Grandma's Kitchen

We stopped by Grandma's Kitchen in Rochester and really enjoyed our meal. I ordered the Grandma's Omelette and my husband had the Club Sandwich. Both dishes came out fast, hot, and were very good. I also tried the chocolate graham cracker pie. It was delicious and mostly whipped cream with a graham cracker base. The flavor and texture worked well together. Great spot for a casual and satisfying meal.

The atmosphere was like walking into the past. The food and service were great! I will definitely return ☺️

Down home diner. Wait staff very friendly and the food is very good and moderately priced. It is a very good place to eat and relax. Sits in a small shopping mall with ACE hardware a grocery store and a gift/ pharmacy behind a burger king.

For a place called Grandma’s I was expecting something better. We’ll start with the good. The staff was friendly and attentive and it place looked like a nice diner. It was clean and although the place was full, it wasn’t noisy or distracting. But we didn’t go there to meet the staff or be in a room. We were there to eat. That’s where the problems start. To be clear, nothing was disgusting or rancid. It was all edible food. It was just extremely subpar. To start, we got coffee. Honestly it was just coffee flavored water that was lying about being coffee. The best part of the meal were the eggs. I ordered mine over medium. The best thing I can say about them is that they were indeed eggs that were cooked to just above over medium but not too above that it ruined them. The thing that saved the bacon was that it tasted like bacon. It was thin and cooked right. Nothing to write home about. The hashed browns tasted like they were previously frozen. Again, not disgusting, just not good. The pancakes, something any diner should have no problem with, had problems. They were indeed big and fluffy but they weren’t thoroughly cooked. The flavor was there but after a couple of chews it felt like you were chewing on batter. It had the consistency of peanut butter. Not a fun experience. The syrup was like hot syrup flavored water. You’d think it would help with the weird batter flavored pancakes, but it did not. All in all this was not a good experience. To top it off, I paid over $50 for this atrocity. This really felt like I went to a friend’s grandma’s house in the 80s and she lived in the middle of a food desert and tried to feed us with as much fake, albeit edible, food she bought at a box store. I didn’t give this place 1 star because they tried. Everything else about this place was okay. I wouldn’t tell people to avoid this place like the plague. If you want over priced food that isn’t that great then by all means swing on by. You will be fed. And you will pay a lot of money for it. For a place called Grandma’s I’m expecting everything to be cooked in lard, to have real maple syrup, fresh butter, and portions of food that is supposed to remind you that your grandma is trying to overfeed you because oh honey, you need to eat more. Honestly, next time I’ll just go to a Denny’s. You should do the same.

I visited this restaurant with my own grandmother, and I was pleasantly surprised. The food was great - one of the best Reubens I've had in recent years. The service was excellent, and the antique atmosphere was very well done. I will for sure be back.

Excellent breakfast. Mary was our waitress and tho she was busy, she took good care of us. If you eat breakfast, it will be a few minutes until your meal comes out due to the breakfast rush.

I have been going to this restaurant for the past months while getting treated at the hospital. The food is perfect and the restaurant is clean. Tell the waitresses what you can and can’t eat and they would follow the instructions. Workers will go above and beyond to make sure you have everything you asked for. People at this place made feel welcomed. Everyone was so nice and respectful. The owner of the place is always there making sure that you have an excellent experience. I came to this city not knowing anyone and I am leaving with pleasant memories and so many friends. Sudati, Alson, Susan, Sylvia, and Sue, I will miss you. ♥️

Mushroom Swiss and fries that were way overly salted for 10.95. Ridiculous. The worst was we were asked to move after we were told to choose a table. "In case we get a bigger group". This place was dead. Sorry your burger meat was yuck.

I was really hoping for some good old home cooking food unfortunately it was not but could have been. All I got was a breakfast sandwich.with sausage and steroids it was huge almost double the size in my English muffin that was super amazing and was super excited about that and egg was great. Sadly, they put processed cheese on it, which kind of ruined the whole thing and wish my English muffin was a nice crispy toasted which it was not. Darn it. Play those couple of things they could have a great breakfast sandwich.

