Mae's Cafe

Mae's Cafe!! I've been coming here since the mid 1990s when it was Jon's Coffee Shop. This was my high school hangout with my friends. The coffee is ground in-house and solid, the OJ is squeezed fresh, service is always good! The food isn't always 100% but let me tell you my favorites that have always done me right...! The omelets, strawberry waffle, any pancake meal, the eggs are always perfect, the side salad is served on a cold plate (classic!), good ranch!!, and the Frisco burger is delightful! Such an old school funky diner! The bathrooms are funky in a bad way (they're ew) but my nostalgia

It's okay. Not the greatest but it's mehhh. The potatoes are good but other than that, nothing too special or spectacular in my opinion.

A mom and pop neighborhood diner. The food is similar to Denny's. It's inexpensive and one of the few places that serve lyonnaise potatoes which are thinly sliced potatoes pan fried with thinly sliced onions.

I got eggs Benedict with extra crispy hash browns. Nothing special. It's just on English muffin with ham and two eggs with hollandaise sauce for $10.95.

The bf got country fried steak with lyonnaise potatoes and his sister got BLT.

Spanish omelet was amazing.
Nice surprise.
5.50$ for a plane thin waffle. Ridiculous

Update the hours this is not 24/7. Its been months and i stop by they keep telling me this place close at 9. At least update the hours.

They are currently closing at 11 pm (posted on business door & overheard a customer confirm with a server). Went today for the first time ever & ordered pancakes to go. The staff was nice and the pancakes were delicious. I will be coming back to fulfill future pancake cravings since I live nearby.

Old fashion coffee shop with great menu. Except they serve excellent steaks with their breakfast, instead of regular breakfast place's too chewy cheap steaks. Great surprise.

My husband and I love this place. The food was delicious and the service was very attentive to our every need and desire. They have daily specials which are important to us since cost is a factor. Old fashioned, yes, just the way we like it. Beats the hell out of corporate restaurant business!

Food is decent, it's not that busy when I went yet service was subpar. Saw waitress more frequently when we waited to pay the check a bit.

I tried to give this place another chance. Let's give local businesses help during these tough times.

...... and they were closed. Not 24 hours any more and closed an hour earlier than the new posted times. I checked recent reviews and it seems I dodged a bullet.

Great food awesome waitresses and the chef gets ur food cooked the way you want it 99% of the time:)
On another note the side of fruit is no good at all. The fruit was all green (not ripe) so that was a waste of money. I'm sure none of them would feed that to their own kids.

Had ribs today
Unable to cut them, they were very tough and maybe old. Sent them back and ordered country fryed steak. Was better but not very good but I ate it. Mashed potatoes. came out of a box and they were fair same as the.. gravy.
Never go back.

I would totally give a 5 stars if it wasn't for my man asking me "hashbrowns?" unfortunately they forgot to put this but it was definitely a staple of the dish. Unique flavors, good quality. I will stick with satisfying my pancake and waffle cravings from here on outreally nice and humbled employee, seems like the owner most likely.

Friendly staff with good service. I ordered a patty melt on rye with sauteed onions. It was tasty but the onions were still crunchy. I prefer my patty melt with caramelized onions. (The onions look like teeth on my patty melt. Easy access off the freeway with plenty of parking.

This place is ALWAYS incredible. A bad meal at Mae's beats the best meal almost everywhere else! And in the past 13-14 years...I have never had a bad meal.
I typically settle on breakfast...I love the Lyonnaise potatoes option. However 75%+ of the time I get Mae's Manly breakfast. No other spot has this...and if they did, they wouldn't do it as Manly as Mae!
Love this place!!!

They are not open 24/7 anyMore. They should update their Yelp. Supersized & disappointed.
4stars because of there great breakfast. Came from San Bernardino for breakfast at mae's

Food: 3 Stars - Food was good (Tijuana Scramble, Hash & Eggs, Sampler). It is what I would expect from your average dinner.
Service and Cleanliness (+1 Star): Service was good, friendly and attentive. Cleanliness was spot on and saw them disinfecting surfaces, including door handles multiple times.

Haven't been to this place in a while but it's always a treat when we're here. This time I decided on the sizzling skillet and wasn't disappointed. The meat always comes out hot and flavorful.

This place is so comforting. The humble and homely service, simple diner offerings, fair prices, and old but well-kept and clean facility earns this place a 5 star rating.

The food may not be out of this world, but there's something so satisfying about a consistent restaurant that's been a neighborhood staple. Their portions are generous and the prices are lower than Denny's. What more could you ask for?

At Mae's tonight and I was aMae's with Shelley's Banana Split!!!

It looks absolutely stunning The soft serve is obviously sweet but Shelly is definitely sweeter

10 million stars for the service!

Absolutely Amazing Good Eats at a family owned Diner in the Heart of Little Saigon Garden Grove. Julie my waitress is a seasoned professional and very friendly with good suggestions for Breakfast today. I loved the sizzling pork chops with onions and mushrooms. It was perfection!!! The Lentil soup was excellent too. The Marco Polo breakfast special was not my favorite because the Hollandaise sauce was kinda sour but everything else was good. The Coffee is black and hot and fresh. I met a retired Veteran and he is a regular customer here too. Mae's Café is famous for their long history

Best bang for you buck when it comes to diner food in the proximity of Garden Grove.

Definitely come for the manly meal and order your steak rare- it will keep cooking on their hot sizzling skillet.

In short, this is a glorified Denny's but with better food.

Highly recommend and will definitely be coming back.