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#145 of 450 American in Tucson
#245 of 1,176 Restaurants in Tucson
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CUISINES
American, Cafe, Diner
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Brunch
FEATURES
Takeout, Seating, Parking Available, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Table Service
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Reviewed 4 February 2023 via mobile

If your looking for a place to eat breakfast, this is it!! Everything we ate was SO good. Great portions for the price and very nice staff

Date of visit: February 2023
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Reviewed 6 September 2022

My family and I have gone to Sunny Side for several years. We will not be back! We ordered 2 ordered a hamburger patty and hash browns only. My wife wanted hers well done and I wanted medium well. Hash browns crispy. We got our...food in a good time frame. We got what looked like frozen store patties and the hash browns were bleak at best. We both had tea to drink. The insult was this cost $27. and change. The owner gladly took our card with a straight face. Sad burger patties and sad hash browns for a very high price! The service was Great!More

Date of visit: September 2022
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Reviewed 21 February 2022 via mobile

Excellent diverse menu - family friendly with innumerable regulars who come for the food , the reasonable price point and the consistent friendly service . Suffering currently from the inability to get kitchen staff on occasion with resultant slower service at times but the food...is worth the wait . Like coming into an eating place that you remember as a young person . Owner, Roy always has a smile of greeting and the serving staff makes you feel at home .More

Date of visit: February 2022
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Reviewed 21 October 2021 via mobile

Stopped here for breakfast. Service was good, especially considering how busy they were. The food, however, was very bland. Not bad, just bland! I had biscuits and gravy with scrambled eggs, sausage, and hash browns. The gravy was meatless, kind of tasted like from a...jar? Sausage tasted frozen/microwave quality. Biscuit was fair, hash browns were overcooked. Like I said, not bad but do NOT expect good!More

Date of visit: October 2021
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Reviewed 27 February 2021

A great breakfast place, never tried it for any other meal. Prompt service, good food, the breakfast quesadilla is more than adequate in size and fillings. Biscuit and Gravy is just than no sausage, but tasty. Basic atmosphere, not a place most would hang out...in except maybe the local clients.More

Date of visit: January 2021
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Reviewed 26 January 2021

I would say they do a better job of breakfast than lunch. Three of us ordered breakfast items, pancakes, french toast, eggs, etc and one ordered a hamburger. The breakfast items were ok, nothing out of the ordinary; however, the hamburger was terrible and couldn't...be eaten. Also, their specials weren't specials at all because you had to order a beverage to receive the special which brought the cost to higher than that on the menu. Kind of felt like a ripoff. Why the three stars? Breakfast was average, not great and not terrible. Based on the lunch item there would be a zero star rating.More

Date of visit: January 2021
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Reviewed 26 July 2020

There were three people in my group and we all ordered bacon cheeseburgers. The meat was so terrible that we could not eat them. When I complained to the host he did not even apologize. He just took my credit card, ran it and handed...it back to me. I will never go there again.More

Date of visit: July 2020
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Reviewed 13 June 2020

I used to eat breakfast here quite often, however I don’t go out as much and have missed a few years. I ordered a chicken fried steak with 2 eggs gravy and potatoes. Picture what you would expect. Now picture a bowl of country fries...with eggs on top and covered with gravy. It looked like slop. An inviting breakfast of fried eggs, fried potatoes and a few small pieces of chicken fried steak in a cereal bowl covered with gravy. I really wonder what part of the world the chef is from., but will not go back to ask.More

Date of visit: June 2020
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Reviewed 7 January 2020

Not good enough to go back. Don't pay attention to the date below as I was not given a place to put the correct date in.

Date of visit: February 2019
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Reviewed 8 August 2019 via mobile

Over the years, I have eaten at Sunnyside Up many times. It has continually gone downhill but it has reached a new low! A group of ten of us ate there yesterday and it was awful! No one was happy with their food. Every breakfast...came out cold, including the first one after a long wait. The toast had no color, but appeared to have been toasted for a few seconds. You could not see the unidentifiable spread on the toast. The chipped beef gravy had miniscule pieces of chipped beef and was on soggy bread. Some hash browns were too done but the person who asked for them dark received them barely fried. We all agreed we will never go back!More

Date of visit: August 2019
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Reviewed 29 July 2019

I live nearby and go to this place because its close and the waitresses are very nice not for the food. I mainly can comment on the breakfast menu only. First of all these cooks cannot make non burnt hash browns. They are usually so...dry and crusty it tastes like the burnings from the grill from being left on too long. Worst hash browns I have ever had. The food here is nothing special typical greasy spoon diner faire. The water tastes horrible. To be fair the tap water in the area is pretty bad so I suspect there is no water filter used. I can only describe the taste as dishwater water. Prices are about average for this area and certainly not cheap. Service is the best part. The girls who work here have all been around for many years and they do a fantastic job. The place changed hands a few years ago and it just seems nobody is watching the quality of the food coming out of the kitchen any longer. The quality used to be much better when the old woman owner watched everything like a hawk. Every time I go here there seems to be a different cook in the kitchen which may explain the lack of food quality consistency. The coffee here is bad and always has some kind of what I describe as a chemical aftertaste......I suspect they use the same terrible tap water for the coffee could be the reason. If it weren't for the nice waitresses I want to support I would not come here at all. There are several breakfast restaurants locally that have much better food. They need to get better cooks, filter the tap water....and use a better brand of coffee.More

Date of visit: July 2019
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Reviewed 2 July 2019 via mobile

Been eating here since we moved here 10 years ago. The current owner, Roy, is wonderful. The waitress are friendly. The food is great and you get a lot on your plate! The Waffles are The Best!

Date of visit: June 2019
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Reviewed 23 June 2019

On our way to a favorite Thrift Store a block up we decided to stop into this local cafe. It was quite busy. The country motif created a comforting atmosphere. The service was great! I tried the breakfast bowl and it was a tasty choice....We will definitely return.More

Date of visit: June 2019
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Reviewed 12 April 2019 via mobile

Great - Food, service, selection Good - clean facility, decent prices I had the grande omelette with peaches, she had the veggie mix with eggs and ham. All very satisfying.

Date of visit: April 2019
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Reviewed 3 April 2019

Stopped by for breakfast based on a neighbor's recommendation. Can't say that it was anything special. There wasn't as much quantity. Service was very good.

Date of visit: February 2019
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Sunny Side Up Cafe is rated accordingly in the following categories by Tripadvisor travellers:
  • Food: 4
  • Service: 4.5
  • Value: 4
  • Atmosphere: 4