Chef Vargas In Elk - Glenside

The food here is always good. Taking two stars off for my recent service here though. Our server was not attentive at all. I asked for a high chair for my son, 20 minutes later our server still didn’t bring it. I had to get it myself. We had a to-go order and usually this means that the food is being prepared near the end of our meal, that did not happen. We had to wait an extra 30 minutes for that. On top of our order taking longer to make it to our table. We tried to get his attention for the check, he looked right past us. My husband had to walk up to him to request it. I don’t like when places add a mandatory 20% tip (on all orders, there were only 4 of us) because some servers don’t feel like they have to provide good service knowing they will still get a tip. My advice is to order to go, that’s what I’ll be doing from now on. Shame.

Excellent place for breakfast and lunch. I had the best chicken taco ever here. Perfectly balanced birria chicken taco served with two sauces. I also tried the creme brulee french toast... impressive. Definitely coming back here to try more food.

Truly a hidden gem where has this place been all my life…. I had the French toast with the berry compote etc it was out of this world…I will be returning and customer service was great!

This place was suspect when we entered. There weren’t any customers dining in. We were seated and water was immediately brought to our table. The waiter came over and took our order. I ordered a waffle and my daughter ordered Nutella French toast. The waffle came out first and was gritty and was a little too done. The waiter then brought out the wrong order for my daughter; it was Nutella pancakes. So ahead of told the waiter he apologized. The French toast was made entirely too fast. My daughter said it tasted eggy. I tasted it and it was too much butter and not done enough. The syrup was ice cold and they butter was too. This restaurant gets one star or less for the food, because it was terrible. I never took more than a bite of the waffle and I told the waiter about the food. After speaking to the manager he offered a 20% discount. I have never been to a restaurant that wouldn’t remove the food if you weren’t satisfied. I guess they really needed every dime. It was crazy the waiter offered a box for the food even though it was not to my liking. Why would I take the terrible food home. This restaurant should not have 4.7 stars. The manager never even came over to apologize.

Had the barbacoa benedict. Fantastic! Food was great and service was friendly. Will definitely be back here!!!