Village Inn

This has all the charm of Shari’s, w/​o the convenience of nonstop 24 hour mediocrity availability. I was thinking this might of been a VIP’s in former days (any of you been around in this area long enough to remember the VIP’s legion, sweeping the region? VIP’s well-​earned death spawned the birth of Chevy’s, believe it or not), and they perhaps saved money on the sign by having to change fewer letters, but I now see I was in error. But enough about VIP’s!
Bonus star for AYCE fish fry Fridays at Village Inn, I got nuthin’ else, woot!

My husband and I come to Village Inn every Saturday for breakfast/​lunch. The food is always consistant and the staff is super friendly. We bring our family here when they visit from Texas and they miss Village Inn when they leave.

Most excellent meal. Clean restaurant, good service, clean bathrooms, excellent value and good wholesome food.

6/​15, time for an update:
We had family breakfast at Village Inn this morning and based on my last review I was pretty skeptical. They seem to have toned down the Romper Room colors and are now a bit more neutral and inviting.
The service was FANTASTIC, our Waiter was on it the entire time. I think the thing hubby and I enjoyed most was the fact their portion sizes are not outrageous so we did not leave feeling stuffed. The pancakes are the size of a coaster, not a plate and most everything else is a little scaled down compared to most breakfast places.
To be honest we used to eat there every weekend with friends about 20 years ago and the very same owner was there today, and even the same Waitress, seems we have all aged, HA!
They did not have my old «usual» Ham and Cheese Skillet on the menu any longer but the Waiter remembered it and they made one up for me, «memories», it tasted exactly the same and was frankly quite delicious.
Hubsters ordered and Omelette with multi-​grain pancakes and he was very pleased. The Omelette came with Hollandaise Sauce (he ordered it on the side) and it was quite good, has the nice lemony zing I love.
I would certainly go back for breakfast!

I thought I had given Village Inn in Beaverton a 4. I didn’t. I had given them a 3.
The service was still good and, this time, the apparent owners were on hand to greet and seat people.
I ordered the meat loaf again and, being a Wednesday, they featured the free slice of pie (or slight up-​charge for the pie of your choice). The meat loaf was a little drier than the last time, the cup of soup was small although the soup, corn chowder, was good but I’d recommend the included salad instead, and the side order of beans was just plain cold. I returned it. They were returned warm (from a new pot or nuked?) That shouldn’t happen. I should have just asked for an altogether different side dish.
As for the pie, I opted for the currently featured white chocolate key lime pie. It was fine. If going for their slight up-​charge pies, I’d recommend opting for their reliable chocolate peanut butter or French Silk pies. In summer, there is typically a pie called Hawaiian «something» — it has strawberries, pineapple, whipped cream, coconut, and it’s pretty damn good. That one is also worth ordering when it is featured.
This more recent trip to Village Inn in Beaverton was more «meh» than previous ones but, overall, it’s still holding at 3 stars.

Our favorite weekend breakfast place. Looks sketchy on the outside, but I love the interior. We’ve never had to wait on a seat, even mid morning on the weekends. Service is very friendly, food is fast, and the restaurant is very well run and clean.

My favorite place to eat breakfast!!! They have a large selection of items to choose from, they even have crepes! They are always nice and friendly and they are very prompt. I love coming here. Thank you!

Retro 70s feel and absolutely spotless. Very clean, with fresh interior, fixtures and paint. The food was light and healthy versions of classic and contemporary comfort foods.
Loved to options and was easily able to relax in the calm atmosphere. Great spot to come to eat and have a chat with friends in a low pressure relaxed restaurant.
Friendly knowledgable staff with great service and a tasty meal.
Bonus was kids eat free with paying adult.

I had a chance to visit Village Inn recently whilst waiting for some service to be completed on my car nearly directly across B-​H highway. It was certainly… fine. Basic, no-​frills breakfast here (can’t speak for lunch/​dinner). Clean, quiet and pleasant, for sure. This was, admittedly, during the middle of the week, so that undoubtedly influenced my experience.
Service was friendly and efficient. The interior was clean and… nondescript.
–1 star for not being Pine State Biscuits (hah!)
–1 star because I feel like it

Over priced for poor quality food. service just as poor won’t be returning to this place lucky I gave one star.

Good food, great atmosphere, nice waitress, but when I got my food it was not as much as I was expecting for the price I paid

Great service, nice atmosphere, reasonable prices. Food was really good except for biscuits. Owner actively on site regularly.

Friendly and fast service. The tomato basil soup was delicious, but a little too creamy for my taste. The southwest salad was OK; it had horrible presentation and was difficult to eat. The components of the salad (aka the chicken, tomatoes, onions, etc) were cut up in too big of chunks to be able to have good table manners while eating. As a consequence I felt like it didn’t have much flavor. It looks like the reviews for the breakfast items are good, so I might come back for that instead.

