It’s a cute place, extremely over priced. The portions are tiny. I’ve been there 4+ times and without failure the food is always cold. 4 bucks per mug for coffee is ridiculous
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
jamie wheatley
Super comfortable atmosphere, friendly and efficient service. The food is phenomenal!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Bob Oliveira
Great as usual!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
noodles725
Clean, well decorated, food was amazing (BLTE w/tomato basil soup) and Lauren was knowledgeable and friendly. Will definitely be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jenna Bradford
I want to start out by saying that my whole family has always liked First Watch! It was my grandmas favorite brunch place and we’ve been to restaurants in Ohio and FL and always had delicious food and great experiences! With that said, I have developed an egg “allergy” (not anaphylactic, tho) in the past couple years so I’m learning to experience the same restaurants but with a different point of view. That is where I’m coming from with this review. I met a friend there for lunch, I haven’t been there since my allergy developed because breakfast is usually a very difficult meal for me to avoid eggs 😂. But I can usually have salads and sometimes sandwiches at brunch places so I was game to meet my friend there. Unfortunately, the First Watch in Melbourne was a little difficult to eat at. The waitress was somewhat nice but extremely hurried so she didn’t have much time to answer any allergy questions - their online menu indicated I could have some of the salads (if you leave the egg out if it) but I always double check at the restaurant. She told me that every single salad dressing they have had egg in it, so i am not sure why that contradicted the online menu but I wasn’t going to chance it. She didn’t have time to answer any other food questions other than whether their sourdough bread had eggs (it didn’t) so by guessing it seemed the only things opened to me was a dry sandwich (to avoid eggs in the condiments) and soup. The soup was “vegetable” which is one of my favorites, so I got that and a half sandwich on sourdough. The soup was more like a spicy marinara when it came out so that was a Little disappointing, I didn’t have much of it (but the sandwich was good! It was dry, but again that’s my fault cuz I can’t have mayo or most “honey mustards” because they have egg in them and I now didn’t trust the online allergy menu to match what they had in the restaurant so I just skipped all condiments to be safe since they were busy and I didn’t want to add more stress to the poor wait staff by continuously asking to check). So just be aware, if you have an allergy, this particular location may be difficult to eat at because their offerings don’t seem to match the allergen content of their online menu. But with that said, my friend had a delicious lunch with Belgian waffles that looked and smelled amazing, and they seated us quickly! The restaurant has beautiful high ceilings so, even though it was full, we could easily hear each other talk and parking was very easy! There were several people waiting for carry out orders so they seem to do a booming business there too! Overall, I think this is a great chain and well worth the visit, just be wary and plan extra time if you have any food allergies or substitution needs! :-)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
Karen G (Sweet_Lady_Karen)
Amazing experience
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dan Smith
Food took too long and wasn't hot
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 1
Samantha V
First and last time my family will be eating at this establishment. As a former server, I know what customer service in the food industry should be and this experience was horrible. I’m not sure if they were short staffed because of Labor Day or what the deal was but to start the wait was a half hour, that ok I can deal with. When we finally did get seated we ask the girl that sat us to get us a high chair for our son, she appeared to be looking for one, then just I guess said screw it and went back to the hostess station. She clearly saw me struggling with my toddler, but she pretended not to know… it took 10 minutes for someone to take our drink order, 3 different people coming to our table not knowing what was going on. When you first walk in the floors were dirty covered in food particles and wrappers. The tables were not clean and the bathroom was a disgrace. The owner should be ashamed of how this restaurant is ran. There was only one friendly staff member, the rest look miserable and the hostess did not deliver service with a smile. Very disappointed
Bonnie Bifano
We came on Monday for the first time. The food is great ! And the waitress was wonderful !!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Vita Mita
Food was good not many selections for meals had to get all side dishes to get what I wanted
They used to be good recently what happened is a hair in food with poor packing and previous time I was dine in and noticed the waiter with dirty nails imagine ur food being touched with it
Jae Turner
At first watch in Melbourne i highly recommend coming here they have great waiters they are very kind there food is amazing and very fresh price is affordable they have recently came out with there fall menu which they change seasonally I recommend pumpkin spice donuts and farm stand tacos very clean atmosphere manager Kyle is extremely nice… HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS PLACE!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mohammad Hamam
First thing you have to keep in mind is to study the menu, especially, if you are not used to it. The menu LAKS the main ingredient which is PICTURES to make it clear. Some portions are okay while Some need attention. Since that was my 2nd breakfast of the day, it was okay, but if it was my first, I would have ordered double the serving. Coffee flavor needs more attention. I know they buy in bulks but they have to be choosy about it. It is just a change. Otherwise, there is no difference from the restaurant next door.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Kevin And Cathy Kaz
Great breakfast and lunch options. Coffee carafe placed on table.
