This is a rough rating. It could have been a 3 but I would say one of our two desserts wasn’t worth it. The key lime pie was very good but the chocolate bread pudding cake (or whatever it was) wasn’t worth it. The service was a bit slow for just dessert and the server didn’t seem knowledgeable/wasn’t very helpful with selections but I think she was trying to stay neutral. I would consider going back for the key lime; I guess I’ll have to see if there are better alternatives.

This place is a must for dining!!! Husband had Cajun scramble and he really enjoyed it! Jam is homemade, ranch so creamy also homemade! Onion rings were crisp, hot, so good with that ranch! Fries were decent, BLT was huge! Flavorful bacon cooked to order, we also took home slices of their Apple pie (pies look like something out a Disney movie!) Daring Double Chocolate cake and carrot cake!My husband wants to try more pie, chocolate cake so decadent smooth rich with a bit of a coffee taste, and carrot cake was so moist made with currants not raisins and homemade cream cheese frosting! Diner has that 40s 50s era feel They make their own breads, muffins, pies, cakes, so many baked goods from scratch!You cant go wrong coming here!

Loved everything that I tried here. The brioche French toast was delicious. Even the regular coffee was fresh and lovely. Their jam was one of the tastiest jams that I’ve had in a restaurant. If you’re going on a Sunday expect to be waiting for half an hour or so but if you’re ok with sitting inside let them know because by default they think you’d rather sitting outside and you might end up waiting for too long.

**Dessert rating is based upon dessert!Dessert: 5/5Service: 4/5Ambiance: 4/5Overall: I make special drives to from SF for this place.The extended review...Dessert:Chocolate bread pudding - 5/5 - THIS IS A MUST!!!! First I have to say that I never eat bread pudding but this is the exception to the rule. It doesn’t taste like bread pudding. It reminds me of a flourless chocolate cake. You won’t be disappointed.Service: 4/5 - Standard service depending on who you get.Ambiance: 4/5 - A cool diner in the middle of Palo Alto.

Breakfast was pretty bland. I ordered Pancake and bacon and other half ordered egg omelette. Nothing special. Good coffee and service. Food was pretty pricey though for what we ordered, but hey whats not nowadays!

Had to wait 25-30 minutes for a simple breakfast order.Food was pretty good, more or less what you expect at a diner.Cafe space was a little too loud and packed for me.

The french toast and cinnamon rolls are great. Sometimes there can be a long line to get in at peak hours.

This has been one of my favorite places. Its on University avenue in downtown Palo Alto. A very quaint area. The menu and desserts are fabulous. They have an outside dining area as well as indoors. Service is excellent. The prices are right.

3-Egg omelette (w/ Swiss cheese, mushrooms and spinach) with hash browns. Fresh orange juice. Brioche French toast! All great!

I feel like we were overcharged for the quality and the quantity of food that we received. I ordered half a sandwich and a cup of soup and paid almost $15 for a tiny sandwich with burnt bread, burnt bacon, soggy tomato and the soup came in a small coffee mug. $10 milkshake came in a small water glass instead of the traditional soda glass. All in all, the food wasnt great and our bill was almost $80 for 3 people. We left hungry and disappointed. I dont know what happened but The Creamery isnt what it used to be. Im very sad.

The food was really good, I had the hash brown pie and two eggs with fresh squeezed orange juice. It was really good :) And service was good too. It is a bit pricey but it was good.

Great staff hustling on a busy evening. Really nice. Food delivered quickly. Always need a magic bar to take home. Love this place!

Palo Alto Creamery is the Classic American Diner that serves breakfast all day and best part of all their fresh baked pastries and pies.

Its my go to when I wanna great sit down breakfast.

Reliable local diner, menu hasnt changed much in 50 years which is exactly as it should be. Not cheap though, $60 for lunch for two without alcohol. The shakes and pies are the best.

Food and service were great. It is Palo Alto, but prices are crazy high.

Food is good. service is ok. but the portions of food are way to small for the price being paid.I ordered a cheesesteak and the server brought out a portion of a friggin hot dog bun. like, that is not a cheesesteak by any means.Portions are too small and the food is over priced.Gotta do better folks.Have a great day if your reading this post.

