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| - This is another place with a huge local following I don't understand. I've hands down had better food at IHOP. Seriously, I don't understand all these amazing reviews and ridiculous wait times.
I have been trying to go here for a few months because I've heard so much about it, but its always jammed to the gills so we can't get in with under an hour wait. It was such a let down.
I got the "raspberry stuffed french toast"- this is a grilled jam sandwich (no where on the menu did it indicate the stuffing is cheap jam, not fresh berries) No matter how much powdered sugar you put on it, it wont magically turn into french toast. It hadn't been dipped in the egg batter for more than a second- naked bread was visible everywhere.
Not wanting a literal 8oz grilled jam sandwich, I very politely asked one of our servers (we had two, it was strange) if i could switch it for regular french toast, since there was no egg batter on the french toast and the stuffing was really disappointing.
Both servers made it my fault their french toast didn't have batter on it ("sorry you didn't like it, the stuffed french toast uses a lot of bread, that's just how it is"...no, had it been made properly, I wouldn't have said anything, but the whole point of french toast is soaking it in the egg batter first, which didn't happen). They still never understood what I meant, and made me feel like a jerk their cook was having an off morning or too lazy to whip up some more french toast batter. For $9, that should be the best three pieces of french toast I've ever had.
The fruit cup was $2.50 for literally six pieces of melon with two blue berries. The side of toast was cold without butter. My bacon was so floppy and greasy, I took one bite and wanted to throw up.
My finance got the egg white omelet with brie and some other veggies, cant remember the name but he liked it. It was big and looked good but I'm not an omelet person.
The decor here is something you'd see in a 1992 rural diner- lots of fake greenery, silk flowers, and flower decor everywhere, hokey over priced paintings for sale on every wall, fake vines strewn throughout, yep, I'm still at a total loss why people are in love with this place.
Overall I won't be back due to the over priced mediocre food and college kid servers that haven't learned much about working in a restaurant (even if i had hated my food for a totally invalid reason, its not good customer service to blame the customer, especially when its a kitchen error). You can find me at IHOP, the food is better, cheaper and more variety. And its not covered in those disgusting dusty plastic vines, I hate those.
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