Sarah M.
Yelp
My husband and I stopped in here for brunch yesterday and had such a lovely time. I love any excuse to go out for brunch and I picked RIZE because my husband has been to the Ironworks location for a work meeting before and said how great their food is and decided it was time I try them out as well! The location is super close to so many other restaurants, wineries, breweries, and shopping in Carmel so you can really make a day out of coming the area.
Our server was incredibly friendly and checked on us often. He explained their concept to us since I had never been and gave has plenty of time to look over the menu. I love to have any combination of coffee, water, sparkling water, prosecco, mimosa, juice, etc during breakfast/brunch, so I ordered a fresh squeezed orange juice, a glass of prosecco, and a cup of coffee. They have almond milk as a creamer option, which I loved! Dairy, milk especially, really upsets my stomach and a lot of breakfast spots usually just have regular milk or half and half if they don't have the little individual creamers on the tables, so it was a nice touch. My husband also ordered a fresh squeezed orange juice and we both really enjoyed it.
We decided to split one of their cinnamon rolls and OMG it is one of the best we've ever had. I would come back just for the cinnamon roll. I ordered the breakfast burrito and my husband ordered the chorizo skillet (very similar dishes) and the burrito was so big I was able to take 1/2 home and eat the rest this morning for breakfast (it reheated well!).
I told my sister and friends how great our brunch was and now they all want to come in for a cinnamon roll. I also hadn't realized until we went to pay that they are a Cunningham restaurant, so it it was nice to earn some unexpected points on our account. I can't wait to come back and try something else!