Perkins Restaurant & Bakery

Just had a wonderful experience at the Perkins on Gulf to Bay. Six of us arrived for an early lunch to begin the day’s celebration of my mother-in-law’s 100^th birthday. The manager and staff happily celebrated with us! Food was delicious. Birthday song was fun. Thank you so much!

Last time we went we were very disappointed. The manager was on her cell phone the entire time. Staff was being very loud and we basically heard there entire conversation about what they liked and didn’t like about things in life, even private personal info that no customer should ever hear. It was awkward and uncomfortable. Food was cold and not like it usually was in previous visits.

OK, we stopped for Breakfast… first time I have ever visited a Perkins. It’s a busy place! The wait was minimal, though.
We both ordered the Farmer Omelette. My friend had home fried potatoes, and I ordered hash browns, well done.
We both thought the Farmer Omelette was really good, and we would order it again the next time, if/​when we come back.
Farmer has bacon, onion, peppers, cheese
…cooked perfectly.
Although the dining room was busy, the service was pretty good!
Coffee refills were timely… this is a plus to me, as I don’t like to keep adjusting the mix in my coffee when they «top it off!»
Only reason for 4 stars instead of 5: hash browns well done turned out to be hash browns not quite done. HOWEVER… The home fries were excellent, and that’s what I will order next time.

Amazing food! It was delicious, I will come back here without a doubt. Friendly quick service, nice for families. Inexpensive, will have to come back to try the other things I wanted to try, the menu made everything look so appetizing. The only thing that bothered me was the buss boy being distracting, by being super fast and SUPER LOUD with his job in cleaning off tables and collecting dishes. Other than that no complaints.

The really nice thing about a late night, 24 hours restaurant is that is quiet at 2am. After a night out, it’s nice to eat in a quiet environment.
The food is decent with a fairly large selection of breakfast, lunch and dinner type of offerings at any time of day or night.
A bonus if you have a sweet tooth — different types of pies are avaliable.

This review is for service only, as the food hasnt been bad in previous experiences. We went sunday the twelth. We were absolutely starving and chose perkins because of the variety of breakfast and lunch. We were seated in a very crowded room and our waiter was a guy who talked a little too loud, thought he was a little too cute, and whose eyes were a little too crazy. We had just sat down and our waiter asked if we were ready. We said just a minute so we could read the menu. He didnt come back for over fifteen minutes. When we were finally able to flag him down he laughed and said ‘well i bet you wish you were ready when i was dont you?’ It was so rude. We put in our order of basic breakfast. After waiting an hour we started hearing other tables complaining. Our waiter would walk up to each table and loudly state that the food is coming as fast as it can but there is a very large party that is being served, then he would point to the adjoining room that was empty except for a table of about ten people. It didnt seem like a really big party and it absolutely shouldnt have hindered the kitchen from serving anyone else for over an hour. I was also left wondering how this ‘large party’ was able to have the dining room all to themselves while the rest of us were sitting so closely packed that we could overhear each others complaints. One table tried complaining to a manager and the manager offered no apologies whatsoever, but also blamed the ‘large party’ and walked away. When we were told again that there were more tables ahead of us yet to be served we finally got up to leave. Our waiter said ‘would you like a cookie for the road?’ We said yes. He handed us one cookie. There were two of us. Thanks? Then as we were walking out he shouted, ‘dont worry, ill pay for your tea!’ It was a tea bag and hot water i had ordered and drank over a very long hour. Perkins, if you need to shut down for a ‘large party’ post a sign on the door and quit wasting peoples time waiting for their egg over medium. And honestly if ten people is too big a party for you to handle you may need to rethink your hiring decisions.

Perkins is good, but it is nothing special. I do like it though, because it has a private room. We have had the same waitress for almost two years. She is on the ball, fast, and polite.
I always order the same thing — a short stack of pancakes and a side order of sausage links. It is always just what I want. The pancakes are light and fluffy. The are warm with the right amount of butter. The syrup is perfectly sweet. The sausage links are cooked with a nice brown on the outside. And they all match well together. This, plus a soda, is under $ 13. Good price for the food.

After a few years of living in Florida I’ve finally tried Perkins. I would compare this restaurant to the likes of Marie calendars and bakers square because they serve fresh baked pie with typical American diner food. I had the trio: tomato basil. soup with a half chicken sandwich and a slice of pie. I must say it was a good. deal being that it was all under $ 10. The service was good but our server was a bit awkward… friendly but awkward. However this place didn’t give me a wow factor. But it definitely serves its purpose… to be a good 24hour diner bakery especially if your on a tight budget.

