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| - So, here's the deal... and I kind of feel bad for only two stars...
We went here for breakfast. And the breakfast was okay. It was... well... average. I'm no cook- I'm a career girl. But my breakfasts made at home KILL over what we got. I was expecting breakfasty fireworks and culinary glory after a week of dieting and restraint. It was a rare Sunday morning alone with my husband... no kids for a few glorious hours... and we decided to monumentally Have Breakfast.
I, of course, consulted my fellow Yelpers, who are generally the smartest, best, and brightest in the world... and having been to Giant Hamburgers for,well, a Giant Hamburger,years previously (which was FREAKING AMAZING) I thought that I could not go wrong in suggesting this place to my husband. Many Yelpers highly recommended G.H. for breakfast so HOW could we go wrong? And off we went.
Between the two of us, we were able to sample a fair range of food.
Okay, so the toast was just cheap bread (think 2 loaves for $1 at a bread outlet... it shreds apart when you look at it sideways) the eggs were very plain and bland... bacon was okayyyyy (and I love bacon with an unholy passion so it's rare that bacon doesn't blow my skirt up) but just cheap, thin cuts, not particularly underdone but not the usual glory that bacon is. I will say that I did somewhat enjoy the biscuits and gravy, but I would swear to you on any religious book that the biscuits were pre-packaged generic, not fresh/hand-made.
The staff there is truly nice, and I like the personal service. Saying hello. Eye contact. Genuine niceness. This was consistent with my experience there a few years back, and it hasn't changed. This kind of services is worth BUCKETS of cred in my book.
What I *SEVERELY DISLIKED* was being the only english-speaking people in the restaurant for the last 15 minutes of our stay. At one point, all the staff were speaking spanish, and after one older couple left, all of the diners were speaking spanish, and it was as though we had been transported to someplace nestled deep inside the manky heart of Guadalupe. But without great food. It was uncomfortable enough that we finished up, left some food behind, and bailed a little quicker than we probably would have.
So, although I am a big fan of the Giant Hamburgers at Giant Hamburger... I just didn't feel all the breakfasty love that other reviewers did.
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