About Harry's Cafe

Three kitchens' worth of food, one dining room in Stanton, CA

Harry's Cafe is an independent restaurant on Katella Avenue in Stanton, serving American, Mexican, and Greek food from one kitchen, 5:30 AM until 11:00 PM, seven days a week. That kitchen cooks all three, so a table of four can order a breakfast burrito, a plate of tacos, a gyro, and a burger on one ticket, any hour from open to close.

The Harry's Cafe restaurant storefront at 8461 Katella Avenue, Stanton, CA, with the drive-thru lane along the side of the building

As Seen On

about 1,520 real Google reviews
Health inspection: Pass
Wheelchair accessible entrance, parking and seating
Free Thanksgiving dinner, every year for about 30 years running

Proud Past Sponsors of Our Free Annual Thanksgiving Dinner

Also backed by Stanton Mayor David John Shawver, the Association of OC Deputy Sheriffs, and Orange County Professional Firefighters Local 3631. See the full list of sponsors.

Reviews

What our customers say

and about 1,025 of them are five stars, not a rating earned once and left alone. Regulars keep coming back for the all-day breakfast, the diner burgers, the drive-thru along the side of the building, and portions big enough to split, and every review below is real, unedited, and pulled straight from Google.

Songphi Tran
Google · 3 months ago
Good food, good people, good prices, good vibes. This place has been around for a long time and has been a go to diner for me since my childhood. Honestly a local gem of a diner. Gotta try this place if you're in the area.
Yanet
Google · 2 months ago
The best service and food better than any fast food out there.
Jeanne and Karl Taylor
Google · 2 months ago
Great food, super service and damn good prices for the food you get. Who care about atmosphere when you have all the aforementioned. Get to a Harry's and make your tummy, mind and soul happy today.

Google Reviews4.4(about 1,520)View more reviews on Google

A full dining room at the Harry's Cafe restaurant on Katella Avenue, Stanton, CA, with the overhead menu boards behind the counter

The room

One dining room on Katella that cooks three cuisines

Harry's Cafe is an independent restaurant on Katella Avenue in Stanton, serving American, Mexican, and Greek food from one kitchen, 5:30 AM until 11:00 PM, seven days a week. The building has fed this stretch of Stanton since 1987. One reviewer put the real reason people come back plainly: “This place has been around for a long time and has been a go to diner for me since my childhood.”

Harry’s Cafe is a franchise, but this Katella Avenue location is its own kitchen and its own room, and it’s the only location this site covers. It has served this room since 1987, and Jorge Reyna has owned it for the last 27 of those years. The three-cuisine menu isn’t a gimmick, it’s the same real full menu served in the room, at the same prices, whether you order at the counter or online.

Not variety for its own sake. It solves an actual problem: when four people are hungry and nobody agrees, most restaurants make three of them settle.

JORGE REYNA, Owner 27 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

Google rating: 4.4
Google reviews: about 1,520
Open every day: 5:30 AM to 11:00 PM

What we actually do

Four things we hold to

Not a mission statement. Four things you can check against the menu, the clock and the reviews.

Big Portion Sizes
Portion size is one of the things guests mention most often in our reviews. The kitchen keeps portions large on purpose.
Affordable Food
A junior burger is $3.49. A quarter-pound cheeseburger is $6.29. Breakfast plates start at $4.99.
Open early and open late
5:30 AM to 11:00 PM, seven days a week, holidays included.
A Drive-Thru With the Full Menu
The drive-thru runs along the side of the building on Katella Avenue, and the full menu goes through it, breakfast, lunch, or dinner, any hour from 5:30 AM to 11:00 PM. It's one of the things guests mention most often in Google reviews.

Who is in the room

The people who work the floor

Diners name individual servers by name in our reviews too, not just the food. One wrote, in Spanish, that her server Katy is kind and always smiling, proof the service matches the food. The staff are the part we would rather be known for.

Every Thanksgiving Day, from 1:00 PM until 5:00 PM, the normal menu comes off and this same kitchen serves a free turkey dinner to anyone who walks in. Volunteers from local churches work the floor, and the Mayor of Stanton comes. It has run since 1996, and nobody pays for a plate. In 2019, CBS Los Angeles and KCAL News sent a reporter down to film the line running along the sidewalk outside the Katella Avenue restaurant.

Four staff members at the Harry's Cafe restaurant on Katella Ave, Stanton, CA, posing together by the kitchen pass

The kitchen team cooking on the line at the Harry's Cafe restaurant on Katella Ave, Stanton, CA

A volunteer serving a free Thanksgiving plate to a customer at the Harry's Cafe restaurant, Katella Ave, Stanton, CA

Frequently asked

What people ask before they visit

How long has Harry's Cafe been open in Stanton?

The Harry's Cafe location at 8461 Katella Ave., Stanton, has served the neighborhood since 1987, the last 27 of those years under owner Jorge Reyna. Harry's Cafe is a franchise with other locations, but this Katella Avenue location is the only one this site covers.

Where in Stanton is Harry's Cafe?

Harry's Cafe sits on the corner of Katella Avenue and Dale Street, at 8461 Katella Ave., in the same Katella Avenue building since 1987. Rancho Alamitos High School, whose team Harry's Cafe sponsored for 2024-25, is an 8-minute walk (0.3 miles) or a 3-minute drive (0.4 miles) south down Dale Street, and Dale Junior High is 1.2 miles north up Dale Avenue, about a 4-minute drive.

What is the Thanksgiving thing?

Every Thanksgiving Day, the Harry's Cafe location at 8461 Katella Ave., Stanton, takes the normal menu off and serves a free turkey dinner to anyone who comes in. No charge, no conditions. It has run for about 30 years.

Is the restaurant wheelchair accessible?

Yes. The Harry's Cafe location at 8461 Katella Ave., Stanton, has an accessible entrance, parking, restrooms and seating.

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What diners said