Original Pancake House – Eagle, ID

Usually I will visit a place at least twice before forming an opinion worth blogging about and this establishment is no different. I have actually been to this location 4 times since they opened and have had the same opinion each of these visits with the exception of this last visit that truly amplified my opinions from the previous.
Almost more important than food quality to me is the service. I expect good service every time I go out to eat. Maybe my expectations are too high of this place but I think most readers would agree with me after one visit to the Original Pancake House that their service SUCKS!!!!! On past visits I have thought the same but never stressed too hard about it while expecting the delay to get food that is actually of very good quality. If you have nothing to do for the morning and can wait for an exorbitant amount of time to get your meal, this is your place. My advice is to bring something to do, read the newspaper, finish some knitting, write a novel, etc.
On this past Saturday our family met up with some others for a “kid’s breakfast” prior to starting school this week. All in all there are 4 adults and 5 kids. Yes this is a larger party of people and the standard delay is expected for such thing. My wife showed up at the place at 9 am with the rest of us not due until 9:30 am. She ordered for everyone at that time expecting the food to be on the table shortly after the rest of the party arrived. Not so, in fact it took almost an hour to get the order to the table. Not even the whole order either. Apparently when you order corned beef hash you should call in the night before. Everyone was done eating before I got my order. Quality is tops for their eggs, bacon, hash, omelets and of course the pancakes but the service needs some serious help if they plan to stay in business. Also, if plan to drink coffee it may be a good idea to take a larger cup with you or drink slowly from theirs. You see staff wondering around but they are mostly empty handed.