We arrived approximately 12:30 am on December 25th 2025 to sit down and eat. We walked in to confirm that if we were unable to be seated as there was a small sign on the door. We asked a gentleman in all black with apron that passed, but i believe he didn't understand our question maybe he didn't speak English i'm unsure. Another young man by the name Brandon rudely addressed us in a disrespectful rude manner. As soon as we walked out he seated to females. Customer service is everything read more

Walked in last week and met a wonderful staff employee named Dylan , made me feel like if I was at home ! Was very welcoming and also Very kind . I will definitely come back to IHOP Gardena location looking forward to seeing the young man again ! read more

Took me about a month or two since they opened to try IHOP again for the first time in a long time. I've been to others in the past, but they never really struck me as a go-to place. But now... I go here probably more than I should. I absolutely love this place! Special shout out to servers Noelani, Brandon, Jennette, and Abdy. Not only do they stay incredibly calm and focused amongst the buzyines, but they always remember what I'm likely to order before I mention it. It's that little detail that makes me feel special and like a regular. You know, like that well-known 80s-90s T.V. theme "Where everybody knows your naamme". Thankfully, everyone here is great, but if you see the names mentioned, you're in good hands. Favorite dishes? The Country Fried Steak & Eggs or the Breakfast Sampler. My usual request for the eggs to be cooked over medium is usually done to a science. Slightly blows my mind how they always get it right. And the waffles? AMAZING. The pancakes are really good as well, but there's just something about those golden discs of flavor. Heavenly. Like a golden halo on a plate. Cooks Daniel and Ray definitely know their way around a hot grill. Also love that IHOP leaves the coffee pot with you at the table to be filled at your leisure. And while I should be able to recall this next bit of info drunk and in my sleep, I believe one pot usually fills the mug about 3 or 4 solid times. Yet be warned. Around 10 pm till 2 am and Sunday evenings, this place gets BIZ-E. And sometimes it's just 1 person serving tables. YIKES, but bless them. Mid-days seem to be fairly calm. The other times mentioned, both booths and tables are heavily occupied, and people are usually coming in for pickup orders as well. I sit at the counter, so not an issue for me. My advice? If at the hours I've mentioned you're in a hurry. You're better off going through the McD drive thru across the street. Not an insult, I go there as well. But if you have more patience than the average bear, I think you'll have a great experience like I always do. read more

I have been a resident of the Gardena area for 50 years now, and my, how things have changed for the worse! The service was much better when it was a Carrow's at this location instead of this newer IHOP. Apparently, the majority latino staff do not care much for black people because I was literally bumped out the way, twice, and they did not bother to pardon themselves. Instead, they looked at me like I was a vagrant. I was there to pick up a to-go order that I placed on the app. When it was my turn to be assisted after the Uber Eats and Door Dash workers, the hostess Ariana stared at me and barked, "Name!?" Okay, sure, they're busy, I get it, so I ignored her rudeness and told her my name. She then slammed a clipboard on the countertop and an ink pen and sternly told me, "PRINT AND SIGN." At that point I said, "It seems like people here are in a bad mood today." Ariana ignored me, grabbed my order, and DROPPED the bag on the countertop. Had I not pre-paid, I would have simply turned, walked out, and never again step foot in this establishment. Instead, I stood there a moment, awaited her eye contact, I smiled and said, "Wow, thank you, Ariana." She was a bit amused herself and said, "Oh, have a nice day, byyyyye!" I cannot help but wonder how she would feel if she were out with her family and was treated the way she treated me. Common decency is simply lost in many people these days. But, everyone has their lessons in karma coming their way. If you are okay with rudeness, a very busy atmosphere, average food, and being treated like your business is absolutely NOT valued, then dine here. If you want to be a respected guest with a nice dining experience, go elsewhere. This IS NOT it. You will probably have less patience than me. Clearly, management does not care about one person's experience when they are making up the difference with the multitude of customers with whom respect and courtesy is unimportant. I will not be back to this IHOP location. Corporate should do surprise audits on their franchises. Especially this one. read more

poor customer service got my food fast ordered 4 fruit crepes but it was terrible first the presentation was horrid no whipping cream on top strawberries were just dumped on top not even in the sauce they usually put on and inside did not have anytype of cream filling it was just the crepe with a couple of sliced strawberries puy on top and the coffee was cold and really biter a very disappointing experience for the hogh price of meal. the worst ever see picture read more

