IHOP — Restaurant in Aurora

I ordered the steak tips and eggs and I substituted the pancakes for French toast for an additional charge. My partner ordered a breakfast "brunch Burger" with an over medium egg and a crispy hash Brown on it with a side of fries and we shared a strawberry milkshake and Apple juice and two waters.

My steak tips were incredibly overdone they were mealy and felt like they had been over marinated causing it to have no texture but managing to also be dry, mushy, and mealy. There were no onions that were not burned and all the mushrooms were so small they felt non-existent for the most part. I have had this dish 3 times at 3 other IHOP restaurants with great success, so I know I was served a poor quality experience.

The hash Browns and eggs on the side were fantastic! They were honestly the 2nd best I've had so far this month. The house Browns were the perfect mix of crispy with a nice tender fluffy inside while still being individual shreds of potato that were not under cooked. The eggs were a perfect over medium and the yolks were amazing and creamy while also being runny a literal perfect over medium egg not an over easy egg that has been disguised.

My partner really enjoyed their Burger and ate 2/3 of it before that almost overcooked hashbrown patty became overpowering. Day said that they really enjoyed the crispness of the hashbrown patty and the delicious runny egg. They said that the hashbrown patty could have been just a touch less cooked but it was not burned or over done in a way that was unappealing. They finished all of their fries and said they were the perfect temperature.

The French toast on the side of my meal was some of the best thick cut brioche French toast I think I've had since we have been allowed to go back to restaurants safely after getting vaccinated.

All and all I would say this is a good safe bet for breakfast or brunch, especially for the staple breakfast items. I would avoid the dinner items at this particular IHOP, and lunch or brunch items are going to be exactly what you expect but maybe a bit pricey.

The milkshake has real strawberries in it and was fantastic we finished every drop and really appreciated the extra in the container.

Our waitress and hostess were fantastic! Our waitress provided all of the ketchup hot sauce salt pepper and other accessories we would need for a meal before we even asked The other workers were really kicking butt and there were only happy sounds in the whole restaurant.

Truly a sight to behold how well they can stack their plates! When I complained about my steak tips but told them I did enjoy the eggs and hash Browns and had finished them they told me they would take half off of my meal in order to compensate for the and eaten steak which was $15 lower down to about $6.50.

Definitely worth a trip for breakfast at any time of...

The food was great and our waitress was very nice up until she tried scamming me. My Bill was $27.29 and I gave her two ten dollar gift cards and my card. She told me to look for her cause she was the only cashier which to me was very odd but I didn't think much of it at the time. She walked away and as soon as I got my payment out she was quick to come back and take it. She came back and had four receipts for me. Two were for the gift cards one for me and one for them after I signed it. She was quick to pick the gift card receipts back up and said "You guys probably don't want these right" and we said yes not thinking much of it. Then she walked away and I was about to sign my receipt and noticed she charged me $17.29 instead of $7.29 and I didn't want to accuse or assume that She took one of my gift cards but it seemed like it. If I wasn't paying attention to the total I probably wouldn't of even given it a second thought and the fact that she didn't say one of the gift cards wasn't working or anything made me more suspicious. I am a cashier at a restaurant and it tells me when a card goes through or not whether it's a debit/ credit or a gift card, and I also know you can re print receipts so she easily could have done that with the gift card. Anyway I waited maybe ten minutes and it seemed like she just disappeared so I finally was able to ask someone else about it and She helped me. ( I believe she was a manager) She must have given the receipts to the waitress cause she reappeared and explained that the gift card didn't go through and everything should be fine. She didn't even apologize and her explanation seemed rehearsed to me. It was all around very shady and if that hadn't happened I probably would have given them five stars. I wish that I had gotten her name but I unfortunately didn't think of it and just wanted to leave. Just be careful if you do go here and look...

The server was great, so this review doesn't involve the service at all, only the food.

I ordered an vanilla cold brew to start, and the very first sip was enough to deter me from drinking any more. The taste could only be described as a mixture of paint thinner and battery acid, and it was burnt me than Anakin Skywalker on Mustafar. I flagged down the waiter to let him know and he said, "yeah, I hear that a lot, actually..." before offering me something else instead. The strawberry tea wasn't bad, but it barely had any strawberry in it.

Then the food came.

The pancakes were pretty good, but the hash browns were baked en masse on a baking tray and then a little square was cut out and served like one of those terrible pizzas they served in the elementary school lunch room. It was definitely not freshly made.

I ordered my eggs over-medium to ensure the eggs are fully covered through, and not only good they arrive over-easy, but they weren't even cooked! I noticed a large hair, something that looked like an errant beard hair, cooked INTO the egg. It was as noticable as a stranger's pubic hair on a public toilet seat (sorry for the visual, but it's something we've all experienced at some point and it illicited the same disgust I felt seeing it in my eggs). As I was using my fork to dig out the hair, the yoke split open and out with it came raw, milky egg white.

Since the raw egg spilled out onto the dish and into the square-sh browns, I didn't feel safe eating any more. I called the manager over to show him and he said he'd comp the meal.

Aside from the pancakes, literally no other part of the breakfast was palatable or...