Driving through and had to stop in because I love Perkins and wanted to show my family how good they are.... Big mistake at this particular one!. Waited 20 minutes for a table which is fine, since I convinced them it was worth the wait, BUT waitress was very sweet and took our order real quick (now the problem comes in) we waited 1 hour for a breakfast order!! What the hell? When you are having your 1st meal of the day at almost 1pm we were not very happy customers to say the least. Very very disappointing read more

Good service,Prices good,food hot, good baked goods,bathroom clean,Could give more napkins,

I was passing down Allentown and I wanted a quick bite to eat and it was completely worth it. The food and the service was amazing while the wait time wasn't too long and the server we had was so so amazing!! read more

The service was outstanding, and the food was absolutely delicious. I would 10/10 recommend it to anyone passing through Allentown. The wait time was reasonable, and it was completely worth it for the quality of the food. read more

The service was good but the food was meateocre and the ambiance is very early 2000's.

Egg white omelet with mushroom and onion was really good with hash brown potatoes. Customer can add two items to omelet at no extra charge. As usual, we forgot to tell them to put all veg and cheese inside omelet. We chose buttermilk pancakes instead of bread with our meal. On another day we tried Everything Omelet with veg, cheese, potatoes, and pancakes. On another day we tried Turkey dinner. Made-from-scratch pumpkin pancakes with scrambled egg whites and steamed broccoli were really good for Sunday brunch in the fall. Brother enjoyed chicken noodle soup followed by grilled chicken breast, rice and broccoli. Salmon with steamed broccoli and grilled asparagus was also very good. Chicken pot pie with asparagus was good. In addition to being a restaurant, Perkins is also a bakery, and we've tried some of their baked goods such as oatmeal cookie with cranberry, pumpkin muffin, pumpkin pie. Apple pie was good. read more

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This is the third time I've given this restaurant a try, I used to love Perkins, in fact I used to work at Perkins (in Doylestown). Today, my omelette took 45 minutes, and it wasn't even busy. Then the manager tried to act like he did me a huge favor by giving me a discount. I will never go there again. read more

The service was amazing, our waitress, and the manager were great! They were super nice, the food was good, the desert was amazing and it all came out super quick! The place was clean and well kept. I definitely recommend this location among other locations in the area. This is one of the better ones! read more

Service can definitely be boosted/ improved . We came to eat here. Arrived approximately 6:55pm. Waited for about 7 minutes until someone acknowledged us AND it wasn't even the host/manager. It was a server. After being seated we had ordered pancakes and the tremendous 12. It took them more than 45 minutes until we got our order. The pancakes on the one side were practically burnt and one wasn't even cooked all the way through. I always loved Perkins pancakes. They are the best out of all of the diners . The crispy pancakes that we got and the raw/under cooked potatoes did not taste good at all.However we ate everything cause we were starving and waited sooo long . The waitress did offer us some more to make it right. We declined cause we didn't want to wait another 45 minutes. Mind you there was only one other person in the dining room. Maybe the young female cook has to be trained again or replaced. Perkins did give a discount for our not so great experience though. read more

Could not even get someone to take our drink order in a half empty restaurant. We left after almost 10 minutes of not being able to make eye contact with any of the servers. read more

Our waitress Hope G. was so kind. Not only was she respectful and caring, but also she messed up a slice of my lemon meringue pie and gave another for free. She later came up and told me and my family that we all needed to have a slice of dessert on the house. My sister then got a carrot cake. Beautiful way to end the day. Best chicken tenders I had in a while. Chicken was nicely fried and the french fries were the perfect size and nicely fried as well. Way better and cheaper than Dorney Park's chicken and fries. I saw a few reviews about workers and I just want to say they have upgraded. The manager was nice and so were the other waitresses. 10/10 I will be coming back soon. We gave Hope. G a $20 tip! read more

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Located near DORNEY Park it is a great spot to stop in for breakfast before heading in. They have all your typical egg dishes, but what stands out is the French Toast and choices of Crepes. Both are savory and sweet and don't disappoint! read more

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The staff, food, ambiance and services are excellent. I visited during the week, around 10 AM. The generous hospitality of the staff was remarkable. I felt as if I was invited into a friendly home atmosphere. I highly recommend this restaurant. The coffee is hot, the food is prepared well and the entire place seems like home. I ate a salad and had as much coffee as I as I wanted, and I could stay and invite my family members to join me to celebrate an occasion. They arrived an hour after I did! An extraordinary day at Perkins thanks to the kindness of the staff and managers. read more

its a great place i highly recommend you go try the big country skillet the taste is outstanding

Eggs are clearly not fresh, dehydrated, everything else is thrown in a bag and microwaved. Service was poor, found a CATERPILLAR in my green beans! Shocking! read more

perkins we can get eggs and bacon at any diner.we come to perkins for the pancakes. lately my pancake have been burned on one side or the other or both sides. please don't serve burned pancakes. i'll wait the extra few minutes for you to make new pancakes. . thanks read more

