I recently moved into the apartment building not too far from this Breakfast Klub and decided to treat myself to some breakfast today.
The restaurant is your typical, poorly kept, neighborhood spot that has never been renovated since opening day. I guess the TVs inside can count but the outside is just awful. Citrus colors upon citrus.... The inside is just horrible.
Luckily I only had to walk a few blocks because parking is non existent. I estimated 15 spaces in the from, maybe 10 in the rear. Would seem like a fair amount but its not enough for the amount of customers the place caters to.
As I walked in, I walked into a line of about 9 people. I told the guy in front of me good morning and he turned his nose up at me and looked the other way. Apparently customers aren't supposed to talk to each other.
A lady immediately approached me with a menu and started to read it to me ??? okay ??? Then she wanted to know where I was from, if I had ever been there before, if I was expecting or looking for additional people. Just crazy stuff that you normally don't get asked at a restaurant... She finally left to tend to some other customers.
Then after a few steps forward in line she asked me if I was ready to order. Mind you, I didn't see any rush to order because the line was long. So I took another look at the menu after awing at the prices. Eggs & grits were like $7, a 20oz bottle of juice was almost $3, a cinnamon roll was $4. So the lady came back again to ask me if I was ready to order. I just picked the first thing I saw, which were the chicken and waffles and told her thats what I wanted. All that rushing just to tell me to tell the lady at the register ""when"" I get there.
So I get to the register and finally place my order. Waffle & chicken and a 20oz bottle of apple juice... Total is $14 and some change. Gave the lady my payment and she give me my juice and a number.
I found it odd that I had to get my own silverware. There seemed to be plenty of bus boys. Im sure one of them can set tables as they are cleaning them. I found the station pretty unsanitary and I went through 4 or 5 forks before finding one I could eat with.
You pretty much get everything at this station. Syrup, coffee, butter etc. I found it very inconvenient considering what I was paying to eat there. Next challenge was finding a table. I went to two empty table, the first was a 4- seater. As I was getting settled the lady comes over and asked me to move for a larger party, which I didn't have a problem with. Until she directed me to a 2 seater by the line. After telling the lady I would prefer to sit AWAY from the line where the door is opening and closing, she found me a table in the rear.
From the time it took for me to obtain my own silverware, syrup, butter, and find a table. The food was finally carried over to me. It was nice and hot. Waffle was delicious, wings were nice and juicy.
Other then the numerous staff walking around asking questions, I enjoyed my meal. The wait staff seemed a bit pushy. Right as I finished sucking the last bone the guy was there to ask me if I was finished and wanted to clear my table.
I saw the owner but he only seemed concerned to meet & greet people he knew. Or if they they were some politician. I guess the rest of the staff annoys the ""normal"" people.
This restaurant is VERY overrated and overpriced. I will never visit this restaurant again unless they do some upgrading and work on the staff.
Pros: Food was great
Cons: Overpriced, snobby customers
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