Crestline
Chef Cindy's Cafe

Chef Cindy's Cafe

23009 Waters Dr, 92325, Crestline, United States

Cafe • Cafés • Mexican • American


"We finally took my parents to hike Heart Falls and noticed this place on the way back. They have a lot of unique and wonderful food. I had chilli cheese onion rings, something I've never seen anywhere else, and they were one of the best things I've ever had (is that just because I've never had them before? . My wife and parents also loved what they had. I tried to order a blueberry shake (an uncommon flavor, and one of my favorites but it was 4th of July weekend and every table was full so things were slow. Eventually the manager came out and explained they were short one employee and everyone seemed to be ordering shakes with only one blender in the kitchen and he just wasn't able to make mine any time soon. Instead, he suggested dessert nachos. That's yet another food I've never seen elsewhere. The chips were more like fried pastry slices, coated with cinnamon, some liquid chocolate, plus vanilla ice cream. Put it all together and it tasted a lot like fried ice cream, which happens to be one of my favorite flavors. This place is small, so don't expect them to be able to cook breakfast food during lunch. It also has weird hours, like I don't think they're open for dinner on weekdays, so check before you go. But if you can find a time they're open and you're free, the food is wonderful. Probably the best food I've found on the mountain (I won't yet say definitely since I've only eaten here once so far ."

Cove Cafe

Cove Cafe

24171 Lake Dr, Crestline, USA, 92325, United States

Cafe • Cafés • Coffee • Cheese


"Cove Cafe is the new restaurant at Lake Gregory Regional Park on the north shore. It is open from 12 6 on Thursdays to Sundays when the Waterpark is open. They are also open on Saturday nights with no entrance fee to the beach) from 7 10PM for the Summer Concert Series. You order from a a couple of windows and pick up your food at another. You can eat on the beach, at the picnic tables in front of the cafe or on the deck with a lakeview. The gal who took our order was very friendly, but the person doing order delivery at the other window was bordering on surly. The other dig on this place is that they are slow to produce the food about 15 minutes of standing around). However, the food is pretty good and super convenient if you are using the park. We had: Pt. Reyes Blue Cheese Burger $10.95 plus $2 if you want 2 slices of bacon): a beautiful and fresh ciabatta bun has a 5 oz. ground beef patty made from good quality meat and is topped with romaine lettuce, sliced tomato, caramelized onions, crumbled blue cheese, and the house sauce, which is almost like a ketchup paprika mayo. The burger is very good, but it was delivered medium well rather than the requested rare. However, because of its smallish size on a comparatively huge bun), the burger stayed moist and was well seasoned. DH loved the bacon on his burger, which I skipped on mine. It was served without about a dozen onion rings that were super crisp and tasted housemade. You can get ketchup and mustard for free, but you have to pay for ranch dressing $0.25). I would skip the ranch...it was not worth the extra money. I would say that it is a 3 star burger with 4+ star onion rings not the best that I have ever had but they were VERY good and VERY generous). For $11, I don't think that this is a bad deal. Honey Battered Turkey Corn Dog $5): a delicious and good sized turkey dog in a honey cornbread batter that is fried to golden perfection and is served with what appear to be house cut french fries. The corn dog was really good. The fries were a bit limp they were not fried long enough in the fryer but they were enjoyed by those who like fries which I do not). Overall, I would definitely recommend coming to the Cove Cafe if you are at the Lake Gregory Waterpark. The food is really good quality and fairly priced for that quality. And, fortunately, you don't have to deal much with the staff, because you take it to go. I'm a fan. I only wish that there was a way to get a burger when you don't want to hang out at the beach! They should have a food pass arm band!"