Perkins Breakfast Menu 2026: Calories, Platters & Best Picks

Perkins is a sit-down family restaurant, so the Perkins breakfast menu works differently from a drive-thru’s. You order an entrée, then pick sides, and the sides are where the calories pile up. We went through Perkins’ published nutritional guide line by line, added up real plates, and checked where popular lists go wrong.

Does Perkins Serve Breakfast All Day?

Yes. Perkins is known for serving breakfast all day, and its own nutritional guide headlines its 55 Plus breakfast section “All Day Breakfast.” You can order pancakes or an omelet at dinner time. What changes from place to place is the opening hours, which vary by restaurant.

How Perkins Counts Breakfast Calories

Perkins’ nutritional guide counts most breakfast entrées without your side choices. Benedicts include the fresh fruit, and griddle platters include two eggs, but hash browns, pancakes, toast and muffins you choose are counted separately. That one detail explains why lists disagree so much: some report the entrée alone, others guess at a full plate.

Fresh-Cracked Classics: Egg Platters

Two biscuit breakfasts sit at the top of the menu for a reason. The Southern Fried Chicken Biscuit Breakfast carries 4,230 mg of sodium before any side, nearly twice the 2,300 mg daily value. The Country Sausage Biscuit Breakfast isn’t far behind at 3,570 mg.

Farm Fresh Omelets

The Everything Omelet is the best protein-for-calories entrée at Perkins: about 6.7 g of protein per 100 calories. For a Build-Your-Own, the add-ons matter: diced ham adds 140 calories, sausage 210, a slice of American or cheddar cheese 170, bacon 35, and the vegetables 5 to 10 each. Three egg whites as a substitution are listed at 110 calories.

Honest-to-Goodness Benedicts

The avocado version is the heavier of the two by 310 calories, mostly from fat. The Classic is lighter but saltier, at 2,200 mg of sodium.

Griddle Greats: Pancakes, Waffles and French Toast

Here’s the surprise: three plain buttermilk pancakes carry 1,730 mg of sodium, before butter or syrup. That’s more than most fast-food breakfast sandwiches. If you want something sweet without the salt, French toast is the better call: three slices are 440 calories with 680 mg of sodium and more than twice the protein of the pancakes. Glazed strawberries are listed at 90 calories per 6 oz (the 55 Plus section of the same guide says 170).

Sides, Meats and Mammoth Muffins®

Turkey sausage patties are the easy swap: 210 calories against 380 for the pork patties. And watch the biscuits, which bring 2,110 mg of sodium as a side on their own.

Mammoth Muffins®

Perkins’ signature muffins come in three flavors in the guide: Apple Cinnamon (580 calories), Blueberry (600) and Banana Nut (740), with 42 to 46 g of sugar each. A single Mammoth Muffin is a bigger breakfast, by calories, than a Fabulous Five or a Belgian Waffle.

What a Full Perkins Breakfast Plate Really Adds Up To

Once you add sides, many Perkins breakfasts land between about 900 and 1,500 calories. We added up common plates from Perkins’ own entrée and side figures.

The Sodium Problem at Perkins

Sodium is the number to watch at Perkins. Eight breakfast entrées pass 2,000 mg before sides, against a daily value of 2,300 mg. The pancakes alone carry 1,730 mg per stack, so pancake-heavy plates add up fast.

• Highest: Southern Fried Chicken Biscuit Breakfast, 4,230 mg (184% of the daily value).
• Over 2,000 mg before sides: Country Sausage Biscuit Breakfast, Triple Egg Dare Ya, Big Country Skillet, Tremendous Twelve®, Classic Benedict, Twice as Nice and Magnificent Seven®.
• Lowest full entrée: Top Sirloin Steak & Eggs at 550 mg.
• Low-sodium sides: fresh fruit (60 mg) and oatmeal (200 mg).

Best Picks on the Perkins Breakfast Menu, by Goal

Honestly, the Top Sirloin Steak & Eggs with a side of fresh fruit (an extra on the menu) is the best-balanced breakfast here: 550 calories, 31 g of protein and about 610 mg of sodium for the whole plate.

55 Plus All Day Breakfast

Perkins’ guide has a separate “55 Plus All Day Breakfast” section for guests 55 and over. The counts below are entrées before side choices.

Oddly, the 55 Plus Buttermilk Pancakes and French Toast carry the same numbers as the regular Short Stack and French Toast (3) in the guide. The savings on the 55 Plus menu come mainly from the egg dishes.

KidPerks Breakfast

The scrambled egg plate has the most protein of the kids’ breakfasts (13 g) and the least sugar. Kids’ sides such as fresh fruit (70 calories) and applesauce (40) are counted separately.

How Much Is Breakfast at Perkins?

Perkins doesn’t publish a national price list, and prices vary by restaurant. Third-party menu sites in mid-2026 listed the Fabulous Five at roughly $7.79 to $8.19, the Magnificent Seven® at about $8.99 to $9.59, and Build-A-Breakfast at around $12.79 to $13.49, with one location higher. We couldn’t confirm any of these with Perkins, so treat them as a rough guide and check your local menu.

Perkins Numbers Other Lists Get Wrong

Because Perkins counts entrées without sides, lists that print one number per dish are often comparing different things. A few figures are simply wrong against the guide:

About Perkins

Perkins says it began in 1958 as a single pancake house in Ohio. It now runs as Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, with roughly 265 locations as of April 2024 according to Wikipedia, and its bakery side shows up on the menu as pies and Mammoth Muffins®.

Tips for Ordering Breakfast at Perkins

Perkins Breakfast vs Other Breakfast Spots

Perkins’ real competitor is IHOP: both serve breakfast all day at the table. Where Perkins stands apart is the bakery, with Mammoth Muffins® and pies sold at the counter.

Perkins Breakfast: Frequently Asked Questions

What to Know Before Your Next Perkins Breakfast

Perkins rewards people who read the fine print. The guide gives you every number you need, but it leaves the adding up to you. Pick the entrée, add your sides honestly, and a 600-calorie breakfast stays a 600-calorie breakfast instead of quietly becoming 1,400.