Perkins Restaurant & Bakery

It was 11:30 at night, just left sweltering heat from Diamond Rio concert in Gardner KS and needed something to eat. My wife, the waiter, the manager and a cook were the only ones there. They have ½ price apps at night so we tried some fried pickles. Taste was good, but the coating looked to rushed and the bottled ranch wasn’t the best. I ordered a breakfast wrap that was super good but served with a side of bland cheese sauce and undercooked tots. My wife ordered her fav sandwich which chicken tenders with cheese on Texas toast, she loved it and her fries were good as well. Overall ok meal, just seems if we’re the only ones there why the rush on pickles and tots?

Stood in line waiting to be seated, while people stood in line waiting to pay, while the phone was ringing — meanwhile no staff was to be seen. Had to ask for water three times. Had to ask for my three pancakes three times. Had to get my own iced tea refill. And this was all during a slow time, not a busy one. Took forever to get a to go box. The breakfasts are really good, and the staff is nice. It’s been just like this for several years. HOW’S THIS FOR A THOUGHT — HIRE MORE PEOPLE!!!

This Perkins is always short handed on waiters and cooks. There is a perpetual «help wanted» sign in the window and food orders seem to take a long time. I have tried this place 3 times in the last 6 months since it is close to my house.
When my wife ordered one of their bacon omelet dishes, they explained they were out of bacon. They said the truck had not delivered yet. Really? A breakfast place out of bacon?
The potatoes were dry cubes.

Did not stay. We walked and promptly left. The place was a disaster. Never going back. Will try another location in the area

To make a long story short. Excellent food, but horrible service. Tables are always dirty because they expect the waiters to buss their own tables and the «company store» management won’t hire any buss boys.
This mess has gone on for months! Thank God there are Franchise Stores to patronize.

Traveling through and stopped in for breakfast. We were quickly greeted and seated. The place was really clean and the staff was amazing! The waitress, Sarah was very attentive and super friendly with an awesome sense of humor.
She made out breakfast a treat!
The food was perfect and the pancakes were a big hit.
Definitely worth the stop.

Today I gave this restaurant its last chance after several less than stellar visits. And it failed miserably. Couldn’t even get seated, let alone served. The restaurant was nearly empty but we stood waiting to be seated while the cashier/​hostess chatted with people at the register who were buying a pie. When they left, she still stayed at her register while we stood around. When we turned to walk out, she said «Sorry, folks.» We’re at Denny’s now, seated immediately, and the service is friendly. If there were a way to give Perkins less than one star, I would.

I spent more time waiting for a table at this empty restaurant than I did actually eating there.

well what is there to be said about a chain restaurant that hasn’t been said already. The food is OK, it’s not bad but nothing to write home about. Out of the 3 times we’ve been there the service has been really good once, so so once, and really bad once.
The main reason we continue to go back is for one it’s close to home, and I’m on a special diet and know exactly what I can have off their menu.
Overall if your looking for a decent breakfast and you’re in the area you’ll get your monies worth in food.

Service = good
Food = not so good
Country potatoes = plain deep fried potato cubes
Ham = dry and flavorless
Eggs = scrambled up nicely
Pancakes = flavorless
Come on guys… Breakfast can be real easy, just add some flavor to it :0/

A qualifed NO! A co-​worker invited three of us to lunch there last week. We were promptly seated and placed our orders. Our drinks arrived and that was it. We didn’t see the waiter again until he saw us leaving and apologized for our not getting our meals. He said it was «part his fault and part the kitchen staff’s fault.» ??? We had sat there for nearly 45 minutes without getting our food. We would have asked the waiter what the hold up was, but he was never around again. When we inquired with another server, she said she would «check with our waiter.» Again, nothing. The cashier gave us each a slice of pie to go, which was a good thing, as that’s all we had for lunch that day. I should also mention that the place was not packed and there were other servers on the floor, so it’s not like they were swamped. All in all, skip it; there’s nothing special enough about this place to counter such awful service.

The waitress was very attentive and did her best; however, the kitchen was as slow as molasses. I had to rate a 3 because of the kitchen.

Fantastic cinnamon rolls! The staff has always been very friendly, and the food is very consistent. Perfect for Sunday morning breakfast, or to treat your older relative. A good place for grandparents.

met a friend for lunch yesterday knowing that we would also have to make our kids happy (hers 4 years and mine 13 months). she suggested Perkins as it’s a good mid-​point between both of our homes.
we arrived at noon and it wasn’t very busy. I honestly think part of that might be its location. yes, it’s right off I-​35 but it really sneaks up on you if you’re just driving down 87^th street.
the server immediately came over to get our drink order. I was a bit annoyed that she didn’t bring a second kids menu for my son (not so he would be able to read it, but so I wouldn’t have to take it away from the 4-​year-​old who wanted to color on it). we all decided that even though it was lunch time, we were still craving breakfast. my friend and I both ordered the egg, bacon, breakfast potatoes & toast combo (with coffee) and our boys had the kid-​size version (except mine had a sausage patty instead).
to say we all devoured our food might be an understatement. it wasn’t anything special, but everything was cooked exactly as we wanted. my little guy just LOVED the sausage, eggs and toast. the hash brown weren’t great — a little undercooked, but he still ate a few of them (the cooked part).
the kids meals are a fantastic deal. only $ 3.99 for all of that food PLUS milk and a cookie. my husband and I enjoyed the cookie after dinner. it was half sugar and half chocolate chip.
the next time you’re just craving a simple, but tasty breakfast any time of day, don’t overlook Perkins!

Okay so I haven’t been to a Perkins since 1994. I don’t really remember much about the experience back then, but just knew that it just wasn’t my scene.
I took my grandparent-​in-​laws to eat here this morning because they thought it would be amazing. We showed up and it was just as I expected. Yes, all of the memories of why I did not bother coming back to this establishment finally hit me. There was a reason why this place closed down for years, it was bad customer service.
As we were seated I noticed the place was not very busy and the woman in front of us was upset about her order. Apparently, they had messed it up a couple of times. The waitress didn’t look to friendly either. We were seated for about 5 minutes and no one had come to bring water, coffee or anything. The waitress from another section noticed and came running over to take care of us. Then, out of nowhere comes the waitress that is supposed to be attending our section to complete the order.
Listen, I could really go on and on about this but it’s just going to bore you so I will spare you all of the details. Let’s just say, that I really wanted to give this place 1 star, but the fact that the other waitress took the initiative and cared for our needs made me give this place 3 stars, but it was only because of that good waitress. Food was bland. Not coming here for another 20 years.