Salida's Country Kitchen - Breakfast and Lunch Served ALL DAY — Restaurant in California

My fiance and I were debating on where to have brunch before heading back to the bay area. We saw this little family owned spot and decided to give it a try. Right before we walked in, there was another family who had an elderly women needing assistance to walk in. The owner of the shop (Jacky) immediately came out to assist and opened the door for them. When we walked in, we were greeted with a big smile and a warm welcome. We sat ourselves and chose the smaller table because we wanted to leave the bigger tables for larger parties. When the wife came to take our order she insisted that we move to a bigger table so we have more room. Jacky insisted as well so we did end up moving. We ordered the chicken fried steak and a pork Vietnamese sandwich. The bread of the sandwich was super warm with a nice crust. Sandwich was delicious, chicken fried steak was great as well. However, the biggest highlight is the hospitality of Jacky. He respectfully asked if he can conversate with us and I said, sure. Our conversation was super nice; talking about family and our history. He is super easy to talk to. I can tell Jacky is man of high character and respect for everyone. During our conversation, Jacky was talking about how there were other donut shops and Mexican bakery down the street. Instead of saying that he has to compete with them, he said that we all share the customers. This statement here is what really did it for me when it comes to figuring out what kind of person Jacky is. Such a humble and genuine guy. I wish nothing but success for Jacky and his family restaurant. Jacky really deserves for his business to thrive, so I highly recommend the local community and travelers to come here to try the amazing food and perhaps get to know a really great guy. There is no doubt that if I'm ever in the area, looking for food, that I will be coming here! Thank you so much for an amazing...

Warning! deception!: Under new ownership. This place is totally unrelated to the old Salida Country Kitchen. It's a trick they are pulling on people by retaining the same name... First of all, the place was very messy and the salt and pepper shakers had lots of dirt all over the top of it, the back was full of boxes and it didn't feel clean. Second, the food was very tasteless and amateur. I got the Vietnamese chicken sandwich and it tasted like it had rotisserie chicken meat in it. It had the flavor of a rotisserie chicken from Foodmax and the chicken was very tough. My wife ordered the ham and cheese omelette. It was pretty much tasteless because although they used a good amount of cheese and ham but it tasted and looked like they just put the ham and eggs into the pan at the same time without browning the ham first. Because they have many things on the menu they are not making a lot of things from scratch. It wouldn't be so bad if it didn't have the name of Salida country kitchen which used to be a very delicious restaurant where everything was made expertly. They should change their name. When we came in and we expected the Salida country kitchen and it wasn't we felt like we were trapped so this restaurant is kind of like a trap. Be careful. If this restaurant was honest they would not use that name and they would not use the same Google reviews and Yelp account because the old owner's success has nothing to do with what they're doing now. The positive is that the owners were very nice and generous however in a creepy uncomfortable sort of way. Definitely never coming back here. The only good thing was the hash browns which tasted real crispy like they deep fried them. By the way, there is no more chicken fried...

I have been wanting to try their breakfast for a while. My first impression as I walked is was I am at a doughnut shop. The only server there greeted me with what sounded like, “Find a seat”. I did not know if she was actually talking to me because she made no eye contact and was talking as she past by real quickly. I usually have great experiences when I eat out in regards to service. This experience wasn’t a good one. I can’t say enough about customer service. And this server has NO people skills! This server alone, will drive customers away. As far as the food goes, it wasn’t bad. But it wasn’t spectacular either. The menu had masking tape over so many choices. I usually look at Google before I go to a new place and look at all the pictures of food. What I wanted they only had in a much smaller portion. I always want to be fair with my reviews. I only like to give 5 and 4 star reviews. I take into consideration that we are human and have bad days. I really don’t think this...