When you start off my Saturday morning with a cup of weak-ass tea water you call coffee, we're already off on the wrong foot. Make me ask for fresh cream instead of the warm open-top mini pitcher that's on the table, and I seriously begin to question food safety standards. The food itself was average at best, but the extremely slow kitchen and service sure didn't leave a good taste in my mouth. Telling me my card is third or fourth in line to be run and taking a good 15 minutes to get me my check after I get my bill? Not a good move either. Now you have me wondering WHAT you're doing with my card for that long. Not a good feeling. Do yourself a favor and skip this pile of rotten egg bits. read more

This is our local go to restaurant. Good variety on the menu, good daily specials. Only real complaint we have is there network for their credit/debit reader. Really need to upgrade your system! read more

Watery drinks, overpriced food. Not terrible but definitely mediocre. The owner is great and the customer service is usually good. It's just overpriced. Saturday nights there are a good time but the bill at the end is always so high, so we don't go often. read more

The service can be hit and miss. I think they get busy with short staff sometimes, but the food is always good. Breakfast is my favorite, but everything on the menu is better then your average sit down restaurant. The people are working hard, they just get a bit overwhelmed so be patient and they will deliver a good meal. read more

We have ate here several time and the service and food was good. Big meals and well prepared and the servers has always been good. The only reason I would make it down is because the condition of the restroom. We went there in October and urinal was not working and I reported this problem. The restroom smelled. I went in again on several time and still not fixed. The urinal is shut off and still leaking water. They have not mark out of order and it is still being used. They need to get it repaired or closed off the fixture so people does not use it. Great food! read more

I had been craving a omelette from nikkis for what had seemed like months called to confirm breakfast was still served the lady said yes...when we got to the restaurant there was a couple friends and another couple waiting as well as my family...no one was greeted by the host which was a young man he said I have you all in my memory who came in ok fine then he lazily bussed a couple tables and came back and very sadly was like sorry about that no enthusiasm at all just like he was out out that he had to do his job....while my family is waiting the other couple leave we all have been waiting about a half hour at this point...then another elder couple comes In And we have been waiting 45 mins at this point it wasn't busy so I just didn't understand I wanted this omelette so badly and I wanted to support a local restaurant we finally get to our booth the table is still dirty half asked wipe down...then the elder couple gets sat after us the waitress helps the elder couple first when we had been waiting for almost an hour before they walked in abd I really liked the elder couple very sweet and nice it was the service that bothered me I actually wanted to give it zero stars the waitress who was on was rude to the elder couple when they asked for chicken fried steak she said it's past 11 I don't even work there and I know there's chicken fried steak on the menu even if it's after 11 she should've recommended that option instead of shutting this elder man down me and my family after waiting an hr got up out of our table and we left I asked the waitress if she could write down my number and to have the owner Dawn call me and I haven't heard anything from her which tells me she doesn't care that a customer walked out because the service was so terrible and didn't care to hear what happened...I've worked in customer service all my life and I've never been so outraged as to make me walk out of a place...I'm giving nikkis a Zero star read more

Food was good, but the absolute worst service I've experienced in years, between my two very slow waitresses it to 50 minuetes from the time I sat down to get the hamburger I ordered, and upon leaving I went to the lounge to ask simply what kind of music they had on Saturday night, I didn't even get a chance to ask before the lounge person scolded me for coming into her bar with a go cup of pop I had ordered during my meal and didn't receive until my bill arrived, over all being spoken to that way in front of other customers is totally unacceptable, needless to say I will never return there and will let all my friends know how I was treated read more

I think the food is good, but not worth the high prices. I went there with my gf and we decided to get the special (teriyaki chicken and coconut prawns). We were not real hungry so we decided to share one entree. While ordering we were informed that if we want to share, we will be charged an extra $5.99! I said "oh because you bring a larger portion for people that are sharing?". NOPE, you get the same amount of food , but need to pay extra to share, haha. WOW, never heard of that! So I said who will know the difference? She said the owners have cameras and will find out and then she will get in trouble if she doesn't charge us the 'sharing' fee. LOL! I'm not making this up, it really happened! At that point we just left and ended up going somewhere else. read more

