The Big Family Cafe

My family came in for brunch and had a great experience. My husband and I had omelettes while our daughter had pancakes. Everything was delicious!

Super friendly staff, nice place, delicious food and good prices.
Everything is homemade and amazing. Best diner I’ve ever been to.

Good food, service leaves me wondering if I should come back. There is one good server, and she runs everything while everyone else just watches. This isn’t a one time thing, it’s the way it is every time we go.

Great restaurant for breakfast, brunch, or lunch. Exceptional southern home cooking. Everything is home made.

My first time here I was impressed. The portions are generous, prices low. I had the Spanish Omelette and it was delicious. Cheesy and very big, topped with fresh avocado and sour cream. The service was great, too!

Hard to imagine better dine-​like food than this. Well… maybe I could, but that’s beside the point. The BLT was made with excellent bacon and sourdough bread (amongst a choice of three), and tomatoes that were really tasty, not just colorful, and the lettuce was fresh, green and crunchy. The accompanying French fries were honestly some of the «potatoiest» and tastiest I’ve had in a long time.
My wife had an equally tasty avocado sandwich with Swiss cheese and an excellent, if simple, side salad with generous portions of shredded carrots, black olives and lettuce.
ESPAÑOL
Digo que la comida aquí no es latina, sino que, sobre todo, es tan rica que vienen miles de latinos para comer. Generalmente, todo es natural y todo preparado a mano en el momento que Ud. lo ha pedido «como hace tu madre».
Porque hablan todos aquí el español, y todos son de una familia sola (muy grande tan como el nombre) sería fácil pedir lo que quieres y estar seguro que lo obtengas.
Más que todo, todos aquí son sumamente amables y «están para servirle».

Came for Sunday Brunch and it was amazing! We had a great server, full cups of coffee and delicious food. The entrees were HUGE… I got a Mexican style egg dish that was delicious and it came with a piece of chocolate chip coffee cake that was as good as any desert I could have gotten. Definitely worth trying — it’s in a location that has had some turn over the past few years so I really hope people embrace this restaurant!

We’ve been twice, and both times we had excellent service and food. We were seated promptly and never waited long for food. I’ve had the Gouda Scramble (Gouda cheese and scrambled eggs) with home-​fries and the Pancake/​Egg combo. Both were great! My fiancé highly recommends the breakfast burrito. It’s huge and tasty!

The wife and I ventured out on Saturday to see what this place was all about… thoroughly enjoyed ourselves! The atmosphere is very family friendly and clean. Place was easy to find and there wasn’t a big crowd when we arrived around 10:30 am. Waitstaff was excellent and made us feel right at home. Our waitress gave us some great suggestions since it was our first time. I had the salmon omelette, my wife had a the eggs Benedict with veggies, we shared a fruit smoothie and a full order of French toast. The food was great and came out hot and fast. I’m a big «value guy» so I was very well pleased when the bill came and we had gotten so much great food for a great price.
This place is really great. We will definitely be going again and I would highly recommend it. No complaints

I stopped by for lunch today. I tried Tuna Melt. I was disappointed. It had a lot of mayonnaise. It very sweet. I will give it one more chance and update this review, if I change my mind.

Incredible selection for breakfast. The eggs Benedict is cooked perfect. I would also recommend the veggie potatoes. We eat here every other Saturday and it is becoming my favorite breakfast spot in Athens

I’ve had breakfast here twice now and it’s been great both times. Breakfast burrito was massive and tasty, Greek omelet was delicious and chock full of goodness. Portions are generous and service has been great. I haven’t tried the lunch items yet but there seem to be a wide range of choices.

Food quality was not there. Definitely tasted like prepackaged frozen food. Hollandaise sauce was salty and thick. Pototoes were brown and not in the good fried kind of way… the old gross oil kind of way. Coffee was ok. Service was less than ideal. It was attentive at first but once we had our food we never saw our waitress again and had to walk to the front to pay.

I have no idea why this place only has one review– it’s awesome! It seems to be a good indication of quality when half the tables are filled at 9am on a week day and I wasn’t disappointed.
Food– The menu selection is broad and I got the spanish omelette which was huge and came with home fries and the house baked item of the day (or toast if you’re not feeling adventerous). The omelette was hot, cheesy, and just generally delicious. The home fries looked like they had been cut fresh and had the skin on them, which I presonally love. And the home baked item of the day was a pineapple coconut coffee cake. I could have eaten a pan of it for breakfast. It is hands down the best baked good I’ve eaten in Georgia since I moved here a few years ago. The coffee was good and my dining companion’s chocolate milk was made from scratch, not the nasty pre made stuff.
Service– This is not a fast place. The service was not slow, but it took long enough for the food to come out that it was obvious it was being made to order (a good thing in my book). The waiter was very attentive, refilling my coffee whenever it reached halfway and bringing other drinks to the table without us having to ask.
Value– Great. I spent about ten dollars for an amount of food that could last me an entire day.
Overall– Will definitely be going back. The place is very easy to miss– it’s stuck in a shopping plaza on the outskirts of town, but it is definitely worth it. Food is not super fancy, but it is good home cooking, made fresh, that tastes great and fills you up for a reasonable price.

Amazing lunch. We were actually expecting the previous restaurant. We decided to stay and order anyway. Such great food and service.