Deluxe Grilled Cheese
Stow Cafe

Stow Cafe

118 Great Rd, 01775, Stow, US, United States

Cafés • Casual • European • American


"A quaint diner, but incredibly slow. We sat ourselves to an available booth. It was not busy with a few (about 8-10) people, the two waitresses were standing behind the counter doing nothing but chatting with each other and it took about 5 minutes for the teenage waitress to give a menus and ask if we wanted coffee. I got coffee and my partner got hot tea. We gave our order (I got eggs, sausage and pancakes and my partner got corned beef hash omelette). It took a while for the waitress to write down the order as she did so in longhand. Obviously not taught how to write quickly or use shorthand or abbreviations. While waiting I asked for a coffee refill. The waitress went on to do other things and forgot. I had to ask again. While we waited we couldn’t help but notice the two teenaged waitresses basically stood around and did nothing. When they did anything there was as no sense of urgency or hustle at all. About 30 to 45 minutes after we place our order my pancakes arrived. A couple minutes later my partner’s omelette arrived. Then, a few minutes after that my eggs/sausage arrived. My partner’s tea had gotten cold. My eggs, sausage and pancakes were okay. But, my partner’s omelette was bland and no taste in the corned beef hash. The coffee was okay. There was about a 20% upcharge due to Covid (which was posted on a handwritten notice on the wall). So, $40 and 90 minutes later we left. Not horrible, but not good either. You could tell the wait staff wanted to be anywhere but there and the kitchen placed a higher priority to DoorDash and To Go orders than those inside the diner. It was our first time there and we doubt we will return."