The Flying Bisquit

[Showlynz]

Went here for a nice breakfast this am. 1st time here. Wait was expected & not too long. Hostess was very nice. Waitress was nice but obviously very busy. While waiting for our food, had to listen to the staff argue about buying tables & sharing tips. Finally a nice looking bisquit came out, way before breakfast. (Was cold by the time meal arrived) then the meal.....all eggs were ordered over easy - came out cold & broken. Bacon was a joke - cooked to death, shattered when touched. Also cold. Steak was so tough, could hardly cut it with a knife - eating it was not happening! So tough! Potatoes were overcooked & cold. Grits were Luke warm at best. Can't believe a restaurant can charge the prices they do & serve food so horrible! Worst in the Villages! Save yourself the time, money & grief....go somewhere else!

[retiredguy123]

Another breakfast place that hides the beverages. No beverages shown on the menu. But, if you want coffee, it will cost you 3 dollars.

[Keefelane66]

Thanks for the heads up.

[Stu from NYC]

As I recall food does not even come with a bisquit. Not my favorite place

[Bogie Shooter]

Went here for a nice breakfast this am. 1st time here. Wait was expected & not too long. Hostess was very nice. Waitress was nice but obviously very busy. While waiting for our food, had to listen to the staff argue about buying tables & sharing tips. Finally a nice looking bisquit came out, way before breakfast. (Was cold by the time meal arrived) then the meal.....all eggs were ordered over easy - came out cold & broken. Bacon was a joke - cooked to death, shattered when touched. Also cold. Steak was so tough, could hardly cut it with a knife - eating it was not happening! So tough! Potatoes were overcooked & cold. Grits were Luke warm at best. Can't believe a restaurant can charge the prices they do & serve food so horrible! Worst in the Villages! Save yourself the time, money & grief....go somewhere else!
What did management say?

[JMintzer]

And I've never had a bad meal there. One of our favorite places to frequent... Go figure...

Plus, I don't think I've ever NOT had a biscuit included with the meal...

[Taurus510]

The biscuit always comes first thing. Sort of served as an appetizer. Yes, if you hold onto it until the meal comes out, it will be cold. I like the place, is it perfect? No, but with the staffing problems everyone seems to be having, I think they’re doing pretty good.

[golfing eagles]

And I've never had a bad meal there. One of our favorite places to frequent... Go figure...

Plus, I don't think I've ever NOT had a biscuit included with the meal...

actually, I have had a biscuit included, but I never had a BISQUIT included:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[wisbad1]

Another breakfast place that hides the beverages. No beverages shown on the menu. But, if you want coffee, it will cost you 3 dollars.
Wow

[Cookie Princess]

We had a wonderful experience there recently and are eager to visit again!

[Babubhat]

First watch

[photo1902]

actually, I have had a biscuit included, but I never had a BISQUIT included:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Back in my day, coffee was a nickel, and bisquits (sic) were free!

[golfing eagles]

Back in my day, coffee was a nickel, and bisquits (sic) were free!

But then the Visigoths came over the 7 hills and sacked Rome?????

[dewilson58]

Back in my day, coffee was a nickel, and bisquits (sic) were free!

I'm not that old.

:icon_wink:

[Stu from NYC]

But then the Visigoths came over the 7 hills and sacked Rome?????

Someone ought to build a city that people can pay to sack.

[golfing eagles]

Someone ought to build a city that people can pay to sack.

Baltimore

[JMintzer]

actually, I have had a biscuit included, but I never had a BISQUIT included:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Did I spell something wrong??? :confused::confused::confused:

[JMintzer]

actually, I have had a biscuit included, but I never had a BISQUIT included:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Ahhh, the OP, and Stu... :1rotfl:

[JMintzer]

First watch

Very good, but not Golf Cart accessible...

I take that back... Just too far (for me) by golf cart...

