PJ's Pancake House

Same as the one in Princeton downtown but without the longline and Princeton downtown view. My kids love their pancakes, they call them dessert pancakes.

I really wanted to like this place. My husband had been to another location this company has and spoke great things of it. To give you some background on our review. My husband and I both have/had over 20+ years of restaurant experience combined (this includes management experience).nnWe arrived to this location around 10am. We waited 30 minutes which was standard for a Sunday morning. We were completely ok with waiting. We sit at a table and look around to see two servers making several trips in and out of the restaurant doors (we were sitting on the patio) for the next 20 minutes. No one came out to greet us, ask us for a drink order, or ask us to wait a moment which they got themselves organized, all things we would’ve been more than happy to take. My husband finally went inside to ask the hostess if our server knew we were seated. She apologized (not her fault at all). About 5 minutes later a young guy came out, did not introduce himself, or offer a sincere apology. His “introduction” included him asking “it’s crazy busy, did you want to put in food?”. Of course, we’d been sitting there so long we gave him our complete order. At one point he came over to ask if we wanted more coffee, my husband said no, but before I could answer the server (who still hadn’t told us his name) cuts me off and says “ok great”, and walks away. When the food finally came it did not come all at once, even though it took 50 minutes for the food to come out. We had to wait for it to be brought out in pieces. The server was incredibly, short with us, rude, and very insincere in his attitude towards us. Finally, while we sat there the entire patio area cleared out and he still didn’t bother to check on us. Then, they began to resit the patio and our server got seated with another table. We’re close enough to over him, and his COMPLETE 180 degree attitude change. He was beyond polite, amicable, and nice enough to actually introduce himself to them, where I was able to overhear his name, Mike. I also overheard that this isn’t is usual location to work. Mike came to drop off the check and ran our card with lightning speed. He never bothered to ask if we needed a box, which we had to go inside and ask for ourselves. We are incredibly understanding people, all he had to say was “I’m sorry”, “just a moment”, “I apologize for how long everything is taking”. None of these were said.nnWe also overheard that there was no manager in the building... not sure what kind of a joke of an establishment can’t make sure they have a responsible manager show up to work for breakfast shift on a Sunday.nnNeedless to say, we will never return and we will gladly discourage anyone and everyone we know from coming here.

Besides the excellent breakfast prepared very well, what makes me come back is the friendly service that makes sure your taken care of. Had the Eggs Benedict with smooth creamy hollandaise sauce.

Breakfast here is a favorite of mine. Their Hollandaise sauce is really good on their Eggs Benedict. It is a very casual place and with the pandemic, you can eat outside and feel safe at their tables.

Try the strawberry cannoli French toast. It won't disappoint!