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| - This review is kind a tale of two aspects of the restaurant. Let's start with the positive - the food (which is what you come here for in the first place). And it was awesome. Our group had the breakfast croissant sandwich (with scrambled eggs and ham), the eggs benedict and a short stack of pancakes. Everything was great. The sandwich had perfectly prepared eggs with melty cheese and flavorful ham. The croissant was huge and delicious. Just the right amount of flakiness. The short stack of pancakes were perfectly done and delicious. As for the benedict, it was awesome. The hollandaise sauce was excellent, the eggs were perfect. Just delicious. With the exception of the short stack, the dishes came with excellent seasoned potatoes. Easily five-star food and one of the top two breakfast meals we've had since moving here last year.
Now the negative - the service. Our waitress was really clueless, while drinks were served promptly, after our order was taken the waitress disappeared for like 10 minutes and then came back to tell us she forgot to put the order in. We got a half-hearted apology, but clearly it amused her too because she giggled throughout. So she walks over to the machine and starts typing in the order, then has to flee back because she can't read what she wrote down for one of the order. Our food did come out fairly quickly after that, but she dropped the plates off in a hurry and wandered off before I could even tell her that we had no silver ware. So we had to wait for her to wander back to get that. I realize that everyone has bad days and mistakes happen, but the sheer volume of screw ups here was unacceptable. One-star (at best) for the service.
Given that great food and abominable service, I'm going to split the difference and give Cracked Egg 3 stars. I'm sure we will be back at some point, because the food was great, but the service was certainly concerning.
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