IHOP

There was only one table when I arrived and I had to wait over 20 minutes for my doordash order to be ready. Employees didn't even know they had an order to make when I arrived. All the free time they have they should be checking on to go orders consistently

Truly terrible experience. The initial wait for a take was tolerable and not part of the reason for the rating. The rating is a direct result of appalling service. After being seated, it took several minutes to order drinks. After 25 minutes of waiting for coffee that never came we have up and left. The table behind us eventually got their food, but it seemed that nothing they got was right. Everything either was returned or remade.

Ok place used to be really good but this time I took my mom for mother's day and after this time I won't be going back, was seated with bindy straws and warm tea, they did not give me a kids menu so instead they charged me a full adult meal for my 4 year old. Then after 45 minutes of waiting for the food they finally brought it out and we had to catch them to ask for silverware! After I finally caught a waitor to ask for silverware, they took like 10 minutes to retrieve them, food just sitting there Infront of us then after my irritation already peaked they brought us plastic fork and knife for to go orders!! Litterally everyone around was eating with regular silverware! Food was alright but no refills with our drinks I'm not sure if they were racist or what but it just gives me another reason to not go out in Carlsbad!!
-- Dont waste your money, eat in or go somewhere else --

The coffee was watered down and burnt.
The service was slow and the waitress didn't tell us what items were unavailable until 5 minutes after we ordered.
Manager walked by several times and was not bothered by the full coffee cups sitting at the edge of the table.
When paying I mentioned the coffee and the waitress gave me attitude and told me it was my fault for not telling her sooner. Then she argued with me about the bill, she gave me the wrong one and I told her it wasn't my bill which is when she said I was lying

Everything, food and service were just fair

Visited on 2/18. 7 AM. 4 tables are occupied. No one at the front of the restaurant. I hear waitress chatting with the cook in the back. I wait 5 minutes and then stick my head around the corner and ask "may I please get seated". The waitress gets out , you can see she is bothered than I dared asked and interrupted I am sure super important conversation she was having. She looks me in the eye with a smirk and says " it will be 15 to 20 minutes wait, I am only one here". Sounds like same waitress Mario reviewed on 12/18/21. Same tactic. Mind you she did have time to chat with the cook for 5 minutes while I was waiting to be seated and did not left kitchen to serve 4 tables she had. Of course I turned on my heel and left as I was getting advise from her that McDonalds is 2 miles down the road. What a joke for a waitress and a service. Unless she owns the place I am not sure how she has this job. I am not sure if anyone from iHop corporate reads these reviews as it is their brand she represents.

Handicapped parking is IN BACK of the restaurant yet curbside pickup and regular parking is right outside the door. Proof that common sense isn't so common. Come on IHOP Corporate, wake up and smell the coffee!
The food was mediocre at best. Pancakes weren't even warm, I sent them back and asked them to nuke them so at least the butter would melt. And it's a PANCAKE HOUSE! If anything should be above reproach, it's their pancakes.
The bacon was so overly done, one bite and it broke into a hundred pieces!
But I did have a really sweet waitress and the coffee was good.

Kissy did a great job. Whole crew was awesome. Food was delicious! Miss the banana and Nutella crepes though. Thanks for a nice dinner!

We were on our way home and decided to stop for breakfast, took 20 minutes to get seated, very short handed only two wait staff out of four who actually were working other two were to busy bs-I got with friends. Food took over an hour to get and we watched many customers leave very upset. I believe you may need to hire a good manager and weed through the wait staff replacing it with responsible and customer oriented staff.

Understaffed with horrible service as a result. No glasses of water for a ridiculous amount of time. Lack of inventory without warning until it's too late, which seems to be consistent based on previous reviews. Absolutely do not eat at this restaurant. I wish I could rate it 0.