Perkins Restaurant & Bakery

I like Perkins for cheap, quick breakfast. It’s not great but for the price it’s definitely doable. The service is usually fast as well.

Had lunch with my 2 year old here recently.
Nothing bowled me over. I had a breakfast wrap. But everything was passable. My son begged for more grilled cheese so it must not be bad.
I wouldn’t go out of my way to come back. But I wouldn’t say no either.

Although Perkins is a chain restaurant, it’s one of my favorites to go to for breakfast. The food is good here and the service is also amazing. I’m so glad that there’s a Perkins near where I live. I used to drive all the way to NJ, but now, I just drove about 15 minutes.
I’ve only been here for breakfast so I can’t really comment on the lunch or dinner. From omelettes to pancakes to the muffins, I’m never disappointed. It taste fresh and not just sitting around. I tend to stick to the omelettes and they are always very filling. You really can’t come here and go home hungry.

Worst Perkins I have ever set foot inside. Miserable staff, filthy rest rooms, and extremely sub par food. Gives Perkins a bad name. For the longest time I thought I hated Perkins as a whole, but then I was forced to eat at the new City Line Ave location and it was Fresh. And clean. And the staff was friendly! Its the Lansdowne Ave location thats the problem, not the restaurant. Do not eat here!!!

We go several times a year, usually for dinner, but today for breakfast. Menu always offers plenty of selections and overall the staff are friendly and accommodating, just once we had a really unattentive server who was truly just awful. We’ve never had bad food, it is more an issue of order mess ups. My biggest gripe with this restaurant are the employees who smoke. They will literally sit on the wall by the main steps or on the side that is maybe 20 feet from the steps (and not at all discreet) and smoke. I don’t want to see my foodservice person outside smoking. One time it was our actual server once we sat down and he smelled like smoke.

We go here for breakfast a lot. Today we went for dinner. Just a tip — stick to the breakfast food. We got dinner food. Not there strong point. But Tuesday is kids eat free and there is a clown and face painting. So we will make it back for a Tuesday again. Great bake goods!!! Definitely worth going go the breakfast food.

I see some of the other bad reviews but for me this place is pleasant I love the atmosphere I love everything bout it and maybe I’m just catching them on they good days but I’m here all the time so maybe it’s all good days bottom line I would recommend this restaurant over ihop for breakfast

Stopped in with the kids after work and school, as pancakes are a favorite anytime for my children. The staff was welcoming and prompt. I was really surprised with the level of service given it was a weeknight at an establishment I only thought of a weekend breakfast endeavor. I ordered steak medallions and to my surprise they were flavorful, tender and well priced. The children had breakfast and they were happy as well.
I will come back soon as it’s close to home and they have great service and prices!

Something about this perkins was off. I’m used to pleasant welcoming faces. This perkins almost seems upset that we were there. It was a Sunday breakfast. Our server was nonchalant. Our food was cold my potatoes were barely cooked. My boyfriend got the same meal he’s gotten at home while it was edible the presentation was sloppy. Our friends got an omelet with spinach and cheese. I’m not exaggerations. She got eggs with last minute spinach sprinkled on top! I told the manager he explained he was shocked because it was so busy. He walked away and immediately had it removed from the bill. No apology or explanation from neither the waitress or the manager.

1 out of 2 stars for food
0 out of 1 stars for service
1 out of 1 stars for cleanliness
0 out of 1 stars for atmosphere
I’d like to blame my bad experience on the fact that we were dining so late, 9:15 pm. Being surrounded by 4 people cleaning everything but the chairs we were sitting in was more than a little annoying. I despise having a vacuum run while I’m eating. Do they not realize that the vacuum is kicking up dirt and dust into the air and subsequently on to my food! I felt like we were keeping them from leaving. Our waitress was a zombie, she wouldn’t look us in the eye, we had to repeat our order twice. The burgers were very sad. Obviously started as a frozen patty, the onion slice was actually onion skin, the bun was burnt, and they charge $ 8.99 for this!
Only went here because it was close to the hospital. Thankfully the patient we were visiting has been transferred elsewhere, so we won’t be back.

The breakfast portions are good, We usually go here if we are in a hurry to get breakfast on a Saturday morning. The food itself is your average franchise breakfast. They have added things to their menu.

Wonderful early bird specials (6 — 11 am) on weekends draws us in every week. The food is scrumptious. The bakery items alone are a major reason to come by. If you do request Krissi’s station like we do and prepare to be wow’d.

Going to say right up front — I’m a Perkin’s fan, and have been for years. However, not every Perkins is created equal, so I’ll talk about this one specifically.
I’ve been here several times. The Price, Menu Selection and the ability to get breakfast or other food any time of day is a definite plus on the weekends. The staff is generally helpful, informed and pleasant. They serve some incredible desserts for those interested in such, and the Pancakes are definitely worth the trip.
Apparently this location has been through some rough times, but is under New Management and I’m not seeing the issues that others have mentioned in the past here. Portions are GREAT and all the variety of things I’ve had have been well prepared, timely and served at the correct temperature.
Special mention for Krissi — GREAT service, keep it up and we’ll be here all the time.
So, if you’re looking for a place to get Pancakes for one person, Hamburger for another and another eating Sliced Turkey and Stuffing, don’t miss this place.
Warning, Sunday Morning/​Early Afternoon can be VERY busy — but folks seem to keep moving and there has never been that long of a wait even when the place is packed.

This place is a guilty pleasure that reminds me of Sunday mornings with my hungover friends from college. Bottomless cup of coffee to start. Huge muffin to eat later. Omelet with all the sides. Always friendly. Always a cure for the too many shots the previous night.

