With me, its usually either serious love, or burning hatred.
And while i dont quite feel burning hatred for Eggspectations, this feeling certainly is not love.
First off - the name. I just cant with that name. Seriously? Eggspectations?
Second, as mentioned by a bunch of others - this place is always packed to the brim. And in my experience, this has always resulted in sardine can/sauna like conditions. Kind of gross, and way too loud. Especially when all I came here to do was shake away my hangover ills.
And my third gripe? The food is majorly meh. Its not good and its not bad. I think that angers me more than if something straight up sucks...because at least something that sucks conjures up a few intense emotions. this place is the culinary equivalent of a quaalude.
The benedicts Ive had here have been pretty forgettable (ive had the Florentine, the Classic and the California), and the scrambled eggs - quite run of the mill. I couldnt really tell you anything "eggstraordinary" about the grilled potatoes. Theyre grilled. Potatoes,
If you like you can come over to my place instead, and ill let you pay me $15 a head to sit in my laundry room in July while I whip up some scrambled eggs and white toast for you.
I dont get why this place is so popular - but i guess some of you like it. You could certainly do worse - but with so many exciting options out there - you should be doing better.