Fickle Pickle Restaurant

We have been going here all year for Sunday breakfast after our morning walks. Family owned establishment right on the old Town strip. The eggs Benedict is my go-to meal and is delish!

Over an hour from when we sat down, still had not gotten the food. Took 10-15 mins even for a server to greet us and take our drink order. Backed up kitchen, slow service for mediocre diner food. Will not be visiting again. EDIT: My wife and I both left a review, thus far the owner has replied to argue with her review but not yet on mine. If they do reply, I will edit again. I can confirm everything she said in her review is true. An adjacent table to us was upset, I assume they were also not happy about waiting an hour for their food but I did not hear the conversation they had with the woman who came out to talk to them after they complained. Based on your comment I assume that was you who came out to talk to them. As to how nice or rude the table was to the server I can't say, as I did not hear their interactions. I am highly sympathetic to waitstaff who have to deal with unruly patrons, so I will give you the benefit of the doubt that perhaps they were rude. We however were not. We politely asked for a manager. We were told they were "too busy" and instead were given a discount on our bill. While that is a nice gesture, it is not what we were asking for. Had we known it was going to take that long for food to come we would not have ordered in the first place, so I wanted to speak with the manager to explain that to them and to suggest that they should warn their patrons when being seated. You say now in your response to my wife that people were advised, but I can confirm that we were not. It's possible that was just an oversight by the girl who sat us. If you had came to speak with us then we would have told you the same as well. I also wanted to find out why the restaurant was having such issues. Given we were told management was apparently unavailable I instead chatted with the server about it. It was then that she advised us of the sudden staff shortage. I explained to her that I understand they are doing the best they can, but management needs to do a better job of dealing with such an issue. I still left a normal 15% tip, as again we undersood it was not the server's fault. We were not upset with her at all. To the owner: this is not a "story". This is an accurate account of what happened. Perhaps you would know if you had come to talk to us. And still, I do believe in constructive criticism and positive feedback so I would be very happy to come speak with you in person whenever you are available to tell you the following: I notice "staff shortage" keeps appearing in prior reviews yet the response from the owner always indicates it was some kind of unforseen emergency that a person called in sick. Its not a sudden problem if it keeps happening. Competent management and ownership should anticipate that and have enough staff on each shift to be able to withstand a few people calling off. Then maybe service will slow down a bit but it wouldn't result in complete disaster. Here's a suggeation for ownership/management: Rather than arguing with your customers on Google reviews, take the criticism and try hiring more staff. If you're having problems finding good people then you need to pay more. It's really that simple.

Food was great. Service a little slow and waitress not the happiest. No water brought to table unless asked for maybe a covid thing but food was good I had philly steak.

Two of us went for breakfast. Both of our home fries were stone cold except for the ones on the edges of our plate. I would have asked for them to be reheated if our server had returned to our table to see how things were but did not see her until we were almost done eating. All the food was extremely salty and the hollandaise sauce tasted suspiciously like Magi. The deep fried crab cakes were soggy with grease inside. Sorry but don’t think my heart can take eating here again. i see so many responses from the owners here. Please stop blaming your customers and address your problems.

Used to be good a decade ago or more, but this restaurant has gone completely downhill over time. They lowered the quality of the food, have a dated decor, and poor service. Take a look at the owners replies and you'll see how they react to any criticism.

Friendly service, great prices and AMAZING food. Best smoked salmon eggs benedict I've ever had. Was too full after to try their desserts so will definitely come back some day.

Menu has so many options. Settled for the Steak Benny. Steak perfectly cooked, eggs done right. Friendly service, never saw the bottom of my coffee cup as the warm ups kept coming. Every town has a place such as this, I certainly am glad I found this place. Recently moved into the neighborhood, I look forward to my next visit, which I believe will be frequent.

My family and I visited this very familiar restaurant before Covid and it was such a great surprise. The food was very good, a lot of quantity and for a good price! But the best, without hesitation, was the exceptional customer service of all the staff and specially our waiter, who made us feel like home! Lovely experience! :)