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| - After a Saturday morning workout, I had my mind super set on where I wanted to brunch at 10am but when I arrived and it didn't open until 11am, I was food baby broken. My gf Hailey and I were already on 17th avenue so we decided to look around for other brunch places that opened at 10am - I found that there was a mix of places that opened at 10am and 11am. We browsed a couple menus before we got to Royale. Although the menu says they open at 11am for brunch, there was a sign out front that posted a 10am opening time. We decided to give it a try.
We were the first two guests to arrive for brunch and we decided to sit out on their lovely patio. Still or sparkling water was offered and we were handed menus. They have a small brunch menu: classic bacon and eggs, benedict, omelette, croque madame, quiche and pancakes. Hailey and I were eyeballing the salted caramel pancakes but decided to be semi-good ;) I went with Le bacon & eggs ($14) which came with two poached eggs, two pieces of bacon, herbed potatoes, and a piece sourdough toast with some house made pineapple ginger jam. Hailey went with the Croque Madame ($17) which is a sandwich with ham, béchamel sauce, gruyere cheese and a sunny side egg on top with a side salad.
Being the only ones, food didn't take long. There was maybe a third cup or less of potatoes that were a little too greasy for me, not seasoned well and not crispy. Poached eggs were to my liking and the bacon, was bacon. The sourdough toast was okay; it has some burnt edges but the house made jam made up for that. Hailey liked her Croque Madame but wasn't WOW'd especially when it was recommended by our waitress but really enjoyed the salad it came with.
Overall, the brunch wasn't anything special here, can get the same classic bacon and eggs elsewhere for sure. We had a great view of 17th on the patio and the waitresses were really nice but I didn't love my meal, maybe it was too 'healthy' for me, or maybe I was just hangry?....we will never know. Though, Hailey said she would return because it was a nice light breakfast and didn't feel gouged on the price.
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