The Atomic Cafe

This place was horrible. The service was VERY slow and bad. It took them 20 minutes to start on a quesadilla when we were the only ones even there. It took me a shorter time to download this app and leave a review here than it was to make a freakin quesadilla… Save yourself the trouble dont go here

Made the mistake of stopping here for a «quick bite». There’s never anything quick about this place. Always understaffed and as a result, the quality of everything suffers including the customer service.
One person working the kitchen on a Saturday at lunch time.

The food is horrid. I ordered nachos with no jalapeños. After awhile, the cheese actually tasted disgusting. Like a sharp bitter after taste… That was nasty.
But I like how the restaurant is themed as a drive in. The seats inside the cars are really comfy… but I saw the dirty carpet and just chose to ignore it…
Don’t eat here unless you’re dying of hunger. You can get better food somewhere else.

This place pretty much serves 3 things: smoothies, wraps and sandwiches (nothing hot). The turkey sandwich I got was comparable to a pre-​made market /​7 – 11 one (but fresh). Not bad, but pricey for the size. Also, they serve Pepsi instead of Coke… always a minus in my book. Not surprisingly, the place was empty, save for a couple of depressed looking, blue-​collar /​borderline drifter types.
The service was actually decent… friendly enough kid manning then place. Just got lucky I guess. Anyway, The Atomic Café is not an eating destination, but it’ll do in a pinch.

I was so glad to find this place listed on its own. I didn’t want to bring down the score of the entire Fry’s store because of this part. The smoothies are not sweet, the lemon cake is dry and the service is suuuuuuuper slow. From the time we ordered, we did not hear the blenders whizzing until about 10 mins after. Sucked cuz we were trying to choke down the lemon cake and had no smoothies to help with the cake’s lack of moisture. I swear the servers here must work on valium. They are a bit unorganized as well. The guy after me ordered a bagel of some sort (sandwich style, i think) which came with chips. After they made our smoothies, then then approached him and asked what type of bagel he wanted. Isn’t that something you’re supposed to ask when they order? Then he had to approach them to ask which chips came with his combo. They lady pointed to a rack where he had a few options, but if he is to serve himself those chips, wouldn’t you tell him after he pays? So that he doesn’t have to get up again??? (They issue order numbers here and serve you at the table). If you don’t have the 30 mins here to wait for a bagel sandwich or a smoothie to be made… order something already done. They have ham & cheese croissants already made & bottled soda/​juices/​water you can buy.

Anyone familiar with Fry’s knows that each store has a theme. Manhattan Beach has a tiki theme, the City of Industry is, well, industrial, but Burbank’s alien-​themed Frys is by far the best. Spaceships crash through ceilings, aliens hover, and best of all in the far, far back you’ll find The Atomic Café. There, you can watch movies Pulp-​Fiction-​Jackrabbit-​Slims-​style while eating out of a classic car in a Roswell-​inspired setting. The food is mediocre (sliced turkey on white bread anyone? Veggie wrap with lettuce, sprouts, avocado and a slice of tomato anyone?) so do yourself a flavor and get a bag of chips and a Mexican coke too. The food may be *meh, but being able to sit in a cut up Cadillac watching ‘Home Alone’ while aliens invade the electronic shelves around you? It should really not be missed.