Been to this restaurant a few times and the food is awesome, with great prices. It's a very nice, clean atmosphere and the staff is unbelieveably nice. They really know what they do and they take pride in their work and the happiness of the customers. I think there are lots of restaurants that should learn from this one. HATS OFF to Nikki's and the entire staff. Double HATS OFF to the owners of this place. They seem to be great people. read more

All that I can say is this will go into FILTERED or be deleted but YUUUCK! Stay away. I am not going to bother with details except the people that are writing the reviews giving this place a thumbs up are not what they appear to be. Yelp, you need to do a better job at managing these out of control issues. And Nikki's clean your act up. When you respond to a customer - they are always right, when someone writes a thumbs down, try to learn from it rather than intimidation, poor spelling and insults you can't back up. All people want is good food, good service, mistakes to be corrected, to be valued as a customer that puts money in your pocket and at least try NOT responding rather than hurling insults at people that didn't have a great experience. You'll run your restaurant into the ground, after all - only so many friends can keep you afloat. read more

Tried to order breakfast but nobody bothered to come back to take our order. The breakfast buffet didn't look appetizing. Decided to leave and go to another restaurant and already having better service. read more

BEWARE OF NIKKI'S.... Terrible food, even worse service. I don't normally say bad things about small businesses, as I would love to see most businesses succeed, but the experience I had here at NIKKI'S is something that everyone needs to beware of!! I Went here for lunch, I asked the waitress to check with the cook to see if the soup was gluten free, as I have SEVERE celiac disease. The waitress Judy assured me that clam chowder was indeed gluten free, I was shocked and even made her double check! She brought the clam chowder out and it was so salty and could hardly eat it because it was so terrible!! Then I me and my friend ordered a salads because the chowder was SOO bad, and when they brought it out the salad was soggy and brown because the lettuce was so old.... The waitress never checked on us. 20 minutes later when I got home I was so sick and throwing up for hours! For someone with celiac, it can be very dangerous to consume gluten and cause many complications... I decided to call NIKKIS to double check that the chowder was gluten free, and when I called i asked what soups they were serving, they said chowder and split pea.. I asked are any of these gluten free?! And she came back and said "NO"...... Then I told her the story of what had happened to me earlier while I was there and the lady on the phone says "what do you want me to do about it"..... I explained to her how sick it made me and how I may need to go to the hospital..... She then says "WELL HAVE FUN AT THE HOSPITAL".... I told her to give my phone number to the owner Jeff and have him call me...... He never called, surprise surprise.... I had to drive down there and hunt down the owner Jeff, and when I explained what happened... His explanation was that the chef did not understand what the waitress was asking him..................... SERIOUSLY?!?!? You are going to risk the health of your customers by hiring such incompetent people that they can not communicate properly, or at least ACT concerned that they had made a mistake that caused me to be terribly ill... I have NEVER had such terrible service EVER.... And with such terrible food AND customer service, I don't suspect Nikkis will be around much longer...... read more

So, I was in a hurry this morning and thought I would give this place another try. I have been here twice before. The first time service was horrible and the food mediocre. On the second, the service was horrible and the food worse. I mean half frozen and uncooked. They STILL insisted on charging me for the whole meal. On this visit I was guardedly hopeful. I came in and had to wait for a table even though the placee was over half empty. I looked at the menu and decided to just go for their buffet. I mean, how bad could it be? It was inedible. Lets start from the beginning. The bacon was thin food service dripping with grease. It had almost no flavor and was slimy with oil. Instant heartburn. Next came the sausage. How the HELL do you cook ALL flavor out of sausage? Again, food service garbage. I honestly think that the Great Chef of the Universe should send down fire from heaven to save us all from this sausage. Finally we reach the eggs or rather I did and it was the final straw. The "omelets" were rubber and the only flavor was from the processed cheese on top which was bad anyway. The scrambled eggs were not even that tasty. They were dry and lacking in anything that tasted like it could come from a chicken. I have had better army surplus powdered eggs. I am a big, huge even, fan of hashbrowns and I couldn't bring myself to try their little morsels of horror. Bottomeline...it is a good thing they have a bar. As a matter of fact they should stop trying to fool the world and themselves and close the restaurant and just go with booze. This places food is only fit for drunks and skid road. read more

