Loved First Watch! It was my first visit. I got the Bacado omelette and it was very delightful. The coffee cups were nice and big. I like how water is always kept on the table. Service was good. Overall it's an A+ in my book and I will be back to try that Million Dollar Bacon that I hear so much about. One thing I looked for but didn't see is something with goat cheese. Omelettes with goat cheese are the best.... read more

Always a great experience!! Wait staff is super kind and the food is fresh and delicious. I had the skillet market hash, and it is one of my all time favorites. Great place for vegetarians and meat eaters alike. read more

First Watch - Skillet Market has with over medium eggs and coffee :) - Cafes Near Me - Columbus, Georgia

EXCELLENT serves every time and the food is AMAZING and GREAT for you! Best Brunch place I know in the South East. read more

First Watch - Cafes Near Me - Columbus, Georgia

Love this place. Food is fantastic and always tastes so fresh. My family and I make it a point to come here on every weekend. This is the ONLY breakfast restaurant I will eat at in the area. read more

First Watch - Kale tonic - Cafes Near Me - Columbus, Georgia

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Atrociously long wait time to be seated at one of about a half dozen empty (uncleared) tables; slow, rude, and curt service; generic, greenwashed food. First Watch was, wholesale, a miss in my book. Disappointing brunch experience; would not recommend it at all. read more

The shrimp & grits with an order of million dollar bacon, DELICIOUS! The new pineapple drink looks good, I'm going to try it the next time I go! read more

I come here quite frequently. There are two things that are consistent about this place: the food is great and the service is mediocre. The menu is diverse and season-inspired specials keep the menu interesting. The service, however, needs improvement. I'm not sure if it's: a lack of servers; a less-than efficient system of cleaning tables; poor planning in seating guests and serving them in a timely manner; but you could sit and wait to be waited on for like 15-20min when there are 10+ open tables in the restaurant. If you have like 2hrs to go to breakfast, this is your place. If you're on a schedule, or just generally have a desire to be served in a timely manner, I'd probably just not. read more

This is probably my favorite and only breakfast place so far that I have eaten at since moving to this city. I love the ambience and how the place is so open. We ordered a couple things and everything tasted fresh. My husband especially liked that they have a grapefruit juice. read more

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Have been here a few times and am never disappointed. Everything is fresh and delicious. Weekends can be a long wait if no reservation is made so if you want to go on a Saturday or Sunday highly recommend making a reservation. read more

Fantastic breakfast!!! We got the Cinnamon Chip Pancakes. BEST I've ever had! Morning Meditation drink was awesome too. Service was outstanding! Thanks for feeding our family. read more

First Watch - Cafes Near Me - Columbus, Georgia

Great food. I love that million-dollar bacon :-) there's sometimes a chaotic wait at the front... But if you download their app it makes things a lot smoother. We enjoy it every time we go! read more

First Watch - Cafes Near Me - Columbus, Georgia

Love it here. There's usually a wait so if recommend joining the waitlist on here prior to getting there. But the wait is honestly worth it their food is always so good never dissatisfied. read more

Food was great. First time here and the staff were friendly. I got the farmhouse hash, it was great but the bacon was mostly fat pieces. Not my preference but maybe others might enjoy it. Other than that I would eat here again. read more

First Watch got me into grain bread. I don't frequently eat breakfast and I less frequently go out for breakfast but when I do I come here. The farmhouse bowl is always good and I always have good service. Nice way to start the day read more

Praying for patience? You might want to eat here before you do! We waited 30 min to be seated and then 50 min for our food which is breakfast food and not a 3 course meal. Do not get tempted to stop here unless you want to waste 2 hours. Yes food was great but when your traveling 10+ hours there is no food worth this time unless your eating diamonds. read more

My husband and I just had lunch/brunch. This was the third or fourth time we had eaten there. It was amazing as always. Tessa was wonderful and made the experience just that much better. I highly recommend this place. It will not disappoint. read more

Been here several times but after reopening their service has gone down considerably. Placed a to go order was told 25min. My order was wrong so it turned into 1hr before my food was complete There was not adequate social distancing. read more

The food is fresh with tons of healthy choices. As a mother, I'd rather pay for a quality meal with lots of healthy choices for my kids than feed them junk from so many of the other places in Columbus. My daughters and I often come here as a kickoff to our "day out" because the staff is friendly, the decor is welcoming, and the food is great! read more

