We love to stop at Waffle House on long road trips and this one did not disappoint! Our waitress Erin was so sweet and on top of everything - which is no small feat with 6 teenage boys! The food was excellent and the restaurant and bathroom were both very clean. Best Waffle House around for sure! read more

I just loved our waiter. I think she said she was just a trainee but she was perfect. She got my order wrong but she immediately went and got the right order. She would frequently refill our drinks and was just overall amazing. The food is great as usual, like any other waffle house. read more

Waffle House - American Near Me - Lake Charles, Louisiana

I have been to many waffle houses but gave this on 2 tries came about 1130 one night and then 6 pm on another both times employees were lack luster . Do not recommend bacon way over cooked. Food was okay but waffle house has done better. The atmosphere felt drained and depressed at this location. read more

Came in after a very long night of dancing, drinking, and gambling. Walking in through the doors, there was a line at the cash register. Not sure if people were trying to pay or they were ordering to go. This line, for as far as I can remember, would stay long. My friends and I sat down at the only open table in the restaurant by the window. There was a dirty rag on the table (see picture) and after approximately 10 minutes, nobody came to clean the table or to pick up the rag or to help us. Some people started leaving and some of the tables closer to the kitchen counter opened up and one of the waitresses actually cleaned those tables (from behind the counter) so we decided to move there. From this point forward, our experience was significantly better. Our waitress never came out from behind the counter. She took our orders, bring out our orders, and chatted with us from behind the counter. During this whole time, I don't remember seeing any waitresses actually working the floor of the restaurant, but I personally didn't care as long as I was being helped. My food was good but it was nothing special as can be expected from Waffle House. Our waitress was actually pretty good and super friendly. I left here happy with both the meals and the service provided by our waitress. Just be aware that if you're sitting by the windows away from the counter, you probably will not get any help. Why? As we were walking out the restaurant after staying there for at least 45 minutes, I notices that the original table we were sitting in still hadn't been cleaned and the dirty rag was still on the table. read more

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Um, no. Nice folks work there. That's it for the positives. Waffles undercooked. Potatoes undercooked (why do they look like wet spaghetti?). Employees speak LOUDLY (yell) at each other over my head. Very unpleasant environment. Unpleasant undercooked eggs. read more

when we first entered they were nice and we seated down the waiter was very nice and manager was nice too food came very fast and food was amazing will come here again read more

Passed this chain called Waffle House umpteen million times on our journey to and from San Antonio to Destin. Wondered why so many. Even made a driving game trying to count the on the way home. Decided to give them a try. I don't know about all of them except for this location and Manager and especially our waitress Angelina. The food was delicious, coffee better than most combined with the smile and service of our waitress. I strongly recommend this location. Definitely returning on our next trip out. Thank you so much!!!!!!! read more

Our waitress, Bobbie, was fantastic! She was so happy and cheerful that it made the whole experience great! My kids even said, "This is the best Waffle House we've ever been to!" It was so refreshing seeing a happy waitress in there! It made the entire atmosphere good! read more

I had a great experience at this Waffle House location. Our waitress, Kristen, was amazing. She got us everything we asked for. They were out of orange juice, so she pleasantly suggested apple juice. Our food was cooked perfectly. read more

Waffle House - Texas melt - American Near Me - Lake Charles, Louisiana

Ashley was great and helpful! Came by with my wife, Mom, sister, and her kids. Ashley was energetic and really good with my sisters kids. She gave them hats and kept them entertained. The portions were huge and delicious. We only waited about 5-10 minutes to sit down, order, and get our food. Will definitely be coming back to this Waffle House when we're in the area. Great alternative if you're staying at one of the casinos and you don't want to eat the food at the casinos. read more

Waffle House - Hash browns with cheese and a sausage egg & cheese melt! Yummmm! - American Near Me - Lake Charles, Louisiana

Nicest, cleanest WH I have been in yet. My wife was looking for a good meal after a horrible experience at one of the casino's. I picked WH because she had never been and the proximity. Food is Very good and staff is SUPER friendly and accommodating. Mr Wilton is the host and is a super nice guy, Roxy served us up great waffles and a grits bowl and kept our coffee hot. I live 5hrs away bit will stop there when I'm in Lake Charles. Oh yeah, this was breakfast on our 27th anniversary! And she was super happy! read more

