Chicken fried steak
Club
The interior, showing the front desk in the background
people sitting at tables in a restaurant
The interior
condiments and condiments on a table
The sign for Shelly's out on the road
06.09.22
Chocolate shake
a car parked in front of a business sign
a white truck parked in a parking lot
Closer, Shelly's in the strip mall
the menu for the restaurant
the menu for the restaurant
Dirty cup
Biscuit
Hot Chocolate
Irish Coffee and Bloody Mary
Lumberjack
food
Vegan Biscuits and Gravy - meh
06.09.22
Menu, one of two pages of breakfast choices.
Karrie H.
Jun 2, 2024
I'm on the fence about Shelly's .i have been twice now, first time I have the tuna melt, it was so badIt was super fishy , not in a good way, I had my friend try it as well as maybe my taste buds were off, but she spit it out into her napkin!wondering if it was old or maybe they put fish sauce in it, I don't know.Tried breakfast this time, it was good, not fabulous like I have heard and where as they are very nice there, service was slow and there were really only four tables that were eating...... It's kinda dirty, bathroom was pretty bad, just think it needs a really good deep clean....I might try it again but I feel like two not so good meals are enough for me.....
Read MoreKaye B.
May 7, 2024
When she first opened it was amazing, albeit some of the entrees were "borrowed" from the old Countryside Cafe.However, the last few years it's been going drastically downhill. Numerous people have mentioned seeing bugs but I realize sometimes that happens in restaurants. The coffee used to be really good and lately it has been bitter. The iced tea is so thin it tastes more like water.What bothers me most about this place is the owner is really offended when you have a problem with the food. I went in recently and I ordered the eggs over medium and they came sunny side up. What I mentioned it she looked very annoyed and did not even apologize. I've also seen for myself, as well as heard stories that I'm not going to mention here that are not good about her.Sadly my family and I have one less place to go because the last few times we've been in there it's been anything but satisfactory. We kept trying but we gave up.
Read MoreMichelle R.
Dec 31, 2023
The good parts: it was busy when we arrived on a late Saturday morning, usually a good sign. I ordered an Irish Coffee. They may have been short staffed - it took a good while. My Irish Coffee did pack a good punch - always good for this one-drink-buzz girl. Portions were also quite large. My omelette was quite big, stuffed with spinach and bacon. A good portion of potatoes were served with your meal. Not-so-good parts: service took awhile - they may have been short staffed. The Bloody Mary wasn't flavorful, just tomato-y. The food was okay for us, not great. Hubs ordered Chicken Fried Steak, but it wasn't his favorite. Ambiance was diner-ish. No music. Kinda felt packed in. Staff not friendly, not unfriendly, just doing their jobs. Still looking for a great breakfast spot near us!
Read MoreBrittney K.
May 18, 2023
Unfortunately we did not like our breakfast. Customer was ok, she was very nice but would spill coffee in our water every time she poured it. Grits were perfect! My husband ended up getting sick after eating the Benedict and he has a pretty strong stomach. We had to head home right after because he got sick from his food. My scramble wasn't good. My French toast was like the worse pieces of bread you could use. If you aren't picky you would probably won't mind the food maybe. I don't need it to be perfect but the cold coffee was what really ruined it for me. Refills were even cold.
Read MoreGeorge S.
May 12, 2024
Finally made it to Shelly's for breakfast. Other than a slightly undercooked egg and room temperature OJ , it was delicious and an experience. Great staff , great prices, will go back for sure.
Read MoreMichele S.
Apr 10, 2023
I am always on the hunt for "the diner." These places hold a special place in my heart and stomach. They have to possess a particular vibe and a classic (enough) menu. Shelly's was on the list to try. Upon entering the restaurant in a small shopping center, I am glad to see they have plenty of booth style seating (a diner must have), one of which we are promptly seated at. The place has a good crowd for a weekday afternoon and two people manning the floor and register, one apparently being Shelly. Service was fast and efficient, with a check discreetly dropped at the table towards the end of the meal. The food at Shelly's is hearty, dependable breakfast/lunch diner food. We have a Turkey Dip (a French Dip with turkey instead of roast beef), Steak and Eggs and a biscuit. Coffee was surprisingly decent for a diner and the ice tea was huge. Real roasted turkey was on the sandwich and fries were perfectly crispy. I didn't try the steak, but it got two thumbs up across the table. The biscuit was more pastry-like than I expected and was quite crumbly. I kind of liked it, probably wouldn't go out of my way to have one in the future. Shelly's is definitely in diner rotation for me now, and I am looking forward to trying more of the classics.
