Mac's — Restaurant in Santa Rosa

This is a nice spot near Courthouse Square. It has been around for a while, which speaks to the great service and good food that they provide.

Service: Prompt and courteous. They were around often to offer refills on water, coffee, and ask how the food was. Food came out of the kitchen together, and within 10 minutes of ordering (10AM on a Saturday.)

Food: I ordered the Corned Beef Hash with Scrambled Eggs. The hash was really good. Full of flavor, cooked to order, and not burned at all. The scrambled eggs were also fresh, warm, and cooked consistently.

Oh, the coffee was on point. It didn't taste like Truck Stop brake fluid brand coffee. It had flavor, but not the kind of flavor that wakes you up due to your tastebuds wanting to end things over your choices. Great for a "cafe" coffee.

I'll be adding this place to the breakfast rotation. I just wish I had seen the Biscuits and Gravy they had for the special. That is my benchmark, and a personal favorite. I guess I'll have to get...

My wife, Joni, had been to Mac's before and told me it was "good" and we should stop in for lunch. What she didn't mention was that Mac's was an OUTSTANDING deli! From the outside, it appears as a little hole-in-wall. Well, it is. Inside, it was clean, bright, friendly(!) staff, and great food! We went at lunchtime and the place was packed with locals! Business people and neighbors alike. Darn it, they wanted great food(!). We waited about 7 minutes for a counter seat. Gosh, we could see all the action! Lots of fun! I had a grilled pastrami (for a little crispiness) with sweet potato fries which we shared. Joni also had pastrami, heated, but not grilled. Both were delicious and tender! Owner Lisa, was a server among several others and stopped by to say hi, while hubby, Toraj (spelling?), handled the chef duties in the kitchen. They make a fine team! Lunch was excellent. My only regret I didn't have enough room for breakfast! Yes, they serve that...

I was searching for an American eatery and finally found this "GREAT PLACE" which opened back in 1952 (was told by waitress) in which I didn't know until today. Ordered Ruben sandwich with potato salad were really fresh and excellently prepared, my sister ordered bacon, eggs and hashbrown and white toast again everything were cooked and prepared just perfect. I have not eaten this good breakfast and lunch menus for a loooong time. Highly recommend Mac's for quality food, friendly services and most of all very reasonable menu prices. 12/13/2021; Second visit to Mac's since last visit was so good but today it was not so good. Ordered french dip with potato salad and was not traditional french dip and potato salad were couple days old. Was disappointed. Rated 5-stars last week but dropped to 2-stars. Only good thing were friendly waitress...