Meh - not good. Ordered a bacon cheeseburger. Buns are straight out of the bag, burger looks like it came from the freezer at Costco. a little greasy, and neither the burger nor the fries were up to temp. They really need to press and season their own burgers, and grill the buns. Waitress was great. I sincerely hope their other food is better. read more

Like its sister restaurant (Gloria's in Maple Valley), Nikki's menu seems to be stuck decades into the past, and their menu items seem pitched to patrons who are of a certain age where a soggy iceberg lettuce salad is considered desirable fare for a night out. Even accepting the dated approach, Nikki's fails on the quality and consistency of its food, and the surprisingly high pricing. It feels like a perfect candidate for the "Restaurant Impossible" show on the Food Network. Nikki's has a Facebook page but does not post its menu online, which tells us something. If they are turning a profit, it is probably coming from their bar, although there are now many other options for cocktails in Covington and Maple Valley. This space was originally a Godfather's Pizza, and for a while it became a steakhouse (of sorts) called 2-7-2. I'd be a lot happier if it became a pizza parlor again. read more

Haven't been in the bar, but the restaurant we tried twice. The first time we barely go service, the food was tasteless and over cooked and we almost had to walk out without getting anything, then the waitress showed, then we almost had to walk out because she wouldn't give us our check, let along refill our drinks that we placed at the end of the table to make it obvious. The second time the service was slightly better, the food okay. Wouldn't go back. read more

I only gave this place three stars since I have mixed feelings on this place. I have been there a few times. The staff working the breakfast/lunch is incredible. The food has been tasty with spot on service. The night shift is a different story. I've been there 3 times for dinner and will not be back. We went last night and the waitress got our order wrong, followed up by an hour wait for food in an empty restaurant followed by over cooked food and a non existence waitress. My review for the breakfast lunch staff and cooks would be a 5. The dinner crew a 1 read more

Food poisoning!!! My daughter got food poisoning here and she called to let the manager know. She was treated with disrespect and rudeness. The owner would not even say she would look into it. All she had to do was so she was sorry and shed check their procedures. Instead she was rude. We loved this place. I would not eat here. If they won't even double check their food safety. That's an issue. read more

Me and my son went here for lunch. We waited 20 minutes to be seated and there were only about 10 people eating and 4 waitresses standing around. One of which was looking right at us while eating crackers. I understand they have to take breaks but sheesh. Once we were seated I asked for coffee and ended up having to ask 3 times. They brought the coffee finally but it was after we got the food and there was no creamer. I didn't even bother to ask for it. The food was okay... Not worth all the trouble. I was hoping it was going to be a good place :( read more

Tonight my husband, daughter and I looked forward to trying the new restaurant in town verses going to the same places we always go to. We were seated and given water right away. The waitress came to our table quickly and told us the specials and took our drink order. We each decided to try something different to get a variety. I had the bar steak, that was a special, figuring if it's the special it must be good. My husband had the Chicken Oscar and my daughter a plain cheeseburger. We were given a basket with two rolls (obviously store bought) for three people to share and were never asked if we wanted/needed more. My husband ordered the blue cheese dressing on his salad and said it tasted like ranch and lacked blue cheese chunks. My tomato tortellini soup had a good flavor, but looked like it was made in a blender as i couldn't identify a single tortellini and ther was zero broth. When our meals came they looked good, but I was a little taken aback when asked if there were any other steak sauces I wanted as the waitress had already set down three different bottles. My loaded baked potato was very good; the steak, although a perfect medium rare, had zero flavor, no spice at all, not even salt and pepper. I salt and peppered it but it still lacked flavor. After eating about 5 bites I brought the rest home for my dogs. My husband's Chicken Oscar was also completely devoid of flavor as was the rice that he ordered with it. Surprise, my daughter's cheeseburger was also completely without a single spice. The waitress recommended the 7 layer chocolate cake so still being hungry I ordered it to go. This cake was the best part of the night, although it was also obviously store bought, but very good. I continue to be floored by the lack of anything resembling good customer service at most establishment in covington and Nikki's is no exception. They were nice enough (water and beverages were refilled without us asking), but never tried to interact beyond the basics (we would have left a far more generous tip if they had). We also paid steak house prices for Denny's quality. I'd love for Nikki's to take the feedback and make some changes. It would be nice to have another good restaurant in Covington. We will not be back unless we see tons of positive reviews from satisfied customers as we hate throwing away money. Good Luck. read more

