Vonia P.
Yelp
Quickie. Because everyone loves them, right?
The food was great. Loved the fact you can customize most things, from special requests to choose your own accoutrements. Love the seasonal items that prevent things from going stale for regulars. Vegetarian friendly options are a plus for those who desire! Pancakes done right. French toast could be fluffier and sweeter. Habanero pork belly right heat amount. Hash brown cakes are delicious, personally prefer them in the cake style versus the Spuds Deluxe hash style. Bennies were good, baguettes slightly stale, however. Maybe spoiled from traditional diners where it is free, but do not approve that it is $.75 per extra flavoring added to coffee! Sad that they close early every single day of the week. We can eat this anytime, social expectations be darned!
The service was acceptable. We did have to flag down our waitress, even another employee for refills a few times. We were greeted, but otherwise nothing notably above average to make us feel welcomed while we were there. Polite, yes. But about it on that.
Ambiance? Nice outside patio, inside was cute as far as the interior decorations. Comfortable booths, attractive looking bar area. Love the branding, down to the coat racks even having the asterisk logo symbol. They decorate for the holidays, which is a nice addition.
Now for the huge negative. It was freezing in there. Maybe great in the hot summer months, both everyone in our party was cold. Even the lights hanging from the ceiling were slightly swaying due to the draft. Unfair to reduce my other stellar rating for this? I think not, because it made our dining experience uncomfortable, and there is no way I can rightfully give 4 to 5 stars to somewhere that requires a mini heater session in our vehicles after leaving. This, in addition to requesting refills on the coffee not for caffeine, but for the warmth!
That being said, maybe that accounts for being wired right now! Still. Hours and hours later. Should have tried decaffeinated warmth.
Quickie over. Vonia usually does very detailed reviews.