Heartland Cafe - Topeka

The food was pretty good. Too expensive, but good. They ran out of corn jundash, brought the rest of the food and informed us that someone had ran into the store to get more. Guess that was cool, but when they came back and cooked it, everyone was done. We were still full of price on the plate. The owner daughter honestly, Idk, who she really was, but she was extremely rude to our waitress when she asked her a question.

If you want glitz and glamour then don’t go here but if you just want to enjoy a nice meal come on in. My wife and I decided to try Patty’s for breakfast. The biscuits were nice and fluffy, the country fried steak was just right and the hash browns were delicious! I felt like the waitresses came by often enough to keep our drinks filled but not so much that you get annoyed. As others have said, good down home food.

This was our first visit. It was okay, definitely a dive restaurant serving breakfast and lunch. The decor is in disarray, lights needed replaced, walls painted, etc total dive feel. But we went for the food, so the decor didn't weigh in all that much. They have a simple menu with plenty to choose from. I ended up piece mealing my breakfast together; two french toast, sausage, and hash browns. The French toast was a disappointment with it being dry on the inside, very little egg on the outside and absolutely flavorless but the sausage was pretty good and the hash browns were tasty. The coffee was better than average but we are coffee snobs, so that probably doesn't count for too much either. Overall, I think this place could really be a gem if they'd add a few specialty items to the menu and clean it up to appeal to the masses more.

The Heartland Cafe is very hit or miss in terms of service and quality of food. I 've had a very good breakfast and on a different occasion waited a very long time in a empty restaurant for a meal. The restaurant decor is in disarray which means the owner doesn 't put any money back into the business. Too me, the old adage if the person looks dirty than they probably don 't shower reigns true here as well. If the restaurant looks dirty to the customer then what does the kitchen look like? I 'd recommend going someplace different.

We tried this place for lunch one afternoon after seeing some of these good reviews. Totally baffled how anyone has had a good experience here recently. Food was completely inedible. It left a really gross taste in our mouths afterwards for hours. I went home and brushed my teeth and still could taste it. The whole restaurant is really run down and dirty looking. I can over look appearances if the food makes up for it. That was definitely not the case here. The employees seem very unhappy too. Several of them were loudly complaining about not getting paid on time, not getting paid enough, and that the manager/owner/etc was lazy. When our waitress gave our order to the kitchen we could hear someone in the kitchen loudly yelling that they didn't know where to find one of our items we ordered. That probably should have been our first clue to get the heck out of there. All around bad vibes coming from here and gross food on top. Literally couldn't wait to pay and go home.