First Watch

I’ve been to another First Watch location that I really was not a fan of. This location changed my mind.
Met my parents here for a late lunch. We just missed the lunch crowd and we seated right away. My mother likes privacy so she asked if we could sit far back in the restaurant; they were very kind and seated us in the back.
Being on a new diet, I wanted to see if I can do some protein style breakfast/​lunch that wasn’t too bad. I couldn’t believe all the choices I had to order from. I got a chorizo/​avocado omelette that was just outstanding. Both my parents love their food and to top it off, we had a great server!

I would give this restaurant 3-​stars because the food was great (5-​stars). The kitchen seems to know what they are doing. Having said that, I would give the environment 1-​star, specifically the manager that was running the cash register yesterday on Sunday. She was very thin and had blond straggly hair.
One of her male servers approached her at the cash register regarding a table mixup that had happened and she very loudly told him to «shut up Jarrod». I believe that was his name. I doubt I was the only person who heard this, as it happened near the wait area. There were roughly 15 people in the wait area at this time, for good reason. The food was great. They were obviously not here to see this woman who ruined a perfect experience for us. I kept an eye on her because I was astonished that she would speak to her staff like this. She appeared to be on some sort of drugs. She was grinding her teeth and making very odd movements.
I dont know how far a review like this goes up the corporate ladder but I would assume that the company wants to move forward in a positive manner. I doubt she is the pathway to this positive future. I would definitely come back… if she wasn’t there.
Thanks,
Janice K.

No other breakfast compares! Service is just as amazing. Cheap, fast, delicious, friendly and clean? What more could you want from where you eat?!

Always a pleasure eating breakfast here very humble customer service n good food. Always alot of peeps n only a breakfast joint. Luv it! Fair prices, n pretty good portions.

Great food and great service. Love finding little gems like this place when I travel! Had the kale juice and cherry chicken quinoa bowl. Delish!

I don’t get the reviews.
Short line this AM, quickly seated. Promptly served cold decaf (in thermos pot). Wife ordered benny with HARD eggs, emphasized hard several times as soft turns her stomach. Arrived soft — no one bothered to check. They offer a remake, of course, so now we get to enjoy going out to watch each other eat — together.
My steak and eggs, ordered med-​rare comes out blue rare and tough. Egg yolk is broken. Potatoes are cooked to death and hard. Toast and coffee was fine.
Waitress comes back with remade benny, wife tells her my steak is rare, she asks if I want it remade. I put it on the side plate and tell her she can take it to the kitchen to toss it out. She seems offended by my attitude. Can’t include my inside voice thoughts here.
She returns a couple of minutes later and tells us the manager comps the bill. Never saw or heard from the manager. Never saw her again.
In my experience, there’s a lack of standards here or this many mistakes wouldn’t have happened in a single visit. It’s an egg place, you’d think they’d have that part figured out.
The manager never bothered to make an appearance, perhaps of the view that your best course of action is to buy off the unhappy customers and hope they don’t come back.
You win.
The lesson here is that if you dine here, and your food doesn’t live up to the menu, complain a bit and you’ll get to eat (sort of) for free!
Probably not as bad as this experience, but there’s lots of ‘at least as good’ options in the area.

I’m so glad they open this place near my house, I was getting tired of IHOP. I love this place because they have healthy choices. I always get the avocado, tomato hash it’s so good I love it. Their green juice is also very good.

We visited this place on our way home from a thanksgiving getaway. Wait times were short, and the food was incredible.
I ordered the Acapulco Experess ($ 9.29), and it was the most perfectly made omelet that I have EVER had.
Mother had biscuits and gravy since they had turkey sausage, stepfather ordered the same.
Would come back anytime I’m in Phoenix.

Best. Breakfast. Joint. Ever!!! Their food has such a homemade taste to it. It’s always fresh and if there is ever a problem (which there almost never is), they fix it immediately. I always have Michelle as my waitress. Her and the rest of the staff are always so nice. If you haven’t tried it, you need to!

