My fiancé and I went on Memorial Day for Breakfast at Scott's Family Restaurant in Cedar Rapids. My fiancé ordered the Ultimate Skillet and I ordered Pancakes and Eggs with bacon and an English muffin. We both agreed that our meals tasted pretty good. Our waiter was very nice and helpful. And despite being busy, we got our food pretty quickly and our waiter never let our drinks go empty. Overall, pretty good experience. read more

I can't speak for the evening staff, but came for Sunday morning breakfast about 30 minutes before buffet was supposed to be ready, no big deal. After being sat table that was sat behind us was offered the buffet literally 30 seconds after we order off menu. Our server looked like she came directly from 2 hours of sleep after a bender the night before. Staff were complaining and swearing at each other. One server walked out.Food and portions are mediocre at best for the prices. This breakfast place has definitely gone down hill. Will not be returning read more

Doesn't look like much when you drive by but Scott's serves breakfast buffets on Saturday and Sunday. The buffet has a large variety that can tame any appetite. There is French toast, bacon, sausage, pancakes, biscuits, gravy, eggs, cheesy hash browns, breakfast potatoes along with a variety of other choices. read more

Scott's Family Restaurant - Cowboy breakfast - American Near Me - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Family favorite. The serve staff is friendly, fun, and efficient. Scott cooks a hella good omelette and pancakes. I know what to expect every time I walk in: great food and great service. Love this place. read more

The staff is fantastic and the breakfast food is terrific. Just a friendly and comfortable place to go.

Nice family restaurant. Very friendly staff. Has one huge bonus. Breakfast buffet. We love to go there after church on Sunday. Buffet goes to 1pm. Has all of the breakfast favorites. Very yummy. : ) read more

The worst so far! Ugly attitude from the incompetent server, hash browns undercooked, starchy and cold. The bacon was limp and sticky like it was microwaved. Negative stars!!! read more

Scott's Family Restaurant - Outside - American Near Me - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

A pretty decent restaurant. Bathrooms could use a remodel, and the fries could use some seasoning, or something, but, all in all, it's pretty good read more

Good food at good prices. Breakfast is my favorite meal. Stable staff of servers. Feels like family.

Thought we'd try this Cedar Rapids family owned restaurant for Sunday breakfast. Don't waste your time! The absolute worst dining experience ever. Dining area filthy, circa 1970 finishes, which wouldn't be bad if it was clean. Seated quickly & waited 15 minutes to be acknowledged. Asked a passing server about coffee & her reply "I'm not your waitress"! Finally someone presented, didn't offer her name, took our order & we didn't see her again. After 35 minutes of waiting for our order & maybe refills on water & coffee, we again asked the passing server what we owed for the coffee, as we are going to leave, & her reply "did she even take your order"? Are you freaking kidding me?!!! Never again! Wouldn't take my dog here! read more

There are literally no precautions in place beyond some hand sanitizers placed around the buffet. Servers and customers are touching the juice, the plates, everything. Salt and pepper shakers sitting on the table visibly dirty. Servers and hostesses wear masks under their nose. Never saw one pair of gloves on anyone!! We tried to quietly explain we weren't comfortable with it. The server made a scene and the hostess made us pay for drinks we never touched. We would have preferred to leave quietly but that wasn't an option. I can see why Iowa has an outbreak if this is their standards. Stick with chain restaurants at least they follow corporate guidelines. read more

I really like this little spot here. We have gone her 3 different times now. My favorite is the weekend breakfast buffet they have. Everything I have eaten her has been really good. The service has been top notch all three times. So if your looking for a place to eat with that at home vibe you have to give this place a try. read more

When going out to eat, the last thing you want to listen to is staff in the dining area at full volume talking about how much they hate their jobs, want to quit, talk to each other about dropping stuff etc. I am not there to listen to that crap. Who is teaching these young people how to conduct themselves in a service industry. This is the second time this has happened. Ridiculous. Staff should not be having these kind of conversations out among customers trying to dine read more

How is it that this place is still in business? Three people at the host station and wasn't acknowledged because they were having a conversation. Seated at a dirty table. Not really a problem, it happens. Server came up and noticed the table. Rather than wipe the table, I was asked who sat me and then they proceeded to reprimand the host that seated me. When I placed my order, the same server rolled her eyes and turned up her nose at my choice. Seriously? Food was good, but it's hard to mess up a burger. read more

Awful service, rude staff, and just plain obnoxious. Staff was rude about the buffet saying stuff like "what you see is what you get, we aren't making ANYMORE" Then the waitress shoved my plate of food in my face when I wasn't paying attention. read more

the hash browns tasted like melted plastic , the jack Daniels steak was tougher then a old pair of work boots, never order food their again, pure nasty read more

