Mimi’s Cafe

zero stars would be more appropriate. I’m not surprised it closed at all. This was near our house and formerly our fav eatery. :this location killed our affair with mimi’s. Dirty, terrible food. Bad all around. Huge disappointment.

The food here is good as well as the service. I like the décor and that there is has a diner inside. I like the breakfast egg dishes, the baked goods and the comfort food selection, like the Tillamook macaroni and cheese. Portions are ample except the meal salads seem small. Soup and salad and/​or sandwich deal is good. Muffins are delicious as are the crepes. Not a true country style French restaurant but some Americanized French fare. Don’t expect Mon Ami Gabi.

At first, we had to wait to sit in a booth, which wasn’t a big deal. Then, we had to wait for our server to come over and get our drinks. Considering this was during a slow lunch, waiting 10 minutes for the server to come over and introduce herself was a bit ridiculous. We ordered the calamari as an appetizer, which comes with a tomato sauce on the side. When we finally got our appetizer, there was no sauce. I asked the waitress (who I will not name) if it came with the marinara sauce. She gave us a curt, «no, it’s not served with anything.» And then asked if we would like ranch to dip the calamari in. I grabbed a menu, just to make sure that I hadn’t read anything wrong, and sure enough it says that the calamari was served with a warm pomodoro sauce. I got another waiter’s attention to get the sauce (after ours ignored my attempts to get her attention), and our waitress got very snotty and butted in. All we wanted was the sauce that was served with our appetizer… The salads we ordered were good, and after we got a little rude with the waitress, she spent the rest of our meal trying to make up for her rudeness.
I will not be returning to this location.

It’s my 2^nd time here and was dissapointed. It seems that the menu got smaller and I wasn’t really satisfied with the meal. Ordered salad and a sandwich. Salad was ok but sandwich was dissapointing, kind of lacked flavor. The fries were good at least. And the bread for appetizer was good as well. I enjoyed my first visit more. Service is very good and fast.

Mimi’s Café did in fact update their menu to include a more French aspect. Is this bad? Not at all. Their dinner menu used to be filled with non-​exciting and bland American dishes such as a tasteless pot roast that was drowning in gravy and dry meatloaf that tasted like flavorless ground beef. The new menu is more adventurous, and it matches Mimi’s décor and atmosphere.
Tonight, I feasted on Carbonara a la Mimi’s with an appetizer of French Onion soup. Let’s start with the soup — Meh. The cheese was melted and stringy, just the way I like it. The soup itself was a bit salty and had the consistency of gravy. I did like the small, toasted piece of baguette that was hiding under the cheese. All in all, I don’t think I’ll be ordering the French Onion soup any time soon.
The Carbonara a la Mimi’s was tasty. It had thick chunks of prosciutto and a generous helping of peas. The sauce was mixed-​in and wasn’t too heavy, and the noodles were cooked al dente.
The entire meal was nothing to write home about, but with their updated and exciting menu, I’ll definitely be back to try other French inspired cuisine!

My mom and I had lunch here recently and we enjoyed our meal as usual. We typically are not disappointed at Mimi’s. I had the salad & soup duet with the corn chowder and the fall harvest salad. It also came with a muffin and I had the carrot raisin muffin. Everything was very tasty. I really liked the mustard vinaigrette on the salad. The soup was warm, chunky and tasty. Its my favorite soup they offer. My mom had the half sandwich & soup duet with grilled cheese and onion soup. She enjoyed the soup but thought the sandwich was a bit mushy. It could have been a bit crisper but she did like the taste. I am sure we will be back.

The last few times I have been here the food is meh. I use to really like Mimi’s but I am giving up on it for awhile.

We were served the artichoke frites with the lemon-​basil aioli. The aoili (which is similar to a may base) had a shiny, dark yellow, coagulated film over part of it. We touched the sauce with a finger and found it was barely cool. When we pointed it out to the waiter, he basically acted like, so what’s the problem with that? When we asked if, because it’s a mayo base, maybe the darker shiny film may not be safe to eat, he acted the same way, as if he didnt understand why we had an issue. We were not offered a solution, just that we could use a marinara sauce to dip them in instead.
The manager, who was busy helping our friendly — but sometimes very absent — server deliver his orders, must not have been informed of the aioli issue, because he did not speak to us about it.
Beyond that, the food (a mussels dish with spicy marinara sauce and pasta) was good, except for the flavorless french bread and something that resembled whipped butter but tasted more like whipped vegetable oil that we were served before the meal.
But because of the possible gastrointestinal hazard of an aioli sauce and the lack of concern about it, i just can’t bring myself to make this a 3

