Greasy affordable and what you would expect from this type of place. Open 24hrs which is nice. A great place to have that late night breakfast kick, just leave your diet at the door. Location is not the cleanest the several times i have been there they just don't seem to pick up as the day goes on, they always seem sorry staffed.
(2)
Evelyn G.
The horrific flatulence and belly aches from my husband and I after a visit to this House of Horrors were not what dreams are made of but a hard core indigestive nightmare. Beware of Dog and Waffle House.
(1)
Chris M.
I put the best jams on the juke box every time I hit a WH I adore waffle houses. Food is great, quick.. sweet tea is ridiculous..and they have Heinz 57 sauce too? Please. This is great, service was fast..no complaints.. except the parking.. whats with the round-about entrance? Crazy
(5)
Rev. Robert D.
Do I need to write a review? Realy ? It's great!!!!!!!
(5)
Gwynedd D.
This is a decent Waffle House (for what Waffle Houses are--fast food on a plate) and they do eggs and bacon right, which is something I can't say for their neighbor Smyrna Diner. This place has edible breakfasts, the Smyrna Diner's food is terrible. How can you mess up an egg? Even a chicken gets it right most of the time, and they are not known for their intellect. The menu is sort of limited although they claim something like 22,945 sorts of hashed browns, if you do some sort of recursion calculation on your HP12C with the combination of toppings like onion, jalapeno or mushroom plus Scattered, Smothered, Covered and Chunked. So if you can't find something you like, well, you're durn hard to please. The omelets are good (if the cheese has time to melt), the basic brekkie is good. I don't hold with their biscuits or gravy. The coffee is tolerable. One claim to fame is they use brand name ingredients (expensive Heinz 57 Sauce is on every table) and it does show. Their grits are bad. BAD. I suppose it's our location. Even you're even a hair on the wrong side of the Mason Dixon Line (and that marker is only 20 miles from Smyrna) grits cannot be made correctly. Yes, the boiling water seeping into a grit is affected somehow by latitude and longitude. Too far north or in Yankee Country and grits become inedible. Trust me on this. I've had lunch here--and the burgers were much better than the fast food drive thru kind, and I'd even say they beat out some fancy places around town I could name. The "ambience" is grim; gray speckled linoleum tinted to hide dirt, shiny white and yellow tile walls and fixed-seating booths. However, it's a very good breakfast or burger. They even have a juke box. My favorite trick is to select all the Waffle House tunes (they have their own songs extolling the virtues of the Waffle House) one after the other, load it up. Then, I leave.
(4)
David S.
When faced with a four hour drive home and you've made the regrettable decision of not eating before starting your trip most travelers are faced with a dilemma. Wawa or something else? In this case I went against my better judgement and thought "I've never been to a Waffle House, let's give it a shot". As they say everything is a worth a try and that is where my experiences at the Waffle House will end. The space is tiny and a bit of a throw back, lots of retro diner furniture and decor all over the place. We were warmly greeted and sat. I will say that everyone we interacted with seemed genuinely happy to work there. Egg sandwich and a two egg breakfast were brought out in no time at all but the food just wasn't good enough to warrant a return visit. Too much butter. I'm never impressed by Kraft singles. The kitchen while open and fun too watch seemed chaotic and a bit gross. The price was right but judging from the stomach pains a few hours after I wont be returning.
(2)
J B.
For what it is, it's good. Fast food . In the class of fast food diners I give it a 3.5
(3)
Morton F.
I noticed that Waffle House is one of those places that you either love or hate and I get that both from Yelp reviews and from talking to people about it. I stopped here on my way south because it was the only restaurant in the area open on Christmas Day. I thought the food was interesting, especially since I had hash browns "all the way". It's classic road food. Service was rather lacking though. Maybe the server was inexperienced or daydreaming but I should not have had to ask for something multiple times.
(2)
Steve S.
