I know, people always say, 'this is the best', but I've eaten breakfast at about thirty spots in Seattle and this has definitely got the best price-to-value ratio. If you didn't mind forking out twenty or thirty bucks a plate you might get better, but this is still the best hollandaise sauce in town for any price, and you will get an excellent, high-quality breakfast here for ten bucks or less. The Welsh eggs are particularly tasty, to the point I find it difficult to get anything else when I come by. Home fries are cooked just right, a little crispy but tender in the center. Most everything you'll get here is relatively simple fare, cooked as well as you could possibly expect it to be. There are a couple of caveats: the waitress/owner isn't a suckup, so if you're one of those people who goes out expecting to be kowtowed to, try somewhere else; and decor is basically 'kitsch Americana', so if you're a diner who likes a certain 'nouveau atmosphere' there are other places to go. But if what you want is a great breakfast at a great price, go no further. It's essentially a small-town breakfast joint on the outskirts of the big city.
Pros: Great breakfast for a great value, a slice of small town in the city
Cons: Perhaps not the best choice for a certain brand of 'cosmopolitan'
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