Victor Bruzos
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“Life beggins after coffe.” This quote (see image) nicely sums up Eggs and Bakery Casual Food, a restaurant where the staff and business has not yet had their coffee.
My girlfriend and I visited this questionable establishment on a late Saturday morning. Each outdoor table was taken, so we made our way inside to the seemingly 4 different restaurants each operating under Eggs and Bakery Casual. You’ll first notice the music is far too loud, and the interior is incomplete and laced with water stained walls. Sit down, and a waiter or waitress will come right up in a friendly and bubbly tone and ask what you’d like to drink. We got two waters.
Then another waiter or waitress will come up from one of the sub-businesses with a juice menu and a smile, explaining how fresh and organic all the delicious smoothies they offer are.
At this point, we were a bit confused as to which menu to choose from, as we were given two, but nonetheless, the staff was friendly and we were hungry. It took about a minute to get our waters, which, surprisingly, we're Great Value plastic bottled. Be that as it may, yet another waitress came by to take our order.
We got an espresso machiatto, a cafe con leche with oat milk, the parma eggs benedict, and the Special French toast. Do note, we asked for the Special French toast to have the Nutella on the side due to my girlfriend’s Hazelnut allergy.
After ordering, you’ll start to notice the faces on all the other customers in the store. Confused, hungry, angry, and upset. You’ll think, well, let's have a good time and enjoy the meal because frankly, the menu seems to make the food look great.
After about 15 minutes, our first order came out. It's the eggs benedict, complete with potato wedge fries, and a salad… topped with pineapple. Cut into the eggs Benny and take a bite, and you’ll notice the English muffin is not toasted whatsoever, the ham is Publix ham, and the lack of Hallandale sauce makes for a depressing bite.
We’re still wondering where our coffee is at this point, but fear not, the waiter plopped down a bacon and scrambled eggs, almost hitting me in the face before he could realize I was saying we didn’t order them.
After our saddening eggs Benedict, it was about 5 minutes before we could get a waiter’s attention, despite there being a colony of them. We let them know our coffee hadn’t arrived yet, and they said they would get right on it. Then 2 more new waiters came over and asked if we had ordered coffee. We re-explained that we had, an espresso macchiato, and a cafe con leche with oat milk. Another 7-10 minutes went by, and our coffee arrived about 40 minutes after ordering.
Not to sound as if we have first world problems, but we made explicitly clear, a cafe con leche with oat milk would be nice (lactose intolerance is not fun). Well, albeit the coffee was sub par, now my girlfriend is not enjoying her stomach pains.
After we got our coffee, it became apparent why all other patrons in the restaurant had dissatisfied looks on their faces. Another 10 minutes goes by.
But then, comes the Special waffles. This was the pleasant surprise. They were by far the best waffles imaginable. Complete with a delightful amalgamation of fruits on top, and Nutella on the side just as we asked. It made the experience somewhat worthwhile.
After finishing, the check came. $60 is steep not including a tip and considering the circumstances. Should you decide to go, be prepared for a long wait, varying food quality, confusing service, and a high cost. I would not recommend this restaurant.