What is going on with Mimi’s? Is it because they have a new mega-​restaurant chain owner now? The menu is very different from the old, multi-​page full of goodies menu. Supposedly they are trying to be more «French» now instead of Louisiana-​inspired. The new potato gratin based eggs benedict was good and fresh and the quiche Lorraine my sis ordered was still the same – yummy, cheesy and filled with bacon. The fruit sides were pitiful, hard pieces of unripe fruit. They don’t offer muffins or quick breads vs fruit sides anymore, you need to order them ala carte. When I mentioned to the MOD, Luis, that the only reason I wanted to bring my sis to this place is they don’t have a Mimi’s in Hawaii and I was a cheerleader for their food, especially the lovely sized meals and the hot muffins. So sad that things have changed, and not necessarily for the better. Thank you for the service, Luis (and server), but I am still dropping a measly 2 stars on this experience because of the menu change, the freezing temps in the dining area (which patrons applauded when the fan stopped blowing, that’s how cold it was), and the fact that the entire dish wasn’t good enough for more praise. I did the survey online to share my thoughts on the changes, but doubt that I’ll use the $ 5 coupon to come back. There are way too many other awesome options for breakfast and brunch in Vegas.

Oh Mimi’s Café! How you never let us down?!
This store is in the same section of the arroyo crossings center as chilis, party city&bahama bucks!
My boyfriend and I have lived up the street from this local favorite for 3 years. We haven’t been in a few months because we kept going 2x a week so there was a Mimi’s overload.
My favorite is lunch, it’s quick and includes a cup of soup or a side salad alongside your meal. The lunch menu pretty much has gourmet sandwiches ready in a matter of minutes for those on a quick lunch.
Breakfast muffins are always amazing too!
Keep a lookout for coupons in the mail.
Sometimes they’re really worth it.
15 off 30 bucks
That’s what I’m talkin about!
Service is always very fast and friendly.
Haven’t been in awhile but they never fail us.

I did a work catering order a couple of months ago with this Mimi’s and had such a great experience the hubby and I decided to try it for breakfast a couple of weeks ago!
What a difference a couple of years makes!
Everything was fresh and delicious with friendly service throughout. I love their egg white omelettes! Bloody Mary was very tasty too! We will be back very soon!

Pizza was ok, the fingers though are great! Prices are reasonable, if your in the area I’d say its a safe bet for a good meal.

Special combination prices on the menu, get two or three courses for one price. You can order a soup or salad and an entrée and if you go for the three course a dessert.
I ordered the two course with tomato bisque soup and chicken crepes. I absolutely love the tomato bisque soup! They let you buy it by the quart if you want for an extra $ 5. The crepes were a light and blanketed the grilled chicken and spinach with wonderful flavor. It also comes with a salad, so the meal was complete for me, no dessert necessary.
Good service, great food, good deals!

We went in search of a Saturday morning breakfast and landed here. My last few experience here (for dinners) were less than wonderful but I had good memories of the baked goods so thought it would be a good breakfast spot.
We were early (8:30a) so our service was great, our coffee never ran low. I ordered the crab cake Benedict and was disappointed. The spinach was not seasoned at all and the small drip of hollandaise sauce was lumpy; the seasoned potatoes were bland. My boyfriend ordered the corned beef hash (one of his favorites for breakfast) the corned beef was clearly not fresh-​made and came out as a slab of beef. The highlight of our breakfast was the apple streusel muffin that came with his breakfast. It was hot and gooey and we both really liked it. Sadly the muffin and service do not make up for the rest of the mediocre breakfast and we will not be returning.

Amanda was my server and she was cordial and checked up on me. I was in and out (I ate in) fairly quickly without having to ask for refills.
The Food here was made well for a franchise chain café and I expected a lot less. I had belgian waffles and they were warm and soft but crunchy on the outside. The eggs were made to order and the turkey sausage was okay. I would come back if I was around in the area craving brunch food.

Lunch specials! Half sandwich and soup. Perfect size portions and fantastic prices. Plus… carrot cake loaf here is A-​MAZING. Ask for bread at the table and get a few pieces and then buy one to go (2.99) you won’t regret it.
Had the tuna sandwich with french onion soup… awesome lunch and didn’t break the bank. Great service, really can’t complain!
This location is a bit hidden in the back of this complex but it is comfortable and absolutely worth a lunch visit.

Sat down for lunch with hubby then about 20 – 25 minutes later the server came and asked for our drink order.
We explained that we were ready to order everything and she said she did not have time to take our order… ummmmm.
So another 15 minutes went by and she came back with our drinks dropped them on the table and ran.
Maybe she was the only server in the whole place? Who knows.
We got up and left.
We have eaten lunch here one other time and it was «ok» but we both got salads. Thus the two stars. Otherwise it would get one star. This chain restaurant is kinda like an 80’s cafeteria food place.