You know, I'm a little surprised at some Yelpers in Delaware. Do you have any perspective at all? I don't mean to barge in here and start throwing stones. But I'm speaking directly to the guy writing the smarmy review comparing this place to the Mendenhall Inn and the Hotel DuPont, as if only classy restaurants deserve great ratings, and telling us that if we rate a restaurant 5 stars we should explain ourselves. Dude, it's a Waffle House in Smyrna. Cut it some slack. Now, some of you other folks here bashed this place pretty good. Well, sure I'd be tempted to dock it to one star if I thought I got sick from eating here. So I won't bash you guys. But you want me to explain why I gave it 5 stars? OK, here goes... You see, when you decide to knock a place like this to two stars even though you actually admitted the food was decent and the service was good, you affect livelihoods. Places like this that don't get a lot of good reviews for whatever reason get affected by undeserved low ratings. And someone owns this place that is probably fighting to make a living in this world like most of us. So for your self-indulgent attitude of not deeming a place like this worthy of praise, you drag a place down that probably doesn't deserve it. So the truth is, I'm a fan of Waffle House in general. I think they generally put out good fare. This particular day, I ate here and I'd probably rate the food three stars. The service about the same. It wasn't the best Waffle House experience I've ever had. Far from the worst. It's a basic place. It was clean enough when I ate there. The waffles were still awesome. Service was friendly to me. No, it wasn't one of the finest meals I could have gotten in the end as the grits were just OK, and the coffee wasn't anything special. So why do I give it 5 stars? Simple, I'm tacking on the star that should have been added to that one review, and I'm giving it one more star because I thought at least one of those one star reviews deserved a little slack. If they won't give this place the stars it should have gotten, I will. I have righted what I perceive to be a wrong. I'm done here. If I could, I'd drop the mic on the stage and throw up a peace sign as I leave.
(5)
Stephen D.
This Waffle House had especially good service, one of the staff members had to deal with a fewer dissatisfied customers, and they handled it great, even during a busy lunch rush. The food was fresh, perfectly cooked, over easy eggs are always perfect. The loaded hash browns were great!! Love me some Waffle House!!
(4)
Joelle H.
Oh Waffle House - how I wish you were closer to home. It's a tradition that whenever we drive South, my husband and I hit up a Waffle House. They all serve delicious greasy breakfast food that tastes the same no matter what location you visit. Smothered hash browns. Perfectly cooked glistening eggs. The best well done bacon a girl could ask for..... Wish there was one closer to Northern NJ but I would probably be 10lbs heavier.
(5)
Dean W.
How can you ruin BACON? The bacon was thin and burnt. The waffles are paper thin and overly crunchy.
(1)
Matt R.
I had never been to a Waffle House before, and when I saw that the Smyrna location garnered two five-star reviews, I knew I had to try it. Five stars, after all, would put this restaurant into the upper echelons along with stalwarts such as the Hotel DuPont, the Mendenhall Inn, and other fancy fare. Could this tiny building sitting on the side of Route 13 in the diminutive burg of Smyrna be a culinary gem masked as an unassuming diner? The large glass windows allow one to see inside from the road; it certainly doesn't look like a five-star restaurant from the outside...could some magical transformation occur somewhere during one's passage through the building's foyer - the formica countertops wondrously changed to wood paneling, the hard plastic stools transmogrified into plush leather seats? Sadly, no - what you see is what you get with the Waffle House; no fairy dust turns this into a Neverland of dining delight once you walk through the door. A five-star review is certainly out-of-place, if not outright disingenuous. This is a simple, Southern diner with food that is cheap both in terms of its prices and its quality. It's a restaurant that certainly belongs at its location: a highway exit in a rural town like Smyrna. If you're going to be rating a restaurant five-stars, you certainly should explain yourself - I'm going to do so even with this two-star review. The waffle batter, ladled up from a plastic bucket onto the waffle press, is clearly heavy on the sugar and butter and light on the flour. Admittedly, it's impressive that they're making these waffles fresh, given the price you're paying for the meal. After tasting a friend's waffle, I turned to my hamburger. The white, Wonder-bread bun was not stale, and the congealed grease sitting on top of the burger concealed what was decidedly a decent beef patty that was a step up from McDonalds' frozen, Grade-Z meat. The tomato was fresh, although the iceburg lettuce was slightly wilted. The table was outfitted with an impressive array of condiments: Heinz-57, Tabasco, and A-1 supplemented the typical ketchup and mustard. It's nice that you can see the kitchen from your seat, ensuring that the staff follows good hygiene practices (or, at least, that it's noticeable when they don't). Our waiter was very friendly and accomodating - we certainly had no complaints about the service. Notably, most of the booths would only seat two people - this isn't a restaurant where you can bring your whole family. All in all, Waffle House is giving you exactly what you pay for: low-quality food at extremely reasonable prices. The fact that the food is served with a smile is just icing on the cake...or, perhaps, imitation syrup on the waffle.
(2)
Marc D.
This was a diappointment, as compared to the other ones I've been to. The staff wasn't attentive, they had a hard time timing all the food to come out together, and even my son's glass had "particles" of something other than orange juice in there. ...rather disappointing...
(2)
Joe A.
This has got to be one of the most disgusting Waffle Houses in existence. I went there late on night after a music gig and ordered. The food came out sporadically, I had to continuously ask for coffee, and I don't think this place has seen a broom or mop since it opened. The people on shift that night really were more interested in discussing their personal lives way too loud and not serving the customer. This place will never see me again. I hope you don't take the risk and have a similar experience.
