First Watch

If you want consistently great, fresh breakfast anytime between 7AM and 2:30PM, First Watch is your place! I work very close to this one and it’s in my top 5 lunch spots. What I love most about it is it’s not only delicious every time, but many of their menu items are healthy and can be tweaked for the calorie conscious. Subbing egg whites is free in all their omelets!
First Watch Springdale is almost always busy, although I’ve rarely waited more than a minute or two for a table. Parking can be laborious, but well-​rewarded once you get inside. Coffee is served by the carafe alongside a variety of flavored and plain half-​and-​half. Coffee service would only be better if they could start an IV drip! The menu has quite a selection, from classic breakfasts to burgers and wraps.
I’ve tried a few other things but almost always get the Tri-​Athlete Omelet because it’s super low-​cal and filling. On this particular trip though I got the Greek Fetish Omelet with egg whites. It comes with dressed greens or potatoes and an English muffin. I opted for the greens, but they put potatoes on the plate instead. The server had already caught it and brought me the plate with potatoes on it but then quickly returned with the greens. Oh darn, such a shame to have to eat potatoes too! They were crispy and cooked perfectly. I love the dressed greens, too. They have just enough dressing and taste delicious. The omelet was crazy-​good. Feta and eggs is always a win!
Already looking forward to my next meal here!

Cody was our server and did a great job. I always feel eating at First Watch that I am in a upper class restaurant. Service is always good and it seems like it just comes natural to them. Food was good as usual and plenty of it. Very good place to bring out of town friend/​relatives cause you can count on them. Thanks !

What a great meal! I was in the mood for a hearty breakfast and found this place on Unilocal close to the hotel. They had a watermelon drink with beets, English cucumbers, and carrot with a touch of lime blended together. And ‘oh my’ that was so refreshing and flavorful.
The eggs benedict was packed with turkey and avocado and topped with Hollandaise sauce. The Keywest crêpe was good too but way too much food. I was full for many hours after that.

I enjoyed a late brunch at First Watch on Sunday morning. The restaurant was crowded, but the hostess did a great job to get me seated quickly.
I ordered the tri-​fecta (banana granola crunch pancake, apple chicken sausage, and scrambled eggs) and the first watch potatoes. It was delicious.
The service I received was outstanding. My drink was always full and I was offered a to go drink.
The only reason I rated this 4 instead of 5 stars is that I feel $ 15 for brunch at a place like this is too much.

Their half salad half sandwich is such a great deal. And if you pick up they’ll have it ready in less than 10 minutes.

Just went here for breakfast, and the service was unbelievably quick. Taking the busy breakfast hour into consideration, our food came out within 10 minutes of ordering. I got the «Tri-​fecta» which includes either an enormous pancake, or two slices of sourdough french-​toast. I chose the french toast. I also got my two eggs cooked over-​medium, as well as two slices of bacon. The meal was top of the line breakfast food. The coffee was great, and our waitress was very accomodating. I recommend this location to all breakfast lovers out there!

Hey, fellow Unilocalers. On about May 18, 2015, I wrote a review about my visits to a few of the First Watch restaurants in Cincinnati, Ohio. To their credit, First Watch Customer Service Management posted the following comment in response to my Unilocal review of their business. Click below to read the «Comment by Customer Service M. of Null:» Happy Unilocaling!

Very fresh and great food, they even accommodated my request for customization no problem!
I’m taking one start off because our soup was too cold and they got my order wrong, but the server was happy to help and they fixed everything in no time!
Absolutely loved their fresh squeezed OJ!
Tip: Please try to train the staff on menu better, I requested a dish that I saw on Unilocal and was told it’s a seasonal dish and isn’t available. However, I saw the same dish described on the board on my way out. No complaints though since I loved the other dish I ordered.

Food is clean and decent in taste. Although displayed nicely, it was on more expansive side for sandwich and salad. Sandwich is very small for the price.

Can’t go wrong with first watch breakfast. I’ve been here a couple of times and the food is always excellent as well as the service.
Love to order the chickenchanga which completely fills me up but I still try to nibble off of my girlfriend’s pancakes because they are just so flavorful. I also like that they have some filling healthy choices if you’re trying to watch your figure.
Always a good day when you start with first watch!

