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| - This is for the person who left a comment that I only review negatively. Not so, Yelp reader.
This morning, I set off to go to the Inn on Coventry. Friday 10 AM. No crowds in Coventry so I can't complain at all about wait time. I was seated immediately by a very welcoming lady at the cash register. I had already perused the menu online from home so knew what I wanted. Not being very hungry, I ordered the Inn Egg Sandwich, a side of hashbrowns and as I was a first-timer, a single, obligatory lemon-ricotta pancake.
Let me tell you, the first few bites of the pancake nearly made me forget everything else I ordered. Without syrup, delicious. With a very light drizzle of syrup, even better. They have almost an eggy, custard-like consistency which I loved. The lemon is just enough and most importantly it is REAL lemon, not omg tastes like furniture polish. Summarily, if you go for nothing more than the pancake - go. Next time I'm planning to get it with blueberries :)
The egg sandwich - maybe the thing I liked best is the English muffin was grilled and buttery, like it had seen a few minutes on the flattop. The Canadian bacon looked real too, and by that I mean cut from a bigger hunk of meat and not just a McPortion of something that may or may not be Canadian meat of some kind. It was good and salty which was a great counter-balance to the sweet, desert texture of the pancake ... the pancake ... oh I could write poetry about the way it lay there patiently, almost smiling at me with the knowledge of it's own irresistible nature.
The hashbrowns were also tasty and real; cut up potato pieces of all sizes and shapes, not just hello frozen out of a GFS bag. They were very crispy, well-cooked. Some may have thought them too cooked, but I actually like them that way. Next time I'll ask for onions in them to make them even better.
Service was friendly and prompt. If I had to knock anything it would be that I personally would love bigger coffee mugs, like the 2-cups worth that I'm used to having at home. It would be great to see odd cups styles but yes, bigger cups and not standard 5 oz restaurant cups. Early in the morning, that java goes down fast, y'hear?
My server confirmed that they are only open until 2 pm weekdays, so I'm definitely going to invite the lemon lover in my life and treat him to what I know will be a definite regular on my list of go-to restaurants in the Coventry-University Circle area.
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