Chris Aquino
Google
Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.
We’ve been to Wonderkid twice. The first time for dinner and the second for brunch. Both times we were told that multiple menu items were unavailable. I’ve never experienced anything like this before. I get that restaurants run out of ingredients from time to time but both times, there were multiple menu items that they were “out of”. We also have friends who have had the same experience. And if you read other reviews, you’ll find similar experiences there too. For that reason, we will probably not be back however the food that was available, that we did try, was decent.
Overall, it’s a wonder they’re still open considering they’re always out of so many menu items. I guess if you’re lucky to order what you want, then you’ll enjoy your time. Otherwise, you’ll start off your dinning experience with some, or a lot of disappointment.
*Food*
We were very limited on what we could try and were unable to get menu items that we originally wanted. We had the following,
- For dinner, we had burgers and fries. There were other menu items we wanted to try but could not. The burgers and fries were good.
- For brunch, I was looking forward to trying the Eggs Benedict (it’s my favorite breakfast item to try at any restaurant) but the server said the prep cook arrived late so the wait for Eggs Benedict was 1-2 hours. In what universe does it take 1-2 hours to make an Eggs Benedict. We were also told that the empanadas, heirloom tomatoes, and the chicken sausage for the English Breakfast were all unavailable.
We ordered the English Breakfast and the Late Morning Sandwich. Both were a very large amount of food and both were actually quite good.
*Drinks*
For dinner we tried a couple of their signature drinks which were both good. For brunch, we were told that “they could basically make any of the drinks but were out of a couple ingredients so some drinks would be missing an ingredient or two”. We didn’t order drinks for brunch.
*Service*
Both times our servers were friendly however for brunch, the server told me that a side was included with the Late Morning Sandwich. My choice of sides were fries, salad or chips but he highly recommended the fries. Well of course he does… there’s a 50 cent up charge for fries which he didn’t tell me about. Not a big deal but something that diners should be made aware.
*Atmosphere*
The atmosphere is actually quite good. It has a retro diner vide. I just wish the experience of dining lived up to the same standard. For dinner, they were at full capacity. For brunch, it was at maybe 50% capacity at 11:30am - peak brunch time.
*Value*
Minus the secrete up charge, and not getting to order anything that we originally wanted, the value is fine. Doesn’t seem overpriced…