Fifth Wheel
Category: American (Traditional) [Edit]
898 San Leandro Blvd(between Lille St & Lorraine Blvd)
San Leandro, CA 94577 (510) 635-7538
- Hours:
Mon-Sat 6:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. - Price Range: $
- Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
- Parking: Street
- Attire: Casual
- Good for Groups: No
- Good for Kids: Yes
- Takes Reservations: No
- Delivers: No
- Take-out: Yes
- Waiter Service: Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible: No
- Outdoor Seating: No
- Good for: Breakfast
- Alcohol: None
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Hayward, CA
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71 Reviews for Fifth Wheel
My buddy John B took me there with Nah dude to grab some legit breakfast. I must say, this place is pretty damn good. Really fast service, lots of grease, and huge portions.
Its pretty cramped, but you can't argue with this place being open for such a long time and lots of local regulars at this place. Go early in the morning and start off your day right! I got the two egg breakfast with linguisa and a side of french toast. Like Nations breakfast but way better.
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Greasy hole in the wall place, but it does have character.
Seems strange that the place is run by Asians and it has some interesting ways of incorporating Asian teriyaki sauce into its breakfasts.
Also is a small place, not much seating so it is risky to drive all the way out into the middle of nowhere hoping for a spot. Not sure how crowded it gets.
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John Travolta would have one word for this place...GREASE!!! This place screams Crisco. Although this breakfast place wasn't intended to be on the cover of Healthy Living Magazine, their food is just plain grease.
I ordered the vegetable omelette with a side of hash browns and my food kept slipping and sliding. The hash browns were mushy, I just couldn't fathom to eat my heart attack on a plate food.
I gave this place one star for: poor customer service, small restaurant (very claustrophobic), greasy and expensive food. Coffee costs $1.25. Tells you something. My food (omelette and hash browns) - $7.00. Overpriced for this joint if you ask me.
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I discovered the Fifth Wheel about a month ago and have already been there three times. This has quickly become one of my favorite places to eat breakfast. I realize that it is a little cramped on the inside but the service is excellent and the food is even better. I highly recommend the French toast or the pancake's.
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My first visit to this place was over a year ago.
As of this review, I now weigh forty pounds more than I did before Fifth Wheel.
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We had a nice breakfast (even if it's noon, if it's the first meal of the day, it's breakfast!) here this past saturday and have yelp to thank for it.
There were a ton of items to choose from on the menu but I stuck with my usual for american breakfast - french toast (I just re-read this and this doesn't sound right, but oh well). I've never had french toast at a restaurant that was quite as good as this one. This was the first time eating out that I was able to finish my french toast and actually want more. I was talking about it the rest of the weekend.
My friend also really liked his omelette and hash browns and we both enjoyed three cups of great coffee.
Why not five stars? The place is tiny and I can see any party over 2 waiting a long time to get their food. We were lucky with both parking and seating (at the counter), but it could have easily been a much worse experience if there was no parking and if we had to wait 20 mins just to get seated.
The whole staff was nice and pretty attentive. Prices were reasonable. French toast was awesome! I wish I lived closer so I could eat it every weekend.
Did anyone else see the note on the menu about them nearing retirement? I hope they don't close that soon.
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little hole in the wall spot in downtown san leandro that is known for its breakfast. very traditional and food is good but place is so small its like eating in your own kitchen, packed like sardines.
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Yes, it's a grease spoon, yes, it's located in front of the owners' home on a busy street, and yes, they serve the stuff you'd find in your own refrigerator if you bothered going to the supermarket every now and then. But man, IS IT GOOD!
You have to realize that you have to WANT to eat in a place like this if you're going to enjoy it. StEEzi S. decided that they wanted to eat at the RItz and got the 5th Wheel (see other review). The place has very limited seating, it's on a busy street near the industrial area of San Leandro/Oakland, and the patrons consist mainly of truckers, commuters and local folks who enjoy the simple menu and the lunch counter atmosphere.
