Dan's Café Deluxe — Restaurant in Oaxaca

Not recommended - very disappointing! First (and last) time eating at Dan's Cafe. We seated ourselves, our waitress was an older lady who spoke English and was unfriendly from the start. The place was mostly deserted, maybe 4 tables in a large restaurant. Our coffee arrived cold and when I sent it back, she looked at me like she didn't believe me. Didn't pour a fresh cup, just topped up the coffee with lukewarm coffee. Bleah. Then we ordered, I ordered a veggie omelet (mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, peppers, cheese). The food took 15-20 minutes to arrive. I started eating and surprise surprise... it had broccoli and cabbage, not my favorite and definitely not listed on the menu. I gave it to the waitress and explained that it wasn't what I hoped it would be. She did not offer to replace it, of course, I went without my meal. The restaurant has an open kitchen area and the kitchen staff was making jokes about gringos, giving us the eye... one sat at the counter eating her lunch a few feet away, watching us constantly. I speak fluent Spanish and it's hurtful to hear the staff complaining about customers within earshot. I certainly didn't ask for my order to get screwed up! At the time to pay the bill, I explained to the cashier with our server standing there as well about the omelette that was misadvertised and I didn't eat, the cold coffee. Nope, they charged me full price. The whole thing was soooo unprofessional and for the prices they charge, very disappointing. And I think our waitress was the manager, I hope not with her horrible attitude. It could have been so much better. Save your money and go elsewhere - El Cafecito offers the same food better, faster and at least they treat their customers with a little respect.

No recomendado, ¡muy decepcionante! Primera (y última) vez comiendo en Dan's Cafe. Nos sentamos, nuestra camarera era una señora mayor que hablaba inglés y fue antipática desde el principio. El lugar estaba casi desierto, tal vez 4 mesas en un restaurante grande. Nuestro café llegó frío y cuando lo devolví, ella me miró como si no me creyera. No sirvió una taza nueva, simplemente rellenó el café con café tibio. Luego pedimos, yo pedí una omelette de verduras (champiñones, cebollas, tomates, pimientos, queso). La comida tardó entre 15 y 20 minutos en llegar. Comencé a comer y, sorpresa, sorpresa... tenía brócoli y repollo, no es mi favorito y definitivamente no figura en el menú. Se lo di a la camarera y le expliqué que no era lo que esperaba. Ella no se ofreció a reemplazarlo, por supuesto, me quedé sin comer. El restaurante tiene un área de cocina abierta y el personal de la cocina estaba haciendo bromas sobre los gringos, mirándonos... una estaba sentada en el mostrador comiendo su almuerzo a unos metros de distancia, mirándonos constantemente. Hablo español con fluidez y es doloroso escuchar al personal quejarse de los clientes que están al alcance de su oído. ¡Ciertamente no pedí que mi pedido se arruinara! En el momento de pagar la cuenta, le expliqué al cajero con nuestro camarero parado allí también sobre la tortilla que estaba mal anunciada y no comí, el café frío. No, me cobraron el precio completo. Todo fue muy poco profesional y por los precios que cobran, muy decepcionante. Y creo que nuestra camarera era la gerente, espero que no con su horrible actitud. Podría ser mucho mejor. Ahorre dinero y vaya a otro lado: El Cafecito ofrece la misma comida mejor, más rápido y al menos tratan a sus clientes con un...

Hit or miss unfortunately. Our first visit was great. But not every meal has been to expectations.

I’ve enjoyed the Gringo breakfast, the BLT, and the cheeseburger. All good, nice bacon, hand cut fries, and the burger patty was very tasty, but the eggs can sometimes be too runny (runny undercooked whites). Ok if you like that, otherwise I guess tell them when you order. Seems like the kitchen’s overwhelmed at times and rushes stuff out. My wife’s had the Baja style fish tacos 3 times but they were only good the first time with nice crunchy batter. Last few times it was soggy/ greasy and the fish not the best cut, some strong flavored dark meat. Disappointing.

Normally no wait for a table, but you have a wait for a menu. It can get busy. After ordering it’s quick service. Nice location off the main street but noisy open kitchen that sometimes causes people to talk loudly. They serve a variety of Mexican traditional items and American breakfast and...

Service was very poor. We were seated immediately and served fast. Our server barely said anything and had a very judgmental look on her face in every interaction.

When we went to pay the bill at the cashier we noticed our table was labeled "Karen" which really upset my gf. We hadn't made any special requests besides almond milk in our cappuccinos and had no complaints. Seeing our table labeled as such, and receiving very poor customer service really made us upset and will not recommend this place to anyone.

The food was mediocre but came at a fair price and portion.

Not sure if we were being discriminated against for being american/white but I don't think we deserved that. I noticed many other tables getting cheery customer service with smiles...