It took a while to decide whether to go their based on some of the earlier comments just after they opened. We went twice, just to be sure that I could give a fair review. Both times were for dinner. I hadn't been in there since it ws a Godfather's Pizza. It has been beaurtifully remodeled inside... very relaxing. The menu is fairly extensive. I don't know what people are referring to on the prices. I found the dinner prices to be fairly reasonable. Also, they have a small seniors menu. We had the Sr. steak dinners. Very tasty steak and decent cut, with baked potato and a nice salad. The price was a little over $12.00..... very good deal. Also, their house wine was decent and very reasonable... $5.75 and it was NOT a skimpy pour either. I guess most people know about the connection between Nikki's and Gloria's in Maple Valley. Many of the menu items are the same, but it is a very extensive menu and, I think, up a notch from Glorias. So put away the fears of those old negative posts. This place is a nice addition to a town in need of family restaurants.. read more

I just walked out for the second time in 8 months due to a nasty bartender. She was rude and ignored me again. I thought maybe she was having a bad day the last time, apparently not. There were two tables and 3 people sitting at the bar including myself.Not what would be considered busy. The only thing any good there is the steaks, which is what I went there for. I will never go back again and plan to tell everyone I know not to bother. Owners should reconsider the people they have as help. And maybe read these reviews. read more

People everywhere: do not eat or drink here. Bad food, bad service, bad bar and hidden charges everywhere! What do you expect from the people who owned "Gloria's" in Maple Valley? read more

Rubbery Prime Rib, Uncooked Chicken Fried Steak, took 1 1/2 hours to receive the meal, 2 mixed drinks (Long Island and Mojito) that were not mixed correct at all and then the manager never came to the table after requested. Very sad. The salad and rolls were the only good part of the meal. read more

We were looking forward to checking out the Restaurant but were sadly disappointed in the service. We walked in, waited for 15 minutes and two other couples received menus and drinks without anyone acknowledging us. We do know people are busy but there are too many places not to receive stellar customer service. Bad customer service. We won't return. read more

I grew up in Covington and I was really excited to try out Nikki's. I was terribly disappointed in the whole restaurant. The server was nice (new but nice), the atmosphere was very blah. Not good lighting, the diner stunk, and the food was plain and way over priced. They also made our drinks wrong :(. My mom just recently went and she said the same thing, that she will never go again. It is a great idea to finally have a sit down restaurant in our small down, but please rethink how NIKKI'S is being run. read more

Have been here before but today my friend and I ordered BLTs. She ordered small salad instead of fries and was charged 1.00 extra. I ordered fries and a small salad. She charged me 5.79 even though it was same size salad. My friend poined out to the waitress the lettuce was brown. She brought her another salad and said ,I just opened a new bag of salad. When I complained to the manager she said why did you order the salad if you didnt want it. My friend pointed out that the lettuce was brown. The manager said thats because of all the rain and when the lettuce grows it pulls the rust from the ground. And we get our lettuce fresh everyday and chop it ourselves. We don't use bag salad! REALLY better tell your waitress that. Lousy customer service! NEVER GO BACK AGAIN! read more