Yes this place is a chain. It may turn some people off, despite all chains started out as «mom and pop» restaurants, but this is one of the few that are actually good.
The food is diner style but stepped up a notch The inside décor is decked out in a modern-​retro style. By that I mean, it has a 1970s style but with modern finishes including a TV that plays the news. It appeared they only had one and it was on mute with closed captioning.
For breakfast, they have this «build your own» meal for $ 8.89. Just as it says, it allows you to choose from different items listed. I had the two eggs, country potatoes, bacon and an orange crème crêpe and a carmel ice coffee. I do wish the country potatoes came with onion and bell peppers. They have other «standard meals» but why limit yourself on what they want you to have? get what you want.
I Went back for dinner that day and had their turkey dinner. Yes, folks, they serve turkey dinner all year. It was a refreshing change from the same old burgers or a cheep steak. I figured what the heck. There’s nothing wrong with having a turkey dinner in the middle of April.
You got the turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing and cranberry sauce plus a homemade biscuit. I had their blueberry pomegranate limeade with it. It was around $ 11-​$ 12 for the meal but it was filling and wasn;t that bad either. It looked like they used red potatoes for the mashed, but I could be mistaken.
Both times, staff were friendly and we were seated promptly.
Over all, if you are hungry and want something other then fast food give village inn a try.

I am not much of a breakfast eater, mainly due to the fact almost every diner style restaurant I’ve been in is dirty and the food is marginal at best. The Village Inn has great food, awesome service and you can’t beat the prices on the VIB breakfast. The chocolate peanut pie is amazing too!

Great food and great service. We were promptly seated and the waitress continued to ask if we needed anything. Not annoying but perfectly done. Always love coming here.

Two words: never again.
We used to eat here every weekend with friends but the last few times have been nothing but letdowns. It’s a convenient place for us to meet and the menu is broad so we kept giving it a chance to get better, but it never did so we’re giving up.
We ate there Sunday and decided it would be our last time. Up until then there has been a steady decline in the quality of the food. Don’t get me wrong, it’s Village Inn so our expectations were always in check, but you expect your food to be served hot and served in a reasonable amount of time. Many times we waited 30 minutes or more for cold food. Iced tea should have you know, ICE in it. When they had crepes on special I ordered them and they were made with powdered eggs, which was absolutely disgusting. The only thing that has never let me down are the pancakes, but anything with their version of «meat» in it was always a dice-​roll and generally left us feeling slightly ill afterwards.
Sunday I ordered the «Denver Skillet» with was advertised as being «smothered in queso cheese» sauce. The picture in the menu showed what looked to be queso cheese sauce. I love me some queso! But what did I get on mine? Neon yellow fake «cheese» sauce with nothing whatsoever in it. Queso has salsa or browned, seasoned ground beef or pork in it (or all of the above). This had nothing, it was the same goop that you squirt on your nachos at 7 – 11 only with NO FLAVOR, no spice, nothing.
Someone needs to educate their chef about what queso is, because that wasn’t it. I ate half and pushed the plate away, completely grossed out. My partner’s burger was underdone and the other couple that ate with us was served cold food, so we’ll be finding another place to eat after this.
Sorry, Village Inn. Train your kitchen in proper food handling techniques and train your chefs up a bit and we might try it again. Until then, we’re moving our business somewhere else.

I go here to get my favorite breakfast item. It is a hidden item that is no longer on the menu, but I am still able to order it. It is the Mexican skillet.
The skillet comes with taco seasoned beef, onions, peppers, french fry potatoes, and eggs with a side cup of salsa, and sour cream. You can also get toast, or pancakes with it.
I love how they bring you a thermos of Coffee so you never are left waiting to refill your cup of coffee. You can refill it yourself whenever you want.
The restaurant is recently remodeled, and looks very clean, and inviting. I just don’t understand why every restaurant these days think they have to have TV’s now. I understand TV’s at sport bars, but that is it.
The only thing that bugs me is that as soon as you finish a plate they are right there taking it away. It makes me feel like I am being rushed out of there.

There aren’t many diner-​like places– this fits the bill. Even though it’s a chain, this franchise seems family run. The owner knows us, and always accommodates our child. The servers are uniformly kind. I recommend their breakfast food above all– it’s solid. Also, if you haven’t been here in a while, they renovated the place– and it looks cool! We are there 2 or 3 times per month.
For the life of me, I don’t get the negative comments. This is what it is. It’s not Veritable Quandary or Le Pigeon.

We had not been to the local Village Inn in over two years… stopped in… only two tables… great…quiet dinner. BUT… the huge TV screens… YUCK…when did Village Inn become a sports bar?
So…the hostess was sweeping a far section of the restaurant when we walked in… she looked up… saw us… continued sweeping. When she came over, she asked «two» and started to walk us to a table. No…“hello…how are you this evening” or «welcome to Village Inn»…after she picks up the menus, she looks at her watch as if we were a major inconvenience. We told her never mind… we’ll go somewhere else where they can be polite.
If this is the person they have running your restaurant, no wonder there were only two tables.