Budget Cafe - Lompoc

“the budget cafe” name speaks for itself! but, and this is a big but, it’s a decent place to eat if the universe lines all the stars up for that day and the servers and kitchen staff are in a good mood and ready to pump out some good food. such as the day my great niece and i came in for breakfast. the place had already emptied out from the morning rush of locals and we were the only customers there. the server was nice until she started talking with us and then she became very attentive and happy. it’s no loss on me it was because of my darling little 4yo great niece. i told her mother, my niece, that wherever i can take ‘willow’, i’ll be pretty much guaranteed to at least get a conversation with or even get a date with a woman, be it in a diner, park, beach, church or anywhere there are single ladies looking for the opportunity to meet a single man. anyway im getting away from the budget cafe. so i had eggs bacon waffle. the eggs were perfectly cooked over medium, i couldn’t believe it but ill take it. i love crispy bacon and i got crispy bacon as i asked for. my little niece had pancakes from the kids menu with scrambled eggs and she ate every bit of it. you know little kids, they seldom finish any meal. that’s about all. if i had simply wrote a review of the budget cafe it would only be three sentences long because, well, because it’s the budget cafe and to a bigger extent, it’s lompoc, if you get my drift. so, here’s a few pictures of that morning with my precious little niece and I at the budget cafe in beautiful lompoc valley. Kid-friendliness: they love kids at the budget cafe.

Our food was awesome the staff was killer and they make you feel at

So, I 'm not from Lompoc, but for now.... I 'm here.Anywho, we 've been to Budget Cafe a couple of times at this point. So, here it goes.Don 't order the waffles. I know waffles and these ain 't it. Gone at take yourself up the street to The American Host for the fantastic waffles.We went last night for dinner. The waitress was so busy caking with some dude at the bar, she couldn 't post attention. She brought our salad and upon the first bite you could tell it was old. The lettuce tasted like it had been frozen, then thawed. Gross. We called the waitress back over to let her know... her response oh, ok . She took the salads and never offered to bring up anything else is return. My partner order the Steak and Shrimp dinner. 25 minutes later is brought to the table with NO STEAK. My partner reminds her that there should be steak. The waitress says well you got lucky. The cook put 2 extra shrimp on the plate. I 'll let him know to make the steak now. Bad experience and the lack of response to the negative comments from the company let 's me know they could care less.It 's Budget for a reason... spend a couple of dollars more and get yourself a better and complete meal and better service.Whoops Whomo

The food was great! Old school vibe and I loved it! Highly recommend this place ?

Lady in the front told us to sit where ever we want, with an attitude. Food was fine