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Alley Cafe is located in California.
1.0 of 5 stars.
Been here about 10 times... Each time I promise that I'll never go back..
yelp.com - user review - 08/14/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
We've frequented this place quite frequently for breakfast only becuz it is the only decent place, other than Nations or Red Onions for breakfast around Pinole/Hercules area. Went there for lunch for...
yelp.com - user review - 07/30/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
im really hesitant to review my local hole in the wall out of the way fave place to eat. but i cant keep something this good to our small little world forever, and from all the reviews its being...
yelp.com - user review - 07/17/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love this place. It takes me back to some of the funky family places I use to go to in several places I have lived. I definitely think funky when I think of the Alley Cafe. You really should...
yelp.com - user review - 06/01/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Cheap no-nonsense food and friendly service. The servings are large. I saw someone get pancakes delivered to their table and the pancakes spilled over the edge of the plate because they were so...
yelp.com - user review - 05/28/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place is not for sissies!If you are a delicate eater who prefers fancy but skimpy breakfasts then this is NOT the place for you.If you are like me and like to eat then this is your place.This is...
yelp.com - user review - 05/20/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Yes, it can take a while to get your food. If you want fast, go to McDonald's. Don't come to a clean, well-run, family-friendly and family-run restaurant and then complain about how long it takes to...
yelp.com - user review - 05/03/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is a Wonderful Family owned great place to eat and have seconds too! This is the place my whole family loves to come for a Big breakfast.
yelp.com - user review - 04/14/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love this place. I am a talker and most people I eat with, we like to conversate. This place is perfect for that. Go here with someone you like spending time with. Because It takes a bit to get your...
yelp.com - user review - 04/10/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
OMG, I sat there and think I watched my hair turned gray as we waited ONE ENTIRE HOUR for 2 simple breakfasts this past Saturday morning. The place was not packed, not even full, yet.... there we...
yelp.com - user review - 04/05/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Located in downtown Pinole, the Alley Cafe serves breakfast and lunch daily. the experiences that I have had in this small restaurant can only be described as..superb. While the wait is a slightly...
yelp.com - user review - 03/14/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
It's a big hearty filling breakfast, huge portions of hash browns, soft fluffy scrambled eggs,French toast that just MELTS in your mouth and pictures of Will Clark, Willie McCovey and Willie Mays on...
yelp.com - user review - 03/13/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
DO come here at 7:45am on a thursday. tt's EMPTY.you can tell that the folks that come on the weekdays are the regulars, the waitress was chatting them up the whole time.there was no wait for...
yelp.com - user review - 03/12/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place made such an impression on me that I am writing a review on it, but have not ate there in 10 years! I moved to the other side of the bridge and could not remember the name of it... been...
yelp.com - user review - 02/17/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Me and some buddies went here after we got our Black Friday shopping done so there was no real wait this early.The place is very towny and cozy. Its decorated with nothing but SF Giants memorabilia...
yelp.com - user review - 02/15/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Good food and huge portions but the wait.. is UGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!My daddy was getting a little impatient with our breakfast that he wanted to just walk out. They only have one cook the last time we...
yelp.com - user review - 01/26/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place is a classical greasy spoon - don't come here expecting to keep a svelte profile afterwards.HUGE, and I do mean HUGE pancakes, omlettes that will take care of both breakfast and lunch, and...
yelp.com - user review - 01/17/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
we thought we were in a double wide trailer in Hayward. we waited an hour for the tastless over priced nasty food. we definetly went down the wrong alley.
yelp.com - user review - 01/10/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
If you are looking for straight to the point no frills breakfast, this is definitely the place. I have been going to the Alley Cafe since highschool. I remember the first time I went there. My cousin...
yelp.com - user review - 01/09/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
"I told you." --Ex-BoyfriendThe ex-boyfriend is the pickiest eater on the planet. This is his favorite breakfast place on earth. I hate to admit it, but I love The Alley too. This is the perfect place...
yelp.com - user review - 12/23/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
So this is my first time writing a review and I hate that it's not a great one. My fiance and I are new to the area and every weekend we use Yelp to locate a new breakfast joint to try out. While I...
yelp.com - user review - 12/07/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Two words come to mind: big and tasty. I saddled up to the counter at the Alley CafA� for breakfast and was treated to a wonderful breakfast of chicken apple sausage, eggs, and hash browns. Being the...
yelp.com - user review - 10/29/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Love the hometown feel here! HUGE HUGE HUGE portions and everything also tastes sooooo good! Linguisa, omelettes, hash browns! I need to bring an extra stomach when I am here, but also have some...
yelp.com - user review - 10/24/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Another 'diamond in the rough' eatery located in Old Town Pinole; Alley Cafe DELIVERS with their huge portions and very decent prices. Classic breakfast items like their 'hanging off your plate BIG"...
yelp.com - user review - 10/24/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
The food is fresh and good if you can wait! Over the past two years I have gne here 3 times. All of those times, I have left before getting my food. The first we waited 45 minutes to get our food...
yelp.com - user review - 10/20/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great little breakfast dinner. Very hometown feel with locals at the counter drinking coffee and chatting with the grill cook and waitress. You will get huge portions of food and great coffee. My...
yelp.com - user review - 10/15/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Update: I can't seem to find any breakfast place remotely close to this place for the freshness and value down here in So.Cal. What's really good hear is the pancake. Yes, just get 1 will be enough....
