Abracadabras Pocatello — Restaurant in Pocatello

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As I sauntered into this restaurant, I couldn't help but chuckle at the dramatic reviews I had meticulously dissected while waiting to be escorted to my culinary throne. The verdict was out before my fork even touched down on the table: superb food, sneaky prices, great servers, and a manager straight out of a grumpy cat meme.

The food, oh the food! It was like a symphony of flavors dancing on my taste buds, worth every penny and more. But hold your soda pops, folks! At $3.75 a pop, they must have been concocted by a wizard, considering they were mysteriously absent from the menu like a magician's best trick.

The not-so-friendly manager barked orders at my party of 7 to wait 30 minutes for a table in our cars, in scorching 100-degree heat no less! And let's not forget the open benches she conveniently overlooked outside; clearly, cars are the new luxury waiting rooms.

The receipt shenanigans were straight out of a comedy sketch, with prices playing hide-and-seek, only differing by a measly 50 cents. Annoying? Yes. Deal breaker? Nah, just a sprinkle of irritation in the big picture.

Now, let's talk breakfast nachos. Delicious, yes, but why oh why replace cotija cheese with Parmesan? It's like trying to pass off a tricycle as a Harley – close, but no cigar.

Despite the manager's icy demeanor, the food was a hit among our motley crew. But those plates, a design straight out of a puzzle game, making cutting and eating as challenging as a Rubik's Cube marathon. Mini waffles were a delight, but eating them felt like a Sudoku puzzle: deliciously frustrating.

To steer this ship to smoother waters, may I suggest a QR menu for a touch of modernity? Update prices at a swipe and toss in some old-school printed menus for the tech-phobes. And dear manager, a smile goes a long way – it's free and may even attract more diners eager to part with their hard-earned cash. Servers however, were amazing!

In conclusion, with a dash of charm and a sprinkle of tweaks, this place could be a culinary mecca in the making. Bon appétit and may the dining odds be ever in your favor!

Summary for Diners: -you will love your food -don’t expect a friendly greeting -prices may vary -if you have a large group, break into two smaller ones to keep the manager happy and to get seated faster

Summary for Establishment: -update menus every time you change prices -reconsider the plates you use so diners can more easily cut their food -get cotija cheese -door greeter: be a...

Rating this place a 2 star. (I don’t need to go back)

Recently I was here with a group of friends. I got there a little early to get us on the list since we had a slightly bigger party and I know as a bigger party we just might have to wait since we did not have a reservation, that is a not a big deal and is to be expected, but to my surprise there were plenty of open tables so we got seated right away. Our entire party got there at 9:20 and at 10:50 we were rudely told to leave and “take it to a coffee shop” and that we had been there since 8 so we had been there long enough and they wanted to seat other people. Now I was the first to get there and since I was still in bed at 8am clearly this person had issues with us enjoying the coffee (that we had paid for) and enjoying our breakfast. Our actual server was amazing! She was friendly and our drinks were always full. However, Brandi Christensen (the old owner of pita pit) was the person who kicked us out. We still had drinks we were working on as well as some food that people were still snacking on but I guess she didn’t care if we finish our food and drinks or not. Apparently there are not many people that have had pleasant experiences when it comes to Brandi Christensen. Previous coworkers who have worked with her don’t have anything nice to say about her and neither do customers of abracadabras or pita pit. To me, it sounds like this miserable person doesn’t belong in customer service so it’s unfortunate Abra’s has hired someone with zero tact. We have all tried to leave customer feedback on the Facebook page for this company but all of our posts have been deleted and we have all been blocked. A little unprofessional if you ask me but I guess if you have a worker running off all of your customers, telling them to go to coffee shops, you need to delete all of the negative so new customers keep coming in.

I guess if you want to be rushed through your meal and not converse with anyone in your party go here. If you would like to enjoy your meal and get treated with respect maybe choose...

Our first time here. I was SO happy to go there, SO looking forward to it!

I got the Fanatical Farmer, he got the chicken, biscuits n gravy. Both of us said eggs over medium. Mine also was supposed to come with baby waffles. It didnt. I had to flag down someone to bring the waffles. It took quite some time. Mine was SO salty, after about 5 bites I couldn't eat it. Got the waiter's attention. Realized at that point it's also HIGHLY peppered. It made me sick. Burned my throat, esophagus & stomach. Everything was hurting. The waffles finally came.

Decide not to get anything else, I'll eat his eggs. The waffles are cold. The waiter says "yeah they've been sitting there this whole time." I said "no they haven't, they didn't come out with my meal, she just brought them." (like if you had been doing your job you would have paid attention to see if everything was there).

so I go to eat my friends eggs. They're not over medium. They were over runny. And it turns out my friend didn't get the chicken with his chicken biscuit and gravy. This place is unbelievable.

It's call a manager time. So we do. She comes over and says yes the eggs are runny. I ask her to take the meal off the ticket. Also let her know that he didn't get his chicken. So she goes back and tells the kitchen to put the chicken on. She took the chicken price off the chicken dish. And comped mine. I ate half of one of the baby waffles, and it seemed to make my stomach feel better. So I asked for a larger waffle. Now you would think that they would make absolutely doubly sure that everything was right before they bring it out. So they bring out this waffle after quite some time. Longer than it should take to make a waffle for somebody who has already been screwed over. And there's no butter with it. The waiter comes over and says do you want butter since they didn't bring you any? Well 'duh honey' (didn't say that). "Yes I want butter." The maple syrup is fake but the waffle stopped the pain in my throat and stomach. We left.

You have been warned. If you go, it's...