Coming to leave a review for this IHOP because our server was just so sweet! We came on a Sunday morning on a PSU game day weekend, and it does get pretty busy on football weekends. They're a bit understaffed right now, but our server was fantastic - seating as many tables as they can, so sweet, and working so hard! The food was good and typical IHOP ambiance but with some fun PSU decor! Good place to stop in state college. read more

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Longer than quoted wait time for a table, confusion among staff getting drink and food orders, very long wait for food. Actually had to walk to kitchen to get coffee refill. Food was warm, not hot which indicated it sat in kitchen before being brought out. While manager and wait staff apologized, and all restaurants are having staff shortages, this reduces former rating by at least two stars. read more

Took almost 10 min to be seated at 2pm. A waitress dropped menu and we helped her pick them up. She said nothing. We we finally seated but our waitress took at least 5-10 min to even address us. Keep in mind... there were only three other tables. She took our drink order: juice and coffee. I was told... "our coffee machine is broken!" This is a breakfast place, right? 10 more minutes passed before our incorrect juice was delivered. She clearly had no idea. I asked if they were short staffed and if only one person was in the kitchen. She said..."yeah!" so we left. Maybe it was the time of day but the experience for an IHOP was ridiculous! read more

was seated immediately came in at 9:50 the food looks very appetizing. Place looks very clean and neat table looks clean as well staff is nice. read more

IHOP - food - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - State College, Pennsylvania

I used to have bad experiences at this IHOP due to long waits and poor food quality, but I decided to give it one more try. This time, I was impressed by the friendly service, no waiting time, and a thoughtful manager who checked on us. I'm glad I gave it another chance! Definitely will be back the food was great but the service was better ! read more

The food was served cold, and I had to request it be heated up. Additionally, the garden omelette was disappointing.

This is the worst Ihop I've ever been to. To be honest, it rates as one of the worst restaurants I've ever been to. The food was cold when it was served, and the service wasn't very good either. I will NOT be returning. read more

This IHOP is managed horribly. The family sitting next to us waited an hour and a half because they forgot their food and the manager was completely unhelpful. Our waiter forgot many items of our order and our food came out cold. This is probably the worst IHOP I have ever been to lol. read more

Seeing as this place already posses a 2 star review, we probably should've proceeded with caution. However, we did end up going here and man oh man, it was a rough experience. It took 15 minutes to be seated. Once seated, we ordered drinks and just didn't get what we ordered. Then we continued to sit and wait with no waiter in sight before just calling it quits. All in all, we probably spent ~ 35 minutes at this establishment, and would not return. read more

Worst restaurant experience of the year. Waited for a hour for service -- although the place was mostly empty -- and had to remind them that (1) the silverware package was missing a knife and both sets of silverware were spotted, (2) they forgot to bring water, (3) they forgot to bring butter, and when they did, it was icy cold, (4) the hash browns were burned, and (5) the cook did not know how to prepare eggs: My "sunny side up" eggs were mangled (no yolk) and their replacement from the kitchen were completely undercooked. We will NOT be back, read more

I ordered take out the wait time was 15-30 minutes. I arrived and waited another 40 minutes at the restaurant. The wait staff was trying their best but the kitchen was having problems. My food was all cold. The French fries were so over cooked that they were not eatable. Very disappointed Wait staff was very pleasant read more

If I could give negative stars I would, got seated since almost no one was here, but then didn't get a waiter at our table for about 20 minutes to greet us, the hostess came to get our drinks since we kept waving for someone to come and then never even came back with them... the waitress finally came took our drink orders and food, drinks didn't come for another 20minutes and waited an hour for the food. Drinks all came out super watered down, especially the vanilla cold brew. There's only one older gentleman as the busboy, leaving all the tables dirty. Just go to Waffle House 10 minutes away even when if there's a line, you'll leave earlier than leaving from this place with bad service and food. read more

IHOP - Mold in burger - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - State College, Pennsylvania

The food and service was okay. The table where we were seated was disgustingly sticky and dirty.