[Stu from NYC]

Baltimore

Think it was sacked a few years ago. Who would pay to sack a sacked city?:bigbow:

[NewtoFL]

Went here for a nice breakfast this am. 1st time here. Wait was expected & not too long. Hostess was very nice. Waitress was nice but obviously very busy. While waiting for our food, had to listen to the staff argue about buying tables & sharing tips. Finally a nice looking bisquit came out, way before breakfast. (Was cold by the time meal arrived) then the meal.....all eggs were ordered over easy - came out cold & broken. Bacon was a joke - cooked to death, shattered when touched. Also cold. Steak was so tough, could hardly cut it with a knife - eating it was not happening! So tough! Potatoes were overcooked & cold. Grits were Luke warm at best. Can't believe a restaurant can charge the prices they do & serve food so horrible! Worst in the Villages! Save yourself the time, money & grief....go somewhere else!

When I looked at the menu I really wanted to like it. It could have been better and the restaurant could have been cleaner. These last couple years have been hard on restaurants and it shows in a lot of them unfortunately.

[kcrazorbackfan]

Went here for a nice breakfast this am. 1st time here. Wait was expected & not too long. Hostess was very nice. Waitress was nice but obviously very busy. While waiting for our food, had to listen to the staff argue about buying tables & sharing tips. Finally a nice looking bisquit came out, way before breakfast. (Was cold by the time meal arrived) then the meal.....all eggs were ordered over easy - came out cold & broken. Bacon was a joke - cooked to death, shattered when touched. Also cold. Steak was so tough, could hardly cut it with a knife - eating it was not happening! So tough! Potatoes were overcooked & cold. Grits were Luke warm at best. Can't believe a restaurant can charge the prices they do & serve food so horrible! Worst in the Villages! Save yourself the time, money & grief....go somewhere else!

Good gawd, another damning of a restaurant. And now you think by doing that, a revolution will start with people en mass whining about how they’ll never go there again when they probably never went to the Flying Biscuit anyway.

BTW, on my way to work today, I stopped in the Marathon station at Lake Deaton Plaza and got a pop tart and a diet Mtn. Dew; in and out in less than 2 minutes. It satisfied my hunger and the cost was less than $5.

You peoples standards are way too high.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

I'm not a fan of grits. I also don't really go nuts for biscuits, I'm more of a rye toast kinda gal. I've looked at their menu and none of it appealed to me. If I'm paying $10+ plus tax and tip, it'd better be exactly what I want, all of what I want, and none of what I don't want.

So I go to Darrell's instead.

Been to First Watch, that was phenomenal, though again - very expensive. But at least it had what I wanted, which was...

1 or 2 eggs
toast with real dairy butter
home fries
bacon

I wouldn't eat there regularly because of the price. But it's a nice treat once in awhile. Their bacon is soooo good.

[Two Bills]

Makes my breakfast of Bran Flakes and fruit look a bit sad!:icon_wink:

[jimbomaybe]

But then the Visigoths came over the 7 hills and sacked Rome?????

What P.O.ed me was the desecration of the temple of Jupiter

[Professor]

That would be back before dirt...

[tsmall22204]

I have eaten there several times without your experience. Food has always been good. Suggest you give them another try.

[donassaid]

They used to bring out a plate of biscuits before the meal AND more biscuits with the meal but not anymore.

[mambeg]

Not our experience, we found it to be one of favorite breakfast places.

[thevillages2013]

Very good, but not Golf Cart accessible...

I take that back... Just too far (for me) by golf cart...

You were right the first time! Well for some villagers everything is golf car accessible. I’ve seen them driving down 466-A like nothing’s wrong .

[Stu from NYC]

What P.O.ed me was the desecration of the temple of Jupiter

True what did good old Jupiter do to deserve that?

[golfing eagles]

You were right the first time! Well for some villagers everything is golf car accessible. I’ve seen them driving down 466-A like nothing’s wrong .

Half right-----First Watch at Trailwinds is NOT golf cart accessible, however the one at Spanish Plaines is.

[golfing eagles]

I'm not a fan of grits. I also don't really go nuts for biscuits, I'm more of a rye toast kinda gal. I've looked at their menu and none of it appealed to me. If I'm paying $10+ plus tax and tip, it'd better be exactly what I want, all of what I want, and none of what I don't want.

So I go to Darrell's instead.

Been to First Watch, that was phenomenal, though again - very expensive. But at least it had what I wanted, which was...