Great service and home cooked meals. Great to go to a place that can cook as good as me.

My wife and I I were looking for a plain diner where we could get a late breakfast. Grandma's Kitchen looked to be a good bet. Service was meh. When I pay $2.50 for coffee, I'm expecting to be asked if I want a refill. Not here. Food was below average. It's rare I have indigestion from breakfast. Both my wife and I did. I guess we're still looking for that diner.

Staff is friendly, fair priced and delicious home cooking! Would definitely return again.

Service was very quick and the waitress was very very friendly and attentive. The regularly came and filled my coffee and water glass. The restaurant is sort of simplistic no-frills restaurant . I ordered a ham and cheese omelette and it was cooked just right. Next time I'm in Minnesota. I will look this place up. Everything was good.

Stopped in for a late breakfast today. Hadn't been here for years but a recent news paper review warranted another visit. We were pleasantly surprised by the excellent quality of the food, menu selection and friendliness of the staff. We will return here often now. Clean tables, floors md bathrooms!!

Dropped in for breakfast. Busy!! But service and food as good as ever. It is a good place to let a going out experience just easily slide by with comfort and ease.

Ive read dudes 1 star review and i think he must have been looking for an avocado. Im an okie and was stoked to have this little diner near my vrbo. The wait staff are very friendly and the food was exactly how expected. It is a greasy spoon but thats great in my book. Nice fresh coffee. Yeah the cups are on the small side but i like mine fresh and the service was fantastic. How this place was given 1 star is ridiculous. If you want fancy go somewhere else. If you want a great service little diner, look no further.

Great Hot Beef's Good home cooking, we we there just about after every appointment at Mayo, felt very comfortable and quiet nice place to talk about the appointments and the ones coming up Great deserts .. I always had the Hot Beef's Friendly service and very reasonable prices and yes we'll be back

Eaten there many times. Today ordered a ham salad sandwich. Just a sandwich and now extras. Small piece of lettuce and two pickle slices. Ordered two sides , cottage cheese and coleslaw. A piece of coconut cream pie, which probably came from a freezer. Coffee and . Total bill $31. Will be more careful and order hot beef or pork sandwich. Two sandwiches no extras.

Stopped by because we heard that they have excellent pie. It was the worst experience in a restaurant we've had in a long time. The decor is bizarro, the waitstaff seemed all to be in a funk, no attentiveness whatsoever, and the "excellent" pie was so gluey and gelatinous that my daughter slid her plate to me and said "mom, please eat this, I feel bad I don't like it." after taking one bite. I've never seen anyone pass on pie, but we were two for two. I shoveled what I could down on her behalf and we left. Weird place, weird pie. Do yourself a favor and head over to Stockholm Pies in Stockholm, WI. Homemade crust is flaky deliciousness, with a ton of interesting flavors to choose from. Absolutely adorable place in an adorable town.

the food there is always good! the service is always wonderful i love seeing the same people that work there when i go in to have dinner!

I've never had a problem here before and another time the eggs have been perfect but they were a bit runny and my gf didn't get enough cheese on her omelet.

Everything was so good and hot. Cooked exactly as we asked. Great food portions. Parking sometimes can be tricky when they are busy but it's a huge place so lots of seating.

Great little diner. Friendly staff. fantastic general menu. Good prices the best pork tenderloin I have had in a long time. Love the decor its country and honors the armed services Thank You..

The food is always tasty, the service friendly, and the ambience welcoming and casual. It's a good dinerl It's also busy with repeat customers. That says it all.

Nice local diner, warm and friendly Good breakfast and good dinner specials, different every day

Old timer diner- fast and friendly service. Our order was fresh yummy. Coffee was hot and kept full. Pancake was spot on too. Seems like tons of locals frequent the diner and the waitress even knew their order before they sat down. Just a cute hometown diner.