We had a wonderful time with our waitress, but there were waitresses stealing others tables. All I ordered was a coffee and large bacon. Turns out I had gotten charged 2x for it. But I ended up taking the extra bacon home. The waitresses seemed a bit stressed, but other then that our actual waitress DeLisa was amazing and kind. read more

First - waitress takes menus from one table and hands them to us. No wiping, spraying, cleaning. Hello spread of COVID. I carry sanitizer in my purse- carry on. I asked for water- so did my husband - we got one. Ok. We'll share. Food about the same as every other WH but delivered one item at a time. "The kitchen is backed up". Oh --- and THEN the silverware, (after asking twice) so by the time we get everything, it's kind of cold. And every time you say thank you to the waitress she says "not a problem". Gosh I hope not. When my husband asks where do we leave the tip? In our wallet? It's bad. He's extremely generous and forgiving in most places. It was just THAT bad. read more

Used to come here weekly after working late night shifts at work, and I recently came here again with some family. Super high quality Waffle House! I always just get a plain waffle and it's always great, but the service makes it stand out! Most recently, Toya was my waitress. She was super attentive and sweet, and even after we had paid for our meals and tipped and were just loitering at the table chatting, she came by to offer us refills on our coffee. The food doesn't really change from Waffle House to Waffle House, but the service does, and the service here is superb! read more

Went there to order takeout our ticket came out to $17.32 tipped $25.00 to the waitress who took our order they charged me 3 times on 3 separate dates i had a total of $92.32 taken off its no way possible 2 people can spend $92.32 i would advise anyone that goes to Waffle House on Nelson Road to review your transactions on they card they are scandelous there i have no desire of going back there. How do you steal from people that work hard for their money ill be there bright and early for my money to be returned and i want my tip refunded back to me and a explanation of why i was charged 3 different amounts read more

When I say one star, I really mean zero stars. I only went to the Nelson Rd. Waffle House because it was the only place open on Christmas evening. After calling a few times and getting a busy signal, I went to WH to place my order in person. It took five minutes just to be acknowledged by an employee. Placed my order and asked the waitress if I could pay now so when the food was ready, I could just take it and go. She said no, she had to 'call it in first', whatever that meant. But later, another lady's order was taken and the very same waitress told her to pay now so when her order was ready, she could take it and go. WTF! My order took twice as long as the waitress said it would take. Spent most of that time in my car because the place was crazy and dirty. When I came back in, it still wasn't ready so I started watching the employees and looked at the condition of the place. The employees are not assigned a single job to do so they are doing whatever they think needs to be done next, like chickens with their heads cut off. I saw multiple people working the register, and that promotes theft by employees in the restaurant and bar industry. The same people took customer's orders, bussed tables and even did some simple cooking task. There must have been 15-20 coffee creamer containers on the floor behind the counter, napkins and food on the floor in the restaurant area, waffle batter all over the place caked on and dried. The tray behind the counter that they place syrup containers on, had a quarter inch of what I hope was water on it. Not even sure where that liquid would even come from. I also saw a sign on the register that read, '10% gratuity for all take out orders'. They were not short handed, they had plenty of workers that night, in fact, maybe too many as they were literally getting in each other's way. If they would have been better organized, the place could have run a heck of a lot smoother. When I left, I felt like I needed to shower before I ate what was a mediocre bacon cheese burger, but on the plus side, they did cook my hash browns to order, extra, extra crispy. Will I ever go back to this place, yes, when I am feeling a little suicidal and I am looking to catch some disease. Civil War troops ate in more sanitary conditions out on the battle field than this place was providing. Pro tip to restaurateurs - don't put the kitchen in full view of the customers if you plan on running a dirty, disgusting kitchen. That is why God invented walls. read more

Came twice during a baseball trip and the place was super-busy. Great job social distancing with tables and separation. Food was what you expect at a Waffle House. Good service! read more

