This is our favorite breakfast spot in town. The staff is absolutely wonderful and treat everyone like part of the family. The service is friendly and fast. The line gets long but moves quickly because they're so efficient. The pancakes are thick and cake like. It's kind of like dessert for breakfast. Try them with brown sugar or get the Hungarian pancake roll ups. We honestly haven't had a bad meal here. They always have awesome and interesting specials to offer. We love dad's !! read more

Great place for simple diner breakfast experience. Very friendly environment and has a homie feel. Will definitely go back when I'm in the area again. read more

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As a small business owner, also in the hospitality industry, I may often be hyper critical when it comes to food and service. Today was no exception. I chose Dad's as I had never been but had only heard gray things. When we walked in we were never greeted as the four or five servers walked by us several times. Not a "welcome", "just a minute" or even a "how many?" Once seated the young lady who got us coffee was more interested in sitting with another table, and another three or four minutes until another server took our order. The portions were huge (+) but the pancakes were underdone (-). They were remade better but at that point we'd had enough. Having to pay more for real maple syrup, I realized this place is not one I'll frequent. On a positive note, our server was friendly and personable. read more

I come here at least once a week. I'm obsessed with their corn beef hash! Any other place I've been serves it canned but not Dad's. The prices are very reasonable. 4 bucks for 2 eggs home fries and toast totally worth it. read more

Dad's Restaurant - Cinnamon roll pancakes - Diners Near Me - Wallingford, Connecticut

Love the #Healthy Servings of this gem of a breakfast diner . Host was nice and food was on point! read more

Dad's Restaurant - Healthy and delicious - Diners Near Me - Wallingford, Connecticut

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Hands down the best breakfast spot in Wallingford. I wish the seating was just a tad bit more spacious, but it seems that breakfast joints and tight seating are synonymous. I'm a big fan of the egg whites, corned beef hash & rye toast. Wish we had started going more frequently sooner. read more

Stopped in last week for lunch.. Nice day with lots of people outside under a tent. I chose to eat inside. Quiet inside and all staff had masks on. I often judge a place by their Reuben sandwiches which I like to splurge on now and then.. I think I'd have to say it was the best one I've every had .. not a ton of meat , but all around just perfect.. Great waitress too. It sounds like they do a lot of creative things, I overheard a woman I'm guessing was the owner talk about her upcoming menu. I don't live far, I have to go more often read more

The food is awesome and they give you a lot of it ! Its My favorite breakfast restaurant in Wallingford hands-down! read more

Dad's Restaurant - Diners Near Me - Wallingford, Connecticut

Nothing beats a family owned, hole in the wall breakfast joint with friendly waitstaff, great food and great prices. I checked this place out after reading rave reviews from other yelpers, and when I saw a Groupon deal for it I scooped it right up. We went around 11:30 on a Saturday morning and had to wait a few minutes for a table, but we were happily served "juice and coffee right away honey!" I had eggs and home fries with a bagel, and my boyfriend had a western omelet sandwich. Everything was perfect and lived up to the hype. I really loved the home fries, especially the crispy burnt parts... Can't beat it! If not for the food, you gotta check this place out for the entertainment value! Definitely gives you that "part of the family" feeling. I'll be back to try the pancakes next! read more

Bring your appetite when visiting Dads, because they'll feed you. More importantly, they'll feed you good. Real good. These are the best (and biggest!) pancakes you will ever have. The blueberry pancakes are outstanding, as are the banana walnut. The rest of their breakfast good is great as well. They make very good omelets and french toast. It's hard for me to turn down their pancakes though, so more often than not, that's what on my plate, Great, friendly service as well. Best breakfast in town! read more

I'm a sucker for a good diner food and a even better deal. Pros: -The hostess (this cute older lady) greeted me and my friend quickly. -short wait. Line was long when we got in -Total bill was only $13.00. -I had an omelette that was really good!! (sausage, onion, red roasted peppers and cheese). It was served with toast and home fries. My friend had eggs and bagel. Cons: typical diner tables and booths. (I know that's my only cons) Overall: I would go back again and again. Enjoy read more

Dad's was a great place to grab a nice breakfast! Service was fast and friendly and it's not super expensive for the amount of food you get. We would definitely go back!!! Oh and btw, when they warn you that the Texas style French toast is big, believe them. But it's worth taking home the leftovers. read more

Just a good ole fashioned family breakfast joint. Food is great and the staff friendly and fun. read more

Dad's Restaurant - Diners Near Me - Wallingford, Connecticut

Huge fluffy pancakes! The size of the plate and an inch thick. Great local place. Quaint and awesome service. read more

Dad's Restaurant - Giant pancake (I already took a bite out of it) - Diners Near Me - Wallingford, Connecticut

