Cedar Tree Restaurant — Restaurant in Palo Cedro

I Love an old school diner. This place has a sweet, old fashioned vibe as I expected it would. What didn’t expect was a level of service I’d feel compelled to write about. We brought in an entire teenage soccer team and 5 parents for brunch (with no reservation). Waitress Ashley was a complete rockstar from the moment we walked in. She arranged tables and seated us quickly all with a friendly “happy you are here” vibe. She was all by herself and handled our group, plus her regulars, with a wonderful, personable attitude. We did not have to wait any longer than a normal, short wait for food, and I took note the regulars didn’t either. Plus, Our coffee and water was filled regularly. The food was down home delicious. She also handled the check fabulously. I paid the full bill and she made sure I had what I needed to recoup from each family, going out of her way to make it easy and even sitting down to help/double checking all was well on my end of it.

I loved this place even more after using the restroom. Weird to say I know. But It was sparkling clean and smelled good…a rarity in restaurants. I trust if the restroom is that clean, the kitchen is probably even better. When we come thru town again, we will...

We called in an order to help make our morning easier and was told it would take 15 minutes. Got there at 20 minutes and sat for another 20 minutes, not because the food wasn’t done but the waitress who knew I was there for my pickup was busy sitting at a table talking to what I’m assuming are her friends. It was a very bizarre experience and the food was cold once we got it since it sat for 20 minutes before I could even take it home. Had to ask for an itemized bill, the food prices were outrageous, more expensive than going to a nice dinner restaurant and they had a take out fee of $3, not sure why there’s a fee for me to pick up food…

As for the food, according to my husband our 1 year old could make a better sandwich lol. My omelet was quite terrible, maybe egg powder instead of real eggs. I couldn’t finish it. The hashbrowns were insanely greasy. The pepper gravy was good and the bacon was good, cold but good quality.

Safe to say we will definitely never eat...

I went to this restaurant with my husband and kids ages 7, 7, 5 (and our 6 month old that of course didn't eat.) The service was ok. It took about 30 minutes from when we arrived to get our food, but the food was good. When we received our check the only things printed on the receipt were the amount and a place for a tip. The amount looked high by at least $10+. My husband asked for a copy of the itemized receipt and neither waitress could get it for us. We wrote down what we ordered and asked them to call us back when someone could check the total for us. When we received the explanation about the high total, we were told that we were charged a "service fee" for having more than 5 people in our party. That is completely absurd and of course isn't posted anywhere. It's unfortunate that this restaurant is in the habit of slipping in hidden "service fees" to families trying to enjoy a morning together. We will NEVER eat...