Oyyyyyy!
Let me say this: if you're going to visit Oy!, you better bring your appetite!
Oy! Is a twist on the classic diner concept. The twist is, instead of first taking your seat and waiting for a waitress to come take your order; you order at the counter then wait for your food to be brought to you. When we arrived, at around noon on a Saturday, we were greeted by a friendly gal who handed us some menus and told us a little about Oy!. She gave us some highlights of the menu including her favorites and told us to take our time to order. Take my time I did! My wife got very frustrated with me because she was hungry and it seemed that I was taking forever. That's because, I couldn't decide what to get. The menu isn't that extensive, it's just that everything sounded SO good. Plus, everything is JUMBO sized so you spend a lot of time wondering if it would even be responsible to order what you're considering. Ha!
Finally, I decided on the "juicy Lucy" upon recommendation from the hostess. She said that since you have to pay "extra" for cheese on all their burgers, it just makes sense to get the "juicy Lucy" where the cheese is actually on the INSIDE. Sounded like a plan to me! I also ordered a side order of "Philly cheese steak" fries and a drink. My wife ordered the Challah and Egg Souffle. Then, I accidentally ordered a full sized pancake! I say, "accidentally"because I actually meant to order a pancake from the kids menu for us to share. The hostess had explained when we first arrived that since all their portions are so big, ordering off their Kids Menu at Oy! is like ordering a regular sized meal. I didn't want the SUPER large, gigantic pancake but apparently that wasn't what came out of my mouth when I actually ordered.
When the food came to the table I realized my mistake. The pancake was literally bigger than my head and that's no easy feat lemme tell you.
"Whoa", I said to my wife..."is this what I ordered?"
She nodded.
"Why did you let me order this?"
"I thought it was what you wanted."
"Oh.My.God" LOL.
You know the pancake's big when more than one person passes by your table and says, "WHOA! That's the biggest pancake I've ever seen!" All we could do was smile and nod nervously. I mean, what else can you do when perfect strangers comment on your food? LOL
The pancake just sat on the table at first because we were totally intimidated by the size of it. We just started eating the rest of our food. My wife's egg souffle was the size of a brick--she actually had enough leftovers for dinner and breakfast the next day. She enjoyed it very much but noted that next time she'll add meat since it was basically just bread and cheese.
My fries were a huge portion as well and it was just a "side" portion, so imagine. My burger wasn't that big. In fact, my burger was probably my least favorite part of the meal. Yes, it was 100% Angus beef and yes there was cheese inside but overall, it was just ..."meh". The burger was actually overcooked and a bit tough to eat, I didn't finish it. The fries though were FANTASTIC. I'm not sure they were "philly-cheese-steak-y" enough, but the fries themselves were cooked to perfection and full of flavor. I filled up on those and still had plenty of leftovers for dinner.
The pancake though, the pancake was the STAR of the show. When we finally started eating it, we couldn't stop. As full as we were, we still made room for that baby. Where a lot of places get it wrong is, a pancake that's too thick which gets to be "stalling" after a while making it impossible to finish. But, Oy! gets it right. The pancake was the perfect thickness and tasted AMAZING. I could eat one right now. Mmm, it was good.
Cons: The food was EXPENSIVE. Our meal was $50 total and I'd say that's extravagant for a burger, fries, a pancake and one other item.
I already mentioned that the burger was not a hit for me. But more than just not liking the taste, I didn't like how the burger didn't come with fries. Who does that? Burgers and fries just GO together.... point.blank.period...you shouldn't have to order fries as a side.
The pizza pan as a plate thing is a 'no'. Our food spun around so much that it made me dizzy. And since my wife and I were sharing the pancake, both she and I trying to use one hand to eat it while the plate spun around wasn't fun.
Overall, despite some missteps, I liked the food and service at Oy! I think I'll l have to come back again. read more