Lovely retro diner with the yummiest milkshakes in town.

Great diner! Reliable. Comfort food all around including breakfast any time. Burgers, shakes, grilled sandwiches and dinner plates are all great. Fresh pies by the slice or whole. Staff is very friendly. Have been coming here for decades.

Great brunch place with a very original diner vibe. Wait was not long and the food comes out fresh and the waiters are very attentive.

We ordered 3 philly cheese steaks. The quality was terrible. For $17.5 cheese steak you feel like you are having only bread with a very small amount of meat. It is not worth it at all. We also explained this to the manager and he said “it is what it is”. It’s a shame talking like this to costumers! The service also is not what you expect at all!

Best burger in the area. Bun is made in-house. Fries were great too.

I love how sweet and jolly yes jolly the people here are! Second time here and its always such a vibe.

Excellent food, great service

The creamery will forever be a nostalgic amazing peninsular spot. Good custom omelets, great service, and diner vibes. My only gripe is that the prices have increased in the last 3 years, so it’s not great value anymore. Try the deserts or shakes if you have a sweet tooth!

Difficult to locate. Turns out its located inside peninsula grill restaurant. We got ice cream. Looks like they dont make it (bring it from some other place) and ice cream I got was horrible.

Average food for a high price (most likely due to location). No waffle cones for the ice cream. They were out of a lot of flavors listed on their board... They should just provide a list of what they do have vs. the guessing game. Turkey club was an average sandwich on store bread which cost about $20.

Great place with many varieties to choose from. I got the brioche French toast with ham steak & scrambled eggs. Has the old fashioned diner feel to it and I love that they have fresh loaves of bread for sale. My reason for 4 stars is because the ham steak was a bit dry & I got my eggs pretty late. Our waitress was very nice so that swayed my rating too!

Breakfast was great, nice healthy portions. Their bakery is fantastic!! Took some goodies home.

Im really enjoying dining here, food is wonderful and the desserts tempting.

Delicious diner-style food. Good burgers -- asked for rare, that it was really rare, unlike so many other places.Milkshakes are also hard to resist. Dont!

Great place to eat. Good corned beef hash.

Palo Alto Creamery is one of our favorite places to go for breakfast and lunch. The service and food is always excellent, and they’re one of the few authentic throwbacks to the 1950’s-style diner. Fans of Fenton’s in Oakland will dig this place. 👍

Amazing food. I think its really hard to not have a good time here with all of the amazing ambiance and the amazing service. The only thing is the prices can get pretty high so be prepared for that, but other than that I would totally recommend it!

We went today for dinner, they seemed like they were in a rush, although it was almost empty 🤷‍♀️, then they took our order when we were still checking the menu (literally they gave us one minute, plus it was our first time), we didnt had time to eat or even check the pies, so we went to the desk where the pies are, nobody helped us, until somebody told us we had to go front desk (we saw him helping someone)

The mocha chip shake is amazing with an old school dining experience! A little pricey though

One day a friend of mine reached out and said that he is craving some belgian waffles and asked if i know a good place. So i went on google and start looking for places, and landed here. We both met here around 4 pm, place was very nice and has nice diner feeling. I will be honest, booths were little small as me and my friend had to sit little side by side as our legs were touching. Well when we were about to order waffles, they said only served in breakfast time and we both went like nooooooo :(Well we were there at 4 pm, what would can we expect. Server was nice enough to ask the kitchen and manager to see if they can make an exception, but the Manager was very polite and said it will take some time to heat the waffle irons and the kitchen crew is getting ready for dinner rush. I went with french toasts and my friend ordered omelette. Food was really good. Loved the french toasts and my friend also loved the omelette. I would definitely come back sometime in breakfast to try the Belgian waffles

Atmosphere: Super American cafe feel, nailed from the employees to decor to menu.Dessert: Below average-- we got the brownie a la mode (while not on the menu, just ordered brownie + ice cream scoop). The brownie wasnt very rich and tasted kind of bland and rubbery? And the ice cream was also kind of watery and not too creamy.Also note that its not a standalone ice cream place, its a cafe with desserts as a side hustle.