We haven't come here lately because the last several times have been awful. Tonight my husband and I both ordered a turkey dinner with mashed potatoes. Mine came out cold. I never send my dinner back but I did tonight. The manager took it back to the kitchen and returned the plate to me. The plate was hot but the meal was still cold. The manager did take the dishes off the bill but I have no desire to come back here again soon. read more

I was here for breakfast and was impressed with the professionalism of the staff. They were very pleasant and catered to all of my needs in a timely manner. My breakfast was filling and cooked just how I ordered. I aided blueberries to my three pancakes which was part of my platter. It was a .99 up charge and I was surprised to the amount of blueberries that I received. It really made me see the value here! The place was packed and it looked like everybody was taken care of. I will return to this Perkins as it is well run and serves tasty food. read more

Food came out fast and very tasty! Our server Tina was super nice. Checked in at the perfect times just watching her accommodate other tables as well we just felt in good hands. read more

Went to Perkins on Hamilton and Cedar Crest today. Ordered 2 eggs over easy and this is what they served me. read more

Perkins American Food - These were not over easy, they were fried so hard. Never again. Last time we went her was maybe 8 years ago and now I know why. - Bakeries Near Me - Allentown, Pennsylvania

Waitress was a complete bitch. The food was good. But the waitress ruined my experience.

It's a nice cozy family diner. Went there for breakfast. Service was fast but it wasn't very busy that morning.

The Denny's of Pennsylvania. This is not a bad thing. Straight up American diner breakfast. Inside is nothing special. Small bakery area in front. Clean and comfy. Staff were super friendly. This really made the experience. Food was tradition American. Eggs were not salted but easy fix. Biscuits were good. Bacon was a little over cooked in my opinion but no big deal. Price about $10 for breakfast. I was full. Overall service made this place. Food was predictable and heavy. read more

Perkins American Food - Breakfast - Bakeries Near Me - Allentown, Pennsylvania

Our family ordered dinner to go last night. I won't go into what was wrOng with their good I'll just speak of my own. I ordered the chicken tender honey mustard salad. Their was vey littlle chicken on the salad. The cheese was hard to find and the only other ingredient was lettuce. There were some very large pieces of lettuce so it made itt necessary to cut it with a knife. I also want to mention the chicken was overcooked. I'm including a pic of how the salad looked when I received it. This salad was terrible!! read more

Perkins American Food - Honey Mustard Chicken Salad. Two ingredients which was overcooked chicken and very large pieces of lettuce. - Bakeries Near Me - Allentown, Pennsylvania

Amazing Food. Great Service staff was so kind. And the atmosphere of the bakery\restaurant was amazing.

Since we referenced Perkin's a couple of times in recent reviews of comfort food American restaurant we thought it would only be fair to write an actual review of the place on our next east coast trip. Thanksgiving 2011 and that time has come. We went to an Allentown, PA Perkin's on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. We've been here several times before. In a city known for diners, Perkin's holds its own with all the typical family diner fare...especially for, of course, brunch. If you get the coffee it comes in a large thermos so you can pour your own refills. The mugs are comfortable classic diner coffee mugs...the kind of mug that makes you feel like you're really drinking a cup of coffee. The coffee itself is okay...a couple of steps above 'browned water' but nothing too special. Drinkable. The go to breakfast items are the potato pancakes and the homemade muffins. They bake on site. Their potato pancakes deserve an explanation as it's not your typical European "latke" offering but are actually pancake (as in fluffy breakfast pancakes...) style potato pancakes. They're good...cooked with onions a side of applesauce and butter. (I'd replace the butter with sour cream in a perfect world...). They also offer their homemade muffins as one of the bread options...we both got pumpkin muffins which were a little dry but Addie swears by the raspberry cream-cheese muffin. Perkin's is a comfortable east-coast diner destination...with so many other one-off diners here in the Lehigh Valley, it may not be the top destination for brunch spots...if they had Perkin's in L.A. it might be lumped in with all the other chain family restaurants there, so part of our reason for going (besides the potato pancakes) is that it feels like a bit of a destination since we don't have them back home. The service is good. The crowd is full of people who probably have been going to Perkin's their entire lives. You can buy whole pies and boxes of muffins to take with you....I think we may try one of the Allentown-only diners next time around though. For that matter this has been a lot of reviews of regular American chain restaurants in a row so we may take a break and offer up something uniquely vegetarian next time around...err, at least until after Thursday morning's annual treak to Tiffany Diner in Philadelphia. For more reviews from a vegetarian perspective visit Rick and Addie's veggie food blog at http://poetrysuperhighway.com/vfb Perkin's Restaurant (multiple locations) http://www.perkinsrestaurants.com/ 3214 Hamilton Blvd Allentown, PA 18103 read more

