Exactly what I expect at any Waffle House: great service, good food, and conversational environment.

In true Waffle House fashion, the staff at this location are quite intense and loud. Especially if you're sitting at the bar, be ready for breakfast and a show. Our waitress was so kind and thoughtful, though, and the All Star Special was delicious. read more

Waffle House - All Star Special with Coffee - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Athens, Georgia

I had a great experience and will happily return when I'm in Athens again next year. The service was fast, friendly, and on the ball despite the place being packed with UGA kids. This was on a Sunday around Noon. I ordered the Fiesta Omelet with toast and sliced tomato. It was excellent! The toast comes buttered. How cool is that? I happily cleaned my whole plate. I sat at the counter and could watch all the goings on in the kitchen. All the employees were working hard. I recommend tipping more than the customary 20%. For example, I tipped $5.00 on a $12.00 check. read more

Waffle House - Click me. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Athens, Georgia

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I have visited the Waffle House in downtown Athens several times throughout the years and have had a good experience every single time. If you visit, be ready to street park and bring quarter coins for the parking meter. I always visit when UGA students are on vacation, so I have not encountered a crowd. I understand that visiting during school season will likely change the experience, but the food has tasted like any other Waffle House; Affordable and delicious. Currently, this is the only Waffle House in Athens that accepts Apple Pay. I love the UGA decor! read more

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I had a bad experience with the waffle house on gaines road in athens ga on dec 7 2025 at 718pm dishes were all over the place it look like a total disarray very nasty and messy tables dirty with food all over it I ate my food cause I was hungry they messed up my order I left a nine dollar tip for a eighteen dollar meal this is a fifty percent I feel bad for these people there going no where in life and probably on government assistance and on drugs real bad the cook look like he was seriously on dope good luck buddy you are going no where in life making 3.00 dollars and hour read more

Took at least 15 min just to be acknowledged. Service was not good, staff was unfriendly and condescending. No sense of order in terms of seating customers. read more

Waffle House is a cultural icon. The ridges in every golden waffle are as emblematic as the purple mountain majesties mentioned in "America the Beautiful". Waffle House does in fact have its own songs and you can play them on its jukebox. This location is not reverent of the dear place WaHo holds in the soul of many southerners. On my most recent trip it started with four employees chasing and cursing customers that tried to dine and dash. Next up was our introduction to the angriest server I've ever experienced. She didn't understand why our group would want to move away from the police officer who was going hands on with the intoxicated dine and dash perpetrator. During the rest of the meal the entire kitchen was arguing, one worker played "Take this Job and Shove It" seven times in the jukebox, and our own server eventually walked out. read more

Worst Waffle House I think I have EVER been to, and I never leave reviews but god did the staff make me and my friends feel so unwelcome. They almost seemed frustrated with us that we wanted to eat at their restaurant, that they had to do their job. Very unprofessional staff as well as management. I wish I could leave 0 stars. read more

this is a horrible establishment. me and my friend after a night of clubbing got told by the security guard in front that we couldnt come into waffle house because of our outfits?? apparently our clothes didnt meet the waffle house high class standard so we were turned away. like cmon? let us buy a bad waffle and leave. i have NEVER seen a waffle house turn someone away no matter what they looked like and they just wanted the rich white sorority and frat kids to eat their waffles and cheese eggs. yall suck and dont waste your time giving them your money cause they obviously could care less if they get it. read more

I love Waffle House! Haven't been in a long time so decided to try this location after a night out. Worst mistake I've ever made as far as trying a new Waffle House! As soon as we walked in, we noticed some empty tables with a few dishes on them, nothing crazy, so we cleared them to the side then were immediately yelled at and cursed out by some rude lady behind the counter. She treated us like dogs, hell I've never been spoken to so rudely by a restaurant employee anywhere. We were told to go to the waiting area (apparently we didn't get close enough to the waiting area) and were yelled at again! That was enough for us. This is by far the worst Waffle House on the planet. Please do yourself a favor and go anywhere but here! read more

manager is not professional at all. The worse service possible. The crew member had better service than she did! but even at that, still very unsatisfied . read more

They did not answer the phone , when We went to the restaurant there wasn't one car. So I went in, and ordered. We waited patently for our food, just for them to give me hash browns instead of grits like we asked. They didn't add anything to my boyfriend hash browns like we told the server. Very irritating and frustrating. Will not be back and we are not pleased at all. read more

