Riverside Cafe - Mount Vernon (WA)

5 /5 Angela Paul: I love this lil diner. Its quiet, staff is great at reading their customers and giving you exactly the amount of service you want. Food is great. Atmosphere is that is a small family dinner that knows their regulars by name. They also have a drive thru!

3 /5 Rick Fahnestock: Overall, it was a very good experience. This area of town, near the hospital and professional buildings, brings in people like me, a retirement age. The building is a very old fast food. Perhaps Taco Bell type arrangement. The fixtures inside remind me of a older Mexican food restaurant, being thick, wood booths, etc. The wall is lined with pictures of senior citizens that I assumed they’re on a regular basis. Don’t go there for the atmosphere. The food was average. I had a scramble plate that was way overdone and my wife had a traditional Benedict. The eggs for the Benedict were cooked perfectly but there was a lot of hollandaise sauce and it was a little on the sweet side. Then there was the Service. There’s one waitress she was fantastic. She was friendly to absolutely everybody coming in the door sitting at the table. She was apologetic if things took more than a couple of minutes to serve you drinks and food. He was en suite and that alone would bring me back to this restaurant.

5 /5 Stephen Ellis: Family owned business, nice people. I was able to relax and plug in my laptop with nobody rushing me out the door. Older crowd. The food was great and portions were generous. I loved how they mixed in plenty of vegetables in their breakfast hash. Tasty mimosas! Its not a luxury place but its low key and home-like. Not bad for what you pay for, considering the current economy in the region. Ill be back.

5 /5 Wandering Family Adventurer: We stopped in for breakfast because we needed something substantial but didnt want a greasy spoon. This place did not disappoint. We got the crepes and the Santa Fe scramble. Both were excellent. I am a bit of a salsa connaisseur, and their homemade salsa was amazing. The coffee was smooth and didnt require much sugar. Overall it was a yummy meal.

5 /5 Zoe Diacou: Have driven by this place for a long time and cant believe we chose Mothers Day for our first visit but so glad we did. We actually found a booth and discovered thei have a more extensive menu than we expected. Wed simply done a search for "pancakes near me" and came up with the usual players as knew theyd have long waits. As neither my aunt nor I had been here, we decided to check it out. Everything is made fresh so dont expect super fast service but it wasnt overly long, either. The wait staff were all really nice, the food had huge portions, reasonable prices, and very tasty. The only complaint was the super dry, hard bacon - pass! Not enough to dock a full star, IMHO. #7 & 16: Pancakes w/low-cal Aunt Jemima syrup and butter, hash browns, and chorizo scramble were all winners. Cant wait to try other menu items in the future.