Perkins Restaurant & Bakery

Much better visit this time.
Out waiter Yasser was awesome and upbeat! Super friendly! He checked on us off an on but was never over bearing. He was quick to bring everything and notify us of specials. One of the best servers we have had!
The amount of food we got was a feast. Ordered the bacon flip and hubby ordered the bacon omlet on their special bacon menu and both were delicious! Served hot and fresh. And I must say when I ordered crispy hash browns they definitely delivered!
The other night we ordered a Christmas gift basket and the guest services manager was super friendly and helpful!
Overall wonderful experiences. We will be back!

Overpriced breakfast $ 29.38 for 2 ppl!!! My chicken fried steak was super hard and more breading then meat… my eggs came out 15 minutes after the rest of my meal and toast was cold. Also the place smelled like a sewer almost left before we even got order taken. Will NEVER be back

I don’t know why there are the previous low reviews. Stopped here on our way to MN for breakfast and the service was great. Rosemary was our server and she was extremely professional and polite and passed by multiple times if we needed anything without seeming like hovering. This all being on a Sunday morning when it was an obvious hot spot post-​church service. Overall one of the better Perkins locations I’ve ever been to!

Great experience at Perkin’s tonight! The host was very friendly and Christina, our server was so wonderful! The food was excellent! Eggs were fried perfectly, bacon and hash browns crisp. My son ordered chicken strips and my hubby a BBQ burger. They were very pleased with the taste. We wrapped up our visit with buy 3 muffins, get 3 free! Also very delicious!

Overpriced breakfast. 3 strips of bacon, 2 eggs, hashbrown and 2 pancakes for 10 bucks. I’ll go to Hyvee next time. Service was ok. It wasn’t busy at all when we were there. There’s nothing special about Perkins. you can get much better food at Applebees for same money.

Our party of five stopped by to have a Memorial Day brunch. The waitress was friendly, but after a little while completely disappeared soon after taking our order.
25 minutes or so passed, when we inquired to one of the other waitresses about the status of our order. As it turned out the cooks had «messed up» our order, which supposedly accounted for the delay. The orders then came out in a piecemeal fashion, with three of us receiving ours a full 15+ minutes before our remaining party members received their meals. We were in the store 90 minutes between the time we were seated and the time the last person in our party finished their meal.
To their credit, Perkins comped our entire meal due to the delay and inconvenience. Nevertheless, this was way too much time and hassle to wait for a breakfast meal (How long does it take to make eggs and pancakes??). Hopefully this restaurant can turn things around since the building is nice and the food offerings are diverse and pretty tasty.

I thought I was going to write another generic review about Perkins when stepping in today, but that changed after I took a look at their menu and had their food. Their menu was much different than the ones I’ve been to in Des Moines. They had offered some special items I have no seen at other places.
I got the Tremendous Twelve platter and my fiancé got the Philly Cheesesteak Stack. The quality of the food was slightly better than the ones in Des Moines which was a pleasant surprise. Their staff members were friendly like everywhere else which is no surprise.
Great experience.

It was our last evening in Iowa for the Summer of 2013, and there was an opportunity for my Son to spend some time with his cousins. My Sister was just returning from a triathlon in Ceder Rapids, and suggested that we all meet up at this Perkin’s in Ankeny. The backup choice was the Olive Garden next door.
I rolled my eyes and suggested that we all meet and the house in Ames. However, my Mom flatly told me that she didn’t want the hassle of cooking and hosting a lot of people in the House. The other consideration was that out of the 10 folks coming to Dinner, 3 were very hungry teenage boys. So some Des Moines «fine dining» option was out of the question. Large quantities of food at a reasonable price was the ticket.
So Perkins it was and for what it is, I was impressed. We were seated promptly, the extended Family had a lot of room, the wait staff was attentive, the menu was extensive (including all day breakfast options), the food came out fast, and the quantities were generous and delicious. The total bill (including tax but before tip) for all 10 of us was about $ 100, which I thought was a heck of a deal. We also had plenty of time to relax and talk, which at «our ages» are real time moments to cherish.