BTW StEEzi S., if you're buying your food at the 99 cent store, who's REALLY the RETARDED one? Obviously not the 90% of people from San Leandro you claim to be are.
In any case, disregard StEEzi S.'s little rant; it has nothing to do with a review of the restaurant's food or atmosphere.
The pork chop breakfast is at the top of my list, followed by a close second with 5th Wheel's New York steak breakfast. I've had the chicken and apple sausage omelet, which was pretty good.
One thing I can rave about for the 5th Wheel is their pancakes! Thick, fluffy, hot-off-the-grill, and served with warmed syrup!
All in all, if you wake up and you're too lazy to cook breakfast and you're tired of eating dry cereal or instant oatmeal, roll over to the 5th Wheel for some inexpensive down-home cooking.
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I would give it -5 stars if i could. WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU PEOPLE THINKING? This place is gross!! GREASY GREASY GREASY!!! Over priced for some eggs and under cooked hashbrowns with sausage you can buy at the 99c store. I have relized that 90% of the people that live in San Leandro are FAT and RETARDED and have no taste. I would rather eat at Dennys than this shit hole!!!!!!!!
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Best BREAKFAST place!! I don't know what the other guy is thinking.
If you want some lean healthy breakfast, you eat at home. But if you want some good traditional American breakfast you visit here.
Usually it's hard to go wrong with breakfast but if it does you just start your day shiity, oh well.
Fluffy Pancakes, good sausages, perfect eggs every time
Cons: small, crowded, long wait, not the cleanest place (bathroom)
Pros: fair price, good food, nice people and it's MOM and POP SHOP, been there for over 30 years with the current owner.
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Come here hungry. Hell come here starved. This place is great! No it's not fancy food. Avoid my review if you like em no msg, lean bacons, and cottage cheese. No no, think the cheapest type of materials combined to make a 10 dollar breakfast that will floor you. This place is most definitely a dump. It's own by a Korean family. And it's really cramped. But it's done right! Everything on the menu will most definitely kill you. And you must try their teriyaki omelet. There's no substitution for that warm, sweat, cheesy taste in my mouth. Nor is there a substitution for the feeling in my stomach afterwards. Delicious place!
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Thanks to yelp, I tried this place a few weeks ago and again today. When I first came here, I tried the chicken-apple sausage with french toast. Today, I had the chicken fried steak.
My sister was apprehensive about coming here. I reassured her, yelpers don't dissapoint. So we walk in and we're a bit taken away. There is barely any space! 4 tables and 2 counters. Luckily, we scored a table and it was all good. The menu has a ton of variety, ranging from tradition breakfast food all the way to more Asian style entrees.
The second time I came here, I came in with one thing in mind - to try grits. I was saddened the first time I came because I didn't order it. I wanted to know what the deal was with grits and why it was so popular. I ordered the chicken fried steak which was just ok. Grits are pretty good. It looks like cream of wheat. It lacks flavor but I guess it's like any kind of porridge where you can make it sweet or savory.
The people here are very nice and attentive. They're quick to take your order, clean up tables and fill up your coffee. Guess they have to since this place is so popular. In and out all the time this place is hustling and bustling. Too bad that they open only from 6AM to 2:30PM.
Recommendations: chicken apple sausage, grits
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Not just another korean breakfast joint, this place taste real good. I used to go here all the time back in the days. I havnt been in a few years but i remember they some very good breakfast. Good service and very cheap price. Only bad thing was it was kind of small and crowded. Besides that this place rocks.
Great Breakfast in the Slandro.
4 Stars
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Completely agree with others. You WILL NOT LEAVE HERE HUNGRY!! Big portions. Good breakfast but I had to take them down two notches for not having salsa for my eggs and because the hash browns weren't that great (heavy and greasy). I lived near by and this place has always been packed. Denver omelet was very good. the rest of my family loves the link sausage, but they taste a little funky to me.