yelp.com - user review - 07/08/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The food was solid. Simple, straightforward, good. The service is what really dragged the experience down. The waitress was all over the people she knew, I assume the local crowd, but we had to get...
yelp.com - user review - 06/09/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
hudge hudge amounts of food. But very homey and very nice. A friend told me about this place when I first moved to Hercules in the 80s and I didn't go until recently but I enjoyed the down home...
yelp.com - user review - 05/16/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I first heard about this place when I lived a block or so over, on Prune Street (right across from the largest meth-processing lab in the East Bay, and next to that was a Catholic school. Interesting...
yelp.com - user review - 04/22/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
i like this place. for the price you pay, you get a HELLA BIG plate of food but the bad side is that it takes really long cause there is only one cook but if u really want a good deal go and eat here....
yelp.com - user review - 04/09/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love the Alley Cafe! The place hasn't changed a bit since I was in high school. I always share an order of French toast with a cheese omelet (I add mushrooms). All omelets come with toast or an...
yelp.com - user review - 02/21/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Decent. Your basic, every-day, greasy food breakfast joint. So-so service; prepare to spend a lot of your morning there. TONS of food - they charge to split meals, but that may be your best bet....
yelp.com - user review - 01/28/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Grrrrrrrrreat place for locals, I discovered this place after church one Sunday (across the street from St. Joseph's Catholic Church).WOW! HUGE portions, small bill, but, at times, LONG waits.....get...
yelp.com - user review - 01/07/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Friends visiting for out of town and staying in Hercules (and on a tight schedule), the mission: to find a good breakfast place close to them. Thanks to yelpers, we found a place within a mile of them...
yelp.com - user review - 12/23/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Only wish I lived closer to this place!! Went here a few times a couple years ago with an ex who lived around the corner. We would come in on the weekends and wait forever for a table or wake and...
yelp.com - user review - 10/02/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
WOW. Daughter suggested going here. Why on earth are you taking me all the way to Pinole from Berkeley, I ask. She says oh come on mom, trust me you'll like it. We went on a weekday, so we had no...
yelp.com - user review - 10/02/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Ok, a lot of food for the buck. A lot. They do not skimp when it comes to hearty portions at The Alley Cafe. You may have to wait a little while but you won't be disappointed with the quality or...
yelp.com - user review - 08/02/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Do you want breakfast? No...do you REALLY want breakfast? Like A LOT of breakfast? Want a pancake bigger than your head? Welcome to the Alley, one of the cool things about Pinole.Nestled...
yelp.com - user review - 07/15/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I adore this cafe. I've been coming since I was 3? I don't even remember since when! But I have fond memories of Cory and Connie (who no longer works there) and they still have the same picture to...
yelp.com - user review - 07/11/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
my review may be biased because i have been coming to alley cafe since i was 5. i love the alley cafe. I've been coming since i was little, and the food is great. huge portions cheap portions. and...
yelp.com - user review - 06/15/2007
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I've been going to the Alley Cafe for years. This is truly a place to become a regular. Everything they serve is delicious but I especially love their omelets, pancakes, and French toast. The best part is that...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/10/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I love Alley Cafe. The portions are huge, the coffee is endless and he prices are good. This is an old-time coffee shop. There's nothing fancy here just good basic diner food. The soup is house-made....
yelp.com - user review - 04/15/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great breakfasts! Get one today and have plenty to eat tomorrow. We're talkin' plate size pancakes a half-inch thick. We're talkin' massive omelettes, with hash browns (ask for extra crispy) and...
yelp.com - user review - 03/10/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Hello Alley Cafe, goodbye hangover. The hasbrowns are seriously as big as your head and the menu is fairly extensive for breakfast. The time that we went, there wasn't a wait at all, but I have...
yelp.com - user review - 03/09/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
The wait time at this restaurant is insane. The food was ok, your basic greasy spoon fare, but it wasn't even cheap.
yelp.com - user review - 12/22/2006
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Yes, The Alley is slow, on a busy day you can wait an hour after ordering. But each order is cooked one table at a time so don't fool around reading the menu. And be sure to order something, anything with Hash...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/29/2006
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Old timey, great breakfasts, but wait can be as long as an hour or so. But it's old-faashioned and worth checking out. Parking is easy. Good reading materials while you are waiting. PROS: breakfast CONS: wait
citysearch.com - user review - 07/26/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is one of those places where no one will find you. They give you huge plates of food for a damn good deal. Its a very small space, with hand painted murals on the wall. They have been around...
yelp.com - user review - 04/13/2006
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You better be hungry, when you go in and you won't be, when you leave. The portions are huge. The food is homecooked and delicious. Very reasonable prices. A very friendly atmosphere. Takes a little while to...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/02/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Honk if you love Hashbrowns!!!! Omelettes, too!!! This place speciallizes in Breakfast (yes...with a capital B). Huge pile of hasbrowns on one half of the plate and a Gianormous Omelette on the...
yelp.com - user review - 10/19/2005
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Forget about Ihop and Denny's and the other national chains of restaurants that serve breakfasts. Alley Cafe in Old Town Pinole is the best place to eat a hearty breakfast that will you for the rest ...
judysbook.com - user review - 07/15/2005
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service is slow but they serve an outstanding breakfast with huge portions and excellent quality. Friendly people
citysearch.com - user review - 06/01/2004
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