4 /5 Tom Langmyer: Absolutely love Meeders - and have for literally decades.
The service is great, and we often have Phillip waiting on us. He is extremely nice, hardworking and really cares about the customers.
Have NEVER had a bad meal here and the pies are delicious.
While we are living in different times, the prices have jumped a great deal. We appreciate the fact that is noted on a sign as you come in, which explains the situation in an up-front way.
It may have been on the menu, but we were a bit surprised about not only the degree of the prices increases, but then additional charges to each cheeseburger:
Lettuce - $0.50
Tomato - $0.50
Onion - $0.69
Lunch for two:
2 Cheeseburgers/Fries
1 Cup of Soup
2 Pies a la mode
2 Waters
Total: $44.89 (2 Seniors)
Might be good to simply add the typical items you might put on a cheeseburger to the regular price. Perhaps it’s just a psychological thing, but the increased prices, coupled with additional charges/amounts actually doesn’t look good. Paying an additional $1.38 for one slice of onion on a couple of cheeseburgers, might send an unintended message.
We have seen restaurants that will do these kinds of things, and it sends the wrong message. Another place where we dined often, literally charged $1.00 for a glass of water. Had they simply increased prices on the food to what was needed for them to properly run the business, they would’ve been fine - but they actually lost a lot of business and subsequently closed. There were many complaints about that specific things. Perhaps they were trying to simply do the right thing in order to handle the costs, but the way they did it, hurt them. People are disappointed at the prices, in general. That is just a fact of life at this time. It’s less a matter of that fact, and more of an issue of how it can be handled and not create further aggravation, and the word of mouth that goes along with it.
It’s just an issue of optics, that can be easily fixed.
We always tip well as we always have a great experience.
Sending along this feedback as a suggestion in hopes it’s helpful.
The place is like home to us, we love the food, service and hometown experience - and the pie!!!
