IHOP Restaurant Eggs- READ THIS

[the man in blue]

I went to IHOP (International House of Pancakes) the other day. Once I started ordering the Atkins way, the waiter told me that the eggs at IHOP are premixed and the mix contains pancake batter. He told me that whenever I order any egg product from IHOP, always ask for fresh cracked eggs. I just wanted to pass that on to everyone who eats at IHOP. :laughing

Chris

[Terigrrrl]

I have never thought of something like this! I'm so glad you brought it up, because whenever we go out, I get eggs of some kind. Thanks

Terigrrrl

[viento]

Wow. Thanks for letting us know!

[Suzzyq]

I have worked at IHOP for 8 years. When you order eggs (over easy, over hard, etc.) They are shelled eggs. The scrambled eggs are liquid eggs though (with citric acid as a preservative, No carbs) The omelettes though are egg batter with a small amount of pancake batter mixed in ( to make the omelette fluffy) I would recommend you just ask your server to request your omelette prepared with only eggs not the omelette batter. I hope this clarifies things for you

[Alisha]

OMG< I just ate the other day at IHOP, NEVER AGAIN< well maybe, but then I will get the steak and eggs!

[SportyDiva]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!! I ALWAYS get the ham, egg, cheese, & mushroom omlette!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :yikes

[longtimer]

I Hop Omelets

Mercy me :yikes I LOVE the Chicken Fajita Omelets at I Hops, and always asked for only 2 eggs, but it would come AS BIG as a 3 egg one, NEVER KNEW it was NOT REAL EGGS!!!! Here I thought I was OK with the carbs in an omelet... Thanks for the heads up...in the future I will ask for REAL EGGS in my omelet... or maybe just have them scrambled!!!!

[Suzzyq]

As I have stated before, the omelettes are made with REAL EGGS, not FAKE EGGS !!! The omelette batter just has a small amount of pancake batter in it!!!

[kvarner]

Okay, I read this thread a few months ago. So a few days ago I went to IHOP with my husband. I knew I wanted an omellete so I ordered the omellete and asked the waitress "can you make it with just cracked eggs?"

She was confused and thought I was kidding. I told her that I was on Atkins, and had been informed that the stuff they make the omelletes with has a little pancake batter in it. She literally laughed at me and assured me that it was not true, that the omelletes were made with just eggs. So embarrassed, I agreed to order it normally.

When my omellete came, it did seem a little too "fluffy" to be just eggs, but I ate it anyway. When the waitress came to check on us, she jokingly said "how's your omellete? They didn't put any pancake batter in it did they??"

:raving

I wanted to smack her. Needless to say, she didn't get much of a tip.

Anyway, IHOP may want to jump on the bandwagon like Village Inn and make an Atkins menu. Maybe they should educate their employees a little about Atkins too.

Any thoughts?

[NulloModo]

It is easy to make eggs fluffy with just a little cream or water, no point adding pancake batter to the mix.

I would lean towards saying the pancake batter in the eggs thing is all just a hoax myself... but feel free to ask if you feel uncertain at your local IHOP.

[calyn320]

If Suzzyq posted that she works there and they do use pancake batter in their omelettes, how is that a hoax?

[swag]

I emailed IHOP about this a while back. They confirmed that there was a bit of batter in their omelette eggs, said that they don't maintain nutritional info but estimated that the batter would add about 4 carbs, and said that any egg dish could be made with cracked eggs on request.

I've been ordering my Colorado omelette with cracked eggs ever since, and never had any problem.

[Max_D]

Thank you for posting this. I went to Luby's today for there breakfast, and after reading this asked for the omlette with craked eggs. The omlette definatly looked different :yes I was soooo upset :anger and happy :joy at the same time when I read this. Thank you for helping me with my atkins journey. Those DARN carbs Lurk everywhere LOL

[more_than_a_conqueror]

I have worked at IHOP for 8 years. When you order eggs (over easy, over hard, etc.) They are shelled eggs. The scrambled eggs are liquid eggs though (with citric acid as a preservative, No carbs) The omelettes though are egg batter with a small amount of pancake batter mixed in ( to make the omelette fluffy) I would recommend you just ask your server to request your omelette prepared with only eggs not the omelette batter. I hope this clarifies things for you

I know this post is old, but is there a difference in the look of the omelette? If I order my omelette with shelled eggs will I be able to tell the difference by looking at it?

I ate at IHOP on last Sunday. This was my first time since beginning Atkins in September and I ordered the freakin' Colorado omelette and I'm pissed now! :anger

Derek

[2big4mysize]

This is one very important lesson all Atkineers need to learn and learn quickly always at any place you eat ask what is in the food and how is it prepared. The resturant folk are used to this they want your business and don't want to have a medical emergency should you have a food allergy. Call them on it if they brush you off. I know it might seem like a big deal but your health is a big deal. You don't want your hard work undone by an added ingredient that triggered cravings or caused you to exceed your carb limit.