I typically enjoy my food at Real Food Cafe, but the service is often inconsistent. Today the service was questionable and even rude! Today, the hostess was kind enough to accommodate our party that arrived at different times, for which we were grateful. But when our party of six was finished eating, we were enjoying one another and our coffee for a time before a waitress asked us to leave so she could offer our table to another party. I found this inappropriate; we had waited around 30 minutes for our table and wanted to enjoy our time together. I brought my concern to the manager, who was not understanding of my concern. When I expressed my dissatisfaction, she responded saying, "If you want to come and stay for as long as you want, this isn't the restaurant for you." Well, she's right. I want to be able to eat & enjoy my time and company when I go to a restaurant, so I will not be returning to this location of Real Food Cafe.

In my opinion easily and by far the best breakfast in town. Some others in town are good...Real Food Cafe is great.

Food is excellent, small town atmosphere with big town taste!!!

Breakfast is a tough nut to crack. Menus don’t vary much from venue to venue, unless the chef is trying something really different. And, most people don’t expect much from the first meal of the day. Eggs, toast, bacon, coffee...that’s about it. Juliet and I are forever seeking an experience that’s at least a bit beyond the norm, not fancy per se, but worth our time and our money. Real Food Cafe is on the corner of Eastern Ave and Alger St in Grand Rapids. It’s a nondescript storefront in a strip mall. There is a parking lot around back, as I find out later; we unwisely park across the street and Juliet has to disembark into a snowbank. So far I’m striking out and our moods aren’t necessarily improved. Inside, the cafe is split into two sides: one has a few small tables and a grill counter, while the other looks to be a larger, newer expansion with more tables and a bench for customers who might be waiting. A sign bids us seat ourselves, and there are plenty of tables on the expansion side so we snag a two-top. Our waitress arrives in no time, taking our drink order (coffee and water for me) and delivering menus. Although I had my heart set on the Nutella French Toast, I instead change gears and get the Wafflewich with a side of thick cut Applewood bacon. The bacon is $3.25 for 4 strips of what I would consider standard floppy bacon. When I think of thick cut, I imagine something a bit more substantial. I can’t taste any applewood or smoke either. It’s just underwhelming; I expected more for the price and description. Expectations continue to decline when I’m delivered the Wafflewich. I was hoping for a kind of breakfast sandwich made with waffles instead of bread, but it’s way too big to pick up and eat. Inside is a plain cheese omelet and a couple more strips of that bacon. Powdered sugar has been sprinkled on top. I could have ordered waffles with an omelet on the side and basically had the same thing. It tastes fine, if a little plain, but it’s just breakfast, right? I try a bite of Juliet’s biscuits and gravy. Black pepper assaults my taste buds, clearly overseasoned. Both the biscuit and the gravy are gummy, too. Yuck. Although the service was good and the decor of the place nails the diner vibe, the food was a far cry from anything we could have made at home with much better results. We haven’t had good luck lately with breakfast adventures. Might be time to whittle down to two meals a day.

Im not sure why everyone likes this food, it's just plain normal breakfast food, it's not even as good as what I make at home. The omelets are not grate unless you like yours where everything falls out. Granted the portions are large but the price is too. It didn't seem like they had anything special, maybe the ingredients are fresh, not sure, cause it did not taste any better than Denny's to me, but the staff is better, as is the atmosphere. I would not eat here as a first choice, I'd rather drive further to Wolfgang's or Cheri Inn.