Have eaten here before and usually have good experiences. Ordered food for pick up and specially listed allergy information in note for gluten allergy and to not include any bread in order. Receive order with a loaf of bread in top of my eggs. read more

My boyfriend and I go here every Sunday morning. Everything here is amazing! The classic eggs Benedict is superb. The avocado toast and the farmhouse hash are wonderful as well. The only thing better than the food is the staff. Every employee we have interacted with is full of joy and happiness. We try to beat the Sunday rush and get in early but if we end up going a little later we use the yelp app to get in line so we don't have to wait when we get there! What a great tool! read more

I visited our location for the first time a few weeks back for brunch, service was excellent and the food was perfect. I have been to First Watch many times in other states and the quality and service always seems to be the same. I enjoy brunch there and don't know why it took me so long to visit our home location! read more

Love the new decor, and the menu changes look promising. First visit as the new place last week was great. restaurant was busy but we were seated right away. Had lovely lemon ricotta pancakes. light, fluffy, perfectly cooked, delicious. side of bacon was crispy and delicious. hubby had the veg omlette which came with a salad. a bit different for breakfast, but it was tasty and we're like, what the heck, its good to eat fresh. Server forgot our water, but apologized & brought it when asked. was nice and kept our coffee coming. Love the new decor. Second trip today was not so great. we went at 1:30pm, expecting the crowd to have thinned out. there were 5 groups ahead of us. no one there to great us when we walked in, & it was over 5 min. before anyone even came out of the kitchen. everyone looked very stressed. only half the tables occupied, but all the empty tables hadnt been bussed yet. hostess finally showed up and told us we'd be seated soon. one waiting group complained. hostess dropped what she was doing to clear a table. then she called a group that apoarently left, so she seated the next party, the woman who complained. she disappeared into the kitchen again for awhile. it didnt appear anyone was bussing tables. that was backing everything up, because you cant seat parties at dirty tables. i finally noticed one busser who was moving so slowly and inefficiently i couldnt believe it. never seemed to notice the line of restless people waiting. another waiting party walked out. took 30 min. to get a table. i counted 7 dirty tables that were not cleaned. ordered the same dushes as last time. pancakes were overcooked, and cinnamon was sprinkled on the bright yellow lemon curd, making it look dirty. broccholi in the veggie omlette was burned black. when i asked the server if there was a manager on duty, i was told there were 2, and both were busy cooking. obviously there was chaos in & outside of the kitchen. multiple complaints all around us. my suggestion: get a cart for the busser(s), hire another busser or let servers buss too. I saw at least $100 worth of business walk our in less than an hour. It was a totally different crew today than last week. and the day after Christmas, you gotta figure it would be busy & plan accordingly. I had good food & good service here before, so it is possible. good management goes a long way. today was not so great. read more

First Watch - bussed tables? so the server said. - Cafes Near Me - Columbus, Georgia

The food is still good, but maybe not as good as it used to be. Service is still top-notch. Under the previous name we used to make a special visit to what is now "First Watch," but not any more. It is a good restaurant, but not special. read more

I've been to other First Watch restaurants and happy to see one in Columbus! The place gets packed out on the weekends, so try to get added on the waiting list at first rumble of your stomach. But food is worth the wait. They offer traditional breakfasts options & other egg-creations. The skillet hashes are on point and the power bowls w quinoa are amazing! read more

First Watch - Farmhouse skillet hash w toast and fruit. - Cafes Near Me - Columbus, Georgia

While it is good, it isn't amazing. Food items are rather fresh and portions are semi-decently sized, but flavor is just kind of "meh".

Loved the decor and not much else. I ordered the lemon ricotta pancakes with eggs and turkey sausage. My pancake did not have one bit of ricotta and consisted of large piles of overly sweet lemon curd. My marinated berries were only sliced strawberries. I was in awe that I received one pancake instead of the stack I ordered. My waitress informed me that she made my order a combo to reduce costs; this might be something you want to ask the customer before doing. My husband ordered biscuits and gravy with eggs and hashbrowns. He received very undercooked potatoes which only tasted of raw onion, not sure how they would be considered hashbrowns as nothing about them was hashed or browned. The biscuits was not plural but followed the same line as my order. His one biscuit was very dry and the gravy did not help. When a southern orders biscuits and gravy you do not expect to have brown dinner gravy but a white milk gravy. If you want to pay for decor then this place is for you. read more