We always enjoy the best food reminding us of the foods Grandma used to make. Open face sandwiches were amazing. The receptionist was so welcoming, but then we met our waitress who was so very kind and energetic. She made the dining even more exceptional. She dressed in green because her birthday is on Saint Patrick's Day. The diner decor is like what Grandma had up in 50's. Fun place to eat, hometown cooking with old time reasonable prices!

If you're looking for a reasonably priced home cook tasting meal this is the place to go! The hot beef was a large serving and amazing!! Can't wait to go back!

Fantastic prices forna great hometown breakfast loved the chicken fried steak. . Lots of veteran artifacts on the walls. Homey. Nice. Enjoy.

A tiny pancake, one egg, and a cup of coffee for $8.50 with tip. A big pancake would cost the business only a few pennies more. Why the ripofff? What's most bothersome is the disrespectful attitude it shows toward loyal customers. But, as in politics, loyalty only goes so far.

Ordered 2 breakfasts - 1 chicken fried steak with basted eggs and 1 cheese omelet with a biscuit (no gravy). The chicken fried steak did not look like steak because it was grey and spongy. The eggs came over medium, not basted. The cheese omelet was the texture of gelatin and the biscuit was microwaved until it was tough. Hash browns were cooked well. Will not return.

Service is SLOW! The kitchen is way too small for the size of this restaurant and it shows when the place is busy. We stopped after our grandson's soccer game and our timing to be seated was perfect. Booth open and we sat centerstage to the operation. The waitress took a couple minutes before she noticed us and then reassured us that she would get to us. About 5 minutes later the drinks were served and the order taken. Did I mention the service was SLOW? That was the fastest service we would get. It took 30 minutes to get our food. Way too long! However, being centerstage we could see the lone chef and lone food preparer working their tails off on this tiny grill. The food once served was pretty good, but nothing earth shattering! I had a sausage and cheese omelet. They just cut up sausage links...really? Like I said, nothing spectacular here. The place has the potential to be great and the last time I was there was over 20 years ago. It seemed better back then, but then again I don't have my YELP review to compare visits. Not sure I would give it a second chance unless I only saw the place half full. At least I would expect the service to be faster then. the inside décor is pretty cool and honors those who serve.

Nice people... friendly staff... but ... realize before dining here Grandma's kitchen is the answer to why there's no grandpa!!!! ....Worst food I've had in 5 years. I was there at 10:30am on a Tuesday The breakfasts we had were: - Greasy - Odd chemical taste in the hashbrowns - Charred Bacon - Rubbery Eggs - Dry cinnamon rolls and dripping overly sweet caramel nut roll... their signature item. I rely on Yelp for honest reviews. I don't like to give negative reviews - but this place needs to shape up. Management is everything. I think they need to fire their cooks.... seriously. I wish I could say better for Grandma's.

My first time there. My husband and I had breakfast. I ordered 2 eggs scrambled with cheese, bacon, hash browns English muffin and coffee. The coffee cups are pretty small. Over the course of my breakfast I had my cup filled about 7 times. Kinda ridiculous in my Opinion. The bacon had an odd Smokey flavor which I was not expecting. I would have rather had regular bacon. The scrambled eggs were good, the cheese was nice and melty. Everything needed salt pretty badly. Bacon was crisp like I asked for, even though it tasted kind of weird. I was disappointed there were not other # choices. Like a pancake breakfast deal with eggs and bacon, or something like that. The water cups were plastic with rough edging on the top. They clearly have been there since this place opened. It was rough on my mouth drinking water. The gravy was okay but very floury. And again no salt. I miss southern gravy for sure. It was a cheap meal but I will not be going back again. I think Dennys is probably better.

SUper excited to check this place out! Looks like they have some great reviews. We have been looking for a hometown diner to try.

Stopped in for breakfast before an appointment at Mayo Clinic. Old little dinner feel. Lots of antique decor. Serves with a smile. Menu is small but covers the basic breakfast needs. Food doesn't come out quick like McDonald's but comes out piping hot and prepared to order. Little on the oily side but tasty.