I took a friend to Fifth Wheel after reading all the reviews on Yelp.
The food was decently priced and had very large portions. I had a hot-link sausage and cheese omlette with hash browns. The omlette was pretty good but the sausages were slightly burnt. I thought the hash browns were really good - crunchy/crispy on the outside and large portions. If I go again, I would probably try a different omlette but I would get the hash browns again, no doubt!
Driving down the street, Fifth Wheel looks like a restaurant built out of a small house. Without the sign, you would think it really was a residential family home. We walked in and indeed, it was very small, but my friend and I got counter seats right away. Good service and friendly people but it's very cramped and "cozy." The atmosphere kind of reminded me of Roscoes' Chicken and Waffles in Los Angeles.
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I don't want to seem mean, but I just don't see what's special about this place. It's just like any food you can make on your own, (unless you are cooking impaired, in which case go here for home cooked food). It is good food, they make it quickly and if you live in the area it's pretty easy to get to. It's just good home made like food, that's all.
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If you're looking to go to a true, honest to god breakfast joint??? This is the place to be. It's real small inside and you have a few tables to choose from, but the food is on hit. The portions are huge and greasy.
You know it's good when you hear E-40 mention it in one of his songs. This is probably how The Click got so big.
I suggest to get anything on the menu because it's all good. You might want to take a walk around the marina after you finish to burn off some calories. Uhh... yep.
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My husband gives it the full five stars. I really enjoyed this place, but I'm reserving my five stars for places that really blow my skirt up. This was close.
We both had omelettes. I have to admit, the jalepeno cilantro sausage in his omelette was pretty amazing. My ground beef and veggie omelette was the slightest bit runny inside but tasted delicious. To his credit, our server saw me peering inside the eggs and promptly inquired as to whether everything was okay. I kept my yummy eggs as is.
We came on a weekday late morning, so we didn't have to wait. It really is tiny. We were wondering if the "only four tables" that we read in another review was an exaggeration. It was not. Still, the tables were all full and we enjoyed our breakfast at the counter.
The next time we have a weekday off, we'll be back. Neither of us has the patience for the wait they surely have on Saturday. And don't forget they are closed Sunday =(
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This tiny little truck stop was built in the 40's and hasn't been redecorated or cleaned since. This is a family run place that is hard to get into on Saturday and unfortunately closed on Sundays. But that is part of it's allure. If you feel like eating some good American Breakfast, you cannot miss with this place. I always have the Teriyaki Chicken and Cheese Omelet. It is the best.
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FInally, A breakfast spot where the food is NOT HELLA GREASY and looks actually good to eat.
The pancakes are sooooooo good. OMG. "I want more pancakes!" (imagine that episode of Family Guy when stewie was addicted to pancakes and social services thought he meant crack. and he gets placed into that foster home with all those babies from around the world. hahahaha)
I choose this place over Ole's in Alameda ANY DAY!
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Excellent patty melt in this cozy little lunch shop -- a thick, plump burger patty, plenty of swiss cheese and grilled onions, and nicely grilled rye bread, earns this place its third star.
But the service is strictly two-star material. My waitress, a woman named Sunny, was anything BUT.
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I'm really not sure where San Leandro actually is - it kind of morphs into Oakland on one side, and into San Lorenzo and Hayward on the other. I think. In my brain it is an amorphous blob. And it has a downtown (news to me) with a Bart station and everything. Who knew?
More importantly, San Leandro has Fifth Wheel, a place so real and good that it probably couldn't exist in Oakland or Berkeley. They still serve Farmer Bros. coffee and grits - in Berkeley they would probably serve Blue Bottle coffee and frittatas. Now I love Blue Bottle Coffee and frittatas, but sometimes I want white bread French toast and diner coffee. Okay, most of the time. The selection and food is similar to Ole's in Alameda (plus some Asian additions to the menu like Chicken Teriyaki omelets and rice), but Fifth Wheel is about 1/10th the size and much more authentically charming. The bacon is good (not quite as good as Ole's), but they also offer about 6 different types of sausage.
