Yes, Serendipity is a little gimmicky, but I LOVE creative breakfast food and I love going out for breakfast when I am on vacation!
I went to Serendipity twice in one trip so, that says something. My initial visit was to meet fellow Yelper, Michael U. We ordered the strawberry balsamic waffle and the hot chocolate french toast. Then, we complete the meal with carrot cake!
Of the three, my favorite was the strawberry balsamic waffle. The waffles were fresh, tender, and had some good malt flavor that I love. The balsamic syrup was a prefect compliment to the fresh berries and cream. It required no additional syrup, which should tell you it was REALLY good because I usually drown everything in syrup at breakfast.
The hot chocolate french toast had potential, but the bread was cut SO thick that the custard was unable to penetrate the entire slice of bread leaving a very dry piece of stale hot chocolate bread. Not ideal, however, about 1/3 of the dish was very good.
The carrot cake was pretty standard in my book. Very dense, lots of gooey cream cheese icing, served cold, sundae style with vanilla ice cream and whipped cream. A solid carrot cake!
My next visit was two mornings later with my boyfriend, who missed the breakfast with Michael U. due to the previous night's outing. He ordered the huevos rancheros and I had the sinners and saints french toast. The huevos rancheros were Napolian stack style and just OK. A little greasy from the chorizo with a basic green sauce. The Saints and sinner french toast was nothing like I'd imagined and was so good! One side is savory with an over easy egg and bacon, the other side is sweet with berries and whipped cream served with supper crispy 'breakfast potatoes'. I enjoyed both sides of this super moist, buttery french toast with syrup and ate as much as I could leaving the untopped middle for the birds (figuratively).
Service both times was efficient, but not memorable. The staff doesn't seem to be overly passionate about service. However, it sufficed, and both times we didn't have to wait for a seat and only had to wait for refills on one occasion during each sitting. I've had worse service for sure.
Prices are on par with other restaurants in the area. Think: resort pricing.
I'd rank Serendipity with Hash House for a very good breakfast on the strip, but not even close to ranking near the Griddle Cafe (LA) or Skillet RUF (Cbus).