I love Perkins and this one is particularly good. The food is always good and hot and the service is always fast and friendly. I frequently get takeout and it’s always good and right, they check and and double check it in front of you. And oh the bakery, the muffins and the pies are just delicious. As of this writing (1÷28÷15) a lot of the people doing construction on the highway 19 overpass are parking in the perkins parking lot so don’t be discouraged if the parking lot looks full the restaurant may not be.

I have been to this Perkins twice for breakfast.
No complaints, service was prompt, they stayed on top of the coffee refills and the food was good.
They happily accommodate special requests.

The food was good both times I went while working in the area. The prices are fair for what you get.
The service on the other hand was very inconsistent.
Great the first time around, absolutely miserable on the second visit.
I should see a server more often then two times. After she delivered the food I did not see her again until after i walked back to the kitchen to get a refill for my drink and some extra napkins to clean my hands after finishing my burger.
No real appology for the poor service either.
Since it is the only ²⁴⁄₇ restaurant in the area I would most likely go back if I was in the area again.

I’ve gone here many a night, and it has never disappointed. I truly appreciate the coupon cards that show up in our mailbox once in a blue moon, and we can’t wait til the next one arrives. We are so impatient, that we will go, coupon or not.
My love of Perkins developed from countless sorority Founder’s Day breakfasts that I have attended. There was no better reason to roll out of bed, look presentable, chow down, and then study for finals. The love from Perkins followed me from Orlando to here, where I conveniently found a house that was minutes away from a Perkins. This Perkins!
I love their prices, their service, their comfort food. I love that coming here at any time of the day, I can order anything, and be happy with it. I love that they have a sugar-​free wildberry pie. I love their salad varieties to support my current low-​carb diet.
I can’t wait for another day when we don’t feel like cooking and we come back!

Poor slow service on Sunday. Ordered pork chops with apple sauce. The pork chops were way undercooked and white in appearance and smelled of raw pork. I had to send them back. The applesauce was served in a small plastic container the same size as you would receive a side order of blue cheese dressing with wings and consists about 2 tablespoons total. I was totally disappointed.

The food was very good and the service was very good. No complaints there.
I found the gentleman walking around doing balloon animals and magic tricks a bit annoying, but a couple of families with small kids liked it. My boys had no interest in him.

1 hour for 2 appetizers. Not very busy, only about 5 other customers. Food was cold when it finally arrived. They took it back and put back in the fryer to heat it up. When it came back it was sopping with grease. The waiter offered to warm up the dipping sauce, when it came back in the same plastic cups, the cups were warped, which means he nuked it in the plastic cups, very toxic. Another waitress brought our check, and without any apology proceeded to complain about the owners not staffing the store properly and that she was the only one there that knew what she was doing. That may be the case but don’t complain to an already pissed off customer about it.

We decided for a breakfast for dinner kind of evening. There is nothing fancy here. We are quite partial to their pancakes. This location could to do with a décor refreshing and update. The friendly staff made for another pleasant meal here. We ordered the Tremendous Twelve and it was good but not great. It still amazes me how much diner’s charge for breakfast foods. It is definitely a «cash cow» for restauranteurs.
With their front counter full of pies and muffins tempting us as we leave, we scurry past until another day.

Perkins’ lighter style omelets have always been my personal fave.
Had my late-​night birthday dinner here with the Hubs last Saturday night.
We had a fantastic server named Kayla. She was super friendly and efficient.
I had the ham and cheese omelet. The Hubs had a big meal with a funny manly name that I can’t recall. He likes his hash browns, bacon and eggs well done and Kayla made sure they were. He was a happy man.
I wish they would bring back the deli ham and cheese omelet. I would be an even happier girl :)

Great breakfast spot. They are open very late, so this was always a stop on the way home from a night on the town.

Yes. for the free wifi
Yes.for cooking the breakfast the way I want it.
Yes.for the carafe of coffee at the table so I don’t have to wait for a refill
Yes.for the quick service
Yes.for being open 24 Hours
Yes.for being close to my hotel
Yes.for ample parking
Yes.for the buy 3 get 3 free cookies/​muffins

I like this place a lot! I think this place is the best ²⁴⁄₇ diner in the area. I used to go to this place past midnight with my husband, and there are many people dining.
They maintain an clean environment unlike Denny’s and they always have nice friendly servers.
I love their southern fried chicken in a skillet. It is so yummy and comes with hash brown and a delicious muffin (banana nut is my favorite).
P. S. Their water is straight from tap. Order an orange juice or something else.