Ihop

This was one of the best dining out experiences I have had in a very long while. I have been to many IHOPs, and I love them, but I don’t tend to expect too much. This was better than any five star restaurant experience. The service was impeccable, the restaurant was clean, the food was hot and came very quickly, and was exactly what I wanted. If you were in Colorado Springs, you need to go to this particular IHOP. It is the best ever.

I have had terrible experiences at multiple IHOPS in my home state of Oklahoma but this one was different. The food was a classic American breakfast and was nothing crazy but it delivered! As a tourist we were unfamiliar with the area but our waitress helped us out a little and was kind and sweet. The manager came out after we ate and introduced himself with a nice and welcoming handshake and was nice all around. He told us he was trying to get the best IHOP in Colorado Springs and although I haven’t eaten at the others this experience was the best I have had at a IHOP.

This IHOP reminds me of a North Dallas IHOP. Clean, Comfortable, Active, Ready Service, and Quality IHOP Food. I have visited many IHOPs across 10 or more states. Does this qualify my review? NO, it qualifies a comparison. The Citadel Mall IHOP is smaller and thusly, more personal. The Kitchen and Server Stations are centrally located, integrated into the dining area/lobby. If waitresses (and cooks) want to get away from customers; they'll have to go outside. The roof is north-western style, high pitch, peak to ground. This is the quintessential (my word of the day) IHOP style before they started building high-occupancy restaurants. Breakfast is an intimate event. It requires more service than some meals. Coffee, creamer, sugar, syrup, honey, toast, butter, breads, muffins, more coffee, water, etc. Waiters and waitresses need to be close or there needs to be more of them. Breakfast is paced to move and a smaller footprint means better service can be provided. The price point at IHOP suggests that staff is not abundant, smaller locations are were to find improved IHOP experiences. That's why I prefer smaller locations in high traffic areas. This IHOP is close to Academy by a bus exchange terminal at Citadel Mall. When I return to this location, I will add photos. The lunchtime customer base appears to be mother's with babies, young children and their mothers, mother-in-laws, families, couples, etc. The dusty crowd that you might want to avoid gathers at a different location. 😎

This place has awesome food. But what impresses me the most was how the General Manager was not hesitating to help her staff with a busy rush. She was cleaning tables, sweeping floors and just really putting in 100% effort to make thisnplace rum smoothly. And it definitely shows. The only thing I didn't like was the price of my bill at the end.

On my way home from the hospital this evening from work, I was thinking how wonderful it would be to have a delicious breakfast and I hadn't been in IHOP for quite a while, so I went on over to the IHOP at Chelton and Platte here in Colorado Springs, sat down and enjoyed some French toast, scrambled eggs, sausage and hash Browns served up by my very cool server Andrew and enjoyed a pleasant 45 minutes of quiet breakfast, soon after midnight! IHOP STILL ROCKS when it comes to breakfast... really, really, GOOD food, fresh tasting, served nice and hot and with Andrew's congenial manner and upbeat attitude, I couldn't have had a better morning to start the Saturday!Thanks much IHOP..Bruce D from Colorado Springs.