Main Kitchen Cafe — Restaurant in Los Angeles

Not so great. Food looks exactly like it does in the pictures though. So I found this place via Google pictures looked amazing I was super excited to get there. Ordered food, food looked amazing... Number one couldn't get my order right. I ordered a medium rare steak, came from the kitchen well done. Everybody knows you never send a steak back. Number two I ordered my eggs over easy.. eggs came back over easy with the yolks cooked completely through. Order the side of pancakes, three very small silver dollar pancakes. Pancakes were extremely chewy and rubbery. Presentation five stars.. taste one star...

The service I wouldn't even rate it it was horrible. And it's not the server's fault. They have a small space.. and they were understaffed. And or certain waitresses were doing their job while others weren't. Regardless I waited 15 minutes till drinks were dropped to my table. And that was the last time I saw the waitress. She circled back to my table probably about 30 minutes after my meal was dropped.

I think there needs to be some organization to the restaurant. Things aren't done correctly like for instance pancakes were dropped off the table no butter. So that causes the waitress to have to go get butter. There's not enough syrup containers so when one person's done they have to kind of cherry pick syrup or steak sauce or whatever because all the tables don't have enough. That causes your servers to work double.

Overall I was really excited to come here but I do not recommend. Sucks because I really wanted this one to work. First and last time I spend...

Pros: Clean ambiance, cute restaurant. Food was quickly delivered. Cons: Food not warm, undercooked burger, lack of manager presence and options to fix my meal. I ordered the brunch burger and waffle fries. Food was not hot but room temperature when it arrived to the table. Burger was ordered medium, but came undercooked, medium rare closer to rare. I alerted the staff that my plate was was not warm and burger was undercooked. The server offered to take the plate, but I said I will continue eating thinking I’d be able to finish. I was wrong. The burger patty was undercooked more than i initially thought. I left the burger patty and continued to eat the bread and veggies of the burger, and fries on my plate. I alerted the staff again that the burger was very undercooked, and since my plate also came out cold I wanted the meal taken off from the bill. The server consulted with the manager, returned, then told me that management said since I was still picking off my plate that it cannot be taken off the bill. I stopped eating and said take the plate and take it off my bill. I would’ve preferred the manager showing up to my table to find out exactly what was wrong. I would’ve preferred to have been given more options than taking the plate from my table. I would’ve preferred that since I could not eat the main part of my dish that something else (food or discount) was offered to me.

Will half recommend but don’t make a special...

Not the most fancy area in the world but for what the surrounding area lacks in ambiance. Main kitchen makes up for in food and service. The restaurant is located in a strip mall setup up with several stores around it so it can be hard to find.

Once inside there can be a line but if you get early enough there is usually enough place for a seat. The place is kind of small inside but there are a couple of tables capable or holding parties of about ten or so. The place can also be kind of loud as the tables are very close to fit as many people in the small space as possible.

The place has a small town feel and is very relaxing for breakfast on a lazy Sunday or Saturday morning. The menu itself was very simple and had the essentials for brunch. Pancakes, omelettes, and Benedict were large portions of the menu but there is some thing on the menu for everyone. You can go simple or order large combo meals that will fill you up quickly.

Overall the food was excellent. I ordered the eggs Benedict and it had a great consistency and the food came out very quickly. If you are looking for a nice and quiet brunch place that is off the beaten path you should definitely make the drive out to Granada hills for...