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Saturday March 24, 2012 11:30am
Atmosphere:
When I arrived there were people standing outside waiting for tables, this might fool you into thinking these people were actually waiting for a phenomenal breakfast. Instead I was met by a waiting area that was humid and hot and over crowded. It was also very loud and there was little seating, basically a hallway with a few benches.
The wait was around 30 minutes and we were greeted by a server and led to a table that had been "cleaned" and I use cleaned lightly. The table was covered in crumbs and debris from the previous guests. To the point someone had to wipe the bench of the booth off before we could sit down.
Experience:
Once we were sat an impatient waiter took our drink order and returned quickly. A tip to anyone who may order water at this place, ask for a grown-up glass so you are not given a glass the size of a tomato paste can.
The menu was varied and had a lot of things to offer. I ordered the scrambled eggs and diced ham, a stack of pancakes and an order of turkey sausage.
First, the turkey sausage was the blandest, greasiest turkey sausage I've ever had the displeasure of eating. They appeared to have been fried in bacon grease. Also, for $3.99 you receive three sausage patties hardly larger than a half dollar. Very disappointing.
Second, the scrambled eggs and ham. It is so simple of a meal, but it was done so terribly. The eggs were under cooked, and clearly four eggs, meant two eggs extended with some kind of filler, like egg beaters, cream or milk. They were more a sludge than a light airy scrambled egg. The ham was also very poor quality, chipped ham from the deli would have been more satisfying.
Lastly, the pancakes...for being The Original Pancake House, I was underwhelmed with their basic pancakes. On the plus side, these were at least cooked well. However they had very little flavor, it pained me to have to pour syrup all over them to make them somewhat enjoyable.
Overall:
The place was packed, hot and the wait staff was impatient, not rude, but very pushy. The food was borderline terrible, but if you like bland and kind of edible this is a place you should check out. Hopefully my experience was an anomaly but, it will take some real convincing to get me to go back to this place.
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