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| - Lyla's is right down the street from our house - it's located in the old French Coffee Shop space in Cuyahoga Falls. I loved the old downtrodden cozy Paris-themed decor of the French Coffee Shop, but the new theme is brighter and somehow colder. As a fellow reviewer hinted at, it is more suited towards the older breakfast crowd.
Gone is the carpet, the natural light from the windows, rum/sugar crepes, and liquor license. Usher in the tile floor, fluorescent lights, white polished ceiling tiles, and nothing stronger to drink than caffeine. We held no preconceived notions about Lyla's when we had breakfast there last Sunday. We had read about Lyla's online.
My husband and I - having found ourselves alone on a rare frigid Sunday morning - walked to Lyla's for breakfast. We were greeted by friendly staff and were seated in a warm,roomy booth.
The menu was overwhelming! My husband and I ordered decaf coffees and waters with lemon. Our server, Renee was friendly and attentive. Ray had a meat-lover's scrambled egg skillet with sausage gravy over the top (seriously?) and I had scrambled eggs with corned beef hash, a side of ham (not a literal side of ham), and hash browns (sliced fried potatoes). Our breakfast was delicious and we took much of it home with us.
My biggest concern is the ambitious menu. This menu is huge (4 pages)! I'm afraid that a restaurant of this size cannot supply the fresh ingredients that are listed daily based on the location/clientele. There were senior citizens sitting next to us complaining about the fact that they hadn't received glasses of (free) water on a Sunday morning! This type of diner sadly doesn't help to pay the bills.
We enjoyed our breakfast at Lyla's and plan to eat dinner there soon!
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