Tip Top Restaurant & Catering

Such a cute little diner! Me and my boyfriend stoped in cause we had never been there before, we were both pleasently suprised! Great food, nice waiting staff at a decent price. Will for sure be back:)

I really love this place. Dive type breakfast, sassy waitresses that have been doing it long enough to do it well. Great breakfast food, quick to refill my diet coke (a must). I really like the wacky scenes that are always happening outside the huge window. Tons of birds and little animals. Kinda weird, but it’s my favorite breakfast place!

I wasn’t expecting much, and I wasn’t surprised by the poor quality of the food. We visited around 2pm on a Saturday when it wasn’t very busy. I ordered an Inferno Burger done medium. The food I received was well done at best, and the fries worth excitement. Our party of six waited for around a half hour for our food. I remained unimpressed by the eggs and other breakfast items that my table ordered.
I definitely wouldn’t recommend this place, as guests can find food of the same quality elsewhere at fast-​food prices. My rating bottoms out at two stars because of the decent view of trees and the river out of the main window, which I consider the best part of the experience.

The food quality has gone way downhill. Obviously frozen, which isn’t a crime but you at least have to cook the stuff.
Two saving graces got the two star rating:
–The valley view window where you can watch the birds and squirrels living their daily lives
–The waitresses are phenomenal. I could name names, but that’s not fair as pretty much every one of them is great in her own right.
But the food is just pure garbage! Saw a review mentioning the mushy and crappy fish fry, and I agree!
The breakfast hash browns are just grotesque!
Their frozen, preformed burgers are tasteless hockey pucks!
I cannot emphasize with enough exclamation points!

Tip Top is located in Stow, Oh on Darrow Road off the intersection of Kent Road. Upon walking up we were concerned as the entire dining room was nothing but senior citizens. Literally, I felt like I was in a nursing home. The staff greeted us and managed to find us a table (it was packed!). Our drink orders were taken and filled quickly.
The menu is typical American Dinner food. Salads, burgers, sandwiches, pasta, meatloaf, steak etc. They also curiously had a selection of stir fry that seemed out of place but looked good when a nearby table ordered it. In addition to fruit cocktail and pies/​cake for dessert. They had an all you can eat fish fry going on as well but I opted to try kielbasa with saurkrat and my wife ordered the chicken melt sandwich. The food arrived quickly and was piping hot.
I was initially disappointed with my meal as the kielbasa was halved long ways and grilled on one side (a big no no for someone that has Polish family and Hungarian/​German ancestry). It was cooked fine but it tastes like Johnsonville sausage (I eat kielbasa every week and only from specialty retailers/​polish butcher shops). I tried the saurkrat expecting more issues, but oh my goodness was it good. I am very critical of saurkrat and will not eat most store brands. Whatever they use is amazing and hands down best saurkrat I’ve ever had.
My wife’s sandwich was very good and I just say I want to try one next visit if not a burger. The fries were also sooo good. They had a coating that was interesting and were soft inside like any good get should. The ranch was also very tasty and I really enjoyed it.
Overall, I really liked eating at the place. Tip Top is the type of place you go to for a honest good food and you get exactly what you expect. I could see myself becoming a regular, and being on a first name basis with the staff.

My go to spot when I want breakfast for lunch or need a quiet relaxed atmosphere. Super friendly staff and fantastic, feel good food. One of my favorite places to eat!

I had breakfast here and I thought it was pretty good. The hash browns were a little mushy but not bad. Clean restaurant and friendly workers. My only complaint is that the prices are a tad high for what you get. My boyfriend ordered an omelet that was around $ 9 and it was obviously not made with real eggs. We probably will not return.

The service here has always been great. I’ve always liked anything that I’ve ordered. The Pecan Chicken Salad is one of my favorite lunches.

One of our favorites for ordering breakfast any time of the day. Nice portions. Always get the cheese omelet. Place is busy which is a nice thing for a mom and pop restaurant. Quick and friendly service!

I think the prices are great. Family restaurant. Decent food.

I came in here once and reviewed the bathrooms to see if they were any better, my conclusion nope some of the crap on the floor and walls is still there new photos to update it. I hope the kitchen isn’t the same but

I’ve had breakfast here several times in the last few months and every time has been great. It’s classic diner food, nothing fancy, very tasty and plenty of it. The service is fine and the prices are good too. I’ll be back.

Tip Top service!
The staff at Tip Top for a Sunday morning breakfast were awesome. Everyone was very friendly and attentive, always making sure my coffee was full and we weren’t in need of anything. I can not say enough good things about their service. Their food was great, but I would still come back just for the service.
Our food came out quickly and we enjoyed every last bite. I ordered the Irish Benedict and it did not disappoint. The other person with me ordered a southern skillet and it was really delicious! Both meals were more than enough for 1 person. I was not hungry again until dinner time.
Our bill came to around $ 18 which is right in line with other restaurants in the area.

This place just makes me sad every single time I visit… it’s like being trapped in a nursing home cafeteria but with a much friendlier staff and better quality food. It’s nothing worth going out of your way for or even to write home about but its not bad either.
Although this is one of the few places locally that makes hash browns correctly, mine were really greasy, just way too much butter! But my husband & I did enjoy the pretty view they offer if you get to sit in one of their booths & the quietness. It was also nice to see the waitresses take the time to sit down with elder customers who were eating alone & clearly lonely — that says a lot about the staff and what big hearts they have. It was also nice to see they finally got rid of the red & silver sponge painted walls and picked a more cherry color :)

Maybe they were having a bad night. The all you can eat fish was greasy and mushy, the mac & cheese was dry. The service was great and it was a very quiet atmosphere for being crammed in like sardines.
I will not give it another try but like I said, it could have been a bad night.

I’ve had many poor experiences here. From food being cold to just plain not good. Not very consistent and the food taste like it’s mostly frozen and reheated.

A Tale of Two Meals.
It was the best of meals, it was the worst of meals.
My last visit here surprised me with the worst single piece of fish I have ever been served anywhere.
This visit, my wife and I both got breakfast.
She got the veggie omelet, and I got the Greek scramble or some such dish.
Hers was excellent per her own words and mine was the best Greek-​style breakfast I have enjoyed.
It had just the right amounts of gyro meat, feta, etc. in it, and it was served with a dressing sized portion of tzatziki sauce, which was promptly followed by another at my request.
While the place was hoppin’, service was efficient and cordial. Prices were middle of the road.

You work hard for your money only to throw it away on crappy food and horrible service. Went to Tip Top for Sunday breakfast as it was close to home. The wife warned me about the place, but I have never been.
First, we waited almost 15 minutes for our waitress to come and take our order. I had the Cougar, eggs over medium with wheat toast. The whites of the eggs were runny and the sausage was room temperature. Our son had a southwestern omelet and commented that it had no flavor. My wife had the Belgium waffle and thought it was excellent (her review is the only reason I gave it one star). All of us thought the coffee was the weakest we had ever had in our life.
If you are looking for a good place in Stow for breakfast, I would recommend Isaly’s, StowNut or the Café in Stow.

I used to enjoy breakfasts here but the quality varies so wildly that I can’t recommend the place. Timing of breakfast items seems off. For example, on my last two visits the toast and bacon were cold because we had asked for crispy hash browns. Coffee ranges from good to poor.
On the bright side, staff is always friendly and attentive and the view in the booths by the windows is nice.

It’s diner food. The dinner items aren’t always consistent, but the breakfast always is. They always have specials that are a good value.