The current owners have run the place since 1978 - they are really friendly people and run the business the way they want to, trends be damned.
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Though I've lived in San Leandro for five years, I only had my first taste of The Fifth Wheel the other day. The place is half the size of a suburban McMansion living room - you know those ginormous-ass houses that are like 25,000 sq. ft., made of stucco and all look the same. It comforts me to know that this place has been around since ... the 40s? 50s? and was once open 24 hours to serve the truckers who drove along that route back in the day. When you step inside, you kind of step into another era ... as long as you ignore the flat screen monitor with a WindowsXP screen saver by the counter.
Anyway, the important stuff: GREAT service, GREAT food, GREAT prices ... just not great for your diet (whatever the hell that is). My eggs weren't overdone, my chicken fried steak was actually pretty good (too bad they don't use country gravy), and holy shit those are some bomb ass hash browns. My boyfriend's pancakes tasted bomb, too -- soft but with a little chewy exterior, which not only makes for a nice chewing texture but also keeps the syrup from disintegrating your pancakes into nasty, undesirable mush.
This is probably one of the most honest meals and experiences I've had in a long while; I'm lucky that it's so close to my house.
Time to invest in bigger pants.
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This isn't a country breakfast diner, it's a Korean restaurant disguised with country decorations.
I try a new restaurant thinking I'm going to get some good food based off the reviews on yelp. I walk into a country dinner with country decorations and there is some Asian people behind the counter. The food was greasy, and I have learned people from San Leandro love greasy food.
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open 6am-2:30pm, closed Sundays, no checks
Fifth Wheel...
something you can do without
in case of emergency
how your stomach feels after you eat
The Fifth Wheel is located on the outskirts of San Leandro's commercial area that borders the residential area. The bart track can be seen not too far in the distance and there are also a handful of other businesses, like a fence supply lot.
You'll most likely park on the residential side streets since parking in front of the diner will be taken up by bikers and other customers.
The place is easily recognizable by it's jutting 50's sign. The diner itself appears like a retro-fitted single story house. Imagine the brick house from The Three Little Pigs story, but without the bricks. The window blinds are brick red while the roof and trim are a complimentary green. The outside walls are cream color.
The entrance looks like a closet door. Even the gold metal knob looks as though it were used by a janitor. The big surprise is when you open the door to find a bustling diner the size of a living room!
FW is segmented into four horizontal "rows" with the door entrance being on the front center side.
The first row holds four tables, each being able to seat 4-5 each (no more than 5). The surrounding walls are window lit and covered in brick-colored mini blinds.
The second row is where the diner counter is situated. This looks to seat around ten people. Brown swivel stools are comfortable but if the person next to you is a linebacker you'll most likely be brushed up next to his elbow, a la economy class.
The last two rows are where the employees and staff make and fetch orders:
The third row is where the waiters and service staff run about to fetch coffee and orders. To the far left is an old-fashioned milkshake machine. To the right of it is the shiny steel backing of a grill. Again to the right is a coffee machine with piping hot coffee jugs that look like something out of a mad scientist's lab. Underneath this coffee table are many stacks and stack of coffee mugs. To the right of the coffee table is a walkway that goes from the front entrance to the back of row. Continuing to the right is where the cashier is as well as a soda dispensing machine similar to most fast food restaurants. Keep heading right and you'll find a door leading outside. The right of the walkway on this row has a walk that is covered by a retro looking painting with wooden frame, a red Coke clock, family pictures, and a Coke sign that reads stuff like: Waiter - Sunny, Cooks - Lisa Won.
