This is what I have concluded. Perkins on a weekend morning is chaos at its finest. Long wait times, servers being yelled at, food good but a little wrong (cold, messy presentation , or coming out at different times). Perkins in the evenings is a whole different experience. Everyone is happy, food comes out quickly, and there is a calm chaos that is strongly soothing. Also, who doesn't like breakfast for dinner? 01.04.2025 read more

Perkins American Food - SBC 22.11.2024 - Bakeries Near Me - Bradenton, Florida

Outstanding I stopped in for lunch, thinking lunch rather than breakfast. Perkins is well-known for their breakfast, but can they put together a great burger? Turns out they can. The burger I selected was their BBQ Tangler Burger, a bacon and cheese (and lettuce and tomato) tower with sweet BBQ sauce and lots of thin deep fried onion pieces. Stacked high and messy with onion pieces falling out, this was an outstanding burger. The fries matched the quality of the sandwich. I wasn't surprised and I was very pleased. It only took about 10 minutes from ordering until I had my food. Everything about my visit was great. My pleasant server was topnotch, doing all the usual server things in a timely manner, interacting with me and other regular customers to make everyone's visit a little nicer. The restaurant appeared clean and well-maintained. At Perkins you pay your bill up front as you leave. By the register they have a couple of display cases, one full of muffins, the other pies. It looked good, but I was full. read more

Perkins American Food - BBQ Tangler Burger - Bakeries Near Me - Bradenton, Florida

In town to visit our son and wanted to try a restaurant that we hadn't tried before. Decided on Perkins due the it's proximity on our way out of town. Our server was nice, but the food was just so-so. We may give it another try on a subsequent visit - perhaps do breakfast next time and sample some of the baked goods. read more

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The food was good but the service was even better. Daniel was my server and I have never had such elite service before. He deserves a raise!

The Food is delicious! The service is great, I felt very welcomed! It was very comfortable!

Perkins is underrated! Went here with my boyfriend during the weekend and it was really busy but they sat us immediately. The french toast was really good and the coffee was hot, I also like how they leave the pot for you. My boyfriend got the meal deal with the chicken tender melt and tomato bisque soup which he really enjoyed! We split a peanut butter chocolate pie after and it was the cherry on top for our meal :) read more

Quick late night dinner & pleasantly surprised. Not a normal dinner place for us by any means. I had breakfast & my husband had the honey crunch chicken salad. Food & service were very good. Manager was onsite & very nice. read more

Food was good and service was very nice ! It wasn't busy so enjoy our dinner. They have great pies .

Stopped in for lunch on Tuesday. The food was very good and the service was exceptional. We enjoyed ourselves. read more

Perkins American Food - Yummy - Bakeries Near Me - Bradenton, Florida

This Perkins feels more like a local friendly meeting place . It is managed very well . The manager doesn't hide in his office. He often greets you and pitches in when needed .The wait staff are friendly ,well trained and experienced. The restaurant is clean and pleasant. The food is good hot and timely. The Breakfasts are my personal favorite. The prices are reasonable. the Baked goods excellent. I love the senior portions and the blueberry muffins are the best . After a visit to another Breakfast dinner bakery east on 70 costing 4 times as much I realized what a gem this Perkins is. Some of the reviews on here are rude and some are not my experience and I am a frequent customer . read more

Our breakfast was spot-on! The only hiccup was that we ordered breakfast potatoes with our Eggs Benedict but the brought hash browns instead. So, we decided to not make a fuss and eat them. They were perfect. Final analysis, excellent breakfast. This place is a definite repeat. Update: We were just getting ready to leave and I happened to notice the spoon that I had not used. It was really gross. read more

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Food used to be really good. Hubby and I went there last week late afternoon. Awful. Food was lukewarm at best. Eggs were super-small. I ordered eggs benedict and the hollandaise was like pure butter!! Yuck. Previously there was always a manager-type of person in the lobby helping to seat people. We didn't see him there at all. Not sure if they changed hands or if he was just not there that day but not a good experience and we will not return. Also, lobby smells like urine....maybe a sewage issue there. read more

Been a fan of Perkins for years! Good food, decent prices. Service is always good. Nice bakery too.!

Great food and great service! We are from Illinois and they closed our Perkins. Was hoping the pancakes would be the same and they were!

