I recently discovered first watch and love it. I leave feeling healthier rather than bogged down with greasy eggs and bacon. I love their healthy and organic approach. I've never had much of a wait at any location I've visited despite with other reviews say. I even went during their peak hours on a Sunday and did not wait more than 15-20 minutes for my food, which I did not mind at all. I highly recommend the cherry chicken quinoa bowl!!! read more

We came here for breakfast yesterday while we are visiting Cleveland. There was no wait time and the host was very friendly. He sat us quickly and let us know that Caroline would be with us shortly. Caroline was also lovely, a good server and very friendly. We both ordered iced coffees, they come pre made with cream and sugar, they were standard iced coffees. They also offer cold brew that doesn't have the fixins yet. I ordered the Elevated Egg Sandwich, the sandwich was good and the hash browns that came with were seasoned well. The only think about the sandwich I didn't quite get was the bun. It was brioche and it was super thick, I got huge mouth fulls of bread. I would have preferred it on an english muffin or biscuit. My fiancé has the Florentine Eggs Benedict. It was a large portion and he enjoyed it. We ordered a side of biscuits and gravy the share, they were out of biscuits so we didn't get to have them. Overall, would go again. Nice atmosphere, nice and bright and open. read more

This is the best brunch I've had in a while, and with the app you don't have to wait in line! Both healthy and less healthy food!

Food was terrific, and our server was wonderful. So glad we used yelp to get on the waitlist, that saved us at least 25 minutes.

Great light lunch food. Healthy choices and ok prices. I really enjoyed the smoothies and muffins. Not opened for dinner for coke for breakfast or lunch. Plenty of parking so bring your friends read more

First time visitor. Would highly recommend First Watch. Food was great LOVED the avocado toast the staff was friendly and kind.

Great place! We need more places like this around town. Good quality food at very reasonable prices and service with a smile. I will definitely be back. read more

Went for brunch last week. I like First Watch. Nicer option than Bob Evans and other chain breakfast places. Fresh, modern, and great prices. I had one of the specials - crab cakes egg benedict. It was very good. The service was slow and a bit clunky...I imagine it will iron out soon. read more

Have never had a bad meal or experience at any of the First Watch locations I have frequented. The staff at this particular site ( Macedonia ) is always friendly and knowledgeable. Manager very visible and ready to assist wherever needed. Love the avocado toast, but this trip had Chia power bowl. Awesome!! read more

Great place for breakfast and lunch. Decent prices, good service, great food. Have been there few times-all good except Mother's Day couple yrs ago. Rather that always have a good time there, friends meeting, work meeting, etc. BLT Benedict and Floridian toaster my fav there. Would like to try more items of their menu. Coffee is so delish there too. Will be back for sure. read more

A+++, parking is a nightmare but food and service is great! Even got a wonderful box of chocolate on Mother's Day! Definitely recommend putting your name in on the yelp app read more

I enjoy the food here and keep coming back. I love the bottomless pot of coffee you get when you order and all of the different egg dishes.

The food is ok. It is all natural, but that does not mean low calorie. It is also kinda of pricey.

Waste of time and money. Food way overpriced. Our eggs were cold and server gave us attitude when sent back. $56 for bfast for 2 adults and 2 kids. You do the math! read more

We have been several times, good food, but pretty much bad service. It's very hit and miss. They need to hire people that aren't just teenagers. read more

