Waffle House

My wife and I dropped in for a late-​night snack. Well, I probably had more than a snack and I was a bit bad I suppose. This place was right in front of our hotel. My first thought heading there after a really rainy day was «man I hope I don’t fall down this bank or slip and bust my butt.» Thankfully, we did not. We managed to make it inside safely. She did so in heels. For anyone else wondering there is a set of stairs in the back of the parking lot near the pool. Just walk down the safe way!
We sat down in the corner and a waitress approached us and took our drink order. It was about 1 in the morning, so I wasn’t expecting the most friendly, go-​lucky person in the world. She was as professional as should be expected at such an establishment. She was friendly enough. I ordered a water, because I didn’t want to stay up all night. My wife ordered a sweet tea. She noted pretty quickly that the sweet tea was fairly sub-​par.
The waitress gave us plenty of time to think on our order and wasn’t pushy. I had the All-​star Breakfast with over-​well eggs, hash browns (scattered smothered), toast and a waffle. My wife ordered the Texas Cheesesteak Platter.
Apparently, our waitress stepped outside and was having a conversation with a family member. Something happened with a family member and she was gone for a little bit. I honestly didn’t even notice. Another waitress stepped in and made sure our drinks were full and brought our food. Upon our original waitress’ return she gave us the story to let us know she wasn’t ignoring us. The staff definitely worked as a team to make sure we received decent service. A credit should be bestowed upon them, because I hadn’t realized her absence.
One thing of note is the crowd that gathered in the store. Some of the staff seemed to know a few rowdy boys that decided to come in and sit at the bar. I am not even sure they ordered anything. The only thing I can remember is one of them drove up in a white Mustang and he revved his engine across the parking lot several times before turning around and attempted to park very badly in a parking space. I couldn’t see him from my seat, but my wife ridiculed him several times because he kept trying to back in. When we departed I realized what my wife was talking about. Even with multiple attempts he looked like he was trying for a hybrid back-​up parking/​parallel parking job between two other vehicles. Some of the staff (not including our waitress) exchanged some meaningless banter and seemed to know about getting some parts or something to another party. This useless, and loud, discussion was fairly unnecessary. I shall stop with my digression and move on to the meat of the matter.
The food arrived in a timely manner. It was fairly fresh as is to be expected. My hash browns were okay and possibly missing some onions as my wife noted. Her cheese steak seemed to be done pretty well. She devoured it and didn’t offer me a bite. She didn’t really touch her hash browns. The waffle was pretty fresh. I was tickled by the «butter» that came with it. It claimed «ZERO TRANS FAT» on the label. I read the ingredients only to find two separate hydrogenated oils in the ingredient list. I could understand if they were using the whole «zero grams trans fat» because of insignificant amounts allowed under the law, but this just strikes me as dishonest. Anyway, the waffle was good. I was actually craving a waffle, though. The eggs were okay. I wasn’t expecting amazing eggs or anything though. The bread was mediocre at best. I just doused it in some jelly and chowed away.
Finally, my wife had a free piece of pie card and the waitress honored it. She gave me a fairly large piece of pecan pie that I couldn’t finish. It was fairly rich and okay as far as pecan pie goes. She offered to heat it up and cover it in butter before she brought it to me, but I had to refuse such gluttony. I was already being bad enough with the syrup and butter on my waffle and the grease they cooked the other food in, in addition to a slice of pie.
Anyway, the food was good overall and the service was acceptable. I’m sure this could change almost any night and from any shift. I would eat here again if I had to do so.
One final thought: They had a sign that said Waffle House caters with a number. I really found this odd and hilarious all at the same time. I would not want Waffle House catering an event for me.

Here’s a great start your day place. End your day as well as any comfort food you want.
The servers are friendly and the food comes up fast and hot.

service sucks they forgot half of our food had to ask 4 times to get the syrup heated for the waffles. it is call the Waffle House is it not