I live close by and decided I would try it. I normally go to Scotty's or Center Street for breakfast. I ordered the same breakfast I order anywhere, 3 eggs Sunnyside, home fries and wheat toast. The portions were extremely small as far as home fries, the toast was soggy and overall not very tasty. What really set me aback was the cost. It was $14.69 which first of all was about $4 higher for a lot less food. I understand higher prices BUT eggs are now back to normal prices and I'm sorry the food was just not very good and it takes some effort or lack of caring to have a basic breakfast taste so blah especially when combined with much higher prices and MUCH LESS home fries, they added nothing added to home fries either. I wish them the very best, I hope that they can turn their business into a profitable one but since I was the ONLY customer there at 11:15 am, on a Wednesday morning, I'd say that they have some work ahead of them. This is an honest review. I had truly hoped that they were better or at minimum equal to the other two places I mentioned because they are much closer to home. Unfortunately and with regret, they weren't even close, from either a taste, portions or financial perspective, just a sad, but true fact!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
J M
Don't waste your time. Hours of operation advertised not reliable. Thanks for wasting my time.
Janet Liberman
I am from Massachusetts here for the weekend this will be my go-to place the next time I am in the area
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Gina Edwards
It's like walking into your grandmother's or your Aunt Connie's kitchen. 😄 Everyone greets you with a smile and makes you feel warm, welcomed and comfortable, better than your own family because they are genuinely glad to see you! Their grits, pancakes and French Toast are the best in the area. Next time I will try their lunch menu. If this restaurant was in a higher traffic area, there'd be a line out the door all day.
Gina Hamden
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Matt W.
Small place but tasty breakfast Sammy. Been here twice, very nice servers, A+
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Karen Kennedy
Excellent food… great service… friendly atmosphere…homey… the colors, decorations, beautiful ceiling …just lift my spirits.. and I love being there! Also, Bathroom is large enough for handicapped chairs and always very clean and comfortable. Kudos to the lady that spends a lot of her time decorating for all the holidays and seasons for our enjoyment!
tony sokni
Food and Surface very good…
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Vale Harrison
Best Breakfast sandwich around 10/10 Open early and great customer service Owner is very nice highly recommended
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Angelo Vieira
Amazing food!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Machi M
This is one of our families favorite places. We go here often. They always have different specials. Everything is always fresh and delicious. They always have different breakfast options and lunch options at any time which is also great. The service is always Amazing and everyone is so friendly. Anytime you walk in you feel like you’re really being welcomed. The restaurant is very clean. I only have good things to say about this place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: blt Burger, Veggie Omelet, Egg Bacon Sandwich on Rye, Banana Pancakes, Pastrami, Chicken and Waffles It Was a Special, Toast, Belgian Waffle
This is a simple hole in the wall kind of place. Nothing fancy, but everything seemed clean. The seats were comfortable. It wasn’t chic or cool or anything, but for what it was, the atmosphere was perfect. No frills decor but that’s fine.
Being our first time at this place, my husband asked the waitress what was good at the restaurant. She suggested the homemade corned beef hash so we both ended up getting it. It was so good!! Omg!!! I also opted for grits instead of home fries because you don’t often see grits on menus in ct. They must have been made with milk (or maybe cream). I’ve only made them with water. They were unlike any grits I’ve ever had - so rich. It was delicious but it was a lot. (I’ll order more wisely next time.)
Speaking of ordering, I knocked off a star on service because the menu listed a side of home fries as $4 and a cup of grits as $4 so I asked if I could substitute the home fries that came with my meal for the grits. The server said of course, but then I was surprised to see that I was charged $3 extra for the grits. She should have mentioned that it wasn’t an even substitution when I ordered, especially since the sides were priced the same so it seemed like it should be an even swap.
Everything else (toast and eggs), while not complicated, was prepared perfectly. They had rye bread, which I asked for, and it was toasted and buttered perfectly. The eggs over easy were prepared just right. It’s easy to take these things for granted, but so many places screw it up - your toast will only get a blob of butter in one spot, your eggs will be overdone, etc. But not here.
They also had a couple specials that sounded very tempting too - an omelette with homemade meatloaf (I’ve never heard of such a thing, but it sounds amazing!) and French toast made with banana bread.
It’s been several hours since we ate there and I still I can’t stop thinking about that corned beef hash. Even though we usually go to New Haven for brunch, I need to figure out how to work a breakfast in Wallingford into my rotation now and then. It’s a good thing I don’t live in Wallingford. I’d probably be eating there every day!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Grits, Corned Beef Hash
Jaal
The waitress's service is very rude, after correcting the order that was mistaken by her, she simply started acting rude to the point of throwing some of the food on the consumer, it's too small a place to see that she also started making comments with the other waitress and casting grocerous glances.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Dennis Gagnon
My favorite breakfast stop in Wallingford. Friendly atmosphere good food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Andi Shahu
Great diner vibe! Perfect for a weekend breakfast or brunch and very affordable!
