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| - I had to meet some friends from LA earlier today....and I suggested we all go eat. My friend's boyfriend apparently was demanding IHOP.. And I couldn't have been more annoyed and confused. But... I didn't want to be difficult so I just went with it.. Sure enough, the old people's home, dusty, dirty and dingy vibe hit you at the door. Shockingly, it was very crowded but we were seated right away in probably one of their biggest booths. So that was a plus. I'm not even going to get started on the number of unappetizing things I saw before I even ordered... I can't complain about that when I'm at an IHOP, or can I?
Anyways...I start looking at the menu, after seeing grilled tilapia, some salads and chicken fried steak dishes ... I started thinking of the complete jerks that actually go to IHOP and order tilapia. It reminded me of one of those times I was always told, "you don't go to a hotdog stand and order sushi". I knew then and there to stop looking at their 30 page menu and stick to PANCAKES!! I ordered a stack of pancakes with raspberries and white chocolate chips w/ cream cheese frosting, and two pieces of crispy bacon... Definitely one of their 'specialty stacks'.
My girlfriend ordered a 2X2X2... And her boyfriend, (the IHOP sympathizer) ordered eggs/ bacon and two pancakes..
I was very glad I ordered what I did when all the meals came... Their eggs literally looked like hard and shiny plastic, mustard yellow, scrambled kids' kitchen-toy-food. Holy schmokes those 'eggs' could literally be on Fear Factor... These IHOP eggs are really eggs', the way McDonald's chicken Nuggets, are really 'chicken'.
My food was good... I'm going to demote that to OK as I reflect on them while writing this. They weren't terrible by any means.. But they weren't evenly cooked.. They were very cold and now that I think about it... I am pissed I didn't say something or ask for them to be heated. I literally thought nothing of eating cold pancakes.. And to be honest.. I probably wouldn't have considered handing back an open plate with my food on it, at IHOP only because how many germs must be floating around at any given time. They squeeze so many people, at one time into that dining area... That it literally feels like a cafeteria packed full of every portly senior citizen, west of the strip. Back to my cold pancakes, even for white chocolate chip raspberry pancakes...and considering I was at the international house of pancakes they were subpar.
I feel with all the wonderful mom and pop shops.. Going to one of these places should be a cardinal sin, and I am now prepared to lose friends the next time one suggests we go to IHOP, for a delicious Saturday breakfast. Come to think of it, if any of my friends frequent IHOP.. We're not that close. I don't say this to be stuck up... At all.....I LOVE a good hole in the wall, if their food is superb and the place is authentic/ is ran with passion.
But, IHOP is where food goes to die and where geriatrics go to find dates and/ or friends. The atmosphere and energy of this restaurant, honestly remind me of eating in a smoky dining hall, inside a hospice care center, in the middle of Nebraska. Did I mention the atmosphere was terrible?!?! But again, what did I expect?? I keep bringing this review back to the fact that my expectations seem to have been set unrealistically high for a trip to IHOP. But shouldn't my expectations always be high when I eat out?? I mean, who do I keep giving IHOP any slack.. Hell they're been around so long, NONE of these mistakes should ever be happening!!
If I was rating on service alone, this place would get 4/5 or 5/5. Only reason a possible 4/5 was the hostess, who was very nice- didn't look clean or bathed. Her hair was pulled back messily and very greasy, w/ noticeable dandruff everywhere.. and her clothes were filthy.. Stains everywhere. And they were black... Not sure if this should help or hurt these facts...Regardless, these aren't good things to see when you're trying to build an appetite. And... I'm never one to go around trying to judge if someone has showered, but in a restaurant- a hostess MUST look clean and presentsentable.
In summation: Bacon, which I ordered crispy was a 2/10. White chocolate pancakes with raspberries and cream cheese frosting... 4/10. Atmosphere 0/10. Service 9/10.
The only thing I've learned after eating here against my will, was to ALWAYS speak up and veto a trip to IHOP.
In case anyone at this location cares what I think... I will give this tip. #dowhateverdennysisdoing.
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