Pancake House

Dang. Guys. You have choices for breakfast, but this is the place you want to go.
Let’s start with the coffee. Small cup, perfect size to keep it just hot enough before you drain it. Waitresses who call you honey will regularly glide by, ready to refill. We each drank 6 – 7 cups and were offered to-​go cups if we wanted them. It’s the perfect diner coffee, and they are glad to keep your cup full.
Next, the menu. There are three pages — it’s that simple. They’re open through lunch and serve all menu items the entire time. If you want limitless possibilities with hundreds of combos listed, head out to another place. This joint knows how to offer straightforward, delicious classics and some of their own amazing dishes. The back page has their signature breakfast items. The
We ordered the cow patty cinnamon roll and it was magical. Came out looking like an oversized honey bun and it came with this perfect, buttery, sweet icing to pour on top. It was great. I got the Huevos Rancheros, and with a little salt added on top, it was amazing. Very filling, didn’t come close to finishing it.
And let’s not miss out on describing the ambience. This has a homey, local vibe that is full of pictures of regular customers all over the walls. Where other places stock their restaurants with the same old decorations, Pancake House has curated a collection of decorations that make the place feel like a cozy home in West Texas. It’s full of waitresses calling you honey and old men reading the paper and moms and little girls snacking on oversized pancakes. Pancake House is the breakfast place you’ve been wanting every other breakfast place to be.
It’s clean, they’ve got a happy staff, and their food is the bomb. Try it!

Nice little restaurant with a friendly staff with decent options on the menu.
Seating was comfortable, atmosphere was nice with an antique décor. Service is spot on with drinks and order taking. The food only took maybe 20 minutes to be cook and delivered to the table.
We all cleared our plate for the most part. I thought my food, which was chicken fried steak with scrambled eggs with onions and jalapeños and a side of hash potatoes plus a red velvet pancake, was bland and not satisfying. I watch both my coworkers season their food some.
It’s not bad but won’t be at the top of my list of breakfast places to go to.

Seated immediately even though it was a Saturday morning at 10 am. Buttermilk pancakes are the best I’ve ever had! Eggs cooked the way you like them. Biscuits and gravy (gravy had no meat) are sooo good. Service is quick and courteous. We never ran out of water or coffee.

Short, sweet and to the point.
This place is really good. The food, service and value are all top notch.
Our party of 5 left full and happy.

I was really excited to try this place! I had heard nothing but AMAZING things about it and not just from Unilocal,but people in Lubbock in general. My boyfriend and I went this past Sunday before church. It was about 9:45−10ish. We pulled up and couldn’t find a place to park! This made us quite excited because we figured that served as a sign of it being extremely delicious.
Our wait was 30 minutes and we enjoyed the «waiting area». It was cute… your typical diner with signs and decorative things plastered all over. The menu had quite a variety, from flavored pancakes to omelettes. I couldn’t decide! I wanted a little bit of everything! I ended up picking some special that gave me a pancake, hash-​browns, ham, and 2 eggs… I picked the cinnamon roll flavored-​pancake!
The cinnamon roll flavored-​pancake sure was something. But overall, this place, to me, is nothing too spectacular. A person can probably make all of this (if not better) at their own home. It was easy, breakfast food and didn’t have that special flavor to «wow» me and make me come back… I can make eggs and pancakes too!
The place is cute, i’ll give it that. But it was just average. I’d consider it just a place to try once, maybe if you’re visiting Lubbock? But you’ll be just as satisfied leaving IHOP… or maybe your hotel’s complimentary breakfast buffet. Lubbock has much better to offer!

Awesome food! We are from Austin and my family and I had several different items from the menu and the chicken fried steak was amazing! We even returned the next day for another round! I love that they have God in there restaurant as well! Once you visit you will understand. I recommend visiting when you are in town! Amazing service and very friendly!

This place was packed at noon. Everyone eating breakfast. I had veggie omelette with hash browns and toast. The omelette was cooked perfectly. The coffee was very good. The service was excellent. Thank you Theresa.

Great breakfast. Slightly pricier than the other breakfast places, but worth it. Eggs cooked perfectly. Waitress recommendations were phenomenal. Wait was not protracted despite it being Sunday morning. Waitress did phenomenal despite also having a party of 16. Reminds me of cafes where farmers would have coffee all day when I was growing up. Bonus points for the southern hospitality and charm.

