Q: negative

A: Ok, it IS a total pain regarding ingress & egress. But the location is good. The staff is nice and well, yes, again, it's a nightmare to park. I'm giving it two stars because I feel for the staff. Location, convenience and/or lack thereof deserve -5*****. Gracious, they could have done it any way they wanted. Stonecrest and Elm was a clean slate. It never ceases to amaze me how people whom design things can be SO TERRIBLE at their job(s). Wins Charlotte-Metro ball peen hammer award, as in, "I'd like to whack the architect / designer about the head with a ball peen hammer." It's a major facility. No excuses accepted. They HAD to have known better. Again the staff is VERY nice and professional. Something could be done to allow drop-off or a better flow; but, that'll NEVER happen. They have a LOT of space around back.

Q: negative

A: We were hoping to find a good spot for breakfast on the far north side of town. All of the good ones, aka Over Easy, Matt's Big Breakfast, etc are all south bound for us to drive. Oak's Diner & Flapjacks was recommended to us by a local in Cave Creek. It seemed busy enough, so our new breakfast adventure was a foot! This place has a an older dinner vibe to it with loads of locals, you can tell by the hugs at the door when peeps walked in. We were directed to a booth and told, "I'll be right with you". At times these are the words I fear the most especially when places are busy. Well, 15 minutes later I had to ask for service. (I wasn't giving up on this place) Someone showed up and took our order. I ordered an all American-guy kind of breakfast - heavy/greasy and full of carbs! I had eggs, hash browns and corn beef hash and a side of (according to their menu) award winning flapjacks. My wife went healthy and order egg white omelet with spinach and a side of fruit. My son had a stack of flapjacks. We got our meal fast however we were grossed out by our server when we got our food. She had the dirtiest hands I've ever seen on a woman, eeyuu gross!! Food: ~ Eggs were fine, hard to mess up eggs ~ corn beef hash was like saw dust with no potatoes... Very dry and dust-like ~ Hash browns were very basic and plain. ~ Their flapjacks tasted, meh - Pillsbury or Betty Crocker taste as good or better. End result of our breakfast adventure in Cave Creek is meh, still looking for a good breakfast place on the north end.

Q: negative

A: I'm from CA where we have everything and anything so my review may be totally off for locals. I went to this place when they were about 40 minutes from closing. They had run out of the two things I wanted, Ribs and mac n' cheese. I got the brisket instead and that was ok. it was alot of food but is was just ok.

Q: positive

A:
Why is there always a line out the door? Because it's about 9 dollars for AYCE lunch...and this is 'merica, so if you're coming here expecting pristine food, go somewhere else. If you want to get full and bloated, come right in. It's 2 steps up from Hometown Buffet and the Chinese buffets around the area. What I liked is the variety. Salad, Chinese food, BBQ, Mexican, dessert and bread section...I'm missing something...Italian! I think it was called the bourbon street chicken? Get that. Poke a bunch of strawberries/marshmallows/whatever on a stick before you lather it in chocolate. People are waiting to get at that chocolate fountain.