I don’t like chain restaurants because they almost always disappoint. The food is bland and tastes prepackaged and/​or overly salty, the portions are strange (either way too much or hardly enough french fries to cover the plate) and the service isn’t the best.
Mimi’s is no exception.
My girlfriend and my friend and I came here around lunch time on a Saturday afternoon because it is close to my house and none of us felt like driving very far. I immediately regretted the decision once I started looking at the menu and watching the food travel through the hands of the waiters in our section.
My girlfriend ordered cinnamon french toast. It was dry and took too much effort to chew and eat. My friend ordered some type of eggs benedict. I ordered a grilled cheese sandwich with fries and a cup of tomato soup.
You can’t really mess up a grilled cheese sandwich, right? That’s what I thought. Yet, somehow, they were able to make it taste bland and dry. The fries were okay, but I only received about a handful of them. The waiters and chef see the plates before they are taken out to the tables, right? They can tell the plate looks like it was thrown together by a three year old, right? Awful.
The tomato soup is the only thing worth talking about because it is pretty consistently good. And it is probably the only thing on the menu that is consistently good and the only reason why this review gets more than one star. It is also the only reason I was able to enjoy my grilled cheese sandwich (dipping — yum!)
Another thing that really bothers me: waiters who are obviously trying to sell you something. We said we didn’t want any drinks. You don’t have to tell me or ask me 4 more times if I want to try the new mimosas. I already ordered a diet soda and a water. And I already said no — politely. Please don’t make me feel like I’m walking through a used car lot on President’s Day.
And I’m usually not extremely critical of service… but seriously, guy? And to top it off, the service was extremely slow.
Every time I go to a chain restaurant, I regret it. Never again. And honestly, guys, with so many other mom and pop-​type places opening up, spending $ 10−20/person at Mimi’s really isn’t worth it.
Make them step their game up before you eat here!

So I came here the other day with my mother in law because I had a buy one get one free coupon and have been wanting to try this place out for a while now i hadn’t been here in over 10 years.
This was a tuff one to rate because I wanted to give it 4 stars but service is a big part of my critique and that was a miss big time! let me start from the beginning.
So we walk in and notice its pretty busy the hostess writes down my name and says its gonna be a 5 minute wait well 10 minutes pass and we still haven’t been called and we notice people who have came in after us are getting seated before us so i go up to the hostess (who is a different guy this time) and ask him when were going to be called he looks for my name but its not written down so we tell him we had been waiting there a while, I told him the other hostess supposedly wrote our names down and he said we would be sat next well we weren’t anyways to make a long story store we finally got sat! Apparently being a hostess at Mimis is rocket science and these guys failed.
Ok moving on the waitress was very friendly approaches us right away we both wanted a mimosa and the waitress suggested we do the mimosa flight which was only 25 cents more I believe and included a bottle of champagne (each) and 3 different glasses to mix it with strawberry lemonade, orange juice, or cranberry we ordered it why not for only 25 cents more! We ordered the crab cakes for an appetizer they were good not great but good my moms recipe is way better. I ordered the french toast with eggs and sausage the french toast wasn’t anything special and the eggs were actually brown on the bottom they were burnt! the sausage was good though. My mother in law ordered an omelet which came with a pumpkin muffin she said the muffin was ok and the omelet was good.
Now onto the service I wasn’t impressed with the service its as if we were forgotten about once she set down the food I don’t recall her returning until she dropped the check off (which luckily for her I didn’t mind it because I was having a good conversation with my mother in law and enjoying being out… fyi I use to be a server I know what good and bad service is she wasn’t that great so between her, the hostess and the «ok» food I’m giving this place 3 stars. I truly enjoyed my time here though only because of the great company and mimosas.

We’ve been to Mimi’s quite a few times by now and I think it’s time to spit out a review. First off, sign up for their emails because they have coupons just about every week. Of course, coupons also show up in our newspapers too so we can’t help but take advantage of their BOGO specials.
One thing we both love are their house made crab cakes. They serve them up in a few different ways — as an appetizer, benedict, and omelette. We love them all!
The Crab Cake Florentine Benedict is griddled with spinach, poached eggs, and lemon hollandaise sauce. They serve this until noon, and it comes with red potatoes, freshly baked muffin and juice. ($ 9.99) This is my go to choice when I’m dining there.
Another version is their Crab Cake Omelette. It’s a three egg omelette with red and green bell peppers and green onions. The crab cakes sit on top of them, and they have hollandaise sauce, feta cheese, and diced tomatoes on top. Also served with their potatoes, muffin and juice. ($ 9.99)
We’ve also enjoyed their Crab Cake appetizer, which is also griddled and comes with a citrus remoulade and balsamic baby greens.
The Husband also enjoyed their Asparagus and Brie Quiche, which also has bacon and tomatoes in it, and some fruit on the side.
We mostly come around for brunch, so we can’t say much about their dinner menu.
Service has been fine for us, we have no issues at all. One thing we appreciate is that they have a sling for car seat carriers. Love that!