Briana's Pancake Cafe

First and foremost, let me just say what a load of crap it is for a reviewer to rate a place, especially a 1 star, when they haven't even stepped foot into the business.  And for Yelp to allow it, is equally shameful.

As for Briana's itself, the food is in the 3 range.  It is your typical breakfast spot.  Pancakes, Waffles, Omelettes, Skillets, etc.  It's pretty tough to screw breakfast up.  I've been twice (first time when it was Briana's Taqueria) and both times it was average breakfast food.  Nothing to knock my socks off.  

Service is decent, but again, nothing mind blowing.  Took food a while to get out to us.  We were the only ones in the place and it still took 25 min to get breakfast.  My wife ordered a skillett, and I ordered a wrap.  Nothing complicated, yet 25 minutes.  Not sure why?

Cosmetically, this place needs a lot of help.  Totally agree with other reviewers about what they saw.  This place has been open for months now, and there is still blue tape on the walls, the booths are tiny, like don't bother trying to get four into them if your four are on the larger size.  The restaurant is larger than someone's bedroom, and larger than a small classroom.  It easily sits 60 people if filled to capacity.  I doubt this place has even seen half of that at one time though.

What turns me off the most about this restaurant though, is the fact that they have blatantly taken the menu from a restaurant less than a mile from them and are using it as their own. I'm not talking about same items with different names, I am talking word for word menu items that are exactly the same.  Mamma Bear, Papa Bear, Lumberjack Skillet, etc.  As far as I can tell, they added four "wraps" to their menu to make it different.  Everything else is EXACTLY the same.  I asked the owner of the other restaurant if there was any relationship between the two.  He said there was not, and I have no reason not to believe him.  If you can't be original with your menu items, then you are nothing more than "Meh" to me.  

For those familiar with this area, there used to be a place called Moonstruck that was in the spot next door to Briana's.  It was 10 times better than Briana's.  And it failed.  Doesn't bode well for Briana.

Doubtful I will be back a third time.

This place was pretty horrible. The oatmeal was clearly from a box and tasted awful. The other food was average....when we got it almost 50 minutes later!!! The resturant is the size of a small classroom. The waitresses are constantly leaving to go smoke. The floor was disgusting...when you walked in, you stuck to the floor. My husband said the mensroom smelled like straight urine. Their was that blue painting tape still all over the walls. I am SHOCKED this place is in business. I will never return!!

Disclaimer: This review is not about the food, as we drove up to the place and backed out.

We drove up to the place at 7:15 am and the parking lot and restaurant were empty. The waitress and cook were staring at us from inside. We could only see three tables and maybe two more in the corner. My wife hit my arm and told me to back out. Who wants to sit a space no bigger than my living room with two people staring at you? The food could have been awesome. We were a little freaked out. No thanks!