If you feel like waiting an hour (after you sit down, not waiting for a table) to get your food and then have the order wrong then this is your place. We usually go to the Fairlawn First Watch and have good service every time. Here: not so much. Two of us went about 9:30AM this past Sunday (which is before the huge rush of people coming from church). We used the online app to get in line and when we got there we were seated promptly. Great so far. The place was full but not to the point where there were 30 people waiting for a table (which is usually the case at most First Watch's). Well then it took our server about 7-8 minutes to even come over and get our drink order. She returned pretty quickly and took our order. Ordered normal breakfast, nothing special order. And then we waited. And waited. And waited. How long did we wait? Well a table of 7 was seated about 5 minutes after were and they got their food before the two of us! Ridiculous. Our server came back one time a few minutes after she got our drinks and then she disappeared. After 25 minutes, I literally had to stand up to get her attention and flat out said 'where's our food?'. She then said 'it's coming'. About 4 minutes later, someone else came to the table with our food. And about that food: my wife's 'over medium' eggs were cooked solid (over hard), the cheese on her scramble was brown and crispy and my toast was hard as a rock. It was pretty clear to us that for whatever reason our food was sitting under the warmer for a fair amount of time. Bonus: I ordered a blueberry pancake to go and ate it today (the next day after we were there). Shocking thing: they got that wrong too. They gave me chocolate chip instead of blueberry. When I went to pay the cashier asked how things were. I told her that the service was incredibly slow. Her response: 'I'm sorry, it's been crazy here with it being Sunday morning'. Well I'm sorry, but you are a restaurant that is only open for breakfast and lunch. How the f do you not know how to deal with being busy?!?!?!? And as I said before, the Fairlawn location is ALWAYS packed with 20-30 people waiting for tables at any given time. Here there was maybe 4 people. That's your definition of busy? I'd hate to the service when it was really busy because this was pathetic. Bottom line: terribly slow service and definitely not worth the wait especially for food that wasn't close to what we ordered. read more

Really awesome breakfast! We had the triathlete omelette, the bacado omelette and split a waffle. Everything was great! The coffee was hot and fresh, the food was perfectly prepared and the staff was top notch. Definitely recommend a stop at First Watch! read more

I was visiting Ohio last weekend, from New York State. When we found this place we were very excited to check it out! The place was clean and welcoming. The service was spot on and our food was amazing! We tried all three freshly made juices, which were wonderful. I had the chickichaunga and my boyfriend had the beef brisket skillet special. Everything was delicious and fresh. Also, very filling. If we had one of these back home, I would be there all the time. Next time we are in Ohio, we will be back for sure! read more

First Watch - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Macedonia, Ohio

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I used to love this place, but lately the service is not very good. We were seated immediately but never approached for water or coffee for at least 10 minutes. It would have been longer but we told someone we had not been waited on yet. This happened the last few times we went here for breakfast recently. I am not sure what has changed. Also, I order the same breakfast almost every tIme I come here which is the Classic eggs Benedict. The first time I ordered it it was perfect amount of meat to bread and the poached egg was perfect. Since then the eggs are always overcooked and the amount of ham varies drastically. Today I almost thought it was bacon instead of ham because there was so little put on the dish. The server quickly took care of getting more ham on the plate and was apologetic but I'm just wondering what has changed in the past few months that there is such inconsistency in service and food. read more

The food is very good like avocado toast and chickichanga, but for the $ the portions suck. One tablespoon of potatoes w ith an $ 11.00 omelette or a drop of salad and Not both. No toast with non omlet eggs like chikichanga. They can afford better helpings for the price! Food is still quite good and fast! read more

The food is fabulous, the service is phenomenal, and the atmosphere is great. We'll be back weekly at least!

Love the food. Excellent service. Great place for breakfast and brunch. The carrot cake pancakes are amazing. Definitely try them. Only downside so far is they are closed at like 3. read more

Poor quality food for the price. Our food came out cold on a morning that they were not busy. The staff seems uncaring and cold as well. I like First Watch as we have been to several in other cities, but this one is a poor example of that franchise. read more

This was the first time we've been to a First Watch and found the service, food, and cleanliness deplorable. Do not go. The waitress acted like she was doing us a favor when she finally got around to taking our order and the bathrooms were both filthy. My husband had to use toilet paper to dry his hands and there was a vacuum in the hallway covered with barf. So disgusting. Do not go there. read more

i gave two stars bc at least the food is good. the service sucked! we only saw our waitress two times when we finally got waited on and when we got our bill. i can get past the service issue, but i can't get over the dirty issue. when we were seated our booth seats were covered in crumbs and left over food, but i tried to just wipe it off- sanitize- and keep moving forward. then we got our drinks, and my water had a floater in it. food came out wrong but we just handled it and ordered another glass for water. not a great experience at all! i would expect them to always be clean and fresh, i mean especially when we are living in a pandemic. just gross. i felt gross leaving there. won't return read more

