In general, I do like a good IHOP restaurant. You know the ones where you can smell the food before you get to the door? Or you see, there's a wait and it's not because it's a holiday but because whoever they have in the kitchen is really taking time with the orders. Well, I'm giving this IHOP 2 stars, and I feel like that is being very gracious because this IHOP was one I know we are NOT returning to. It was basically empty. I mean parking lot empty, tables empty. We thought we scored because it was the day after Thanksgiving and figured people were still home in their turkey daze or shopping for various sales. We were wrong. I should have known from the sign on the door that said if there is an issue, give us an opportunity to fix it right away and contact the district manager. So we were seated right away. The seat looked like they wiped all the food from the table on the chair, so I asked if it could be cleaned. The guy wiped it, and I waited for the seat to dry off. The same guy took our orders... Or I should say tried to remember our orders. He didn't write anything down, so he was going off what he remembered. After ordering, we watched a few people come in for pick up orders and wait for quite a bit. I thought maybe they were short of staff due to the holiday. Then we saw a group come in and be seated, and then a little while later, they left. It seemed they were never serviced. Our table spread consisted of: the classic steakburger with unsalted fries and an additional side of pancakes, and The seasonal thick and fluffy french toast But instead of getting gingersnap apple or banana strawberry, I requested the apple and banana and a side of two scrambled eggs with cheddar cheese. The french toast part (which I would have thought would be more complicated) was correct. The scrambled eggs part.. so I'm guessing the guy figured he would make my meal a combo because I asked for eggs. In doing that, he never asked what meat I wanted or if I even wanted meat and anything regarding the hash browns. When he brought out the platter, it had a sausage link, a bacon link, the eggs, and hash browns. I was willing to keep the meal as a combo, but I said to the guy I dont eat pork, so I'm unable to eat any of this. He did ask what kind of sausage I would like instead, and I said I would take turkey. Since her brought out the turkey sausage and nothing else and never took the other plate away, it seemed that he expected me to just eat the remaining food around the pork which for me was not doable So I asked for it to be removed from the check rather than waiting longer for a new plate. In reality, I didn't want all of that to begin with. They took like $5 off but left the charge for the eggs on. We wrapped it up and gave it to the person sleeping in front of the old pizza hut so it wouldn't be wasted. We see why it was empty now. At this rate, I wouldn't be surprised if it's unfortunately closed by one of my next few visits to VA. It's sad because it really used to be a nice spot when I visited. It has been some years, though... read more