After reading the reviews and hearing all the buzz about this restaurant, I was eager to give it a try. I must admit that I was disappointed by my whole experience. I had heard that the wait would be long, so I expected that. My husband and I waited outside for about 20 minutes, but no problem, I knew to expect the wait. The people in front of us were "experienced" Golden Harvest diners and told us what to expect. Since there were only two in our party, we were able to go in front of a few parties of 3 and sit at the counter when two places opened up. From here, it all went downhill. It took about another 20 minutes just for our order to be taken. The waitress waited on about three other groups before us, all of which came in after us. When she finally got to us, we waited another 30 minutes for our food to arrive. I ordered the breakfast sandwich with sausage and hash browns and my husband ordered the special, a slice of french toast with poached eggs, sausage, and hollandaise sauce and hash browns on the side. My breakfast sandwich was good, but nothing exceptional like all of the reviews claim. It was greasier than McDonalds though which I didn't care for. The hash browns were also good, but again, nothing exceptional. My husband didn't like the hollandaise sauce at all, which kind of ruined his whole meal. He said it was too lemony. Both of us were nauseous the rest of the day. Me, because of the excessive grease, and my husband because he thinks the sauce was old.
Will we go back? We might just to try something else like the waffles, pancakes, or french toast. These might be safer options. I understand why people like this restaurant: the food overall IS pretty good, the menu is large, the atmosphere is really neat, and I liked watching the food prepared in front of me! But people are making it out to be way better than it actually is. The extremely long wait is really not worth the food you get... perhaps people are so hungry by the time they get their food it just tastes that much better to them. And the price is not so reasonable. $17 plus tip for two people at breakfast is too much. I have had breakfast at other places that is just as good, with no wait, and much cheaper.