The absolute worst when it comes to IHOPs. Never again, absolutely never again...
My bf and I thought having a late breakfast/pretty much lunch around 12pm wouldn't result in too long of a wait for food, but boy were we wrong.
The girl at the front checking customers in/handling the waitlist had a friendly demeanor and was probably the only good part about our visit. We were seated within 10-15 minutes, as she said.
Our booth was dirty, so she was able to clean off the table as we seat down. Our waiter on the other hand, was quite interesting...
Since we were waiting before being seated, we had plenty of time to look over the menu and were ready to order right away. However our waiter made up a weird excuse in only being able to get our beverage orders to start since he still had to get food for another table. Um, ever heard of writing it down?
After another 20 minutes, he came back around with our drinks. I ordered a coffee and he just brought one mug, and I had to ask for creamer as the waiter didn't think to bring it proactively (as one usually does at most diners...). My bf ordered a cold foam brew that was supposed to come with a whipped topping, but he was served a dark brown drink that apparently had an odd taste not like the cold brew he was expecting. The waiter then told us that the machine used to make the whipped topping was broken...okay, why did you not tell us this before?
We finally put in our food orders, and our waiter did not write anything down. We were super hungry at this point, and waited a good 40 minutes before we received our IHOP. IMO, this is ridiculous for an IHOP---where one would expect cheap and fast diner-style food.
I had ordered the veggie pesto benedict with a side of crispy side potatoes. Not hashbrowns. I said this twice to the waiter. Similarly, my bf also ordered a benedict dish with a side of fruit. We both got a side of...HASHBROWNS with our orders *insert palm face emoji here*.
We also ordered a plate of Tres Leches pancakes because the picture on the menu had us sold. We were almost given a mini stack of plain buttermilk pancakes, and had to remind our waiter what we ordered. What came out was the sloppiest, messiest, soggiest, stack of pancakes we had ever seen. Needless to say, we did not finish it.
When it came time to pay, even that was a struggle and took a good 15 minutes before the waiter came back with the receipt.
We left a little after 2pm...seriously?
I normally don't give 1 star reviews, so when I do, it is absolutely because it was a disaster of an experience. IHOP Cedar Park, do better. read more