Baltimore
The Penguin

The Penguin

105 Garfield Parkway, Bethany Beach, 19930, United States Of America

Cafés • Seafood • Healthy • American


"Let 's go point by point. Food: I ordered the traditional breakfast. Eggs, potatoes, bacon, toast. I passed on the toast which was a mistake as the rest was mostly inedible. The eggs were fine. I ordered them scrambled and what scraps I could retrieve from the potato mess was fine. The potatoes were Restaurant Depot frozen type. If they were made on site, then they were at least 8 years old if not older. Long story short it was literally just previously frozen, put in a huge pan, sat all day yesterday, put in the walk-in overnight, taken out and thrown on the griddle for 2 minutes variety. They were hard as rocks, gross and inedible. Nothing in them but dried up crusty potatoes. Here is the thing, potatoes are cheap and easy to cut up. Why would you serve frozen ****? I could make a weeks ' worth of home fries in about an hour and they would be epic. To top off the mess they mixed the scrambled eggs into the potatoes. Wait, what? I didn 't order a scrambler. That was just weird. The bacon was.........well see above. Surprisingly the bacon looked like a step over free breakfast at Holiday Inn Express type. Of course, they had it in the fridge and it got dried out and crusty. It appeared to be much like Potassium which can be a solid and a liquid at the same time. The Potassium Bacon was under cooked and over cooked at the same time. Anyways it was gross and inedible. The garnish(? was a mealy slice of watermelon and 3 sliced tomatoes. Why? I mean you can 't be bothered to cut up a few potatoes but can cut up a watermelon from the scratch and dent aisle. The tomato slices seemed fresh which was even more shocking. I didn 't eat them because.......well see above. No trust that anything should be consumed by humans. The bartender/waitress was super nice. When she asked if I wanted more coffee and I said no I 'm all set she looked at the uneaten food and asked if everything was OK. I told her to look at what was there, and it was obviously leftovers, she started to talk. She lost steam after about 3 words when she realized there was no justifying what they served as a $13 breakfast. She did adjust off 20% which she more than got back in the tip. I never punish a pleasant server for the owner 's BS. To sum it all up. Stop with the stupid garnishes nobody wants them anyway. Use the effort slicing all that random fruits and vegetables to slice fresh Yukon gold potatoes and make fresh home fries. You can find a recipe in any child 's cookbook. Cook the bacon when the order is placed or stop charging an extra $5 for something better served going straight into the trash bin. Oh yes, the coffee. Well, it was cheap restaurant variety and burnt tasting. 3 bucks for a mug (bigger than most places . I give them 3 stars for the coffee as it was just sort of the expectaion. Overall vibe is a 9 to 5er got bored at their job. They cashed in their 401k and opened their idea of a restaurant. They seem to have thrown a few things they saw on Pinterest on the menu, and they think they are quaint and cutting edge. The reality is they screwed up a simple breakfast. The Yelp app asked if I wanted to claim the business, so they don 't seem to even care about their reviews. I have a few pics on my phone, but I am way too lazy to upload them here. If they debate my characterization of the breakfast, I will post them."