The Good Egg – Union Hills

My first trip to this restaurant. Service was good. Prices reasonable. I had the classic eggs benedict which were so-​so. Good choices on the breakfast menu otherwise. Coffee was decent. Overall, I did not find the food worthy of making a regular trip back here when there are many other choices for breakfast.

My husband and I had a late breakfast at the Good Egg, Union Hills this week and I don’t want to let the opportunity to pass without expressing how much fun we had at this occasion. We were celebrating our January birthdays, so had a coupon for a buy one get one offer. Our waitress, Emily, was so cheerful, sincere and accommodating. She promptly brought us our beverages and then stayed around to answer questions about menu items, since we hadn’t been there since First Watch had remodeled the restaurant. My husband wanted to try one of the fresh, healthy juice drinks and she recommended the carrot mixture. It was pretty to look at and he found it both unique & delicious. I had a hard time choosing an entrée since her suggested options all sounded spectacular (especially the seasonal salmon eggs benedict). However, I am sure I made the right choice with the light spinach/​avocado/​mushroom/​Jack CREPE-​EGGS. The crepes were served omelet style with an English muffin/​poppy seed dressing and fresh fruit dish. It was delicious! My husband felt his Four Peaks French toast was the superior dish, but I beg to differ… Refills and condiments were delivered rapidly and the whole experience was a lot of fun. Service was excellent. The décor is light, rustic/​modern and very well planned out with a nice outdoor dining area. It’s great to find such a lovely breakfast place nearby and we won’t have to drive into Phoenix to entertain friends. We will make breakfast at the Good Egg part of our dining habit :-) and I hope you’ll give them a try.

We’re looking for a breakfast place, so of course how do pass up a place with the word EGG in its name???
There was a substantial number of people waiting outside, good good. The 20 minute wait flew by. The interior was open and airy. The menu is quite simple, filled with simple breakfast and brunch items.
I’m working thru a head cold so I wanted an entrée with lots of flavor and seasoning to battle the no-​taste buds I had. Macho Nachos and Erik got Eggs Benny. I also ordered the Cucumber Mint Refresher.
So while waiting I couldn’t help but look around. Of the three servers buzzing around us, each one looked so pissed and annoyed to be doing what they were doing. No one smiled and seriously does this place intentionally hire people with bitchy resting face?
Our orders came out and mine looked amazing. I couldn’t wait to stab the over easy eggs and watch the runny yolks well, run. Except they didnt, run. They stayed pretty still, solid even.
Look, my life is pretty boring. I don’t get to go out into the wee mornings and let my hair down, I don’t have celebrity sightings (anymore), and battling this cold i am just makijg it day by day… and so when I order over easy with the anticipation of runny yolks, well, I want runny yolks. Disappointment runneth over. Like how I wanted my eggs. Erik was somewhat disappointed with the potatoes on his plate… they were crushed up and seared, with not much seasoning. But can I just say the Cucumber Refresher was perfect.
So well, I’m not from this area and I wouldn’t necessarily say it was a bad breakfast. I would just probably get up some super courage to ask for the eggs to be made to my order. Otherwise, go and try it for yourself… I don’t think you’ll leave disappointed.

Not impressed. Had the Bacado. Eggs were «rubbery». Flavorless everything else. Also, restaurant décor has changed. Seating is uncomfortable and now has a cold and uninviting feel to it. We used to frequent this restaurant a lot. I think this was my last visit.

Food was fair. Have had much better at other places for a whole lot cheaper! Eggs benedict runny, eggs were cooked hard… couldn’t wait to have it remade, as had an appt. Will NEVER RETURN. Greg only bright spot of that gross experience.

I came here craving an old favourite, The Crabby One, but instead found that it was bought by First Watch. The menu is some combined version of the two, and it looks like they got rid of all the amazing menu items that made The Good Egg my favourite breakfast joint. So I ordered a veggie white omelet with Brie and it was almost gross. Zero flavor, steamed veggies with no salt. If there was cheese, I never saw it. My husband got an eggs Benedict and the egg was cooked well, but the sauce wasn’t rich, the ham was lunchmeat and wasn’t thick, and the hollandaise was to lemony. No seasoning either. Total fail. And we paid $ 31 for unflavored food and two cups of black coffee. Most expensive gross breakfast I’ve ever had. I won’t be going back. If you used to love The Good Egg, I would stay away.

This is the only place I will drink orange juice. I despise oranges but I could drink Good Egg orange juice all day. The pancake is absolutely perfect and fluffy. It’s so huge that my mom and I split it whenever we go. Good Egg eggs are cooked perfectly as well. I want to take one of the cooks home with me and force them to make me breakfast everyday. I love the Good Egg.

My favorite place for breakfast. French Toast and eggs benedict are fantastic! We have been coming here for years.

The good egg is yummy!!! The grains, nuts and fruit bowl is delish. Also the biscuit and gravy breakfast was very yummy. It’s busy in the weekends but very quiet on weekdays.

Food here is always great. See my photo regarding the New Fresh Juices. If you are like me then you expect a full glass of juice. Instead I got a full glass of ice with half a glass of juice. I was told they could’t accommodate me and fill up the glass with super tasty juice. Boo.
The side kick pancakes were amazing as usual so I can’t say more than I have. Some tips: be prepared for a long wait due to the popularity of Good Egg in general. The coffee is fantastic and the noise is average considering the number of patrons.

A good solid breakfast place.
It’s not going to change your life but sometimes you just want someone else to make you bacon!
The food was good, the place was clean and the restaurant was well staffed.
I would recommend this place to anyone that wants to have breakfast out but would like something way better than an IHOP etc.