I love the eggs Benedict! By far the best I've had! We try to go at least twice a month. Hubby loves the brunch on Saturday morning! read more

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Love Scott's. A friend and I started going because of a coupon she found in the Penny saver and we try to get there early Saturday to beat the buffet rush. Everytime I go they're playing my favorite 80s music that sets the mood for the rest of the morning. read more

Scott's Family Restaurant - I don't remember lol - American Near Me - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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This is a nice breakfast place. They open at 6a, perfect for getting a non-fast-food meal before a baseball game. All the standard breakfast fare available, with a buffet available a little later in the morning. Restaurant is clean, staff is nice, prices are fair and food is good. read more

I've eaten at small family restaurants all over the country and I have only one word. BRAVO! The food is simply delicious and the staff is super friendly. Our server, Belinda rocks! read more

Not very good. The food make me sick and gave me bad diarrhea so not going back to this place.

Formally the Happy Chef that has been a staple on Blairs Ferry for so many years. Still looks the same inside and out. Appears to be about the same menu and mostly geared towards the breakfast/brunch crowd. Swung in to grab a Sat morning buffet. Waitress was nice. Buffet was small, but had good french toast. There was the typical eggs, bacon, sausages, pancakes, biscuits/gravy, hash, large sausage, home fries, cheezy potatoes, etc. Not much for fresh fruit, salads, etc. Though. I was surprised to see the bill was $8.99 per person and $1.99 for a soda. At this point with their offerings was not worth it to me. Best of luck to them. read more

Friendly and attentive staff, tasty breakfast staples, and reasonable prices. A nice alternative to Perkins.

Not going to bash anything. Just disappointed this morning as I stopped in with my two grandsons. We never made it past the front lobby. Plenty of seating available, we were hungry and waiting to be seated... and waiting... and waiting. The young disinterested man at the register was only concerned with taking several minutes for each customer to pay their bills which turned from 3 people in front of us to others finishing their meals and walking up. Once the original 3 were gone but there was now 6-7 more that got to get in front of us with other tables looking like they were getting ready to come up and join the only important line which was paying the bill. Over the years it's been this type of complacency out of staff that turned me from being a regular to a occasional to a infrequent customer so I'm not under any delusions that I'm important to their business by any means. It's not a bad place if you get a chance to actually eat. Much luck to them , stay safe all read more

This is one of my favorite places in town! Convenient, Fast, and Friendly Servers and Cooks. I'm never disappointed and my family been going here for years. So it feels like home to me. read more

Our breakfast was cooked to perfection. I had the veggie omlet and it had so much flavor, also it arrived to our table super hot which is rare because egg whites cool off so fast. read more

If you have/had a bad experience here with the waitstaff, I really think that's on you. I go here probably once every two weeks and I've never had a bad experience with waitstaff whatsoever; and the food is always good. This is the kinda place where if you're rude to them, they'll probably return it back to you. Don't like it or have problems being a civil diner? Than you'll probably want to go somewhere else where you can harass the waitstaff and they won't stand up for themselves. I really enjoy the staff and food at Scott's and if you treat them right they'll treat you right too. read more

This was a Happy Chef for many years and it became an independent restaurant about a year ago. Still very popular for breakfast, but does a decent lunch and dinner business too. Solid food and good servers. read more

Great food and really good service! Meatloaf was delicious as was the vegetable beef soup (homemade). I personally thought the meatloaf was better than Cracker Barrel. read more

I enjoy coming here. The servers have always been friendly. The atmosphere is VERY family friendly. Every meal I've eaten here has always filled me from a completely empty stomach. 10 out of 10 stars if I could. read more

Won't be back! Ordered breakfast and my friend became ill and threw up and my stomach was nauseated

Holy crap!!! This place is great. Sat down and not even 5 minutes later I had my breakfast sitting in front of me. Fresh, clean and great tasting meal altogether. read more

Recently visited family in Marion and the hotel food, (sorry Baymont) was less than edible. We met for breakfast and as a previous review stated, Holy Crap this place is good!!. I ordered one of the bowls and my sister and her hubby got an omelet. The potatoes were perfect and ham and eggs were perfect and they know how to use cheese. The family loved the omelet that came with pancakes. The price was right, service was fast and it was conveniently located in NE CR. Next trip to Marion will include a visit to Scott's. read more

