Pop's & Gigi's — Restaurant in Inola

I love good small-town cafes. Unfortunately, Pop’s & Gigi’s was a very disappointing breakfast experience for me. Far from the 4.6-star rating on Google Yeah, those burgers and fries look good on Google and their Face Book page. Breakfast, well? The clues were right in front of my eyes. I just got dazzled by the burger and ignored the obvious. Almost completely absent in all of the pictures are any kind of breakfast. Looking back, I found only one sad looking picture of a biscuit and gravy in a to go box. There were no reviews for the breakfast meals. I’m slipping. I am usually much more diligent vetting a restaurant and seldom fooled. Not this time. The positive, the food is reasonably priced, the owner is friendly, the service is adequate and for some reason we got free coffee. All that doesn’t make Pop’s & Gigi’s a good place to eat breakfast. Noticeable when we walked in; plates still on the tables, some food on the floor from the breakfast crowd; a little grungy feeling. The interior is small. Heavily decorated walls, a cluttered Hobby Lobby looking decor. This is where small town working people come to eat. Don’t expect pristine accommodations. I can live with that. Biscuits, gravy and sausage patties for me. The sausage patties were small, pressed thin on the grill and burned charcoal black on the bottom side. Biscuits and gravy; fair. My wife had the French Toast Platter: two eggs, French toast, diced potatoes and bacon (supposedly,) check the picture. Eggs and French toast acceptable. The diced potatoes not good. Seem to have been cooked earlier in the morning and reheated. And NO BACON. The community seems to love Pop’s & GiGi’s for burgers, fries and lunch. The food that has earned them their 4.6-star rating. Stick with that part of the menu. Avoid breakfast. In other news: Did you know that Inola is known as "The Hay Capital of The World." A reputation the area has earned because of the high quality of Bluestem Prairie hay grown and baled in the many surrounding hay fields

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If I could I’d give no stars. I have several experiences that were horrible. Let me start. They never. Ever. Ever have anything you want to order. Hamburger steak? Don’t have that we are out. French fries? Sorry we are out. Chili dog? Sorry we are out. Everytime I call it seems they are out of something. And when your trying to order they rush you and yell at you over the phone. I’m not the review type but I just called to try and order and I’m not even playing the moment the phone picked up she yelled “hello!?!??!” And hung up before I could even speak. I’ve had the food get me absolutely sick before. And the worst part about it all is there’s nothing to eat in this town. So when I’m hungry I can’t order anything because the owners are childish and cannot run a proper business. They should be inspected or shut down! They never once have had a nice attitude and rarely ever get anything right or “have it in stock”. I’ve never had such a horrible experienceg with people or restaurants in my life. Don’t go unless you want to be treated like a literal pest. They don’t treat you with respect they treat you like your unwelcome. HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE this place used to be good years ago. The past couple months it’s been horrible. Here’s the ONLY...

Excellent bacon double cheese burger. Meat had a fresh taste. Buttery bun. The Mrs. had the grilled cheese with ham sandwich which was very tasty, and her fries were crispy and well seasoned. Customer service was friendly and the atmosphere was that of a cozy, quaint, sleepy small town diner, clean, and nicely decorated. Quite a surprise to be honest after we drove up to the little place. Enjoyed some good conversation with an older man, a rancher, about all the good that the similar area offers. If we visit again, or maybe even move there from the city, we will definitely be returning to this very nice, refreshingly...