Upside Down cafe — Restaurant in Florida

Upside Down Cafe, 718 S. Patrick Dr. Satellite Beach, FL, 32937

3.75 Stars

Looking down at my random name generator, I couldn't help but get the feeling of déjà vu. Doing some quick research, I found out why. Six years ago, my device pointed me to the same location, Upside Down Cafe in Satellite Beach. I couldn't recall if it was good, bad, or average, but one thing did stick out: this place had the ignominious distinction of being the first slop house with a server that lied to me, got caught in the lie, and as such, was forced to offer up an apology of sorts.

Just as I finished reminiscing about all of that, I pulled into the parking lot (it's not that far up the beach from me). I was shown a table, handed a menu, and left to my own amusement. Shortly thereafter, the same waitress as six years ago walked up and introduced herself as Mary (how could I forget?). This time around, Mary did an OUTSTANDING job to the point of making the preliminary list for the best 3Q server! What makes her so good this time, you ask? Her candor, knowledge, demeanor, timing, and overall professionalism have her standing neck and shoulders above the majority of her peers. Well done, Mary.

After placing an order for the Baked Oatmeal and a BLT, I handed the menus back to Mary and focused my attention on my seraphic company. Being this close to the airbase, it was either that or focus on the heavy avignation traffic. That was an easier decision than choosing menu items at my favorite place.

It wasn't too long before Mary returned laden with my order. As she placed the Baked Oatmeal down, my first thought upon seeing it was, "Did I order a dessert and not remember?" I mean, just look at that presentation! I've never had oatmeal look like this before, and the taste was just as delightful on the palate as it was pleasing to the eye. The oatmeal was dense, thick, and exceptionally delicious. This was, by far, some of, if not the best, oatmeal to ever pass my lips.

The other item on the menu this morning was their BLT. For the life of me, I swear the bacon was microwaved, or at the least warmed up in the microwave, as it was not crispy. Bacon is to be crispy. Period. Other than that, it was average. At least my company was divine, so my attention was not focused on the soft bacon.

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WORST PLACE IN SATELLITE BEACH!!!! We went there for Father's Day and it took 45 mins to get our food. Every couple that came in after us even got their food and I'm talking about the ones that came 36 mins after we already ordered our food got theirs first! The waitress tried to tell me it because of the complexity of the food. So steak and eggs or Count of Monte Cristo sandwich? We got eggs and bacon and toast! So those were easier to make then our meal? The our meal! I ordered the meat lovers omelette and got eggs with sausage and bacon on top for eggs. I'm talking about whole pieces. Not chopped at all. So I might have well just ordered scramble eggs with sausage and bacon and saved myself 2 dollars! Because that's what I got! Meal was average and not alot but your paying IHOP prices but getting half the food! Plain and simple dont waist your...

Beware of RIPOFF Extra Charges I ordered a turkey rueben listed at $8.99 on the menu. The waitress asked if I wanted fries, onion rings, sweet potato fries, or ... so I said onion rings. It took a while to get the sandwich but it was tasty. However, the bill was for a dollar more. I mentioned this at the cashier and my waitress said that there was an EXTRA CHARGE for the onion rings listed on the menu. I objected because she'd not said that when she took my order. But she did not apologize nor remove the ridiculous extra charge. Then to make things worse, they also charged 33¢ more for using a credit card. Apparently THAT EXTRA CHARGE was on a little notice by the cashier. Also, they do not have wifi. There are better restaurants nearby without ANY RIDICULOUS EXTRA CHARGES. Since I don't like being ripped off and I will not be back to this...