I have been back in town for a month and went to Perkins twice. Both I was seated with every patron in the same small section where I have to listen to loud ignorant commentary from others. I have no idea why they keep doing this, all the other sections are open and they are forcing everyone to sit together. I understand if the restaurant is full but it is not. Im sure the waitresses like it because they do not not have to walk the entire place but too bad ! Im paying $40 for lunch I dont want to hear a bunch of yahoos talk non sense. If and when I ever go back I will demand a table. Food is good but you dont need to sit people on top of each other. read more

They had very good food with very nice people serving. Very quick with how they brought out the food in a short matter of time. The scenery was a nice quiet diner with space around to talk. read more

The food was good, the breakfast was a simple eggs and bacon with home fries. I liked the seasoning on the crispy chewy bacon. A service point for the manager, the waitress brought me the check midway through the meal. The place was empty, and I got the check about 5 minutes after I started on my meal. I think she just did not read me correctly. I planned to sit a while... Happy it was a better breakfast then yeaterday's. read more

I ordered the eggs Benedict. The eggs were fried and not poached! There was no taste to the Hollandaise sauce. Orange juice was super watered down. read more

Pancakes and French toast a 10 Egg omelette a 6. Too wet inside Eggs over easy were perfect Homilies were delicious. It was a great breakfast. Place was clean and neat. Prices were good. Louise waitress was nice too The best thing ...the syrup is served hot..unlike ihop read more

Average food for above average price. I don't see what the big deal is about this place. There are better places to go for breakfast.

Went there on a Saturday night because our first choice had a long waiting list. Only chose Perkins because a customer where I work (a diner) eats there too. I've never been, so we gave it a shot. Had to try pumpkin pancakes! Yummy!! Could be better with crispy edges; just a bit soggy, but still tasty. They had a deal on desserts (we rarely get) so I got a pumpkin muffin... out of this world!!! I've never had better. My boyfriend typically doesn't like sweets but got wild berry pie- absolutely delicious! Loved it so much we went back a few days later and got more! The breakfast burger was phenomenal and I bought them out of pumpkin muffins read more

Perkins American Food - Breakfast burger; turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans with bacon. - Bakeries Near Me - Bradenton, Florida

Just got up and walked out. Waited at our table for a waitress for 20 minutes No one would even look us in the eye We are middle class dressed for church I don't know what the problem was. After they sat a party of 8 behind us and started taking their drink orders we left. I could not get anyone's attention. How rude. read more

Our order was incorrect and the manager, Melissa, was absolutely nasty on the phone when we tried to get it fixed. I would not recommend this establishment. I would highly recommend that their manager take customer service classes from Walt Disney World. read more

Their pot pie is cold but good! Like to stop by there with the old wife on Sundays after church service

I moved to Florida 4 years ago and had been searching for a place that has at least a decent country fried steak. For some reason, it's difficult to find in this part of the country. I had seen theirs on the menu, but after so many disappointments, I was hesitant to try it. I finally broke down and tried it, and I have to say, I don't think I have ever eaten a better country fried steak than Perkins'! It is absolutely delicious, and I actually have days now when I crave it. I am so happy to have finally found good country fried steak in Florida. They even put it in its own container when you order it to be delivered, and it always tastes like they just just cooked it up from scratch. In fact, we have never ordered anything from Perkins that wasn't excellent! I highly recommend this restaurant!! read more

Horrible food and service! My friend ordered eggs Benedict and the eggs were fried! We got sick when we got home! I got a skillet and it was nothing but grease! Disgusting!! The manager sucked too! Nothing good about this place! We went at 10:30 and they were vacuuming while we were there and the place smelled like dirty feet! This place won't be there long that's for sure! Stay away from here seriously! read more

Savanna was our server. She was wonderful, great service! Our food was hot and delicious and the restaurant was very clean.

Terrible. Poorly managed. I love Perkins but this location is awful. We walked in, four waitresses were huddled at the corner, they glanced at us and just stood there. One came up to them yelling about a customer not getting his drink. The pastry display was chaos! Cupcakes knocked over, crumbs everywhere, and the floor was filthy. It's like they don't even give a damn. I felt gross just being in there. My advice, fire management and start over. read more

My experience was the exact opposite of the original reviewers. We came for the breakfast menu. The restaurant was clean and appeared to be fairly new. For cleanliness, I always check the silverware-no problem here. We were seated in the main dining room and from my vantage point I had a view into the kitchen, which is partially open. Again, nothing that looked suspicious. My wife ordered the pancakes with strawberries and I had some artery hardening combo special; eggs, bacon, home fries and pancakes. Everything was very good. The menu is pretty extensive and overall it is a very nice place to have a decent breakfast at an affordable price. read more

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So I'd like to give Perkins a five star rating because we went in there at 2:08 at 2:40 we had no food but the people next to us who ordered 25 minutes after got their food before us so we are leaving they said oops sorry Nothing else, no please stay have the food on the house since you waited over 30 minutes we left and went across the street to the buffet on the corner of 14th and 60th The five stars are because if they hadn't done that we would never realize how good Duffs buffet is For 30 for two ppl wasn't bad at all read more

