Parkers!!

Used to be BYOB back in the day.

Such an over rated tourist spot. If you can go on a weekday, you'll likely have a better time.

It's not worth the wait on a weekend

I enjoy their pancakes and waffles, but I don't like how they go cheap on the home fries. The last time I was there, the home fries were obviously frozen, perfectly uniform deep-fried cubes.

Home fries should be the measuring stick for breakfast places because they take a lot of labor to do correctly. And they're delicious, of course.

Right? A 2 hr wait for pancakes...no thanks. It's good, but not THAT good. It's very overpriced for what it is.

It very good, but I don't have that kind of time.

Joey's Diner, now Maryanne's, in Amherst is a good option.

This is so true. I always eat any potato in the restaurant because they aren't good when reheated. Nothing beats a creative recipe for delicious home fries. Frozen is unacceptable, especially if i have to wait as long as i do at Parkers. It's a shame too, my parents live 10 min away from there

Shorter time, for sure, but it's still overpriced for what it is. I suppose they can get away with it because people still line up to pay the price to eat it. I personally don't feel it's worth it.

Chez Vachon in Manchester. Now THATS worth a wait.

The Cafe on the Oval in Milford used to have great home fries. I haven't been there for a while so YMMV. Joanne's kitchen in Nashua also has very good, real home fries.

I took my mother to Parkers for Mother's Day. The line was so long (2 hr wait) that we chose to go to see if we had a better chance elsewhere. We left our name at the front of parkers and then drove to the Black Forest Cafe in Amherst 20 min away. The wait there was an hour. We agreed, got seated, ordered, and JUST before the food came, we got the call from Parkers for us to be seated. I'm glad people love Parkers because they won't take up my spot in line at other restaurants. Lol.

Tourist trap for sure. I’m less than 2 miles from there and only have gone there a handful of times. Foods good but again, toursist trap. If you go , get the deep fried French toast. Devine

Its not the same as it used to be sadly and i grew up going as a kid. Love the atmosphere and real syrup and pancakes too. but that's about it.

Overrated imo. Better breakfast places with less wait around the area.

Are the bathrooms still gross?

Did you make it inside yet? LOL last time I went there, the hour and 45 minute wait made me nope out of there.

I second this. I went for the poutine but the crepes made me a return customer.

Those crepes were sent from heaven. They are amazing. I've never had a bad breakfast there.

I agree home fries are probably the most important thing for me when deciding how I like a diner or breakfast place.

Home fries aren’t good or they skimp on them by only giving you a small portion I probably won’t go back.

I was there yesterday for the 'first' time. (First time eating, 4th time attempting to get in). I actually thought their home fries were really good. They very well could have been frozen, but they were seasoned well and were cooked perfectly - although we did ask for them cooked 'extra crispy' which is something we usually do when ordering home fries.

That being said, now that we've had the experience I don't think it's worth waiting an absurd amount of time to get in again. We got there at 9:30 and the wait was 1 hour 25 minutes. The sugar house tour was actually way more interesting and informative than I was expecting, which was a nice surprise.

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Ex Parker’s employee here. Pancakes came from a box, they’re not homemade

I don't know the breakfast pace but the image is a good one.

IIRC ownership changed hands like 15-20 years back and it just wasn’t as good after that, imo.

Could also just be nostalgia glasses for me though, I remember going here as a kid in the 90s and getting the one giant pancake and it being amazing.

Gorgeous.

Listen to what you've said... Labor. High volume restaurants literally do not have the time and/or man power it takes to cut, let alone blanch then fry to order, the amount of potatoes needed for a service.

Listen to what you've said. It sounds like you're implying that I should enjoy cheap, frozen home fries because it's difficult for a high volume restaurant to prepare them correctly.

This is how a free market is supposed to work. They made their decision on how to prepare home fries based on cost, and I made my decision to not go there because I enjoy real home fries. I don't really care how they feel about it, and they certainly don't care how I feel about it. This is fine.

If they weren't uniform cubes that had been deep-fried, then they weren't the kind I had. Maybe they had a "come to Jesus" moment on the home fries.

Darn, I hope that building doesn't fall on you while you are eating. No wonder the homefrys suck. The windows are falling in.

Yup.