Reddit Agrees With This Undeniable Waffle House Truth

Waffle House is the very definition of an all-American diner: It's open all night as well as every day of the year, and it's a reliable place to go to for cheap breakfast at any hour of the day. In fact, Thrillist even goes so far as to call Waffle House an "American legend" and "a Southern institution of dining after a night of drinking."

While you could go to Waffle House for a breakfast fix during the day like normal people, over the years the chain has garnered a rep for being the go-to diner for hash browns, waffles, sausages, and eggs into even the wee hours of the night. In fact, a Waffle House waitress told Thrillist all the details of what night shifts are like at Waffle House, and it's everything you would expect from any encounter that happens after the clock strikes midnight: Drunk patrons, fighting between groups of people, and on occasion, plain ol' shady things.

Safe to say, late-night meals and Waffle House go hand-in-hand. So, when a Redditor posed a question to fellow users, asking everyone, "What [food] just hits different at 3AM?," the answer was unanimous — Waffle House.

Unlike other questions on Reddit that often spark a robust debate, especially when it comes to food, the response to this question was pretty much unanimous, deeming Waffle House as the place for food that's best enjoyed late into the night. "Waffle House is a place outside of time and space, and the barriers between worlds weaken at the late hours," explained one person on the thread.

Another Redditor argued that Waffle House simply "doesn't taste right" until you're enjoying a waffle or two after 3 am. And yet another person even suggested that, "At 3 am, it turns into Waffle Home."

Many others shared their memories of late-night eating at this low-key dining destination. Some said they go there to ring in birthdays of family members at midnight while others correlate late-night trips to Waffle House with greasy drunken meals following a night of heavy drinking. "You don't go to Waffle House, you end up there," admitted one Waffle House fan on the Reddit thread. Another post-drinking Waffle House frequenter had an equally hilarious admission: "It wasn't until my 30s that I realized Waffle House has actually decent grub when not drunk."