Hot Rod Diner — Restaurant in California

Been living in hilmar for 2.5yrs and never eaten at this restaurant, my parents were in town so I decided to take them for breakfast. Terrible service, the server only came to check on us once. She forgot to bring silverware so that one time she came to check on us we said we need silverware so she said oh sorry I bring it right now, almost 5 min had passed and still nothing, she was grabbing other orders so we tried to get hers and other servers attention and all ignored us, my husband had to get up and grab some, later my dad wanted coffee and again we tried to get our server’s attention and she ignored us and finally we got up and asked other server if we could get a cup of coffee for my dad, she said I’ll be right up, she comes with coffee pot and we said we wanted a cup of coffee for my dad and she rolled her eyes and walked away and came back with the cup, we waited another 15-20 min after we were all done eating for check but it never came. My husband had to get up to get it and our server said oh sorry I was about to bring it up. Food was bland, no flavor, do they not use seasoning???...

When I first got here I wasn't very impressed, it took about 2-3 minutes before anyone even acknowledged we were there (we even sat ourselves at the bar area). We then moved to a booth where the service started out not so great. Our waitress was pretty rude off the back. I decided to tip the waitress $20 right after she took our order in the Hope's that it would change the outcome. Sure enough it did! She started smiling and being very very respectful and the visit ended up turning into a good one. The food was very delicious and I loved the decorations in the place. I am willing to give this place another try as maybe it was just an off day for them because like I said it ended up being a good visit after tipping ahead of time! I'll update again...

I met someone here at lunch time to discuss a legal matter. I had a soda and a cup of soup while the other person had a cup of coffee. Our waitress was nice, happy, knowledgeable about the foods they serve and very friendly. This place made me feel at home, comfortable, like I had been eating there forever. My soup was really good. I would order it again. The soda and coffee were fine. Parking is very easy to get to from Lander Ave, which is the main road that goes through town. It's very easy to make a right coming out of the parking lot and not difficult to...