1 or 2 eggs
toast with real dairy butter
home fries
bacon

I wouldn't eat there regularly because of the price. But it's a nice treat once in awhile. Their bacon is soooo good.

Great breakfast.

And I would have taken you for an avocado toast, fruit and granola girl. A lesson to all-----see what happens when one "assumes":1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[Mrmean58]

Back in my day, coffee was a nickel, and bisquits (sic) were free!

And gas was 25 cent a gallon. Time to live in the now.

[thevillages2013]

Half right-----First Watch at Trailwinds is NOT golf cart accessible, however the one at Spanish Plaines is.

Truth

[Eebnhab]

We also had a terrible experience the last time we were there. Didn't go back.

[JMintzer]

Good gawd, another damning of a restaurant. And now you think by doing that, a revolution will start with people en mass whining about how they’ll never go there again when they probably never went to the Flying Biscuit anyway.

BTW, on my way to work today, I stopped in the Marathon station at Lake Deaton Plaza and got a pop tart and a diet Mtn. Dew; in and out in less than 2 minutes. It satisfied my hunger and the cost was less than $5.

You peoples standards are way too high.

What kind of pop-tart?

[JMintzer]

You were right the first time! Well for some villagers everything is golf car accessible. I’ve seen them driving down 466-A like nothing’s wrong .

I went and looked at a map. It seemed like you could get there from behind the place. I guess not...

Goes to show, I should never question me... :icon_wink:

[JMintzer]

Half right-----First Watch at Trailwinds is NOT golf cart accessible, however the one at Spanish Plaines is.

Ah.. THAT's the one I must have seen on the map... Near Spanish Springs?

I checked because I WAS thinking about the Trailwinds one (which I thought was not golf cart accessible)...

[Petersweeney]

This was a nice thread to read :) no anger-

[flyboyl39]

We have gone often, never had a bad meal or experience .

[Stu from NYC]

This was a nice thread to read :) no anger-

Well you do have the people who are mad because they had the nerve to criticize a restaurant.

[BumpaOompa]

Love the Flying Biscuit! Favorite place and great food and service!

[MandoMan]

Went here for a nice breakfast this am. 1st time here. Wait was expected & not too long. Hostess was very nice. Waitress was nice but obviously very busy. While waiting for our food, had to listen to the staff argue about buying tables & sharing tips. Finally a nice looking bisquit came out, way before breakfast. (Was cold by the time meal arrived) then the meal.....all eggs were ordered over easy - came out cold & broken. Bacon was a joke - cooked to death, shattered when touched. Also cold. Steak was so tough, could hardly cut it with a knife - eating it was not happening! So tough! Potatoes were overcooked & cold. Grits were Luke warm at best. Can't believe a restaurant can charge the prices they do & serve food so horrible! Worst in the Villages! Save yourself the time, money & grief....go somewhere else!

I don’t eat breakfast, so I’ve never been to a breakfast place here. In several of P.G. Wodehouse’s stories and novels about Jeeves and Wooster there are references to “The Drones Club,” where the unneeded younger sons of nobility (who are expected not to breed) go for fun. They throw buns at each other. I’m not sure why that is fun, or tasty. Did you see any flying biscuits at The Flying Biscuit, or was that also a disappointment? I’m imagining the biscuits flying around like little drones. (Not the younger sons of earls sort of drones.)

[Windguy]

Back in my day, coffee was a nickel, and bisquits (sic) were free!

And a typical salary was just a few thousand dollars a year.

[retiredguy123]

I like expensive restaurants for dinner. I rarely eat breakfast, but when I do, I would rather go to McDonald's. To me, the food is just as good as the expensive places, the service is better and faster with no expected tipping, you can sit where ever you want, they will bring the food to your table, refill your coffee, and the overall cost is less than 25 percent of most other places. And, the coffee is good and the eggs are real.

[PersonOfInterest]

I find most restaurants in and around the Villages to be mediocre at best and priced well above where it should be. Even when I find a restaurant that may rise above the usual its not consistent and the next trip usually finds the usual or worse. Maybe the pop tart and Mountain Dew is the way to go, but I'd just like a well cooked meal that arrives at the table while it is still warm enough to enjoy.