Worst establishment I have ever stepped foot in. Walked inside only to be glared at by the entire staff. Didn't get any service and left after sitting at our table for 20 minutes. Half the workers sat outside the front door smoking. Don't go. read more

Filled a void. Smothered hash browns, eggs and OJ before the drive home. No 5 stars? It was a bit of a wait, restaurant was dirty primarily the floor and out front employees in break were complaining about not getting their paycheck. Standard waffle house fare just sub par in cleanliness and attitude. Happy it was here as the food was good and filling. read more

Screw this place. I walked in, very hungry after a night on the town, and no one served me after 10 minutes. I assume it's because I'm a darker skinned guy with a beard. Get less racist employees. read more

First I would like to preface this review by saying this... I am high as a hot air ballon reaching a world record height. Secondly I would include that while am writing this review, I have immediately just finished my food. It was awesome read more

Cheese eggs, raisin toast, grits and bacon for like $7. Thank you, God! Delicious, lots of transfat, but ok once in a while. Caution: The manager (Jon) does not like Californians. Said that A Waffle House will never open in the state bc we are eccentrics. He compare Californians to armpits that smell. read more

Possibly the worst Waffle House experience I have ever had. My buddy ordered a grits bowl and found multiple hairs in it. He asked to get it replaced and it never did. The waitress kayln was extremely passive aggressive and would slam our drinks and food on the table. At the end she had the audacity to ask my buddy to pay for his hairy food. Waitress needs to be unemployed read more

i would give this location no stars if i could! I have been to this waffle house location (down town Athens) two times and both times I have had horrible service. The first time was the night before the G Day game in April of 2018, it was 2am and my friends and I were hungry after drinking so we walked to this location. It was super busy and we were standing waiting in line for a table. About 20 minutes goes by and no one is seated and a few people have walked out at this point. no one is greeted when they walked in and no one is talked to. Everyone waiting is being ignored by the staff. Finally a group gets up and pays and leaves so my friends and I sit down at the dirty table. A waitress then proceeds to tell us that we cannot sit down at a dirty table and it has to be cleaned so we get up and stand. The waitress then picks up the tip and walks away without cleaning the table. We wait another 30 minutes and no one else has cleaned that table or any other table. No other person has been served so we left and went to a different location. The second time was last night 01/01/2019. My friend and I went around 7pm for food before the sugar bowl game. We are the only ones in the restaurant and we sit down. Our waiter was a man named Leroy I believe, we try to make small talk about how empty it was and he made us feel like we were not welcomed there because he said it "just slowed down and he was just trying to enjoy his peace and quit while he could" so from the start he made us feel as if it was a Burdon so serve us. I asked for a waffle cooked light with 2 over medium eggs and a vanilla coke. when I got my food the waffle was not cooked light it was very crispy and looked as if they did not fill the entire iron with batter so it was a bit smaller than usual. I didn't say anything and just ate it. When I got my ticket my total was $7.49 when it usually is only about $5.34 since my meal is on the $5 menu. I tried to say this to them which all 3 employees came at me very aggressively saying that my meal was on the $5 menu but my drink was not included (years I have been ordering this and this is the first I've heard of that) when I pointed that out they very rudely said they changed the menu and took the drink off of the price so it was not included. That is fine and I don't mind paying, but the way they all 3 attacked me like I was trying to get out of paying and how rude they were about it really is unprofessional. This location is really disappointing as its the only waffle house downtown and I love waffle house, But the staff needs some more training on customer service. read more

One of the servers asked us to move out of the door so the door would remain closed for the heaters, which we understood. However, when she asked us to leave to close the door, she said to us, "Can somebody speak in their language to ask them to move out, Vietnamese or Chinese?". What she said to me and my friends was seriously offensive and because of that, I'm never setting foot at this Waffle House again. The servers are insensitive, rude, and don't deserve to work at any restaurant if they continue to talk to people like this. read more

Don't even try to eat here. Waited 15 minutes and not even acknowledged by an employee.

