Voyager Restaurant — Restaurant in California City

When I was in the area conducting essential legal business, I googled "Restaurants Near Me," and this quickly came up and seemed like a good idea! I had no idea what to expect, but figured we'd give it a try.

We stopped along the way to the restaurant from the courthouse to get gas. My son is a 100% service connected disabled veteran and goes out of his way to recognize and thank all military personnel he encounters.

On this day, however, the military personnel he attempted to thank were out of regulation military uniform and were not interested in my son's gratitude for their military service. I'm assuming it's because he asked for their rank and file, so to speak, since they were out of military regs shopping at the gas station. I'm not a military person, but according to most people I spoke to, it's against military code and the law to leave the base out of uniform, as it could be considered stolen valor if you're not authorized to be in uniform. They were in military fatigues without any displayed patches, so one might assume they picked up a uniform at Supply Sergeant for Halloween, especially if they're refusing to answer questions about their military service! 🤷🏽‍♀️

When we arrived at the Voyager, we asked the process for being served since there was a line forming at the cashier counter and since there were available tables for dining. We were told we could order at the window or order from an open table. After waiting for nearly 25 minutes and observing others being assisted who came after us, my son decided to see who the joke was on.

We requested to speak to management about the oversight and less than professional treatment, only to be denied management's contact name and phone number. Instead, we were directed to the gift shop as an option for voicing our concerns.

Once down the hallway towards the gift shop, we took notice to several military personnel in what looked like small classrooms.

Inside the gift shop, we were quickly surrounded by security and an unknown military hero who demanded to know our names and see our license. He refused to identify himself, so I told my son that we were leaving, as I didn't feel comfortable or safe with the tone and demeanor of the unknown military hero's unlawful orders.

The unknown military hero said that we weren't free to leave, so feeling falsely imprisoned, I demanded to know what was going on.

After a few more exchanges, it became clear to us that the unknown hero was falsely accusing us of stalking military personnel, despite the fact that it was merely coincidental that we chose to eat at the Voyager where the out of regs servicemen from the gas station were "training".

After the unknown military hero was convinced that we weren't in the media or somehow stalking his trainees whom he allowed to leave off base out of regs, we were free to go!

When I returned to the Voyager to get a copy of the video surveillance of that incident where my son and I were falsely imprisoned, with our freedom to leave restricted by his unlawful orders and security blocking the exits, I still wasn't able to obtain management's contact information to address my concerns about never receiving service and their staff's refusal to provide management's contact...

I've been trying to get a seat at this awesome little hidden gem for a while now. I usually never get there in time, or just miss out all together. They have short hours, (to me at least) so you need to do a little planning. Get there in time, of course not 30 mins before closing, haha. I like to do about an hour and a half as to give me time to relax and the cooks aren't already trying to clean up to leave at that time. The food so far has been amazing, the waitresses superb, and the general atmosphere of the place is awesome to say the least. I will be trying out more food options as i continue to visit. The only thing that i felt an inconvenience is having to pay up front after finishing up, like at dennys. But it works out,...

This is a cool little diner that time forgot. It looks like it hasn't changed much since opening decades ago. There's interesting aviation memorabilia on all the walls and a huge set of windows facing the flight line. Classic American diner fare. I would have been satisfied if the food rose to the level of Dennys or similar. I was pleasantly surprised to find it was much better. I got an omelet that was absolutely stuffed with meat and cheese. The home fries were next level. And even the toast went a notch above expectations. Big thick pieces of bread, well buttered. Prices were fair. This is a good option in a town without...