Perkins Restaurant & Bakery

First time back here in about 10 years. Definitely won’t be coming back here again. Subpar food, slow service and the biggest rip off. $ 4.50 for a kids meal (one pancake and watered down juice) wow. really? 2.50 for toast !? Get the F outta here… This place makes Ihop seem reasonable. At least Ihop has decent quality food.
I’m Adding Perkins to the List of places that I won’t be going back to.
5 stars for the waitress though, she did the best she could.

I alway drive by this place, but for the first time last week I went in. I’ve been here 3 times since then. I love the fact that they serve breakfast all day, and for the cheapest prices I’ve seen. The quality of the food is beyond great, the amount is more than enough, the workers are friendly. Very kid friendly, especially on Wednesday night when the kids eat free with paying adult (1 adult=1 child). And even face painting and clown. The adult breakfast specials average about $ 4.99, but you could get all you can eat pancakes for $ 2.99. Bottomless cup of coffee for $ 2.09. Perkins is so wonderful that even with the cheap prices, u could always use 1 of their many types of coupons (10% 20% or $ 3 off). On Wednesday night 2 adults 3 kids came to $ 13 with 20% coupon… now that’s a great deal. I could go on about all their specials but all you have to do is ask for their calendar it lists all of them and has 2 coupons at the bottom.

Been coming on the regular for breakfast for a little while. The food is awesome!

Five Stars for me! Went on a date with my girlfriend and God daughter, the servers are really nice and they definitely don’t keep you waiting too long. The meals were prepared very nicely and the options there were perfect for a breakfast date. Would definitely recommend to anyone who wants good service food and doesn’t want to pay an arm and a leg lol. Will revisit.

i luv the food. its really good. and they give you so much compared to other places. the prices are great as well.

My first and last time eating at Perkins. The order was wrong and the waitress blamed it on the Chef, not even trying to make it right. Food was undercooked and made me puke later on that night.

First time in here although I have driven past hundreds of times. Told it was like IHOP and kind of is, but way better.
Pretty large sized menu of real American food. Don’t like American food? Then you won’t like this. You like places that are «really American»? — then you will be happy. The food is pretty tasty, it’s pretty inexpensive, too. They had a $ 4, $ 5, $ 6, $ 8 menu with some good options. The wife and I had a delicious breakfast and only spent $ 5 each. Although the drinks were expensive and by drinks I mean soft drinks. I had a coke which was $ 2.29 — which is not like super expensive, but at the same time, it was practically half the cost of my MEAL. So it seemed a little wrong. But they have to make their money somehow. And that’s how.
I noticed they had all these options to add pie to your entrée which I thought was odd, and then I saw in the fine print that they are somehow affiliated with Marie Callendar’s. I don’t think there are Marie Callendar’s on the east coast, but they are all over California. So if you are looking for something like that — this is it. Now I didn’t try the pie, but it looks great and if it’s anything like Marie’s it will be
The service was very good. Our server looked a bit like a female Shrek, but very attentive. Will definitely be back.

I have fond memories of going to Perkins with my grandparents growing up and tonight decided to try the restaurant on Grant Ave for the first time with my three small children. It was not a good experience at all. I was disappointed and a little disgusted.
The physical environment was just flat out not clean. One of the faucets in the restroom had been snapped off and you could tell from the corrosion and build-​up that it had been left unrepaired for some time. Somebody had «wrapped» one of the toilets in paper towels so we didn’t use it, and I had my son flush the toilet he did use with his elbow because the restroom was as filthy as a truck stop. There were bits of trash all over the floor — people busing tables were just ignoring straw wrappers that fell on the floor. Nobody has cleaned the ceiling vents or the tiles surrounding them in some time, so where the air blows out in four directions from the vent, dust has accumulated over time in the shape of a filthy cross.
I’m not in the restaurant industry, but I work at a facility that is audited by the same Department of Health as this Perkins. If we allowed people to eat where there are multiple ceiling tiles with obvious signs of water damage and mold they’d cite us with a deficiency.
I ordered the tomato basil soup because the picture of the soup shows it with those over-​size croutons and I’ve liked having tomato soup with over-​sized croutons at other restaurants. What I got was a bowl of tomato sauce and a package of chintzy saltines. The big croutons make the soup for me so I was very disappointed, and though the tomato sauce didn’t taste bad I would normally eat it on something like pasta. I’m not trying to be cute, I actually think I was served some kind of tomato sauce in lieu of tomato soup and I couldn’t eat it. I also had half a pot roast sandwich but I couldn’t eat it as it was way too salty. Even though I really didn’t eat anything I didn’t send anything back or complain because I just wanted to leave.
I can’t complain about the demeanor of the staff. They were very friendly with my kids and the elderly folks around us. That said, our server was in physical distress and the empathy we felt for him made the experience even more uncomfortable. When he came to our table he was pouring with sweat, really out of breath and really flushed. I don’t want somebody pouring with sweat to stand next to me or handle my food, and I was upset that his manager hadn’t sent him to the hospital.

I’m from California and I’ve got to say this is the best place I had breakfast at! The French toast and chicken apple sausage has a distinct flavor that I haven’t had anywhere else. To top it off the customer service is super friendly :-) I’m definitely going to be a regular at this joint…

The breakfasts here are good and generally inexpensive. If you live nearby, it’s a good option.

I had never been to a Perkins, so I figured maybe this would be some type of enlightening experience. Well, it wasn’t.
It was like a watered down version of Ihop. I did not try the pancakes, but considering my company left theirs, I don’t expect to go back to try them.
I do appreciate that they have the kids free cookies on our way out. Not enough for a 2^nd star though, sorry boo.

Fair. Usually a quick, inexpensive meal, but nothing really special. Food is better if you stick to «breakfast» type foods.

I go there for breakfast. Large portions, decent quality. My quibbles are that you have to ask for extra napkins and the syrup containers need to be wiped off before I use them because they drip water.
I don’t know where they store them, and I don’t want to think about it overmuch, but it is kinda nasty to have water dripping on your pancakes…