Friendly’s

Food is always good. My kids were upset there was only 1 balloon left in the stand. The lady behind the counter heard the conversation and asked her what color she wanted and blew one up for her right then. I thought that was awesome!

It’s probably been twenty years since my last Friendly’s as they generally aren’t in the South very much with their Big Beef Sandwiches and Fribble drinks. Yum.
Anyway, it was lunch time and I didn’t want a huge sugar rush and later crash, so I went with the day’s lunch special and fries. A nice turkey melt sandwich arrived with a small basket of larger fries. A perfect lunch sized portion and at $ 5 plus the drink, a perfect lunch sized price.
Four stars for Friendly’s. The hard sell for a dessert kinda set me off.

Awesome! Waiters and waitresses always attentive and pleasant. Food was yum! Maybe new cook or something! Extremely filling! It was a little a warm in here there but overall it was fantastic

My best friend and I had a wonderful experience at this location. We took her two boys out for lunch, ages 4 & 5. Our server, Sandy, was so polite and kind. She talked to the boys and was very attentive. Our food came out quickly. I had a bacon cheesesburger, which was very good! We all ordered ice cream sundaes for dessert. Sandy was very good about allowing our custom orders. We really enjoyed our time here. We aren’t from the area, but if we ever travel through again, we would not hesitate to stop!

We had a great experience at Friendlys today. The server was very pleasant and kept our drinks refilled. The food was delicious and the ice cream as well. The atmosphere was pleasant and over all a good dining experience.

My wife and I don’t get much time together. Friendly’s ruined our breakfast date.
If Friendly’s was a human being, I’d like to stab it in the throat and watch it choke to death on its own blood.
There’s only one positive thing I can say about my experience. They had ample napkins. That’s it.
People in the restaurant industry like to think that people who are comped food don’t get a say. Thankfully, Unilocal!knows better.
I think many people fall into this trap as travelers from the Interstate. Locals come here because Denny’s is packed.
We arrived and were about to be seated in a nice booth by the windows, but after a dirty look from one of the servers in this section, the hostess placed us against a wall directly across from the kitchen door. Don’t let the customer see this. It’s petty and rude.
After a few minutes, our waitress had to be told by the hostess that she had a table. We were seated 5 feet from her. Her previous conversation took precedent over a seated customer. Nice!
We were greeted and given menus. After returning with our coffee, she took our order. When coffee is bad, this time either old or sitting on a heating element that’s too hot, one can attempt to compensate with creamer and sugar. Though an establishment such as this expects to refill coffees, we were not provided with enough Hood creamer cups or sugar for two GOOD cups of coffee. Eh. Brush it off right?
I ordered a vegetable omelette with wheat toast and homefries. My wife ordered a cheese omelette with links and french toast.
There was no ketchup at the table. There was no ketchup at ANY table. This is AMERICA! The waitress brought me 1 ounce of ketchup in a tiny cup. I reached for the salt and pepper. The salt poured out of the top of the strange grinder it was in onto one end of my omelette. I spread it over the eggs with my fork. Brush it off, right?
When I reached for the pepper, it was empty. Normally, I would have just gotten it from the next table. The place was pretty empty. Because the waitress was only 5 feet away, she could see that there was no pepper in the same strange grinder that housed the salt. She came over and asked if I wanted more. Great! Things are going my way!
She was gone for more than the amount of time needed to retrieve one of the most widely used condiments in the country so I did what I originally planned to do. I got up and got it from the booth behind me. While I was there, I grabbed some sugar packets from the caddy on that table as well. We still didn’t have enough for our two original coffees. After I sat down, the waitresses criticized me within earshot for needing more sugar. Eh. Who cares? Brush it off.
Let’s address the food now. The tables were poorly stocked, the coffee was burnt, and the waitstaff had better things to do, but enough of that! We came here to eat.
My wife’s food was served on two platters for some reason. On one platter, the greasy omelette sat forlornly in an oily puddle next to sausage links that looked like pale, uncircumcised penises. The French toast was on the other platter. It was made with Texas toast that had sat too long in the batter. The result was a soggy mess that looked cooked, but was raw in the center.
My omelette was rubbery and contained mystery vegetables, one of which was either a limp water chestnut or a spinal disc. I didn’t have enough ketchup to conceal the taste, because the tiny cup was distributed across my homefries. The homefries were deep fried potatoes. Around here, homefries are customarily cooked on a flat top griddle. Eh. Semantics, no? Whatevs. I could tell no customers ordered wheat toast here. Mine was stale, and whatever spread was applied was concentrated in the very center of the slice.
The elderly gentleman seated behind us then asked the waitresses, who were complaining about the sugar, if he’d done something to offend them. I guess they weren’t serving anyone.
After all this we just sat staring at out food with anger, sadness, and disapproval on our faces. My wife had eaten 5% of her food, and I had managed to get down about 15%, most of it being the incorrectly prepared homefries on which I had squandered my ounce of ketchup. The manager came over and asked if anything was wrong, because she could see that we were upset, and told us the meal was free. Great. Throw it in the trash.
I left five dollars for the waitress that didn’t deserve it, especially after criticizing me behind my back for something that was her fault, and we went to Dunkin Donuts.
If you eat here after reading this review, you deserve everything that happens to you.
Heed my advice and steer far and wide from this pit.