We've lived in Rochester for a year now and been searching for a good hometown diner for cheap breakfasts; some friends of ours who know food recommended this place to us and I'm glad we stopped in. Some of the friendliest service we've had in town and very attentive--servers checked on us often and kept the hot, fresh coffee flowing. Outstanding, fluffy pancakes served with hot syrup and butter pushed just to the side (so it doesn't melt into a puddle on only the top pancake!). Good hashbrowns and great toast options with the eggs (dark rye and English muffins in addition to white and wheat). My husband really enjoyed his omelette, though don't expect gourmet (looks like canned mushrooms). One or two past reviews said it wasn't the cleanest, but the place seemed really clean to me. For instance, I happened to be brought a new, still-vacuum-sealed bottle when I asked for ketchup (which says to me that they're not just dumping the remnants of ten bottles into another at the end of them day, something the diner I worked at in high school had us do and which presents a number of concerns). Everything on the table was clean and the place feels well-kept (just a little old-fashioned--but hey, it's "grandma's"). In all this is well-done homestyle cooking with cheap prices and friendly service.

Staff did a great job dealing with disorderly racist customer. Customer used racist insults toward manager and drew attention of majority of customers on a Sunday morning. Excellent job escorting this racist female from the premis. Outstanding breakfast, great attmosphere with respectful dispays toward local Rochester service members. Will definately be back on our frequent visits to Rochester.

Based on many favorable reviews, we stopped at Grandma's for breakfast as we were passing through Rochester. We wish we had gone to our second pick, Rooster's, instead. Based on our breakfast experience, we could only conclude the cooks had recently changed to those with a vastly inferior breakfast cooking skill-set. Or maybe eggs were not their specialty. Or perhaps we had happened into the wrong Grandma's Kitchen. Our "over-easy" egg was dry and way over-cooked with a hard yolk and crispy edges but we didn't send it back as we had no confidence in the kitchen to correctly cook an egg. The small single piece of white toast that accompanied it was good. My omelet featured rubbery over-cooked eggs wrapped around cold bits of over-cooked sausage, bacon, and canned mushrooms. Everything seemed pre-cooked hours before and now being used as omelet filler. The fluorescent orange cheese, oddly like Play-Doh, didn't stick to anything. The scant half-order of hashbrowns offered at additional cost were decent. Odd decor. I mean, who want to be reminded of carnage and destruction and hardship of war while eating a meal in a restaurant? Or is that to deflect attention from what's coming out on the plates? 2 stars because the service was pleasant and attentive.

I only eat breakfast here but when I do it's cheap and i feel like I'm at my grandmas house . The pecan rolls are great as well . Highly recommend!

Went for breakfast. Medium sized diner with the basics. Nothing special with the food, but they do the basics well. Pancakes are the size of a medium dinner plate. Popular spot for local seniors and veterans. Friendly service!

Dumpy place with terrible food, even the coffee is weak and tasteless. Will never return.

Good old town breakfast food place. Not fancy but t food is really good. Eggs are big. Food comes out fast. Service is good. Went there 7 am on Thursday. About third full. If you are from out of town or a business person this is a good place for breakfast. Reasonably priced too!

Hole in the wall restaurant that won't disappoint! Visiting Mayo Clinic for testing so exploring city. Rueben sandwich was amazing, Lemon Crumb Pie was phenomenal, and service outstanding!! A definite place to enjoy a great meal.

Enjoyed our visit for breakfast. Lots of people. Really our best glimpse of local people as we waited for our food a bit due to the crowd. Lots of hugs from the staff. Pancakes were great with melting butter on top and warm syrup. There wasn't anything the three of us didn't enjoy...think we will come back for breakfast again in the morning on our way out of town.

Several people told us this was the place to go for breakfast. It's ok but just ok. I've had much better at others in town. we gave it a try but probably won't return. One thing for sure, they have lots of locals.

I like this kind of place over a trendy hipster joint. Food is what you order, no more no less. Portions are reasonable for the price. Service was attentive and food was prompt (went in on a weekday morning). It wasn't a home run, but it wasn't bad either. Would prefer this over Dennys anyday.

