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    Elmer's Restaurant

    3.8 (239 reviews)
    Open 6:30 am - 9:00 pm
    Updated 2 months ago

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Dungeness crab Benedict
    Nancy T.

    Friendly service and decent food. I had the Dungeness crab Benedict. It was pretty good, although the Dungeness crab wasn't fresh. Husband had omelette with hash browns and biscuit. Coffee was about what you'd expect for a chain restaurant. Family friendly place.

    Joe H.

    I really like this Elmer's. I have always gotten really good food here. The California omelette I had was great. I always get excellent service here too. It is a chain restaurant, so it looks like all the others but it is clean and well maintained. My only complaint was the air conditioning was really cranked up and we were cold.

    Belgian Waffle with strawberries, bacon and eggs

    I ate here a lot with my family as a child, and decades later the place still looks exactly the same. I had a very nostalgic experience here with the belgian waffle, bacon and eggs I ordered, which were all delicious. The only thing that was strange was that when it was time for the check, my waitress just disappeared? Not sure what happened there since I was one of the few tables in the restaurant.

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    Love this place, too bad it's so far from Bend. Great menu, crazy good pancakes. Great menu.

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    Doesn't do take out. Which is very unfortunate to people are still high risk for Covid. Don't recommend. Use to love elmers

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    No take out during a pandemic? When they used to do it before? Shameful and disgusting way to care for their customers.

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    Elmer's restaurants no longer does takeout for some reason? For all the Karen's complaining about their orders, thank you very much!

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