I can't comment on the food because we left before we even ordered. Here's how it went on Fathers Day, 2015. My extended family was in town for a few days for a loved ones funeral. Saw 'Scotts', figured "Hey, family restaurant, we'll eat there a few times while in town, it's near our hotel." Came in to near empty establishment, figured it was due to late hour (9:30 on a sunday eve). No one to greet us at hostess counter, but could see someone cleaning tables. She said she'd be right with us, but took her time. Finally she came out, rudely asked how many, than led us to the tables RIGHT NEXT TO THE KITCHEN (restaurant empty, why seat us there?!?). Another waitress came out and asked what we'd like to drink. Noticing the tables were still pretty wet from the wipe down, I asked the waitress if she could bring a towel to dry the tables. Second waitress (the one originally cleaning them, who made us wait), called out "They're NOT wet.". "Yes", I replied, "they are". Waitress brings a small napkin, starts trying to dry partial areas of two tables. I twice ask her for the napkin, or a towel, as she's doing a terrible job at drying the table, but she refuses. Finally, I nicely ask a third time, and she THROWS the little napkin at me, lands on the table. All of my family is stunned at this complete rudeness in such a short time. Btw, we're ALL being polite throughout this ordeal. I suggest we leave to my family, the waitresses walk toward the kitchen. We get up and leave, tell them we're leaving, and they turn and walk away. The ONLY place I've experience worse service was in Miami, which is notorious for terrible customer service. How the heck does Scott's Family Restaurant stay in business? DON'T GO THERE! read more

Better than the breakfast house. I had the chorizo omelet which was delicious. I also like that you get a free side of pancakes

For many years this was a Happy Chef. I liked their hot turkey sandwich as a kid, but it was basically a breakfast place. I remember eating here with friends many a night after bar closing. It became Scott's, an independently owned single location restaurant, a few years back (they now close at 11:00 p.m. so no more late night breakfasts), but the menu hasn't changed and the place looks the same. The atmosphere is a little more casual than over at Perkins or Village Inn and one generally does not have to wait for a table on Sunday mornings behind the church crowd which is nice. The service is usually decent although we did once have an impatient and somewhat rude waitress, but she was more amusing than anything else so no big deal. A guy who I'm guessing is "Scott" sometimes comes out to visit with patrons which is cool and adds a nice touch (I think this is Scott because he looks like the little cartoon guy in the menu). The food is reasonably priced. I like their Eggs Benedict, but most recently ordered the "Cowboy Breakfast" (3 eggs, hash browns, 2 sausage links, 2 bacon strips, ham, and choice of pancakes or toast) it cost ten dollars, was a decent breakfast, and certainly filled me up for the money. My lone complaint was that the ham slice was thin as was the bacon. I hope they have not switched bacon, they always had the best thick bacon in town; maybe they ran out and had to use some of the thinner bacon that is generally found in the breakfast buffet. Oh yeah, they have a small breakfast buffet which is not that great, but I think it's about nine dollars so you can't really go wrong if you just want to chow down on the standard scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, biscuits and gravy, hash, kielbasa, cubed hash brown fries (the menu hash browns are the shredded which I like better), fruit, cheesy potatoes, juice, etc. Scott's is the standard meeting place for a friend and I who have breakfast together about once a month; we usually sit for a couple hours and catch up with one another. Nothing fancy here, but if you want to roll out of bed and grab breakfast this is the place to go. read more

Scott's Family Restaurant - "Cowboy Breakfast" - American Near Me - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

This WAS my go too place on either Monday or Wednesday nights. The food is usually pretty good as well as the service. Like everywhere, you wear your mask in and take it off to go to your table. Tonite, i was the only customer in the place, and after eating I had to use the rest room. As I walked the 30 feet to the restroom, the waiter confronted me about wearing a mask. I apologized and told him it was in my coat pocket and he rudely acknowleged what I said. As I returned from the redtroom, I noticed the lady cooking had her mask down around her chin and the other man in the kitchen had no mask at all. I know I was wrong but it is pretty hipicritical to call a patron out for no mask when at least 2 of the employees werent eesring them! Like I said, I was the only one in the place and a weekly customer, so they obviously need business. Please practice what you preach. I will find elsewhere to dine. read more

Looking for that old fashioned locally owned restaurant that serves decent food at moderate prices? This is it! The menu is extensive and the staff is attentive. Highly recommended. read more

Ate there tonight. Met the owner who was talking to all people there. Food was excellent. Ice tea kept coming. Salad bar was crisp and full. Meat & potatoes were fixed just right. Pie too!! Great experience. Will eat there again soon. Clean and people were friendly. Prices were good. Everyone should give them a try. read more

Worst place ever. I would rather give no stars. Thought I would give the buffet a try. Bad idea. Cold bacon soaked in grease and half raw. Cold potatoes. Weird unidentified chunks in the cheesy hash brown stuff. Scrambled eggs resembled school scrambled eggs from when I was a kid and were gross and wet. Overall poor food and cold. Didn't order drinks but the servers never came to check on us to see if everything was good. Thought checking on customers was serving 101. Pancake and french toast bins had almost nothing in them and was cold due to a light out. Gross. Would not recommend ever. Glad I got up early for an upset stomach. read more