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| - Here's the low-down: They are definitely a must at Texas Station if you're a night-owl and love steak and hamburgers! They serve breakfast all day, every day. Their pastries are reasonably priced, tasty and they are rather large for the money. Aside from these things, you're better off going to Denny's, iHop or the Feast Buffet only a few feet past the Starbucks farther into the casino area. I say this because the portions are plenty for whatever food you get - as it fills your plate! - but the breakfast I received was anything by great.
It didn't take two long for my boyfriend and I to get a table. The blonde hostess was polite but definitely not very up-beat or "smile-y". Being an ex-hostess myself, I realize how important it is to be very happy, enthusiastic and charismatic - it really sets the mood more than you would think. Nevertheless, I didn't feel very welcome and again, it was just "blah". This cafe is not big at all from what I could see at the time of the day we arrived! It's no wonder other Yelpers complain about the wait, the place is actually pretty small. It's a little disorienting because I believe they block off half of the restaurant early in the day for some odd reason or another - I can only assume they open the place up for dinner and "nightlight" dining.
Anyway, on to the good bits, we got Mercedes who is by far the best waitress in the entire restaurant! She was very sweet and she took the initiative to strike up a small conversation between us ordering, us waiting for food and once we actual began to eat. It was a kind gesture and it made our experience better - we definitely felt more comfortable than initially waiting for a table, if you know what I mean.
I ended up ordering coffee and orange juice for the drinks, the boyfriend just getting a water. I went for the three egg veggie omelette with green bell pepper, mushrooms and spinach. It comes with hash browns which is nice and for some reason it comes with a plethora of toast? I had FOUR slices on my plate. Mercedes asked me if I wanted cheese on my omelette and I of course nodded, assuming she wanted my preference of cheese so I told her. Little did I know, they charged us for it! It was about two extra dollars added to the bill that was completely unnecessary. On top of it all, I also got a side of bacon - this was a terrible idea. I asked how much it would be and Mercedes told me it would be $3.49. That's right, almost $4 for FOUR slices of bacon! Once I ordered it, I ate once slice but then crumbled the rest on my omelette. In doing so by coincidence, Mercedes comes to the table a little later, saying that if she knew I wanted to do that, she could have added bacon to the omelette for only $.99! Really, people?! I feel like my wallet was violated for no apparent reason whatsoever. Don't they already get enough of my wallet when I use the blasted Slot machines?
The boyfriend ended up getting the breakfast bowl. It came with scrambled eggs, hash browns, white gravy and a small biscuit on top. My omelette was beautifully made, but completely and totally tasteless and bland. I had to put more than four shakes of salt on it with pepper AND Tabasco sauce for it to even taste semi-desirable. The boyfriend's meal was "okay" as he put it. I didn't try a bite but taking a small taste of the biscuit, it was dry. Apparently the gravy they used gave his eggs and hash browns a taste but that is more than likely the case because of the sodium content in it. This is actually the reason why I'm giving Grand Cafe a two out of five stars - the breakfast food is so iffy, you may or may not even get something tasty!
Remember how I said I got an orange juice and coffee? I mentioned that for a reason. Because BOTH of these things cost us an extra $3.00 EACH. Yes, you heard that right. A three dollar cup of Joe. Bottom line here: always ask the waitress how much extras and sides cost and DO NOT expect a cheap meal here. The family next to us in a booth ordered hamburgers and apparently, as I heard them tell their waitress, was phenomenal. Too bad we didn't get a slice of that cloud 9 they were on because when we looked at how much we owed after all was said and done, we were very disgruntled. Mercedes was a great waitress which is why I'm giving this Cafe TWO STARS instead of one.
Visitors and hotel guests of Texas Station, go elsewhere for food!
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