Waffle House

Yup, you read that right!  I am doing a review of Waffle House.  My family loves Waffle House, and we go there even when we're not on vacation.  I know most people recoil when they think of it.  No, it's not always the cleanest place on Earth.  But the breakfast food is solid, and it's incredibly inexpensive.  Our kids LOVE going there.  In fact, on this occasion, it was our eldest's choice for his birthday dinner.  

We do stick with the breakfast foods there, even when we go for dinner.  The regular meals might be just fine, but we go with what we know.  So I got a Texas Toast sandwich with ham, egg, and cheese ($4.40).  And it is just as it sounds.  It's a fried egg (I'm sure you can request the egg how you like it--I've had it over-easy in the sandwich before and it's delicious, if messy), a thick slice of ham, and American cheese all on two thick slices of bread and grilled with copious amounts of butter.  Not great for you, but certainly tasty.  I also got a side of hash browns (can't remember how much they are, but they're pretty cheap--definitely well under $2 for a side).  Theirs are the shredded kind, and are usually browned nicely on top and bottom.  On this occasion, they could have been browned a bit more on the bottom--the browned part is my favorite part--but they were still good.  You can, of course, order your hash browns a myriad of ways--chunked (with ham), covered (cheese), country (sausage gravy), etc., though I opted for plain on this visit.

Tim got the biscuits and gravy, which he always enjoys.  He got the smallest order, which is 2 grilled biscuits, split, and covered with sausage gravy ($3.30).  He also got a side of bacon for a couple dollars more.  Our youngest got the kid's waffle, which includes bacon or sausage and a drink for $4.00.  It's a regular-sized waffle, and he got chocolate chips on it for just $.25.  The birthday boy opted for a cheese omelet ($5.05), which came with toast (or a biscuit) and a choice of grits or hash browns.  He opted for extra toast instead of the sides.  (Didn't get a good picture of his, but it just looked like a cheese omelet and a tall stack of toast).

Even getting drinks for the kids (well, one drink was included in the waffle meal), our bill was a whopping $16.94.  I don't know many places where a family of 4 can eat for under $20, including most fast food places these days.  Pretty excellent!

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