South Pine Cafe-Grass Valley

Crystal

The food is real good staff are very friendly

John Sureemee

Servers did a great job. Menu creativity is amazing. Presentation of entree's is excellent.

Roger McCort

Short version: Amazing food. Steep price. Minor issues. But amazing food, so totally worth stopping. Longer version: I've heard a lot of good things about this place and I finally had a breakfast time open to check them out. I had the special of the week: Caramel Apple Pancakes. Let me start here: These were some of the best pancakes I have ever eaten. Fresh Gala apple slices were arranged inside pancakes that were light, fluffy, and cinnamon-spiced. The caramel was (fortunately) a drizzle over the top, because these pancakes were a perfect sweetness. SO GOOD! And huge. I'm a fat man who enjoys my meals, but I wasn't sure I'd be able to eat more than half of the three large breakfast cakes. But they were so good, I had to. I can't say enough good about these. But there was a weird flaw. Spray can whip cream. I recognize that it's easier, but its limp, quickly-melting to a milk drool nature totally failed the pancakes. Spray cream isn't bad - it didn't ruin the dish - but making a proper whipped cream at the beginning of the breakfast rush takes just a couple of minutes and would match the masterpiece of the pancakes. Why shortcut and sell your otherwise perfect platter short? So many places do this: make an excellent special, then throw on some kind of prepackaged, unimpressive afterthought. It's like framing the Mona Lisa with a refrigerator magnet frame from a dollar store. Service was acceptable, but not enthusiastic. I noticed that all of us who ordered water instead of other drinks got child-sized cups with lukewarm water and no ice. I got a refill once, but not again and the other tables around me didn't even get that. So that was a fail, but did I mention how good the pancakes were? I don't regret stopping and I will most likely try them again, but the little things matter, so I can only give four stars.

Ryan Alcombrack

A delight every single time. If you want to impress out of town guests take them here