Best breakfast ever had in my life!!! Amazing staff.... Very affordable. Wish I could go there every day!!!! Stop in and get the best service EVER!!!!!! read more

Here is iHop by the number. I am sitting in iHop right now - right next to the kitchen, listening to people scream orders at each other. There are 21 visible tables. 7 of them have people sitting at them. There are 12 people currently waiting to sit down. The wait the hostess is telling people right now is 30 minutes. My husband and I have been in the restaurant for 45 minutes and still have no food. For the first time in my life I am considering walking out of a restaurant after ordering. I believe this is the most poorly run restaurant I've ever been to. read more

the new management is doing a wonderful job. if you havent been there in awhile its worth a second chance

Absolutely love this place and the food! The manger Tonya was so sweet! Can't wait to go back

I have been waiting over two hours for my food with no communication from the store. They are consistently late and have disgustingly abhorrent service. I really really hope someone else takes over this location because it's a shithole. read more

Dude. Went in at 1 pm, they were super short staffed which I understand I work in the service industry too so I know what that's like, however they didn't bring any water for us after asking 3 different people, the server was going around asking how each table was except ours?? And there was MOLD on my avacado toast. When I told the server all she said was "oh my god" and nobody came back to check on our table or give an apology about the mold at all. Also, it smelled really weird and the bathrooms were disgusting. When we spoke to a manager about it, all they offered was to take off the avacado toast and not comp my entire check. She told us to come back on a night shift for free food as if I would ever want to come back and eat at a place that serves moldy bread. Do not eat here. read more

Very short staffed, waiters seem lost, and the manager is no where to be found. I'd imagine if the restaurant is running awfully the manager would at least be going around trying to keep it together but this was not the case. read more

The service here was absolutely horrible! They had a ton of staff but our waitress took over 15 min to get our drinks and our order took longer than necessary. The floor was wet and hard to walk on, the music was too loud. The food was fine but the whole atmosphere put a damper on the visit. read more

Waited an 1 hour for our food. Worst service ever. Food was cold. Someone in corporate should look into this place

Feel bad for the waiters because this place is horribly short staffed. On top of it all, the food was terrible and served cold. Would be surprised if this place is still here in a month. read more

Took good 5 minutes to wait for a table where they weren't even busy had to flag down waiter for check that took a good 15 minutes then had to to find someone to cash us out read more

If I based this review solely on food, I'd give a 1 star. However, our waitress, Tina, was able to bring my rating up a star! She was nice, and I can't blame her for how our food came out. HOWEVER, our food was on another level of ratchet. If you look at my photos, you will see how messed up our food came out. 1. Who slices their toast horizontally like that????? 2. They literally slapped a slice of cheese on top of my omelette and it wasn't even fully melted... actually, it was HALF A SLICE. They didn't even bother to put the other half on there. 3. The plating for my omelette was so whack. like the person barely placed it on my plate. One inch over and it would've just slid off. 4. The avocado they put on my omelette was HARD and UNRIPE. Yuck. Just do yourself a favor and go to Waffle Shop. Wait in the line and get good food. Not this... read more

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There was no one working the front and employees around neglected to help out waiting customers. Bad service from here.

We waited an hour and a half for Mid food they prioritize the online orders over the dining people

We waited for over 45 minutes for a table and still weren't seated. The host told us there was a 20 minute wait. He told several other customers the same thing and at least 10 people left. There was only one waitress working. The guy told everyone who walked in that the kitchen was backed up so I'm not sure if there was only one cook for a Sunday morning but they lost a lot of business. A man and his family seated at a table got up and asked if their food would be out soon because they waited an hour and a half to that point. This business location in State College, PA is run very poorly. It gives IHOP a bad name read more

I really wish I could give 0 stars. This place needs to be shut down ASAP. When you read 2.0 stars it really is 2.0 star IHOP. Ive had gas station sushi that's better than this place. They genuinely do not care to follow how to make a simple meal. I bet a 5th grader can follow a recipe better than this entire establishment. I'm surprised they are still open and functioning. If you can confuse pesto sauce with Poblano cream, than maybe cuisine isn't your calling. This was a great experience, it really made me appreciate the art of gas station food. read more

Great food, great customer service! Their food looks just like the images. Also, great seating! Very clean on the inside.

