Darrell's Diner The Villages

Order the corn beef hash browns extra crispy. Only been there once but felt like I've been there before. Great staff. The clients on average are over 70 and complain that a 12 dollar breakfast is too expensive. Felt like I was in a movie. Loved it.

Darrell's on Bichara Blvd, The Villages (Lady Lake) FL. This is one of a local chain restaurant. I have only ever gone to this particular restaurant but they all have similar menus. I believe only the specials, especially their soup of the day, may be different. All of their restaurants are open from 6am to 3pm, seven days a week. Having said all that, we -a party of five- arrived at the restaurant at 10:45am. They were very busy even at this, late for breakfast, early for lunch time, so instead of waiting for an indoor table , we opted to sit outside. Our wait staff was Desiree, one of their great assets. She greeted us and said that although it was now 11:02am, she would honor the breakfast specials that ended at 11:00am because she noted it took a while for us to get seated. She took our drink orders and left us with menus. Three of us went with breakfast and two with lunch. They have standard breakfast fare -eggs, breakfast meat, home fries, grits or hash browns and toast. The special includes a beverage. Also shown is an omelete. The two lunch orders were a Sunshine Burger. A hamburger with hash browns on the bottom, a burger, bacon and a sunny side up fried egg on top, all on a nice brioche bun. It came with one side, the option shown was potato salad. Also shown is a wrap, grilled, with fries. As I said the service here has always been great and so is the food. The wait staff, pleasant and efficient. Desiree checked on us often even though we were outside and literally around the corner of the building. Nice touches, like she brought extra hot water for my tea without being asked which was wonderful. I have always found the restaurant clean, inside and out. They are handicapped accessible. But they only have one unisex bathroom. They are in La Plaza Grande South plaza which makes for easy parking but it cannot be seen from the road. This is a large plaza and they are located near the middle. The sign is large enough to see, so that helps. A pleasant meal was had here.