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    Delicious! Meat was tender. Chips and salsa homemade. I would recommend. Prices about the same as other Mexican restaurants in the area.

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    total disappointment. overpriced, below mediocre food, awful service. 0/10 would not recommend, and definitely won't be going back here.

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    Stopped in for a late breakfast yesterday and there's no way I could eat it in one sitting. Biggest…read moresausage patty I've ever seen and eggs were cooked to perfection.

    First let me start by saying the food was delicious and from the literal hundreds of times I have…read morebeen to the Family Pancake House, it is most always great food. I walked in the door with my two grandkids at 7:20-7:25PM, (close at 8). We were seated and asked for drinks. Grandkids ordered milkshakes and me a decaf coffee. The Host said, "I'll have to make a pot so it will be a few minutes", great. about 5-10 minutes later the waiter came by, She asks if we had ordered drinks, I said yes but the Hostess had to make a pot of decaf and were still waiting on their milkshakes. another few minutes and the, hostess or waitress, I forget which says, "i'm sorry but they have started cleaning because we close in a little while and they have put the coffee away, I still have caffeinated coffee if you want that.....REALLY! So, 1. do you serve until closing, 2. do you have a limited menu between like 7-8pm because they are cleaning. 3. Are patron refused standard service if the get there before 8pm. Maybe you should close at 7pm so the staff can get out the door at 8pm. Now the service, kids waited too long for their milkshakes. Waiter served the food and said she would return to fill the empty water glasses. Granddaughter had pancakes, and the waiter forgot the syrup, after waiting several minutes, I had to get up and peer around the corner and ask for the syrup, when she brought the syrup she realized she forgot the water refills. OK on top of all that, when my granddaughter ordered her pancakes the waiter asked if she wanted to add eggs or bacon with that, she said bacon. The waiter said two or four slices. Granddaughter replied TWO. The waiter forgot the bacon, and when she served the food said Oh, your bacon will be right up. I watched her got to the kiosk and 5 minutes later served the bacon, 4 slices not 2. Of course when we got the bill it was billed for four slices. My recommendation...DO NOT go the Family Pancake House after 6:30PM in the evening. Again, I have been frequenting the establishment since 1964, when they first opened on Kitsap Way at the original location. I will not go back for dinner service. Funny side note, two other people that came in and sat behind us asked for decaf coffee and were refused. That's three cups of coffee at $3.50 each. That's $10.50 plus tax and tip lost due to LAZINESS.

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    4.5(60 reviews)
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    i ordered from them in the past and the food was really fantastic. Unfortunately, yesterday I paid…read more$25 for a Carne Asada Burrito and the steak was tough, with gristle, and did not taste like Carne Asada and was too salty. in addition, the portion size was quite small for a $25 burrito. We also tipped $5, so for a total of $30, we got a burrito slightly larger than a Taco Bell burrito, and honestly, it did not even taste as good as Taco Bell. The customer service was really great but the quality of the food was not good and the prices are also very high for small portions of food. We will be going to another place from now on. Thank you.

    After the long day I had, the last thing I want to do is cook. I stopped by here on my way home and…read moreordered the carne asada fries without the hot cheetos (not a fan of the chips). I saw they had pineapple cucumber Pico de gallo, thought I would try that, as well as the pickled carrots (which is my favorite thing to snack on). There was so much flavor in the meat, it was juicy, and tender. The fries were fresh the guacamole was amazing. I really enjoyed the pico on the dish as well as the pineapple pico on the side. I wish there was more kick to the carrots. But I got Valentino at home, so it helped. I paid $20.xx before tip for the dish. My only thing I wish it had a little more meat (but that's because it was that good to me.) Nothing better than having an amazing meal after a very busy amd long day.

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