Food is great. Waitress was awful! Toast looked like white bread with melted butter on it. Asked for her to toast it? It was never brought back. My wife asked for her milk with breakfast, never got it? Hash browns were undercooked. Mine were fine but my wife and daughters were not. Asked for extra napkins when food was delivered at table never got them either. Waitress never returned one time to check on us. My wife and two daughters left outside to wait in the car because they saw I was not happy. The waitress did mention that she had a 10 person table also and when she walked by us not one time did she even look in our direction. I guess 10 people must tip better than 4? Lol not sure what happened? When she came to the table the first thing she asked me was did they bring your toast? Smh I replied no can I please speak to a manager? She walked away and a moment later another lady approached me and said the manager was not able to come and she was an assistant manager and I invited her to sit down she was a very nice lady. I explained everything that happened and also expressed how good the chicken fried steak was and said I'm not looking to get out of paying my bill or asking for a discount. And explained to her we never ever go out to breakfast I mean it has literally been years probably about 8 or 9. My daughter's are 22 and 25 and my oldest daughter's significant other was out of town so it was very nice to go to what we thought would be a great breakfast as we have heard from many people how good the food is there. The nice lady said we are going to comp your meal all we ask is to please give us one more chance. I again said I am not asking for her to do that just letting them know how bad the service was. She insisted on comping our meal and asked if I would like a cinnamon roll to take home which I replied sure! I let the assistant manager know when I was younger I was a waiter in Las Vegas where I grew up and that the service we got or lack of service we got is something that was the worse I had ever received. Now our waitress was a very nice lady I think she obviously had too many tables. I can say the food that I had was very good, I did not get to eat my eggs because I eat them with toast and I never got my toast, and my wife and daughters hash browns were crispy on the outside and a little undercooked in the middle . And in hindsight I do feel terrible that I did not leave a tip for the waitress, I still do not believe she deserved one since she was not around but she was very nice and did take our order and delivered our food just nonexistent after. I was very unhappy at the time but I still should have left a tip and that was my mistake especially after the assistant manager comped our meal. And who knows what the waitress has going on outside of work or how many tables she might have had? I'm sorry and will be going back to leave a tip. I promise. She was working and I'm sure very busy, and in the world we live in today she is working and not looking for a handout like so many others here in the greater Seattle/Tacoma area. Not asking anybody for anything. She was doing the best she could at that time. We will be returning to the Homestead again. Maybe next time I will bring a little more patience and understanding with me, Thankyou to everyone at the Homestead as the food and atmosphere were very good.