IHOP - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Gardena, California

The I HOP opened after much anticipation in the Tokyo plaza and it's so great best food and menu items!! 24 hours !!!!! Loved the whole experience . Amber and Brandon were our servers and they were so great , management needs to promote them to the top because they are top notch and take the job seriously . I can't wait to come back for the great food and service read more

I was there March 7 Friday night for my nieces birthday and the Server was amazing, phenomenal, she worked the diner like a Boss. She was the only one on the floor. I don't remember her name but she took good care of us. My niece wanted to celebrate her birthday so we were a big party of 12 or so. And the server handled our visit great along with taking care of all the other guests. Amazing!! I was so impressed even though I felt so bad. read more

Was not happy, was a long wait, barely see server around, food was soaked in oil. Cheese was not melt. read more

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I don't know why this place only have 3 stars ... I would double mine if I could. x10.. This is one of THE BEST breakfast places I have been to in a looong time .. And I get out and about... I had to compliment the Manager on my way out. So I took my daughter here for her 13th Birthday breakfast 3/22/25 with a couple of her friends .. the food and and service was immaculate!!! The place was clean and spacious and smelled good and fresh not like most places smelling like purple fabuloso and old mop water. Anyway. Our waitress was so patient with my indecisive self and kids... It didn't seem to bother her one bit. Also all the waitresses kept sliding by to make sure everything was ok. They kept our table clean of any plates or papers and kept all glasses full. I had a cinnamon crepe combo delicious!!! The girls had the cupcake pancake combo... perfect and so cute for the birthday girl. Then the finale!!!! 3 waitresses busted out saying HEY IHOP!!! WE HAVE A BIRTHDAAAAAY!!!! And the whole restaurant started singing Happy Birthday ending with an applause That made my baby day. THANK YOU IHOP for a great start to my ZoZo buttafly birthday!!!!!! read more

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My review is specifically for the male waiter that served the table in the front area by the window. He had slick back hair and bad breath. Not only did he have bad breath, but his service was worse. Waste of energy asking him for anything. We asked him nicely for our drinks and utensils because our food had come out and we didn't have either, he said yes walked away and didn't even attempt to get it for us. And it's funny because the table next to us, they came after us and he made sure to take care of them and every other table that came after us. I don't wanna assume and call him the R word here but it was kind of obvious. The manager eventually came and had to help us because this server was a complete fucking joke. WHATS SO HARD ABOUT BRINGING SOME DAMN UTENSILS? His excuse was "I have to roll some" THEN GO DO IT WHY ARE YOU TELLING US? IHOP? More like IFLOP. read more

Many times, trying to place orders by phone, they never answer. Right after I called the carson's location and after one ring they answered the phone. Don't know what's going on with this location, but it's unacceptable. read more

The waitress was great. The pancake was not good, but the bacon and eggs were fantastic

Great place, but the back "room" Is very loud. The acoustics is terrible you can barely hear your conversation at your own table! My recommendation, only sit in the front only. There aren't many booths there but it'll be a better experience. Sorry IHOP, you'll have to fix this. read more

Before anything, I must say my family and I will always miss Carrows and its wonderful staff. We were so happy to see that our favorite breakfast spot was still going to be a breakfast spot ! They finally opened today. lol (ihop has more than just breakfast btw) This was my second time at an IHOP and the service and food were great! The vibe was very welcoming. And it was nice seeing familiar staff from carrows ! Def check it out 5/5 we were greeted, seated right away, took our orders within a couple minutes and our food was out promptly. Our server came by a good amount of times to check up on/ fill our drinks/ and gave us lots of napkins. read more