2/18/20: Bradenton FL- UPDATE: NEW REVIEW on their Burger fries & Pie Combo for 9.99!!! OMG!!! Please oh please keep this on the menu I am a HUGE fan of this deal , this morning I had the Breakfast burger n fries with your Chocolate French slik Pie OMG!!!!! First let's start off with the burger, that's one tasty burger for sure and the egg even though the egg wasn't runny it was still good fries we're good , average but better than Mcdonald's fries for sure but now lets get to the fireworks!!! The pie!! O M G!!! That pie! was just ...the only way I can express it is , it was like having the MOST passionate SEX with your partner EVER!!! okay F*CK it it was F*CKING delicious!!!! You can taste the chocolate not only that but you can taste a bit coffee in there as well making it a beautiful mocha flavor to it that it was just ....well folks it left me speechless (CUE IN LADY GAGA's BAD ROMANCE SONG) I maybe going just a little overboard folks, but for real folks ..it was that good...Don't believe me? Go try it out for yourself ...this is one deal that you can't pass up for sure....(Hopefully y'all enjoyed this review if so please let me know send me over your comments and likes I just love writing and trying out foods, until I bite again, laterz) read more

Food was very good but waitress forgot the pancakes that came with the meal but was later deducted on bill.

Firstly, the service was very, very good. The young ladies were prompt, courteous, friendly and efficient. I ordered country steak, gravy, scrambled eggs and biscuits. Everything was hot and fresh and quite good. Except, those poor biscuits...they were not fresh, nor hot. One looked like they threw it on the grill to save it, it had browned marks, but it didn't survive. The other one was, well, RIP biscuit, cold. I did eat the tops, though only partly. I mentioned it to the manager and he took them off my tab. I still left my server the original 20% tip in cash. I will come back when I'm in town next. I'll just order toast. Darn it! I love those biscuits! read more

Used to love this location, but the food has gotten progressively worse. Sorry, won't be going back anymore.

It was OK. We went at 10 pm and we had fast friendly service. They accommodated organizing a table of 10. The breakfast is amazing there and the dessert too! The burgers are good and the prices are cheap! DONT get the pasta, only the shrimp and broccoli had a good taste. The man manager on duty could be more nice... The waitress was great at keeping up with refills. Overall I would still go again but for breakfast, burgers, shrimp, broccoli, and the pies!!!! read more

It is what it is. A diner with the classics. Decent service, clean. Pretty much what you expect.

Was really expecting more from this restaurant ever since it got remodeled. Sure it looks good but the service is subpar. We were seated and our waitress came and took our drink order. Came back with the drinks and we needed a few minutes to decide. About another fifteen minutes later she finally came back. My mom ordered the pineapple upside down pancake and she asked for sugar free syrup instead of the syrup that comes on it. It came however without butter and that was weird I mean how can you serve a pancake without butter. My sisters meal was fine but mine was the steak and potatoes skillet. The gravy was extremely salty and I couldn't really eat it. Whenever the waitress blew by us to ask how everything was my sister said fine so the waitress left before I could say anything. The cook checked us out up front so I told him and he kinda just shrugged his shoulders and said he'd work on it. That is not good service and we won't be back unless we either have a good coupon or it's the only place open and we are starving Update: went back tonight 9-14 and had the best food and service. I had the pumpkin pancakes and they were very tasty. Mom had some French toast that she loved as well. The waitress was very attentive and we even saw the general manager. We will come back most likely because I haven't had the pumpkin muffins yet. read more

After a toiling debacle of fast-food disappointment round midnight on a foggy Monday eve, my companion and I stepped foot into this warm, cozy, and dare I say welcoming restaurant commonly known as Perkins. Prior to our arrival we had been CAST from many another 'establishment' despite their 24 Hour postings both in person and online. Alas, we found ourselves low on hopes and gasoline, petrol perhaps, until we saw the glowing, green light and felt similarly entranced as Gatsby to Daisy's dock light in that great old American classic. But returning to the matter at hand, Perkins, a diamond in the rough of Bradenton's nonexistent night life, welcomed us with open arms and warm pastries. We properly stuffed ourselves on good ol' home cooked meals and were served by a lovely woman named Tina. Oh Tina, how she turned our night around. Thank you and goodnight, Perkins, and an especially good night to lovely Tina. read more

Toni is awesome. Extremely warm and polite. Remembers you by name and your order if you visit often. Perkins looks great after its remodel.

Sat down at5:40. Ordered in a reasonable time. 30 minutes later only had our drinks, no appetizers delivered. I could see in the kitchen, no one was washing dishes, coffee pots on the floor under the dish stacks. Trash on the floor. Watched the waitress just go back with dirty dishes and throw them on top the pile. Manager went in and sorted and stacked the dishes but no one washing at all. Waited 10 more minutes and got up to leave. My friend saw the waitress and told her we had waited too long and we were leaving for the poor service. She got huffy and asked if we wanted it to go? The manager was taking someone's money and heard it as well as 2 couples waiting to be seated. The one woman said "That's not a good sign!" I told her we ordered 40 minutes ago and haven't even gotten the appetizers. Dirty kitchen, trash on floor, no one cleaning dishes. Must be a Health Code Violation there somewhere. read more