The wife and I decided to visit this locale this morning because it is only about a 5 minute or less walk from our Apartment. I have read every review on here pertaining to this establishment and most of it remains true despite the fact it has been almost 2 weeks since it has been open. We arrived at about 11:00am and we were seated fairly quickly. The server came pretty quickly and got us some water and I had the coffee which is just average.
It took us about 5 to 7 minutes to decide what to order and the server took our order at about 11:15am. I ordered the Pancake Combo with one egg scrambled....and turkey sausage. My wife had the Chorizo and eggs which came with home fries. So after about 30 minutes waiting for our food to arrive.....the owner or manager....which was an elderly lady... came out to each table an apologized for the long wait and offered us some oink cookies. She explained that when they were planning the business structure that she was told there would be several customers in the area that would come to this type of establishment. However there have been hundreds of people showing up and they were not prepared for that.
She also expressed there have been some issues with the cooking staff....arguing back and forth about who should be preparing what....and how it should be prepared....there are some huge communication issues that need to be worked out. Finally at about 12:05pm we finally received our food....so that means it took about an hour from the time we first ordered. Now since we live so close to this establishment I didn't mind the wait.....however had I come say 20 minutes away....I wouldn't want to wait an hour to have breakfast.
The Food was OUTSTANDING.....DELICIOUS.....AWESOME.....so there were no problems in this area at all. Now if this establishment can just get better organized....because we had to ask for silverware.....napkins....straws....and butter for my pancakes.....and get the communication issues squared away in the kitchen....this will be a guaranteed 5 star establishment. So by all means if your in the east valley and are looking for a place to have a GREAT TASTING....MADE TO ORDER breakfast....give the Oink Cafe a try. Eat, Drink, and be Merry my Friends!!!!
NOTE: Just another FYI the elderly lady came back after we finished our breakfast and offered us a wonder piece of sour creme pecan coffee cake....so she was really trying to make customers feel comfortable and apologize for our wait. You have to appreciate that kind of service and her honesty about the situation....I truly believe this place will have great success once they fix some of there issues!!!!