Let me start off by saying - I love Village Inn... or shall I say loved. My daughter and I go and get almost the same thing each time. We get the VIB breakfast where you select four items. Hers usually changes - mine is the same. This location and the one at 3rd Street and Bell Road I will never go to again!!! If I could get zero stars I would!!!
The waitress was VERY slow!!! We could have driven home and cooked everything our selves in the time it took to get drinks. It took at least 15 minutes for the waitress to come over at which time we were ready and placed the order at the same time as our drinks. It took at least another 10 minutes to bring out an ice tea and lemonade, but no straws. She said she would return...took her MUCH more time. During this time, I noticed there was something on the glass of lemonade my daughter was given. She does not like to complain and said it was on the outside - It will be OK.
This time she ordered scrambled eggs, chicken tenders with gravy (from premium list), yogurt, and 1/2 waffle. Her waffle was cold?! (OK it had been sitting there) The scrambled eggs were also cold but crunchy?? How are scrambled eggs crunchy?? The chicken tenders were a total joke!! They were about the size of a medium-sized shrimp with about a teaspoon of gravy total. The only thing that seemed OK was the yogurt as we watched someone spoon it out of the container and it was still cold.
On to my order - I always get poached eggs, the hamburger patty with a slice of cheese, oatmeal with the fixings, and strawberry crepes (usually some of the BEST food) - NOT this time. The waitress spilled the milk all over the plate and I had to mop it up with my napkin. OK - accidents happen. As I started to put the brown sugar into the oatmeal - the oatmeal was cold and gelatinous. To top that off - the serving dish of brown sugar had something crispy and yellow on the side of the container??? OK - no oatmeal. Decide to move onto the poached eggs which were cold. Figured - OK I will cut them up and just enjoy them as best as I could. As I was cutting there was something flaky and brown on the bottom - I almost puked!!! Pushed that aside to at least enjoy the hamburger patty.... they left the paper from the cheese on the cheese!!! WTH!!! The paper was between the melted cheese and the patty. By this time I am discussed and about the puke!! I looked at the crepe - which was also cold, but the strawberries had been sitting under a heat lamp as they were dried up.
I told my daughter were leaving - I FINALLY got the attention of our waitress and showed her. She said she would be right back with the manager BUT THEN WENT TO ANOTHER TABLE AND TOOK THEIR ORDER?!?! The manager never came out but the waitress said there would be no charge - DUH!!!! She asked if I wanted pie on the house - to which I explained I would be VERY afraid of what I would get.
I explained I usually go to another Village Inn and saw this one, so figured I would give it a try. This was the first - AND THE LAST time I will ever be eating there!!!!