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Waffle House

3.2 (31 reviews)
Open • Open 24 hours

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All star breakfast
Tamela W.

The chocolate chip waffle was delicious! The scrambled eggs were not my favorite. I liked the grits they were warm and creamy. The bacon was tasty and nice and crispy. The service was very good and attentive. We only had a short amount of time and we were in and out in thirty minutes. It was a great experience.

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Teresa W.

The cleanest and biggest waffle house I've ever been to The cleanest and biggest waffle house I've ever been to five stars for a waffle house yeah but it was. It was good. I was a Food restaraunt and service was great.

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Deke M.

Third review and best I could give again was a "2". The workers are friendly. Several of them are real hustlers. They had a great "host" helping with seating, even opening doors. He helped clean tables quickly. I wanted breakfast, friend wanted lunch, which they accommodate well. When I ordered breakfast the server changed my order to incorporate a lower cost deal which I appreciated. After a long wait due to crowd, my meal arrived first and to maintain heat, I began eating right away. Here the issues began. Ketchup container empty and had to wave it in the air to get someone to replace it (though 8 behind counter were waiting for orders). Once replaced the hash browns had cooled off. I'd ordered "mothered" which adds onions and we found almost a teaspoon of onions buried at the bottom (about 5 diced onion chips). Not nearly enough for the meal (not sure of upcharge for this?) Told the waitress but she disappeared. Two eggs cooked perfectly (50c upcharge per egg due to current cost so $12 meal was $13. (One table grumbled loudly it up'd their price $4 for 8 eggs. Two slices of barely toasted toast with one jelly pat delivered. Bacon very undercooked "blubbery", 3 slices. Edible but not tasty. Greasy. They deserved a pat dry. Waffle Houses don't deal with rye bread. The meal was edible and I was hungry. They could do better in the cook department and the puny onions won't bring me back. My friend got a patty melt and the smothered hashbrowns. She lucked into about 2 tsps grilled onions, still puny amount. She had asked for wheat bread instead of Texas Toast so they had remade them but only told her upon bringing them so late--She ate after I had finished. She found it "ok" not great. She had told the server the coffee was not great. The waitress offered to make a fresh pot but friend said she was fine, finished. Waitress said she'd take it off her bill, but did not. $3 cup and her patty melt with hashbrowns was $17.50. Costs were too high for the lower quality. This is the reason it was six years for a return. I do appreciate the friendliness of the servers and the clean table. Food has to improve to a quality finish. Toast the toast, add more onions, keep ketchup filled, get the order right, etc.

Angus cheeseburger with bacon
Kerry C.

You can't miss this Waffle House, it's the biggest one I've ever seen. It's also not yellow, it's more of a burnt umber color. The young lady that waited on us said it used to be an auto supply store and that they use some of the extra space in back for training other stores. Because of it's size, it has more seating and a larger waiting area. The place was really clean and smelled good. They had ads for their "Angus Burgers" in the window, so we decided "What the heck" and ordered some. I had the cheeseburger with bacon and my husband had the double cheeseburger. Both had hash browns on the side, of course. They were just really good, diner style hamburgers. For the price we paid, it was equivalent to fast food joints, but in my opinion, better quality. We were happy with a hot, fresh, fast, and very affordable lunch.

My pal enjoying her hash browns, grits, and coffee at the South Florida Avenue Waffle House.

We always get great service at the South Florida Avenue Waffle House in Lakeland, FL. The hash browns and grits are the best.

Waffle House. Not just a roadside joint.  This is new and nice   Near College
Kasey C.

New and clean! Good prices and good comfort food. We stopped here instead of a McDonald's. We shared a pecan waffles two scrambled eggs and hash browns well done. Plus 2 cups of joe. Out the door for 10 bucks! Plus the tip. So $13. Nice to see its a local place for families on a Friday night.

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We always get great service at WH on South Florida Ave in Lakeland. Love the grits and hash browns.

Omelette and hash browns
Reginald C.

Sondra is an amazing cook. I've seen her in action several times over psst few months. She puts out hot food that looks and tastes good. She has also diffused confrontation between drunks and keeps a smile on the whole time.

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Food and service was great and friendly; good value for what you get; brought my family back the next day and they felt the same.

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Filthy. Absolutely the dirtiest restaurant ever. Tables dirty, food on floor, flies. We left.

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Food fair, prices ok, music blaring way too loud. The staff is courteous, fairly quick service. Probably won't return because of loud music.

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4.2(15 reviews)
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Made a quick stop to try the Asian fusion. They had the Tokyo drift burger, which was amazingread more

HEALTH WARNING: Read before you visit…read more We stopped in for breakfast, drawn in by what the reviews describe as a "quaint Japanese-style eatery." What we found was something else entirely. FOOD & VALUE We had two glasses of tap water (which tasted sour), a sandwich with fries, and an American breakfast. The sandwich was just okay. The fries were actually good. Everything else failed: the scrambled eggs were flavorless and visibly undercooked, the bacon came as two thin, unevenly cooked strips, and the toast was served without butter. When we asked, the cook had to search for some -- only to return with butter that was frozen solid and jelly so dried out it resembled fruit leather. They were also out of hash browns, which seems remarkable given how few customers were there at the time. SERVICE When the bell rang signaling our food was ready, the bartender was on his phone and didn't move. I walked up to collect it myself (signs do say "Pick up here"), only to find half our order wasn't ready. The bartender then told the cook he couldn't help look for butter because he had to "go put down the steaks" -- at 10:30 in the morning. The cook himself was pleasant and genuinely tried to help. The front-of-house staff, not so much. SANITATION A live cockroach was on the floor next to our table when we sat down. We're from Florida, so a stray bug doesn't automatically send us out the door -- but in hindsight, it should have. More alarming: the return tray held plates of pot stickers that had clearly been sitting there overnight, since the restaurant only serves a breakfast menu in the morning. That is a food safety issue, not a quirk. HEALTH INSPECTION RECORD After leaving, we looked up the inspection history. A report from May 2026 -- just three weeks ago -- documented four violations at this location, three of which were classified as High Priority. You can verify this yourself at floridafoodsafety.org. THE REVIEWS The overwhelming majority of reviews rate this place 4.7-5 stars. Based on what we experienced firsthand -- and what the health inspection record confirms -- we do not understand how that is possible. Draw your own conclusions. We left after a few bites. Save your money and your stomach.

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