Probably not too smart of us to get there at 12:30 pm for lunch in a heavily trafficked business district, but we did and we had to wait about 20 minutes. However, a meal at Perkins is well worth waiting for. If you have been to Perkins before you know that it borders on the similarity of a diner but also has its regular restaurant-specific items that everyone seems to enjoy. 20 minutes may seem like a long time, but for the tasty comfort food and engaging service, not so long. read more

I got the Country fried steak it was pretty good my first time having it , a little slow here, but overall a good restaurant. Perkins has really good breakfast. read more

This restaurant is average for sure. I feel like time kind of left it to do its own thing. Does have WiFi, so a star for that. The baked potato soup was so hot it burned my mouth. It took so long to cool down I was already done with my entree by the time I could actually consume it. The waitress, Stacy, brought my soup out to me two minutes before my entree. She said someone forgot to bring out my soup. I was confused, because I thought that's what the waitress was supposed to do, and she was my waitress, so....? I ended up using my potato soup as a dip for my food so it would heat up the entree and to take off some of the sauce on my entree, which was the steak and potato platter. It has the potential to be good. If you do order it, tell them no sauce. It made the dish too salty. Will I come here again? No. read more

Perkins American Food - That bright yellow stuff on top is butter. The soup was swimming in butter. - Bakeries Near Me - Allentown, Pennsylvania

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Never got seated. The host was surly and after waiting about 10 minutes in the lobby. we were told there was a 15 minute wait for a table. About a third of the tables were empty. Just not acceptable. read more

Went for breakfast this morning, big mistake, the place has aweful and greasy food and miserable staff, the most ridiculous part is that the meals are enourmous and a bit pricey. I don't need an omelette that serves four, it's just me. Probably the worst breakfast around. Try Dieners in Mechanicsburg. read more

This is usually a terrific place for a great breakfast. Our server was terrific. We had a problem with the manger. We had a coupon from on line from retail me not . Karen the manager was rude, dismissive and truely an unpleasant person to handel the public . The coupon called for a 20% discount. She loudly argued it could not be accepted. I would have left it at that it she had not continued to argue it could not be used . No one need's to be degraded by a manager of a Perkins for 20%. read more

The food here is good most of the time we come for breakfast with hearty plates, and service is good,but sometime like most places the waitresses seem to get lost. pies here are very tasty I would recommend if you are visiting with your family take a pie back to your hotel you will not be disappointed read more

Good, American, comfort food. After a long three hour drive we arrived in Allentown to find Perkins right off the highway. My wife got breakfast, I got lunch. Warm, tasty and a lot of it. What more can you ask for? Oh and a reasonable price and friendly service. Stop in if you're in the area. read more

Only because I have obviously been to Perkins before and never have a problem. This location is slow for No reason. They can't handle a Sunday morning breakfast crowd they shouldn't be in the breakfast serving business. Our waiter didn't come back to offer refills. We had six people at the table and the half empty tiny bottle of syrup was only enough for two people. We waited a good 5 minutes to try to see if we can get his attention to replace the setup but he never came back so we had to go up front for the syrup. The food also took forever to come out . he did apologize for that but we had to wait another 5 minutes for the bacon after we ate all of our other food. At the end we took a cups with us to pay because the kids were still pretty thirsty and we gotta refills to go and I just had to complain about this. The manager seemed genuine offered us a 10% discount and went on our way. The food is pretty good as always I just needed to review the service read more

Good college town food. Enjoyed the Hibachi Grilled Shrimp; seasoned well and had a lot of flavor. Service was good too. Waitress paid good attention to our table! Good comfort food! read more

The only thing good was the coffee! Theee absolute worst breakfast! I've ate Mc sandwiches. This store should be closed down! There's on in Bethlehem on 378 I'll take the hike next time read more

Came here to avoid expensive food at Dorney Park nearby! As a party of 7, they didn't have a table large enough to accommodate all of us, so we sat at two booths next to each other. Which my friends and I didn't mind! However in a different situation, I could see how someone could complain. Our server (Ashley) was very nice and attentive! She often came by to check up, and refill drinks. The manager who was also working the floor, was super nice! He helped us separate checks! My only complaint however is that our food was a bit slow to leave the kitchen on a not busy night. But, the food was very delicious and filling!! All at a cheap price too!! read more

Go to breakfast place when I'm in PA. it's their version of IHOP. Food is decent. Went here once with a relative and she did not like an eggs. The manager ensured that they are not liquid eggs. i think it's fine. As long as my eggs don't run. Place hits the spot if you don't make your own breakfast. read more

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Perkins has a pretty reasonable menu. This location is relatively clean. I wasn't happy with my food though. Eggs were runny and cold. Coffee was a little too watery and I could taste the MSGs in the creamer. I'll return but will probably stick with the toast. read more