I had to ask my server for the name of this lady and her name was Natalia. She was walking around the restaurant talking super loud about her coworkers full-on complaining while customers were literally right in front of her. It wasn't just a quick comment either. She kept going, naming people, talking about her shift, just saying stuff that definitely should've stayed at home. I can hear her just complaining about another girl and it was annoying to the point I wanted to say something. My kids can hear her and even told me "that looks really mean and saying bad words. The vibe in the room totally shifted it got awkward fast And the way she was acting, honestly, it felt like she cared more about being noticed than actually doing her job. it kind of added to the feeling that she wanted attention from her fellow male coworker. This was such a weird dining experience. Felt more like I walked into her personal life than to IHop. I think management should know that her talking about other employees in such a rude and defending way is not ok and definitely illegal to talk about someone's reputation. I will not be coming to this ihop even though it's down the street from my house. No one wants to hear a lady with a botched BBL trying to get the attention of male workers by talking about other women's appearances and calling them names that are so unprofessional and no guest wants to hear about it. Besides that the food was not bad and our server was quick and attentive. read more

The time has come to STOP eating out! Between the over priced food and the overcooked eggs, all I can say "terrible!" I will never go back there again. I don't play about my food and with these over priced food places. I can't do it no more, it is not worth it. When I say I had the worst eggs ever, hands down my 81 years old mother still make the best eggs ever! So before go, let me give a shout out to Carson IHOP, they never disappoint me! I forgot to tell you guys, this is suppose to be a omelette $18 read more

IHOP - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Gardena, California

Good service and food was perfect. Late breakfast and early lunch before the dodgers game. read more

Nice, clean, and comfortable once passed the front door. It was not busy on a weekday evening and we were seated immediately. Service was good and food came fast. read more

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Horrific lack of customer service due to beyond poor management! Too many employees doing absolutely nothing and blatantly ignoring customers!! Had to walk out and eat elsewhere! Highly recommend not wasting your time, health and money on this JOKE of an eatery!! Ever!!! read more

Definitely busy, so prepare to wait for your food. The seating is very close to each other so it's a crowded dinner table type of ambiance. Unfortunately my poached eggs weren't poached. Hollandaise was broken and not even the muffin was toasted. The strawberry pancakes still had the strawberries frozen. Fortunately the server was great with a wonderful attitude. read more

I am writing this review while finishing up my first meal at this new IHOP. I had great hope and expectations that this would be a great experience. Unfortunately this was not the case., The place is fairly nicely decorated from the old Carrrows. The seats at the booth were not large enough so I asked to be moved to a table. The staff you can tell are not working efficiently together. As in other reviews it is too loud in here. And you can hear the whole staff yelling things in the kitchen. The noise level is crazy. They are all speaking in Spanish but it is loud and overwhelming. Hard to enjoy a meal and have your own conversation. The service is extremely slow. It took 30 minutes to get 2 meals delivered. The portions were 1/2 of what you would expect especially with the fries and hash browns. It's like they are skimping out in you. The quality was ok but not enough to make up for the small portions. Another family of 4 just left and did not want to wait any longer for their food!! I have never seen that! They most likely will not be coming back. The staff right now are yelling at each other as I am writing this review! This is a mess. Not good. They don't know what they are doing. I was very disappointed with this IHOP. I hope the management will read these reviews and make changes. If they don't fix these problems they will not last very long. read more

After supporting this location since it opened, I am stunned. No one at the counter but a waiting list at the register. We were told we had to sign in and wait to be seated!...at the empty counter! No one was being seated because they were backed up in the kitchen. Since their food is NOT that great anyway, they just lost a long time customer. read more

I went shortly after the opened. Not a lot of customers, but the service was slow, my sons order was wrong and by the time they got it correct the rest of us where done eating. read more

The food at Ihop is great, If you visit the one in Gardena, make sure you sit in Ms. Fabi section, she is Amazing!!! she made sure our cups stayed on full, and our food delivered HOT and correct.. and when she was on her break, she still circled her section to make sure the guest was taken care of.. That's great customer service.. Great Job Fabi We will be back.. read more

