An unassuming gem with fresh, generous portions and simple yet nutritious recipes that impresses and satisfies.
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Ryan Reynolds
This is a small gem from an unassuming hole in the wall! Fresh, generous portions, simple recipes but nutritious and clean. My pregnant wife needed a meal fast and this place was above our expectations.
I got the salmon scramble for $14 and she got a gluten-free chicken apple sausage sandwich and salad. Will come back!
Known for its incredibly realistic pancakes and super helpful staff, this breakfast spot is a must-visit for a delicious start to your day!
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Dana Sazinsky
Staff super helpful to me, someone with various allergies....kind and willing to check for ingredients to help me out. Btw -their gluten free pancakes are very tasty - smell and texture so real I (nor my hubby who does eat gluten) didn't believe it was GF until they checked and for name of brand/mix. Again, many thanks to the kind staff. Great breakfast place.
Like most people I had a Denny’s “phase” in my youth…all my friends in High School would invariable end up at the local one after an event or evening of camaraderie…I even spent a good amount of time during college studying late nights over veggie cheese melts and french fries. Gradually as my palette refined and I developed a taste for great food, I began to categorize Denny’s as a place that, if you found yourself in one, you’ve basically given up. And sure, there are much nicer places to eat any of the style of foods Denny’s offers. But sometimes you just want a good basic diner style breakfast, with drinkable coffee, and my family headed to the Roscoe and Orion location to see if we could achieve that. We basically did.
Let’s start with the coffee as the sets the tone for breakfast. It was surprisingly good - Much better than similar basic diner coffees I’ve had literally all over the world. Kind of bold and maybe with a little burnt taste, so not perfect, but when they serve you thin browned water in some places, this was acceptable.
I had sunny side up eggs with cheesy hash-browns and an English muffin. This looked pretty good on the plate…the exact vision I was going for…though the whites of the eggs weren’t totally cooked, and the hash-browns, although crispy on the outside, were definitely undercooked on the inside. The english muffin was done perfectly. Also they charged me for a Junior Slam since they no longer have a 2-egg breakfast on the menu so it was a really good deal.
My wife had the Fit Fare Loaded Veggie Omelette. It didn’t look anything like the picture but she thought it tasted great. Again her hash-browns were underdone on the inside. Come-on Denny’s…Hash-browns is a basic breakfast item…we know your popular and busy…but get those right. My wife was also really happy to get an Udi’s gluten-free English muffin with her meal, which didn’t cost any more than regular bread, and which tasted good, and was cooked perfectly.
Our kid enjoyed the chocolate chip pancakes with the yogurt he got on the side
All this basically did the job of giving us a basic solid diner breakfast…if my eggs had been more cooked, and the hash-browns cooked properly, we’d have been pretty excited. Also, unfortunately they get the entire order wrong. My wife got hash-browns (as mentioned) though she had actually ordered fruit as her side. (The server compensated by bringing the fruit in addition to the hash-browns.) Also our kid’s meal came with bacon on the side which we didn’t order (we’re all vegetarians) so we had to send that back. And my hash browns (which I’d ordered with cheese) came without the cheese, so they had to redo that.) They correct everything very quickly, but again, it’s probably not a good sign that they got the entire order wrong.
In the end we got what we wanted, and the price was good. We’d go back when we get that hankering for something less upscale than all the brunches at the many new-American style restaurants elsewhere. But I hope they read this and work on the quality control to get it perfect.
Awesome cute store!! The coffee is way better than Starbucks! Especially the decaf not bitter. There healthy ginger beet drink its perfect to keep the flu away! The service is the best. Friendly happy people!! Make you feel right at home!! The sandwiches are incredible. They make them fast and you can ask for gluten free/ lettuce wrap options.
So if your in a hurry in the morning and you need a pick me up definitely stop there. It will put you in a great mood.
