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| - I'm ecstatic that they've finally opened a Good Egg in this part of town, especially since it's in such a nice location. I've been going for years to this chain, started out in Tucson and have been to two other locations in Phoenix, so I have a long association with their typically excellent breakfast offerings.
That said, I was excited to check out their latest offering on this side of town. It's tucked away in a far corner of a shopping center, so there isn't much cross traffic or parking lot activity (everything else is further to the West, and thankfully people are too lazy to park this far away and walk down).
Walking in, the place looks both similar to the typical Good Egg but different at the same time. There's the bar, the outside patio, ample waiting room while you're getting a table, and the usual decoration, but it has more booths and a slightly more modern look than the other Phoenix locations. I'm sure part and parcel of that is the location, but I think the owners also might have tried to modernize it just a touch. For me, it works and I actually liked it. It felt less like a hang out for retirees or the local bridge club and more welcoming to a younger crowd. There's still the Sun City-ish, old-folks home type decor, but I feel like there's less of it here, which is a positive thing if you're trying to attract a broader clientele.
As for the service experience and the food, I must give some leeway here as we did arrive with a party of four around prime time for breakfast (8am) and the place was filling up quick. We didn't have to wait but 30 seconds to grab a table, which was nice, but you could tell the service was at its limit by the wait it took for someone to stop by and greet us, get drink orders and explain the specials. Once we ordered, we didn't see the poor girl again until our food came out, but thankfully nobody needed any refills, so we were good to go.
I'm a huge fan of the biscuits and gravy as well as the French toast, both of which came out just fine and were spot on. I did find the scrambled eggs to be lukewarm and a bit overcooked, but again I give some leeway here since they were jammed up pretty bad at that point.
I will say one thing, and that's that this place tends to attract people with young children. We had a screamer behind us, one to our left and one further down to the right, with more coming in as the morning went on. It really is difficult to enjoy a good hearty breakfast with some miserable little puke wailing his guts out, but unfortunately there's nothing the restaurant staff can do about that. Still, if you're averse to screaming infants and toddlers, might want to avoid this place during prime time, as they were there in droves. I think this has a lot to do with the median age group of the area where they opened this location. Out at Union and 83rd, you get mostly retirees, but out here on Happy Valley, it's more the thirty-something range, hence the multitude of young parents and their annoying infants.
But hey, if you can go on an off day and avoid the weekend blitz, or maybe go a bit later (or earlier!) than prime time, you might not have these issues. I'm certainly going to go back and make this a regular haunt, but I doubt I'll go back during the morning rush. Great place, great food, glad they opened one up on this side of town.
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