Crestline Cafe

My beautiful queens brought me here to celebrate my bday month! Food was so good! I had the banana pancakes with maple syrup!

Quaint, mountain cafe that serves a wide variety of food dishes. Decorated for the holiday. ;) Portions are large and you can share. We went to the restaurant with a local. Server, Amber really appears to not like her job. She doesn't remember requests well and doesn't seem to care. Full stack blueberry pancakes were great, Over medium eggs, Sausage and hash browns were awesome. Eggs Benedict looked great but eggs were undercooked and whites clear & runny. Requested eggs over medium. They did remake them. They were very good then. The manager/another server came by to check on us. We stated all was good now and we enjoyed everything very much. $10-$15.avg pp

Horrible service! The waitresses that were there that day were so unprofessional, rude, and kept ignoring us. When we got there it was not a busy time. There was about 3 tables with customers each with 2 to 3 people who were already eating and 3 waitresses and it seemed like a kind of slow time. First of, our drink order was taken after they took 3 other tables that got there AFTER us and ONLY after I had to get up to let one of the waitress that was at the cash register, since she was the one that wasn’t doing anything, know we were there before and have not yet been helped. She told me my waitress knows and sees me there and she will GET to me. I’m not in the restaurant business but I’m sure it has always been the routine to serve customers as they come and not when the waitress decides she wants to serve them or go around the whole restaurant serving others before “she gets to you”. When that register waitress saw she was NOT “getting to me” she proceeds to take our drink order. At that time we have been waiting for 30 mins WITHOUT any drinks yet. When she came with our drinks she placed them with somewhat an attitude, it was not friendly and she rudely threw the straws on the table in front of my mom. Then 15 mins later, the waitress that was supposed to have taken our order 45 mins ago finally decided to come to our table. She took our order after taken 5 tables orders first than ours when we had gotten there before any of those parties! By the time that we were ordering everybody had their food on their tables. And to top it off this waitress was also unfriendly, had a aggressive tone and just seemed like she did not want to take our order. It was only my mom and I there to dine in so it wasn’t like our order was going to be a big order to take and make. So for them to go on to the bigger parties of 4 to 6 people at a table and just keep passing us by after I would look at them and make eye contact to get them to realize “hello we still have not been helped”, it makes me think if they just personally did not like us for whatever reason I do not know because we have never met before that day. After our order was finally taken now came another wait of about 20mins which at that point I just didn’t want to stay there and wait any longer so we got up and walked to the register. The register waitress was coming out with our food but after the whole unpleasant experience of being there for OVER an hour and a half and not yet EATEN we just wanted to leave. So i signaled to her to the register she came over I said I will just pay for the drinks. She asks “why? ” I let her know we been there too long without being helped. She says “well your food is already out so we can packet it for you”, I told her, as if she didn’t already know the issue, that we were ignored multiple times, a lot of people that KEPT coming in after us were getting helped before us and we were served till the very last. I told her we were not satisfied with the service and she had the audacity to say the reason for that was because my mother had gone to the restroom when we first came in. My mom was in the restroom for about 5 minutes then she came and sat down. I let her know that was no excuse to have us wait for soo long and continue to wait on other parties that came in after us. She did give attitude and said “fine” and reached out to get my card to pay for the drinks. I told her I liked to know the amount first so she went into the back and came back to say “ actually you can just go” with attitude. It was already apparent they did not want our presence there and did not care at all to serve us. My mom is Mexican and I am American/
Mexican we were the only 2 people that looked that race that day. I’ll let the public have their take on that. Overall it was a very unpleasant, disappointing, unwelcoming, disrespectful, inhospitable dining experience at the Crestline Cafe if I can give it ZERO stars, just because of the staff, I would and it’s safe to say we will never dine there again.

Great place, but the service was a little lacking. I feel like this is how it is everywhere now. The old service standards for dining out are far gone. We pay more for much less. The bacon was burnt. Our order was switched. I know in California the wait staff gets paid a minimum wage, so tips aren't their livelihood, but yet you're shamed and called a Karen if you complain. I always tip in full and never complain. I just waist my miney on a bad experience and go home and feel like I can't go out to eat ever again. Make your food at home. Like, who wants to pay for burnt bacon and cold food and then be called a Karen because I didn't want it. Who does that? Barf.

I went with my best friend and my girlfriend. I had never eaten there before, and everything was fantastic. We started with Bloody Mary's, which were incredible. (I think we had 3 or 4 each.) Lol
The food was hot and delicious and served quickly even though they were busy. In fact, we had the owner wading our table. Everyone in there was incredibly friendly. I would highly recommend this place to family and friends.

I'll never set foot there again after being insulted publicly. They failed to tell me and my girlfriend the card reader was down and it was cash only. One server was apologetic about it, but there is an old bat (Server) in there named DENA who proceeded to call us stupid speaking to another employee us. What a way treat the local patrons supporting local

I really do enjoy Crestline Cafe. Usually eat here once every two weeks for dinner. Food is really good and portion sizes are decent.

I was a little disappointed on the evening of 10/10/23.

The food was great the cooks seemed busy and moving quickly.

However customer service was subpar- Dede (I believe her name was) and another young lady were working. They were very unattractive to all customers to the point while the servers were behind the bar arguing with each other a customer had to yell out the question, "could I get some water". From their table

Their Internet was not working and they could not accept CC. They did have a note on the door however if not paying attention one could have missed it. Not sure when the put it up either. There were customers at their table when the young waitress approached their table and let them know. The gentleman went quickly to the ATM next door. Dede then proceeded to bash the customer about not reading the sign and if the customer couldn't read that was their fault.

I get having moments where servers get frustrated however these two servers should learn the lesson of talking behind closed doora, where customers can't hear them etc.

Not only were they super inattentive, we got to hear about a customer who had puked all over the bathroom and some sort of crazy mishap with some wine. The younger one told Dede she should seek counseling ect. However loved the younger one till she started being a snot. How if she wasn't careful she would end up like Dede.

I was sitting on the back of the restaurant near the windows they were at the bar with the TV on and you could still hear all their $#! + talking.

I was very disappointed with these two ladies. There was a lot to be done instead of hanging out and talking $#! + about customers and talking $#! + to each other.

How about clean the floor there was paper, leaves etc all over the floor. I wiped down our table as it was not done properly but they had set out silverware. How about paying attention to your customers.

Stopped in on our way home. What a cute little cafe. Food was good and so was the service. If you haven't been to Lake Gregory.you need to!

This place is a great small town Cafe located in the town of Crestline in the mountains, the food was very good.

Damn. This place has an awesome menu. There are so many choices. I wonder if I should deduct a star for making it so hard to choose. I had a chili size, it was sooo good. I wanted a saurkraut sandwich but that would have been silly ordering both. Dang. Come here, eat well.

I can't believe I lived there and never went until now! Food was so delicious! Will be back again soon!?

I pass by this place all the time, and finally took my son to eat there, I had a half order of their crestline Cobb salad I believe it was. Large portions, fresh greens and veggies, very good.

Servicezwas very good. Pancakes were tough and nor enough sausage in the Pigs in a blanket.
Omelet was very good.
Good prices