Budget Cafe - Lompoc, California

Minerva Rabago Fierro

Excelente servicio

Meadow Bell

Down home-old fashioned kind of place. Enjoyed our meals and they only had one server who was busy. We'll be back to try other meals for sure.

Troy McPeek (rapper - T No Money)

“the budget cafe” = name speaks for itself! but, and this is a big but, it’s a decent place to eat if the universe lines all the stars up for that day and the servers and kitchen staff are in a good mood and ready to pump out some good food. such as the day my great niece and i came in for breakfast. the place had already emptied out from the morning rush of locals and we were the only customers there. the server was nice until she started talking with us and then she became very attentive and happy. it’s no loss on me it was because of my darling little 4yo great niece. i told her mother, my niece, that wherever i can take ‘willow’, i’ll be pretty much guaranteed to at least get a conversation with or even get a date with a woman, be it in a diner, park, beach, church or anywhere there are single ladies looking for the opportunity to meet a single man.
anyway im getting away from the budget cafe. so i had eggs bacon waffle. the eggs were perfectly cooked over medium, i couldn’t believe it but ill take it. i love crispy bacon and i got crispy bacon as i asked for. my little niece had pancakes from the kids menu with scrambled eggs and she ate every bit of it. you know little kids, they seldom finish any meal.
that’s about all. if i had simply wrote a review of the budget cafe it would only be three sentences long because, well, because it’s the budget cafe and to a bigger extent, it’s lompoc, if you get my drift.
so, here’s a few pictures of that morning with my precious little niece and I at the budget cafe in beautiful lompoc valley.

Stephanie Olivera Luna

The service was very nice. Friendly staff! Unfortunately the food was just not what we expected. Based on other reviews, maybe we came in on a bad night.

Belle Rod

Mandi did an awesome job with us this morning. I ordered the breakfast croissant with extra meat, so delicious. Egg was perfectly cooked. He ordered the French toast special. No complaints from him either. Tables and menu were excessively clean. Loved it and will return!

Mona Chang

The service was great. Food was good with a reasonable price and good portions

Nancy Aguirre

This is a restaurant we won't go to again. We gave it a try since we loved the other restaurant this owner previously had: Lompoc Restaurant, which is now gone. My husband ordered a burger which he said was "fine" (nothing special), & I ordered a Club Sandwich on sourdough. It was almost inedible & I barely ate 1/4 of it. First, they used the wrong bread, then the turkey was so thick & dry I could barely chew it, then, the cheese was so awful. I think it was that American cheese you get at the store that you have to peel from those transparent wrappers & it tastes so gross. That meal cost $35 (we each had a soda), so it was definitely not "budget" unless they mean that budget is regarding the food items they purchase to serve customers. At the other restaurant, I always got this sandwich & it was always so good. It also always came with a pickle/carrot garnish. This didn't. It was very disappointing & we left regretting wasting our money here instead of somewhere else where we would have enjoyed our meal.

Jay Esi

I've been here before. Had the corned beef hash. Most likely, it was from a can. Texture of how mushy it was was quite similar to the ones you'd find at like the 99cent store. I remember at the time I went, the service wasn't all that great. The lady that was there seemed a little I don't know a little rude. Anywhere that was the 1st and last time I took a step there.

Should just close the business. Everything seems out dated, old, hardly busy.