06/11/09

Get OVER IT SERVICE PEOPLE

by GKP

First of all for all the critics of getting good service at any 24 hour joint in city...SHUT IT!! If you came to this place to eat then expect to be there a little bit. You have a cafe with a staff that is open 24 hours a day and putting up with a different variety of customers on all levels. I have been to the 5 point on numerous occasions and my experience there was GREAT.....because I came there for one purpose...to eat some comfort food! I wasn't expecting the best service at all...even the best food....but when I want to enjoy a belly filling meal...that is the place to go.

I gave a rating of 4/5 because I do enjoy great service....but this is not the reason why I go to the 5 point. I go cause if I want to eat a big breakfast anytime of the day they have the best meal for your buck! If you want posh service go eat at Salties on Alki!! Get over the service there people....its not there to comfort your feelings!

• Pros: Great hangover and comfort food in Belltown area
• Cons: speedy service

04/19/09

WORST SERVICE EVER

by tacticalmedic77

Just a little history, I am in the military and I have been all around the world from Korea to the Middle East. This place has the worst service I have ever experienced.

My mother in law and step son came to visit and I figured I would take them there for breakfast since it is right around the corner.

I had my 4 year old son in a stroller that folds up and the five of us strolled in there and went to the back of Five Point. The waitress walked up and stated " This is not going to work". I then explained to her that I was going to fold the stroller up and stow it. She looked at me with a confused look and said "how many are you?" I was going to ask my 4 year old to count for her but i saved her the embarassment.

I then decided not to stay and eat I told her ok were not going to eat here and we got up and started to leave. She then stated No I would like to serve you guys and I said No we are leaving she then stated there was no where else to get breakfast, I looked at her like she was crazy. I asked her if I could speek to the Manager and she raised her hand and said "Here I am" I was in shock.

You figure with the economy in the shape it is the service would be more inviting. If this place makes it I will be surprized, the service is everything in todays time and ths service here sukks, I think the manager should be canned like tuna for being sutch a &*()%$

• Pros: WE GOT OUT OF THERE BEFORE WE ORDRED
• Cons: EVERYTHING

12/14/08

Best Bartender in Seattle!

by indykacey

Don't listen to the negative nancy's below... this place rocks! We stopped in to load up on drinks before a concert and found the staff to be awesome and the regulars to be even more awesome! I'd love to go back or even reconnect with John and "Jack"! Why... why didn't I get email addresses! haha. Oh well, back in indy now. :(

Thanks for entertaining us on our last night in town!

12/11/08

RUDE STAFF!

by Kevin266

Avoid the extremely rude staff and very poor quality food. I'd rather get a convenience store hot dog!

10/03/08

Cafe and Laundry ?????!!!!

by happagalinthecity

5 Point Cafe/5 Point Laundry

First of all the staff at the cafe are so not helpful. Me and a friend waited 20 mins before someonw took our order. The food is ok but has made me and my friend the last time we visited. The fact that they own the laundry mat next door says that they expect you to get sick on yourself and want to use they laundry mat.

The laundry mat is crappy. They only have 6 washers and 8 dryers that work. Went I need to wash a load of clothes for work. They only had 4 washers and 3 dryers up and working. The change machine does not take the new bills. The price for the items in the vending machine are way to high. Bums and drugies come in the sleep on the chairs. All the smokers from the cafe stand right in front of the enterance so all their smoke windblows in whenever the door is open.

Both places look like they could use a really good cleaning.

• Pros: there isnt one I could ever think of
• Cons: Very poor service

08/17/08

Waitress without a clue...

by redzilla

So...upon reading reviews I wanted to try this place out for breakfast since my husband and I love a good breakfast joint.

That being said, I had to take a few to say that our visit to the 5 Point Cafe blew. We came for breakfast our first day visiting Seattle on a Saturday morning. I thought it was cool inside, definitely dive, with the locals on the one side at the bar, and a group of 4 at a table on the restaurant side. Note: besides us, only one other table with people (and they were done eating). We ordered a couple of short stacks, a side of ham an OJ and some water. Got the food, but come to find out...its very difficult to eat pancakes without utensils, and tend to be a lil dry without some butter and syrup, so we requested these "special" items from our waitress, along with the water and OJ that hadn't come yet. I had eaten about half my first pancake by tearing it into pieces before the forks came. :( The food actually was pretty decent, not earth-shaking, but good. We had determined that we'll get something to drink after we leave since our waitress wasn't able to sit at the counter for as long as she did and hand us a couple of glasses of beverages. Taxing, I know!

We heard the people at the other table asking for their check and then later questioning the prices saying..."no, we had this...not that" etc. Isn't that what they write the orders down for? LOL. We decided at that point to go directly to the cash register rather than wait for the check. So when we went to pay, my husband asked her to take the OJ off, and the waitress asked why...he stated...well, we never got it. She said, "oh really?". WTF? We were one of two occupied tables!

Anyway, I found it pretty laughable. I have never actually had that bad of service. And when I say bad, I mean it. She was a total dingbat. :) But I still loved Seattle!!

• Pros: Decent ham slice and pancakes
• Cons: Service blew

08/01/08

Good food, especially at 4am

by Malanna

The 5 point used to be our favorite breakfast stop...we only stopped going because we found somewhere closer to our apt. The food is great and the sercive is what' you expect from a dive bar. It's clean enough and a great place to go after being out at the bars.

07/21/08

Good-ish food, ok drinks - TERRIBLE service. Skip it.

by cscott007

Yup - pretty standard faire served just the way you expect standard faire served. More 'food is fuel' than 'food is art,' but you could guess that from the street. Drinks are alright, but nothing that each neighborhoods' dive can't offer.

But the service is the greatest deterrent. Our waitress was incapable of either friendliness or multi-tasking. Waited forever to place our order in the non-even-half-full restaurant side of the 5 Point, and then waited for - no kidding - 20 minutes for biscuits and gravy. Isn't that already made and just waiting for assembly?!? Cheesey tater-tots' cheese wasn't melted either. Seems like pretty basic stuff to me.

So skip it. Go somewhere you may actually feel welcome...

04/19/08

Best bloody mary

by racer4386

I have had only great times here if you dont like it youre probably rude and nasty to begin with F.O.B Drinks are worth the price no frills here just good food and an amazing crowd to watch

08/21/07

late night munch

by mtgriztraveler

Good place to stop for food (and last call) if you're heading back to your hotel near the Space Needle from partying at the clubs downtown on 1st and 2nd Avenues. It's an 'in your face' type of bar w/ a greasy spoon type menu. Not a destination but a good place to end the night.