Village Inn

Tastey breakfast. Tastey pie. Awesometastic. Doublethumbriffic. Excellent service.
Stupid Unilocal isnt letting me post this because it isnt long enough so I am going to ramble about sea turtles.
Sea Turtles are awesome just like the Villege Inn which btw has very tastey food. Sea turtles lay eggs on the beach. They crawl up the beach with their little flipperdy floppys and they dig a whole and fart their eggs all up in that whole before they cover the eggs.
Id ramble more about Sea Turtles but Im pretty sure the review is long enough now. If its not I’ll add some crap about Jellyfish, Gurnsey Cows, Dairy Goats, Arucana Chickens, and other assorted animals until this review is long enough to post,

Village Inn, oh Village Inn… I gave this place several chances and I’ve come to a conclusion: you would be better off eating at a mom and pop place. Just about every time I’ve had breakfast here, the bacon and toast were too undercooked. Like we’re talking floppy and chewy bacon and untoasted bread with butter. The eggs were relatively okay. The service has been decent. If you want a satisfying breakfast steer clear of here. Of course you can always send food back, but who wants to do that, especially when you are on a schedule. You might even be better off making your own breakfast! Not to be a drag.

To bad you can’t give no star rating. Food is cold. Wife and I waited for over 30 minutes for a seat to not even be greeted.

Ordered take out this past Sunday. Front desk service was excellent despite being very busy. Supervisor at front desk really made me feel like he appreciated my business and offered excellent customer service.

Pretty average food. Nothing to rave about. Nice for late nights and for breakfast Fare but nothing that’s amazing or even really good.
The problem I had was with the management. I had a concern and voiced it and was talked down too. I don’t know if this manager talks to College students this way or something but Im 35 and I feel like he thought I was just a kid who didn’t know what I was talking about. Very Rude. Won’t be going back.

Quite few of my friends recommend the place for me and today I finally tried but I was disappointed ! the server is really nice, but the food is too simple, which can be made by myself, not difficult. I think Blue Bird is better than Village inn!

For what the place aims to be (a chain pancake house) it’s fine, comparable to ihop and denny’s.
I arrived & took a half booth. The table wasn’t clean, so the waitress proceeded to wipe the half of the table closest to her with a damp cloth. Too bad I was sitting at the other half.
The food wasn’t quick but it also wasn’t slow. I never did get the water I asked for. The chicken & guac sandwich was tasty and filling & the price was pretty fair. I ordered a slice of pie to go. The pie was pretty good, if small.

Average American food. In the same vein as IHOP, Denny’s, and Perkins. Nothing special, but nothing bad, just comfort food by a chain restaurant. The service at this location has always been good. The bonus makes coming here fun is the free slice of fruit pie on Wednesdays. Come early to get better selection because they don’t seem to replenish their pie supply throughout the day.

Nice Village Inn with a friendly staff. Nicely remodeled and offers a much more enjoyable dinning experience because of it. Introduced some new breakfast items to there menu that is very tasty. Not a bad place to stop for a chain restaurant.

I found Village Inn across from where I was staying for a business trip in Iowa City. After checking in and tired from my trip, I wanted some comfort food. Breakfast is always that for me, so this pancake house was my obvious choice.
It is your general breakfast place, I’d say much in the same vein as an IHOP or dressed up HoJos. Although most of their menu is breakfast oriented, they have some general diner items like burgers and some square meals available also. I chose to have the sirloin and eggs, and they were not bad… not overly outstanding but did the trick. The pancakes that came with the meal were ok as well, but not the best pancakes I have had. All in all, this place hits the mark for an OK breakfast break day or night. I do have to say there were some slow issues here. Slow to get someone to show me to a booth, slow to get my order, and took a while to get the food out to me. My server was very positive, cheerful, and no complaints with his demeanor in getting the job done.
Bottom line: OK breakfast stop day or night. Nothing outstanding but gets the job done. Some slow issues as noted above.

I hate to give 2 but hear me out.
I’ll start with the positive: The Village Inn we went to was really busy (Sunday Morning) and they did an excellent job of managing the crowd and keeping their cool; I even commented how I couldn’t do their job. We seated as soon as possible, and our coffee/​drinks came quickly; the coffee was good – it’s a little weird to mention, but I’ve been to diners with bad coffee and it starts the meal off in a negative way – but they leave the carafe at the table and that’s always a plus. The food was also delivered relatively quickly considering how packed the restaurant was (and the waiting area for that matter) and the wheat toast was really good (I’ve had bad toast too).
Unfortunately there were also some negatives: Although our server was nice and friendly, she was really hard to hear, so there were a lot of misunderstandings and repeated orders. When the food arrived, it was ok, but essentially everything was covered in hollandaise. I prefer a balance, but 3 of the 4 plates were smothered in it and it was just way too much. My California skillet had potential once I scraped off some of the sauce, but when I got to the bottom, everything was swimming in a greasy liquid, and again once I poured that out, the skillet was ok. I liked the components of the skillet (i.e. the spices and avocado) but the bacon was too fatty and I ‘discovered’ a shell in my egg. I don’t like to nitpick, and if the skillet was spot on, I could overlook the shell easily; however that off-​putting crunch on the shell sent shivers down my spine (no joke).
We came to VIPH for a quick breakfast before embarking on our long journey home, and we got that. Ideally, if there is to be a ‘next time’ I’d go for lunch or a breakfast-​dinner and definitely grab a slice of pie. I miss the Bakers Square’s in our area and the pies were staring at me from under the glass while we waited. When the time comes for me to get a pie here, I’ll update my review, but in the meantime it is what it is. Good but not great…