My family and I went there around noon on Sunday. Packed house. My youngest ordered her food, then my oldest then I order. Youngest orders waffle and sausage. Oldest orders regular breakfast and the waitress ask if she would like a waffle. Which was more. Trying to sell us on things we didn't need. I agreed thought. Then 2 coffees and a drink. The orders were delivered within minutes. The food was NOT HOT. The eggs were actually cold. The waffles could NOT EVEN MELT BUTTER. And the coffee was warm and nasty and old. I've been here many times and it was ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE. The bill came in and I stated you gave my youngest the adult prices. And she argued with me. Saying I should have stated from the beginning. I said "my daughter told you" which was pretty obvious it was a kids meal. I told her just to fix it. She came back and only took off 50 cents. The kids meal was only $5.25. She stated she had two sausages and that why it was higher. No napkins where we sat and no jelly and no sugar and (we had pepper). Keep in mind my youngest is tiny and looks like a skinny 6 year old. There was NO way she could even eat the kids meal. And we are suppose to pay for the waitress mistake? She didn't eat the sausage. My oldest didn't even finish the waffle even though the waitress ask her to upsize her meal. Even though I was very upset with all of it I still tipped 10%. I will NEVER GO THERE AGAIN. Cold food and waitress was wrong and never fixed the price correctly. GO TO THE ONE ON GERSTNER MEMORIAL BLVD. INSTEAD read more

When this one opened, it was great. Staff was awesome and happy. Went today. Service was TERRIBLE!!! The lady serving us was HORRIBLE!!! I could elaborate but I will NEVER be going back so what's the point. Wish I could rate negative stars... read more

I placed my order and watched as the manager/ cook processed (cooked) one order, a hamburger, only one hamburger, and then after 15-minutes of waiting, my waiter called my order. I asked the waiter why he was just then calling my order. The cook snidely said, "he calls them (the orders) out," as soon I; can cook them". There was a very small number of customers in the restaurant, and apparently only one customer before me, as this cook had to cook the one hamburger BEFORE he could start my order, as we had words, I asked to speak to the manager, and he confessed/ revealed himself as "the manager" and invited me to "take my waffle and leave". I am disappointed that a cook that is only capable of cooking one meal at time, should be elevated to the level of Manager. I left at the "cook/ manager's" insistence. This is the first bad experience that I've had at a Waffle House since ya'll have moved into my neighborhood. I think that Waffle House may want to rethink this "Manager's" position, read more

Service was great, they just forgot cheese on my hash browns and my husbands bacon came later but no issue there since they fixed it . What the 3 stars is for is the bugs. Yes, a stink bug and another kind were on and around our table. I would definitely recommend an exterminator since this is around food and customers read more

Ordered a very common meal, hash browns with onions, cheese tomatoes and peppers. They are out of onions. Table was dirty. Food came out without any tomatoes then took 5 min to get some. Overall fail. I'd shut it down if I'm the owner or possibly just fire the entire staff. I'm convinced it's actually just a front for a drug running business read more

Ms. Bobbie took great care of us.. She got every detail of our order right. Best Waffle House I've been to in a long time. Very clean!!! read more

Waffle House - Two egg breakfast - American Near Me - Lake Charles, Louisiana

Burger was good. I suggest getting the cheese burger with Waffle House sauce. Water on the other hand... not so good. Okay service. They are kinda slow. But can't complain. read more

wish i could give it a landfill star rating. the place is filthy to begin with. i only went because the previous reviews all said the place was pretty decent. the past reviews are all lies! according to one of the waitress the place makes the food the night before or early in the mornings and keep the food ready made until it's ordered by someone unless you ordered a steak or the waffles and then the waffles are prepared on the dirty waffle maker. i'm sure the waffle mix is tainted. i asked the waitress for some fresh toast as the toast that was brought out to us was pretty brittle and old and the butter never melted and couldn't melt as the place was freezing, i guess to kill all the airborne filth/germs flying around and that's when the waitress said we don't make fresh toast and that the toast had been made since around 3a that morning (we were there around afternoon time). she went to make and bring 'fresh' toast but she forgot and never brought us any toast. we asked her in passing where was our toast and she said she forgot but by then we were done eating. she asked us if we wanted her to make toast for us to take to go. [no ma'am - we don't want any toast to go] we asked for a manager and everyone gave us a look like we were out of line or something. the service is bad there. i have never seen dirtier aprons and clothes on the workers. the double mini waffle maker is super filthy and all the trash and gunk piled up around the waffle maker looks gross. there is trash everywhere and you can tell it hasn't been cleaned, ever. finally the manager came and wanted to put our name on a list so when we were to return they'd hook us up....um, WE WON'T BE RETURNING. heck i'd rather go and find some food at a landfill and feed myself before returning to the waffle house located at 1803 Thorn Rd, Lake Charles, LA 70605. all the manager did was give us a couple dollars off to hush us up. if you are a regular who eats at that location, i hope you have your hep A and hep B shots to continue to survive life in lake charles, la. if you value your health do not eat at that place. edit: this was on a weekday and it wasn't rush hour. there is no reason that a food establishment should be this filthy and i can't believe the manager isn't having the workers have clean aprons or uniforms while at work. it's a definite eyesore. stay safe everyone. read more