The last row includes most of the kitchen along with the supplies. A lot of the supplies is open for the public to see. It's a bit interesting to look around and see what they have. Some of the supplies include: stacks of styrofoam boxes, rows of uncut ham logs, condiments, and a meat cutter among other things. i appears that they have three huge refrigerators cluttered in the back. On the left side of this row that have two huge grills where each are manned by a cook. High on the back wall are two milk crate sized windows that let in some light. To the right of the walkway this back row cannot be seen because of the third rows wall.
I sat at the counter because the rest of the tables were filled with patrons. It was surprisingly crowded for ten o' clock. The waitress asked me to scoot over because of other guests coming in. Wowee this place certainly illustrates the word "compact". Three different employees asked what I wanted to drink until I could get a menu (5 employees total). The menu your usual plastic diner type with green fabric trim. Their selection covers breakfast and lunch. It's one place that does serve grits. Overall the service was nondescript hospitable. They were so busy I didn't expect anything more than what I received.
I ordered their six pieces french toast for $7.25 (including tax). They also serve a smaller four piece french toast. This also comes with eggs the way you want them and a choice of meat. I picked bacon since you can never go wrong with this. Within five minutes I was quickly served my food. Extremely fast!
I expected this meal to come on one plate, boy was I wrong. I received two plates, each about 14-inches in diameter, filled with food. Strangely they differed in style but were both similar in size. Each piece of french toast is thick, slightly dusted in powdered sugar, and come with a fringe of egg. It's also served with a mini metal syrup dispenser. It was slightly fluffy, but not the best I've had. The second plate was half eggs, half bacon. Insane portions. They gave me large bacon strips they were on the salty side and felt like they were cooked the same day.
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Overall the food was good, the portions great, and the price okay. I'd recommend this place to remedy a hang-over. The low score is for noise and size. Visit Amy's Grill for less noise and better foo
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What a gem this place is.
And part of being a gem is that it is TINY. So even in the off times, you will probably have to wait unless you're alone and want to sit at the counter. I've come a few times with a party of 4, and it was challenging.
Try the jalapeno cilantro sausage. YUM. And excellent hash browns. Perfect greasy diner breakfast. Yellow grits. Mmm. The coffee tastes a bit like watered-down airplane fuel. But whatyagonnadew?
I can't say Fifth Wheel is fat-friendly, exactly, merely because it's so small. That said, I have managed to make myself comfortable there every time. And there are usually other fat people in there, I've noticed.
This place isn't hip at all. Which is a large part of the charm. And the staff are all great. No-nonsense and friendly at the same time.
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Breakfast in San Leandro! Yay!
Bf's over easy eggs were perfect. This place has good sausage (we had chicken apple and jalapeno cilantro) and good hash browns. Huge servings. French toast with texas toast, the way it should be. By default, if you want cheese in your omelets, it's American. Not my favorite, but next time I will ask for swiss. Good service, decent prices. We shall return!
It's 9am on a Saturday and u already spent $60 last nite at the bar, where would u go? To Fifth Wheel of course!
Chicken sausage omelette was yummy! it was like a crepe, the egg was poured thin and the thing was the size of my face! so yummy!
The bf had T-bone steak and eggs. Note: the T-bone was greasy since the meat was pan fried rather than on a grill...BUT the hot cakes that come with were light, yummy and delightful even i have to admit that (i'm a french toast type)
While the seating area is very small (4 actual table, 8 seats at the bar), the huge amount of good food for lil $ is total worth going on a saturday morning......too bad it's not open on sundays
Though it happens infrequently - sometimes, a place is SO good and becomes the epitome of a certain meal or cuisine, immediately.
That is Fifth Wheel. For breakfast.
This is it.
This is Breakfast Heaven. This is the feast gods dine on in the morning.
I've eaten here for 10 years.... and STILL love the food!!
On any given morning (except Sundays), if you are fortunate enough to live near San Leandro, go go go go go go.
