The Potholder Cafe Los Alamitos — Restaurant in Los Alamitos

Overall, I will give a 3 star rating, but only because I wish I could also include a half star. Overall, when my husband and I came here, we were excited to try a new place. We might go back maybe one more time, but otherwise, no.

Food gets a 2-star review because aside from my Eggs Benedict, which was okay, it wasn't great, but it was decent. I did enjoy what the items on the menu were named. Some were silly while others were witty. Anyways, hubs food is primarily why it gets a 2-star review. The sausage he had ordered on the side, which I think he got 4? 2 of them were so burnt that they were hardly edible. They did have parts or portions that you could get a good bite, but otherwise, it was too tough to eat. Aside from that, he did want to try the red velvet pancakes. The pancakes came out and we looked at them in delight to try them, upon taking a bite, we were a bit disappointed, the pancakes had been thoroughly soaked in chocolate syrup in each layer, and on top, decorating it with chocolate pieces/chunks.

Service gets a 3-star review. Our waitress was extremely kind and patient, considering there had been the back table that was taken up by a bunch of teens who had obviously just been to a Rave and were probably coming down from "stuff" (if you know, you know). I've been to raves, and I do get it. She refilled our waters, hubs coffee, checked on us once or twice, but we greatly appreciated that she didn't check too often, to where it could be awkward, when waitresses or waiters arrive to ask you how everything is just as you take a huge bite of food.

The atmosphere gets a 2-star review. It could possibly very well be just the day that we had gone, so I will say that first. The atmosphere was just a bit off and a bit weird. There were other individuals there as well, there was a cute little family, a couple that had been in a seat right behind the family, the hubs and I, the teens, and then there were these 2 elderly women. The teens were constantly super loud, listening to music, I can only assume music from the rave they just must have gone to, were speaking really loud as well, but understandable. They did give weird looks to everyone else, but otherwise minded their own business. The couple and the family were wonderful and sweet, and strangely enough, the elderly women seemed the most hostile. Immediately, hubs and I are greeted by their stares of disapproval and kept staring at us while we waited to be seated. After 5 straight mins of them staring and giving us dirty looks for whatever reason, I was going to politely tell them to take a picture because it would last longer, but luckily the waitress had come in time and had us seated. They did continue to stare for a bit longer, finished their food, and then ended up leaving. So I'm not quite sure what that was about. It had been a Monday, and it was hot, I had worn shorts, and just a regular shirt, had sunglasses just chilling on the top of my head, my purse. Hubs wasn't dressed poorly either, normal shirt, men's shorts, sunglasses, and watch. We didn't look like hooligans, so I'm not quite sure what their...

Came here for breakfast on Saturday morning as I was passing through the area. The location is rather odd, as it's a diner located in a shopping strip with a lot of miscellaneous stores around it.

Inside however, it's very pleasing to the eye. I like how it feels like a very laid-back diner, with an American/50s-esque theme.

The food was delicious and with the wide variety of options, an appetite of any kind can be accommodated for. I had two eggs with two sausages, three pancakes and a potato scramble. It had some specific name as a combo option but I cannot recall it now. It goes without saying, what I had was delicious, everything was perfect from the fluffiness of the pancakes to the potato scramble. It was great.

Service was also amazing, all the employees were friendly and attentive, making sure we always had everything we needed. One man thanked us for coming in to eat there that morning as he refilled my coffee, and I felt that type of service was endearing and something not common at most other eateries. I really appreciated it.

Overall, great stuff, I loved this diner a lot. Will be back when I visit SoCal again...

Between the flies, hour wait, lack of service among other issues I just can't see myself coming back. I completely understand being understaffed on a busy Sunday, however some parts of this were just rude. Having to ask for coffee 5 times before getting it and then multiple people asking for extra napkins and then they bring 1 single napkin. The food took over an hour to come out, they did warn us there would be a longer then usual wait, it wouldn't be the biggest issue if we weren't being swarmed with flies the entire time (inside the building, not outside).

This was not us alone, the table behind us got up and left after waiting an un reasonable amount of time, and the table next to us had similar complaints, and even their food was wrong when brought out.

There's just too many other restaurants nearby to take a gamble and risk having terrible time again.

Food was okay, underwhelming...