Perkins Restaurant & Bakery

Laura Winarske

We went for breakfast early on a Saturday. The hostess was off-putting but our waitress was great! Food was good and came out quick; short wait. The pie was tasty but still a little frozen in the middle. 😬😬

Al Barksdale

Two weeks ago today, I visited the Perkins Restaurant & Bakery in Alexandria, Minnesota for lunch. There was a 15 - 20 minutes wait. While waiting, more and more people came into the restaurant. Seating was slow, so the waiting area in front of the cash register was crowded. I went to the restroom. When I came back to the waiting area, a woman was passing out dessert samples. She walked passed me (I was facing her) to offer other customers some samples. Then she walked passed me again (to my rear) and went to back of the restaurant without ever offering me a sample. I didn't say anything that time (not knowing if anything would be done to my food if I did). ALSO, when I went to the register to pay for my food, the same woman was running the register. When I walked up, she had someone else ring up my bill. After I left the restaurant, I decided to call and ask for the manager. The manager answered the phone. After explaining what happened, she said was the one passed out the sample. I asked her if it was a coincidence that I'm a African-American (Black) man and everyone else were European-American (White) and the only one that was bypassed. She did tell me that she's not racist and that's not the way the company operates. But I was shown differently.

Rachael Quaintance

First time visiting we were turned away from seating and told they were only accepting takeout orders due to understaffed issues even with a party sitting at a table eating. The rest of the dining room was empty. The second time a few weeks later, we arrived 40 minutes prior to closing and we were turned away due to closing early because they claimed to have multiple larger parties that came in recently. There wasn't anyone in the dining room and we were not offered a takeout option. The host was not very professional or friendly, wouldn't plan on going back unless staff are better trained and more professional.

Cassandra Ryan

I should have turned around when I walked in and it smelt like urine in the lobby. Food wise - worst Perkins I've eaten at. Very dirty dishes, I went through 3 sets of silverware by the time I found a clean one. My waitress and the cashier were friendly, but other staff were much less than professional. Also it was free pie monday and i was never offered pie. One waitress was swearing at the till behind my booth. Cashier did give me a discount on my bill for dirty silverware. I did let him know that all of the dishes were dirty. There are many places to eat in the area, I recommend going to one of those instead.