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

I agree I like expensive restaurants at night but don’t make breakfast a big deal , I have 100% liquid eggs in the morning with dry wheat toast , coffee and banana, I do go to Darrell’s once a week after acupuncture, I get 3 eggs basted , dry wheat toast ,coffee about $8. 50 I leave $15 yes very boring breakfast, but it’s better then my lunch , which is a protein shake after gym lol

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

You were right the first time! Well for some villagers everything is golf car accessible. I’ve seen them driving down 466-A like nothing’s wrong .

It's totally golf cart accessible. You can get to it from Camino Real, which has an MMP that connects with Spanish Springs town square and Morse Blvd, all of which have golf cart paths.

You just go to the Regional Hospital campus and drive through their drives to the shopping plaza adjacent to them.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Great breakfast.

And I would have taken you for an avocado toast, fruit and granola girl. A lesson to all-----see what happens when one "assumes":1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

I love fruit and granola. My mom used to make sheets of granola for us from scratch when I was growing up. That's a snack/treat though, not breakfast.

Avocado is slimy and gross and green and looks like snot paste. I refuse to eat it.

[Bogie Shooter]

I love fruit and granola. My mom used to make sheets of granola for us from scratch when I was growing up. That's a snack/treat though, not breakfast.

Avocado is slimy and gross and green and looks like snot paste. I refuse to eat it.

Snot paste.
:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[retiredguy123]

It's totally golf cart accessible. You can get to it from Camino Real, which has an MMP that connects with Spanish Springs town square and Morse Blvd, all of which have golf cart paths.

You just go to the Regional Hospital campus and drive through their drives to the shopping plaza adjacent to them.
I think they were referring to the First Watch in Wildwood on Rt 466-A.

[golfing eagles]

I love fruit and granola. My mom used to make sheets of granola for us from scratch when I was growing up. That's a snack/treat though, not breakfast.

Avocado is slimy and gross and green and looks like snot paste. I refuse to eat it.

Amen:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Of course, now I'll be called an avocado bigot:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[zendog3]

A restaurant should not seat more patrons than they can serve promptly and get food to the table hot. If they don't have the staff, they should not seat patrons.

I ate there once but the food came late and only warm.

For me, the mark of a breakfast place is biscuits and gravy. I have not had better than Bob Evans. The specialty places (Flying Biscuit and First Watch) look like they should be better, but in my experience, they are not. Ihop has a bad rap, but a good breakfast.

[taruffi57]

We tried them 3 times. Great applebutter. Good omelette. Coffee stout enough to stand a dead man up. No other choices offered. Coffee has to be RIGHT, or no go. Too bad.

[Heytubes]

I’ve always had a pleasant experience at The Flying Biscuit. Short on staff, but always nice servers.

[tophcfa]

When I read the title of the thread I thought someone was calling me out for tossing the disgusting biscuit from my golf cart that Kentucky Fried insists on including with the chicken.

[Stu from NYC]

Amen:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Of course, now I'll be called an avocado bigot:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Is that worse than being a kumquat bigot? Asking for a friend.

[JMintzer]

It's totally golf cart accessible. You can get to it from Camino Real, which has an MMP that connects with Spanish Springs town square and Morse Blvd, all of which have golf cart paths.

You just go to the Regional Hospital campus and drive through their drives to the shopping plaza adjacent to them.

There are two of them. One, by the hospital, and one in Trailwinds Plaza.

The former is GC accessible, the latter is not...

Regardless, the one by the hospital is too far for me to go by golf cart...

[kcrazorbackfan]

What kind of pop-tart?

Brown sugar cinnamon…

[banjobob]

Rest assured if the management does not correct the issue you sight , watch for a closing . The old song we can’t hire staff is partly to blame, when no one of skill can be hired you hire warm bodies and hope to train them. I owned a family style restaurant for many years and know the problem well.

[thevillages2013]

I went to Limp Bizkit once. My wife thinks Fred Durst is hot I just think he’s flakey

[Robbb]

Do you know how many calories there are in those things? No one can eat like that.

