Victor's 50s Diner: Hudson, MA 97/351

97/351 Victor's 50s Diner Hudson, MA: Decent enough for a greasy spoon type of joint, as to be expected from a diner. They do a better than average job with their homefries: red bliss potatoes & slight amount of chopped onion. Cute atmosphere & fast service considering it was busy.

"Yay!"

96/351: Sunnyside Cafe, Ashland, MA: HUGE piece of advice, if you offer full waitress service, do NOT make your customers pay at the register. I want to enjoy the last of my coffee as I'm waiting for my change. Last thing I want to do is stand in line at the register. Guess where I'm headed once I pay? Out the door. Not returning a tip to the table & I'm not dropping my tip into a "community jar" on the counter. My waitress got Zero tip because of this ridiculous process.

Now, the food: This place had some potential, with some good ingredients, eg: red bliss potatoes, nice cut of ham & broccoli on their eggs bene. Unfortunately the preparation was terrible. The homefries were room temp or worse, there were a few pieces that were actually Cold!! How does that happen? The broccoli was obviously the frozen variety :-( and the Hollandaise sauce was so bland, could barely even notice there was any over the eggs bene.

This place needs to ditch the stupid check out process & find a chef/cook that can work well with those decent ingredients.

"Nay!"

95/351 : Maugus,  Wellesley, MA.  Always boggles my mind when a place has raving reviews. Service was lame. Had to ask for coffee refill, even sitting at the counter. Food is lousy. Homefries are dry and have an odd taste that I don't even know how to describe. The hollandaise is overly lemony. "Texas" French toast is far from being Big. And who in their right mind thinks it's ok to have ice cold syrup? It literally took 30+ seconds to pour. People let sentiment for family businesses to cloud an honest judgement.

"Nay! "

94/351: Wicked Oyster; Wellfleet, MA. Coffee good enough to drink black. Eggs Florentine with fresh baby spinach, very rare, with a Hollandaise sauce that was different than norm, but, decent. Homefries were slightly mushy, yet, correct red bliss potatoes and an interesting, good taste. I witnessed an order of French toast go by, so, had to try it. Nicely done, thick brioche style that came with SOFT butter!! Boggle my mind when restaurants serve cold, hard butter for any meal.

My quibble is with the upcharge for Maple syrup. Places need to figure out a way to distribute any cost impact across their menu. They don't have to give it out as the standard, however, it should be a FREE option.

"Yay!"

93/351: 3 Squares; Needham, MA. An extra large cup of coffee is a bonus.  Got the Irish bene since I had read on Yelp about "homemade" hash. No,  afraid not.  Hollandaise sauce was a little thick, without any strong bright taste. While the homefries are the correct style, chunk cut red bliss, definitely required salt.

Also witnessed another customer send their dish back. 

Not worthy of returning.

"Nay"

92/351: Laura & Tony's, Eastham, MA: This place is so gross I should have walked out. But, I'm adventurous and wanted to taste the food.  Food is lousy, nothing worthwhile here. 

Now,  about this shit hole.  First of all, it was chilly, they had windows open & the front door was a screen door. This was Saturday morning the weekend it had been raining & blowing with 50 degrees outside. You can imagine how the temperature effects the temp of the food that is out on the counter. They have a disgusting, old worn out red rug. The tables are a painted gray and beaten up. I literally wouldn't let my utensils touch the table. 

ALL the buffet food are just laid out on a counter. No covers.   Only a couple warming trays. 

Clearly Yelp! is filtering bad reviews. I didn't see any on the "front page". So,  look over other reviews similar to my complaints. 

Run, run far away!  The $3 Mimosa isn't worth the grungy feel you'll be stuck with all day.

EDIT: I called Eastham Board of Health and voiced my concerns on Monday 10/5.

So, obviously it's a, "Huge Nay!"

91/351: Cafe Heaven, Provincetown, MA. Good coffee. Good homefries with large chunk red bliss potatoes. Lobster eggs Bene was just fair, due to bland Hollandaise sauce. Blueberry pancake was fluffy & chockfull of blueberries. 
Seating is limited and I'm not sure the best place to park. I think I got away with parking illegally on the street across from the restaurant.

So, it's a "Yay".

