Michael's Family Restaurant

Cozy neighborhood diner. Loved the feeling of family I got when I walked in. Seated immediately. Pleasant surprise to see they served Riverwest Stein. The chicken dumpling soup was fantastic!! Clearly it was home made. I ordered the senior citizens turkey, dressing and mashed potatoes. So much food at an insanely low price. Potatoes were instant but I was expecting that. The turkey was so moist. My server , CB, was efficient and so sweet. I will be returning!! Glad I found this place as it is near to my home.

This is my go to place for breakfast! There is parking on the street in front. Also a service street in front with parking spaces. To top it off, there is a lot next to the restaurant to the West that is their parking as well. There is plenty of parking available here, but it is needed as this place stays pretty busy!It is pretty much set up like a typical diner with booths and tables set up in an L shape, but there is an additional room in back with more seating. There are a few seats at the counter too. The staff here are very friendly and work very well together! I got the steak (sirloin) and eggs, with hash browns and whole wheat toast. Bring your appetite as it is quite a bit of food! I also ordered a hot chocolate with whipped cream that really hit the spot on a brisk Wisconsin morning! My breakfast was very good! Everything cooked the way I like it and very tasty! This place has a strong following, so you may have to wait for a table at times.

Absolutely delicious!!! Food is wonderful and the staff are friendly and so helpful!! And the coffee is very tasty!!! Highly recommend eating here!!!

I have stopped here twice! It's a quaint family resturant! The staff is very friendly and hard working . The first time I had a Delicious salad. The last time I had corn beef on rye which was tender and fine! Not highly seasoned but good! The cream of potato soup was very good and filling. The coffee was good and they offered many refills! Will stop in again. Thanks Hope this business will be here along time

Went here on a Sunday morning for breakfast. We were seated immediately and served our drinks promptly. Our server was very nice and kept up on the refills well. The food was just okay. I had the ham, egg and cheese sandwich with a side of hashbrowns. My husband had the French toast with eggs and sausage while his mom got a waffle and a side of bacon. My mother-in-law liked her waffle and the bacon. My husband said his French toast was average, the eggs were nothing special and the sausage Pattie's had no flavor and weren't cooked well. My sandwich was fine, there wasn't a lot of diced ham in there though. I have my husband the hashbrowns, which looked as though they were cooked well. It's a busy place and there were a lot of people in the back room. Bonus points for having a pull tab machine as well. In conclusion, it's just like breakfast you can get anywhere. Probably won't return as it's nothing special.

this is the best breakfast in Watertown and has been for at least 50 years. prior to being called Main Street Cafe' it was Jan's Luncheonette. (such a moniker) there has ALWAYS been good food served at this restaurant.

The next stop on my quest to find a good breakfast burrito in the area led me to Michael's Family Restaurant. On my way to work I called in an order for the breakfast burrito with no peppers or mushrooms and hash browns for the side.The hash browns were bland. I'm glad I asked for salt and pepper packets because without those I probably wouldn't have bothered to eat the hash browns at all. The one plus was that they weren't a soggy mess.The burrito was decently sized and had a generous amount of ham, sausage, and cheese in it. The issue I had was the six hard pieces of ham cartilage I found that were completely inedible. I didn't enjoy having to stop multiple times while chewing to pick those out of my mouth. Having never been here before I can't say if that's something normal of their burrito or an anomaly, but I would hope for their sake that it's the latter.I feel a three-star rating is the best I can do since the burrito did have good flavor and the staff was very friendly to me while I was waiting for my order. As far as my burrito quest goes, Michael's is not the answer I've been looking for.

I ordered Veal Parmigiana for pickup. It was disgusting. The salad was beginning to rot from the inside core. The sauce was burnt and all of it went to the garbage. The price was 30% higher than was listed on the website. In addition, the restaurant was filthy. DO NOT EAT THERE.

Hostess was rude and argumentative. Did not know when to stop. A bad example for new help from someone who has been working there before the change. This place is under new management and owners. Service was good but help was stumbling over one another. Not much organization. Food prices were a tiny fit overage average. It's defamatory nir like the Original Michaels. Had better, in my opinion. Ambiance has not changed much. New paint, ceiling tile, and benches recovered. Like putting lipstick on a pig.

Food service ambiance, everything is good here. When u walk in, joanne attends to u very quickly. The food comes out very fast, and if its not too your liking, they will accommodate you with no extras in it. And if u are a little sarcastic with the waitress, they will give it back to you (April ), and if you're lucky, u can chime in.A big thing is that ownership has changed, but the wait staff, cooks, and hostess have stayed the same. I can't see how anyone could have a bad meal here.