Mountain News- 4 forks out of 5.
L.A. Times 3 stars out of 4 stars.
*Bills' has a nice breakfast menu. I enjoy lunch there, but what puts this place on the map for me is the friends that see there and that I can order a STRONG cup of coffee. This is just one of the places where everyone is glad to see you and goes the extra mile to make you comfortable. Good salt of the earth people.
*local breakfast hangout. kind of off the beaten path on the way to lake arrowhead in bluejay. great omelets and pancakes. they also serve breakfast until 2pm
*I keep coming back.
While it would be a bit of a lie to say this is the only reason I make my way up to Lake Arrowhead at least once a year, it's not much of a lie. This hidden gem of a diner serves up eggs and hash browns and bacon and toast and all the other things they serve up at diners. Except tremendously delicious. Have you ever had a slice of buttered wheat toast and thought "oh mannnnnnn that is the best thing i've ever tasted"?
Well, before I ordered that at Bills Villager Coffee Shop, this would have seemed to me like an unwarranted reaction for a slice of wheat toast. But Bill Villager's Coffee Shop wheat toast warrants such a reaction and warrants it gooooooood. I let my dad have a slice of my wheat toast while he was waiting for his food, and I soon regretted it, once I realized he'd be asking for a second slice. This is an entirely necessary stop after driving up the mountain.
*Bill's Coffee Shop is one of the best options for eating in the Arrowhead area, and as it backs up onto the parking area for Rite Aid and the Blue Jay post office and is opposite the larger parking area for Jensen's and the surrounding stores, it's very easy and convenient to get to. The food is pretty good - a bit better than you'd expect from a regular coffee shop. Breakfast, dessert and service I'd give a hearty 5 stars to, and while their lunches and dinners aren't quite as good, they're still good enough to sit down and enjoy, and the friendly service in this place is second to none. Their desserts are so good that even if we eat out somewhere else, we're often tempted to skip dessert and come to Bill's to pick up one to take out from there instead! Overall, it falls just short of being good enough to earn a full 5 stars, but it's a very healthy and satisfied four.
*Great weekday breakfast specials!
Best place to grab a breakfast when in Arrowhead.
They sat and fed a party of 14 in less than 35 minutes - now that's service!
I had the corn beef hash and eggs - and it would make any Filipino proud ;)
They also dealt with a bunch of last minute add-ons, ie. extra drinks after our food had already been ordered, AND extra bacon within 3 minutes after our food came.
Sweet staff, great food, and great prices