Portions meant for giants, taste to rival the best breakfast diners in the country, and low cost for everything - and such a homey feeling, great owners, friendly servers and did I mention the FOOD? Eggs like none other, omelettes to die for, cheesey, sausages, toast, rice, gravy, and those hash browns... kill me now.
It's a tiny place located right off the street where you'd never expect a breakfast joint, or any joint for that matter. Even if you lived here, you may never walk in - you'd probably drive right by until you heard about it through word of mouth and deliberately looked for it. Some booths and some bar seating, the place really is small, but it's always busy in the morning. Famous people, poor people, rich people, kids and adults - - always packed.
No joke, I have tried most of their food.... I'm fortunate enough to know the owners personally. Every single time they knew they would be seeing me that day - I'd get paper bags FULL of Fifth Wheel food brought over to my house for me.... especially my favorite, Veggie Cheese Omelettes with Hash Browns. YUM.
This is not gourmet food.
When they say Cheddar, they mean good ol' Cheddar Cheese.
This is just the kind of food / breakfast that you wish your mom would have cooked for you on those lazy weekend mornings, having breakfast at noon, watching cartoons. It's comfort food. It's the kind of place you go to, pre-shower, baseball cap on, flannel bottoms and a sweatshirt, to meet up with a friend for a hot cup of coffee and a damn good breakfast only to go back home and take a nap to burn off your food coma.
I've had breakfast at various locations, from coast to coast. LOVE Breakfast at any time of day. Even so, Fifth Wheel counts as one of the best, if not THE BEST.
GO.
You won't regret it.
Best damn breakfast choices in the country.
Only two rules:
1. Make sure you're hungry.
2. Wear stretchy pants.
You've been warned.
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So, we had a Yelp adventure today. I had seen the Fifth Wheel very well reviewed on Yelp and have been begging the Fiance (AKA Ball and Chain) to go. We drove up from San Jose today. It was a solidly good breakfast experience. The place is small, really small but it has character. The breakfast was good. I had a sausage mushroom and cheese omelet with grits as my side. The omelet was good. I really liked having the option of grits as my side especially since the B&C had the potatoes with her hotlink omelet. I also ordered some french toast so I could try. All very good. I can not complain and will add the Fifth Wheel to my favorite breakfast spots. It is just a drive to get to and there are places down here in San Jose that are comparable. Still it was a fun adventure.
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Good hot grits on a cold winter morning--or ANY morning on the way to work--is worth at least 4 stars!
Can't really get down with the Teriyaki Omelette, and the omelettes are sometimes runny, but I don't mind runny if I have grits. (I think I have a theme running here...)
One day I'll do lunch, but for now...BREAKFAST!
I've been going here, for the past 10 years or more...
Best Breakfast spot, for under $7.00
There's only 4 tables, and a counter...so you usually have to wait a little bit, but its SO worth it!!! trust me!
They serve lunch as well...HUGE portions!
Do NOT come here, if you're watching the waistline...
I get the French Toast Combo...
6 halves of French toast,
Choice o' meat, eggs, and hash browns...GEEEZ!!
Great Omelets too...great everything...yummy grits too!!
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This is the best breakfast spot in the world. i am not joking. i went there for the first time with my dad when i was 12 and been going there ever since. don't get me wrong i love living in the city but you would have to believe me when i tell you i still ride BART to Slandro and get breakfast there. it is that good. better than Dottie's in my opinion, it's a real greasy spoon and everything there is traditional. you go there to eat! the portions are generous and the food is simple. plus they have GRITS! who in the world has grits anymore. i will always eat there. it's the best. the wait can be brutal on the weekends but not as brutal as Dottie's i highly recommend going there just once and you'll be hooked. it's only about 300 paces from bart and you can hop right back on to get back to the city.
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CHICKEN TERIYAKI & CHEESE OMELETTE, FTW!!!
