Check Please Cafe

A recent review describes this small cafe - Check Please - as a gem. I'd say that comes fairly close.A friend who lives in this metro area is always willing to make the drive to Grafton, OH to eat here. And that includes bumbling down these quasi-country roads to get here.I had always assumed that Check Please did a breakfast-lunch business. They do, but they stay open for all three meals, closing at 8:00 p.m.I am impressed with how they navigate covering the traditional basics for these meals in addition to coming up with some more creative menu items. However, they get their name from these paper checklists on the table, along with colored pencils and paper tablecloths, on which you can customize breakfast platters, sandwiches, and salads, at the very least. (Some people will obviously want to scribble on the paper table cloth, too.) And, on top of this, they come up with some innovative spins on home made traditional desserts, should you have room for that. Every now and then, you should make room! This is more than a restaurant in that it approaches a cafe-bistro style even though its exterior definitely looks more "mom and pop." The food at Check Please is excellent. The ingredients that go into what they make appear to be top drawer, both fresh and locally sourced.The service is also excellent - customer focused, amicable, and effective. If you have a refillable drink, they will see to it that it is refilled as you go along. The pricing is fair.You would not expect to find an eatery like Check Please on a two-lane road south of the Ohio Turnpike. The other thing that's funny is that there will be an "interesting" intersection of people here, since this is at the edge of a metro area, in a small town with farms around it, and near Oberlin College, which always makes the list of the 10 or 20 most liberal small colleges in America. Lena Dunham, who I dislike, speaks to that and is an alumna. What this means is that its customers will span a wide gamut of ideologies. Get off the turnpike and drive down to Check Please. This place is a great find.

It's a diner and a great one. Servers are beyond good. The food is fresh. I will go back.

Walked in to a small wait on a Monday morning. Cute place. Small mom and pop with an all woman staff. You can here talking from the kitchen which is a little annoying. Background music isn't exactly breakfast music. Coffee can out and it was very good. They have a small sweetener selection so bring your own. Cream is standard. They have a cool select your own write in menu.Food came out and was little disappointed.Was supposed to be a grilled tomato not a couple of pathetic slices with pepper.Also an avocado for a ana dditional charge was a few small slices for extra.Eggs weere under cooked. Bacon they don't know how to cook.Very underwhelming.If Nancy's main Street is closed then this is the fall back location.They need to fix a few things but it is an ok place.

Check Please is an absolute gem! My mom has fallen in love with this place, so I'm there with her at least once a month, and try something new every time. There is nothing I haven't loved and I always struggle to choose! Even with a pretty big menu and rotating monthly specials, everything comes out fresh and flavorful with generous portions. Don't sleep on the house-made dressings. All of the servers are incredibly sweet and service is fast and attentive. It is a smaller place so you may need to wait a bit for a table during busy hours.

Love eating here because you know the ingredients are the best quality and many items are made in house.

Please Check this Cafe out! I can't wait to come back & check out some of their many Keto options. We all had omelets so it was keto already. Server was nice and talked to us about making everything fresh with no processed foods and food ingredients w/ homemade dressings (10 total)!We all liked our food. Side salads were decent & the dressings were amazing. Maple mustard was perfect. I had gyro meat in my omelet- Pretty tasty. Home fries were nicely cooked w/ a crisp. Toast was done right. Jam and butter was in a side cup - no prepackaged tubs. They had 2 keto dessert options too. "I'll be back!"

I have no food photos, but I go here all the time, 98 times out of 100 I get breakfast, but all the food is great! So many breakfast options *good coffee* from a local roaster!! Friendly staff, accommodating if you need gluten free or menu substitutions - really wonderful place. BUT sometimes there is a very long line, so be prepared to wait.

We were looking for someplace different for lunch and a short drive from Cleveland's west side. Recalling something I read, we decided to try the Check Please Cafe. We definitely weren't disappointed. While the service was "leisurely" probably due to a customer rush, we had plenty of time to check out the menu. We particularly liked the checklist option to customize sandwiches which we haven't seen before. My wife had a chicken sandwich, made to order and I had a gyro. Both were very tasty. We finished with a piece of homemade berry pie which was really good. We have added Check Please to our "definitely return" list!

The staff was friendly and the service was good. The food was just ok. I ordered a side of the Cajun bacon, it was inedible. I had them make it again, the waitress said it's dark because of the seasonings used. No it's burnt!

Enjoyed a wonderful breakfast! Melanie was an awesome server. She learned that it was our first visit and took the time to show us all the ordering choices. Wait time on a Sunday about noon was 20 mins. Mom and Pop style restaurant, nothing fancy, but it was clean, choices were plentiful and we're looking forward to a return visit!