Waffle House - Airport Road
9:52 - 10:14 am
Everyone has been anxiously awaiting this review of a small town, not very well known, breakfast place known as Waffle House. It is a rare sighting to find one of these hidden gems, but we happened to spot one off the beaten path of Airport Road in Bethlehem. We got there right before a bunch of other people showed up, so we got a clean table and did not have to wait. We were greeted by the Star Wars theme music, then dead silence, other than a super sassy guy yelling out the orders of surrounding tables (he takes his job very seriously and is good at it but low-key hates where he works). The menu was super sticky, but we were thankful for the lack of choices. No decision fatigue here. Ben got a dish they are known for, apparently called the All-Star Special, and Bethany settled for a sausage, egg, and cheese sandwich on a biscuit. We were there all of 22 minutes, from when we parked to when we drove away. Our food came out in a ridiculously short amount of time, probably less than 5 minutes after we ordered. Being the mindful people we are, we left quickly after finishing so another family could have our table. While walking to our car, we saw the mother of the family changing outfits in the car and not doing a good job of being conspicuous about it. This small town diner sure does attract a weird collection of clientele.
Bethany
My decaf was fine, just a normal diner coffee. The water was not chlorinated. I got a sausage, egg, and cheese on a biscuit with a side of hash browns “smothered”, meaning with grilled onions. When my food was brought out, the waitress had me check to make sure the onions were actually there, hidden beneath the hash brown. That has never happened to me before, but I guess I appreciate her wanting me to have my onions. For those unfamiliar with Waffle House hash browns, they are essentially small potato noodles. They are super crisp on top, but the rest are limp and sad. They taste fine, but definitely need salt and ketchup. Same with the breakfast sandwich. I have had more flavorful sandwiches from Wawa. Like I don’t know, everything just lacked flavor. Literally any flavor. The absolute lack of salt was appalling. With my sandwich I got one quarter size, thin pickle disc on my plate, and it was a good little dill pickle. That was probably the most flavorful thing on my plate if I’m being honest.
I shared the waffle with Ben and the waffles are just fine. It’s called Waffle House, but the waffles are not special. It’s fine, just a bit dense and again, not much going on. I’ve had better waffles other times I have been here, but when you drown it in their butter and syrup, it’s an okay way to end breakfast on a sweet note.
Ben
I wasn’t expecting my orange juice to come out in a baby Simply Made bottle. It’s fine. Just about as standard as it gets. I got the All-Star special, which I usually get. It comes with sunny side up eggs, grits, white toast, bacon and a waffle. The eggs needed salt. They're just there. They're cooked fine and there was that weird Waffle House butter that they cook everything in. It's kind of all over it, almost making it slide down your throat. The grits were super under seasoned. I swear they usually give you some butter on it or a little butter packet to go with it but they didn’t so I had to steal some butter from the waffle to help that slide down my throat. The toast was so overdone. It was terrible and not that much butter. I guess there was a butter shortage or something except for the eggs. It just wasn’t worth the calories to suffer through the burnt bread. The bacon was actually better than usual. It wasn't as crispy as it usually is, which I like because I like it when bacon is a little bit chewier. So, the bacon actually slapped. The waffle was pretty good. It's better than most waffles you'll get, but it wasn't as good as a normal Waffle House waffle on a good day. Again the “butter” (if you can call it butter) is like whipped oil. Super yummy, sweet and salty waffle.
Rating
only because of speed and cost