IHOP vs PANINI OPA

So we went to Columbus Ohio to spend the day shopping etc, but like Rally's say you have to eat so first meal of the day was at IHOP wait staff did a good job my wife ordered scrambled eggs to go with her pancake's they didn't come out with it but the problem was solved quickly enough. I had the all you could eat shrimp. The waitress managed to get the fries exchanged for pancakes (I have lost the taste  for American fries after having English chips). The shrimp was popcorn shrimp and although I did eat three orders it was at best ok lots of breading and some very small shrimp bits. The main thing Ihop is known for is not shrimp but pancakes. They have on each table a holder containing for different syrups blueberry strawberry butter pecan and Original. My guess is they cant call the original that tastes "like" maple syrup maple because it contains little or no maple syrup. It still works as a pancake syrup the area of biggest dissapointment for me and my wife was the pancakes themselves like the shrimp they were at best ok. For a place known as the "INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF PANCAKES" they could have been better. My daughter whose exposure to restaurant pancakes is considerably less then ours didn't seem to mind society is training us to except less (quality taste reliability etc).
Anway on to shopping and at the end  of the night my family is not hungry but realising eating should occur more than once a day they agree to get something my wifes choice since it is the last day of her birthday month. So she chooses panini opa. An  eatery offering "authentic Greek Italian st food" Never been there so I went in ahgead to scout it out for vegetarian options etc. The man behind the counter is friendly and helpful. The menu even has the vegetarian options marked very nice. Yes when I said I was looking for vegetarian options he did do the cliche we have some very nice salads but followed it up with several other options. The scouts job is done so I call in the troops. They choose spanikopita I wan't one too but want more do I go shrimp gyro something I have never had or go eggplant al italian. If i do the eggplant my wife might try it thus allowing us both a fuller experience. So the eggplant it is. They both got a create your own flavour pop Raspberry / sprite and peach fanta. (It was ok). I went with beer la rossa.

The spanikopita was very good nice flakey pastry with a hot delicouse filling. The eggplant al italian had good tomato flavour with well cooked eggplant and cheese so another winner now lets try for ithe trifecta. The beer was everything that was promised flavourful and smooth. We have a winner. 

The question is would I order those things again yes. Though most likely in my attempt to  try more new things I would do something different. Would I go back to panini opa yes I nearly did that night but time was tight and saying no to something is as close as I come some days to dieting.

So if you find yourself in columbus and wanting something good to eat I say give panini opa a shot. You could do worse.