Mayor's Cafe Miami Lakes — Restaurant in Miami Lakes

Do you want a solid diner breakfast that will likely put you to sleep afterwards because of its goodness and comfort heaviness? You’ll find it here. I had never heard of Mayor’s Cafe before a friend suggested it after our morning run. It was a great place to refuel, and treat oneself to a mimosa. $7 for a very full mimosa was quite satisfying. We were seated right away on a relatively early Saturday morning, despite there being several tables already full and people constantly coming in to pick up orders. Our server was knowledgeable of them about the menu and accommodate all of our requests. Some of us asked for regular ice water, and some of us asked for cold water with ice, and she made sure to refill any waters that came out differently.

The inside is updated, clean, bright, looking with stylized posters and photos on the walls that give you a modern diner feel. I do appreciate they still have a counter where anyone can sit and eat as well. The bathroom is single occupancy, but it was not a problem during my visit.

I went for the country fried chicken, which, thankfully has the option to get Grady on the side. I find that is the best way to go, since the chicken is quite seasoned, and it is nice to experience the crunch of it without the gravy slopped all over it to begin with. It comes with a choice of home fries, or fresh fruit, but if you’re having country fried chicken, you might as well go big and go with the home fries. They were huge, well cooked and seasoned. The dish almost felt like home fries and country fried chicken with a side of eggs. By the way, yes, you got your choice of two eggs in any style you’d like. My over easy eggs were cooked just right, and provided that runny yolk that went so well with the chicken.

I would’ve stopped there, especially since I had to take a third of the dish home, but we checked in on Yelp and found that they offer a free French toast topping with the check-in. So, of course, I had to order French toast ($12.99 for 3 pieces) and use my check-in offer. I went with chocolate chips for the topping, while my friends ordered strawberry, so that we could try both. I was a little disappointed that the strawberry topping was just fresh strawberries that were cut up and tossed onto the French toast. But the chocolate chips were worth it, since they were plentifully spooned onto the French toast, long enough to be softened by the heat of the French toast. The French toast itself was doughy, adequately sweetened and not needing too much maple syrup. I’m not typically a sweets for breakfast person, but this was a nice exception to make.

If you’re in the area and wanting solid comfort food, at any time of the day, you should take a look...

I was a little disappointed. I've been here a few times and the service has always been mediocre. I figured that they were fairly new and that they would work out some of these issues.Unfortunately it doesn't appear to be getting any better. Today I was sitting at the counter and was completely ignored by the staff. They definitely have plenty of staff to go around but they all seem to be preoccupied and talking amoungst themselves. They really need to work on the simple things in the restaurant business like greeting a customer, making sure there's silverware and taking beverage and food orders in a timely fashion. The food really isn't too bad but I'm not sure anyone working there is familar with deli style food. I don't think i've ever had a waiter ask me what i want on my reuben sandwich. A reuben sandwich is a reuben sandwich! So please hold the mayo, lettuce and tomatoes. Also having the music blasting and waiters singing to it is a little over the top. I wouldn't mind all the employees singing and socializing if they just took a break and took my order. This place better get on the ball or there will definitely be yet another vacancy in that strip mall. UPDATE: I had lunch several more times at this restaurant and I'm happy to say customer service and food quality has definitely gotten better. I'm impressed and will definitely visit...

My 3rd time coming and my last one. First time I went they had just opened, the service was horrible the food tooked for ever. I went with the family, my mom ordered a ham and cheese sandwich, the waiter said too early for a ham and cheese sandwich. Well finally they did it. I gave them another chance since we had gone the first week they opened and I understand that is could be crazy and everyone deserves a second chance. The second time I went the owner was there again my mom wanted a ham and cheese sandwich, I asked the waitress can she have a ham and cheese sandwich and she replied sure not a problem we have breakfast and lunch all day. Maybe she answered that because the owner was in. My third time here and my last. Again same waiter from last time again my mom wants a ham and cheese sandwich the waiter said not at this time too early. She asked the manager (the short little guy) and he replied too early and anyways the guy that makes the sandwiches is not in yet. He did give me a bad look. At that point Inqas ready to wall our. I'm thinkthi how hard is it to make a ham and cheese sandwich. At no point did they offered a breakfast sandwich with no eggs. Poor customer service . FYI my mom has Alzheimer's and she is set on her ham and cheese sandwich when we go out and...