I don't like to write a review unless I've given an establishment at least 3 visits. I've given First Watch a half dozen visits to get it right, so I believe this qualifies me to write. The first two times we went for breakfast soon after they opened, and I would have rated those visits a 5. The Regional General Manager was in charge those first few months. He left. Then the steady decline began. Each time the food has been very good, but the service grows poorer in direct proportion to the decline in proper management. Our server was friendly and liberally threw around her "Honeys" and "Sweeties" to help us feel loved; however, her memory, for a millennial, was a disappointment. The dirty knife we were given was never replaced and the lemon for my water had to be requested multiple times. The last two times we dined there, we had problems with our receipts at the cash register---they wouldn't ring up for some reason unbeknownst to the cashier. And the manager had to deal with an angry patron outside the entrance--someone also disappointed with their service--so she was not available to help. I overheard the patron say, "I'm thinking I shouldn't have to ask several times to get my order fixed...". This conversation went on for an inordinate amount of time---one would hope the Manager would try to rectify the patron's concern. I hope the Regional Manager comes back to visit soon. Otherwise I see a vacant storefront in this shopping center's future. read more

Had a terrible experience ordered lunch not what I thought it was going to be a waitress was very apologetic manager was really rude said hey everybody makes a mistake and I will take care of you next time there will be no next time read more

Amazing place. Cute atmosphere. Great food and lovely coffee. Good food for the price.

First Watch Macedonia was worth the wait on an early Sunday afternoon. Pot of very good coffee was placed on the table so you don't have to wait for your server. We had the Market hash and the Floridian French toast. Delicious. Our server was very cheerful and the service great. read more

This location has terrible service and food quality. We got rotten fruit and a dish that was missing an ingredient. When we mentioned it to the manager he looked through the dish missing the ingredient (tomatoe), he found ONE piece that was the size of and eraser and said that's how it comes. Won't be back. read more

Stopped in for lunch today at 1:45pm. Fairly busy. Nice day. My wife and I both ordered the AB&J waffle. Mine with turkey links. Listed with strawberries, maple butter, and strawberry topping. Had very little of all three items. Maybe one strawberry cut up, not enough maple butter to taste it, ,and a drizzle of topping. Did ask for more topping and we both got it. Thought $9.00 each for a waffle with not much else on it was to much to charge. Have been their multiple times and never have run into a poor meal before. It did take a good while to get the order out to us as well. Meal tasted fine when it all came together. read more

Great menu options with health conscious choices. Reminds me of places I would eat when I lived in Chicago. Italian wedding soup was unique (a little thick) and delicious. Potatoes were delicious and seasoned well. Chicken protein bowl was awesome as well (not too much sauce). Great service as well and nice atmosphere (crowded in a good way). I look forward to going back often. read more

Everything was so delicious!!! Staff was friendly, knowledgeable and very accommodating. The only thing I didn't like was the acoustics - it was difficult to have a conversation because it was kinda loud. read more

I've been here twice, once for breakfast and once for lunch. Everyone was friendly, the food was very good, and we did not have enough to wait to be seated. It does take a bit longer than some for the food to arrive, but this is expected in a better quality place as this is. It is worth it. read more

My husband and I love the fresh ingredients, healthy options, the atmosphere, but most importantly the service and staff. Every individual who works there goes above and beyond to make our visit exceptional. We visit every weekend. read more

I am so happy I didn't go to Bob Evans. This was just real good food in a nice setting

Absolutely amazing food!! Me and my husband like to eat healthily and I love that everything tastes home made Like I was sitting in my own kitchen eating something I just had made... read more

first time at any first watch. we had ordered for a group they did a nice job in not messing up the order. not impressed that couldnt tell us what kind of soup was available. that means they must use the day before stock until gone. best part of my sandwich was the horseradish. the bread was tasty but i was be embarrassed to just the tomato that they did. better just to leave off. with the pricey menu wont be back any time soon read more

The first time we went here I would have definitely given it 5 stars but feel the food and service just isn't consistent . Second time we went my father in law got the biscuits and gravy and the gravy was ice cold. It was addressed and we understood it was pretty busy so again I get it. Third time we went everything was great. Food was hot and service was great. This past time my fiancé's entire meal was cold and my sandwich was missing half of it's ingredients. The place was not busy at all so I was a bit confused as to how the food would come out the way it did as there was no reason or excuse. The server was apologetic but having worked in the service industry for many years I would have chosen to address the situation a little differently. We will still go back as overall the atmosphere is great and when the food is cooked properly it's amazing too. I just wish that there would be more consistency as it's not a cheap breakfast and I would like to feel we are getting what we pay for. read more