Periwinkle Cafe — Restaurant in Haverhill

I took my daughter out for breakfast today to a cute little hidden gem called The Periwinkle cafe

What a delicious meal! Everything was cooked perfectly, well seasoned with very generous portions. I’ll list our orders below:

Periwinkle special: Two eggs (any style), choice of 3 meats, home Fries or baked beans, choice of toast & 1 pancake or one slice of French toast I got my eggs over easy, grilled English muffin, home fries, a pancake, double bacon and grilled Portuguese chourico. Everything was very tasty! Loved how crispy/crunchy both the English muffin and bacon were. But the standouts were definitely the chourico and the home fries. Both were fantastic.. great flavor and the home fries are cooked with caramelized onions (which I love!)

-Smoked Salmon Benedict :English muffin topped with two poached eggs, smoked salmon & hollandaise sauce (comes with home fries, beans or fresh fruit on the side) . My daughter said this was amazingly delicious! Perfectly poached eggs, creamy buttery hollandaise, grilled English muffins, salmon was tender with a nice Smokey flavor.. paired beautifully with the rest of the dish.

The decor is nautical themed.. there are a bunch of little tables and a long bench (with pillows) along the front wall. Cute, clean and cozy.. little hand written signs throughout, with one listing their muffins of the day. (I believe todays offerings were corn, blueberry and chocolate chip). Waitress was super friendly and attentive.

I have to make a special mention of the prices.. it is such a good deal! Everything we got (including coffee) it all only came to 25 dollars total (that’s with tax too!).. given the portion sizes and quality of food, that’s an insane bargain.

I can’t recommend this place enough. I’m already looking forward to...

Absolutely disappointing experience! I read the very promising reviews and thought this would be a great place to have breakfast on Mother’s Day. The only positive thing that I can say is that we were greeted and then immediately seated upon arriving. Here goes all the cons: The water was served in small mason jars with either one ice cube or no ice at all. The water is tap water, which I know a lot of restaurants use, but this tasted awful. I asked for a side of lemons which we received but the lemons rotten.

Next, I ordered a gluten free waffle with blueberries. When I received the waffle, there was a waffle on top of a pile of frozen blueberries... I told, who I can assume was the manager about it, she took the plate and said she would get me another one. My husband ordered the Portuguese omelette. He received burnt toast with his meal and the chorizo in the omelette was not cooked well at all. After returning his food and waiting for more than 12 minutes for my waffle, I said to another employee, that we would like the bill. I was told that our sever was getting it and she was taking the two items off the check. Then Cheyenne, our server, came over with the check, put it on the table saying “sorry about that” then walked away!! I mean, seriously she didn’t even stop to talk to us. We were ignored. Even when we got up and went to walk out, no one acknowledged us! There was no, hope you have a great day, thank you for coming, I’m sorry about the food. Absolutely nothing! I really try to be fair and give second chances, but I will never come back to this restaurant. Sometimes food doesn’t come out the way we like, that’s totally acceptable. The lack of customer...

DO NOT ORDER CURBSIDE!! You will show up when they tell you to, call the store and the call won’t be answered. So you’ll go inside and say “I’m here to pick up an order” and some wretched leather face will screech at you “it’s going to be AT LEAST another 15 minutes” with a scoff and an eye roll.

Then, when you go wait for fifteen minutes in your car because you’ve clearly pissed them off and it’s too hostile to wait inside - then when you go back inside, your cold food will be waiting??

Also, gross chunks of dog food like meat from, what I can only guess was from a can, is what they consider steak tips. Home fries are literally room temperature. I had to wait extra time for my food to cool off, I guess. Also, a cat threw up on my biscuits and gravy.

I don’t mind waiting but the entire failure and breakdown of communication for a first time...