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| - ZuZu? Orange Table? D'lish? The Breakfast Club? OR Daily Dose? This is what I pondered early Sunday morning as I planned to meet friends for brunch. After reading numerous Yelp reviews and a few other sites, Daily Dose was the decision!
The four of us were seated outside at a raised table. Nice! Inside seemed really claustrophobic and dark, so to be outside was great. Our waitress was slow to arrive, but time passed easily as we were caught up in conversation. I had read that Daily Dose had the BEST Bloody Marys in town. So we all ordered one. I love celery in mine, but I guess they do not garnish with celery, but the waitress said she would do it if I wanted. We all ordered them spicy too. We couldn't wait!!!!!!! But we DID wait........and wait.......and wait......and wait, well you get my drift. They finally came! With a green onion as a garnish!?! OK, Celery? Oh, it WAS in there, just a tiny short piece that was halfway down the glass. Well, she did have it in there.
The menu item choices were impressive! They looked so creative! I was excited to order! We ordered the breakfast nachos, which everyone on Yelp raved about! We also ordered the eggs benedict with prime rib and the Southwest Flannel Hash. And then we waited, and waited and waited......
EVERYONE on the patio had no food. NONE! I love looking at what other people have ordered, but not one person on the "packed" patio had food. Not in any stage- just starting, just finishing, in the middle, nothing. Many did not have anything but water. I couldn't believe how long the service took. FINALLY, our food came with no apology of how long it took. I shared our order of nachos and prime rib eggs benedict. The eggs benedict looked good, but when I cut into it, it was a snotty, white mess of undercooked egg white. In my experience, the only runny part should be the yoke, right? Well, although I would have preferred the white to have been cooked, my husband and I ate it anyway. The prime rib was virtually nonexistent. The breakfast nachos were a HUGE disappointment. The chorizo was more like flavorless ground meat. No zing or heat. The scrambled eggs on it were dry, overcooked, and tasted of sulfur - which is what happens to scrambled eggs when they are over cooked. There was supposed to be mozzarella cheese on them. Where? I don't know, but the nachos were covered in a gluey sauce that I assume was supposed to be a nacho cheese of some sort? There was also a cup of the gluey sauce on the side. I guess they felt we needed more? The chips were so greasy, most were translucent. We didn't eat most of it, just tried to pick and find the edible parts. By that time we were so hungry and who knows where our 18 year old waitress was to make a complaint anyway. My friend's Southwest Flannel Hash, which she let me sample, were the WORST I ever had. I mean how can you mess up corned beef hash? There was a weird sweet component to it. She did not finish it, which is odd because she loves corned beef hash and always finishes it. Her Husband had the prime rib eggs benedict like I did. He is in the restaurant industry and manages a very popular resort restaurant and he was not happy with his meal at all. Especially the prime rib part. I was with him on that one. To wrap up our two and 1/2 hour brunch experience (yes it took that long from start to finish due to slow service) Daily Dose was flat bland, busy and overpriced. Sorry brother and sister Yelpers, I am in disagreement on this one.
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