The Original Pancake House — Restaurant in Normal

Honestly we were disappointed. We’ve been to The Original Pancake House in St. Louis (2 different locations) multiple times, and it has been an amazing treat each time- great food and atmosphere, HUGE portions, impressive presentation, great service, etc. So we were excited when we saw Bloomington/Normal had a location. However, this felt like a cheap imitation of the locations in St.Louis. The menu had similar items, but was missing some of our favorites. The prices were so high for some things- we typically get their delicious bacon, but $13 seems really pricy for 3 pieces. I had a scramble, and it came out looking really unimpressive for $14-15. The pancakes were much smaller than we’ve had in St. Louis. A couple of our main dishes look like what you get as side items in other breakfast places. Some items going to other tables appeared more typical of what we expect, so it seems more hit or miss. I’m not suggesting that we need enormous “American” portions to be satisfied, but for the prices, we were definitely expecting better The food was good, but not the spectacular flavors we usually leave raving about. Service and atmosphere were fine, but nothing like the other locations we’ve visited. All in all, it felt like they took the name and some of the menu items from those locations, stripped them down, kept the same prices, and...

It seriously was the worst service ever. We ordered coffee with cream and sugar. We didnt get the sugar waited until our coffee got cold and our server was no where to be found had to wave down another server to get us our sugar. Once we got the sugar it was so hard that we barely got any sugar we tried shakin it and nothing. Then theres so many young servers I get it you all want to make money but do u have to check your phones ever two seconds while trying to handle the food? Then there has to be some sort of dress code.. our server was wearing Spandex sport shorts that hiked up so far up her butt the length of her shorts were way above her thigh look like she was wearing underwear than shorts. Worst uncomfortable feeling was when she turned to address someone else her butt was so exposed right in front of me and my husband. At least i dont want to see that and didnt think i was at hooters. Hearing a conversation between two servers arguing about wipin down tables so loud felt really annoyed to hear it over tryin to enjoy my breakfast. At least IHOP has a dress code and thier.service is better.. sorry dont think well go back not until alittle strict in dress code and cell phones arent hooked in the servers hand every two seconds.. maybe well give it a...

In terms of the food this is one of the worst breakfast restaurants I have ever eaten at in my entire life. I’ve never left a restaurant review before but felt very compelled to after my experience here. The bacon tasted so rubbery I felt as if I was consuming jerky rather than actual bacon. The scrambled eggs tasted as if they were pre cooked and microwaved as opposed to being cracked out of an egg and actually scrambled. The hash browns tasted both soft and wet, not resembling the texture/taste of hash browns at all. The food was so incredibly processed it’s almost as if I could feel my testosterone levels plummet after consuming my meal. It was, in fact, so atrocious I had to convert to Islam after 22 years of being a devout Christian just so I could pray for Allah to cast divine hellfire upon this establishment. Half an hour after my experience, I found myself speed walking through the aisles of Target hoping that my stomach wouldn’t explode of diarrhea. When I finally reached the bathroom, the only word I could use to describe what happened in there is “sinister”. Other than that the service people were nice and it was an aesthetically...