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QuickFast and right in front of you.... Breakfast lunch and dinner 24/7! Too bad we don't have them in SATX. Waffles HashBrowns

Great value for the price, good food, attentive friendly service. The only negative with this and most Waffle House locations is the noise level is intense. The servers yell out their orders to the cook; it is amazing that the cook can remember everything. read more

I came in town to grab some food. At this location, a lady name Laine Boo constantly had her fingers in her mouth and biting her nails! I literally saw her put her fingers on plates and food afterwards! Like really this is very unsanitary definitely during COVID-19! This is totally unacceptable, and as a manager myself something needs to be done about this disgusting action! The rest of the staff were amazing, but she was by far the weakest link and sanitation and professionalism! Waffle house please take action on this incident. Laine Boo, pink hair. 12/13/2020 @ 9pm-10pm read more

They always have their phones off. This is the second time I tried to order to go and I'm sent to an automated message.

I had breakfast at this location. Service is excellent as well as the food. I recommend this location if you like Waffle House.

Great Service and the food was really good. Friendly staff and they worked very hard. Toya was our server and she was really good. Job well done read more

I love this place! Always clean, even thr restrooms! Wait staff is top notch! Beat Texas Bacon Lovers' BLT EVER!! AND FULLY STAFFED ALWAYS!

Clean facility and outstanding staff not to mention the best food! We would much rather travel from Sulphur to visit this location in the future!! read more

I usually go to local places for everything, but dang this Waffle House is good. It's funny how the local diners that exist in Lake Charles (I.e. Pitt Grill, KD's, etc) are garbage compared to Waffle House. Here you get better service and of course better food! I have to shoutout my waiter Payton, he was very nice and helpful and great conversationalist! read more

My family's go to when we are wanting something good and cheap and breakfast of course. My kids love Waffle House. I like that it's every where and they are pretty quick when getting food out. If we are dinning in or just picking up. I'm never unhappy, unless they don't answer the phone lol. The pecan Waffle it the best and hash browns the way you like oh my how can I complain. I also had they melts and good too. My husband get a cheese burger and sausage and biscuits as a staple meal most time. But we both enjoy the all stars breakfast the best. As long as they are open they have customer in us. The staff it very nice they remember us and that we are military so they never forget the discount, plus they are super nice to our kids. Major plus!!! read more

Staff is very friendly and prompt. Very clean and maintained. Probably the cleanest Waffle House I've been to 2nd to Tuscaloosa. Certainly coming back again, hash brown bowl was money. read more

Firstly, let me say I have always been a fan of Waffle House, but this place has taken the cake!! Our Waitress Jeneva was absolutely amazing! She got the order correct to the T and when I tell you it was hot and buttery and right on TIME!! And on top of that got us extra jelly and butter for the food and impeccable hospitality. This has now become a slight PSA, if you're in Lake Charles and you are either up late or just in the mood for great service and great food, go to this Waffle House and tell Jeneva, Josh sent you!!! I promise you won't be disappointed!!! And on that note!!! I'm off to bed!! read more

Food was not good. The orders had multiple things missing on them. The service was good but the place is a little dirty. The food quality wasn't great. I wouldn't recommend this location. read more

Geneva is the best waitress!! Waffle House abuses the wait staff by paying less than 3.00 an hour. The wait staff depends on tips to make their money. Other Waffle Houses that have bad reviews have very little customers . WH need to pay the wait staff a least minimum wage. read more

Just had an excellent breakfast at the Waffle House On Thorn Rd and not only was the food great, the atmosphere was amazing. The energy from all the happy employees helped awaken me more than the coffee. Kudos to our waitress Georgia Michelle for your lovely service! Thanks for starting our day off right!! read more