eric "Dad-ai" k.'s Profile

I'm a fan for the simple fact that the food here isn't overpriced.  So... yes... there is a bit of sway here in the fact that this doesn't deserve 4 stars compared to other 3-star ratings that I have given.

It was in the late afternoon... we had been walking around a little bit through downtown disney... tried rainforest cafe ... 1:10 wait... ESPN zone 1:15 wait.....   Goofy cafe... oh.. no wait, but $39/person.  So we were wandering back to our hotel and moseyed through and found this place.  

No wait... reasonable prices for food, not too crowded, not packed with kids yelling and sreaming.

I had a salad... not ginormous... just about the right portion.  I ended up eating all the lettuce and leaving some of the other stuff just cuz I was in the mood for veggies more than fat stuff.

so.. I was pretty happy with it.

Was ok... not great... not horrible...

They definitely use all fresh ingredients.. and that was apparent in the taste.

I had already snacked in the morning so I wasn't terribly hungry so I ordered the coffee cake.... which was unremarkable.

Wife ordered a couple of pancakes and a breakfast which wasn't bad.

Cute little place, and obviously not a chain.  Support your local businesses!

Actually pretty good.  I think a litle better priced and has more options than Steve's.

Better parking situation, and for some reason, just feels like a bit more of a relaxed atmosphere... maybe it's the fact that it is a bit further away from work.

Not a great cheesesteak by any means... but a good option.

Ok... not great....  pricey.

Eggs Benedict....  pretty good.  I had one of my poached eggs actually closer to hard-boiled.  

This place was pretty busy, but we got in almost immediately on Sunday AM at about 8:40ish The food was good, hollandaise was pretty good.  Potatoes were actually pretty pathetic though... maybe not used to them, or the fact that they weren't cooked very well.  Were they supposed to be just shaved potatoes, or were they hash browns, because there wasn't very much brown to speak of.

The quantity of food was good.  the quality was decent... but almost $45 later for 2 of us and the little girl... a bit on the high side....  yes I've spent more on breakfast, but that was a whole lot better to.  

Its also a very loud place....  very busy... lots of throughput.  so keep that in mind.

There are 2 other places I hopefully get a chance to try in Los Altos for breakfast.  I'm hoping to find a real keeper.

Kind of a weird layout.... parking structure waaaaay over on the other side of the hotel from the rooms.  

The room was smallish, but clean and well furnished... no smells, a decent TV, and some decent channels to watch too.

No free internet, which is lame... especially considering this is right next to the convention and is attracting business people.  If I were a business traveller, I'd be irritated at this.

Parking was $12/day.

a healthy walk from downtown disney and disneyland.  

Not a bad place, but nothing that I'd be dying to call home either.

Airplane 2.0?   ohhhhhh-k..

So, half the features on the mini-screen didn't work.... but that's still half the features more than I would have gotten from another airline.

I'm not sure why this has to be, but the boarding process on every airline has to be different.....

Here they let the pre-boarders on first(kids & special cases), then they lump everyone else "with single or light carryons only)
then the rest of the people.

Shrug

My flight left late, but arrived early, so I've got no beef.  

The fact that this is at the SFO international instead of the domestic terminal is odd, but I'm sure that has to do with other large airlines hogging gates regardless if they are being used or not.

I was on a short flight so I can't comment on a meal.

This did raise an alarm for the sentimental side of me.... one of the games that could be played was Doom..... of which I realized that I couldn't even get out of the initial room.... oh... how far I have fallen! *sob*

Ya know.... it was ok.....

I'm starting to get the feeling that this place, along with Bonfante(Gilroy) Gardens are leaning towards being "the local amusement park," from the standpoint that they jack up their one-time-entry fees, drop the season pass prices, and really try and get the recurring business of the locals.

I actually don't believe that this place is worth multiple re-entry fees in the span of 1-3 years... I don't believe the attractions are that spectacular that would warrant that much spend.  But from a local perspective of being able to go to multiple special events, a pseudo babysitting-outing, I guess the value is there for the season pass.

The food here is marginal at best, being both high priced and not great quality.

The attractions are pretty cool, but it's not like you are going to go see mini-land over and over and over again.

There are some pretty cool ones, where your little ones will be able to drive the cars on the mini-city and stuff... and for the most part, given the fact that we went on a saturday, it wasn't nutz busy as I would expect disneyland to be.

In the bay area, we have a multitude of zoos,discovery museums and science centers.... maybe due to the SD sprawl, this is what they have?  

Not a bad alternative, but not something that I can justify the one-time-price, nor the season pass.

Ok... I was going to get biscuits and gravy.... or something else....  but for $6.75... CFS + 3 eggs... I couldn't pass it up.

I went early in the morning, so it was pretty empty in there... food can quickly and was well portioned.  There was TONS of gravy on the  CFS, so I could barely see it... but the taste and flavor were fine.  

so....  $6.75+ tax.... I paid $10 out the door, so that equated to about a 33% tip..... gladly.

Not a flashy place, but the prices and food were right

I'm torn between 2.5 and 3 stars.

Yes...they have a selection of omelettes like no one else.... but I didn't find that mine was done any better than I've had before.  I ended up making my own...

The service was nice, the place was clean and everything was in good order.  It just wasn't......  anything to really want to review?

Shrug.

Biscuits and gravy for me please....
I'm not sure if they make them the biscuits themselves....

Got in there about 6:45AM...  got my food at about 6:52AM... ahh the joys of being one of only 4 people in the place.

The food was hot, tasty and came really quick.  

I think I need to give this place another shot... next time for either CFS or benedict.

BTW.. GPS ran me PAST this place coming west on Decoto