CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP. You have to rate a place within its price bracket. For the price, the food was average good. And this was the cheapest full breakfast we have every had in the United States, and that says a lot.
We had been to a another breakfast spot and found a 30 minute wait and called around to find another with less of a wait. We were on a tighter schedule than expected to get to the ball game in Surprise. We always forget how long it really takes to get out there. North Scottsdale to Surprise Stadium = 50 minutes to an hour with no traffic. Then add traffic. Yikes. Anyway, when we called this place, which would conveniently be on the way to the ballpark, they said no wait. All right, done.
So we ventured on over and found parking easy. We went in and waited about 4 minutes until a booth opened up for us. First impression was not fabulous. The hostess (likely owner) was pretty dry and all the wait staff got into a big discussion at the front about what tables were going to be covered by whom. Ok, do that somewhere else.
Once seated, we ordered coffee (well needed at this point) and tooka look at the menu. We were astonished at the prices on the menu. This was more like the 70's menu. The items would all likely be about the same and the prices were that cheap. A Belgian waffle (which they did not serve the day we were there) was $3.99, pancakes and eggs $5.49, huge omelette with raisin bread $6.99 served with potatoes, bottomless coffee in a thermos on your table $1.50. Needless to say, our breakfast bill was like $15 (including tax) and we both had coffee and struggled to finish our breakfasts. We can rarely get out the door without paying about $25 -$30 with tax and tip.
The food, was in very big quantities. That is a plus to the senior citizens, but is a little less important to me. I feel quality outshines quantity any day. The food was all just ok. Nothing special. Nothing to write home about. Everything was cooked appropriately and all, but I just was not wowed. The pancakes tasted much like bisquick and I am spoiled that I make my own from scratch and tend to expect that of restaurants. SG liked his ham and cheese omelette. The meat and cheese were generous and the omelette huge, as previously mentioned. I was not impressed... but I am not a ham and cheese fan personally.
So, if you are in the area, are happy with a good (not great) breakfast in big quantity and cheap, I highly recommend this place. If you are a foodie, especially a breakfast foodie, check out another spot. If we had had more time, we would have. Now, this really seems to be the only breakfast place out near Surprise Stadium, so that is something to consider too. We may be back if we are tight on time and headed out that direction.