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First of all - FIVE BIG AWESOME STARS FOR THE FOOD!!!
This food is crazy delicious. Like, just from one dish, I know all of the others are going to be on my most wanted list.
Everything is fresh, and well prepared, and so frickin' TASTY.
I would give more stars for the food.
I came in for breakfast on a Sunday morning and had the most tender, melt-in-your-mouth green chile pork scrambled into eggs and cheese, with a wonderful chunky biscuit, Liberty potatoes (think chunky potato-au-gratin but better), and I added a blueberry, bacon pancake on the side.
I could not have been more satisfied with the food.
However.
The service system is not my style. I give it 2.5 stars. Barely.
Mostly because the awesomeness of the food should pair with some seriously awesome service.
In IHOP, I expect IHOP food and service, and one does not out-do the other.
But here you get down-home local goodness, matched with so-so service. It just doesn't compute.
You walk in. Wait in a line of about 15+ people with only 1 cash register (this just seemed unnecessary. why can't i just sit down and someone take my order like every other not-that-great restaurant?), and then random people bring out your food, and random people wander around the dining area looking more interested in cleaning off tables, than on actually serving the diners.
I had to ask like 3 "dining room attendants" for the same thing (just some salsa) before one of them actually returned after I'd basically finished.
But I had barely left my seat when they were already clearing off my dishes.
The service vibe just didn't go with the great food, decor and build up.
I guess it's all about expectation. If I'd read more reviews I would have known and maybe not have been so disappointed, but still. This food DESERVES good service.
Definitely eat here, but don't expect personal dining service.
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