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American Café

★★★★ 3.5 · 0 reseñas

Located in Santa Clara, American Café offers a comfortable and convenient dining experience. We provide a variety of options including outdoor seating, takeout, and dine-in service. Known for our fast service, we're a great spot for lunch, dinner, or a solo meal. We offer a selec...

American Café

American · Santa Clara

3.5 · 124 reviews Google
www.cagreatamerica.com

About American Café

Located in Santa Clara, American Café offers a comfortable and convenient dining experience. We provide a variety of options including outdoor seating, takeout, and dine-in service. Known for our fast service, we're a great spot for lunch, dinner, or a solo meal. We offer a selection of coffee and c...

Located in Santa Clara, American Café offers a comfortable and convenient dining experience. We provide a variety of options including outdoor seating, takeout, and dine-in service. Known for our fast service, we're a great spot for lunch, dinner, or a solo meal. We offer a selection of coffee and comforting food favorites. With a 3.5-star rating from 124 reviews, we strive to provide a welcoming atmosphere for all. We are wheelchair accessible, with accessible entrances, parking, and seating. We're open Monday through Wednesday from 10 AM to 8 PM, Thursday from 10 AM to 11 PM, and Friday through Sunday from 10 AM to 10 PM.

What Customers Say About American Café

American Cafe receives mixed reviews. Some customers praise the food, friendly service, and 50's diner vibe, especially the fries and veggie burgers. However, many complain about long wait times, high prices, inconsistent food quality (dry chicken, rotten fries), and disorganization.

Popular Dishes

fries (9) chicken tenders (5) burgers (10) milkshake (5) veggie burger cheese burger (3) strawberry shortcake

Best For

Families Tourists Quick Bite Casual

Tip: The line is often shorter than at other spots in the park, making it a decent option if you're looking for a quick bite.

Features

🌳 Outdoor 🅿️ Parking Accessible 🍽️ Lunch 🌙 Dinner Coffee
🎯 Casual 👥 Groups

What to see nearby

California's Great America
A 149m

California's Great America

parque de atracciones

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Levi's Stadium
A 743m

Levi's Stadium

estadio

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Agnew Park
A 991m

Agnew Park

parque

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Explore the area around American Café

American Café is located in Santa Clara, surrounded by cultural and historical points of interest. Here are some of the most notable places nearby.

Parks & Gardens

  • California's Great America (A 149m) — theme park in Santa Clara, California
  • Agnew Park (A 991m) — park in Santa Clara County, California, United States of America

Other Points of Interest

  • Levi's Stadium (A 743m) — estadio deportivo en Santa Clara, California, Estados Unidos

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Frequently asked questions about American Café

American Café is located at 4701 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara, CA 95054, Santa Clara.
Near American Café you can find points of interest such as California's Great America, Levi's Stadium, Agnew Park.
American Café offers american cuisine.
American Café has regular opening hours. Check their profile for updated schedules.
American Café offers the following services: dine-in, takeaway.
The most recommended dishes at American Café based on customer reviews are: fries, chicken tenders, burgers, milkshake, veggie burger.
American Café is ideal for families, tourists, quick bites, casual dining.
American Cafe receives mixed reviews. Some customers praise the food, friendly service, and 50's diner vibe, especially the fries and veggie burgers. However, many complain about long wait times, high prices, inconsistent food quality (dry chicken, rotten fries), and disorganization.
The line is often shorter than at other spots in the park, making it a decent option if you're looking for a quick bite.
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American Café Santa Clara Reviews

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Reviews (40)
Laura Rhea
Laura Rhea

Got quinoa (veggie) burgers with fries for $17/each. Totally hit the spot! Decent enough for amusement park food 😆 Hot and fresh and generous portion of fries. The girls working there were friendly and kept everything cleaned up and replenished. Cute 50’s diner vibe.

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Laura Rhea

Got quinoa (veggie) burgers with fries for $17/each. Totally hit the spot! Decent enough for amusement park food 😆 Hot and fresh and generous portion of fries. The girls working there were friendly and kept everything cleaned up and replenished. Cute 50’s diner vibe.

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Ygritte Tarlytest

I really like this cafe; it is the best one in the Bay Area. The food is delicious, and the service is great. The ambiance is warm and inviting, and the outdoor seating is perfect for people-watching. I would definitely recommend this place to any who love a great dining experience.