Let me begin by saying that my daughter BEGGED me and her grandfather to take her here — otherwise, we would have exercised common sense, good judgment, and good parenting skills and GONE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
My intro thus ‘finito, I will now state Village Inn’s brief list of plusses: A. it’s located right between two fantastically enthi-​fied dining establishments that both serve delicious food (i.e., Mekong and El Ranchero), so if you have a culinary xenophobe in your family, you’re within walking distance of carryout with which to plug his/​her whine-​hole!
B. their food is, on occasion, adequately edible.
C. they do serve pie, though they’re usually out of the kinds my family and I like.
Now comes the fun part, where I explain my reasoning behind giving it two stars:
A. my Dad’s «coffee» was really just stale, ice-​cold, brown-​flavored water.
B. our server was rude and inattentive.
C. the air conditioning was so overpowering we had to quickly shovel down our food in a huddled, shivering hurry — thus negating any possible enjoyment of its taste.
Following all that is Point D, the coup de grace: the «assistant manager» was abominably rude when we (politely) drew her attention to the dining area’s freezing temperature. In lieu of apology, she glazed me with a thousand-​yard stare and snottily replied, «Yeah, well, it’s set to seventy-​four» (degrees Fahrenheit).
Once we were safely outside the building, I muttered to my Dad: «Oh man, I’m goona enjoy denouncing them on Unilocal!» And for me, writing a scathing review is (generally) more fun than writing a glowing one, which, I suppose, would be the last and final positive

Decent service and okay location.

This is a pure American style restaurant. I think a lot of Americans love it. However, it is not that attractive for the people not interested in this kind of food.

Stopped by for a late-​night dinner on the way out of town. Service was good, portions were large, and prices were reasonable. It’s a little hard to get to if you don’t know the area, but it was worth the drive around the block.

Over the course of two recent breakfast visits we’ve eaten an incredible amount of food here, most of it very good. The special deal (forgotten the name, but it’s prominent in the menu) lets you pick four items for a breakfast from a list of about twenty for $ 6+. We’ve tried pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage gravy & biscuits, hash browns, home fries and the strawberry crêpe. The biscuits were dry, potatoes of both types commercial and a tad greasy. Other than that it’s a go! We’re looking forward to trying the pies in the future. Service was prompt, cheerful and courteous.

I like the design of the interior. It’s very distinctive yet comfortable. The food is well prepared and tasty. The stars here however are the pies. Coming after a night out and getting coffee and pie is always a treat. Take time to people watch and have good conversation.

Village Inn or V.I. as it is affectionately known to many was a suprisingly good find one morning when we were looking for a quick «better than Denny’s, but still quick/​comfy» brunch and to our surprise it didn’t disappoint. The place reminds me of a colorful redesigned 50’s diner. It’s sort of like a half step above every other generic diner, but on Wednesday they give you free pie (hence the fourth star!).
I had an omelette, which was quite tasty and my better half had a burger which too was delicious. Our waitress was friendly and the service overall was above average. Good place for groups, but beware of the wait on the weekends.
Always good for people watching and they serve a good cup of coffee as well. I’d bet a shiny new dime it’s a great spot for late night dining as well.
Worth trying if you’re in the mood for relatively quick diner-​esk food and a healthy serving of pie!

The other night, a cold, wintry one during the break when NO ONE was around and I was in such a bad mood I wouldn’t have wanted to see anyone anyway, my bf took me to a late night dinner at the Village Inn. I hadn’t been to a Village Inn since 1997 but this kind of restaurant, whether it be Perkins, IHOP, Denny’s etc, always brings me a certain kind of comfort. I like knowing that pie is available around the clock (not to mention breakfast!), even if I don’t want it, and I like the fast service of places like this. And I really like BOOTHS.
So anyway, let me just tell you that this particular Village Inn is just excellent. The peach and orange décor is randomly really hip and, at the same time, very soothing. The service could not be better, even if they do try to press pie sales onto you. On my first visit, I had a BLT that hit just the right notes (it felt fresh and relatively ungreasy) and it didn’t take my whole life to get there like at some other places in town. Then I had mixed berry pie, though that was no one’s doing but my own. I went home from this dinner very happy and comforted.
So then this morning the bf and I go back for breakfast, though the only thing I needed comfort about was my hangover. Now, this is probably the meal where the Village Inn does the swiftest business. However, the food was just not as good as my dinner. I got the pick four things deal (eggs + toast + etc), but I actually got five, which was a big mistake in terms of, you know, calorie count. But I just really needed that side of French toast. I got all the things I would normally get at IHOP in Coralville or Ankeny or wherever, and I have to say that IHOP wins in the breakfast category. I hate to say that, bc I have this really arbitrary rule I made up that I can only go to IHOP on my way in or out of town, so that I wouldn’t eat there too much, when we in Iowa City have local businesses we need to support, so it would be nice to find out that a restaurant I haven’t made a stupid rule about yet was superior. But alas, that was not to be.
The Village Inn’s breakfast is fine, it just lacks that pizazz of their BLT. But I’m sure I’ll be back for both kinds of meals, at all kinds of time of day.

while not the healthiest place to eat, this is definitely a cool joint… especially if you’re up for that greasy spoon once in a while. revamped from the flooded place it was, it is a nice surprise to walk into. on a Sunday morning, the whole town seems to be eating here. we had fantastic service from Vickie, and they even switched the tv channels for us so don’t miss the world cup.
the food was tasty, probably lots of butter, and the coffee was also good. very fulfilling place to eat… much better than your IHOPs and Dennys.