Gawd!!!! It's embarrassing to give a VI five stars but this one earned each star today!
First, it was NOT packed and we got a table with no wait at 1100 on a Sunday morning. Second, from the hostess to the manager to the cook who waved at me from the kitchen, EVERYONE was warm, friendly, polite, helpful, and dare I say, downright CHEERFUL. Third, our server, Jennifer, was five star all the way... She was high class and high quality, WTF is she doing working at a VI????? Oh yeah, she was making my freakin' day, that's what she's doing working at a VI!!!! Thank you Jennifer!
So we really took note that while we thought we had the BEST WAITRESS EVER, that all the other waiters and waitresses were equally professional, cheerful, and efficient. WOW!!!! Again, at a VI???
I am perplexed, confused... VI was always a quick, semi-crappy meal with a tweaked out server and non-existent support personnel... But I must now confess that we will be back so see if we were delusional due to lack of sleep or if this is a whole new VI.
I haven't even talked about the food... Like the service, this was the best food we have ever had at a VI... double bacon skillet was phenomenal, fully loaded double cheeseburger was moist and flavorful... Pancakes, made the pancakes at Sear's in SF look silly, yeah, that yummy (at a dang VI!!!!!)!
We will be back, we will bring momma, looking forward to elation at the consistency or absolute disappointment... But today, five f-ing stars!!!!!