Thanks to Groupon I have a new found love for this place. They move people in and out and the food is yummy. With a Groupon it's affordable too. The kids meal is fantastic. You can eat here on a Sunday morning and be al set the rest of the day until dinner. read more

So delicious. The service was wonderful and so welcoming, and the food was absolutely perfect. Best blueberry muffins around. read more

Dad's Restaurant - Diners Near Me - Wallingford, Connecticut

Stopped by Dad's Restaurant for breakfast this morning. Part of my fall MTB tour where I check out some awesome breakfast joints followed by a new (to me) mountain bike destination in CT. Today's trip brought me to Tyler's Mill in Wallingford for some great trails, and after reading numerous reviews online, I decided on Dad's Restaurant for my morning fuel. What can I say? This place definitely lives up to the positive reviews! I loved every minute of it. I walked in and immediately grabbed an open seat at the counter. Coffee was offered to me within 5 seconds. Yes! After checking the menu, I placed my order for scrambled eggs, home fries, rye toast and bacon. My order literally came out in 5 minutes. Very generous bacon serving, rye toast was fresh and amazing, eggs were hot and perfectly cooked, home fries were hot with tasty seasoning. While I was there, Val waited on me and she was the nicest person. Can't wait to come back soon , grab an awesome breakfast and hit the trails again! read more

Just wanted to let you know this is the best place in the area for families and friends to meet for lunch or breakfast. Great food and great staff. Chrissy Barton, the owner works hard to make sure her customers are satisfied. She also carters and saved me from myself this past Easter by catering dinner for 13 people at my home. it was wonderul. Thanks to Chrissy and her staff. read more

This is your perfectly ordinary, run of the mill, small business restaurant. The food is perfectly ordinary. The decor is perfectly ordinary. The staff, though, are a very good, especially the older dark haired woman with glasses -- she was awesome. read more

Dad's Restaurant - Eggs Benedict - Diners Near Me - Wallingford, Connecticut

My family and I came to this place for a late breakfast, and absolutely loved it. Their pancakes were amazing, and their Nutella Banana muffins were amazing! We ordered four meals and it came to us extremely quickly. The service was really friendly and welcoming and we overall had an amazing experience at Dad's. We will almost definitely come back here again if we can. read more

I don't like Dad's. I'm sorry not sorry that I've given them a bunch of tries to get me on this Dad's is the best!!!!!!! Brainwash the rest of the area is on but I can't do it. The food is average. It's not hard to screw up breakfast. You can add a bunch of stuff to eggs and guess what? You've made eggs with a bunch of stuff in them. You can give me frisbee sized pancakes with stuff in and on them-it doesn't necessarily make them elevated pancakes. I've had waitresses just wander away from the table mid order to talk to someone else. Rude. But this is Dad's and they are the best ever!!!! So I guess that is acceptable? If Dad's would go out of business, I'm not sure I'd really care. After the extremely hostile and personal attack left by the owner, this is now a one star review. I really don't care if this place stays open or is hit by a meteor. read more

Nice place and after reading other reviews about the corned beef hash my husband and I were both looking forward to trying it. Pretty disappointed. Bland with nothing but meat. My husband had to send his eggs back because they were over cooked. Staff was very nice and the Italian toast was awesome, but not worth the money. read more

Nice place for breakfast. Friendly and curtious staff.Spacious with booths and tables. Food was excellent specially the home fries. You can create your own omelette and add avacado. Price is reasonable. Good for the town of Wallingford. read more

I wanted to love this place. Really really did. Name hit home as it's Father's Day weekend and first Father's Day without my dad. Walked in around 11:30 on a Saturday morning. Place was crowded. Apparently there was a wait for a table so grabbed a seat at the "bar area" (how to describe it is escaping me at the moment). Ended up getting the special omelette - spinach, tomato, provolone and something else omelette. I thought there would have been more taste to it. Not sure if I ordered wrong but wouldn't get it again. Also would have liked the spinach a tad more cooked. Home fries were legit. Overall, good not great read more

Dad's Restaurant - Special omelette- spinach, tomato, provolone and something else - Diners Near Me - Wallingford, Connecticut

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Dad's is a great breakfast place! They had so much great stuff on the menu, but what caught my eye immediately was "homemade corned beef hash." I ordered the cheddar and hash omelette. My boyfriend got a modified eggs Benedict. Instead of Canadian bacon they let him substitute it with a small cake of their hash. It was fantastic!! Our waitress was extremely sweet! She had accidentally written ham instead of hash down for my omelette so they mistakenly made a ham and cheddar one, but the second one came out very quickly. Our waitress was nice enough to wrap up the first one and gave it to us anyway. It wasn't just the omelette, it was a whole breakfast! There were homefries and toast with it too. So very nice of them. I cannot wait to go here again and try their much talked about pancakes! read more

