Voted best breakfast folks, really?
Best?
You're telling me that's the best breakfast in town?
The BEST?
Where on earth have you people been eating?
Unfortunately Venita Rhea's promises to be the best breakfast in Rocklin, a claim which they cannot uphold. The menu is amazing.... to read, but is sadly poorly executed. Combine that with incompetent service and you have one bummer of a breakfast. Allow me to clarify:
We waited about 20 minutes for our table which is not too long for us, but we certainly worked up an appetite during that time. (Thank goodness for the huge clock on the far wall, guaranteeing an accurate re-telling of our visit). After 5 minutes 'Steph' came to get a drink order from us, during which time we indicated we were ready to order. She ignored this, fetched beverages and we watched while her section cleared out. We became Steph's sole table. After 10 minutes of time to look through the entire menu, front, back and again, she returned to take our order. When asked about the 'spicy-ness' of a particular menu item, she seemed a little confused but indicated that it was ""not very spicy."" Apparently she's never had the item and her answer couldn't be further from the truth. After sitting in her section for 33 minutes (which by now was slowly filling up again) Steph brought out our food. I was so glad. Since she hadn't been around at all since taking our order, I was finally given an opportunity to ask for a second cup of coffee. The Linda Kay sounds like an amazing menu item on paper, but the execution is poor. It consists of snow crab, bay shrimp, asparagus, poached eggs and hollandaise sauce atop a whole wheat english muffin. I opted for 'home fries' as my side item. This twist on eggs benedict was dry and lukewarm, two things most people aren't looking for in a breakfast. Those 'homefries', yuck! They had the appearance of over-boiled potatoes but the flavor of underdone ones. And no seasoning. Horrible!
By this point the family was too hungry from waiting around and choked most of the food down. Two diners had to exchange plates since the 'not too spicy' dish was giving one of them the hiccups. 12 minutes later we had finished, stacked silverware on plates and cleaned ourselves up. 15 minutes after that we were told our server would go get our check. Thanks. So considerate! We've only been sitting in your section for over an hour. We'd LOOOOOVE the check. The check was also a disappointment. I'd have no problem paying those prices if the food came even close to what it promised to be. Over-priced and underdone.
Listen, if you're not at the top of your game on a Saturday morning (aka Go-Time) then look for a job elsewhere or close your business on weekends. Period.
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