Rosy's Cafe

This is also a local place with excellent food, all made on the spot. Their home fries, for example, are made from regular potatoes rather than tasteless frozen fries. Since I love to cook from scratch and I am a very good cook, my best compliment is that this is the best of home cooking. The staff is helpful and friendly and will add ingredients to your meal if requested. The service is excellent and rendered with a smile. Breakfast is an excellent choice, or possibly brunch. And the portions are large enough that you could share every meal with a companion.This is a modest looking place with excellent quality food.

AMERICAN VS. MEXICAN ITEMSI follow some "Collections" on Yelp. Rosy's Cafe is listed on the "Collection" of worthy brunches in the East Bay. I wanted to check this place out. The first time I came here was on MLK Day for breakfast. As I walked inside Rosy's Cafe its decor felt as I was eating at a diner in the 1970s and early 1980s. For brunch restaurants the first thing I order is steak and eggs. The reason is I love steak and if I can have it for breakfast I'll order it. What was intriguing at Rosy's Cafe about the steak item for breakfast it was ribeye. Therefore the "stakes" were high. I am not a fan of French toast as I find it heavy for my taste. However the churros-style French toast was intriguing so I decided to order it. For beverage I ordered Mexican chocolate. I set low expectations for the churros-style French toast. After the first bite I enjoyed the churros-style French toast as the cinnamon added sweetness texture. Also the churros-style French toast doesn't taste too eggy. When I received my ribeye steak and eggs I feared that the ribeye was too caramelized. Since I ordered my steak medium rare I felt the steak would be medium. I was wrong the steak was medium well in my opinion. The ribeye was a downer.Since I ordered an American item for breakfast I want to try a Mexican item. I came back to Rosy's Cafe on the first Sunday of February. On the Mexican breakfast items I was deliberating between the chile verde omelette or carnitas omelette. Then I went back and forth between the chile verde omelette or the chicken fajita omelette. I asked my server out of the two omelettes if she would recommend the chile verdi or chicken fajita. She suggested the chile verde omelette as she stated that's the item she orders the most when she eats at Rosy's Cafe. I ordered the chile verde omelette. Since I enjoyed the churros-style French toast I ordered that item again. I was little worried if the chile verde omelette would be too heavy. Most of the time when I order chile verde it for enchiladas. The chile verde omelette was tasty but not heavy. I enjoyed eating the chile verde omelette with the corn tortillas. Sometimes corn tortillas can be tough and rough, but the corn tortillas I ate at Rosy's Cafe was warm and soft. As last time I enjoyed the churros-style French Toast.I would have rated Rosy's Cafe higher, but I can't get over the ribeye I ate the first time I ate here. Even though the steak wasn't tough it also wasn't medium rare as I requested. If I come back to Rosy's Cafe multiple times and enjoyed other items that ribeye I ate still lingers with me.

We were looking for a basic diner to replace the Dell Cafe in Castro Valley (which is now closed). Where to go for some basic eggs and such? Rosy's was a good find. I got the bacon, cheese and egg omelette and added avocado. The charge was $16. It was CHOCK FULL of all three items. Better than the Dell's old version. Hubby had chilaquiles with chorizo. They were good. The chips were still crispy and covered with toppings. The hashbrowns could be crispier. The toast could be more completely buttered. Parking is easy, in the same lot as Grocery Outlet. There is nothing earth-shattering about the food here, just good basic diner food. If you live in the area, it is worth a visit.

Poor customer service. Bias servers.Lack of respect for their patrons. Left a complaint for a manager and still never heard back. I make sure anyone I talk to understands what group they are hoping to serve.

First time here, walked in and we were seated immediately.We came on a Sunday and there was lots of customers inside. Restaurant was very busy.There is a lot of seating available, customer service is friendly and fast. The volume inside the restaurant is LOUD as employees holler at each other from across the restaurant and its like an organized chaos going on type of vibe/ambiance (due to the employees and how they communicate)Food is good, very flavorful and authenticI enjoyed my meal and so did my sonPrices are reasonable Parking is easy to come by and parking lot is safeNo alcohol served (no mimosas )

This place is a go to for my friends and family. I've been here multiple times and every time is hella good. This last time I came here with friends who are from out of town and they wanted a good breakfast. We got there and were seated hella quick and the service from the wait staff was good. The store is small, but they make it work. The food is good and I like how cozy it is because it initiates conversation.I like how you can get a traditional breakfast and a mexican one.

I recently visited this breakfast spot on a Sunday with a group of six, and we were seated right away - such a pleasant surprise for a weekend! The service was prompt, with water, coffee and food arriving quickly, and the staff was attentive throughout our meal.I ordered the Mexican Hobo plate, and it was delicious. The salsa had great flavor, and the house potatoes were a standout - super chunky and perfectly seasoned. The ambience was super cute, and you could tell many of the patrons were regulars, which is always a good sign.Overall, it was a good breakfast experience

I introduced my friends to Rosy's when they wanted to take me out for my birthday. I tried the Chile Verde Omelet with extra crispy hash browns and English muffins and it was great. One of my friends ordered the Chicken Fajita Omelet with the same sides and she told Jaimie, our waitress, and owner's daughter, that it was one of her best breakfasts. Another friend enjoyed her Strawberry/Banana smoothie and another enjoyed her Huevos la Mexicana, though she wished she ordered the hashbrowns instead of "home fries" since they were kind of plain. I enjoy potatoes like that if they add onion and green peppers. We enjoyed our coffees with refills. The prices have gone up but so have all the other restaurants and this in comparison seems reasonable.

Best chile verde omelette I've ever had. Restaurant is on the small size so depending on the time you get there it's going to be somewhat crowded. Overall the food is very good. A really nice change from those chain restaurants.the servers are very pleasant and attentive when they need to be. I would recommend giving this restaurant a try. I don't think you'll be disappointed.

Went here because of all the great Yelp reviews. I think this is the first time Yelp has lead me astray. First the good; the server was friendly. The place was clean. They have a cute selfie wall. The thing that I liked, and wished most restaurants were like this, the kitchen is completely open. You see how clean the kitchen is and can watch your food being prepared. Now the not so good. It is a small place and the booths are so tight together I could hardly get my legs under the table, forget about crossing them. It was very cold inside, my husband had to run out and get my jacket so I wouldn't freeze. The food was so-so, nothing I couldn't have made at home. Part of the lure of eating out is because it's different from homemade. I had the avocado cheese omelet with hash browns. The hash browns were kind of creamy inside, something I'm not used to and wasn't expecting. Also, vegetarians beware the hash browns are made with bacon grease. My omelette was also ok, the cheese wasn't melted, but I dealt with it until I bit down on egg shell. That's when my breakfast was over. My husband got the pancakes, sausage, and eggs. His eggs were fine, but his giant pancakes were burnt and tasted burnt. The pricing was average/high, especially since I didn't enjoy my meal.