[retiredguy123]

do you know how many calories there are in those things? No one can eat like that.
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[SHIBUMI]

Went here for a nice breakfast this am. 1st time here. Wait was expected & not too long. Hostess was very nice. Waitress was nice but obviously very busy. While waiting for our food, had to listen to the staff argue about buying tables & sharing tips. Finally a nice looking bisquit came out, way before breakfast. (Was cold by the time meal arrived) then the meal.....all eggs were ordered over easy - came out cold & broken. Bacon was a joke - cooked to death, shattered when touched. Also cold. Steak was so tough, could hardly cut it with a knife - eating it was not happening! So tough! Potatoes were overcooked & cold. Grits were Luke warm at best. Can't believe a restaurant can charge the prices they do & serve food so horrible! Worst in the Villages! Save yourself the time, money & grief....go somewhere else!

For anyone with a farming background, this is a bad name for a restaurant...........

[LarryD]

Have you aired your complaint with the Management? A lot of times it is an isolated incident due to lack of help at the time. I have heard of nothing but good ratings for this place.

[justjim]

OP, been there twice and was not impressed by the food or the service. Bob Evans and Darrell’s are closer and I prefer either one over the Flying Biscuit. Of course, you can have a poor dining experience anywhere.

[kathy1516]

I'm not a fan of grits. I also don't really go nuts for biscuits, I'm more of a rye toast kinda gal. I've looked at their menu and none of it appealed to me. If I'm paying $10+ plus tax and tip, it'd better be exactly what I want, all of what I want, and none of what I don't want.

So I go to Darrell's instead.

Been to First Watch, that was phenomenal, though again - very expensive. But at least it had what I wanted, which was...

1 or 2 eggs
toast with real dairy butter
home fries
bacon

I wouldn't eat there regularly because of the price. But it's a nice treat once in awhile. Their bacon is soooo good.
What century are you living in? Even IHOP charges $12.99 for a decent breakfast! Lolol

[Stu from NYC]

What century are you living in? Even IHOP charges $12.99 for a decent breakfast! Lolol

Found that we have been to quite a few IHOP's while traveling and found them to be high priced and poorly run so we go elsewhere. Darryl's does a good job

[JMintzer]

Brown sugar cinnamon…

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[kcrazorbackfan]

Do you know how many calories there are in those things? No one can eat like that.

The point is that it sustains me until a light lunch. I am so active I burn those calories off pretty quickly.

[chuckpedrey]

I’ve always had wonderful food and pretty good service when dining at the Flying Biscuit Cafe. Their grits are the best ever a the biscuits are mouth watering. Give it another go.

[Stu from NYC]

I’ve always had wonderful food and pretty good service when dining at the Flying Biscuit Cafe. Their grits are the best ever a the biscuits are mouth watering. Give it another go.

Funny think their biscuits are not as good as others. Went to a dinner recently where cracker barrel was catering and thought their biscuits were far superior

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

What century are you living in? Even IHOP charges $12.99 for a decent breakfast! Lolol

I'm looking at the IHOP menu at Wedgewood IHOP, and the 2x2x2 is $9.89

That's $2 more than at the IHOP in Wallingford, CT, where I always went when I lived up there. And it's $4 more than the Senior menu in Wallingford. I don't recall if they have a senior breakfast special at Wedgewood or not. If they do, it'll be less than $9.89.

[DaleDivine]

You were right the first time! Well for some villagers everything is golf car accessible. I’ve seen them driving down 466-A like nothing’s wrong .

I didn't think it is golf cart accessible either.
And also followed a cart on 466A cruising along from Morse, Canal? and turned right onto Buena Vista and no Street Legal plate.
:ohdear::ohdear::ohdear:

[JMintzer]

I didn't think it is golf cart accessible either.
And also followed a cart on 466A cruising along from Morse, Canal? and turned right onto Buena Vista and no Street Legal plate.
:ohdear::ohdear::ohdear:

Once again, there are TWO First Watch restaurants...

One on 466A (Trailwinds PLaza) and one by the hospital, near Spanish Springs.

The former is NOT golf cart accessible, the latter is...