Joe's One-Niner Diner

Steven Rank

6 months ago •

Located inside the terminal of Paso Robles municipal airport this cozy little diner, serves up some great food. Pretty well guarantee the waitress will not let your coffee cup get even halfway empty. The staff is friendly and personable and makes you feel like family. With a view of the aircraft and hearing the chatter of pilots, sitting around talking over coffee, add to the atmosphere. Awesome little place to stop by for breakfast or lunch

Konstantin Goldin

a month ago •

Had an amazing father day breakfast/ brunch. View of the airfield (no flights unfortunately), delicious food, and generous portions. Very timely service, frequent coffee refreshes. Bring cash - discount for cash. Use savings to tip well. They deserve that!

Gordon Lichtenberg

12 months ago •

I have been eating here on and off for three years and have often wanted to be critical for what they offer but today was the day I decided to write about it. I ordered the tri-tip and Ortega chili sandwich with fries and it was a real disappointment. I had a felling there was going to be an issue when my coworker handed me the bag with my order and it felt like it was just an empty Styrofoam container. My disappointment was confirmed when lifted the top slice of bread only to find a single slice of beef (with a couple of other "fragments" and only enough chili pepper to cover half of the sandwich. The fries had an In-N-Out texture that once they cooled to an edible texture they were pasty and hard. I suspect they were raw potatoes that were not low temperature par-boiled (cooked) like real fries should be (and that In-N-Out doesn't either). I have noticed a decline in their portions and general lack of culinary acumen. I would like this to be constructive criticism because it would be nice that I can enjoy a good meal from them regularly while I'm at work. Step up your game folks or I won't consider coming back.

Debra White (Realtor Keller Williams)

2 months ago •

We were heading back home from a concert at Vina Robles and we had a concert goer recommend this breakfast place. We'd eaten at Joe's on Spring St but didn't know they had a small location at the airport. We ordered our Breakfast Burrito to go and they were ready the minute we got there (15 minutes) their Burrito is HUGE and has large chunks of potatoes eggs bacon and cheese. I could only eat half. The diner has a few tables and chairs to eat there but isn't huge by any means. The staff was friendly and I was waited on quickly. If you're in Paso Robles I would highly recommend Joe's One-Niner at either location.

Greg Horne

a month ago •

Terrible breakfast. I had the “Wimpy Special Omelette”, and wimpy is an understatement: it was awful. Stated to contain turkey, bacon, onion and cheese, it was by far the worst omelette I have ever experienced. It was hard to identify the pieces of turkey, but eventually I realized that these were the few, small thin rectangles of chopped and pressed meat, barely distinguishable from the floppy bits of onion. The bacon was not crisp as expected, it was bendy and tough. The bulk shredded cheap cheddar-style cheese was easily spotted, since it hadn’t melted. The worst aspect was the egg. The proper way to make an omelette is to beat fresh eggs and sauté them in butter, adding the still-hot cooked ingredients, with the cheese, when the egg is nearly cooked through. My best guess is that this omelette was made using bulk, pre-blended egg, ladled into a mold, then baked before sliding onto a plate and folded over the filling. I ordered “home fried potatoes” with my dish, and these appeared to be frozen chunks, baked in the oven and left to sit. I would expect some additional ingredients, such as green peppers and onion. Nope, just the potato with no seasoning. The only decent things on the plate were a small (and I do mean small) plastic cup of salsa and a few slices of avocado. I always say that it’s hard to mess up breakfast, but these folks managed it. Only twice before in my long life have I experienced a meal prepared with so little concern for the quality of the ingredients or the execution. I can only assume, based on the preponderance of favorable reviews, that the kitchen was today occupied by a substitute cook with a cousin in the cheap frozen foods business.