The Egg at Davidson

Great little restaurant. The food was good and our waitress Tabitha was very personable. We will come back when in this area of town.

Good breakfast & great service from Tabitha! Will definitely go again. Comfortable and homey feeling, nothing over the top. Just what my husband and I were looking for, simple and quaint. Love it!

A good solid breakfast place.
Just to set expectations — nothing fancy but prepared with care, served quickly and friendly staff.
Typical breakfast fare of eggs, pancakes, etc. they do have some lunch selections such as sandwiches and salads.
Definitely recommend this small business to someone that is looking for a nice meal.

Pros: cheap, quick and a lot of choices. Great coffee too! Cons: taste like processed food. Greasy. Rude waitstaff.

If you go for nothing else, the wait staff here will make your day. The food can be so so at times, but the whole experience definitely makes up for it. The egg and corned beef are my favorite. Sidenote: Fantastic hangover recovery location.

Super friendly staff very busy in the morning which is very good cause the food is good as well great place to get a good solid breakfast to start the day.

This review is mostly on the waitstaff, awful. We walked in and approximately 4 employees standing at the counter, awkwardness ensues. The food was ok. We were seated by the window with the unused door, choking on gas fumes and grass clippings from the maintenance people outside. We left. At that point the waitress never came back till she said «anything else»

Counrty fried steak and eggs, b&g, and hash browns (I asked them to over cook them but they didn’t. That seems to be the theme here) were all pretty good!

Somehow, I have ended up eating at The Egg on multiple occasions now. Each time, I wonder to myself why. The food is mediocre and extremely poorly presented. The service is well intentioned but generally incompetent. If you’re looking for a brunch place, you should definitely consider any alternatives before coming here. It’s as expensive as Toast but much less enjoyable.

The Egg vs. Toast — Which is the breakfast joint to eat?
That is the question.
By the looks of the reviews on Toast, Toast is consistently good. Toast is just awesome, with better prepared and quality food.
By the looks of the reviews on The Egg, it is all over the place, some hate it, some love it.
People it boils down to expectations. If you want to go to a social hang out and drop $ 35 for a breakfast of two, Toast is the answer. You will wait 30 minutes, but be rewarded with excellent food, service and a very chic social environment.
On the other hand, if you want a down and dirty $ 15 breakfast that is pretty darn good, I would go to The Egg. Personally, I prefer The Egg, just my style.
Plus, I am a egg, cheese and livermush guy. They serve a killer livermush. The service was quick and friendly. We were there from 9 to 10 am on a Saturday and traffic was high, turnover fast, the place was hopping.

Ate for the first time at the Egg Café. Found the food to be very good, service was excellent and prices are good.
No longer going to Toast Café.

This was our first visit and it will also be our last, sadly. I avoid chains and wanted to try somewhere new so we visited on a Friday morning. There were two waitresses but they obviously needed more staff. It took several minutes for anyone to greet us and then several more for a waitress to come to our table. Unfortunately this inattention continued throughout our trip.
The restaurant is really comfy, with kitschy decorations absolutely everywhere. The coffee cups are a mish mash, every one unique. Unfortunately half the cups on our table were so dirty we wouldn’t use them.
I got the Junkyard but couldn’t eat 75% of it because there was gelatinous egg white running through the whole dish. Conversely, my companion’s eggs were dry and overcooked.

Went there for a late morning meal on August 21, 2014. Two waitresses were very inattentive and we walked out. And what’s truly bad is that they watched as we left. No attempt to correct the situation, nada.
We’ve been there three times before because my daughter is a student at Davidson College. All three times the waitress was unexcited and going through the motions. We have always tipped well, hoping they would be more welcoming the next time — Not!!! Today is the last straw.
Yesterday, I ordered their «homemade» corn beef hash and I couldn’t finish it due to the vinegar taste it had.
Seriously, I got friendlier service in North Jersey.
Maybe they are more welcoming to regulars.
In my opinion this is absentee ownership at work, or a tired, apathetic owner who doesn’t care about his restaurant.
«If one customer leaves happy, he brings in ten more; but if you make one customer unhappy, he drives away 100» Dale Carnegie, How to win Friends and Influence People. Every business owner, no matter what he or she does, should read the book; I paid 50 cents at the flea market.

Must say, not my favorite but won’t rule it out. Went after church hoping to get lunch but only breakfast served on Sun. I am not a big breakfast lover. I had egg, bacon, cheese sandwich. My bread was hard around edges from over toasting. My husband had the western omelette and liked very much. I am Southern and ordered grits and they were cooked perfectly.
They were very busy so took awhile to get our order but the service was excellent except for that. I will go back and try lunch sometime.

I’m sure during really busy times any place gets crazy, so I take some of the reviews on here with a grain of salt. I came here for lunch, 12:15 — 12:45pm, today is Tuesday. My omelet was perfect, they threw seasoned salt on my hash browns which I love. The service can be described in two words, southern hospitality. My only complaint if I could have one is the décor is not my style. But compared to some of the better looking brunch places in davidson the service is miles ahead. Love this place. If they let me redecorate it I’ll give it five stars ;)

We’ve been here on several occasions. Today it was horrible! After waiting almost an hour for our food, watching everyone around us come in, get their food and leave, our food finally arrived. It was horrible. The food was cold and over cooked. The bacon was black, and I’m not sure what was on my plate that they were passing off as country style steak. The eggs and even the home fries were cold. I’m very disappointed and we will never be back again.

Don’t show up expecting the hipster scene you find at Toast. Egg is a modern classic where you can still order liver mush (fried or grilled, I ordered the latter). I was disappointed they did not have country ham even though it was listed on the menu.
Lots of menu options give you an opportunity to eat breakfast or brunch your way no matter how many generations or diets are represented in your party. Also handy in case they are out of country ham and you need to call an audible.
My only other complaint comes from the eggs in my dish. I ordered over-​medium, but got something closer to over-​easy. Next time we visit for brunch I will order over-​well and update the review.
In typical Davidson fashion you need to show up before 10am to avoid the waiting list.
Check it out and let us know what you think!

Okay, but I’ve had better for less money.
Ask them to over cook the hash browns, they didn’t.

I’ve never had a good experience here. Today I was asked to go with a friend (I would never suggest eating here) and relented. They got my order completely wrong– not even close. I waited for my spinach omelet, as my four friends ate (I insisted). What arrived, quickly, was scrambled eggs with spinach– literally SCRAMBLED. I didn’t want to make a fuss so just ate it.
Now, 2 hours later, I am sick to my stomach.
Never again!

Maybe I am just too particular, but I was totally unimpressed with this place. For starters, the coffee was just awful… it was very weak. And the ham and cheese scramble didn’t even have the cheese mixed in — it was served with a semi-​melted slice of american cheese on top of the eggs. The dish would have been so much better had they actually tried to make it look (and taste) more appealing!
On a positive note, it’s easy to get a seat here on busy days, and service is friendly and efficient. I just can’t imagine ever wanting to return with bad coffee and mediocre food.