Inexpensive, good location. That's it. Service takes forever. Hardly anyone acknowledges you. The food is nothing interesting or great. Just huge calories. If you have no alternative, then go. read more

This was the worst Waffle House I have ever been to. It was 1 PM on a Sunday and the staff was arguing within themselves the whole time. The manager was screaming over all of them and then half the staff ended up walking out halfway through my meal. Took me about 45 min to get my food and an hour to actually get my waffle. Thank god for the waitress serving me or I might have been waiting even longer. The food was terrible and the cleanliness of the whole establishment almost made me leave right away. Trash being taken out through the waiting area, boxes all over the kitchen floor, plates sitting out for 20 min or more before going to their table. AVOID THIS WH, GO TO THE OTHER ONES SCATTERED NEARBY. read more

This is the worst Waffle House I've ever been to. When we showed up, there were just two other tables. We sat for 15 minutes without being acknowledged by any of the 4 staff members. When we finally flagged down a server, she had a horrible attitude and told us we weren't in her section. After 20 mins with still no service, we just left. This location ruining Waffle House. read more

It seems this is a clever choice for speed and convenience, but even then, you might be better off with your hunger. This is not the way I remember the Waffle House menu. In my college days it seemed like kind of a fun inexpensive treat to go there and get a hearty breakfast, and to be fair, I've since gone vegetarian, but that leaves waffles, pancakes, eggs, cheese, potatoes, coffee... the main staples of the establishment are still perfectly up for veggie grabs. Now and at this location though, it's a double sided, laminated, greasy page with a few items to pick from on each side, and almost zilch that looks appetizing. It's as if they'd like you to leave and never come back. Come to think of it, in the shuttle from the airport, I met a member of the upper management of Waffle House. Between us sat a sweet young Srilankan student on her way to begin the next chunk of her studies in environmental engineering or something like that. This cliche oaf of an American next to her (Waffle House executive) starts showing off his ranch outside of Athens, using my phone to access google earth, etc, etc... In common form, he openly and loudly tries to lather up this feigned familiarity with foreign things (of which he is so proud) by asking inappropriate questions and relating the girls earnest attempt at an answer, to some more unrelated and inappropriate banter. He asked her at some point if she'd been "packing heat" at the airport, and there's where I came closest to smacking him in his dumb mouth, but after all, I didn't and just directed my own questions to the student sitting next to me who seemed at ease with just about anything anyhow. He also asked her if she had a boyfriend (which is perfectly fine for an old man to ask a young girl I suppose) but went on to ask if there was going to be some sort of arranged marriage! Lord have mercy on the movers and shakers of this juicy country. Back to the establishment though, "iiiiiiiiit stinks", and you can do better for yourself. Big up never the less to the employees for carrying on conversations of their own, at the top of their lungs, and for everyone to hear about the latest radio rap song and whether it holds any merit compared with the others. I felt they were at least having a good time, if nothing else. The cook was the only guy in the whole waffle food chain who seemed to be functioning in his appointed capacity, though he must have back issues to have to hold up such a decrepit establishment on his own. read more

My first time in athens. Its the morning after the dawgs beat the cocks. We have about 30 minutes to eat before hitting the road to get back home. We stopped into this Waffle House downtown and had a perfect breakfast. Very friendly manager and staff. Very clean restaurant. The food was hot fresh fast and delicious. I had a pecan waffle and hash browns - smothered. Would love to go back. Much much better than our breakfast at the grill the day before. And better than the other Waffle House I have been to. read more

My boyfriend and I have gone here twice this week, but walked out today before we even had a chance to order (we were sitting in the booth for a good 5-10 minutes with no acknowledgement). Both times we walked in, we weren't greeted or even acknowledged. I'm not expecting the red carpet, but a simple "hi, how are ya?" Or a "hello, welcome!" Would've made our experiences 10000x better. Being a corporate store, I expect more. Not only that, but the way the waitress talked to another customer who was picking up an order was really disrespectful. "Hey! This is your order! You can take it now!" In a very aggressive tone...I Would never recommend this to anyone we know. read more

I had the worst experience at any sit down restaurant in my entire life. Our server, Kaylyn, had the worst attitude of any server I've ever witnessed, messed up all of our orders, and was extremely passive aggressive. If I were the owner of this establishment, I would never hire anyone with the attitude that she has. I hope she knows that she is working for tips, and I haven't found any reason to give her even a 5% tip, which is saying a lot. I ordered a bacon egg and cheese biscuit and never got it, even though she charged me for it on the receipt. I am very, thoroughly upset with this Waffle House experience, and I pray to god I never have a server be so disrespectful to me ever again. Literally didn't even get my water. -.5/10 read more