Read MoreYasmin M.
Nov 14, 2022
No major complaints. Everyone was friendly and service was timely. Our waitress was a little cranky. But she also seemed like she was probably the boss. I ordered a diet coke and got diet Pepsi. I prefer a heads up. So that was not a fun surprise. Food was good. Big portions without sacrificing flavor. They use legit chorizo. The potatoes were cooked to perfection. If I'm ever in the area again, I would come back.
Read MoreGina P.
Dec 17, 2023
Best service I've ever had anywhere hands down! The food here is not just excellent but it's unique...eggplant and eggs?! My boyfriend loves this! I love everything I've ever eaten here. I don't drink but they have the surprise of a full bar in the back. I love this place!!
Read MoreBrenda H.
Jun 16, 2023
This is for my visit earlier this year, with a pregnancy craving for a traditional omelette and hash browns. I'll cut right to it: - I was sat at a broken (leaning) table that was not wiped down. I had to ask the guy to wipe it down after he put my water down.- After he set down my water, he sat down in the booth next to mine and just looked at his phone. Didn't send a waitress or offer any coffee or... anything. Eventually a waitress came around to a different table.- the floor was filthy.- the diner smelled just... dirty.- the booth was split/torn, dipping, and so sticky.- the Denver omelette was... well, sour. I couldn't eat it all. It was all a greasy soupy mess.- I was charged $3 for a side of toast, which was half of a single slice of dry bread tossed on top of my food. 3 bucks!Someone recently asked locally for breakfast recs and this place was mentioned often... for having roaches. Lots of reviews here also mention roaches, and the owner blaming the Mexican restaurant next door. I checked the reviews over there and none mention roaches that I can see.
Read MoreMorgan R.
May 5, 2024
A hometown diner, a small business -- glad to see an outfit like this in operation, and want to support them by giving them business.I went for breakfast on a Saturday morning - I started with Earl Grey tea (good, a full pot of tea using a Stash tea-bag, for only $2). My breakfast was a Hangtown Fry, and I'd driven down from Seattle, jut to try it. It came with a choice of toast (I went for the generous biscuit), and home fries (new potatoes, cut in pieces and cooked with salt, garlic and some other flavor-enhancing ingredients.The food came out promptly - the biscuit was far too big to finish, but it was fresh and good. It came with two tiny containers (one jam, one butter), neither of which were sufficient in quantity to properly cover the biscuit, so I sliced it in half, and used them on half. I'm sure I could have asked for more, but I didn't.Hangtown fry is one of my favorite breakfast dishes of all time -- I used to get it at Chinooks in Seattle's Fisherman's terminal, long after it was no longer on the menu -- but since the pandemic, they're not doing breakfast anymore (with a few rare exceptions). In any case, they set a high standard for the dish.Shelly's hangtown fry was more of a scramble than a traditional hang town fry, but it had all the right ingredients - scrambled eggs, spinach, oysters, onion, bacon. The eggs, bacon, and onions were all good. The oysters were OK, but would have benefited from separate pan frying in very light batter before being integrated into the dish. So, not as good as Chinook's used to make, but fairly decent.The home-fried new potatoes were oddly seasoned -- while they looked great (the way I usually like them), I wasn't a fan of the seasoning (I love garlic, salt and pepper, but there was something else there that threw the flavor off a bit).The restaurant itself was in a strip mall, and had booths and tables right out of the 1950s. The staff was friendly and helpful, though much like a traditional diner, there was nothing fancy about the decor or the service (the woman who waited on my table delivered food while talking to someone on the phone, then made a comment to the cook about a joke the caller had told her.So all-in-all, Shelly's was a good little joint, but I'm not sure I'll be making the trip back anytime soon. In other words, a good breakfast place for locals, not a place I would make a special trip for again.One minor annoyance - a charge for "non cash adjustment", or in other words, a credit card fee. I understand that card processors charge for their service, but at this point, I don't carry/spend cash anymore, and don't appreciate such fees. Better to adjust the prices, than nickel and dime customers with fees.
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