I visited T. C. Eggington's while in Arizona for a family get-together.
My first impression was not great. We stood around by the front desk for 5 minutes while the staff tried to avoid noticing we were there. Five minutes doesn't sound like a lot, but it's an eternity while waiting around for the hostess to notice you.
We were finally seated and had a nice, but distracted, waiter assigned to our table.
We started with what I have come to think of as typical Arizona coffee: bland, medium-roast Folgers-style. It was my first coffee in AZ, so I was surprised at how awful it was. I've realized since then that it's just how Arizonians prefer it and drink it.
We waited a long time for breakfast to be served. The coffee cups sat around empty for long stretches and we had to remind the waiter to refill them.
My breakfast was mostly worth the wait. I ordered the pear omelet. The combination of mild sweetness in a perfectly cooked omelet with Havarti cheese and a dash of bacon is fall-out-of-my-chair delicious. The potatoes were cold and pale. Be sure to try the apple cinnamon preserves. Very tasty and original. Lots of breakfast places have their own salsa, but their own jam recipes? Not many! You don't want to miss this one on your English muffins.
The restaurant was not busy, so I have no idea why the service was such a wreck and the food was rather inconsistent. We were visiting Arizona for a graduation, so it could be that some of the staff was looking forward to their own graduation that weekend, or had been out late the night before.
I'd give TC Eggington's another chance when back in AZ.