This place is consistently good. I fly to San Francisco monthly. While staying at the Nobu my daily routine is breakfast here, a slice of warm Apple Pie and hot tea. The Coconut cake is heavenly 😋. Light and melts in your mouth. Excellent service.

Yummy comfort food. Plus a yummy bakery. Dana, our server was delightful, the ambience was charming.

Everything good! to note: really good reuben. Homemade Mayo. Best blueberry danishes in the area, and really creamy ice cream. Oh, and servers are super nice. I want to come here like every day. a la mode everything!

Tried the cheesecake and carrot cake today, whata scrumptious experience. Creamery guy really knew what he was doing!

This place has wonderful breakfasts, and deserts. I loved the atmpsphere and the interior of the restaurant. Very friendly staffs.

Ordered the daily specials- hot fried chicken and southern fried chicken. Quite disappointing, there was no crunch, room temp, and wasnt spicy. Prices were high for a diner. Ice cream was decent.

All good! I liked their homemade raspberry jelly.

This restaurant is very clean employees are constantly cleaning and keeping there customers safe food is hot cooked good right away they give you a cup of cold water the best customers service Ive experienced definitely will bring my family again also they have a fantastic bakery inside lots to choose from thanks

We went to this place for their famous pies but had a salad as well since we were hungry. The green apple, pecan salad was heavenly and the Apple pie was delicious as expected. I would def. recommend this place to everyone ... The interiors are that of your typical American dinner!

Really kind staff, prompt service and good food. Simply 5 stars.

Went here for breakfast, the food is very good, and the service is quick. My friend goes here twice a week for years, so I guess Ive been missing out! He got the cheese steak and I got bacon and eggs. The coffee wasnt awesome unfortunately so they lose a star for that.

Amazing place! Bianca was so friendly and nice, the food was sooooo good!

Great service and excellent food. Loved it!!

Nice atmosphere, good service and food.

Food was good little pricey but good

Friendly staff and the best original American food ever! We come here twice a week only for the vanilla milkshake. Old-school interior but super clean.

Food was delicious to say the least. Only problem I had with it was how long it took for us to get our food, and we only ordered two things! On top of that they werent jam packed with people so I couldnt imagine how long it would take to get your food on like a Sunday morning with lots of people.

Good pie. to be honest, the service could be a little bit quicker on delivering a brownie and pie, since these were already cooked items and all they had to do was serve it. Still, if I just have to wait 8 minutes in order to get some pretty decent pie, I guess thats good. Also we were out the door for under 20 bucks with a nice dessert for two people. Two enthusiastic thumbs up. Fine holiday fun for the entire family.

Food was fantastic and staff was kind and helpful:)

Its pretty much what youd expect from a diner, which is essentially classic diner food (including very good milkshakes and pie). A little too expensive for five stars, but it is a ton of food so it probably evens out in the end!

I used to love their chocolate cake and wanted to taste their Apple pie. And this is what I found on it. Mold. Disgusting. And I particularly asked the guy to cut out a new piece and he refused. This is what I got. Some things changed in this place. The chocolate cake is now a rectangle and not as rich as it used to be.

Bad service! Literally burned food-it was take out so we couldn’t do a thing about it!!! Used to be one of my favorite restaurants! No more. And do not blame Covid. These issues stem from just plain not watching your business!!

Service and baked goods are all amazing! Great outdoor patio with heat lamps for dine-in during the pandemic. Cocktails and sandwiches are a bit overpriced and underwhelming but the turkey chili is very tasty and you can tell great care has been put into its creation. Also just to reiterate, the entire staff is very friendly and knowledgeable about all their dishes. And definitely dont skip dessert of any sorts here!

Great service and atmosphere! Good food too.

Food was delicious, service attentive and atmosphere fun.

Honestly love a simple breakfast, its always delicious, fresh, and filling here!

The BBQ Bacon burger with the extra sunny side up was absolutely fantastic!

