Shakers - South Pasadena, California

Dev Prema

Shakers shakers shakers, you need to shake yourself over to shakers right now because after eating I was shaking from how good the food and service was. There was a bit of a wait when I came around 9:45 am on new years eve, but it moved pretty quickly and I got a table within 10 minutes. We got drinks very quickly and our food only took about 5-10 minutes to come out. The sausage and egg plate was really good and came with hash browns and a choice of bread, the English muffin was really nice and the biscuit was super yummy 😋🤤😋🤤😋🤤. When I left around 11 there was a super long line so try to come earlier in the day. If you haven't tried this place, do yourself a favor and try it because it's always good to try new things and even if you don't like it it's okay. There is no such thing as a bad or good restaurant, it is completely opinion based and a restaurant is impossible to be defined by a 1-5 rating. That's devs words of wisdom as you enter the new year, your welcome. If you want me to add this to the end of every post pls thumbs up or heart this review. Thank you to all of my viewers for an amazing 2024, thanks to you guys I was able to buy a car and review even more places and I'm so so so so appreciative.

Zan Lee

I would say Shakers is one of my favorite diners in Pasadena. I know there are not many, but this is definitely a stand out and in the top two best. Russell‘s being the other. It’s a true LA diner in the best sense of the word and is designed like the classic diner in LA with Googie architecture and a very retro vibe. I have zero reasons to give it less than 5/5 because we truly had a great brunch. I love the design on the inside, it has tons of different seating options and I appreciated how they have two person booths. Our server was extremely polite and everything that we ordered came out very fast. We only had to wait about 10 minutes for our 10:30 AM Sunday brunch. They also have a giant free parking lot attached in the back so parking is very easy and plentiful.

They have a giant menu that is filled with all sorts of diner classics. For my first visit, I chose the Strawberry Lemonade and was very happy that I ordered it. It’s just like the type that you ordered at Disneyland; it’s a regular lemonade with strawberry purée added. Best part is unlimited refills. For my meal, I chose the Country Benedict, which is turkey sausage on buttermilk biscuits with gravy on top. It was very filling and very delicious and I would definitely recommend to anyone stopping in for brunch. Overall, we had a great meal and I would highly recommend to anyone in the area.

Sergio Zermeno

It's a long time I haven't been to Shakers I remember the food was really good. My wife was telling me the food is really she often go to Shaker with her co workers for lunch. Now my wife and I going to Shakers for early dinner. The restaurant looks the same but it hasn't changed since I was here.

We step in the restaurant and right away we got seated and the host hand us the menu and waitess came to order our drinks. Then we look at the menu and see what to order my wife decided to get the Shaker Delight burger with Sweet potato fries. I decided to get the California club with fruit cup.

We got to watch the open ceremony of the world series with the tribute to Fernando Valenzuela it was nice and the waitess brought us our meal. My California club look so good then I took bite it was really good I can taste the avocado,bacon,turkey and toasted wheat bread combine together wow so much flavors including the mayo so good with avocado have that creamy taste it's mind blowing 🤯.

The fruit cup I decided to get instead of the fries was a better choice a healthy choice. My wife enjoy her Shakers Delight burger she great flavors she love. But she love the sweet potato fries that a dipping sauce that is so addicted the flavors was good. The staff were very friendly including our waitess she kind and friendly.

Kate Knight

The service here is amazing. Seriously, from the host to the waitress to the manager, it was excellent customer service. Family meal, everyone enjoyed their food. Appetizers were delicious, the only complaint was the fish being flavorless. Everything else was great.

Sandy Hui

This is the first time I tried this restaurant. I was surprised the restaurant was quite busy on Monday morning around 9:30. I thought it must be decent to attract the locals. The waitress was friendly and asked me if I want a cup of coffee right after I sat down. It has a diner vibe. I ordered the Huevos Ranchero and it was delicious. I took a star off because the coffee was very watery like a diner's coffee. I hope the restaurant would invest in a barista to make good coffee.

Melissa Castellano

Shakers has got that classic LA Googie diner style vibe, which I adore as an architect nerd and the booth seating is so charming. You can tell there’s a lot of locals who have been coming here for decades. The food is quality is good, however as a vegetarian I wish there were a few more options. It’s surprising they don’t have a classic Benedict, so Foxy’s in Glendale is where I go for that dish. Definitely enjoy their classic zucchini bread and biscuits. They will sub veggie patty in the patty melt, which is super heavy, but yummy. Onion rings are superb!

Now to the service: I used to be a server myself and I’m still trying to pin point why the service is so very slow here (maybe just too many stations). Whenever we go we prepare for it to be a very long dining experience. It would be awesome if the runners would refill coffee more as you wait, but everyone generally seems in scramble mode there. When the bar isn’t packed, you definitely get better service there.

Regardless, we’re aiming to become the new generation of devoted locals. Thanks Shakers!

Theresa Hoban

The diner has large portions of delicious food. Our server Thamy was very nice. There is no wait the food comes out fast. Everything was good but the bathrooms need a better cleaning. We recommend this place for a delicious lunch.

Frank Reza

Food was great, the vibe was nice. Our server was fantastic. Overall we enjoyed our meal and will be coming back.