Dad's Kitchen

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Cute place! There were quite a few families there on a Saturday morning and the atomsphere was friendly and lively. The food came fast! This is great little spot to grab some finger food! The Bleu Cheeseburger was delicious!

I really like this place. Great selection, and the food is always good. Nice casual atmosphere. Nice friendly service!

The service is always good the food is always good it's right around the corner from my house I always enjoy going there for lunch and I love the atmosphere

Great home style cooking. The warm spinach salad with tri-tip is my favorite. They have an amazing hamburger menu.

As seen on diners, drive-ins, and dives… Great comfort food and a good selection of local beer. Try the meatloaf plate or a good burger… They also have an incredible chicken sandwich!

Great menu for all ages & good selection of craft beers on tap with a full bar! Veggie bean tacos & portobello sandwich was delicious.

Tried Dads last week, the service was great we were seated quickly. A lot of the food is organic and seemed very fresh, it tasted pretty good and we loved the pepper plant hot sauce I wanted to take it home with me

Fun place to go and grab a bite to eat. Great beer selection always served cold and fresh. Grass feed burgers all delicious. It's a must try

I've only been here once but I loved it. I can't wait to go back in the summer and sit on the patio. It will be a great bike ride break.

We have been her a couple of times and the food is delicious and the wait staff is kind and helpful.

Usually it is a wonderful atmosphere although if it is cold outside it is cold inside so be prepared.

At @ DAD'S RESTAURANT in Fair Oaks, CA. on Christmas Eve (12-24-15) for lunch.



Let me start out by quoting their menu statement:

"We also want your experience to be the best it can possibly be so if it is let us know & if it’s not let us do our best to make it better!"



I will tell you honestly @ any experience I have anywhere, good or bad. What HORRIBLE service at this establishment. There were 3 tables at 2:30 pm, including ours. Server, Liz, asked how everything after we rec'd our lunch & since she asked, I said I was disappointed in the meat open-face meatloaf sand. When I mentioned this she walked off, did not say a word. I waited @ 10 minutes while she wandered around the place, I thought she told the supervisor, mgr or owner. She came back later & asked again how things were. I asked her why she just wandered off w/o saying anything to me. Did she tell someone @ my comment? NO. She said she was actually called away by the mgr @ another customer. Well, that was a bunch of BULL. The mgr was actually on the other side of the restaurant - I saw him standing there; She LIED.

I told her I wanted to speak to the mgr. She left, told him something & he, John, then came over & I asked him if he was a mgr or owner, He started out telling me he was the owner but quickly corrected himself telling me he was the mgr.

After he told me who he was he started off by being rude - I was polite but direct. He asked what I wanted. I told him @ my comment to the server & that she just wandered off after I made my comment. He apologize for her actions & told me she was one of the best servers there, really? I said I had been in cust service for over 30 yrs & I would never have walked off or lied to a customer. I stated all I was doing was making a comment.



I let the asst. mgr know I was disapt'd w/ the amt of meat in my sand & showed him the 1/4" x 3 1/2 " x 5" slice - open faced. He told me that is the way it comes but if I had ordered the meatloaf dinner it would be a larger slice. I said I am speaking of this sand, not the dinner. He then told me that because I ord'd this sand w/ sourdough instead of focaccia bread - the meat to bread ratio would make a diff in the taste. "WHAT???." I told him flat out, the bread should make no diff in regards to my comment @ the minimal slice of meat in this alleged sand. What a bunch of crap, seriously? What a brush off of my comment, & I told him so. He then grabbed my plate (extremely rude ) & told me he'd take it off the check. I was @ 1/2 done w/ my meal. I did not say it was bad. He didn't ask if he could remove it. This is not the reaction from a professional asst mgr I would have ever expected. I now understood why the server was so disoriented by my original comment - Both - lack of training @ customer comment. It was not like I was yelling, complaining, being rude, I was just making a comment.

So, after this happened Liz never came back to the table & we were there for another 15 minutes while my lunch partner finished his meal. We finally asked for the check but we rec'd NO OTHER SERVICE. But, the customer 2 tables over, was able to get service & rec'd beers while we sat there w/ empty glasses of water. I had to get up get it myself. When she printed the check, the water pitchers (2) were right there next to her & she saw we needed more water.

When the server, or shall I say, Confuser, brought the check I asked her for the owners contact info. I was lucky enough to have asst mgr, John, bring it to me, saying he does not give out the owners info so here is a card for the restaurant. REALLY? This is not going to go well for the asst mgr, the server, the restaurant. We will most likely NEVER go back here & we will be sure others know @ the service & treatment we rec'd. I will share my experience w/ everyone. As of this morning (01-05-16),



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Great food and even better service