Excellent home-cooking style breakfast! The hard part was choosing what to have. The tip on getting the English muffin was spot on. The pancakes aren't airy, they aren't heavy but they have substance to them. Very good breakfast to start the day off well.

I think if you come into this place with the expectation it is a down home diner, you'll get exactly what you expect. Their menu isn't extensive or fancy. But the food is good and service is friendly and attentive. My biggest complaint with our visit was it took a while to get our food, nearly a half hour for simple breakfast food. However it was a busy weekend morning so that likely was the reason.

I will start off by saying I truly like greasy diners. And good hashbrowns, can make a great diner. But this is not a great diner. I sometimes say that fried eggs are hard to ruin. But once in awhile a place will manage this feat. And Grandma's Kitchen has done so. There was something odd about the taste of the eggs and hashbrowns. I suspect it was the oil on the grill, or maybe leftover grease. I walked away disappointed. Too bad. Because I wanted to like this place.

The food and service were good, but it's not necessarily family friendly. The gentlemen at the next table frequently dropped the F-bomb during breakfast. From the reactions of those seated nearby, this was business as usual.

Grandma lives in a small strip mall just north of downtown on Broadway. At least her kitchen does. It's a smaller diner with touches of home. A line of plates adorns the wall near the ceiling. Breakfast here was great. I had biscuits and gravy. A tasty gravy atop a tender biscuit with a side of hash browns. I ordered sausages on the side. The sausage links here are great. They are either made in house or nearby. They were crispy with a delicious interior. My wife had the 3 egg omelet. Very nice. The little one had a kids meal of French toast with a sausage link. It pushed around the plate very nicely. She even ate some. Service was friendly and quick. This is a nice place to have breakfast with the family.

Grandmas kitchen is like grandmas food. It's simple food that is pleasant enough for everyone...without being so interesting it scares the grandkids away ;) But seriously, the food is as good as you'll get in the price range, the staff is extremely friendly, and the owners have commendable community involvement. They could use a renovation, but I guess if it's "grandmas" then it's looking about right

Cute little diner with a perfect menu that hit the spot. Not expensive and no frills but the food is good and just what you need if you're hungry. Will try and stop back if we have the chance.

Stopped on our way through for breakfast. Me and my husband had eggs and bacon.. we are on somewhat of a diet..no sugar and go grains. The eggs were not greasy and good, bacon was good but could of been thicker. The server was really working hard and did a great job. It was a busy place and you don't wait to be seated, find yourself a table. The foyer (first impressions are important and it was dirty looking) needs cleaning and the collectibles up front needs cleaning, but the importance stuff was clean,etc..silverware, cups, table and the floor is worn but did look clean. Must be a favorite with the locals. You could tell the regulars because they came right in and sat down, as for visitors like us, we kinda wait until someone says, sit anywhere you like. Oh and the bathroom was clean and smelled nice as well. I wasn't impressed with the coffee, typical black water with not much taste. I wish restaurants would pride themselves with good coffee, cause coffee drinkers know the difference in a "good" cup that is full of flavor and just black water without taste.. but overall it was ok. I was impressed with the waitress though. She was a go getter!

Family style, comfort food that tastes great. Too bad we don't live in Rochester, otherwise we would frequent this place.

I gave Grandmas Kitchen five stars for several reasons. First we are talking about an old hometown diner. If you are expecting some sort of high end old fashion cooking you're looking to the wrong place, this is a diner in every sense. The menu selection is what you would expect, the daily specials never disappoint, they have wholesome choices and the daily soups are great. If you want a good cheeseburger, fries and a malted milkshake or hot beef /hot turkey sandwich or an excellent breakfast this is your place. The new owners do a fantastic job! I love that they did not change much about the menu and even upgraded a few of the menu items. They go out of their way to please you and are as friendly and welcoming as can be. We have very few choices in Rochester for these types of restaurants/diners and I will not name the others, I will only say this is the best and when I go here I definitely feel like I'm going to grandma's kitchen.