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| - I've been here about 20 times, and still I rate it "meh." I went for these positives:
(1) drinks - great bloody marys, mimosas, and they serve illy coffee
(2) ambiance - I love that it's light, airy & open
(3) decor - modern clean lines
(4) service - very attentive and prompt
(5) outdoor patio access with a great outdoor bar.
The only thing I'm not thrilled about is the food. I've been pleased with the basics - an egg and toast or a plain waffle. But I can make these things at home - the point of going out, to me, is to eat something that's too troublesome for me to make myself.
My main complaints are that the food simply is boring to taste, and they seem to think that tweaking classic dishes is imperative to their brand. But sadly, to me, their take on these classics isn't even close to how good the original is. Some examples- their BLT, Cobb salad, and baked steel cut oatmeal.
The only steel cut oatmeal they offer is baked and sliced in loaves. I tried it, and it was impossibly dry - gulping water didn't even help.
Same with the BLT - it was oddly dry. It also had avocado on it, which is great, however, assembled, the bacon was too dry, the bread too dry, and the other veggies in the sandwich couldn't counterbalance that excessive dryness.
I didn't like the Cobb salad because it was served on field greens lettuce, instead of romaine or even iceberg. Swapping the field greens out didn't work, to me, because the texture of them didn't hold up to the other ingredients. Field greens are too delicate for the traditional Cobb salad ingredients. Again, I found the salad DRY! (How can a salad be dry!?!?) I asked for more dressing, which still didn't seem to make the plate any better.
I wasn't impressed with the omelet I ordered either, on another visit. I had the veggie omelet (onions, peppers, tomatoes, broccoli, mushrooms, cheese), but it had minimal cheese and there wasn't anything special about it - it simply wasn't flavorful.
I know the issue isn't me because I never complain about food being dry elsewhere - I enjoy the food at First Watch, Snooze, and others and don't find their food dry at all.
I loved taking my out of town guests here just for the ambiance and vibe, but I've since stopped because I'm just plain sick of paying for food I don't like. I end up wasting more than half my meal because after so many bites of attempting to resurrect the dish, I just give up and my appetite is spoiled. No ambiance is worth that price. I hate that I don't like their food because I love the idea of visiting with my dog on the patio, how close it is to my home, etc.
The only other negative is that they don't accept reservations.
I've not been back in over a year, but the menu I see online looks to be the same. If the food was better, I'd probably visit every other week because it's so close to where I live, and I truly love the decor, ambiance, and patio.
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