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Jason W.
Greasy affordable and what you would expect from this type of place. Open 24hrs which is nice. A great place to have that late night breakfast kick, just leave your diet at the door. Location is not the cleanest the several times i have been there they just don't seem to pick up as the day goes on, they always seem sorry staffed.
(2)Evelyn G.
The horrific flatulence and belly aches from my husband and I after a visit to this House of Horrors were not what dreams are made of but a hard core indigestive nightmare. Beware of Dog and Waffle House.
(1)Chris M.
I put the best jams on the juke box every time I hit a WH I adore waffle houses. Food is great, quick.. sweet tea is ridiculous..and they have Heinz 57 sauce too? Please. This is great, service was fast..no complaints.. except the parking.. whats with the round-about entrance? Crazy
(5)Rev. Robert D.
Do I need to write a review? Realy ? It's great!!!!!!!
(5)Gwynedd D.
This is a decent Waffle House (for what Waffle Houses are--fast food on a plate) and they do eggs and bacon right, which is something I can't say for their neighbor Smyrna Diner. This place has edible breakfasts, the Smyrna Diner's food is terrible. How can you mess up an egg? Even a chicken gets it right most of the time, and they are not known for their intellect. The menu is sort of limited although they claim something like 22,945 sorts of hashed browns, if you do some sort of recursion calculation on your HP12C with the combination of toppings like onion, jalapeno or mushroom plus Scattered, Smothered, Covered and Chunked. So if you can't find something you like, well, you're durn hard to please. The omelets are good (if the cheese has time to melt), the basic brekkie is good. I don't hold with their biscuits or gravy. The coffee is tolerable. One claim to fame is they use brand name ingredients (expensive Heinz 57 Sauce is on every table) and it does show. Their grits are bad. BAD. I suppose it's our location. Even you're even a hair on the wrong side of the Mason Dixon Line (and that marker is only 20 miles from Smyrna) grits cannot be made correctly. Yes, the boiling water seeping into a grit is affected somehow by latitude and longitude. Too far north or in Yankee Country and grits become inedible. Trust me on this. I've had lunch here--and the burgers were much better than the fast food drive thru kind, and I'd even say they beat out some fancy places around town I could name. The "ambience" is grim; gray speckled linoleum tinted to hide dirt, shiny white and yellow tile walls and fixed-seating booths. However, it's a very good breakfast or burger. They even have a juke box. My favorite trick is to select all the Waffle House tunes (they have their own songs extolling the virtues of the Waffle House) one after the other, load it up. Then, I leave.
(4)David S.
When faced with a four hour drive home and you've made the regrettable decision of not eating before starting your trip most travelers are faced with a dilemma. Wawa or something else? In this case I went against my better judgement and thought "I've never been to a Waffle House, let's give it a shot". As they say everything is a worth a try and that is where my experiences at the Waffle House will end. The space is tiny and a bit of a throw back, lots of retro diner furniture and decor all over the place. We were warmly greeted and sat. I will say that everyone we interacted with seemed genuinely happy to work there. Egg sandwich and a two egg breakfast were brought out in no time at all but the food just wasn't good enough to warrant a return visit. Too much butter. I'm never impressed by Kraft singles. The kitchen while open and fun too watch seemed chaotic and a bit gross. The price was right but judging from the stomach pains a few hours after I wont be returning.
(2)J B.
For what it is, it's good. Fast food . In the class of fast food diners I give it a 3.5
(3)Morton F.
I noticed that Waffle House is one of those places that you either love or hate and I get that both from Yelp reviews and from talking to people about it. I stopped here on my way south because it was the only restaurant in the area open on Christmas Day. I thought the food was interesting, especially since I had hash browns "all the way". It's classic road food. Service was rather lacking though. Maybe the server was inexperienced or daydreaming but I should not have had to ask for something multiple times.
(2)Steve S.
