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| - 2.5 stars. Despite the promise of their cringe-inducing "eggcellence in eggxotic" food motto, this restaurant has a pretty standard menu for a breakfast specialty joint. The place lacks the charming over-exuberance of Cora's or the gritty authenticity of Nellie's. The menu and presentation is very reminiscent of Cora's, with pancakes, scrambles, crepes, etc. served with fresh fruit.
Seeing how it was lunchtime, I opted for the one of the lunch specials (which I had to hunt down as the waitress didn't bring the specials insert). The deluxe burger platter special came with soup, tea/coffee, Caesar salad, home fries. The soup was a good start, cream of mushroom with large recognizable pieces of 'shrooms. The burger and sides were really big, and based on the tables around me, this carries across the whole menu. Unfortunately, the theme is quantity over quality, as the salad was flavourless, the fries undercrisped, and the burger just passable flavourwise. I McGyver'ed the burger with one of the table side peanut butter packets, so this redeemed it somewhat.
In sum, this place is generic suburban styled, feeds you a lot, but leaves something to be desired on food preparation. In a crowded market, EggsOasis needs to step it up to distinguish itself.
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