This afternoon made a great find at 1:30 PM on «Mother’s Day» upon leaving the Arrowhead Mall with my wife & two sons! «The Good Egg.» Waiter Greg gave us fast & Frienly service and plenty of extra time to eat, as we were a little close to closing. The house sandwiches and salads were very fresh & delicious. The ice tea perfect and a flowers for my wife!

This place is by far my favorite place for breakfast food (I will explain the 4 stars only later). The menu is just the right size and everything on it is cooked well. I really enjoy how the specials change and sometimes are off the menu items and/​or seasonal. The pancakes are amazing and you can add a small plate of them to any entrée for only $ 1?! Wow. Also, the coffee is pretty good!
The only reason I can’t give 5 stars is 2 fold: weekend wait time in the small waiting area + summer = nightmare (wait is obviously a sign of good food/​service). And, occasionally you run into some very rude employees. The second problem has gotten WAY better with time. :)

Popular breakfast place on the NW side of town. The wait was long but the place was pretty packed. I tried the lumberjack skillet. It came with two eggs, potatoes, peppers, bacon, ham, sausage, and cheese. My meal was okay. The portion was about right. Not too big and not too small. The price was average for the fare. I asked for over easy eggs and received over medium. Not a huge deal but kind of on par with the whole experience.
Good Egg is a good name as it was good. Not great, not bad… pretty much just okay. Probably would come back sometime but nothing I’d highly recommend.

What I ordered was actually pretty good I’m not going to complain. It’s better than a lot of other places as well. I wrote a bad review another good egg that I ate up but it’s probably just the food that they serve me at that place. This what I ordered is actually really good and I would recommend it it’s not bad it’s better than any I hop out there or Denny’s for pretty much the same price. It was pretty feeling as well. The service was nice as well and I have to think the manager from the downtown location she hooked me up with the free on the house breakfast lunch or dinner I just want to give a shout I’ll turn say thank you for changing my mind away I think about the good egg. Just because one a bad experience does that mean it’s always going to be bad.

Fresh squeezed orange juice for $ 5 was a bit pricey but it was wonderful OJ!
The skillets (Lumberjack and Baked Potato) were wonderful. The hash is more home fry ish but it actually lead to a very good texture with the skillet. The service was very nice and attentive. I am very glad to come to this every time I am in AZ.
They even have a frequent diner card, and on Mondays you get double stamps.

Been here about 10 times… each time I’ve had a good experience and left way too full. They have such good food! What I really love is the option to make everything healthy. I don’t eat out for breakfast much because I’m so picky but at The Good Egg you have options. So I’ll get wheat pancakes with sugar free syrup, egg white, and hash browns (that’s not good I know, but my fave). Most of the servers are courteous, we had one that was not so amazing, but she could have just been having a bad day, we’re all human! Nice little place to grab a bite after the gym or a hike on a Saturday morning.

We needed to eat where we thought we’d be able to order a meal low in sodium. We came as close as possible, but overall it was still around 700 mg of sodium. However, the waitress was very patient and helpful and the cook was more than willing to prepare potatoes without butter and salt. This really made a huge difference!
Plus, they have a binder with a complete nutritional breakdown of their menu items. Viewing this also helped. All restaurants should offer this feature to customers.
Our food was tasty and the atmosphere was pleasant. It is a very clean and well lighted space.
I would have given this restaurant 5 stars, but I found it a bit expensive.
We would eat. Here again. It was an overall good experience.

If I could rate the service for this specific location less than zero, I would. It should not have taken an hour to get our food when my party was 2 out of 8 people in the entire restaurant.
Let’s start with the poor management. Apparently a business meeting they were doing a catering pickup order for was miscommunicated and was actually a drop off. So instead of sending a busser or back of house prep cook, the manager decides to send 2 of the 3 servers to the drop off. How do I know this? Everyone did, as the manager was literally yelling on the phone for EVERYONE to hear. How hard is 10 people for one server you ask? In my opinion not much at all, but you may need to tell that server that she needs to pick up the other tables as the other two servers left.
Here’s where the fun begins, 5 – 6 parties show up at once and at this time the one server still hasn’t made rounds to the abandoned tables to take their orders. You would think the manager would step up and wait some tables, however she was busy telling new potential customers that «we cannot seat you. We only have one server» as their confused faces looked upon 30+ open tables. At this time, two parties that were seated half an hour ago were walking out because their orders haven’t been taken yet.
As for the food. They earned 3 stars for my girlfriend’s plate as it was subpar and a 1 star for mine. It takes much skill to burn and under cook potatoes at the same time. Maybe that’s worthy of 5 stars. The cook’s a magician nonetheless. My chorizo had the consistency of tofu and was deemed inedible. I do like tofu but not when it’s advertised as pork. I will not be returning until the under new management sign appears.

I’ve only had two things off of the menu, so my review is pancake-​based.
I’m 240 pounds of beard and man and with that being said, I can’t ever finish more than ¾ of a short stack. The portions are HUGE! I like the whole wheat option, as well as being able to select different nuts, or oats, fruits, or even chocolate chips to add to the pancakes. The real maple syrup option is the deal-​sealer.
Our service here has always been good as well. When you’ve been here enough times, they’ll start to worry when you don’t come as often. Ha!
For my fellow gym goers: They have one of the healthiest breakfast menus you can find. I’m into heavy lifting, so I love coming here to carb up. (Obviously…pancakes)
Give this place a visit when you get out of the gym, or when you’re in the area!