Q: They burned my eggs. I never had a place burn my eggs before. The Original Pancake House is a VERY retro-looking restaurant attached to a Motel 6 in the middle of Scottsdale. The place reminds me of the joints that my parents would take me to for breakfast when we were on vacation somewhere. I'd order breakfast, it wouldn't be all that good, and I'd have a slightly upset stomach for the next hour while we were driving to our next destination. The food here is mediocre at best. I always order my eggs over hard when I'm eating out. The ones here came with a brown crust and were obviously overcooked. I tried my wife's and they were soaked in butter--not good--I could feel the old upset stomach coming on again. . . The potatoes here are a horror that need to be experienced in order to believe them. One bite yields up a mouth bitter with onion, garlic, and grease--no potato to discern. Pancakes, being that they are part of the name of this place, are the specialty of the House. My wife ordered the Dutch Baby. She thought it was decent. It wasn't my taste--reminded me of solidified custard. The regular pancakes overall were good, but I could have made something like them myself with a pan and a box of Bisquick. There just wasn't anything here that I could say was distinctive about this place at all--no real reason to put it on my breakfast rotation. It's got blah food and nice service. No, I'll pass on this one.

A: negative

Q: ich war schon ofters zum Mittagsbuffet dort. Das Essen ist mittelmaig und immer das gleiche, man sollte aber nicht allzu spat kommen, da das Buffet nur ungern aufgefullt wird (manchmal nur auf Nachfrage und dann hat man das Gefuhl, da man lastig ist). Eine Bedienung, die mittags scheinbar immer da ist, ist stets genervt gelangweilt, die anderen aber freundlich. Die Tische werden leider erst abgeraumt, wenn absoluter Handlungsbedarf besteht. So kommt es halt mal vor, da kein sauberer Tisch zur Verfugung steht, man mu sich selbst Platz schaffen. Am liebsten ist es der Bedienung auch, wenn man an der Bar sein Getrank selbst bestellt und auch noch dort drauf wartet und es mitnimmt. Zum Bezahlen geht es auch um einiges schneller direkt an der Bar, man bekommt dann auch manchmal das Trinkgeld ohne Nachfrage gleich mit abgezogen. Es ist halt billig.

A: negative

Q: Great place to hang out in the summer. They have misters in the front and its a great place to people watch.

A: positive

Q: Food is decent, not necessarily "good", but it's a change from the ordinary. The problem however isn't the food. Its the fact that they try to run a line of 200 people through this place at once, which doesn't work out. Takes 40 minutes to get your food because they can't figure out the line, servers, kitchen staff, cashiers, customers, all bouncing around and running into one another. I mean, come on? Why should it take fourty minutes to wait in a line and order a sandwich? Better off going to somewhere else with faster service...especially if you actually like to eat during your lunch hour.

A:
negative