Discriminated. Even with an almost empty restaurant, we were seated in the very back of the restaurant. Took almost an hour for our food while another non-minority family got their food 5 minutes after ordering. Highly suggest going to another breakfast venue even with a long wait. read more

It took 2 hours to receive our very simple food order when we walked at 11:45 on a Sunday morning. and it wasnt packed, and there was no warning of how long it would take. it was just significantly understaffed. additionally, my waffle was missing half of one side. waitress was apologetic. individuals who walked in after us received their food before us. i'm generally patient, but this was unacceptable. read more

The food was average. However, we were told 20 minutes and waited nearly 45 followed by a shortage of silverware and our order being messed up twice. Our server we saw maybe twice and everyone was stressed to the point they were being rude. This place is too short staffed for me to want to come back any time soon to this location. read more

I am a Muslim who was celebrating my religious holiday Eid. When this situation occurred it was the most outlandish and profound thing I have ever experienced in State college. My 2-year-old son walked behind a waitress his head bumped her butt and she said he sexually assaulted her as we were leaving and yelled it in front of other customers. Her fellow employees at IHOP supported her decision to feel sexually assaulted by a two and a half year old. I enjoyed IHOP but no longer can eat there because of the situation and believe it occurred because we were Muslim in our traditional Muslim clothing. I cannot support discrimination of any kind. read more

Totally understaffed. Busy football weekend with only one waitress. Only 7 tables with patrons yet line out the door. Most of us are still waiting for food after being seated for 45+ minutes. Customers keep leaving because wait is so long, despite many open tables. Very poorly managed! read more

Nick was amazing! So helpful, great guy. Personally cooked our food and brought it out to my car after we had been waiting a while.

What a great experience we had. Tyler was our server. She was friendly and very engaging. The food was good and the service was outstanding. Looking forward to our next meal here. read more

To the person who posted about the employee in the photograph, while I as a former employee didn't leave in the best of circumstances can clearly say he is a harmless person, I worked with him for over a year and he and I got along and he doesn't deserved to be included in a review. That being said, the staff is friendly, food is reasonably Priced. You get Ana or Dennis or Patricia as your server and guaranteed you are getting the best service this place has to offer. The food is obviously good or else people wouldn't be waiting forever for a table, be patient the people working are working hard to ensure your meal is prepared to perfection. Remember to tip your server well folks! read more

We should have known going in that this wasn't going to be a good experience. The lobby smelled like mildew. The food wasn't terrible but it could've been better. Our waitress and every other server in the restaurant acted like a robot. No personality whatsoever. They brought out our bill with the meal and never asked if we wanted refills or if our meal was ok. And the building was just dirty. A group of 15 came in after us and had to get up and ask for eating utensils, straws and napkins after waiting for about 15 minutes. And a waitress just handed the stuff to the person who came up front ask. She didn't even offer to set their table. Lol.... we won't be going back. read more

IHOP - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - State College, Pennsylvania

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I usually go to The Waffle Shop when I go out to breakfast but I had an IHOP $10 Gift card from work so I decided to give it a try, I moved here from California barely 2 years ago and never been to this IHOP before. The staff was nice but there wasn't a choice of items to swap for pancakes if you don't want pancakes with your meal, I got the sirloin tips meal because I wanted sirloin steak and the only steaks they had are t-bone. I felt like I was waiting forever to get my food, when I finally got received my food it got cold very quickly because even though it was a rainy morning they had the cold air conditioning running. My breakfast was not very tasty it was bland and the sauce they sautéed the sirloin and mushrooms in had a sweet taste instead of a steak sauce taste which my tastebuds did not like. I gave the IHOP in State College a try and I'm going to stick with The Waffle Shop. Also IHOP still has it's 24 hour sign on the building and they are not open 24 hours. read more