Inside this cute little home lies an even cuter diner. Every table, except for one (which we snatched), was full. The service was friendly and very prompt. When my bf and I picked up the menu, we noticed that the place has been around since the 1940's, which was impressive considering the atmosphere was quite tidy and well kept compared to other breakfast joints--no sticky tables here! weeee =)
They offered very unique (i.e. CHICKEN TERIYAKI & CHEESE OMELETTE) as well as typical breakfast dishes. It was a very pleasant change from IHOP and Denny's, plus it was affordable!
I was clearly hooked and satisfied with my enormous CHICKEN TERIYAKI & CHEESE OMELETTE w/hash browns and toasted wheat bread. The chicken was verrrrry tender and the egg was perfectly cooked--not a hint of brown! I'd eat it every single morning if I could! It's my new breakfast addiction.
It was a lovely experience overall. Everyone who worked there knew many of their customers' names, and sure enough, they'll know Krystel B. =)
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Food: Not bad! I tried their chicken teriyaki which was pretty good....I loved their toast also! Definitely a good place to come for a fast breakfast.
Price: Cheap
Service: Fast
Location: Located in San Leandro, parking available on side streets or in front.
Atmosphere: An old school breakfast diner. Sit at the counter or at the tables.
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I'd just like to point out that the "Fifth Wheel" in the name refers to the part on a semi truck that connects the cab to the trailer.
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Any of you ever seen Sean Kingston's video "Beautiful Girls?" Yeah, this tiny, crimson coloured diner's interior is similar to that. Inside, you will spot a red Coca Cola clock along with a few other old fashioned wall decorations. Kind of brings the past into the present.
As for trucker joint and jars of grease found under a finished meal- oh, my deary deary. Tsk tsk ;-| (this is disapproval and disbelief; either that or this place's scheme is outdated and I'm gullible about food).
I purchased the 4 Halves of French Toast order which came with an egg of your style (scrambled, medium, well done, etc) and meat of your choice (breaded chicken, turkey/chicken patty, sausage, etc). It cost me a whopping $5.95 (you can tell I'm so used to frugal living and Oakland prices) before tax. After calculating tax, my wallet scolded me for being 6.70 pounds lighter.
Man... as my first experience into this realm, I must say I was totally shocked. I can't recall if I've ever been to any other diner, but this is like my first ever time I went into a diner, and damn... it's a very unique atmosphere. The interior is freaking SMALL, I HAVE TO REITERATE.
I really love how these folks are the closest food spot to my house, right after I cross those bloody train tracks and the BART overpass. I have GOT to return to this breakfast heaven for their other items!
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Oh, oh, oh...look what I was missing. Sigh....Heaven, I'm in heaven.
So go hungry, leave satisfied. I mean go really hungry, like you are ready to eat two full meals, a horse and the kitchen sink. This teeny, tiny place truly packs a whollop.
I never make french toast at home anymore, but did I ever have a craving today. And was that the bestest FT that I have ever had!! You can see the egg it was battered in fried around the sides. Generous dollop of butter and powdered sugar, so you don't even need the Log Cabin syrup on top.
Then I had the linguisa sauage to soak up my over easy fried eggs. Whoaaaa nelly. And pink grapefruit juice - sweet, just like I like it. Not a drop left.
WHY CAN'T THEY BE OPEN ON SUNDAze!!
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I love this place. When I went here and I was surprised how many people was inside. This place services good breakfast and the portions are great. It is better then dennys and ihop. I got the special which came with eggs, choice of meat and hashbrowns. In my experience of eating breakfast in resturants this has to be the best one I have ever tasted. 5/5 in my book
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Yup.. I counted it.... about 15 seats at the counter(total) and 4 tables capable of seating 4 people each....
And worth it.
I went here with my the little one and the wife last week end and they were very friendly, accommodating, and as you might imagine for such a small shop, the service was good and fast.
The kinda nice thing about a place so small is that if you find parking, then you know you are in pretty good shape!