Burkemper’s Family Restaurant

Been eating here since I was young. Love the people and the food! A lot of the employees have been there for years and know everyone’s name and order by heart.

The food was pretty good, the prices were ok, and I didn’t like the service.
I ordered pancakes with sausage links, 8oz ribeye, 2 eggs, hashbrowns, and toast. The ribeye was a little salty and the eggs were a little greasy but everything else was good. I asked for the ribeye to be medium rare and it was cooked perfectly.
The prices were about average with all of that being about $ 18.
In regards to the service, my water was not filled once and the waitress mixed my pancake order for French toast.
This place is neat for being O’Fallon, MO’s oldest restaurant and it is a nice, little diner, but not any place special.

Best food and service in town! Crystal is a great server ! Where people chat with you and you can find out what’s happening around town current events and what’s new in town. Kind of a family of staff and down home feel. See you their !! Grrreat ! And 3−6−15 they got 100% in their Health Inspection! Great job !

Great food, great service, great place. It may be old but everything is made fresh on the spot. Awesome breakfast food. Will definitely come back again. One thing… they do not take credit or debit cards. So bring a check book or cash.

I expected more. The prices were average not expensive but not real cheap either. The food was average or a little below average. I ate there for breakfast and there were lots of customers there. I’m not sure why. The server kept handling money and coughing into her hands and never washed them. She also poured water in my glass of soda when it was half full. I guess she didn’t care enough to remember what I was drinking or even bother to look before pouring water in my glass. I also paid extra for biscuits as a side. They gave me 2 biscuits that were literally the diameter of a quarter. I have never seen biscuits that small. They looked like they came from a barbie playset or something. The décor is very out dated. I don’t see myself going back here ever again. There are much better places to grab breakfast in the area.

We were in St. Peter’s MO last sunday as my wife competed in a triathalon-​sprint event there starting at 7 am. Event wrapped up around 10, and she of course was starving, so we looked for places to eat. Not wanting to bear the crush of wait times at First Watch or Bob Evans, we found Burkemper’s via Google Maps, and man were we pleased.
Kind of off the beaten path (frontage road along I-​70 Westbound), and looking very much like the roadside diner that it is, the breakfast they served was excellent. All the usual suspects on the menu (eggs, pancakes, waffles, bacon, etc.) but a couple of surprises. My wife and I both had a «hot stack» of 4 large pancakes, with syrup on the side, and these might have been the most delicious pancakes we’ve ever had. Light, fluffy and oh-​so delicious. Daughter #1 had a breakfast sandwhich (eggs & bacon on toast, side of hash browns) and she ate it completely. Daughter 2 had the dish I was eyeing as well, the same hot-​stack of pancakes, but smothered in gravy made with bacon bits. Think it was a little filling, as she didn’t finish the plate, but said it was quite good.
Great, friendly service, coffee and water glasses refilled frequently. Just a great place for breakfast. If or when we find ourselves in the St. Peters/O’Fallon area again, Burkemper’s is sure to be on our list for breakfast!

I’ve been going to this place for almost a decade now. It is my absolutely favorite place to get breakfast food. And some of the best breakfast food you could ever ask for.
To people who have never been here before the first impression of the restaurant is quite off setting. Its a VERY small diner fitting maybe 60 people. And the building is incredibly old. So it’s not everyones cup of tea.
But that’s part of the charm of burkempers. It’s a place like cheers, but with no booze, and instead they give you an omelet. I would think its safe to say that 80−90% of their daily business is repeat business. They have the same people there every single day. So much so that the cooks and waitresses even have most of their orders memorized.
But thats the charm, you go there and people recognize you. Remember your name and are some of the friendliest people I’ve ever come into contact with. I go there about once a month and everytime I’m there at least one person will stop me and ask me how things are going at work and home etc etc.
You could probably beat their food, it would be hard to beat their service, but you could never out do a charm and customer base as solid or as friendly as burkempers.