Get to Terrace Cafe stat if you are a professional brunch'er life myself. The brunch was delicious.
I've actually been to Terrace Cafe twice. The first time I got the signature red velvet waffle and chicken. It was mediocre at best. Nothing special about the waffle and the breading of the chicken came off as soon as you cut it. I hate that!
So fast forward to six mos later and my brunch crew decided to go to Terrace. I was like cool - I hear folks rave about it, lemme give it a 2nd shot.
The french toasts are awesome. We all got different kinds. Mine was by far the best. It was the seasonal pumpkin. The lemon poppy seed was good, but a little dry. They have removed the banana nut french toast from the menu. We inquired about it and were told it was gone, followed by our server saying "everyone asks about it." So why would they remove something so popular.
So why is this place not 5 stars? Well I can't forget the mediocre first experience. I also hate 'no reservations' and the fact that they won't seat you until your whole party is there. I have a perpetually late girlfriend. 4 of us arrived and waited, and waited and waited...they would not seat us until the 5th got there. That is an annoyance. I can understand why, but they'd rather leave those booths empty then seat us. Here's why I say that. When girlfriend finally arrived we were seated upstairs in the only tables (booths actually) that could accommodate more then 4 people...well all of the booths were empty. So my question is why 'hold' them and make us wait in the coffee bar. Did they think we were lying about having the 5th person? It just didn't make sense and was irritating. They also got one of the orders wrong. Service seemed frazzled. We never had the same server twice actually.