Excellent service and very good food. First time visiting Nikki's - a very pleasant experience for the whole family. Service from Daun was outstanding, friendly, flexible, welcoming. She willingly made adjustments for our grandkids and us. My Patty Melt with sweet potato fries was tasty and enough for 2 meals, as was my wife's pasta with shrimp in a cream sauce. Prices were fair, and the menu was extensive. We will definitely return. read more

I've traveled all over and hands down this is the BEST mix of food, people, and atmosphere I could ask for! Their portions are EXTREMELY generous for the price. Good luck getting the same thing at a chain restaurant for the same price. The people are professional, nice and on top of their game. You HAVE to try this place... everything I've tried at Nikki's has been absolutely incredible! Seahawks fans you need to go for TD Jell-O shots! Best place to get loud for the game as well. Did I mention the portion sizes?! Seriously. Huge. read more

I've gone here a couple times and I like the food especially the California burger (I think that's what it's cold). Their waffle fries are yummy too. They have big servings but could be considered a little pricey. The place is clean and staff are friendly. However, I went yesterday for dinner and ordered the chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes and I was disappointed. The gravy was not good to me and literally the mashed potatoes and chicken were drenched in the gravy so I didn't eat much of it at all. I definitely wouldn't order that again but I would go back because they generally have good food. read more

I like it friendly staff and pretty good food for the price Their steaks are pretty good for a restaurant. Lets face it if you want the best fillet you have ever had in your life then go to a steak house. Drinks from the bar a great as well. I recomend this place. read more

My husband and I love Nikki's! We've enjoyed breakfast, lunch, and dinner there and have never had a disappointing meal. The food is really good, simple, and delicious--which can be harder to find than one would think! The waitstaff is very friendly, and we've already come to feel like regulars. I would most definitely recommend Nikki's! The nachos in particular are amazing; again just simple and good packed in a big portion. :) read more

If you have a bunch of kids who do not care what they are eating they have very inexpensive breakfast buffet. Food is average but not bad. Nothing special about the place in terms of a place to go and eat and get full. I will likely go here one time per year when I have to be at an event with several kids to feed so despite only a 3 star review, this is a place worth hitting with kids for the price. read more

Terrible mashed potatoes. Everything else was of great quality, tasted fantastic until you got to the mashed potatoes. They are powdered mashed potatoes that came from a box. Was grainy and you could see the flakes. read more

My husband and I had Brunch here today. It was terrible. The pre-made omlets were over cooked and burnt on the bottom. The french toast crust was so hard I couldn't cut with my fork. Again, they were either over cooked or sat too long. cube potatoes were dry. Sausages were overcooked on the ends. We only got one coffee refill and that way shortly after we got our coffee so she really only topped it off. Dessert selection was terrible, also. One item tasted like day old cinnamon rolls with whipped Cream on top to make it look better.....gross. Restaurant was hot and muggy inside indicating there was no air conditioning. Had to ask for our bill so we could get out of there. We will never ever go here again. read more

Had dinner there last night and had the salmon special. It was excellent-- lots of food and very fresh with a nice presentation . It is a nice atmosphere and friendly servers! Can't wait to try their breakfasts! read more

Had dinner here last Sunday. Kyle, my waiter, was the best. The food was alright, but I will most definitely return because of the great service. It looked like there was only one server working, but I was still very pleased. He did a great job. Also, the host was very nice, and the restaurant is very clean. read more

Just had the worst meal of my life! The restaurant is dirty. The both seat was ripped with duct tape on it. The food was easy over priced and awful. The portions ate enormous. My granddaughters ordered fish and chips while holding the child menu (one is 4 years old) and was brought adult entrees. The server said she didn't knew they wanted kids entrees. The fettuccine had raw various and cauliflower in it. The baked patio my grandson had was fine. Service was awful. Never again! read more

This place is horrible. Me and my friend came here thinking it would be good but damn I didn't know you could mess up so bad for breakfast food. The special they had for the omelette was horrible. They Barely put any cheese on the omelette. It tasted very bland. The hash browns were nasty, hard, and cold. The coffee tasted watered down. I'll never come here again read more

Can I do 0 stars? Food disgusting. I barely ate anything, server never ask how the food was. Waste of money and time.