Tom’s Place

Sunday breakfast on the slow side but food — for the kind of place it is — is great. Nothing fancy or even contemporary. But good eggs benedict (choose spinach & tomato and skip the English muffin for low carb) and a huge piece of deep fried pork tenderloin if you want to go protein crazy.

FABULOUS breakfast!!! I had the Country Benedict with home fries, which is a sausage patty on a country biscuit topped with poached egg and sausage gravy. Yum!!! My sister ordered a ton of stuff because she wanted to try it all! LOL! She got the classic Eggs Benedict, hash browns, grits, and either pancakes or French toast, I don’t remember. Everything was really good, including the coffee. Service was impeccable, and our waitress was the sweetest!!! We had a great time chatting with her, and really enjoyed our meal. We were in town visiting and furniture shopping and completely enjoyed our entire trip. High Point is a very quaint, very charming, VERY Southern town and I would love to go back to enjoy more of their famous hospitality. Oh, and the prices at Tom’s Place cannot be beat. My total was $ 7.48!

We were in town for market and came here because everything else was packed. The food was great, classic diner food with excellent sides (fried squash: yes, please.) The food came out quickly and our server, Natalie was charming, attentive and lovely. We would definitely go back. And DON’T miss the cheesecake. So excellent.

First time here, we got breakfast. It was fantastic! Our server, Megan, was attentive and very nice. The food was delicious and there was lots of it! If we lived in High Point we would definitely be regulars.

I love this place because of the small business feel. The prices are great and food is exceptional. I went to an event catered by this place and that food did not disappoint either. You can’t go wrong with Tom’s Place!

I am an avid watcher of FOODNetwork and agree that food, atmosphere, and service make or break the dining experience. With that being said, I was very displeased with my experience. The food was cold, most of the staff was inattentive, and I felt unwelcome to be there. I almost left before my food even came from the uncomfortable atmosphere.
The general setup and décor of the restaurant is quaint and comfy, nothing too extravagant but definitely a nice place to go for a group brunch or meet up. I was greeted kindly with a smile by one of the staff at the bar, and informed it was a seat yourself place. Sadly, this where all the good comes to a halt.
The server I had was unfriendly and unable to assist me in decision making. She told me she was new and for every question she had to run back to someone and ask for the answer. She did not smile once and was not properly trained. Even after I put in my order, she kept coming back to ask questions that should have been asked when I was ordering the food. Now, I’m not cruel. Asking a question of doneness after ordering is fine, but to ask a few questions gets frustrating. The server should have asked all this before submitting the ticket. When you come in to a place, you want a friendly server who makes you feel wanted and at ease. I went from uncomfortable to debating whether to cancel my order and leave. When I finally got my food, she handed me the plate and walked away without asking if I needed anything else. When the food came for the booth over, she asked if they needed anything else. I felt very unwelcome by this behavior.
The food was good. I had ordered the blackened ahi tuna sandwich, well done on the tuna steak. My side was the hot chips, meaning freshly made chips. They were cold instead of hot and most were soggy instead of crispy. There was non seasoning on them at all, not even a dash salt. When I was mostly done with my burger, my waitress finally came around to ask if I needed anything more. Mid meal she just left my ticket to pay at the register upside down on the table and walked away without a word. I didn’t know I had to pay at the register so I asked her when she came to clean up my plate. No offering of coffee or dessert, as if she wanted me out of their to quit wasting her time.
I head to the register, trying my best to forgive the waitress I had and expect to be helped by a more seasoned employee who is welcoming like the one who greeted me. There was no such luck. Several employees, including my waitress saw me and walked away. At first I passed it as then being busy, but even the loitering employees did not come to assist me. I very well could have walked out of there without paying for my food and no one would have known or cared it seems. Finally one of the free employees, who was smiling at another customer two seconds ago came to the register and the smile was gone and the transaction was done. I thanked her for her help and all and got zero response in return.
Overall, my experience was terrible and I will most likely never come here again.

I am not too fond of Tom’s. Probably the worst service I’ve had at a breakfast joint. Our waitress sat at the bar and ate while we’re looking at the menu, talk about rude. My eggs and French toast were cold. Will not go back.

Simple dining with friendly and attentive waitresses. The food is average — nothing great. I usually get a breakfast plate, even for lunch. The eggs are cooked well enough, the bacon is quite good, but the potatoes are rather bland and small in portion. You can get hash browns — which are usually not fully cooked, or home fries which are usually just done but, not quite hot and lacking any seasoning.
The chef salad is really plain. If it was smaller it would be airplane food. They do not appear to be fresh but, rather catered. Everything is just a little too plain — like they are going through the motions. It’s hard to explain. Still, I go frequently and consider it a safe bet when we can’t decide where to eat.

I’ve eaten breakfast here a number of times over the years, probably 20 years or longer now, and thet breakfast here is nice — huge portions, well prepared, and reasonably priced. But, I’d never eaten lunch here, until today.
Frankly, I was disappointed — in the food and the length of time it took to get our order out of the kitchen — over 25 minutes for our lunch order, while 5 or 6 breakfast orders came out that were placed after ours. I specifically ask if the lunch menu was available, and was assured it was.
The Spaghetti at $ 5.75, which comes with a large salad and bread, is a value, but the sauce is a meatless tomato sauce, and is a little sweet, but otherwise bland. The Blue Cheese Dressing for the salad was exceptional.
The Fried Flounder was much less of a value at $ 7.75 since the portion is one rather small piece of fish. Though the fish was fried well, nice outside crust, the fish itself was mushy, and less than the freshest. The Slaw was sweet, and the Lima Beans were canned. The Cornbread was rather ordinary. Diet soad was $ 1.75.
The Hot Dog here was pretty darn good — and good have been excellent had the roll been fresh — it wasn’t, and at $ 2 it is no bargin. The wait service was excellent, friendly, and attentive. But overall I was not pleased. I’ll still stop by for breakfast, it is good, but I’ll pass on the lunch option here.

A Wonderful Place for Sunday Brunch!
My husband and I stopped in for Sunday Brunch and were so happy to find a nice clean place with great food! Everyone was so nice and professional. We had eggs, grits, sausage links, country ham and buiscuits. All of the good stuff! They take pride in their business here and it really shows. It brought back memories of being a kid and visiting my family in North Carolina. Wish we could transport this place a block from our house in LA!