| rev:text
| - I've been here a handful of times and each time my experience has been average. I primarily continue to come here because it's only a few blocks from my house and it's an easy place to meet clients for meetings. However, having said all of that, I highly doubt I'll be back after my experience this morning.
I arrived this morning to read the paper and relax. I always order the huevos rancheros because it's always been good to me. I've had clients who have ordered other items on the menu and have been very disappointed (I have had two friends order a dish that came with a biscuit--each time, the biscuits had the consistency of a rock). Anyway, for whatever reason, I decided to live dangerously and order something else. I ordered the egg white omelet with home fries and whole wheat toast. It arrived and was nothing unique or off-the-charts. But hey, it tasted good. After I was done polishing that off, I still had a hankering (yeah, that's right--a hankering) for something else. Considering how full I was, I needed something small. I remembered seeing blueberry pancakes on the menu, so I asked my server how many came with a side order. He told me a stack of two or four. I asked him if they were gigantic and he said no, they were typical pancakes. I put in an order for two. When they arrived they looked good, but like everything else here, were nothing special. Imagine my surprise when I cut into the short stack and realized only one of them had blueberries in it. Oh well, what the hell; I ate them both. After many attempts to get a coffee refill (I was seated on the patio--if you like refills, don't sit there) I gave up and looked at the check. (Side note: The servers here immediately give you the check after your food arrives. Their reasoning is that they don't want you to have to wait for the check. I don't buy it. I feel rushed when they do this. In fact, they tell you "No rush" when they put it on the table, so clearly I'm not the only one that has wondered about this.) The check was pretty straightforward, except for the charge related to my two blueberry pancakes (sans blueberries). For some reason, my server accidentally charged me for the blueberry pancake meal, or so I thought, since he charged me $6.99 for the dish. I asked about it, and guess what? It was not a mistake. This place has the audacity to charge $7 for TWO PANCAKES!!! What the heck is in them that they cost $3.50 a piece? Before I wrote this review, I called IHOP (yes, IHOP--they're across the street from Oink, so they're competition and the food quality is comparable) and asked them how much their double blueberry pancake side costs. A stack of two costs $3.79 and a stack of four costs $6.99. Can you explain that to me? Same size, same ingredients, same zip code, hell, the same street, but Oink charges DOUBLE! Anyway, considering the outrageous prices, the average service (servers are nice, but not very quick with the refills, or anything else, except the check), and the average/slightly above average food, I feel like I can do better. IHOP, here I come!
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)