I've lost count of how many times I have been here, but obviously I keep going back. Their breakfast is great! Really unique pancakes and omelettes can be found on their special boards. I however had a pretty basic 2x2x2 breakfast. 2 Eggs, 2 pieces of kielbassa and 2 pieces of french toast with a side of real maple syrup. My fiance ordered banana and walnut pancakes with a side of sausage. Everything was great! The only downside of Dad's is sometimes there is a longer wait than I really like and the room to wait in is super tiny. This place is almost always busy at breakfast. OH and if you ever get the chance to have their Turkey lunch, get it. read more

Staff was very kind except to us maybe because we were new. Got an attitude when I asked about the wait and if I should give them my name. Our waitress was kind and our food was good. We got omelette and pancakes. The pancakes were ok. The omelettes were delicious. The rye bread was great. read more

This place has a line on weekends because it's a great breakfast, small in size but worth any wait. Blueberry Pancakes were so good and a very large portion. Bacon was perfect and coffee was good. Wait staff is friendly, hardworking and fast. My head was spinning at how fast they all move. read more

Great service. Yummy food. Small restaurant, so it can get crowded on weekend mornings. read more

I ended up dining at Dad's Restaurant for breakfast by accident and what a pleasant surprise! It is a "mom and pa" kind of place. The food was great, cooked well and flavorful. Great variety on the menu too. The waitstaff also was very friendly . Prices were fair as well. I will be going back and bringing friends/ family with me! read more

I wasn't a fan of Dad's. I actually had gone there based on the many positive yelp reviews and was disappointed by my experience. The place was very crowded but the wait wasn't too long which was nice. However, aside from being very dowdy/dingy, it's also fairly dirty, and very loud. As for the food: I'd ordered scrambled with cheese. What I got was scrambled eggs with a slice of American cheese laying across the top. Unappetizing. The fruit bowl my friend ordered looked more like the bottom pickings of a fruit salad (honeydew and cantaloupe with a scant few slices of strawberries.) Overall: bland and not worth a return visit. read more

Food was good and decently priced. My only negative comment would have to be that we waited forever to pay our check. Waitresses saw us standing at the register and continued to walk by. I understand that it's busy but someone could have at least said, "someone will be with you in a minute." read more

We ordered the "Thanksgiving to go" and it was honestly the highlight of 2020! The food was delicious, just like having a homecooked thanksgiving feast with all the classics. Even better than the food though was the service. Chrissy really made us feel like family and her generosity was incredibly touching. She went above and beyond to ensure we had the best thanksgiving ever and I'm so grateful that there are wonderful people like her in the world! Between the amazing food and the excellent service I know I'll be a Dad's customer for life. read more

RUN!!!!!!! I would have given 0 stars if the app allowed for it This is by far the absolute worse service I have ever experienced just waiting to be seated The OWNER Chrissy who you would think ,would be welcoming her guest in her place of business with open arms Instead the contrary- she rudely asked her "guests" to please cram into the same spot and closed the inside door on my husband and 2 year old daughter to have them wait in the spot in between the two doors She told me she doesn't know how long the wait would be and that WE should know where we are in line The faces on everyone waiting experiencing her total and complete lack of service - all dropped in shock at what was taking place I told her how rude she was and how appalled I was that we would be taking out business elsewhere She replied she thought that would be a great idea! Needless to say myself and family took ourselves down the street to RICKS her direct competition When we arrived we experienced a warm welcome and greeting,sat right away on the lovely patio to enjoy my brothers birthday Apparently they get customers coming from Dads frequently (not surprised) I will be using this experience as a learning experience with my staff on Monday to show the contrast of services read more

We come here as often as possible. I love the creative specials and seeing how well the team works together from the kitchen to the front. Good job ladies! Keep it going with the delicious food! read more

Best breakfast in New Haven county. Chrissy and her staff always go the extra mile to make sure you are well feed and happy. During COVID 19 Dads made sure to care of the community and keep people from going hungry. Thank you Dads and their staff read more

Best egg's benedict with corned beef hash I've ever had! My boyfriend got the scrambled eggs with bacon and loved it, too. Would 100% come back. Service was great, too. Only complaint would be the ketchup containers. They're the glass ones, so it's super hard to shake ketchup out of them, so we had to use our butter knives to scoop it out. They should probably invest in the squeeze ones, but I won't dock a star because the food was great! read more

Definitely my favorite breakfast place in the area. Outrageous food and the Best staff without question read more

Dad's Restaurant - Yummy - Diners Near Me - Wallingford, Connecticut

You know, ive been back to Dads a few times since my last review. Customer service has improved. There is still the older lady who isnt overly friendly. But their food is quite good the last few times. Im a fan of their french toast and their omelets. I just try not to go when they are busy. read more

Went here because of a Groupon and was not disappointed. Food was delicious and staff was so friendly I felt like I was down south. Will for sure go back. read more