Country Gourmet — Restaurant in Sunnyvale

We are a family of six that has had breakfast here over fifty times. We recommend it and consider it one of the best "wholesome, hearty country-style" themed breakfast/lunch restaurants in South Bay. It is best to think of this place firstly as a fantastic country bakery that happens to also be a pretty good breakfast/lunch restaurant. When you dine here, you must try their: blueberry coffeecake, corn bread, buttermilk biscuits, carrot cake, etc. Of those, the coffeecake is particularly legendary and vastly superior to Hobee's overrated version. My opinions of their breakfast offerings: Egg / Spinach Benedict: very good as a hearty, country version (not European-inspired). Tip to chef: your hollandaise sauce needs much less butter content, more egg yolk, and a bit more tanginess (a bit more lemon and vinegar) Spinach Quiche: pretty good, but as expected it is in no way a traditional French-style quiche. We miss their seafood quiche (was once on their menu). Side of Skillet Potatoes: very good Mixed fruit bowls: very good Expresso / Lattes: very good Smoothies: disgusting, obviously made from concentrate. Roadhouse Burrito: meh, quite inferior to the breakfast burrito at Taqueria La Espuela Veggie or Spinach Omelet: not impressive, too greasy and veggies always cooked to death. Pancakes or waffles or French toast: recommended Choco chip cookies: too sweet ! (cut the sugar in half please) Peanut Buter Cookies: pretty good We imagine their lunch offerings are quite good, we just never make it there for lunch due to our family schedule. One complaint - their menu has such limited selection, so locals often like us get bored with the menu after only a half-dozen visits. They should expand their breakfast menu w/items like great crepes, a nice $30 seafood omelet, German Pancake (Dutch Baby), a great caramel roll, a great banana-nut whole wheat pancake, a great burrito (Taqueria La Espuela level) and a great garden omelet, for example. We do not like the type of cheap tasting "breakfast sausage" they serve. Also note to owners: we do NOT like you removed the self-serve coffee dispensers because your servers are a bit slow in refilling coffee that we previously refilled ourselves very...

I came here with my partner and some friends and we were all not that thrilled by the experience. Nothing was terribly wrong with the service or the food but nothing was really "good" about it either. They are a little weird in their set up as it is like Harry's Hofbrau where you walk in and order up front and then find a seat.

Food & Customer Service: I had the Spinach Omelette which is "spinach, sauteed mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, Swiss and cream cheese and I asked for bacon to be added. There was too much cream cheese in the omelette and although nothing was bad about it, I just was not impressed. The flavor was "ok" and a bit on the bland side. I did not realize my meal did not come with potatoes and when I asked one of the guys walking around he showed me with a menu that it did not come with it but he went and got me some potatoes which was exceptional customer service! Unfortunately the potatoes like the eggs were just "ok" once I added some salt, pepper and hot sauce they were fine. The only thing I really liked was the excellent pancake I tried that one of my friends had. If you come here, I recommend the pancakes!

The type of people eating here were a lot of people that seemed to be in their 60's and up so I am guessing this is why the food was "ok" and on the bland side.

Bathroom: The bathroom was well kept but the sink is behind where the door opens, so I wound up hitting some poor guy as I walked in that was standing at the sink.

Overall, nothing was truly wrong with this place, but it just did not...

10/19/2024

Country Gourmet 1314 S Mary Ave Sunnyvale, CA 94087

I was in the area on a Saturday morning and tried it for breakfast. It's at the corner with Fremont in a shopping plaza so lot's of parking. I ordered the Mongolian Beef & Eggs off the chalk board at the order counter and given a number stand to take to my table. The interior is a clean tile topped table and chair arrangement with a divider to separate dining areas.

My dish and table setup were brought to me shortly. The order consisted of cubes of beef, asparagus slices and scrambled eggs piped with Sriracha sauce over long grain rice. The beef was a little chewy, some of the asparagus was fibrous and chewy and the rice was a little hard. The gravy was a light coating and not very sweet, good. I would request more Sriracha the next time. Service was good with check -ins and other tables got their coffee refilled.

The breakfast menu was limited, you won't find a Chorizo Scramble, Corned Beef Hash or Chicken Fried Steak here. Prices are reasonable. I would repeat for the Mongolian Beef, if they have it, not many places serve rice with breakfast...