Ygritte Tarlytest
Ygritte Tarlytest

I really like this cafe; it is the best one in the Bay Area. The food is delicious, and the service is great. The ambiance is warm and inviting, and the outdoor seating is perfect for people-watching. I would definitely recommend this place to any who love a great dining experience.

Ignasi Mas
Ignasi Mas

Pros: it is not in front of any particular ride, so the line is often shorter than in other spots. The food is decent (chicken tenders were ok, fries a little cold). Folks working there were nice and helpful to use the food/drinks pass when it was not working. Cons: unnecessary long wait in line to wait for the food to come out, though line was short

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Ignasi Mas

Pros: it is not in front of any particular ride, so the line is often shorter than in other spots. The food is decent (chicken tenders were ok, fries a little cold). Folks working there were nice and helpful to use the food/drinks pass when it was not working. Cons: unnecessary long wait in line to wait for the food to come out, though line was short

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james jean

Great french fries, and chicken strips, the burgers would be great but the buns are the biggest part of the burgers... Side salads are good also, shake machine is always broken though so i don't how good the shakes are... as always buy the food option on your gold pass and you get two free meals a day...

james jean
james jean

Great french fries, and chicken strips, the burgers would be great but the buns are the biggest part of the burgers... Side salads are good also, shake machine is always broken though so i don't how good the shakes are... as always buy the food option on your gold pass and you get two free meals a day...

Helen M
Helen M

I miss their hickory burger where there is bacon. Now there is only cheese burger or regular burger, chicken tender, and veggie burger. The cheese burger is decent though Services is usually slow.

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Helen M

I miss their hickory burger where there is bacon. Now there is only cheese burger or regular burger, chicken tender, and veggie burger. The cheese burger is decent though Services is usually slow.

Austin S. Lin
Austin S. Lin

Great atmosphere which is disproportional to the quality of the food. Got a pretty terrible $8 sub-par milkshake, even by amusement park standards that was 40% sad whipped cream, 30% chocolate syrup.

Jacob Colon
Jacob Colon

Chicken tenders are hot but kind of dry. Fries are hot and fried to perfection but the ranch is chunky. This cafe would get another star if they had more to offer. Seems like GA is not serving milkshakes so they have less to maintain. Over all this place makes me feel like I am in a low budget movie where they don’t pay the extras. The longer I think about it I keep wanting to deduct stars. Whoa.. down to one but I will add an extra since the staff was courteous. So two ⭐️ ⭐️ it is.

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Jacob Colon

Chicken tenders are hot but kind of dry. Fries are hot and fried to perfection but the ranch is chunky. This cafe would get another star if they had more to offer. Seems like GA is not serving milkshakes so they have less to maintain. Over all this place makes me feel like I am in a low budget movie where they don’t pay the extras. The longer I think about it I keep wanting to deduct stars. Whoa.. down to one but I will add an extra since the staff was courteous. So two ⭐️ ⭐️ it is.

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Austin S. Lin

Great atmosphere which is disproportional to the quality of the food. Got a pretty terrible $8 sub-par milkshake, even by amusement park standards that was 40% sad whipped cream, 30% chocolate syrup.

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Jenny Joel

The menu on the Great America App is much larger than your choice there. Overpriced! $15-$18 for just fries and a hot dog/ burger/chicken strips. Very long wait for a very short line. They opened the second line but they were not ready, we stood and waited another 15 minutes and the cashier kept asking if we had ordered. Very disorganized. I won't be going there again when I visit the park, I was very disappointed.

Jenny Joel
Jenny Joel

The menu on the Great America App is much larger than your choice there. Overpriced! $15-$18 for just fries and a hot dog/ burger/chicken strips. Very long wait for a very short line. They opened the second line but they were not ready, we stood and waited another 15 minutes and the cashier kept asking if we had ordered. Very disorganized. I won't be going there again when I visit the park, I was very disappointed.

Jessica Ignacio
Jessica Ignacio

We ordered some fries as a snack to tie us down. I didn’t think it was possible to mess up such a simple order but somehow they surprised me. The fries were straight up black and tasteless and the ones that did have some sort of taste were definitely rotted. There was also no service, only mobile order.

