Don't Feel Like Cooking? Take a Quick Hop to Bailey's Family Restaurant
Every local in Covina knows the building that keeps changing names. At present, it is named Bailey's Family Restaurant, before it was Magic Recipe and in the future who knows! However, the one thing the locals know is that the service staff has remained the same and the food has varied little. While the restaurant's name and owners change constantly, the restaurant-located across the I-10 freeway by the Grand Ave. exit-has always been a comfort zone for locals and anyone who is sick of Denny's and similar franchise eateries. The service is not slow but there is an aura about the place which permeates through you to slow down and enjoy your meal. If you happen to be seated by the window in a booth you can feel time stop similar to the Edward Hopper painting "Night Hawks".

Dinner, thought decent, is not the sparkle of this jewel. It is breakfast. Hearty stacks of pancakes, slabs of ham, fingers of sausages and strips of bacon make up a typical Bailey's breakfast. Most notable is the broiled pork chop breakfast. It blows away the contemporary notion of the morning meal.    [25 Jun 2004 05:46:19]

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Recommended Dishes: pork chops, homemade salsa (ask for extra salsa)

     ­Oliver   

Sorry
First off let me say that I did not eat breakfast so I cannot comment on the dishes the previous reviewer dined on. But I did have the Monte Cristo sandwich.

In a word, that sandwich was inedible. Old, dried out ham, lifeless turkey and some sort of Velveeta cheeze wizz instead of the classic Swiss. Awful. Horrible. What is my proof? The fact that the bread was old and soaked in oil. either the fryer was not up to temp of the cook left the sandwich in tooooooooo long. Anyway, the egg bread was black and soaked from the old oil. Say no more.

The service...glacier like. We had three different waiters...for what? This place has a long way to go in terms of being a stable, solid diner.

Again...this place needs a lot of work.    [24 Aug 2005 02:43:05]

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     ­Duck    duckseason at verizon dot net

Dinner
The home made vegetable soup is a favorite at this restaurant - a nice portion to go with your dinner - which I would suggest the barbecue rib and chicken - a popular dinner choice because of the amount of food on your plate you will be satisfied more then you expected - and then you will be taking the balance home to eat since there is so much, and at $5.99 its a truly worth its weight in gold    [17 Oct 2005 23:56:13]

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Recommended Dishes: barbecued ribs and chicken

     ­addie   

Good Food
A group of us, about 15, eat brunch here every week. We had a couple of gripes (too warm in our area, extra charge for substitutions), so we tried another local place. We came back. The food is so good at Bailey's, it's worth overlooking the problems.    [24 Jun 2007 20:15:05]

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Recommended Dishes: breakfast, Belgian waffle

     ­CW   

The food is great, portions are large, the service is very good and the prices are very reasonable.

The BBQ Chicken and Ribs is the best bargain in town and the Roasted Turkey Dinner is a sight to behold.

I eat there often; it's great!    [22 Jul 2007 14:34:32]

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     ­Lowey   

Insulting Service
I have eaten at Bailey's many time and the food has been great at times (breakfast) to downright poor (dinner). I was there for breakfast last Saturday and had the menudo
was excellent; however we had ordered an accompaniment to the menudo which was the pata (cow foot). When it did not arrive we informed the waitress. She apologized and went to see the cook. He then insisted on actually seeing the plate that we were served. he made us feel as though we were lying; the waitress apologized and had complained to the owner. This was not her fault, but I feel that the owner should have come to our table and apologized himself. He did not, no discount was offered. I feel totally insulted. I will never eat at this place ever again.    [21 Aug 2007 15:17:03]

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     ­not too happy   gil at cemcofitness dot com