We came here on a Monday morning around 9 – 9:30. There was no wait. Our sever Jared was the best. My meal was just enough. I had the pumpkin pancake. The syrup was served in a glass bottle that had been warmed. Loved that touch. I am told the crepes were light and wonderful. My sweetie loved his potato dish. I’m a huge fan of breakfast. This place served both breakfast and lunch dishes. If ever in Phoenix again I will be back.

Was in area for business trip and ended up eating several time here. Every thing was fresh and well made.
Even made it a point to go back special just to try their much and was not disappointed.

First time. … Fanfreakingtastic!!! ½ sandwich ½ salad.. the Monterey Club is great but the Pecan Dijon Salad is phenomenal!!! Open from breakfast brunch and lunch. This is a great little spot on the frontage road heading north of Dunlap. This is a definite must try. Travis was a great server. Didn’t try the juice bar but I will definitely be back.

First Watch was like an upscale, healthy Denny’s/IHOP for older people. There was a variety of breakfast items ranging from omelets/​pancakes to «quinoa bowls» and watermelon cucumber smoothies. My husband had the decadent French Toast Monte Cristo which he really enjoyed and I had a pleasant but bland egg-​white Tri-​Athlete Omelet stuffed with mushrooms and sauteed onions. I substituted my English Muffin for what turned out to be a stodgy biscuit that wasn’t worth the calories. However, the homemade strawberry jam was!
Our waiter, Jared, was friendly, high energy and efficient.
There was an overwhelming number of senior citizens when we went here. Maybe this restaurant is near a retirement area? Anyways, the First Watch staff were so nice to all the patrons with canes and health issues. As busy as he was, Jared even sat down for a minute to have a friendly chat with an elderly lady regular who had recently had some kind of fall.

First time here, and had a good experience. The menu is sure to have something for everyone, including those with allergies to eggs and tomatoes (present in almost all standard breakfast items), vegetarians, and kids. See pictures of the menu in this review.
Service was good and the ambiance was nice, and not loud and crazy like at most other major brunch places. My wife said it reminded her of The Good Egg, only better. :-)

I had the avocado, tomato, bacon hash and it was delicious. My bf got an omelette, we can’t remember what it was called. He also said his food was good. Service was just okay it took them a while to get our drinks.

We had a very beautiful first time experience here!
Our server was prompt and super friendly.
I loved the menu options! And what we ordered was phenomenal and very fresh tasting. I would definitely recommend and return!

I came in here in hopes for good breakfast. The drink kales tonic was delicious. But the bubbas Benny that I had wasn’t as good. The potatoes were alright. The large amount of gravy basically masked the taste for sausage and eggs. On the brighter side of things was the staff did an excellent job of taking care of the customer.

Delicious breakfast and very accommodating to larger parties. I had the Triathlete and it was more than enough, very flavorful, and great option for a person being mindful of calories. Love that we had hot coffee right at the table the whole time versus the server allowing the carafe to get cold. Our server was very nice and we will definitely be back soon – I am really wanting to try the breakfast tacos!

Super friendly and nice service with lots of healthy (–ish, let’s be honest we ordered the Monte Cristo French Toast) breakfast and lunch options. We split the Market Hash (yum!), the Monte Cristo French Toast (perfect balance of salty and sweet), and I got a Kale Tonic (which my love took a hard pass on and I quite enjoyed). Wish it was closer to where we live as we would come here all the time!

Whoa, had no idea about First Watch or it’s convenient location near school!
Came here to meet with a couple classmates and grabbed a juice from their Summer menu, I’m not a huge fan of really sweet juices and went with the «Kale Tonic». The juice came out in a reasonable amount of time despite the place being packed for breakfast and tasted fantastic! It mostly tasted like apples which I love, with the Kale flavor of course. It consists of Kale, Fuji Apple, Cucumber and Lemon. Absolutely delicious and refreshing for only $ 3.99, take that Whole Foods!
Definitely going to come back here for breakfast or brunch, their menu carries a bunch of healthy breakfast choices for great prices! Plus the service here is great, all smiles and friendly!