Flavors On the Vine Family Restaurant

Were greeted when we entered by almost every wait staff we passed, was told by the hostess to sit where ever which is fine, had a very young waitress very polite got our drink order, we opted for the buffet which was great & at a decent price $8.99, the eggs of course were liquid form but good, bacon was nice & crisp, sausage was flavorful, waffles, pancakes, French toast sticks & potatoes were awesome I just wish that they had shredded home fries, every food that was displayed was nice, hot & fresh it was replenished quickly when they saw it was getting low they didn't wait for the food to run out, the fresh fruit were great nice & sweet, the dining area & bathroom was clean... I was told by one of the waitresses that the old owner had come back & is going to add other foods to the buffet line whatever it is I can imagine it's going to be good, the only advice I'll give is that the tongues are very hot to touch if there's someway not too have them that hot, now would I come back you bet your bottom dollar I would...

I haven't been in a year and went yesterday. I witnessed a middle-aged waitress be unkind to a senior citizen. The patron signaled for the waitress, and the waitress yelled across the restaurant, "What?!" The patron mentioned kindly the coffee cup was chipped. The waitress came over and said, "You're going to complain about that little thing?!" I felt so bad to witness this. I'm not going back after seeing how this patron was treated, especially since it was a senior citizen. It really disturbed me.

Very nice staff, great prices, great breakfast and lunch. Patty melt was the best I've ever had!

I used to be in here all the time. It is still good. Service is always very good but the food itself is a little M'eh for me these days. It is expensive for what it is. Not bad though and definitely worth an occasional visit.

We like the weekend brunch . It's all you can eat with lots of fresh fruit. Pancakes, sausage and biscuits, French toast,.the staff is friendly and the coffee good.(for a neighborhood place) there is an unusual odor near the front door seats so we sit on the west side of the restaurant or in the back.

The food is actually decent to quite good. However, the service is pretty horrific depending on who you get. Went for lunch, and during our service, had to hear the gossip of all the wait staff complaining about everything from each other, other servers, and the manager. Apparently the manager shouldn't have scheduled so many servers close to 2:00, and needs to get it together etc. Also got to hear our server step back to eat some of the special, chicken paprikash, and exclaim "it's not very good today"! Great, glad I didn't order it at least. The floor was dirty, and though I don't mind hearing 50 Cent, I didn't expect to hear it blasting out of the kitchen either...When this place was first getting taken over by new owners it was really good, now you can tell they haven't been around in awhile. Such a shame.

Enjoyed a mid day lunch with family at Flavors on the Vine. Quiet and clean and friendly. Our waitress covered every option for us, and the food was served hot and well plated. The salad bar, tho small, was fresh and offered a lot of choices. Hot soup on a 90 degree day even tasted good. Good choice for a simple hot meal.

Let me preface this review by saying I am a former restaurant/bar owner w/over 25 years hands-on experience in the business. So it really requires a totally bad & unacceptable situation for me to post anything negative about a restaurant, as I know first-hand what a tough, grinding business it can be. But I also know that regardless of how difficult making a go of it is, there's a right way & a wrong way to treat customers. Apparently Sandy & Janet, the "Golden Girls" who are the new owners of what was formerly Flavors on the Vine in Eastlake, have NO clue. Let me share my experience.My wife & I have been semi-regulars at Flavors on the Vine since moving into Timberlake over 8 years ago. For the last year of its existence as Flavors, you could tell something was amiss as the food & service was on the decline. So when we heard a couple of former employees had purchased the business & were revamping the menu & the interior, we were excited. It was also nice to see that they kept a few of the better servers who had established connections with their customers.On Saturday, July 3rd we stopped in for breakfast. Lisa, who we knew from Flavors, was our delightful server. I ordered the Country Omlette with no modifications. My wife ordered the Greek Omlette & specifically asked to have both the feta cheese & green peppers left out. The food came quickly but my wife's omlette had the feta cheese in it as well as mushrooms (which were not listed as one of the ingredients in the Greek Omlette). My wife pointed this out to Lisa who cheerfully apologized & took it back for a remake. About 4 minutes later, she returned with a freshly cooked omlette- this time it again had the feta cheese, & now also had green peppers & mushrooms but was missing the supposed-to-be- included diced tomatoes. By now I was half finished with my meal & my wife, not being one to complain, insisted I not bring this second mistake to Lisa's attention. She took just a few bites & then asked Lisa for a to-go box. I again suggested I tell our server about the second mistake but she again did not want me to, saying she would feed it to our dogs who were in the car as we were headed out with them for the day.So Lisa brings us the check & my wife takes the to-go box out to the car. I head up to the register to pay the check & Lisa asks if everything was OK because she noticed my wife hardly touched her omlette. Now I had to say something & I explained what had happened with the second incorrectly made omlette. Lisa apologized profusely & said she was going to take my wife's Greek Omlette off the check--which was the right thing to do, especially since the kitchen made not just one mistake, but two on the same order. But before she could do so, she had to get the approval from one of the owners (I believe it was Sandy) who was in the kitchen.Lisa printed out the check & it clearly showed she had input the order correctly specifying NO cheese, NO peppers-nowhere did it say to add mushrooms or hold the diced tomatoes. Lisa showed the owner the check proving it was not her ordering mistake but the kitchen not paying close attention to the orders coming in to them. I watched Lisa & the owner converse back & forth for about 4 minutes (yes, I timed it! Lisa comes back & asks me "where's the omlette?" I told her my wife was feeding it to the dogs in the car. So she goes back to the kitchen, explains this to the owner who turns around,looks at me standing at the register then turns back around & converses in a highly animated manner for another 2 minutes with Lisa. So Lisa returns to the cashier stand & tells me she can't take the omlette off the check unless I bring it back in, which by this time of course, I could no longer do as the dogs had eaten it. I asked her why & she said "that's what the owner said--she wants to see it" which made me feel as if I was being called a liar or just looking for a freebie.I was fuming on the inside by now &had my wife not been there, would have made quite a scene for all the customers to watch & hear. But I remained calm, polite & asked Lisa what the owner would do with the omlette had I been able to bring it back in. She said it would have been thrown in the trash. By now Lisa was feeling very uncomfortable about the entire ordeal, apologized again for not being able to do the right thing & deduct the omlette from the check. I smile politely paid the entire check & still gave her a 20% tip, turned around and left.That was the last time we will ever set foot in Golden Girls. The owner may have pocketed the $8.99 price of the omlette but her foolish, greedy, stupid, insulting & completely wrong actions cost her at least $1,000 in lost revenue just from us over the course of a year. And who knows how much more revenue she will never see walk through the doors from people who read this & stay away.With an owner who treats customers like dirt instead of like gold, I won't be surprised if Golden Girls become Broke Girls.

Very comfortable local diner offering amazing value!I've been coming here for 25 years!Most lunches and dinners I've had here taste homemade!They have a great fresh salad bar with four soups daily.The broccoli cheddar and chicken Florentine are amazing!

I used to be a regular here, as did my whole family. The last few times however the service has been awful. We sat in the side room at a both. The waitress leaned over the back of the booth to drop us our menus and drinks.. Not the extra two steps to the side. He took our order from there, ignored us for the rest of the time we were there. Never got a drink refill and was not very friendly and almost rather rude. Last time I was there to pick up my to go order, she was ringing me out then two other people came up behind me and she told me to wait while she rung them out first. I had limited time and was disregarded. breakfast was good, anything else is subpar. Anthony's across the street has great breakfast fo nascent prices and excellent service.