First Watch

Really awesome breakfast! We had the triathlete omelette, the bacado omelette and split a waffle. Everything was great! The coffee was hot and fresh, the food was perfectly prepared and the staff was top notch. Definitely recommend a stop at First Watch!

First off so glad we got in on a Sunday. We visited Newport News, Va twice and never got in! So happy we saw this on Unilocal.Well the waitress is very perky this morning and the coffee is very rich without a burnt roasted taste, yummy. BF ordered Chiliquiles, and me eggs Bene with ham n mater. Wellllll these are my thoughts. The classics: not so great. My Bene muffin was cold and soggy although there was plenty of ham… And hardly any Holidaise to speak of. Wa wa waaaaa. Won’t order that again. Fruit was a nice touch tho. The Mexican dish: the eggs were undercooked for sunny side up and the verde sauce not enuf. He is used to having it with red sauce tho. Soooo the classics sucked. So again we eat all around the country and I give their food a 5 out of 10. If we try them again we will order one of their specialtys. Everyone else seems to be enjoying themselves. It’s also very loud in here so a conversation is tough.

If you feel like waiting an hour (after you sit down, not waiting for a table) to get your food and then have the order wrong then this is your place.
We usually go to the Fairlawn First Watch and have good service every time. Here: not so much.
Two of us went about 9:30AM this past Sunday (which is before the huge rush of people coming from church). We used the online app to get in line and when we got there we were seated promptly. Great so far. The place was full but not to the point where there were 30 people waiting for a table (which is usually the case at most First Watch’s).
Well then it took our server about 7 – 8 minutes to even come over and get our drink order. She returned pretty quickly and took our order. Ordered normal breakfast, nothing special order. And then we waited. And waited. And waited. How long did we wait? Well a table of 7 was seated about 5 minutes after were and they got their food before the two of us! Ridiculous.
Our server came back one time a few minutes after she got our drinks and then she disappeared.
After 25 minutes, I literally had to stand up to get her attention and flat out said ‘where’s our food?’. She then said ‘it’s coming’. About 4 minutes later, someone else came to the table with our food.
And about that food: my wife’s ‘over medium’ eggs were cooked solid (over hard), the cheese on her scramble was brown and crispy and my toast was hard as a rock. It was pretty clear to us that for whatever reason our food was sitting under the warmer for a fair amount of time.
Bonus: I ordered a blueberry pancake to go and ate it today (the next day after we were there). Shocking thing: they got that wrong too. They gave me chocolate chip instead of blueberry.
When I went to pay the cashier asked how things were. I told her that the service was incredibly slow. Her response: ‘I’m sorry, it’s been crazy here with it being Sunday morning’. Well I’m sorry, but you are a restaurant that is only open for breakfast and lunch. How the f do you not know how to deal with being busy??? And as I said before, the Fairlawn location is ALWAYS packed with 20 – 30 people waiting for tables at any given time. Here there was maybe 4 people. That’s your definition of busy? I’d hate to the service when it was really busy because this was pathetic.
Bottom line: terribly slow service and definitely not worth the wait especially for food that wasn’t close to what we ordered.

Amazing place. Cute atmosphere. Great food and lovely coffee. Good food for the price.

Poor quality food for the price. Our food came out cold on a morning that they were not busy. The staff seems uncaring and cold as well. I like First Watch as we have been to several in other cities, but this one is a poor example of that franchise.

We have been several times, good food, but pretty much bad service. It’s very hit and miss. They need to hire people that aren’t just teenagers.

Great place to stop & have breakfast. I went with something clean & healthy. The veggie omelet & potatoes

Waste of time and money. Food way overpriced. Our eggs were cold and server gave us attitude when sent back. $ 56 for bfast for 2 adults and 2 kids. You do the math!

Love the food. Excellent service. Great place for breakfast and brunch. The carrot cake pancakes are amazing. Definitely try them. Only downside so far is they are closed at like 3.

Great place! We need more places like this around town. Good quality food at very reasonable prices and service with a smile. I will definitely be back.

This is new to Macedonia, and my friends had gone to some of the other locations and told me I had to go. The place is way bigger on the inside than it appears from the outside. It is very cute, the service was great, the food was tasty, and the coffee was good. I will be going again.

I went back and forth between 2 and 3 stars, but decided to give them 3.
My experience here was acceptable, and I only have one specific complaint — the quality of the coffee — which is horrendous. They do give you a thermal carafe for the table, which is nice — but you probably won’t need it. I took a few sips and quickly realized that it was undrinkable. I had to go to Starbucks afterwards to get a decent cup of coffee.
The waffle was OK, nothing special. I did find it to be unusually tough to cut through with the provided butter knife. It almost seemed chewy like marshmallow, but the flavor was definitely fine. Bacon was a bit flimsy, but that definitely beats having it burnt. Eggs were exactly as you’d expect.
Based on the food and coffee quality, they were headed for a solid 2-​star rating. However, the quality of the service pushed them over the threshold to 3 stars. I have to say the service was quite good. We were seated immediately (but that could have had something to do with the fact that there were only maybe 3 or 4 occupied tables in the whole place at 7:50 AM — not a good sign), and our waiter was very friendly and attentive.
I’ll give it another shot at some point, but I won’t be rushing back, as there’s plenty of equivalent-​quality places right around the corner from here.

Went for brunch last week. I like First Watch. Nicer option than Bob Evans and other chain breakfast places. Fresh, modern, and great prices. I had one of the specials — crab cakes egg benedict. It was very good. The service was slow and a bit clunky… I imagine it will iron out soon.

The food is fabulous, the service is phenomenal, and the atmosphere is great. We’ll be back weekly at least!

First time at this first watch location. Great service and excellent food.
Lots of healthy breakfast options!