Matt's Big Breakfast is located in a little building on the corner of 1st Street and Garfield. It is always packed and if you don't arrive before roughly 9AM you will wait for a table. Luckily we were able to get the last table on a recent Saturday. It is at this moment that our luck ran out.
I have said this before: there are only a handful of breakfast spots in downtown Phoenix so to hear people tell it, this is the greatest breakfast place in the world. However, this analysis is false, the breakfast is average at best and is elevated in lieu of other options.
There is parking located behind the building and all along the streets. At various times a song would come on the speakers inside and drown out the chatter, and then silence for 10 minutes. Maybe we came on an off day.
Perhaps someone can help me with something, I ordered the hash browns and they tasted as if they were smothered in vanilla or something sweet. This was immediately off-putting and I could not tell if this was intended but it ruined the whole experience. I did like the jam they served with the sourdough toast, it was probably the best part of the meal.
Ordinarily I would ask a server about this strange flavor choice for the hash browns but it was so incredibly busy that waiting 10 minutes for a water refill seemed to signal to me that I should just move on with my day.
I tried the salami scramble and there massive chunks of sopressata haphazardly tossed in a mountain of eggs. It came with potatoes on the side, they were tasteless and I couldn't finish them.
I may return to try their lunch menu at some point but I will not eat breakfast here again unless forced to.