Hof's Hut Restaurant & Bakery

First visit. We came in here on a Saturday morning around 10:45 expecting quite a wait because of the time.  The restaurant was not busy at all. Got seated right away.  Ordered our(breakfast) food and the food arrived within five minutes. Wait staff very nice, as well.

What a bad experience.

Took my grandparents here and was immediately disgusted by the tile floor being slippery and dirty (like a public toilet floor).  You might want to mop that up more than once a day.  The Host (you will not be named), looks like he hates his job, couldn't smile, didn't say hello back, and just stands there doing nothing.  

We sat down and the waitress was very friendly.  Although we asked for Tobasco for our tomato juice and never got it.  (My grandfather got one off a dirty table anyway).  I got half of my meal before anyone else did (kind of odd)... and felt rude eating in front of everyone.  then we waited.... and waited... and waited...  over 30 minutes.  Watching people who came in long after use leave with their leftovers already...

here it comes...

Huevos rancheros looked worse than a lean cuisine.  The whole plate was flat like it had just be microwaved.  The tortilla was under the half a can of sauce, and was complete mush by the time my grandfather received it.  I ordered a chicken salad sandwich and after one small bite i spit it out... it was a giant rubbery piece of cartilage and the entire salad was CONTAMINATED with salt.  There's seasoning with salt, and then there's trying to really make someone sick with salt.  It was more salty than drinking a mouthful of long beach ocean water.   and probably just as toxic.  Nobody bothered to taste this in the kitchen?!?!  by the time the waitress came to check on us, my grandparents were already done with their meal.  I sent my sandwich back (i have probably complained less than a handful of times in my life, and i'm a server, i know how annoying it is when people do this)  but seriously, it was that disgusting.

After waiting another longggggg time for a turkey sandwich, we were already waiting for the check.  We were here already over an hour... long enough to watch the very sweating cook.... maybe that's why my salad was so salty!?!?  TASTE BEFORE YOU SERVE!!!! sweet waitress... wish she had a better restaurant to work for.

Hof's Hut, 4251 Long Beach Blvd, Long Beach, CA

This bistro has gone thru some changes over the years.  Years ago, there was a wait timem to get a table.  This restaurant chain has a handful of locations, located in Long Beach and Orange County.  They will prepare items as you like, and they will prepare things that are not on the menu if they have the ingredients.  They will swap out side dishes and exchange parmesean toast , for muffins, dinner rolls, corn bread, etc, with no extra charge.  They are friendly and clean.

My only complaint, is they used to have more unique salads which included grilled fish, and other bistro style items.  They have delicious pies, and great pumpkin brown sugar and spiced muffins during Thanksgiving and Christmas season.  Two times per year they discount their pies by 50%.  This restaurant chain is similar to Marie Callendar's but is a lot more personable and they tend to have more California Bistro style selections.  They also have outdoor patio seating.  Pricing is moderate to very reasonable for some items.