I’m always extremely pleased when I update a review with increased stars. This week the lovely wife and I stopped into this location for dinner. We were seated immediately by Kelsey who turned out to also be our excellent waitress. Perkins continues to do this ridiculous thing with multiple menus. On this night there were four. One of them was a selection of «Complete Meals.» You get your meal, a drink, and a piece of pie for desert for one price.
The choices looked good so I picked beef medallions sautéed with onions and mushrooms for $ 13.99. The sides were cheddar mashed potatoes and a new vegetable medley with sugar snap peas and broccoli. I requested my meat cooked medium and apple pie for desert.
Kelsey delivered my meal quickly and I must say that it was quite good. My beef was actually medium as ordered and tender. My vegetables were just slightly over cooked but flavorful and the cheddar mashed potatoes were decent. I requested my apple pie to go and was quickly accommodated. This was not gourmet food by any means but was a solid chain meal at a good price with great service. We were in and out in well under an hour.
This kind of performance deserves three stars.

Great breakfast, horrible dinner!
We eat breakfast here a couple of times a year and have never been disappointed (with breakfast) Mothers Day was no exception this year. My son had the Eggs Benedict and my wife had the Double Bacon Benedict (canadian and regular bacon) and they both enjoyed them. I had looked at the on-​line menu and was looking forward to the N’awlins Benedict but this restaurant didn’t have it so I was having dificulties finding something that we couldn’t cook at home. I finally settled on the Mediterranean Omelette which had feta cheese, spinach and sun dried tomatoes. Awesome! and I felt that I was eating a little bit healthy. (I don’t even want to think about the calories /​fat of those Mammoth Muffins which we all had except that they are irresistable) Service was exceptionally fast (extra staff because of Mothers Day?) and we were in and out in 45 — 50 minutes. The morning manager is to be commended. We will come back for breakfast again.
BUT — came back for dinner and is was a totally different experience! We have always enjoyed the Haddock in the past so my wife wanted to go here for Mother’s Day to have the haddock. We arrived at 4:30 ish and were seated immediately. I was a little curious as to why there was no line AT ALL since there was last year. My son ordered meat loaf and wife and I ordered haddock. Soup arrived and both were luke warm. OK — I can forgive that but then we waited. And waited. Times like these I really wish I would get in the habit of looking at my watch when the waitress walks away after taking our order. Still nobody lining up to come in and I thought to myself «I have a bad feeling about this». Food finally came and I was hungry! Wow. EVERYTHING was over cooked. Soggy asparagas, dry fish, blackened meatloaf ends and the rolls and sides were tiny! My son ate everything and was still hungry. Manager never came by to ask how things were (maybe he knew it was aweful) Our waitress was OK but I don’t think she knew how to respond when I told her everything was overcooked and my wife and I only ate ¼ of the fish. I told her I would bring it home and smother it in cheese sauce so I could eat it — she just looked at me with a weird look. I hoped the girl at the register would ask how things were but she just took my money with the same zombie face that most of the staff had. Never going back for dinner again! Now I have to call out for pizza so I feel satisfied…

I used to come here fairly frequently in high school on weekends. It’s not the ABSOLUTE worst place in the world but for your money you could easily visit other places in the area that are far, FAR superior.
The last time I came (about 2 years ago), I had a pretty frustrating experience. I ordered an egg white omelet (plain, no filling) and was presented with scrambled eggs (with yolk). Then I sent it back and ended up with sunny side up eggs. When I asked for the omelet that I wanted, they asked if they could just cut the yolk out of the sunny side up eggs. Um, no?
I did used to like their muffins but the last few times I had them, they felt soggy and overly buttery. Of course, they could have always been this way and maybe I only realized as I got older how a muffin SHOULD be and enjoyed excess butter as a kid.
Every time I’m in there, it’s laden with young kids (I guess the kids menu is cheap), so it’s always loud. But, you get what you pay for. Don’t come here expecting to pay $ 20 and get a fantastic meal. It’s reminiscent of summer camp mess hall food, but marginally better. Mostly everything I’ve tasted lacked seasoning, mostly everything was under what is considered «acceptable serving» temperature for my taste. Meh. I’ll save my $ 10 for a breakfast and head to Hibernia or Ming’s.
Also, I’m not sure if the grumpy host/​manager guy still works there but he was quite possibly THE last person I’d ever expect to be working at a job where he actually has to interact with the general public.

Every few years, this Perkins gets us to the point where we do not come back for years; tonight, they did it again. They Gave my wife a wrong order, did not tell us what was out before placing a dessert order. i ordered sides of vegetables: Asparagus was cold, as well as the corn; on the bright side, the Rice was luke warm.
Perkins are, at best, upscale diners, come in with low expectations and you will not be disappointed. They have a Killer Chicken Pot Pie, but it always ‘just ran out’ before you came in. Fruit Pies do the same, it’s amazing.
Entrees are served as hot as their coffee. The food looks like it was thrown on the plate or placed in large monkey dishes. Soups are tired and rewarmed from this mornning. Seasoning (?) is not what it should be.
Stay away, in God’s name; STAY AWAY!!!

It’s fine enough… like a Diner. I am not expecting gourmet when we eat at Perkins. Way better than Denny’s!
Good quick service, clean and good desserts. They are very good with children also. Make sure to check out the specials and new items.

I have never had a negative experience here. The staff has always been courteous and helpful. The food is great, especially the specials. They are also very accepting of kids.

Meh… I don’t think it’s a bad place. Just alright. The fact that they’re 24-​hour and you can get breakfast served at 5 in the evening is a redeeming grace.
The food is mediocre but if you’re hungry, it serves to quench the munchies… The other thing I liked was their pies. All kinds of pies. I like that.
And reasonable price with credible service.