Royal Treat Breakfast & Ice Cream Parlor

The service here is very good. I had an enjoyable breakfast of French toast and sausage. But nothing outstanding and nothing that I would probably remember. I need to come back for the ice cream.

By far one of the best breakfast restaurants my family and I have ever been to. Don’t let the long line scare you. It’s worth of 5 – 10 minute wait. The service is super friendly, almost family-​like. And the food is to die for! If you are in Rehoboth Beach, don’t miss this place.

Waited about half an hour to be sat for Sunday breakfast, but it was well worth the wait. Essentially I ordered enough breakfast for 3 people but I wanted everything on the menu. Eggs and bacon were great, toast was delicious and the Italian French toast… I will never have French toast that good again I bet. Loved this place so much. Really cute and staff was friendly. So glad we stuck in line to wait.

Arrived for breakfast at 9:30AM on a Sunday morning to find a line already out the door. Glad we stuck it out though, because the line only got longer! Took about 30 minutes to get a table for four. The menu was very simple (eggs, pancakes, French toast) but portions were huge, cheap, and DELICIOUS! The space is really cute inside, looks like an old fashioned ice cream parlor (which it is). Unfortunately they don’t serve ice cream at breakfast! Most of the servers were young (high school maybe) but they were attentive and service was good. I will definitely be back next time I am in Rehoboth!

Hershey’s Ice Cream. Good Stuff. Nice kids behind the line.

This place is fabulous. Menu might be slightly limited for breakfast, but that’s really all you need. Everything tastes good and the price for what you get is unbeatable. There omelettes are the way to go. Must go to at Rehoboth beach!

A landmark in Rehoboth! Delicious ice cream and breakfast. True old fashioned sundaes complete with glass sundae cup. Prices are good and seating on screened in deck is nice. Stroller parking out front. The home made whipped cream is excellent!

I have been going to Rehoboth for years and have not been able to find an outstanding breakfast spot. I just found it! The pancakes are awesome and you can’t beat the prices. Definitely not a tourist trap. Very friendly staff and was able to seat us in less than five minutes (although the line was out the door when we arrived). Looking forward to trying a milkshake!

Doris and her daughter Debbie run the joint and are two of the nicest people ever met and hospitality. I had my dog parked on the bench outside and saw lots of people enjoying breakfast. Before I knew it they came out to greet us. If they treat their guess like they do passersby, I am a true believer I’ll be back when the ice cream parlor open this afternoon.

We stopped here for breakfast twice during our recent vacation. It has an adorable country feel in a beach setting and with affordable prices and delicious home style meals. The Italian bread French toast was to die for, as was the two eggs and meat platter. Portions were extremely generous… Even one egg seemed to fill half the plate! Our kids loved the pancakes as they were huge and delicious. The staff seems a bit overwhelmed during a rush, but they were always polite and helpful. Prices were very reasonable and we will always stop here in the future!

This place only serves breakfast and ice cream. This is a review about breakfast. When I arrived and saw the line, I cringed, figuring it was going to be a long wait, but this place is different. When a table for two opens up, they walk through the line finding a couple to fill that table. We were seated in about ten minutes, which was mighty good. Having never been here, I asked my friend for a recommendation, and then ordered the three buttermilk pancakes with bacon. About 15 minutes later a piping hot plate with pancakes that filled the entire plate were served with four crisp bacon strips prepared just the way I liked them. The food was great, service matched the food and were constantly asking if we needed anything. Another good thing was the fact that they leave the check when the food arrives so you can leave and pay up front wherever you are ready. I believe this may be a cash only restaurant but I’m not 100% sure since I was treated to breakfast.
Give the Royal Treat a try when you are in Rehoboth Beach, you can’t go wrong!

I am a huge peanut butter fan and I got a peanut butter sundae with chocolate peanut butter ice cream and it was everything I hoped and dreamed it would be.

Great food, rude front desk lady. This place only accepts cash or travelers checks. Ok that’s fine, did not see sign due to lots of people when we walked in. My wife stayed back when I walked next door to hotel to grab cash and bring it back to pay. Elderly woman told off my wife calling us essentially stupid for not seeing sign. Again good food, rude front cashier.

In the summer– They close breakfast service at 12:00, then reopen for ice cream at one till 9:30pm

This place is amazing. My boyfriend and I went here for breakfast on Memorial Day, so it was pretty packed. They still say us with relatively no wait. All of the people who work there are super sweet and always take care of you.
The food was delicious. It’s all simple, basic breakfast fare like eggs, bacon, French toast, and pancakes. It’s a no frills breakfast joint a block from the beach. You can’t hate on that.
Overall, this place was fantastic. We already have plans to go back.

This review is only for breakfast. That being said the menu is pretty limited. You can have eggs, eggs with bacon, eggs with ham, etc. But I can’t hate on that since everything made was so good, and the portions were beyond generous. I had an omelette with the fixings and it was simple but delicious. Looking at my photo, I’m trying to guess how many eggs went into it… Also of note, there were no healthy substitutions I saw. No option for egg whites, all the toasts were slathered in butter. This is a point in favor for me because this is the kind of place that makes you go back and nap after breakfast. It makes no apologies for this or tries to cover it up, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Super friendly staff, fair prices (did not get charged extra for additional coffee — win) and not too bad a wait during a holiday weekend. Highly recommend to those looking for a no-​frills meal.
Edit: same day, late afternoon. Just came back from this place again getting ice cream. It was awesome.

Very great breakfast; wonderful staff, close to the beach, nice atmosphere. Tip: they bring the check with the food so you can pay and leave whenever you’re done. Not too badly priced for a beach town.

Ah-​mazing!!! Homemade dark chocolate hot fudge, whipped cream and amazing salted caramel ice cream. Skip the crappy places on the boardwalk and come here.

Some of my earliest childhood memories of the beach are sitting in a high-​chair at the counter at Royal Treat, watching my clown sundae being made. Decades later, walking into this place feels like stepping back in time. The décor is nearly unchanged and charmingly old fashioned, but the entire place is immaculate and sparkling-​clean.
If you get french toast for breakfast, definitely go for the italian style! They manage to keep these huge, thick slices of bread light and pillowy even after being coated in cinnamon, powdered sugar, syrup, and a hearty dollop of whipped butter.
And there’s no better way to wrap up a night on the boardwalk then coming back to this place at night for ice cream. The staff is friendly, and scoops the ice cream with a much-​welcome heavy hand: even the «kid-​sized» portions are huge.

I read many of the reviews for Royal Treat and convinced my entire party (four adults and three kids) to endure the morning line to enjoy breakfast at Royal Treat. I love breakfast and was VERY excited to eat here.
I cannot say how disappointed I was with both the service and the food. We were treated brusquely from the outset and the food we ordered was passable at best.
I ordered the french toast which were nothing more than what I could prepare at home — assuming I had a can of sugar to dump atop it. My wife’s order was left barely eaten. One would think that with such a limited menu (we were told they only have buttermilk pancakes for example) the options would be stellar. They dropped the check seemingly alongside the food and they hovered around the table to clean it while we finished eating.
I was looking for something to hang my hat on — maybe it’s the ice cream which we didn’t have in the morning — but between bad service and unappetizing food I don’t understand the hype. I would consider going back for ice cream but wouldn’t do so for breakfast.