Iv been to a lot of different waffle houses. This was by far the worst one iv ever visited. The manager. Nancy, made our experience hardly tolerable. She was screaming at her staff the entire time. Our poor server was constantly being yelled at making it almost impossible for her to do her job. Food was good read more

Yuck! As we entered this morning, rather than being welcomed, we were told to move to the waiting area. While we waited, at least three staff members were on their personal cell phones as they continually touched their hair and faces with their hands. Gross! The health department really needs to take a look around, and the management really needs to retrain this staff. I asked to speak to the manager, and apparently there was no one in charge. The staff was completely indifferent when I addressed the lack of hygiene standards and the fact that they were just RUDE to us as customers. Definitely the WORST Waffle House ever! We left and went to Mama's Boy! Delicious and hospitable! read more

OMFG. 15 minutes and we still don't have our food. They had to take our order twice. The staff are yelling at each other behind the counter. This place is trash. read more

We stood in a "line" for 25. There was no organization and we were waiting for a table. When the table was available and it was our turn we went to sit. A few minutes later the manager told us to get up as some girls claimed they were infront of us. We were the second people in line and the girls weren't even in the restaurant when we got there. The manager spent the whole time we were there screaming at her workers and cussing in front of everyone. She yelled "I can't understand this fucking handwriting get someone to fix this fucking bullshit" infront of all to hear. When it came to the situation I explained the girls were not infront of us and she didn't care. The one worker who saw us looked confused as she saw we were next. I would never ever go back to that place with how much chaos and lack of management in the business. The manager should be fired for use of foul language and for not helping her workers. She blatantly harassed them and had no skills when it came to solving an issue instead wanting to hear our side she just wanted us out of the booth. I'm not sure if it's cause we were two guys in street clothes against 4 girls in costumes. Or because she wasn't paying attention but she has no place to be a manager!!!! read more

I usually receive fine service at this location, but this was the exception. The server, DAVID (short, pathetic looking, terrible acne), forgot to make my waffles and only realized this when I asked for my to-go order. He then tried to blame it on the line cooks for forgetting to make the waffles (anyone who's been to a WaHo knows it's generally the server's responsibility). So the rest of my order was completed while I waited an additional 10 minutes for him to forget the waffles again. Another server finally handed me my order, which was now ice cold, and I told David I didn't want the waffles now as I'd been waiting for an inordinate amount of time. And to top it all off, I get home and realize I'm missing half of the order anyway. The server, David, appeared to be way too under the influence of some sort of substance to be interacting with customers. It would behoove management of this location to reconsider this individual's employment status as he is a poor representation of a usually hard-working staff. read more

This is probably the worst Waffle House I have ever been to. The service is terrible and the restaurant needs a good cleaning. Called to place in a call in order, they didn't answer the 12 times I called then IWent to the restaurant to see that they weren't even busy. read more

Prompt courteous service. Food was good and hot. Wait staff was friendly. Kids had waffles, bacon, oj. I had the Texas bacon egg and cheese sandwich with the hash browns topped with gravy and ham. It was tasty. No complaints. read more

It's one of the best Waffle Houses around. Good service and food as always, even if you're completely drunk. It gets crazy busy around 2-3am towards the end of the week from people coming from the bars but they work as hard as they can to get people through fast read more

My boyfriend and I come to this Waffle House quite frequently. This is because of the greatest server we have had the pleasure of knowing. His name is Leroy. He knows our order by heart and is always friendly, attentive, and overall great. If he's working, then it is always a pleasant experience. Sometimes he cooks the food for us as well. He's an overall outstanding friend. We will go out of our way to come visit when he is working. Thanks Leroy!!!!! read more

Do not patronize this business. The ACC cop ordered us out on the sidewalk even though there were multiple booths that were not occupied and dirty. I will never spend another dollar in this place! read more

Just had breakfast there this morning. Food was good but waitstaff very disorganized. One waitress gave our food to another table. After about 30 minutes we finally had our food. They were very apologetic. Almost too much. read more

Worst Waffle House I've ever been to. We waited for almost an hour and never got served, despite the fact that the restaurant was not busy. The employees were very rude, and many other customers also left out of frustration after waiting an hour. The restaurant was also decrepit, with a leaking ceiling and a cockroach scuttling on the walls. Do not go here. Take your business elsewhere. read more