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Jessica Ignacio

We ordered some fries as a snack to tie us down. I didn’t think it was possible to mess up such a simple order but somehow they surprised me. The fries were straight up black and tasteless and the ones that did have some sort of taste were definitely rotted. There was also no service, only mobile order.

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Tom

Lowk buns. Only the strawberry cake was good. Everything else was kinda bad and not worth the price at all

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Sophia Eckstein

This place is not organize to get the food out to the customers. There is just a cashier taking your order and another person handing out food one by one. If there was a food ticket method maybe it would be alot more efficient. People were just having their hands out taking their food one dish at a time. It was easy for people from out of line to say hey I ordered a burger and take what was meant for the person ahead of them.

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Drcreeper 8

waitress kept forgetting to bring items. they didnt mention they were out of sprite and randomly substituted it with water without telling us. they kept forgetting the tomatoe and lettuce for the burger also. waitress said she would come back with it and never did.

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John Marshall

Wouldn’t waste your time and especially your money. This restaurant definitely isn’t worth $19.00 a meal! Food was not good at all. Burgers had no flavor, fries sucked and the milk shakes weren’t any better! $120 for four people and it was terrible

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raymond francisco

Don’t eat here!!! I waited for my cheeseburger combo for over 30 minutes. I stand up to talk to the cashier - black guy (3x) before I got my order. Worst customer service ever!!! The black guy (cashier) didn’t even apologized at all!

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Tired Asf

This place is so BUNS. Me and my hg have been waiting for like a hour and it STILL hasnt come out. I'm not a cook but come on how long does it take to make a milkshake, cheese fries, and a strawberry shortcake 😔 . It's also stupidly expensive. Ts place was the worse part of our great America trip 👎👎👎👎👎

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Daniel Guzman

Overpriced We paid $65 for 3 cheese burgers and some rotten fries.hey We paid for our food we didn't get it for free. The lettuce 🥬 that comes with the order had some dark stains all over. Same problem with fries. Cashier should learn how to treat customer and stop being racist..

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415 678

More workers and faster service and a please help with supervision from an adult that knows what is going on no Coordination, no supervision, not enough food. They see that there is 20 people in line. They make me to make 10 burgers. They need to do 10 chicken nuggets, chantin hot dogs. People were picking up food and then putting it back. People were grabbing food cutting in line and not paying for it. Waited over an hour just for a hamburger cheeseburger

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Toni Orth

This place appears to be set up as a self serve line, but the kitchen doesn't keep up with the flow of people going through. So when it's lunch time there is no food out for people to take until they get up to the cashier but then they put food out so the people who have ordered at the cashier have to wait even longer for their food and then people try to line jump because they got food out of the self serve line and just want to pay for it before people in front of them have even ordered. The people working the kitchen were absolutely clueless about how their process is supposed to work and kept serving people at the back of the line instead of catching up with people who had ordered and paid and were still waiting for food. Finally we got some of the food we ordered and it was an ice cold bloody cheeseburger. GROSS. By that time we had waited so long it was a hard choice between getting food poisoning and waiting even longer to get safe food while people in line continued to take the freshly made food they were still trying to stock the self serve line with. I had to stand at the cashier and constantly remind the person who was handing out the food as it came from the kitchen that yes I did want cheese on my cheeseburgers and no I still haven't received my complete order. I will never eat here again. It was a complete annoyance and waste of time not to mention a health hazard. I am sad there is such incompetence at such a busy place. Although to be fair it was not busy, the incompetent staff just could not handle the whole 10 people that were in line.

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dhdh dhd

Wow! You only have the option to order off your phone and are given a specific wait time. For frozen meals and cafeteria style food that should only take putting in a microwave and (for any idiot) not more than 10 minutes to prepare, I thought 23 minutes was a little steep to wait. Luckily, they were an hour and a half backed up and the food is probably mid. Still waiting as I type this out, having ordered two items chili fries & chicken tenders a while ago, and I probably should just leave but their prices have already made me waste my money. And time. And money. Not even nobu makes you wait an hour for two items. And I've been. If you like food that takes just about as long to come out as it takes to digest it, please come here.

