Village Inn

I've been there several times, as a aficionado of the VI in south Springfield I could not resist having a brand new restaurant close to home.
It's evident that they have big trouble adjusting and creating a working team: the kitchen mistake the orders, the waitress don't know what goes with each speciality plate. I was expecting something better, maybe some cook or waiter from the older place to lead the new people, but instead we, the customer, are the beta tester or this place. I will go again giving them one more chance, but so far I never got exactly what I ordered and cooked as I asked.

My fiancee' and I went here for dinner tonight.  The food was fine, but it seems like they still have a lot of work to do as a staff.

First the good:
- We went on Mother's day ~4:30 and were able to sit down right away.
- The place had a nice layout and done in the typical Village Inn decor.  
- We were first seated at the back of the restaurant.  They had the back door opened w/ a fan to clear out what I was told was smoke from one of the toasters.  It wound up being a bit cold so we asked to be moved which they did w/o a problem.
- They got creative w/ the menu.  Most of it is typical diner type food, but we both got the V.I.B. where you pick 4+ items.  I like this idea since it allows to try a variety of items on the menu.

Now the not-so-good:
- The order got all botched up.  Like I said we both ordered the V.I.B.  My plate had some extra eggs on it (good).  But my she got short-changed on her eggs (bad). They gave her extra bacon on her plate (good) but also only gave her 1 slice of toast (bad).  Not sure if the toast is supposed to be only 1 slice.  If it is then that's a bit of a rip-off in my opinion.  They rang up the order incorrectly which wound up coming out in our favor (good) but as soon as we were done eating she didn't feel good and we had to home right away (bad).  Didn't even get a chance to enjoy the French Silk Pie (very bad).  

Overall I think this place will be OK once they sh*t together.  They've only been open for a few weeks and look like they are going through some growing pains with the staff.  I wouldn't expect this though from a place that already has a few established locations.  I'm sure we will go back and hopefully things turn out better because it would be great to have a good restaurant in Republic to go to.