Homeport Restaurant

Homeport Restaurant

August 17th Pt.2

Address: Friend's Marketplace, 55 Main St, Orleans, MA 02653

After we left the Brewster Coffee Shop last week as a result of the significant wait time to be noticed, we headed over to Homeport Restaurant to see if we could have better luck there.

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

• Conveniently located a short drive past Brewster Coffee Shop.
• The parking is abundant, as the restaurant is located within a marketplace plaza.

2. Wait time to be greeted, seated, and atmosphere.

• There were others waiting to eat, we were able to go inside where hostess was located immediately within the doors. She took a name and we went back outside to wait.
• It was a hot morning baking in the sun while we waiting to go inside, we were all thinking of only the breakfasts that awaited us. We were now almost an hour behind breakfast schedule, and it was beginning to look like brunch.
• Homeport is a small location, with large wooden circular tables. It is a very tight fit. The tables are tall enough that the lady feels like a little kid when sitting at them.

3. Server introductions, impressions and attentiveness.

• The waitress arrived within a minute of us being seated and took our drink orders.
• Food and drink arrived in acceptable time.
• Only complaint would be lack of refills on coffee. The request for more went through the hostess/bus girl.

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

• The menu for breakfast is a decent size, two pages if items to choose from
• There is the option of gluten free bread or English muffins for $2.75

5. Menu highlights of uncommon items.

• What we would like to call out as a highlight of this menu is the fact that the combos here make sense. Often times if you are looking for eggs, meat, and pancakes you need to have something added on as a side. Here, the options are simply there to have it all included for a reasonable price.

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

• The wait time was just right for the food we ordered. We were all anticipating devouring our meals when they arrived to our table.

7. TASTE!

• Coffee was fine. Wished it was refilled more quickly.
• The Gentleman had Noah’s Two by Two. An incredibly priced combination of all the proper goodies. Two deliciously sweet pancakes, two eggs any way, either bacon, ham or sausage, a side of toast and home fries. The pancakes were some of the best the gent has tasted so far.  Outdoing even the spots with the word pancake in the title. Eggs were cooked that way he wanted them and he ate them atop the included white toast. The home fries were a fine side but not something he’d order extra if they weren’t already included.  The bacon was the disappointment; three slices is a fine portion for this size and price of plate, however, it was flat and appeared way too store bought.

• The Lady ordered a One by One, which is the same as a Two by Two only divided in half. One pancake, one egg, two pieces of bacon, homefries and one piece of toast. She asked for no toast, there was enough bread in the pancake, at which point the gentleman spoke up and said he would have the extra slice. The pancake was a tad salty, and most certainly was made of a pre-packaged mix. The bacon was tiny, flat, and a bit plain. The egg was cooked over easy, and the homefries were there. After the wait endured through the first disappointment earlier, this breakfast was delicious and satisfying.

8. Value of product.

• Our party of three (the gent’s wife accompanied) paid $38 total after tax and tip. Not bad at all for three decent sized plates and coffees.

9. Payment options.

• All payments accepted. Strange credit system - one must tell server the amount of gratuity to add to bill before credit processing.

Overall Rating: Breakfast in America - SuperTramp