Grant T.
Yelp
Infinity Brunch Club Outing #7: Bad Egg
For the seventh outing of our brunch club, we opted to go for something slightly cheaper. A lot of people had heard about Bad Egg, so we decided to go here. I made the booking well in advance, so they knew we had a large party coming...
We arrived early, and our table was still occupied. Okay fine, but when the time for our booking came around (2 pm), our table was still occupied. Instead of moving other completely empty tables together that could have held our party, they insisted on making us wait for our table, so we were seated slightly late. Okay fine, but then we were left waiting another 15 minutes without a server coming by at all. So we sat there for 15 minutes with no booze, no water and no attention. This wasn't starting out well...
When the server finally came around, we ordered our food. The deal is this: For £32.50, you get unlimited bloody marys, cava and mimosas, plus three breakfast items. I opted to start with the bloody mary to give it a try, because I do love a good BM, but definitely wanted to switch to Cava. After about five minutes, the server brought out the Cava and Cava glasses (and unfortunately a very dirty glass for my partner, who had to send it back). It took a lot longer to get the BMs, even though there was clearly a pitcher sitting on the bar when we arrived. Not amusing. They also brought out what looked to be Champagne saucers, but really just turned out to be margarita glasses. Heh. We had to ask for water several times before any showed up.
When the Bloody Marys finally arrived, I drank mine so quickly because I was thirsty (and also it took ages). It was actually a really good one, with a nice kick of spice at the end which is definitely the way I like it.
The first few rounds of drinks took quite a long time, but it did start speeding up. By we were already annoyed. The food was actually really good. I had the cheeseburger hash, the chilaquiles and the french toast with chicken, banana and maple syrup. The hash was rich and luscious. The chilaquiles were slightly spicy. All the eggs were cooked nicely. The french toast was decadent although a bit of my chicken was slightly overcooked. My partner got the hash as well and the sambal egg and the korean rib tips (which I had to point out several times to other people were "just the tip"). They were also really tasty. Someone ordered the pancake with maple syrup and it was the tiniest pancake I had seen. That really wasn't okay, who makes pancakes so small? Given it was just with maple syrup, they probably should give at least two. I mean I'd understand if it came with bacon or anything else for that matter, but it didn't.
A few people opted to get dessert (for extra), and there were both the rice krispy ice cream sandwich and the chocolate bowl on the table. The caramel rice krispy thing was waaaaay too sweet, but the chocolate bowl is really delicious.
So we're drinking and having a good time until close to our two hours is up and we ask for more Cava, and are then told very aggressively and loudly that our two hours was up. My partner pointed out that he did kind of ignore us for the first half hour we were there, and he stormed off. He brought back more Cava, but seriously that wasn't okay. We asked for the bill, but decided the 12.5% service charge was too much, so got that removed to pay about half of it (due to the lack of service at the beginning and the server blowing up in our faces). Then when we're paying, he gets into a length and awkward argument with my partner about why it wasn't his fault the service was bad. Dude, we don't care. Just let us pay and do better next time. Even the manager noticed as after the argument had been going on for awhile, as she came by to ask if there was a problem. I quickly mentioned they were having a conversation about the service, and she disappeared to get us some free pickleback shots. It was a nice gesture, but it's a bit too late for that, as things should really have never gotten to that level to start with.
So overall I wasn't too amused with brunch. The food was great, but the service was bordering on offensive. Which is a disappointment, because it was a good value for money, but if they just had service to go with it, instead of people who ignore you and yell at you, I'd probably be back. Now it's just that place we tried that one time and are never going back to again.