Chef Jeff's

90/351 in Westport, MA


I liked the Irish Bene...the hash was a step above canned (maybe not homemade). but, tweaked. And the added spicy mustard taste of the Hollandaise sauce was pretty yummy. Not a fan of the homefries: brown potatoes with a slight fried like edge. I ordered a strawberry creme crepe, which alone was Ok, however, I found it really disappointing that it didn't have a couple small sliced fresh strawberries. Find out that is an Optional charge.

"Nay!"

Alice's Last Stop: Dighton, MA: 89/351

I'm on the fence for recommendation. I definitely did not like the homefries: brown potatoes, dry & lousy seasoning. However, they have other potato options.

The Irish eggs bene was actually pretty good, eggs cooked just right and homestyle hash. They have thick Texas french toast, even though it's still a standard size piece of bread.

I guess I'd be OK with returning, maybe try the shredded potato. So, I'll barely give it a "Yay."

The Boondocks: Berkley, MA: 88/351

It was great to see red bliss potato homefries, unfortunately a few pieces were under cooked and the seasoning was bland, in addition the added onion was barely, if at all cooked/heated. The hash is canned. While the cinnamon french toast is nicely presented, dusting it with powdered cinnamon doesn't qualify it as cinnamon toast. Coffee was weak and I had to use cream n' sugar to make it palatable.

"Nay!"

Sunshine Cafe: Lakeville, MA: 87/351. 

Positive: home cooked hash,  red bliss potatoes homefries.

Negative: rather dry, lousy seasoning on the homefries. And don't waste your time with "Texas" French toast. A regular piece of bread does NOT magically transform just by adding powdered sugar/cinnamon. 

This place & several others are taking part in this growing fraud. They should all be publicly shamed in the stockade.

"Nay!"

Brianna's: Bridgewater, MA: 86/351 2 good things: If, you get a special off the white board, it includes coffee and they use big fresh cut red bliss potatoes for their homefries.

My 1st complaint: Why do businesses only accept cash? Why reduce your potential customers? (yes, there are plenty of people that skip cash only places). With many payment alternatives, I find this ridiculous. 

Even though they use fresh cut red bliss for their homefries, they ruin them with that disgusting, jaundice looking orange tinge all spice. The spinach on the eggs florentine were obviously previously frozen.

I had one slice of their special: Apple & cranberry French toast. First of all, if you're going to load up on a piece of bread, that piece should be thick & over-sized. This was not. And I don't even know how they prepared the apples. Seemed almost like pie filling.
Yuck.

"Nay!"

Johnny D's: East Bridgewater, MA: 85/351. Weak coffee, bland unidentifiable "au gratin" on an egg special. They use correct red bliss potatoes for homefries, unfortunately they use that grotesque orange tinge all spice. Also, I got one slice of "Texas" french toast. HA!! Texas sized for an ant, maybe. Where do these places get off calling regular slice of bread as Texas french toast?

Big "Nay!"

Rochelle's: Acushnet, MA: 84/351. #1: don't sit at the counter when it's cold, blast of cold air from the door. Also, don't sit at the counter, if you don't like people standing behind you waiting for their table. They're right next to you, kinda creeps me out.

Food was mediocre at best and I tried the "specialty" cheese biscuit/roll...whatever. Seriously, it's nothing but a light pastry with a slice of white American cheese melted into one corner. What?!?

Big "Nay!"

Panino's: Mattapoisett, MA: 83/351 Even though they had good, homemade style hash, it's definitely a "Nay". 2 reasons: this is a bakery/eatery with "Texas" french toast on the menu, so, how is it possible NOT to have any? Homefries: brown potatoes with that ugly, tasteless orange all spice.

I was eyeballing the items in the bakery displays, but, due to my lack of enthusiasm, I skipped it.

5 South Main: Cohasset, MA 82/351: Tiny place, if I counted correctly, max. 26 seats. Breakfast ALL day on Sundays. I had the French toast "sampler" 1/2 cinnamon FT and 1/2 cinnamon bun FT. (Yes, massive sugar overload). Both items are homemade and very yummy. Fresh, hot, juicy bacon. My only quibble is the "homefries"....they're shredded style like hashbrowns. 2 problems this style, it doesn't lend to good seasoning and they get Cold very quickly, no matter where you get this type, you have to eat them right away.

I'll give it a "Yay".