We had breakfast here I don't eat breakfast so My husband order pajitas omelette we told to DONNA our waitress that we can split. She served our food in 2 plates already half and half She is really good server she's really attentive. Tress Leches is so good read more

came in on late Saturday 06/08 with my boyfriend, we were blown away by how busy this place was ! our server was wonderful, we didn't get her name but she was very attentive and polite, we even noticed she was taking care of a LOT of tables ! she's a pro and did not show any kind of stress we enjoyed the mozzarella sticks, chicken n waffles, and a waffle sundae. all were cooked and prepared amazingly we weren't sure if we were going to be given a check at the table or if we went up to their counter to pay, but since it was taking a while ( she was so busy ) we decided to pay at the counter while she had a moment will be back soon, hopefully earlier when they aren't too busy ! read more

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I've been here several times and each time wonder why I came. Service is poor to mediocre. Tonight's was especially disappointing. Two tables that sat after us, had their orders taken before us. We sat for what seemed to be an eternity and decided to eventually leave. We were told that there is a system of which server is assigned to a table and apparently, they can't assist other tables. Food is average but expected for a chain restaurant. Servers do not seem knowledgeable about their IHOP loyalty program (or whatever it's called). They also have a "hoppy" hour menu but its never given or displayed. I wish Gardena had better breakfast options and not these overpriced chain restaurants with poorly trained servers. read more

I am at the restaurant right now and I can't believe I witnessed a bad situation. Jessica was screaming to kitchen employees really loud and everyone was staring.Also, the employees looked so offended and mad because of how bad she was screaming at them. read more

Cynthia is amazing. The food was good and the service exceptional. Highly recommended!

Service was horrible. Beautiful update from carrows miss the broccoli cheddar's soup. Un organized manger on the floor look overwhelmed seen him bring the sous chef or kitchen manager from the back to help support the gentleman server I had the young woman was horrible completely forgot about us .. read more

IHOP is always classic. However this location was to perfection- the service, food and updated ambiance made for the best experience overall. Food came out hot and fresh and my kids loved it too! Great for the whole family, my bill was enjoyable too read more

Went in and was going great. I ordered an omelet very simple with crepes and French toast. They guy brought in the crepes and French toast first then waited for around 20 to 25 mins for my omelet. Saw other family get there food first and realized that on of the omelet was the one I ordered. Finally the server came in and ask what else I ordered and seemed he forgot I let him know and so it took him another 20 mins for my food. Realized that the food was given to the wrong person. When my omelet came in the hash brown on top was very burnt and the eggs seemed to be cooked in a dirty grill. Didn't pay for the omelet and still came out expensive for a restaurant for just 4 things very bad service Would give negative star review but it's bad. read more

The worst experience I've ever had, with slow service One waiter serving a late-night rush; my T-bone steak arrived raw even though I requested medium-rare; I had to wait for it to be returned. read more

IHOP - T-Bone Steak Dinner - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Gardena, California

My friend and i had lunch at IHOP today and the food and service was excellent- the manager Ray was very nice and courteous. Everything was good - recommended 100% read more

We got seated on a Thursday afternoon, pretty empty. They had 3 servers. Waited 20 min with our menus, nothing was brought to us, no water, nobody asked for our drinks. Tried to make eye contact with servers that were walking and delivering food to place our order, nobody came to even greet us. We left after 20 min, left our menus on the table. Will not come back to try to eat here. read more

I met a friend for breakfast at the new location in Gardena and we enjoyed our meal as well as had such a great experience with a very pleasant waitress that had only been there a few days. The atmosphere was nice and very clean. I'm so glad this opened and look forward to many good meals here with friends.... Thanks to all who work here and make this a nice place for us customers!!! read more

The noise level is horrendous inside, the acoustics just reverbs all the noise from the kitchen and the staff yelling at each other. Service is no existent, as we waited and waited for our drinks to arrive and never did. We watched as the "managers" were delivering food to the wrong tables and the servers getting upset because they had to apologize to their customers. After waiting for nothing, we just got up and left. They need to change the name from "IHOP" to "I Hope". If things continue this way, this place will go down in flames. After giving it a little thought, the name should be "I Flop". read more

Very welcoming and clean . Good fast service, with good food. Our server Reni was respectable and well mannered. Will come again in the future . read more

The food was good . I had the Senior Special Hot cakes Bacon scrambled eggs. It was Uber p/u and food was ready on time.

Very very noisy restaurant . You can't really have a conversation. The pancakes are very dry. read more