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| - This was our second time at this restaurant. We were loyal Good Egg patrons for 12 years and were very sad to see them bought out. They had the best food, especially breakfast and wait staff. Their aren't too many stand alone restaurants, especially for breakfast like the Good Egg. That being said, the first time we went to First Watch, we were a little taken aback by the menu. We weren't crazy about our meal but decided to give them another try this morning at the Happy Valley location. We had our little 7 lb Bolognese dog with us so we wanted to sit outside. That and it was a beautiful morning. We waited 25 minutes to be seated. I went and looked at the patio and their were 5 empty tables. We were seated at a table in the shade and asked to be moved to another table more in the sun. The girl who sat us said "you could at least take your menus with you". Really? We couldn't believe it!
We looked at the menu and my husband ordered an omelet and I ordered the Eggs Benedict. Mine came with a side of hash browns. The hash browns were so salty and peppered, I couldn't eat them. I also ordered plain Grits that were orange. Maybe I'm wrong but I've never seen plain Grits be an orange color. My husbands omelette also came with salad. Salad.........really.........for breakfast? So strange! We also ordered a plate of scrambled eggs for our dog and he wouldn't touch them and he loves eggs. That should tell you something!
Then there's the coffee. OMG! It tasted like very bitter old, stale coffee. The carafe wasn't full so we figured maybe we just got the end of the pot or someone else's pot. It was literally un drinkable. We asked our waitress for a new carafe letting her know how bad it was. She brought us a new one and said "let me know if this is not to your liking or else I'll have to make a fresh pot". Wow! #1 she's telling us it's not fresh and #2 she didn't want to be burdened with having to make a fresh pot. The second carafe was just as bad but we didn't say anything. I also asked for creamer and she brought out a little bowl with single serve creamers and the top three were empty!
To sum up, so so Eggs Benedict on a very strange looking English Muffin, an omelet with salad for breakfast, potatoes that we're inedible, disgusting coffee.........twice, eggs our dog wouldn't touch and when our check arrived...........it was $44.00!!!!! Just a bit overpriced for not so good food, empty creamers, disgusting coffee..........twice and the girl seating us made a snide remark that we should have picked up our menus to move tables.
Side note to First Watch, please add some "normal" items to your menu like buttermilk pancakes, more omelet selections, not so much Kale drinks and maybe just some good coffee. We'd be happy to pay your $2.29 for coffee if it were actually good. We'd even settle for decent. It's also pretty bad when we tell the waitress that we miss The Good Egg menu and she says "so do I" This was our second and last time going there. There are just too many better options out there where we will spend half and get a GOOD breakfast.
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