Hot homemade pancakes you make at the table. (Yep you make your own… kinda like fondue… but with pancakes…) A huge choice of toppings including chocolate chips, berries, peanut butter, and many others. A massive container of molasses and maple syrup ready to be poured. All inside a little wood cabin in the beautiful state park of Deleon Springs.
The pancakes are amazing and you get massive portions (Come hungry) and it is only $4.50 a person. If you are a bacon fan, I highly recommend ordering a side of it… it is the nice thick cut kind that you rarely find at restaurants. Yum!
Now, if you want to work off the pancakes or maybe get a workout in before… there is hiking, canoeing, kayaking, and other fun things to do in the park. It is also a lot of fun (and cold) to swim in the springs. But if it’s a hot day, it can be very refreshing.
Deleon Springs is a beautiful park and you’ll love the historical Old Spanish Sugar Mill Restaurant (aka where you eat the pancakes). At $5.00 a car entrance fee, a day at Deleon Springs is a fun and inexpensive way to spend a day with family and friends.
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Anne, does this only happen on Sundays? I thought I heard that once, but it would be nice if it went all through the summer. I think we have a great option for a relaxing activity away from Orlando. Thanks for reminding me of it.
Hi Amanda,
Nope, it definitely is not only Sundays. I have been on a Saturday and Monday before. According to their site, they are open every day except Thanksgiving and Christmas. I hope that helps and that you enjoy it this summer. You are in for a treat. Call ahead for reservations though, the restaurant can get really busy.
Ah, reservations. Very important. Sunday Brunch, here we come!
I’m not sure about weekdays, but they are definitely open Saturday and Sunday. Arrive early if you don’t want to wait, but in any case, the wait is not bad at the spring. They do take reservations for groups of ten or more. The building is not a cabin, but an old sugar mill. The spring flow turning the big wheel was used to crush the cane, and the huge iron vessels used to cook the cane juice down into sugar are still lying outside to the rear of the mill. Although it is often called the “old Spanish sugar mill” it really dates only from the 18th-century.