Waffle House Menu Prices

Last Updated on January 31, 2024
Written by CPA Alec Pow | Content Reviewed by CFA Alexander Popinker

Waffle House is one of the most famous food chain restaurants in the United States. It has more than 2,100 locations across twenty-five states in America. The majority of these restaurants can be found in the South and they are well known for the tasty waffles that can be served at any time of the day or night.

Some other restaurants similar to this chain, that are opened non-stop, would be Denny’s, Krystal, White Castle, and Krispy Kreme. However, Waffle House is famous for its waffles, obviously. But there are also other tasty food items on their menu, such as burgers and hash browns. Besides these, You can enjoy hot and cold beverages as well.

Brand History

Waffle House is a private food chain restaurant that offers its customers hospitality services in a casual dining setting. The restaurant was founded by Tom Forkner and Joe Roger Sr. and is owned by Waffle House, Inc. This company has its headquarters in Gwinnett County, which is located close to Norcross, Georgia. The idea that stood behind the success of this food chain restaurant was fast-food services available for customers 24-hours.

In 1955, on the Labor Day weekend, the first Waffle House restaurant in Avondale Estates, Georgia was opened. In 1960, after the opening of the fourth restaurant, they decided to distribute the franchise for their idea. So, at the end of that year, the company had its portfolio of twenty-seven restaurants. Most of the restaurants were still owned by the first two founders.

People going to any of Waffle House restaurants have a wide variety of food items and beverages they can choose from, all of them at affordable prices. The food menu features options for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, but their main focus is waffles, eggs, and steaks. For a breakfast, you should expect to pay around $7.5, and for lunch or dinner, you should be prepared to spend anywhere between $5.5 and $9.

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You can also find salads, grilled biscuits, wraps, sandwiches, value dollar food items, hashbrowns, and side dishes on their menu. To enjoy a steak, you will have to pay around $9, while the price of wraps and sandwiches is around $6. The cost of hashbrowns and salads is anywhere between $2.75 and $6.5. There are also kids meals available and the prices are around $4.5. For the beverages expect to pay almost $1.90.

Our Review

The Waffle House price menu is cheaper compared to other similar food chain restaurants, and their value dollar menu is famous for the low prices. One of the most favorite items among the customers who stop by to quick quench hunger is the $1 cheeseburger. Whenever they have the possibility, the customers praise this restaurant for its affordable prices.

The customers are not attracted only by the low prices, but also by the atmosphere of these restaurants. In every one of these eatery houses, you can find a jukebox where you can play some music.

In the beginning, you could only play 45-rpm singles, but later, some other songs were included in the list, that contained the restaurant’s name or were played by singers that had relations with this restaurant such as Bloodhound Gang and Mary Welch Rogers. These songs are not available for sale out of the food house and the chain reserves the rights to them.

All of the restaurants of this chain have outlets that are equipped with in-house and portable generators. The customer’s safety is extremely important for them and they have a very good disaster management plan. According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Waffle House has the top-most rank for disaster response, being followed by Wal-Mart, Home Depot, and Lowe’s.

Did you know?

Waffle House does not attract its customers just for the waffles, but for Coffee as well. In fact, so much coffee is served in this restaurant chain in a year that it would be enough to fill almost 8 Olympic swimming pools. In cups of coffee, this means about 58 million cups!

Waffle House FAQs

Can you eat pancakes at Waffle House?

Waffle House does not have pancakes on their menu, but you can order waffles.

What kind of sausage does Waffle House use?

According to the Waffle House corporation, this restaurant uses Jimmy Dean sausages.

Does Waffle House use only real eggs?

Of course! This company has contracts with more than a dozen family-operated farms that supply Waffle House restaurants with fresh eggs.

Should you leave a tip at Waffle House?

As with any restaurant, you should leave a tip that is around 20%.