The quality of the food is top notch and staff is very friendly. They make some if the best omelets I ever had in a restaurant, my favorite is the cajun chicken omelet. They get very busy after 9 so go before then to avoid the rush.

They also seem to do a good job with having inventive and creative dishes. They have the staples, but also seasonal offerings. My favorite was the banana crème brulee waffle ithat was for the summer season. I also like the power up breakfast. which is an egg white frittata with swiss cheese, turkey sausage, mushrooms, and onions. Scrumdiddlyumtious!!! The only problem with this one is the parking. There is not e nough and there is no surrounding areas to park. If you happen to get lucky and not sit like an eagle for a spot, then you still have to wait inside at peak times. But the ambiance is nice so it might be worth it for a little while.

I’m not sure how to rate First Watch. They have an extensive breakfast menu. Many options sounded really good. I had trouble deciding what to order. It’s nice that they brought out a pitcher of water and one of coffee. Several different flavored creamers are available. Our server was nice. Unfortunately, the food wasn’t quite there.
I had the eggs Florentine with potatoes. The eggs were overcooked, while the potatoes were closer to undercooked. They were at the stage where they are edible, but they still felt kind of hard and had a bit of that raw potato taste. My husband thought the same of his potatoes.
Based on how busy they were, I want to believe this was a fluke. We will try again another time.

Woohoo! Best Sunday Brunch spot we’ve been to since we left Brooklyn! Sooooo glad we found this place! I love that it’s Brunch, the whole Brunch, and nothing but the Brunch. Win.
At 10:30 on a Sunday, we had hardly any wait. Our server, Chris, was awesome. Friendly but sincere. Attentive but not hover-​y. And on our way out he said I was «crazy beautiful», which would normally creep me out, but he was so polite and genuine that I was very flattered. The other folks working there who weren’t responsible for our table were also very courteous and helpful. Great service!
The restaurant definitely has a chain feel to it, but the quality of the service and the down-​home realness of the food makes it feel like a hole-​in-​the-​wall mom and pop place. Speaking of food… SO. GOOD. It was all absolutely divine. Perfect. And very reasonably priced! We decided within 30 seconds of perusing the menu that we would have to frequent the place so we would try all the scrumptious-​looking menu options!
There is literally no good reason not to come to First Watch. I wish they were open for dinner — I could really go for some eggs and a ham steak right about now!

Wonderful breakfast place. And they have Halloween costume going on. Too much rush, may have to wait for 15 – 20 mins but that’s okay for a good place. I went to west Chester one.

Always good service and the food is outstanding no matter what I order. However my go to is the BLTE… I dream about it sometimes…

This place has quick and friendly service, and decent food.
I give this place three stars because it has everything a breakfast place should, but it is not stellar. Four/​five stars would be for fancier dining, but it your looking for a good middle-​of-​the-​road place, First Watch is it!
I got the Trifecta which included 2 eggs, sausage, and a pancake. The pancake was super fluffy and was excellent. I could not finish it, it was so big!
I will give lots of kudos to the waitress. When my coffee wasn’t very hot, she replaced it immediately with freshly brewed, steaming coffee. She was attentive the whole time and very sweet.
I would recommend First Watch for a quick and solid breakfast. Reasonably priced too!

A chain, albeit a tasty breakfast/​brunch spot that occasionally makes the rotation, and why not? The food is good.
Menu seems to have been updated in recent years.
This particular location is fairly large so you might not wait as long as you do at some of the others, particularly on weekends. We waited less than ten minutes on our last visit.
Servers are very friendly.

Great breakfasts for someone like me whose eating habits are a bit particular.
Veggie omelette with no cheese and a side salad… always delicious!!! Add a side of bacon and I’m a happy guy.
I’ve eaten here before I ‘got particular’ and the variety is amazing. The service is always great. Parking can be a hassle when they are busy, which is often, but Saturday and Sunday mornings are the worst. Get there early.

Love First Watch! When my kids would have late start at school, I would take them there as a special treat. I usually get one of the Eggs Benedict dishes simply because I wouldn’t be making it at home and it’s great! Recently they added a quinoa
power bowl dish that is just amazing and they just added another quinoa dish that I haven’t tried yet, but will next time I go. Friendly wait staff, too.