It’s a cute place, extremely over priced. The portions are tiny. I’ve been there 4+ times and without failure the food is always cold. 4 bucks per mug for coffee is ridiculous
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Super comfortable atmosphere, friendly and efficient service. The food is phenomenal!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great as usual!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Clean, well decorated, food was amazing (BLTE w/tomato basil soup) and Lauren was knowledgeable and friendly. Will definitely be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I want to start out by saying that my whole family has always liked First Watch! It was my grandmas favorite brunch place and we’ve been to restaurants in Ohio and FL and always had delicious food and great experiences! With that said, I have developed an egg “allergy” (not anaphylactic, tho) in the past couple years so I’m learning to experience the same restaurants but with a different point of view. That is where I’m coming from with this review. I met a friend there for lunch, I haven’t been there since my allergy developed because breakfast is usually a very difficult meal for me to avoid eggs 😂. But I can usually have salads and sometimes sandwiches at brunch places so I was game to meet my friend there. Unfortunately, the First Watch in Melbourne was a little difficult to eat at. The waitress was somewhat nice but extremely hurried so she didn’t have much time to answer any allergy questions - their online menu indicated I could have some of the salads (if you leave the egg out if it) but I always double check at the restaurant. She told me that every single salad dressing they have had egg in it, so i am not sure why that contradicted the online menu but I wasn’t going to chance it. She didn’t have time to answer any other food questions other than whether their sourdough bread had eggs (it didn’t) so by guessing it seemed the only things opened to me was a dry sandwich (to avoid eggs in the condiments) and soup. The soup was “vegetable” which is one of my favorites, so I got that and a half sandwich on sourdough. The soup was more like a spicy marinara when it came out so that was a Little disappointing, I didn’t have much of it (but the sandwich was good! It was dry, but again that’s my fault cuz I can’t have mayo or most “honey mustards” because they have egg in them and I now didn’t trust the online allergy menu to match what they had in the restaurant so I just skipped all condiments to be safe since they were busy and I didn’t want to add more stress to the poor wait staff by continuously asking to check). So just be aware, if you have an allergy, this particular location may be difficult to eat at because their offerings don’t seem to match the allergen content of their online menu. But with that said, my friend had a delicious lunch with Belgian waffles that looked and smelled amazing, and they seated us quickly! The restaurant has beautiful high ceilings so, even though it was full, we could easily hear each other talk and parking was very easy! There were several people waiting for carry out orders so they seem to do a booming business there too! Overall, I think this is a great chain and well worth the visit, just be wary and plan extra time if you have any food allergies or substitution needs! :-)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
Amazing experience
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food took too long and wasn't hot
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 1
First and last time my family will be eating at this establishment. As a former server, I know what customer service in the food industry should be and this experience was horrible. I’m not sure if they were short staffed because of Labor Day or what the deal was but to start the wait was a half hour, that ok I can deal with. When we finally did get seated we ask the girl that sat us to get us a high chair for our son, she appeared to be looking for one, then just I guess said screw it and went back to the hostess station. She clearly saw me struggling with my toddler, but she pretended not to know… it took 10 minutes for someone to take our drink order, 3 different people coming to our table not knowing what was going on. When you first walk in the floors were dirty covered in food particles and wrappers. The tables were not clean and the bathroom was a disgrace. The owner should be ashamed of how this restaurant is ran. There was only one friendly staff member, the rest look miserable and the hostess did not deliver service with a smile. Very disappointed
We came on Monday for the first time.
The food is great !
And the waitress was wonderful !!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food was good not many selections for meals had to get all side dishes to get what I wanted
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
They used to be good recently what happened is a hair in food with poor packing and previous time I was dine in and noticed the waiter with dirty nails imagine ur food being touched with it
At first watch in Melbourne i highly recommend coming here they have great waiters they are very kind there food is amazing and very fresh price is affordable they have recently came out with there fall menu which they change seasonally I recommend pumpkin spice donuts and farm stand tacos very clean atmosphere manager Kyle is extremely nice… HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS PLACE!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
First thing you have to keep in mind is to study the menu, especially, if you are not used to it. The menu LAKS the main ingredient which is PICTURES to make it clear.
Some portions are okay while Some need attention. Since that was my 2nd breakfast of the day, it was okay, but if it was my first, I would have ordered double the serving. Coffee flavor needs more attention. I know they buy in bulks but they have to be choosy about it.
It is just a change. Otherwise, there is no difference from the restaurant next door.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Great breakfast and lunch options. Coffee carafe placed on table.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Love this location in Melbourne!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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