Fantastic Cafe — Restaurant in Cerritos

THE OWNER'S SON STOLE MY PERSONAL PROPERTY. My friend is a long-time customer of Fantastic Cafe and is familiar with the business, staff, and family in which owns this restaurant. I am absolutely disgusted by the business practices of this establishment. I ordered to go at Fantastic Cafe with a friend on the Friday evening of 1/7/2022. Immediately, I noticed there was a young boy working the grill who was NO OLDER THAN 14 years old. Of course, I was concerned for the child because of child labor laws and the thin line between helping grandpa and child labor. We promptly left after we received our food. A few hours later, we realized that my friend has two phones (A work iPhone X and a personal iPhone 6) that were missing. I immediately called Fantastic Cafe and the little boy timidly answered the phone. I couldn't make out what he said initially but it sounded like a confirmation that there were two phones turned in, but quickly retracts it and says only one iPhone was turned in. We arrive back at Fantastic cafe and retrieve only one of my friend's phones (conveniently the iPhone 6). Once we were home, we were able to track his work phone, and low and behold, it's saying it is still at Fantastic Cafe. It's important to keep in mind the timeline for this story. We arrived back at Fantastic Cafe after 10 pm. They close at 10 pm, therefore, the phone was still in the establishment after the doors were locked. We knock on the door and they let us in to look around our booth. The phone is not there. However, Find My iPhone is still saying that at the current moment that the iPhone is in Fantastic Cafe. We eventually cut our losses and head home. At 10:41 we receive a notification from Find My iPhone that someone turned on his phone at 10:41 PM in a 1.2 Million dollar home located in La Mirada (please refer to the screenshot). Therefore, someone would have to move the iPhone out of Fantastic Cafe after closing to a house about 25 minutes away. Now, what adult living in a 1.2 million dollar home would steal an iPhone. Exactly. It's a child that did not anticipate us tracking phone.

The next morning we drove to the address and knocked on the door in order to retrieve the iPhone peacefully. However, no one answered and we inevitably called the police who agreed and confirmed that there is no way to deny that the iPhone is not in that home and tried knocking on the door as well. The police left a notice on the door informing them about our visit. We then went to Fantastic Cafe and asked to speak to the owner. We are informed he won't be in the restaurant until 12 pm and we should return then. My friend arrived back at 2 pm and the grandpa of the boy who was working was hiding from in the back from my friend. He called the police in order to gain access to the video recordings in the restaurant. Once the police arrive, the grandpa emerged and CONFIRMS THE ADDRESS IN WHICH THE PHONE WAS LOCATED AT 10:41 PM TO BE HIS OWN! He calls some family members and assured my friend that he can collect the phone at 8 pm tonight 1/8/2022.

Unfortunately for us, the story does not end there. My friend returns and asks to pick up his phone at 5 pm instead because 8 pm is late for him. The manager informs him they in fact do not have the iPhone despite Find My iPhone claiming it to be at the Grandfathers home and the grandfather confirming that is his address. At this point, we are exhausted and have just accepted that the owner's son (or someone in the kid's grandfather's home) is responsible for my friend's phone being stolen. If the grandchild is in fact responsible for the stolen iPhone the parents, grandfather, and manager have done ABSOLUTELY nothing to return his iPhone to us despite being it being confirmed to be in the grandfather's house.

In essence, just know if you lose anything of value in Fantastic Cafe, it might end up in the owner's house and despite knowing it is there, you will never...

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BOGO 1/4 lb cheeseburger after 4pm

Hastily looking for a Plan B, after my trip to a nearby burger joint was derailed when I found out my BOGO 1/4 cheeseburger coupon was valid Mon - Thurs. only, and this particular day being Friday, I recalled Fantastic Café having a BOGO cheeseburger offer. Having an appetite for burgers & with Fantastic Café being located the next major street over, I made a quick jaunt over for my first visit.

1/4 cheeseburger ($4.10)- I would not pay regular price for the 1/4 cheeseburger. But, as a BOGO, it's a definite good deal! I ordered 1 with a bun & 1 lettuce-wrapped. A hefty burger, it had the usual lettuce, tomatoes, pickles & thousand island sauce. I don't remember if it had onions, but I hope it did. My hands were messy, as those that eat burgers lettuce-wrapped know how messy it is. For $2.05/each, Fantastic's cheeseburgers are a quick & easy option for dinner.

Besides the classic diner fare, Fantastic Café has Mexican food & other fare, like chicken teriyaki. Other specials include a Mon - Wed 99 cent breakfast (hash browns, 2 eggs & toast) w/ purchase of drink from 7am - 11pm.

Service was good. My order was taken quickly at the register & the wait for my burger wasn't very long. Ample seating inside, Fantastic Café is surprisingly spacious. The décor reminds me of In N' Out, having booths & tables available to dine at. In the middle of the restaurant, a condiment island has all the essentials in stock. I made sure to pick up some spicy pickled carrots to go with my burger. Arcade machines & TV's are present for entertainment value.

Parking is in private lot at a predominantly Korean business plaza.

2 1/4 lb cheeseburgers for less than $5? Sounds good to me! Fantastic Café was pretty much what I expected walking in - a greasy spoon with an expansive menu of American fare & Mexican food. The wait was short, the burger chunky & the bill small. Quite a few people were dining inside, so business must be good. And with deals like BOGO 1/4 lb cheeseburgers after 4pm & 99 cent breakfast w/ purchase of a drink Mon - Wed, I definitely can see...

I don’t think they even deserve 1 star. This place has really gone down hill. Went in for lunch today and as we waited for our food the lady at the register continued to cough into her hand and then touch everyone’s food. We contemplated if we should leave but since she didn’t touch our food we kept our order, the other gentleman was the one who packaged our food. We then say there for about another 5 minutes before they called us over to hand us our food. Really what were you waiting for? When we got home and opened our food the avocado that we asked for and paid extra for was not on our burger. When we called to tell them what had happened the guy who answered said “well what do you want me to do about it. Are you going to come back for the avocado?” He then said would you like to talk to the manager and when we said yes he said “oh well he’s not in.” Are you serious? Is this really the standard their employees are held to? We will not be coming back to this place. Horrible service and not to mention their food quality has also...