Yum! Â Yes, it's another breakfast review by me. Â SURPRISE! Â :-)
But Ken's is reallllllly good. Â Â This place happens to be up by my boyfriend's house and so it's a weekend place we frequent when up in Richmond. Â The coffee is fantastic, the eggs are really good - not sure what the put in them, but yum. Â The skillets are yummy and the waffle to die for.
Staff is really friendly. Â Sometimes there's a wait on the weekends, but it's worth it!
The food is... food. Â It's not terrible by any stretch, but it's seemingly equal to any Coney place or small diner. Â Their menu doesn't really strike me as notable or super unique, they serve standard diner food.
I've only been into Ken's a few times, and it's typically under the same circumstances, but I think the best gauge of a diner is how they handle service at a busy time or on a jam-packed day. Â My experience at Ken's today was exactly that - Sunday morning brunch time meets the hungry crowds of the Good Ol' Days Parade. Â No complaints on the food other than the time it took for it to come to the table. Â The service was less than impressive. Â After slamming the menus down on the table, the waitress barked at one of my friends to move them so she could put down the place mats. Â She virtually threw the silverware across the table and plopped water glasses down as if she were annoyed with us. Â
Bottom line is - I'm not a regular at Ken's. Â I'm there once a year on the day of the parade/festival. Â Sadly, my existing memory of this year will be the poor service, and this will probably influence my choice for lunch next year. Â It doesn't matter how busy the restaurant is, the service still need to be pleasant or the experience is spoiled.
Wow. Incredible food. Even more amazing is the hospitality. You can tell that the owners of this place come from a long line of restauranteers. This is a family place and the feeling extended outward from the kitchen. the hostess was hilarious, which brought her son out of the kitchen to continue the banter. My parents absolutely insisted that we drive the half hour from the house to eat here. It is so worth it. Â The food is very basic county cooking. I had the beef stroganoff which was a heaping pile of noodles topped with stewed sirloin tips. Super tastey. Other offerings included city chicken and fish and chips. Nothing out of the ordinary or ethnic, just american cuisine done very well. The soups are all dynomite, especially the dill pickle soup and chicken noodle. Top shelf diner food all the way. i emplore you to check this spot out. You will leave smiling.
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