The Special Place

72 North Market Street, Elizabethville
(717) 362-3778

Recent Reviews

Theresa Gototweski

Since the new owners bought it, things have been amazing. The food is great

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Deborah Pittman

Had Strawberry Pancakes. They were about 3/4 inch thick and too big to fit on the plate; and doughy in the middle!!! Not good!!! Took most of them home but ended up throwing them out!!!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

jill w

There grilled chicken isn’t grilled it’s shredded and isn’t flavorful people need to learn how to cook properly and make dishes better, appetizing Please change the way you do your chicken please and thanks.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 2

Joanne Peiffer

I ordered fish and chips and a side salad It was delicious

Raymond Tressler

A nice place to grab a meal.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Devin Hamilton

Home cooked tasting meals at a solid value in a small town 30 minutes from Harrisburg. Tasty cheesesteak and hot turkey sandwich was enjoyed by my wife and I. Recommend a trip here.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Omar Fisher

Great place!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ashley Stafford

Great food, fast service, and great coffee. It was a wonderful surprise as we passed through town. I got eggs, potatoes, and a pancake ?. The eggs aren't super oily, the potatoes are crispy, and the pancake was soft ? Recommend stopping in for breakfast or brunch. Next time I'm trying the chicken and waffles ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Rebekah Mallonee

Our server was nice but did not know the menu when asked questions about sides and what’s included. We were there over an hour before our food ever got to the table. Small portions and very long time waiting for our food.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 2

Mocha Latte

We have been to the new location a few times since being here, but mostly for lunch, so can't really comment on breakfast or dinner there. But we will probably try them both eventually. The first time, we weren't really impressed as the food was ehhhh, they were busy, but service was A1. I had ordered a side of pepper slaw, but could not eat it because it was frozen! Don't know what happened there...lol. We decided to give them a second chance and this time the food was much better. Another time, we ordered the chicken salad wrap and a tuna salad wrap. Our only complaint is that both had way too much mayo in the salads, which made the wraps very soggy - we almost had to eat them with a knife and fork! At a much later time, we decided to try both salads again - same results. Very disappointed. I would suggest that using much less mayo on their salads, wraps, etc., would make them so much better and less soggy/messy. But both the tuna and chicken salads were tasty. The food may not be the greatest, but IMO, it's good for a quick bite. One big plus is that the wait staff has always been polite, helpful and friendly. We will probably visit again and will definitely try other dishes, but not the tuna or chicken salads...lol.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 5

Shawn Miller

Pass on this place. Happens all the time. Change your name. It’s specially not the special place. Honestly people around here don’t have money to spend on restaurants. But when we do we expect better. This place is hiding behind the special place name. No longer a quality home cooked place to eat. Don’t compete with the chain restaurants. Overpriced and below sub par. 15.99 for Dried out turkey and burnt filling. Gravy? Barely. And it’s from a jar. If the food is dried out and burnt maybe a full container of gravy would make this meal edible. Sorry no pictures for the pork n sauerkraut. 2 maybe 3 tablespoons of sauerkraut, 3 tablespoons of mashed potatoes and then dried out pork. Straight in the trash. Shame on this place. Close to $40-50 down the drain. And I’m expecting a sorry from the manager and please call the manager.

Food: 1

BRUCE REED

Very good THANKS ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Micheal Sedeshe

Found a hair in my food someone should learn what a hot roast beef sandwich is and it wasn't worth the

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Marianyelie Sanchez Pabon

Came for breakfast on 3/7/24 ( my birthday ) Worst, Racism and humiliated service I experienced ever! My husband and I was the only Hispanic there and the waitress visit everyone’s table to check up on them except ours. The lady that took our order never came back not once to ask if needed anything or to refill our coffees. The pancakes were not fully cooked and when I let the lady know she didn’t even apologized or anything just gave me an lite attitude and took the plate. It’s sad how in 2024 there is people acting like this. Don’t recommend this place at all..

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

Pat Harner

Enjoyed lunch.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Open Faced Roast Beef Sandwich, Home Fries

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