This is the friendliest, most accomidateing restaurant in Lubbock. Great food. Great employees. Great atmosphere. Thank you Pancake house for accomidateing our fellowship group on Tuesday mornings.
The stepping up mens group

Five stars per my daughter Bella! Great service. There was a wait because of its popularity but it was worth it. I had the red velvet waffle and my daughter the funfetti pancakes. Looks like there’s lots of great options. We’ll be back!

The place would get four stars if our breakfast on Tuesday would not have come out luke warm. The taste was good, but the food not being hot blew big time. Prices are a little steep for what you get. The ambiance was nice.

Name is the best part about it. The «regulars» got on my nerves. Very closed minded people that think prohibition works and if you believe in anything other than the bible your going to hell.
Food is from a truck.
Besides that it’s clean and the staff is friendly except for an old woman named «Martha» that runs the register.

Good food and good service. Better get there early unless you want to wait. Totally worth wait.

The line of people Saturday morning was discouraging but we were sat quickly. The food and service was great. A real home town treat if you in Lubbock it’s a must.

Great place! The staff are all helpful and friendly. The breakfast was fresh and hot and I cannot say enough about the marvelous pancakes! Oh my, my! They were so fluffy and not dense at all.
We each had this large breakfast platter that included eggs, sausage, bacon, hash browns and 4 pieces of toast. The coffee was soooo good too. Yum!
The only thing I didn’t like is they sat us next to the bathrooms so every time someone went in or came out we got the bathroom smell.
For those other reviews complaing about it needing to be updated that is their trademark. They have a nostalgic scene with stuff from the past like the old Borden ’ s milk crates and old pictures and pictures of some of their customers. The owner worked the register and she was a very sweet person as well.
We will definitely be back next time we’re in town. =)

Really good food for the price. The atmosphere is somewhat of a novelty. The service is very fast and very friendly. There are very few times at a restraunt that I am smiling because of the service before my food even gets there. Not to mention there was only about 10 minutes between plcing our order and getting our food. Everything was the tempuratre is should be and was delicious.

I am really not sure why this place was rated as good as it is. The food below average and the coffee was absolutely terrible. Thinking it was a just a bad pot of coffee we requested another and the second was equally as bad.
The service was adequate but the food and drink was not up to par. If you’re going out for breakfast, look for somewhere else to avoid the disappointment!

Sitting at the counter next to some good old boys that were regulars, I thought about how I ate so many breakfasts with the best pancakes here many times 30+ years ago as a road warrior with my room at the budget motel right across the street. Unlike today, motels didn’t give free breakfasts in the 1980s, sometimes just bad coffee.
That motel has been updated several times since my first visit however The Pancake House décor and its pine paneling is timeless. (circa 1965). The décor hasn’t changed since my last visit in 1993, however I must say the food was better than I ever remembered. This impression could be due to many present day chain eateries serving pre-​cooked or pre-​prepared portions from a national food service rather than the home style scratch cooking served here. What else would you want to order for lunch while in Lubbock, Texas home of Texas Tech and Buddy Holley but a chicken fried steak? Served with sweet buttered corn, garlic & onion green beans, a generous portion of breaded and fried beef cutlet and plus a dollop of mashed potatoes and half the plate covered in brown gravy. A fresh homemade roll and a sample of chocolate frosted yellow cake was on the side just in case I needed or craved more carbs!
Service was attentive with a smile as my sugar free Dr. Pepper was topped off several times by a cute young thing that knew almost everyone she waited on. While paying my hand written check, I thanked the cashier for accepting my corporate supplied American Express card because not all restaurants do (and must if they want any of my business)
walking out the door with a satisfied smile knowing I ate especially well today but now needed a nap!

Waited over an hour for marginal food, in a marginally clean environment. Strawberries on pancakes were frozen not fresh. Chairs were uncomfortable. Will not return.

I am a fan. Great spot across the street from the hotel. Why would you go to Dennys when this is across the street?
Friendly family run atmosphere, where you are called ‘honey’ and your coffee cup is always full.
Diner fare with trucker specials and good food.
Eat there and DO NOT go to Dennys!