Everything about this place is fantastic. Friendly and attentive staff, plenty of breakfast choices on the menu, delicious thick milkshakes, and a great atmosphere. It’s like stepping back in time!

The owner is awesome, the shakes are delicious, whats more to say?

Amazing ice cream in great portions. Bans split is good two ore more. Sundae was like a whole meal!

Great hospitality. Very good staff.Great food. I had the butter croissant and it was very rich in taste and very fresh.

Great, as always!But the prices! Wow! $58 for two burgers, fries, and coke...

Delicious pie and ice cream in a retro diner. 👍🏻

I cant tell you how incredible the food and baked goods are here. I would drive from the east bay just for the pie.

Excellent atmosphere, but it is very pricey for what youre getting. Food is decent, not spectacular, same with the milkshakes.

Cool old fashioned style, nice fast service. We only had a dessert here - milk shake and banana cake, recommend both!

Great atmosphere and delicious food. They have the best Turkey Club sandwich!

The creamery is your classic american diner. They serve a lot of great food and although some options look small for the price, it actually tends to be quite filling. The staff there is also extremely nice and id recommend getting the pie. I also had crab cakes here and they were pretty good. It isnt as good as crab cakes in maryland, but its pretty good. I do recommend. Its also convenient, because the creamery tends to be open later compared to other restaurants in the area.

The food here is dependably delicious diner food. Also wed never had anything from the bakery section before but we tried a peanut butter bar which was Soo good! I always like choosing my milkshake flavor. And I love their tuna melts!

Pricey but great food. Hand cut fries are legit! Solid breakfast food.

The peppermint fudge ripple ice cream is so tasty!

Great menu, delicious food and you can get breakfast all day long. The baked goods are amazing! Love this place!

Super nice place, the food is excellent, as well as the atmosphere.

Soup and sandwich was delicious.

Fav so far was buttermilk coffee muffin, fluffy and nor overdone with sugar, pie taste has also been consistently good for years, it cheers me up by simply peek at there bakery section

I love this place. Classic diner food made with great locally sourced ingredients served with flair and super fast. The milkshakes are sublime, and the bakery is superb.

Very good. Try the Mango shake

Great service and great food

Whenever I want the full diner experience, I look no further than the Palo Alto Creamery. If youre in Palo Alto and want to grab a quick bite, go here, you wont regret it.

Extremely Overpriced for the portions you get. Just normal diner food, nothing at all special. Pies were mediocre. There are hundreds of other places to go to. Not worth your time or money

It was tantalizing and enticing. Worldclass from top to bottom. Homespun tales and fresh baked goodsthat never failed to make one questfor the communal yes Yes! They hada salad featuring arugula and everyshake flavor known to Mars andEarth. The parking was always worthit.

Fall/Winter Seasonal Milkshakes are my favroite. Pumpkin and Eggnog are not to be missed! Everything on the menu is delicious and I love the old school diner feel. Customer service is great. Their ranch is one of my favourite things, and I take my ranch side seriously.

Standard diner fare albeit in an old fashioned setting that takes you back in time. Food, however, is somewhat overpriced.

This place is never a disappointment.

Comfortable outdoor dining area. Steak and eggs were delicious. Staff excelled in customer service.

Nice atmosphere, lovely staff. Apple Pie is a must, California Burger was okay.

Great service, cute retro decor, good food.

Delightfully retro soda fountain/diner. Good food, good coffee and real maple syrup.

Very friendly staff. Overall good food. I ordered desert - cherry pie. It was a mistake. The worst pie I even tried, bottom undercooked, top overcooked, middle was cold. Any pie in supermarket will be better.

Like stepping back in to the 1950s, I love it here. Classic US diner, red booths, huge menu, refills of just about everything, and very tasty. Breakfast especially highly recommended

When you walk inside you get the feeling of an old time diner! It is super cool! There is a place to eat a full meal and a place to by pies and baked goods which are very good! I even got the chance to talk to the workers and found out that the place had been open since 1923! This place is a fun place to stop and would recommend to anyone who wants to look back to the past!

Excellent service. Very tasty food. I always love to come by and order again