Zingo's Cafe — Restaurant in Bakersfield

We have always loved Zingo's. Who Zingo is I have no idea, but I do know the first owner passed and the place was bought and remolded. It is not a fancy remodel and we would not want that. It is just super friendly and welcoming. Parking is super easy in their lot. The place is spotless as are the bathrooms. There is a bar in the back through another door which has all manner of old time fun. Country music, Karaoke nights and just a great time.

Zingo's always has a few special events now and again like classic cars that are amazing to look at and the owners are there having a meal with everyone else. This place is just so down to earth, not a mean person in site. The customers are mostly local, some are long haul truck drivers and then there are the people who know you have to eat at Zingo's or you have not really been to Bakersfield.

Each table is so cool, it has adverts made right into the table for all sorts of local places. It is super fun to read. They have a large menu and everything is really good, be it breakfast or dinner.

The service is great. They are fast and friendly and if you need any information about Bakersfield these are the women to ask. They know the menu well and will tell you what is great.

We had burgers, just so tasty and cooked perfectly, salad with a wonderful dressing and coffee that never ends. We also ordered a super tasty lemonade. We had biscuits and gravy and the county sausage gravy was some of the best I have ever had. The biscuits are made there and so fluffy. We also ordered eggs and pancakes. The eggs were large and wonderful. The pancakes were cooked on too hot a grill and made them a tad tough, so turn your grill down, but they were still good.

There is not one thing we don't love about this place. They are kid and tourist friendly and you will never be rushed and you will be made to feel at home.

I doubt they take reservations. I have never seen a huge line.

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I had a very bad experience at this place first time eating breakfast there when I seen my food plate I seen the ham was not well cooked it was almost cold like if it was put in a microwave just to warm up .nothing like I seen on the pictures one of my eggs was not cooked right I know what over easy eggs come out like.the other one was over cooked on the top more cooked then over easy. I took the chance of eating the ham that way seens it's a cooked ham already but not like I always eat it on other places.. the buiscut was raw from the sides and sticky I didnt eat it .well to my surprise at last minute bites a big hair went in my mouth and I took it out my mouth and put it on top of the last peice of bread to be visible and I told the waitress there was a peice of hair on my food but I dnt know if it was on the bread or the rest of the hashbrowns or the not well done egg.the fact is it was in my mouth .she took the plate took my bill and gave me 1.27 discount around there...I cant remember if it was more could of been a little more but not near 2dls As approached the cashier to pay she was a bit rude to me and so me standing there to pay .but she was talking to a customer nothing to do with there order..so I just stand there to see what time she was going to take my bill so I could pay but I felt she was just taking her time .she comes takes my bill charges me .she comes puts my card and two receipts on the counter and tells me have a good day in a bad manner and walks away .I didnt knownif i had to signe one of them or not.untill the waitress who served me came and I asked her do i have to signe one of this receipts she said no one is for here .so why the cashier gave me both right..I felt so unwelcome in this restaurant .and I'm not the type that will make a big seen over a hair or bad service .I will not go...

we go in as a family frequently to "dine out" and we came in around 4:30 P.M. and our waitress was Lindy, she gave us the worst customer service we have ever had. Each one of the three orders were not written correctly. We had to continuously ask her to come back to the table to bring the correct order back, witch delayed all of our meals. After waiting to get our order right she walked away grinding her teeth saying, "God i wish i could." Not only was our family disrespected, our order was written wrong, and when we come in we order the same thing and she proceeded to tell us that Zingo's does not have that order. Then we ordered a burger; and asked how much adding a extra burger to the meal and she replied, "one dollar" so we ordered one, then at the end of the meal she walks to our table with the bill and tells us that the burger was NOT a dollar, that it was $4.25, lying to us she left us with a larger bill, disrespect to our family, repeated wrong orders, using Gods name in vain, and then when we were so fed up with the service we asked for a manager and she said, "There is no manager here at Zingo's, and why do you want a manager?" we told her that her service was not acceptable, and she said, "You know what, i have diarrhea and im the only one working the the tables!" THAT MADE US ALL SICK! ! ! who knows if she washed her hands, and that IS NOT something you tell your customers who are trying to eat! This is by far the WORST service my family and I have ever had at any restaurant i have EVER been to. It is sad that the one place i liked to take my family to we were so disrespected that we might not ever return while she is servicing...