Good Fellas Café in Corona may seem like an odd name for a restaurant but once you’ve eaten there, there is nothing funny at all. The food is delicious, the portions are bigger than life and considering the high quality of the food, the prices are excellent. Owners/Brothers John and George Tsarouhas have been in the food business for many years and really know what great food is all about!

This clean family restaurant offers a large selection of breakfast, lunch and dinner items that will dazzle your culinary senses with delicious fresh and affordable dishes that perfect for those looking for something different. The interior is full of pictures of the Italian celebrities and movie stars while songs from Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and other music icons fill the airwaves.

From the breakfast side of the menu came the Scrambler Special $8.95, the Short Stack of Pancakes $3.95 and the Country Fried Steak and Eggs $10.95. The Scrambler Special is everything you dream of having for breakfast…all is one gigantic plate. Let’s see there are hash brown potatoes, scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, ham, biscuits, white sausage gravy and lots of cheddar cheese all in one dish on top of each other. The dish may look confusing but it was really good. If you enjoy pancakes, the three nice size fluffy vanilla flavored pancakes with butter and syrup was excellent, far better than most pancakes served in other restaurants. As good as those two items were, the Country Fried Steak with eggs was magnificent. The perfect battered and fried tenderized steak smothered with country gravy was as good as I’ve had anywhere. Country potatoes accompanied the dish and let me tell you folks, if you like a great Country Fried Steak, you must order the one served here!

From the lunch side of the menu came a little burger called the Good Fella’s Burger $12.75, and the Pastrami Reuben Melt $8.25. If you are going on a diet tomorrow or just got off one, the Good Fella’s Burger should be the perfect item to devour. Let’s see it starts with a toasted bun, thousand island dressing, lettuce, sliced onions, 2 slices of Swiss and 2 slices of American cheese, crisp bacon, slices of ham and four- 1/3 pound beef patties with your choice of fries, onion rings, zucchini sticks, fresh fruit, salad or soup. This is one memorable and quite filling burger. The Pastrami Reuben Melt was another hit! Imagine grilled toasted rye bread piled high with tasty peppery pastrami, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese and Thousand Island dressing. The sandwich was perfect in every sense although a little more sauerkraut would have been nice.

Although stuffed beyond belief, because I am such a giver I managed to give the polite but puzzled server my next set of dishes that included the Dean & Sammy Pasta $12.45 and the Special of the day, the Soprano Steak $13.95. The Dean & Sammy Pasta featured 5 large succulent shrimp, olives, mushrooms, bacon sautéed in a rich and bold flavored marinara sauce with fettuccini. The entire dish was outstanding and came with your choice of soup, a salad and garlic cheese toast. This was one delicious dish. Another winner was the Soprano Steak which consisted of a 9oz. tender juicy New York steak smothered with a zesty chopped tomato, red and green bell pepper and chive relish happily resting on a bed of fresh spinach with a rich reduced wine sauce. This dish was full of flavor and the steak was perfectly cooked.

I was going to order dessert but the Fettuccini “Pesci” 13.95 with mushrooms, fresh spinach, a large salmon filet lying on a hefty bed of fettuccini tossed with a creamy Feta cheese sauce was calling out for me and boy!, am I glad I ordered it. Pure heaven is all I can say!

In closing, I was extremely impressed with the quality of the food, the more than ample portions of food and the reasonable prices and highly recommend this restaurant. Happy eating everyone!