IHOP

Gainesville, VA · Breakfast restaurant

Rating
3.8/5
★★★★☆ 3.8
Reviews
20
Rank in Gainesville
#63
of 92 restaurants
City Percentile
25%
rating percentile

IHOP is a restaurant located in Gainesville, VA. It is one of 92 restaurants listed in Gainesville. Its 3.8-star rating is slightly below the Gainesville city average of 4.2 stars. There are 10 photos associated with this location.

About IHOP

Dine at IHOP® on Iron Bar Lane in Gainesville, the home of pancakes and delicious breakfast, lunch & dinner near you with breakfast delivery, breakfast takeout and catering available. View hours, specials or order online.

Hours

FridayClosed

Customer Reviews

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 Elliott G · Mar 2026

I had a very disappointing experience at this location and wanted to share it in hopes that management will take a closer look at food quality and service. I ordered an omelet with sausage, spinach, and roasted tomatoes, which came with pancakes, along with an orange juice. My wife ordered the chicken and waffles. Unfortunately, several things went wrong during our visit. First, my omelet arrived without the spinach because the server forgot to add it to the order. Even beyond that mistake, the omelet had very little filling. It contained about six small pieces of sausage (roughly the equivalent of two sausage links) and only a few tomato halves. I actually cut the omelet open at the table in front of the server and there was barely anything inside. For a dish that costs around $14, it

★★★★★ 5.0 Nikk McAndrews · Feb 2026

I thought that the food and service here was great. My server was Dayane, and anytime I needed anything she was there for me. Drink was always replaced almost immediately, and I had frequent check-ins to make sure everything was good. The food was wonderful. I ordered the Sirloin Steak Tips & Crispy Shrimp. The sirloin tips come with mushrooms and onions. There was a great balance between the mushrooms and the onions - no more of one than the other. The steak was seasoned nicely and cooked perfectly. The fries were nice and hot, and salted well. I did say to cook the steak rare, twice, but the request was not heard, clearly, from the ticket. Oh well! No big deal. It was still flavorful and tender anyways! The shrimp is where things go downhill just slightly. I feel like the shrimp could ha

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 Emily Ortiz · Feb 2026

Wow. I’ve been to a lot of ihops even worked at one before but this place is terrible. The house was empty with about 3 open tables, 2 servers on the floor speed of service was dead, mind you was a little after 5:30 when I got there. We ordered, took more than 18 mins for steak tips entree she didn’t ask How I like to cooked, but on the server receipt, she put medium well. My food came out just like burnt on one side and the steak was a little OK on the other side. It was. It was a rough meal to sit through. My mashed potatoes were super runny and wet And very buttery. For some reason when the picture doesn’t even look like how they served it to me it look like like go really my daughter’s food was not hot. It was like like mildly warm mice potatoes my mashed potatoes were cold. My steak

★★★★★ 5.0 Tariq Eid · Mar 2026

We had an amazing experience at IHOP during the night shift, thanks to Alexander! There were 7 of us, and he handled our big group so well. Even though it was late and busy, he stayed friendly, attentive, and made sure everyone had everything they needed. He kept our drinks filled, made sure all of our orders were correct, and checked in on us throughout the meal. You could tell he really cared about giving great service, which made the whole experience even better. Night shifts can be tough, especially with large tables, but Alexander handled it with such a great attitude and professionalism. If you’re visiting IHOP during the night shift, I definitely hope you get Alexander as your server. He did an amazing job!

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 Primal Wijesooriya · Dec 2025

I had a very disappointing experience at this IHOP location on December 21. My companion and I visited for lunch after staying at the Hampton Inn Gainesville, which is located across the street. We were on a road trip through Virginia from New York and chose IHOP because it has always been one of my favorite breakfast places. When we entered the restaurant, we approached the front desk to request a table for two. The gentleman working at the front desk spoke very loudly while asking for my name and told us to wait for a table. I then politely asked how long the wait might be, which is a very normal and common question asked at any restaurant. Instead of responding calmly, he became irritated and raised his voice, saying he could not give an exact time. I was not asking for an exact time--j

Accessibility & Amenities

✓ Wheelchair Accessible Parking Lot ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Restroom ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Seating

Services

Breakfast restaurantAmerican restaurantBrunch restaurantDinerFamily restaurantLunch restaurantPancake restaurantRestaurant

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