Mimi's Cafe — Restaurant in Fountain Valley

Wow, never again.....""EVER"" I Came here with my Family for a Father's Day Breakfast. The only thing that was actually good was the Coffee. I had the Eggs Benedict Florentine (Spinach) and Corned Beef Hash on The Side. It appears (Like The Other photo) showing Eggs Benedict (just two months ago) Those Pretty Skillet Cooked Potatoes w Some Parsley Flakes Are NO MORE Now You Get Nasty, Super Greasy Deep Fried Potato Chunks. I complained to the waiter asking / stating they are not good and just plain terrible. I asked for "Hash Browns" as a Replacement. He apologized and saID "Sorry That's What You Get" we don't Do Hash Browns. They take too long to Make in the kitchen. The Eggs Benedict I was served Looked Honestly Unappetizing to say the least NOTHING Like the picture from Two Months Ago., In That Picture they looked pretty good. I ordered something to go to Take to my Dad who could not leave the house from recovering from recent surgery Please Note an Omelet is made (One Way), Meaning you scramble some eggs in a bowl then pour them into a pan ""Having your Filling Ingredients Already Cooked ""OR READY"" You add the "Filling Ingredients" to the egg pancake in the skillet then FOLD OVER THE EGG BLANKET That Is An Omelet. Well I ordered The ""Bacon, Ham and Sausage Omelet" they brought it in a To-Go Box, I Paid and Left. The Picture of The To-Go Plate is Shown Here. Apparently **They Toss Some Eggs In a Hot Pan Scramble Them Then Toss In Everything Else Scramble and It Forms a Egg Brick Type Mixture SEE REAL PICTURE When I opened it To My Father His Statement Was ""WHAT THE HELL IS THAT"" That's Not What I Asked For and It Looks Terrible I Looked At The Scrambled Brick Mess and Was Very Upset. NOTE I actually Called The Manager and Stated " I Am Sorry That's What and How The Culinary Manager Wants The "'Omelet" Prepared. My Statement Was Simple and To The Point. ""Im Sorry Thats Not An Omelet ""Thats A Scramble"" Your Culinary Manager Should ""TRY TO SERVE THIS TO CHEF RAMSEY ""AND WAIT TO SEE WHAT HE SAYS THIS IS""???

I want everyone to know, I am a very decent, kind, flexible caring Human Being. I say that because I know my heart. I have prepared thousands of incredible omelets in my lifetime because i'm Old School from a Real Sicilian Family That Came To Brooklyn NY after World War 2. ""I Love To Cook"" when I Can it runs in the Blood and The Family. What I opened in That Box ""IS NOT AN OMELET"" and for the "Culinary Manager To Say That's How He Wants It Done Speaks ""Volumes"" That is Just Straight Up ""Lazy and Fast"" It Makes for Quick Serving And Nothing More. Not to say the Least of Presentation of A Food Item. ""DON'T SHOW ME A MENU THATS SAYS ""OMELET"" Because It Certainly IS NOT AN OMELET It's A Scrambled Mess *

I will Never, Ever Come Back and Neither Will Anyone From Our Families because They All were Asked To Read This Review.

Now Here is A Revelation** I went Online and Looked At Their Menu for Brookhurst / Huntington Beach Location. Now Just Take A Look At What They Show You A "Real Omelet" Looks Like...Attached ""Wow"" I would Have Been Happy With That...

My family and I have been to this restaurant several times but this is the very first time I have been extremely disappointed at its service. The waitress had an attitude towards us in the beginning. I'm feeling like she held a prejudice against us. She didnt even set up the table - serving us no utensils. I requested her several times but she ignored us. We requested for straws and she continued to ignore us. For 2 times calls, she completely ignored us. For the third call, we got to ask other male waiter for straws. She was supposed to take away the empty dirty dishes and plates before she served us the dessert. She didn't do so. There was no room on the table for us to enjoy our desserts since the dirty plates and dishes were all over the table. I called her up 3 times to ask her to take away the plates and dishes. I confronted her: " I asked you twice to take them away but why did you ignore us?". And she disdainfully asked me, pretending like that never happens: "Want to me take those away?". What kind of question is it? I dont know what the hell is wrong with her? Does she think we need to put away the plates and dishes ourselves? Then we dont need a waitress there. We dined in even larger and fancier restaurants at least 6 times every week but we havent received such horrible service that is comparable to Mimi's Cafe. It's even worse than the restaurant from Hell. If it wasn't because my Mother in law loves the turkey there, we wouldnt have been here and we wouldnt have been served horribly. The manager there totally mismanaged the restaurant. How could he hire someone who is lack of hospitality professionalism? Was the employee properly trained? I still keep the photo of the tables. My husband and I are entrepreneurs and if we have such employee like that, we will dismiss her in any second. We filed a complaint against her with the manager. He wanted not to charge our son's meal but I refused. We dont want a free meal for our son. We eat and we pay. I put $78 on the table and tipped $0 cuz the service was among the worst of the worst. We ate in restaurant that billed us over $500 every time we ate. We just wanted to complain and inform that the service of this restaurant is the most horrible and that waitress shouldn't have been hired. i recommend any restaurant owner that intends to hire her in the future, please dont unless you all want your customer's experience to be the worst. That waitress was the rudest one I have ever met. She ruined all of the fun of our holiday. Today is Easter Sunday and she just made our holiday horrible. If there's an option to put zero star, I'll...

I started having Thanksgiving dinner on my own many, many years ago. My friends at the time had young kids and they were starting their own traditions, and while I was never short an invitation (and even accepted now and then), I still felt better being on my own. Back then I went into the restaurant and had my meal while I read, but the restaurants started to get very busy over the years so I started grabbing it to go.

Back then the special meal was about $18. Over the years, the price has gone up, of course, but the meal has actually lost the extras that used to make it great. Having consistently ordered it over several years and at various Mimi's locations, I can speak to the quality over time. But still, it's been my tradition so without checking the cost, I just headed over and grabbed my two meals.

I was really surprised to find that the meal is now $28.99. And I would not mind paying that if the quality had not declined. To be clear, I've seen this the last few years from different locations. I even grabbed mine during COVID when they were just doing pick-up.

But I think this will be the last year that I choose a Mimi's holiday meal. You don't get a roll anymore, you don't get gravy unless you ask for it, the sweat potato mash was bland and there was way too much of it and not enough mashed potatoes, the stuffing and the turkey were incredibly dry. They used to offer cheesecake as a dessert option, now it's only pumpkin and pecan pie - which sorry but, yuck to both. It wasn't the first time it was disappointing but it is the first time I said it out loud (well, to myself).

I just happened to pick the meal up at this location but like I said before, they have been declining in quality for a bit now. I've forgiven it because it's my tradition - and, honestly, because I've never thought to look elsewhere. But with more and more restaurants serving holiday dinners, I think I'm going to look around for another option next year.

The crazy thing is that their regular turkey dinner is absolutely delicious, and it's about $15.00 (last I checked).

I will still enjoy their regular menu but the holiday meal needs to be improved a lot if I'm going to pay that much...