By The way café

This is a fantastic hidden gem. My girlfriend and I stayed in the area for the weekend for our anniversary. We found this fantastic little home town diner. It is very cozy has a very small home town feel. This is definitely a fantastic mom and pop diner. The food was fantastic. Everyone was really friendly. Our servers were fantastic they were super friendly they talked to us and they were entertaining. We met the owner of the diner. She is very nice and down to earth. They told us things to do around the area. The owner talked to us for a while after they closed. We can't wait to come back and visit again we had such a fantastic time we had to go back and eat there again before our weekend trip was over so we did. The second visit was just as fantastic as the first visit. If your ever in the area I would highly recommend stopping by. You won't be disappointed. They are only open for breakfast and lunch. This awesome diner is definitely worth taking a drive and getting a bite to eat. Thank you so much for having such an amazing diner. We look forward to seeing you again. we thank you for a great time you all made our weekend. Brandon & Carol

I’m not sure why there are so many good reviews. My boss and I stopped in here to eat before we started working and we waited forever for the food to arrive. When it did, the toast was all burnt and nothing looked appetizing. The sausage didn’t even look like sausage I don’t even know how to explain it. It was just disgusting. The atmosphere was horrible. Looked like the place hadn’t been cleaned in years. Flies were flying all around us and we kept having to swat them away. I mean would you want to eat here? I lost my appetite and I’ve NEVER had to leave a restaurant for this reason. This was really sad because I really thought it was gonna be a cool place to try. Hopefully they can do some renovations and clean up the place a bit and maybe hire some more people.

I've possibly had breakfast in every state except Hawaii and Kansas. This is possibly the best - for value, flavor, and friendliness. A must go if you're on this more isolated section of route 30.

Big portions, best prices, and great service. This is the number 1 place to go for breakfast. Worth the drive and never a long wait. I always get the omlets because they are so good. My girlfriend always gets the pancake which is so big that you could wear it as a hat.

The food portions are really good compared to your average dining out, in my opinion. It's a nice and mostly quiet small community restaurant. Now keep in mind, this is my opinion. You have to give it a try to experience it for yourself.

Smalltown diner, which we love them. The food was good and you can definitely taste that it is home-cooked. The place was packed with young and old alike, with barely an open seat in the place. The wait was long, but they have a funny sign that says "I hope you like the company you're with because it's going to be a minute." Or something along those lines.

The food was delicious as always!

we love little places like this! First time there and Valerie was our server. She was so welcoming and kind. the food was amazing! I got the french toast and my husband got the cinnamon swirl pancakes. We will definitely back to try more of the menu.

Goated place. Ham was good, French toast was amazing, omelette was delicious. You gotta come here!

The biscuits and gravy plate is huge but nothing to write home about. I could only eat about a third of what was in that plate. We waited over half hour to get our food, therefore if you're starving you may want to skip here and find another restaurant in Minerva. As we walked in, every single table was dirty, uncleaned, with food and plates from previous customers just left there, not sure why. After we finished, there was no way to pay our bill, almost like being trapped. There was no one to take our money, had to stand by the register for 20 minutes before someone finally decided it was a good time to charge me. In addition, there are signs posted encouraging patrons to bring their guns. Wow this makes me feel safer, said no one ever. Just the idea of everyone armed there, including employees and customers, tells me I'm not in Kansas anymore. This is one of the worst places I've been in all of 2018, will not come back and do not recommend.

While driving east on Rt. 30, the "By The Way Cafe" sign certainly caught my attention. It was around 1:15 pm and I turned into their large parking lot for lunch. My first impression after just 2-3 minutes was that this is a very friendly cafe and also, very local. I did not notice that the cafe closed at 1:45 pm, so I was limited to 30 minutes for my meal. I ordered one of the many different styled hamburgers on the menu which turned out to be excellent. It included fried mushrooms, onions and Swiss cheese. It looked and tasted like a "home cooked" burger. The lunch menu is heavily weighted toward burgers but there are dinner meals available. It would appear from my one time visit that the quality of food is above average and the prices seemed to be a bargain compared to larger cities. The facility was clean, there is plenty of seating space, the parking lot is huge, my service was friendly and fast. Aunt Mable's By The Way Cafe is on Facebook with a 4.6 (4 1/2 stars) rating. Overall, I would definitely stop here again if I am in the area around meal time.

Little road trip to spend the day with my fiance and sister and brother n law so fiance did some research and found this off the road breakfast joint. This is located in E Rochester, ohio. Very limited hours open Monday -Sunday 630am-145pm the breakfast was so good. Eggs and your choice of sliced potatoes or shredded. Bacon or sausage patties. My sister loved her BLT and ordered side of sliced potatoes with grilled onions and peppers and brother n law ordered a huge burger and homemade onion rings. We chose the breakfast and def not disappointed the only negative can think of is I ordered iced tea and it was from fountain not fresh. But I'll take good food any day.

Huge portions and the food was great. Service was even better. I recommend this to anyone passing by.