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We ordered two portions of pancakes to share with us because each portion is huge.
As expected the portion was huge. The maple syrup was added almost as soup so was the strawberry syrup.
The banana was freshly cut but not the strawberries were drowned in the strawberry syrup so much they were soft and not “fresh”. Why do the customers here even bother ordering fruits that are drowned into syrup.
The pancakes without the excess of syrup were good.
Without any real substance in the service, the waiter kept asking you “everything okay” but still nothing on the table and when we were served and started eating and asked again the same question over at least six times: what can you answer?
For politeness and not really hurting him:”we answered ok”
Not because we were satisfied with the service or the food but simply not to hurt him.
Those who are from here might be used to this quality of food and service, for us which the quality of food and service are high, we wasn’t satisfied and impressed.
Why are we all forced to give at least 15% tips when no real service was performed? A distorted and worsening American culture.
The issue was with our server, *****(or similar to this name). I couldn’t recall the correct name. She was borderline rude and seemed uninterested in taking our order. She became short with us when we asked for extra cutlery. She rushed through every interaction and tried to leave the table even while we were speaking and there were no other tables waiting for her attention. We did not even ask for the bill yet when she brought it over.
Her behavior felt dismissive, and at times I felt she was being racist too, which made the experience uncomfortable. I would not visit this IHOP again. At the end, despite offering very little service, she acted like the 18 percent tip was an entitlement, which it is not. Tip should reflect the service, not be treated as a default.
Hopefully the management recognizes this and fix the issue.
Edit1:- Removed the server’s name.
Edit 2:- IHOP customer service and owner has reached out to me.
When I turned 13, my grandma took me to IHOP to celebrate. I picked the kids-menu pancakes with ice cream, which was basically the first food in months that didn’t trigger my disordered-eating panic. Five tiny pancakes. One scoop of joy. Life was briefly good.
Then the waitress asked my age. I said 13.
She reacted like I had just admitted to a felony. She snatched the kids menu away like she was preventing a heist, marched off, and came back wielding the adult menu like a weapon.
I told her I wanted the kids meal. It was smaller. It had ice cream. It was my birthday.
The waitress looked me dead in the eyes and said,
“You can’t always get what you want.”
So there I was: sobbing, overwhelmed, newly 13, freshly bleeding for the first time, grieving the loss of childhood like a tiny Victorian ghost girl, and this woman decided to enforce Pancake Law like the fate of the Western economy depended on it.
Your employees didn’t just deny me pancakes. They embedded a core memory of bureaucratic cruelty into my soul.
All because one employee decided to cosplay as the Breakfast Inquisitor.
IHOP, you broke me over a scoop of ice cream. I hope you’re proud.
The menu boldly flirts with foreign concepts—crêpes, for example—but immediately reassures you by explaining them using words like “stuffed,” “loaded,” and “with a side of bacon.” Any lingering anxiety about encountering unfamiliar flavors is quickly neutralized by the presence of pancakes that taste exactly like the pancakes you have always known, regardless of which country they are allegedly inspired by.
The decor reinforces this sense of safety. There are no confusing symbols, no unsettling authenticity, and absolutely nothing that would make you wonder how people eat breakfast elsewhere in the world. Everything is laminated, everything is brown, and everything speaks fluent American diner.
In short, IHOP is the perfect destination for those who want to think globally while eating locally—and by locally, I mean the same breakfast you’ve been eating since childhood, served with confidence and a pot of coffee that needs no translation.