The Original Pancake House, Madison, Wisconsin, Family Style Restaurant Details

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Pro: waffles
Cons: cash only, slow staff, unprofessional environment, horrible cooking, dingy interior.

They don't accept cards at all which was annoying when we had to pay $2 for it there ATM just to pay them. I don't know if they're too cheap to put in for a card reader? The manager, I'm assuming, seated us but came out in street clothes. The inside of the building looks reckless. It seriously needs an overhaul. We've heard good things and there were a lot of people there so we ignored all of this. The servers were pretty slow but were nice enough. We wanted to make a substitution in one of the meals and were told we were not allowed to. If we ordered our meal we had to get what came with it and Order what we wanted separately. We would have paid the difference. The most disappointing part was the food. The only good thing was the waffle. I got eggs benedict that came with potato pancakes. The center of my poached eggs were cooked through. The Hollandaise sauce was lumpy and we had been over cooked. The potato pancakes legitimately tasted like fish! What the hell. I also ended up getting sick from the food later in the day. All in all I will never eat here again their old business practices and horrible cooking make it impossible to enjoy the place.

Food:

Wait times on Saturday and Sunday can be crazy, so try and sneak in during the week and you will be rewarded with immediate seating. All of the portions are massive and taste incredible. Some of the dishes though do take a long time to cook, so be aware it isn't necessarily a quick meal.

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It waz amazing

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Great food and service. Your down to earth hole in the wall breakfast joint.

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Today was our first time at this restaurant. We got seated immediately. It was clean and Terri, our waitress, was fantastic, so friendly and pleasant. I had the asparagus omelet. It was huge and so good, full of asparagus, tomatoes and cheese. Although the tables on the side of us were close, no one sat there so we were fine. Otherwise, there is lots of space between tables and aisles. We will definitely go back.