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City's Best

130 Parkplace Ctr
Kirkland, WA 98033
Fax: 425-827-7079

Find this business under: Restaurants-American, Restaurants

  • Business Hours: Mon. 06:30 AM-2:30 PM, Tues. 07:00 AM-3:00 PM, Wed. 07:00 AM-3:00 PM, Thu. 07:00 AM-3:00 PM, Fri. 07:00 AM-3:00 PM, Sat. 07:00 AM-3:00 PM, Sun. 07:00 AM-3:00 PM
  • Credit Cards Accepted: American Express, Cash, Discover, MasterCard, Visa

The first Washington outpost of this growing, Oregon-based national chain has a passionate following, and not only for their excellent pancakes, but also for their consistency. Order anything made with batter and you'll know bliss. Not that there's anything wrong with eggs, but French toast is fabulous and pancakes -- whether sourdough, Swedish, apple or potato -- are sublime. The buttermilk pancakes melt in your mouth. You pick the topping, from bacon bits to chocolate chips and slather on the whipped butter. The lemony, lighter-than-goose-down Dutch baby, a cake-sized souffle with a custard center, is justifiable cause for the long lines that form on weekend mornings. Assorted bric-a-brac and knotty pine create an early American motif enhanced by swift, relentlessly sunny servers who never let your cup of coffee run low. It's good coffee too, with real cream. It all adds up to one of the area's best places to eat breakfast -- which is served until mid-afternoon. After 11AM, you can also order from the extensive lunch menu.

7 Ratings and Reviews

  • And try the lunch menu too

    Review rating : 5out of 5   MACEBABE - 07/29/2008

    Breakfasts to die for, even beyond the pancakes, try the bacon or omlettes, with lots usually left over to take home. Lunch menu is great, but unavailable on the weekends. We've tried the Ballard/Crown Hill location, just as good but we can't walk to it like Kirkland's. Staff is great, like a big extended family.

  • Yummy

    Review rating : 5out of 5   seamus and sofie - 07/06/2008

    I have eaten this breakfast since the 50's in chicago. We were little and did not mind waiting in line. It was the best breakfast ever. Then when we moved to Michigan, i ate there too on Woodward ave. The only problem is that it is very expensive....I Can't believe they still charge so much for eggs. And the portions are too big, but it is the best!

  • expensive

    Review rating : 1out of 5   ng00000004627520 - 05/26/2008

    Quality has gone way down - prices way up.

  • Review rating : 5out of 5   Sweet60z - 05/16/2008

  • Longtime favorite

    Review rating : 4out of 5   colonelebeya - 01/11/2006

    I ate at a Southern California installation of this chain for years. Either the quality has slipped a little or I am losing my taste for big breakfasts, because I don't enjoy it as much as I used to. Still, it's well beyond most breakfast joints on the Eastside. Try the pecan pancakes.

  • A Family Favorite

    Review rating : 5out of 5   jstanudderlisa - 06/05/2005

    Having brunch on Sundays with my family has been a tradition for as long as I can remember.. The Original Pancake House has become a part of that since they opened a few years ago. Some of our family favorites are the dutch baby (an all around favorite) as well as ham and cheese omelets (served souffe style) and the fresh strawberry crepes with real whipped cream, eggs benedict is another favorite as well and the apple pancake with whipped cream for sharing. If you're not an early bird be prepared to wait as they're a local favorite :)

  • great for the hungry

    Review rating : 4out of 5   cmsnow - 06/26/2004

    I would have given then five stars but was sure there had to be a negative point somewhere. I just couldn't find it. Food is great with healthy (big) portions. Staff has always bent over backwards to make sure we were happy. We live in seattle and we take special friends here for breakfast. Haven't found better!

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