Dined Monday August 25th

The Breakfast Room

The Eggs are Crying..

Address: 676 Main St, West Dennis, MA 02670

Website: The Breakfast Room

1. Initial impression of convenience, parking, and location.

• The parking was convenient located again off the main street of West Dennis. We remark location on a main drag a surprise but if we were restaurateurs we would likely place our spot in a heavy traffic area as well.
• There was ample parking on the side and in the rear.
• The exterior is dated and worn. The interior is equally without updates except for the air conditioning system whose white plastic shell stood out amongst the wood build and antique knick knacks.
• It has to be mentioned that the initial smell was pungent at the entrance and although it faded as we entered the seating area it never really disappeared completely.

2. Wait time to be greeted, seated, and first impressions of staff.

• We stepped in behind a party of four who were promptly sat and then we were addressed by an older woman, grandmother type, who directed us towards a seat of our choosing in a particular quadrant of the restaurant.  We sat in the available window seat.
• The older woman was in fashionable clothes and the servers wore uniforms and aprons.

3. Type of seating, comfort, wait time for server introduction.

• As always, the seats were wooden, however in this instance they were not solid wood; they were made up of multiple wooden strips.

• Comfort was lacking in these flimsy wooden seats.

• Our server took a bit of time to arrive at our table. The gentleman's first thought about her was noting the fact that her socks did not match.

4. Variety of menu options (too many/too little)

• The menu at The Breakfast Room also served as the place mat, thus preventing having to hand out menus, as well as wipe down the place mats.
• It was one small page, and there was also a specials blackboard.

Notice the Email Address... Time for an update?

5. Menu highlights of uncommon items.

• Cape Cod Spuds. Home fries with peppers, broccoli, onions, bacon, tomatoes and hollandaise sauce.

6. Speed of food delivery, and first impressions of plating, initial aroma.

• Good timing on food delivery.

• The gentleman’s plate was packed with food while the lady’s had too much open real estate.

• No aroma to note.

7. TASTE!

• Coffee. It seems as though coffee is the most difficult to get right.

• The gentleman's Pancake Special was indeed special. It was a new take on the usual 2X4 or meat, egg and pancake plate we were used to. Instead of two pancakes they offered three, two eggs is reduced to one, the choice of meat is either/or not both and the dish is served with home fries. Instead of plain cakes, chocolate chips pancakes were selected instead to sweeten things up. The meat was changed up too so instead of bacon or sausage the meal was accompanied by hash. The lady stated this was the first time the gent had not completed his meal.  It was too much food.  Quantity over quality is how one can qualify this meal. The tastes were fine but leaned too hard towards bland than flavorful.

• The lady was not exactly sure what she wanted to eat today, but settled for her standard fare. One egg over easy, linguica, but to change it up a bit, pumpernickel bread as opposed to rye. The linguica at The Breakfast Room was not pleasant. It was riddled with hunks of fat, did not have a nice crunch to the outside, and was greasy. So greasy that the plate was slick by the end of the meal. The pumpernickel was delicious, and by far the best part of this meal. Which speaks volumes when you consider that all they had to do was push a lever down to make it.

8. Value of product.

• This was one of the cheapest breakfasts we have had thus far, the whole meal not including tip coming in at less than $20.

• Coffee $1.99

• Side of meat $2.99

• 2 eggs and meat $5.95

• Muffins $2.25

9. Payment options.

• Cash

• MC/VIsa/Amex?

Overall Rating: 6

We can now strike The Breakfast Room off of our list of places to go, and never return. It was not disgusting, however there was nothing there that we would need to have again. The cost of this breakfast was very cheap. This may be why it is so popular, people will often go somewhere to get more food for less money if quality is not at the top of their list of needs.

Quantity over quality is not how we roll.