Joe's Cafe in Alexandria

Good hamburgers and friendly waitress. Go soon - restaurant will be torn down in 2022 when a new gas station is built next door.

Very great food, very poor service. If you don't care about the service, and you just care about the taste of food, this place will be perfect for you.

My family and I were passing through and we were starving so we stopped by real quick to grab a bite to eat. We looked on Yelp and saw the reviews so we were really hopeful. The inside was decent, kinda what I would expect from a diner like this. The waitress came up to us and seemed very nonchalantly upset with us. She was a bit impatient and really seemed as though she didn't want us there. There was only 2 other customers whom she didn't seem to pay any attention to. As we ordered and started asking questions about the food and the town, she didn't want to give any knowledge at all. The food was decent, what you might expect from a little roadside diner. The salad was just a bowl of iceberg lettuce and the cheese balls were kind of pathetic. I don't think I would come back here specifically for the food. My parents wanted to order some pie while I wanted some ice cream. The waitress never seemed to check in for about 20 minutes but then she finally showed up. When my dad asked for pie she questioned as though she had no clue there even was dessert on the menu. She just really seemed like she wanted us to leave. The ice cream was pretty much melted and the pie was so/so. Overall, I'd say that the food was okay, however the service needs a lot of work. The attitude of our waitress kind of ruined the experience for us.