Bring your appetite! The portions are large, and if you order one of the Scrambles, they're ridiculously enormous!
This place is very homey and casual. It's a family business. Staff is extremely friendly and pleasant. Service was quick and efficient.
The coffee is typical diner/coffeeshop caliber: weak and thin, not much flavor, and the flavor that was there wasn't very good. So, if you're a coffee connoisseur, get your morning coffee elsewhere. Hubby got the hot cocoa, and it was good but extremely hot, and they put a handful on mini-marshmallows on top, which held the heat in. So, he had to take his cocoa "to go" when we left, as it remained too hot to drink during our entire breakfast.
A muffin comes with your meal. We both chose the Cinnamon Muffins instead of the Mixed Berry Muffins. These were exceptionally good! Not dry at all, but also not oily either. I would love to have their recipe.
I got the chicken-fried steak with country gravy, over-easy eggs (you get three eggs with your meal instead of the typical two), and fried potatoes and onions. I ordered a side of sourdough toast (which was extra) so that I could dip it into my egg yolks. The steak was fine, but the gravy was a little bland for my taste. It seemed under-salted, and I tend to prefer quite a lot of pepper in my country gravy; as far as I could tell, this had no pepper at all. The potatoes were tasty, but there was no crispiness to them. And they could have been slightly more seasoned for my taste; I did feel the need to use ketchup on them, which isn't always the case with me. The eggs were perfectly cooked; nicely runny yolks, and fully-cooked whites without being tough. The toast was scrumptious; I don't know for sure, but I suspect that they buttered the toast by brushing melted butter on it, rather than spreading room-temp butter with a knife. It was fantastic. (If you're a person who likes your toast "lightly buttered," you should order it dry, and butter it yourself with the butter pats that are provided at each table, cuz they don't go light on the butter!)
My husband ordered a Scramble. It was gargantuan!! It was a plate of the skillet potatoes and onions, topped with scrambled eggs containing all the mix-ins, then more potatoes, then shredded cheddar on top of the whole thing. He loved it, but only ate about a quarter of it (and he has a big appetite). He ordered a pancake on the side, which was as large at the plate. He said it was exceptionally good.
I wish I could give this place an extra half-star because of something that they did for us which was above and beyond the call of duty. I accidentally left my brand-new coat there. We live about 20-25 minutes away from The Kettle, so I called to let them know that I would come back in a couple of days to pick it up (they would be closed the next day). But they offered to meet us half-way to hand it off, so that I wouldn't have to wait 2 days for my coat. We thought that was extremely kind and generous of them to offer to do that.
We will definitely go back again. The food wasn't perfect, but it was very good, there was plenty of it, at good prices, with great service, and all in very pleasant environment. read more