Megan! Your not a good waitress! Thanks D for waiting on us and not walking past is 3 times. There was only one other table in the restaurant! God forbid if there was one more! Will not be going back!

Got here on a 420 blaze it their remodel was decent didn’t get my food which in depressed about I hate burgers in forced to eat it by my mom and oma I’m going to best buy either and in forced to get freaking Ice water and lemon but I get an cheese quesadilla so I’m happy :)

We went there because they stay open until 11pm on Friday. Standard food for Friendly’s (salads, sandwiches, ice-​cream), but not as many specials as we have on LI. Overall, ok experience, will be back.

Better than your average friendly’s. The server was polite and seemed like he actually wanted to work.

I normally view Friendly’s as a good place to get simple, tasty food and ice cream when you arent looking to spend a lot. This particular location is a disgrace. We were unable to order what we wanted due to then being out of multiple sauces, sides, etc. Our waitress, Annie, was not offensive but she wasn’t attentive to our empty water glasses or to the fact that we sat with empty plates in front of us for over 15 minutes. (She was young, and inexperienced, and more interested in the young man working the cash register) Overall it seems like a case of poor management and leadership. Regardless, we won’t be back.

It’s basically overpriced diner food without the local charm. The service was pleasant, but I wasn’t impressed with my food. I also ordered a side of broccoli and some of the stems were brown and withered… at first I thought it was a seasoning, but then I realized that the served me very old veggies. It was pretty gross.

Whenever I’m in town, I make it a point to stop in and have a meal and a sundae at Friendly’s! Friendly’s really is the perfect name for this place. The staff is friendly, the ambience is friendly, and even the diners themselves, generally with family or large group in tow, are usually pretty friendly! There’s almost always a short wait, because the place is just so darn popular. I like to eat near the window facing Kidder St., because all of the other views are just of the parking lot and surrounding businesses. The Jubilee roll available at Christmas-​time is just divine! (It’s an ice cream roll that you take home and slice up!) The clown sundae is my favorite, and it’s on the kid’s menu! It’s a scoop of ice cream with a whipped cream wig and an upside-​down ice cream cone for a hat, with Reese’s pieces for eyes. So cute! The menu is constantly evolving, but the fare is American comfort food: reubens, fried shrimp, club sandwiches, grilled cheese, turkey with mashed potatoes, and so on. As a rule, I try to eat whatever the special is that includes a free ice cream sundae! :) I’ve enjoyed coming here all my life for lunch, dinner and late-​night dining!