turkey melt had real turkey and crisp bacon. Big hit with our 6^th grader. The Caesar salad with chicken was a hit too. I enjoyed the roast beef sandwich .
Sugar Pine also has a fun cowboy décor and the owners are clearly out to satisfy the travelers with nice clean bathrooms.
We’ll be back to try breakfast on the next road trip.

We were staying on the Little Deschutes and had breakfast twice at the Sugar Pine Café on highway 97. It is really cute and has wonderful breakfasts. Large servings, fast and friendly service and excellent food. The biscuits and gravy is yummy and huge. You won’t be able to finish it!
The décor is Western and nicely done. Restaurant is spotless, including the bathrooms. The owner obviously really cares and it shows! Go there to get basic American food with reasonable prices.

Modest little restaurant but friendly and clean. Breakfast was pretty good as far as breakfast goes. The waitress got my order wrong and brought me french toast instead of potatoes… oh well. What we WERE served was cooked perfectly — especially the eggs. The omelet was full of fabulous fresh vegetables.
I would definitely do it again if I’m in that neck of the woods.

I’ve eaten many a chicken fried steak in my life and this was a Top 3 contender.
Nice clean diner in the middle of no where. Great friendly staff, hot coffee and reasonable prices in this era of rising food costs.

Cute little spot with great service & great food (bottomless rootbeer floats for $ 5 … yes please!). Would definitely go back again if we’re in the area.