First of all, the ambiance is nothing special. In a sort of run down strip mall and all the signs (on Xerox paper with highlighter) plastered all over their doors and hostess table are very off putting. The signs pretty much say one of two things: they will not seat parties until the entire party arrives and they will not split checks. I don't really have a problem with the first (lots of places only seat entire parties) it is more the way they convey the message. Just kind of rude/bossy. But the no splitting checks thing just baffles me. I can't remember the last time (ever?!) I've been to a place that won't do it.
The menu is huge. So many different types of pancakes! Every flavor under the sun. They have savory items too, but really the pancake choices seem like what 9/10 people order. Normally I am not a huge sweet breakfast fan. I much prefer savory, but, when in Rome...
So I got the short stack of Red Velvet pancakes with chocolate crumbles and cream cheese syrup. Definitely could qualify as dessert more than breakfast! The pancakes were very good! Fluffy and had a great red velvet flavor. Surprisingly, I enjoyed them more than I expected. I couldn't even finish the short stack though because they were pretty rich.
Service was fine. Nothing bad, but nothing memorable either.
I think just maybe classing up the way they convey their (kind of annoying) policies could bump them up to 4 stars for me. A little more polish could go a long way.