I live close by and decided I would try it. I normally go to Scotty's or Center Street for breakfast. I ordered the same breakfast I order anywhere, 3 eggs Sunnyside, home fries and wheat toast. The portions were extremely small as far as home fries, the toast was soggy and overall not very tasty. What really set me aback was the cost. It was $14.69 which first of all was about $4 higher for a lot less food. I understand higher prices BUT eggs are now back to normal prices and I'm sorry the food was just not very good and it takes some effort or lack of caring to have a basic breakfast taste so blah especially when combined with much higher prices and MUCH LESS home fries, they added nothing added to home fries either. I wish them the very best, I hope that they can turn their business into a profitable one but since I was the ONLY customer there at 11:15 am, on a Wednesday morning, I'd say that they have some work ahead of them. This is an honest review. I had truly hoped that they were better or at minimum equal to the other two places I mentioned because they are much closer to home. Unfortunately and with regret, they weren't even close, from either a taste, portions or financial perspective, just a sad, but true fact!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Don't waste your time. Hours of operation advertised not reliable.
Thanks for wasting my time.
I am from Massachusetts here for the weekend this will be my go-to place the next time I am in the area
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
It's like walking into your grandmother's or your Aunt Connie's kitchen. 😄
Everyone greets you with a smile and makes you feel warm, welcomed and comfortable, better than your own family because they are genuinely glad to see you!
Their grits, pancakes and French Toast are the best in the area.
Next time I will try their lunch menu.
If this restaurant was in a higher traffic area, there'd be a line out the door all day.
Gina
Hamden
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Small place but tasty breakfast Sammy. Been here twice, very nice servers, A+
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Excellent food… great service… friendly atmosphere…homey… the colors, decorations, beautiful ceiling …just lift my spirits.. and I love being there! Also, Bathroom is large enough for handicapped chairs and always very clean and comfortable. Kudos to the lady that spends a lot of her time decorating for all the holidays and seasons for our enjoyment!
Food and Surface very good…
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best Breakfast sandwich around 10/10
Open early and great customer service
Owner is very nice highly recommended
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing food!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This is one of our families favorite places. We go here often. They always have different specials. Everything is always fresh and delicious. They always have different breakfast options and lunch options at any time which is also great. The service is always Amazing and everyone is so friendly. Anytime you walk in you feel like you’re really being welcomed. The restaurant is very clean. I only have good things to say about this place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: blt Burger, Veggie Omelet, Egg Bacon Sandwich on Rye, Banana Pancakes, Pastrami, Chicken and Waffles It Was a Special, Toast, Belgian Waffle
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This is a simple hole in the wall kind of place. Nothing fancy, but everything seemed clean. The seats were comfortable. It wasn’t chic or cool or anything, but for what it was, the atmosphere was perfect. No frills decor but that’s fine.
Being our first time at this place, my husband asked the waitress what was good at the restaurant. She suggested the homemade corned beef hash so we both ended up getting it. It was so good!! Omg!!! I also opted for grits instead of home fries because you don’t often see grits on menus in ct. They must have been made with milk (or maybe cream). I’ve only made them with water. They were unlike any grits I’ve ever had - so rich. It was delicious but it was a lot. (I’ll order more wisely next time.)
Speaking of ordering, I knocked off a star on service because the menu listed a side of home fries as $4 and a cup of grits as $4 so I asked if I could substitute the home fries that came with my meal for the grits. The server said of course, but then I was surprised to see that I was charged $3 extra for the grits. She should have mentioned that it wasn’t an even substitution when I ordered, especially since the sides were priced the same so it seemed like it should be an even swap.
Everything else (toast and eggs), while not complicated, was prepared perfectly. They had rye bread, which I asked for, and it was toasted and buttered perfectly. The eggs over easy were prepared just right. It’s easy to take these things for granted, but so many places screw it up - your toast will only get a blob of butter in one spot, your eggs will be overdone, etc. But not here.
They also had a couple specials that sounded very tempting too - an omelette with homemade meatloaf (I’ve never heard of such a thing, but it sounds amazing!) and French toast made with banana bread.
It’s been several hours since we ate there and I still I can’t stop thinking about that corned beef hash. Even though we usually go to New Haven for brunch, I need to figure out how to work a breakfast in Wallingford into my rotation now and then. It’s a good thing I don’t live in Wallingford. I’d probably be eating there every day!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Grits, Corned Beef Hash
The waitress's service is very rude, after correcting the order that was mistaken by her, she simply started acting rude to the point of throwing some of the food on the consumer, it's too small a place to see that she also started making comments with the other waitress and casting grocerous glances.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
My favorite breakfast stop in Wallingford. Friendly atmosphere good food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great diner vibe! Perfect for a weekend breakfast or brunch and very affordable!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
GREAT PLACE to stop for breakfast ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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