Waffle House

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7271 Garners Ferry Rd
Columbia, SC 29209
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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Gita G.
7/20/2025

First time visiting a Waffle House since college. I ordered off the kids meal off the menu which was more than enough food for me since the bypass surgery. The food was good up until the...

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J D.
12/10/2024

Friendly staff. Foods great. ..................... Clean restaurant,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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Melissa R.
5/20/2024

We drove from miami to columbia and we were starving. Checked into a Marriott property and walked over. Gabby took our order. She was a sweetheart. There were 3 people working. Gabby, dude with...

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Megan C.
12/13/2023

I didn't grow up living with a waffle house on every corner. Heck, I never even heard of it until I was 22 years old and moved away from home after college. All this to say that the first time I...

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Alyona Z.
5/12/2020

5/12/20 Got some brunch on my way on the road, it was close to my hotel. The food was hot and ready when I came to pick it up. I ordered 2 sunny side up eggs, bacon, hash browns and Texas toast....

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