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| - Fast service, but lacking in imagination and quality. While I'd come back, I'm more interested in the low early-morning prices and carafe of coffee on the table than in the quality of the food or the mostly uninspired menu items. While the Airdrie Cora has terrible service most of the time, this place lacks the quality and branding that would make the experience enjoyable and more memorable.
We were a little bit skeptical about coming here, given some of the poorer reviews EggsOasis has gotten already, but due to consistently sub-par service at Cora, we chose to check this place out. I'm even more skeptical about trying breakfast places on Sunday mornings due to the high chance of things being really busy and getting poor service.
When we pulled up, we noticed several open seats on the patio, so we were hopeful that there wouldn't be much of a wait to be seated. When we walked in, we were seated instantly inside, and the waitress was at our table within seconds to take our drink order. We grabbed coffees and waters, and they were there, along with a carafe of coffee, within a minute or two - super fast. We both ordered breakfast food - I grabbed a "Double Bite" which included a banana-creme crepe, eggs, meat, and potatoes, and my date grabbed an eggs benedict which came with potatoes and fruit.
I don't think it was 10 minutes and our meals arrived at our table. Our waitress left a bit to be desired - she wasn't the friendliest person on the planet, but we also didn't really need anything either - there was enough coffee in the carafe, and all of the condiments were already on the table. We ate in peace, and the bill came after our plates looked finished, and we were brought the debit machine to pay up. All in all, I think from the time we were seated to the time we left, we were there for 30 minutes or less.
The food was good, but not spectacular. The crepes were more like thin pancakes than authentic french crepes - a bit too thick and doughy? The sausage was good, but generic, and the bacon was tasty but thin. Potatoes were cooked well, but a bit bland. Essentially, I could have made this at home, but for not wanting to cook. The menu boasted some very low-price breakfasts from 6-9 AM, and lunch specials that included soup and coffee in the price.
As a note on the ambience: I feel like EggsOasis is having an identity crisis. Their branding suggests a desert oasis, morning refuge sort of environment. What the interior and the menu suggested were very different. There is a very open concept to the restaurant - essentially four walls, divided by a pony-wall pathway from the entrance to the hostess stand. The beige-coloured restaurant was very loud, even though there were a decent number of empty seats available. The walls were decorated with canvas paintings of food items, as well as Rocky Mountain-inspired oil paintings in ornate wood frames. There were the odd palm frond around the restaurant for greenery as well. Even the menu was sort of all over the place, where you could order "Double bites" (which really had no reason for the name - the plates were neither double-sized, nor offered much different than the standard egg breakfasts), and things such as baked beans and creton spread which were considered "classics". Basically I feel like the restaurant can't decide if it's going to be themed like a generic restaurant from the 80s, a Cora knock-off, or a Denny's (I feel like the Double Bite may just be their version of a Grand Slam?).
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