Waffle House

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7611 W Newberry Rd
Gainesville, FL 32606
The first Waffle House restaurant was opened on Labor Day in 1955 in Avondale Estates, Ga. Since then, it has grown into a chain of more than 1,500 company and franchise-owned casual restaurants in over 25 U.S. states. It serves a variety of waffles, steaks, omelets, hamburgers, country ham, pork chops and grits. The restaurant serves specialty dishes, such as Bert's chili, Walt s soup, Alice s iced tea and Lib's patty melt. It offers hash browns in eight different ways. Waffle House serves more than 3 million pounds of grits each year and over 10,000 T-bone steaks each day. Apart from serving food, the restaurant supports various health and human service organizations, youth and education programs, and disadvantage and other civic causes. It conducts in-house events and programs, such as The Great Miller Lite Chili Cook-off and the Waffle House World Waffle Eating Championship.

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Veronica D.
1/14/2024

So my honey had never been to WH before and there was one right as we pulled off looking for ihop We decided to hit it up. While I have been to lots of WH this one was by far the best one I've...

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Susie S.
7/11/2025

Worst food ever! Cold! Tasteless! Disgusting! Nothing here was good and the service was worse. The owner should be ashamed. My first time at a waffle house and I'm so disappointed.

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Nathan H.
7/23/2023

Two mornings in a row same order and same result - fantastic! I was in early when shift was changing from 3rd to 1st, and both days a guy named Burger was the busiest worker in the room. Cleaning...

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Dave W.
3/4/2023

Gotta love Waffle House very early on a Saturday morning! I got up super early for work and had a break so decided to walk over from the nearby hotel and get some grits and an egg. Everyone at...

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Joan H.
10/19/2024

I have been told that all of the waffle houses in Gainesville are now takeout only overnight and they don't open for table service until 6 AM. This is definitely true of the waffle house near me....

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