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Ben Mattson

You can tell that the food is fake, the milkshakes were probably made with “milk” and some sort of powder. Milkshake came without cherry or whipped cream. Overpriced too but that’s expected at a theme park. Good atmosphere however

dhdh dhd
dhdh dhd

Wow! You only have the option to order off your phone and are given a specific wait time. For frozen meals and cafeteria style food that should only take putting in a microwave and (for any idiot) not more than 10 minutes to prepare, I thought 23 minutes was a little steep to wait. Luckily, they were an hour and a half backed up and the food is probably mid. Still waiting as I type this out, having ordered two items chili fries & chicken tenders a while ago, and I probably should just leave but their prices have already made me waste my money. And time. And money. Not even nobu makes you wait an hour for two items. And I've been. If you like food that takes just about as long to come out as it takes to digest it, please come here.

raymond francisco
raymond francisco

Don’t eat here!!! I waited for my cheeseburger combo for over 30 minutes. I stand up to talk to the cashier - black guy (3x) before I got my order. Worst customer service ever!!! The black guy (cashier) didn’t even apologized at all!

Tom
Tom

Lowk buns. Only the strawberry cake was good. Everything else was kinda bad and not worth the price at all

John Marshall
John Marshall

Wouldn’t waste your time and especially your money. This restaurant definitely isn’t worth $19.00 a meal! Food was not good at all. Burgers had no flavor, fries sucked and the milk shakes weren’t any better! $120 for four people and it was terrible

Tired Asf
Tired Asf

This place is so BUNS. Me and my hg have been waiting for like a hour and it STILL hasnt come out. I'm not a cook but come on how long does it take to make a milkshake, cheese fries, and a strawberry shortcake 😔 . It's also stupidly expensive. Ts place was the worse part of our great America trip 👎👎👎👎👎

Ben Mattson
Ben Mattson

You can tell that the food is fake, the milkshakes were probably made with “milk” and some sort of powder. Milkshake came without cherry or whipped cream. Overpriced too but that’s expected at a theme park. Good atmosphere however

Drcreeper 8
Drcreeper 8

waitress kept forgetting to bring items. they didnt mention they were out of sprite and randomly substituted it with water without telling us. they kept forgetting the tomatoe and lettuce for the burger also. waitress said she would come back with it and never did.

Daniel Guzman
Daniel Guzman

Overpriced We paid $65 for 3 cheese burgers and some rotten fries.hey We paid for our food we didn't get it for free. The lettuce 🥬 that comes with the order had some dark stains all over. Same problem with fries. Cashier should learn how to treat customer and stop being racist..

415 678
415 678

More workers and faster service and a please help with supervision from an adult that knows what is going on no Coordination, no supervision, not enough food. They see that there is 20 people in line. They make me to make 10 burgers. They need to do 10 chicken nuggets, chantin hot dogs. People were picking up food and then putting it back. People were grabbing food cutting in line and not paying for it. Waited over an hour just for a hamburger cheeseburger

Toni Orth
Toni Orth

This place appears to be set up as a self serve line, but the kitchen doesn't keep up with the flow of people going through. So when it's lunch time there is no food out for people to take until they get up to the cashier but then they put food out so the people who have ordered at the cashier have to wait even longer for their food and then people try to line jump because they got food out of the self serve line and just want to pay for it before people in front of them have even ordered. The people working the kitchen were absolutely clueless about how their process is supposed to work and kept serving people at the back of the line instead of catching up with people who had ordered and paid and were still waiting for food. Finally we got some of the food we ordered and it was an ice cold bloody cheeseburger. GROSS. By that time we had waited so long it was a hard choice between getting food poisoning and waiting even longer to get safe food while people in line continued to take the freshly made food they were still trying to stock the self serve line with. I had to stand at the cashier and constantly remind the person who was handing out the food as it came from the kitchen that yes I did want cheese on my cheeseburgers and no I still haven't received my complete order. I will never eat here again. It was a complete annoyance and waste of time not to mention a health hazard. I am sad there is such incompetence at such a busy place. Although to be fair it was not busy, the incompetent staff just could not handle the whole 10 people that were in line.

Sophia Eckstein
Sophia Eckstein

This place is not organize to get the food out to the customers. There is just a cashier taking your order and another person handing out food one by one. If there was a food ticket method maybe it would be alot more efficient. People were just having their hands out taking their food one dish at a time. It was easy for people from out of line to say hey I ordered a burger and take what was meant for the person ahead of them.

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🍽️ Lunch
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🌐 Website
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