You know, I'm a little surprised at some Yelpers in Delaware. Do you have any perspective at all? I don't mean to barge in here and start throwing stones. But I'm speaking directly to the guy writing the smarmy review comparing this place to the Mendenhall Inn and the Hotel DuPont, as if only classy restaurants deserve great ratings, and telling us that if we rate a restaurant 5 stars we should explain ourselves. Dude, it's a Waffle House in Smyrna. Cut it some slack. Now, some of you other folks here bashed this place pretty good. Well, sure I'd be tempted to dock it to one star if I thought I got sick from eating here. So I won't bash you guys. But you want me to explain why I gave it 5 stars? OK, here goes... You see, when you decide to knock a place like this to two stars even though you actually admitted the food was decent and the service was good, you affect livelihoods. Places like this that don't get a lot of good reviews for whatever reason get affected by undeserved low ratings. And someone owns this place that is probably fighting to make a living in this world like most of us. So for your self-indulgent attitude of not deeming a place like this worthy of praise, you drag a place down that probably doesn't deserve it. So the truth is, I'm a fan of Waffle House in general. I think they generally put out good fare. This particular day, I ate here and I'd probably rate the food three stars. The service about the same. It wasn't the best Waffle House experience I've ever had. Far from the worst. It's a basic place. It was clean enough when I ate there. The waffles were still awesome. Service was friendly to me. No, it wasn't one of the finest meals I could have gotten in the end as the grits were just OK, and the coffee wasn't anything special. So why do I give it 5 stars? Simple, I'm tacking on the star that should have been added to that one review, and I'm giving it one more star because I thought at least one of those one star reviews deserved a little slack. If they won't give this place the stars it should have gotten, I will. I have righted what I perceive to be a wrong. I'm done here. If I could, I'd drop the mic on the stage and throw up a peace sign as I leave.
(5)Stephen D.
This Waffle House had especially good service, one of the staff members had to deal with a fewer dissatisfied customers, and they handled it great, even during a busy lunch rush. The food was fresh, perfectly cooked, over easy eggs are always perfect. The loaded hash browns were great!! Love me some Waffle House!!
(4)Joelle H.
Oh Waffle House - how I wish you were closer to home. It's a tradition that whenever we drive South, my husband and I hit up a Waffle House. They all serve delicious greasy breakfast food that tastes the same no matter what location you visit. Smothered hash browns. Perfectly cooked glistening eggs. The best well done bacon a girl could ask for..... Wish there was one closer to Northern NJ but I would probably be 10lbs heavier.
(5)Dean W.
How can you ruin BACON? The bacon was thin and burnt. The waffles are paper thin and overly crunchy.
(1)Matt R.
I had never been to a Waffle House before, and when I saw that the Smyrna location garnered two five-star reviews, I knew I had to try it. Five stars, after all, would put this restaurant into the upper echelons along with stalwarts such as the Hotel DuPont, the Mendenhall Inn, and other fancy fare. Could this tiny building sitting on the side of Route 13 in the diminutive burg of Smyrna be a culinary gem masked as an unassuming diner? The large glass windows allow one to see inside from the road; it certainly doesn't look like a five-star restaurant from the outside...could some magical transformation occur somewhere during one's passage through the building's foyer - the formica countertops wondrously changed to wood paneling, the hard plastic stools transmogrified into plush leather seats? Sadly, no - what you see is what you get with the Waffle House; no fairy dust turns this into a Neverland of dining delight once you walk through the door. A five-star review is certainly out-of-place, if not outright disingenuous. This is a simple, Southern diner with food that is cheap both in terms of its prices and its quality. It's a restaurant that certainly belongs at its location: a highway exit in a rural town like Smyrna. If you're going to be rating a restaurant five-stars, you certainly should explain yourself - I'm going to do so even with this two-star review. The waffle batter, ladled up from a plastic bucket onto the waffle press, is clearly heavy on the sugar and butter and light on the flour. Admittedly, it's impressive that they're making these waffles fresh, given the price you're paying for the meal. After tasting a friend's waffle, I turned to my hamburger. The white, Wonder-bread bun was not stale, and the congealed grease sitting on top of the burger concealed what was decidedly a decent beef patty that was a step up from McDonalds' frozen, Grade-Z meat. The tomato was fresh, although the iceburg lettuce was slightly wilted. The table was outfitted with an impressive array of condiments: Heinz-57, Tabasco, and A-1 supplemented the typical ketchup and mustard. It's nice that you can see the kitchen from your seat, ensuring that the staff follows good hygiene practices (or, at least, that it's noticeable when they don't). Our waiter was very friendly and accomodating - we certainly had no complaints about the service. Notably, most of the booths would only seat two people - this isn't a restaurant where you can bring your whole family. All in all, Waffle House is giving you exactly what you pay for: low-quality food at extremely reasonable prices. The fact that the food is served with a smile is just icing on the cake...or, perhaps, imitation syrup on the waffle.
(2)Marc D.
This was a diappointment, as compared to the other ones I've been to. The staff wasn't attentive, they had a hard time timing all the food to come out together, and even my son's glass had "particles" of something other than orange juice in there. ...rather disappointing...
(2)Joe A.
This has got to be one of the most disgusting Waffle Houses in existence. I went there late on night after a music gig and ordered. The food came out sporadically, I had to continuously ask for coffee, and I don't think this place has seen a broom or mop since it opened. The people on shift that night really were more interested in discussing their personal lives way too loud and not serving the customer. This place will never see me again. I hope you don't take the risk and have a similar experience.
(1)