The Roost | Fishers — Restaurant in Fishers

This is a mediocre place, at best, for breakfast...impressive when you read the menu, but unimpressive food, unfortunately. I really wanted to like it. It was just so-so, mediocre...like a nearby breakfast restaurant named "Best Bet." I should have driven 8min and enjoyed Rize, or Yolk.

Feedback: COFFEE: UGH! C'mon folks, if you want to be a notable breakfast joint, upgrade your beans. Even hospital cafeterias serve Starbucks these days! OJ: YES! This was perfect, on the sweeter side, real OJ, tasted almost of a tangerine blend. What you expect at a great breakfast place. Finished mine (which is rare, and perhaps because the coffee was terrible). Quiche: Mozzerella cheese topped made it bland. Not impressed, perhaps I should have asked for another variety. They did offer 5 varieties of crustless quiche, and portions were enormous! I was not impressed by the taste of the quiche, unfortunately. For a breakfast place, this should be mastered. ☹ Hashbrowns: OH MY G*D! Perfect and crispy! Not floppy soggy taters here. They were wonderful...ate them all. My compliments to the chef! Toast: Served warm- BRAVO! That is hard to do! Unfortunately the butter was served rock hard, so the effort fell short.

EXTRAS: ENORMOUS HELPINGS - thank you. REAL butter served with your toast, no fake stuff - thank you! Pepper mill on every table...hurrah! This was a nice surprise. Tabasco at every table also. Additionally, BlackBerry jam served with toast (along with strawberry, grape and orange marmalade); it was not a preserve like Dickinsons (what Cracker Barrel serves), but was a little bonus.

Really wish I could say I will return, but more likely to try another breakfast specialty joint next time around. I do pretty well at breakfast cuisine myself, so I may be a tough critic. But if you want to specialize in something, you better serve...

My wife and I chose to eat a late morning Sunday breakfast at The Roost based on reviews. I have lived in the Indianapolis area long enough to know that many residents have embraced mediocre food, but 5 stars for The Roost, I can't understand.

I like to start with the positives. Our server Becky provided us solid service and was pleasant. That was the positive so 2 stars. The food on the other hand was not positive. My wife ordered the Frenchie with a side of toast. This included 1 piece of regular bread made into "French toast", 2 "over-easy" eggs and 2 small sausage patties (reminiscent of cheap hotel breakfast sausage). The side of toast was 1 slice of toasted wheat bread for $1.75 (I can buy a loaf of bread at Aldi for that price). She finished the eggs and some of the rest. I ordered the corned beef & hashbrown skillet with 2 "over-easy" eggs. The menu states that the skillet includes cream cheese, caramelized onions and house spice. The hashbrowns tasted bad, like freezer burnt hashbrowns. I found about 1/2 teaspoon of cream cheese. I tasted no caramelized onions or spice. I ate the eggs and picked out the few pieces of corned beef and left the hashbrowns.

I needed to use the restroom during our visit. Just GROSS. There was a stench and the hand towel dispenser wasn't working. The handle on the door was a metal, shed door pull. This restaurant has all of the signs of a restaurant in decline and cutting corners to save money. If the owner or a manager reads this review and thinks about leaving a comment to compensate us for our experience, please don't. I would not consider going back to this restaurant until the quality of the food increases significantly and the restrooms...

I placed a carryout order on Sunday Oct. 13th. I ordered a turkey club. I was told to pick it up in twenty minutes. When I walked in it was very busy, and very very crowded. I had never been there before so I walked in, being pushed from side to side by other patrons, and waited for someone at the front to greet me. This just didn't happen. It was like I wasn't there. Also, the staff is hard to see because they wear dull-gray or beige colored t-shirts. They are hard to spot in the crowd. Finally after about three minutes of extreme discomfort, a young girl asked if I'd been helped. I said I was picking up a carryout order, and she just pointed to the back and said, "just go to the counter" (rude and unprofessional, but ok?) I made my way through the crowd to a bar-like counter and waited for another few minutes. Various servers walked passed me but NOT ONE said hello or asked if I needed help. This was turning into a big inconvenience. FINALLY a girl (who had walked by me several times before) asked if I needed help and checked me out. This is a little ridiculous. A restaurant needs to be run in a way that makes customers feel comfortable and catered to. This place left a terrible taste in my mouth and makes me not want to come back ever. Also, the turkey club was all soggy (prolly from sitting there for 20 minutes) and I couldn't even eat it. I threw it away at home after eating a few single slices of turkey. You know, Arby's has a turkey club as well, and I think I'll go there next time. These things shouldn't happen in a restaurant anymore; especially with all the surrounding competition. Not impressed Roost at Sahm's. Not...