Icing on the cakes by Argyles — Restaurant in Kitty Hawk

Seating is on a "first-come, first-serve" basis. As it is a "cozy" atmosphere, my party of two waited outside until there was room for us inside. Within five minutes, a large party forced their way in, resulting in close contact. The person with me opted to wait outside. The host finally came over, looked past me and addressed the larger party. I stepped forward and said there were only two in mine, thinking he may have thought we were together. The larger party was seated and another couple came in. After another five minutes, the host came back and asked who was next. We had clearly been standing there for quite some time, and my presence had been acknowledged. At that point I could only assume it was personal, and we left.

We were not dressed any differently than any other group. My child thought it might have been because of their purple hair. We had planned this trip and I had been looking forward to going to this restaurant, but I do not wish to patronize an establishment that so passive-aggressively treats potential customers they deem "unworthy".

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No, Ma'am, your husband is lying. My daughter and I were the ones waiting outside. We watched the other party drive up, look for a parking space then drive around back. When the people inside the door were seated we went in. The 'large group' came in after a few minutes, asked us if there was a list, and we told them no, it's a line. After she told the rest of her partytosqeeze in, my daughter became uncomfortable and went outside. I remained in the building. Your husband looked over my head and asked the people behind me how many were in their party and seated them. There was no one else waiting. He made eye contact with me and began to clean off menus. Several more minutes passed and two gentlemen came in. Your husband walked over, looked from me to the gentleman and asked "who's next?" Before I could answer, the other couple indicated we were there before them. Your husband said "Oh." and walked away. He ABSOLUTELY knew we were...

I am giving a 2 star rating because just based on the food, I would give a 3 star rating, but based on everything else, I would give a 1 star. We chose this restaurant because it was the only one in the area that allowed us to make a reservation on open table for breakfast and since we had a party of 4 adults and 4 kids under age 4, we didn't want to have to wait around for a table. When we got there, we were informed that they only use open table for dinner, so we had to wait around for a table. Once we were finally seated we immediately ordered drinks and food, having had plenty of time to peruse the menu. Ordering was kind of an ordeal because the waitress was trying to input our choices into an iPad but could not get it to work and we ended up having to repeat everything so she could write our order on paper. It took over 20 minutes to get our coffees :( :( :( and even longer for the food, half of which had obviously been sitting around because it was cold. The place was half empty so I can't imagine what it would have been like at a busy time. The home fries tasted like they had been made a long time ago, reheated in the microwave and then left on the plate for long enough to get cold again. The Belgium waffle was good, although we could have done without the two scoops of butter on top, and the blueberry pancakes were good too. The cinnamon roll looked really good but was a huge letdown. The omelette probably would have been good if it had been hot. Maybe they do better at dinner??? Overall the food was fine but nothing special and certainly not worth the wait. The other main downfall was no changing table in either bathroom so we had to change my daughter's diaper in the car. If we are ever back in the area, we won't go back to...

Probably one of the worst meals we've ever experienced 6/18/19. We made reservations for our party of 8 and were seated immediately. There were only 5 other people in the restaurant, it should of been our sign to run for the door. Drinks and appetizers were ordered and things were going well. Appetizers were great then our meals arrived after about a 35-45 minute wait. There are 2 soups on the menu so they had a 50% chance of bringing the right one.... ordered french onion and was served lobster bisque. 3 burgers were ordered, 2 were hockey pucks and the one ordered medium well was rare. My daughter requested avacado on her burger and she got a good firm unripe slice with the rind attached. She picked it up to show us and bent it between her fingers and it launched into the air like a spring. All we could do is laugh. We aren't the type to make a scene so to be fair to management we didn't discuss it with them. We actually couldn't tell them the service sucked because the server never came back. I'm still waiting to order my 2nd drink and for refills at the table. When we finally got the check it was storming and we just wanted to leave.

Atmosphere - OK Appetizers - great Drinks- pretty good but you only get one. Service - too poor to rate. Non-existent Food - the chef has no pride in what is delivered to the table. Horrible.

Save your money and time and find somewhere else in...