The food was good, but very pricey-- grits, eggs, sausage, potatoes, oatmeal, orange juice $23...plus a tip. I am unsure if every single thing was charged as ala carte - but I thought that was too much for breakfast - for one person (minus oatmeal for child) read more

I've had breakfast here a few times since it changed from the previous place. The Chickichanga is OK, as are a few of the omelettes. They do serve lettuce with the omelettes rather than potatoes, and I didn't like the toast. Sourdough toast is a better option. But, my two favorites from the old menu didn't make the cut... read more

Amazing!!!!! Tonya was a great server. Very quick, friendly and personable! We tried a variety of food and it was all so good! Pancakes, hashbrown scramble, millionaires bacon, and coffee! The look and feel was nice but comfortable! We may come back tomorrow! :) read more

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Edited review: We arrived around noon, was seated around 12:30, then received our food at 1:20. Some of the food was hot, while others were cold or lukewarm, and had definitely been under a warmer for a while. Had to get our own baby sling and additional silverware. Quality of service and food seems to be dependent of arriving during peak hours or not. Previous review: Great food, service, and overall experience. We have been here several times, and have never had any issues. One of our go-to breakfast eateries in Columbus. read more

Best brunch spot in Columbus, hands down. The menu to caters to every possible appetite and the portions are plentiful. Don't come here when you're super hungry, as you can expect a wait! read more

Healthy & delicious menu items! The "Kale Tonic" & "Day Glow" juices are to die for! The service is quick and the staff is super friendly. So happy a First Watch finally came to Columbus! You won't be disappointed. read more

First Watch - Got the Root Down juice this afternoon. - Cafes Near Me - Columbus, Georgia

When I first learned that Egg and I was gone I just didn't want to accept it. However, First Watch is an excellent replacement for all of your breakfast/lunch needs. Their sandwiches are great and their juices are a great pick me up in the morning, especially if you had a rough night before. I personally like the Kale Tonic. To be honest this is the best breakfast joint in Columbus and I don't even care if it's a chain. If you go here and you won't be disappointed. read more

First watch has excellent food and great service! The lemon ricotta pancakes are amazing!

The menu is very overwhelming, but my food was very good. I had two eggs, bacon, and a slice of French toast. The French toast came with whipped butter and fruit compote, both of which were great on it! I wish I had gone with just an order of French toast because after I finished I wanted more than just one slice and the butter meant you could balance out the sweetness with savory so I didn't really need the eggs and bacon. Those were both good, but there's not much you can do with eggs and bacon, so there wasn't anything special about them. I also ordered the Day Glow juice, which was kind of disappointing. I expected more of the orange flavor to shine through, but really it had a more watery flavor with the main flavor coming from the ginger-carrot aftertaste. It tasted very planty, when I was expecting more fruit juice flavor. It wasn't unpalatable, though. We got in around 8:30 and it was pretty empty, nothing like Egg and I. Our server promptly got us coffee and water, and was attentive and friendly. The food got to our table in a decent amount of time, but it took a while to get a check (which could be a bonus for people who like to hang around). Overall, I'd definitely return for more delicious French toast! read more

My husband and I came here for my birthday and got two skillets and some protein pancakes to share. Our waitress Cami was the absolute best! Very sweet and attentive to not only us but all the customers around us as well. The food was delicious. Pancakes were the perfect amount of sweet without being too sweet. read more

Always busy when we go (weekend mornings) but the food is always worth the wait. Get there early or make a reservation online because the wait is always at least 15 mins. Try the drink special. It's always tasty. read more

Great food but their online wait system doesn't make any sense. We checked in online and we were quoted an hour wait. We got to the restaurant with 15 minutes left of our original wait time, and we were told it would be another hour. When we asked about why we had to wait another hour on top of the one we already waited, the hostess told us that the wait time only starts when you physically check in at the restaurant. Isn't that the whole point of an online system? So you don't have to sit there outside waiting for a table? read more

Food is amazing! Healthy and fresh! A definite fav of mine! The waitress always remembers what we like even after the first time we visited! Love the kale and turmeric drinks! read more

I'll admit, me and my husband were pretty bitter about this place when they replaced the Egg and I, but we've grown to love it. The iced coffee is one of the best I've ever had. I always want to try something else on the menu but I can't get away from their omelets. If you're looking for a good breakfast or brunch place I highly recommend them. If you go on a weekend you might have to wait just a little but what good place don't you? That's a good sign. read more