Ordered breakfast after getting off my shift at the hospital and was disappointed to say the least. The service was great and super friendly but the food was not as good. My biscuits were very dry and crumbly and the potatoes were hardly cooked enough. The gravy was clumpy and pancake a little dry but they both still tasted good. For $18 I was pretty disappointed and not sure I would return. read more

First Watch - Carrot cake pancake, biscuits and gravy, eggs and potatoes - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Suffolk, Virginia

This place is pretty awesome. A unique menu and everything we ordered tasted superb. Do wish they had an expression/cappuccino machine however. read more

Bad First Experience only at this location I always use yelp but have never until today created an account. My experience today was so bad I felt it was necessary to put a review. I am a big fan of First Watch. I am a frequent customer at the Newport News location since it's close to my residence. Today my wife and our 2 year daughter went in for breakfast. We were seated by the manager with maybe 6 other tables with customers. We did as we usually do ordered our daughter her breakfast and an order of million dollar bacon first. We ordered water, coffee, apple juice and tea followed by our order shorty after. After being there about 20 mins we realized they started getting really busy. We are use to this because we go to the Newport News location and it a common thing. Our daughters breakfast and the bacon was received quickly within about 10-15 mins which was fast since at the time there weren't many customers in. We received the water, apple juice and coffee never the tea. After our order was taken we never spoke with the waitress again except the two times I flagged her down. After 30 mins of drinking coffee and water and our bacon I flagged down the waitress ask for the tea that had never arrived at the table. The waitress had tables adjacent to use that she was also servicing. After about 45 mins I flagged the waitress again and asked if there might had been a delay in our meals as tables surrounding us of customers whom had just arrived 15-20 mins prior too had already received their meals. I was told "sorry it's really busy right now". After we had been sitting at the table for over hour closer to an hour and 15 mins we decided to leave. I spoke with the manager about us leaving and she personally remembered seating us and even she was surprised to why we hadn't received our meals. If the meals were never placed to be made and it was a mistake that maybe the waitress had not or forgotten to place our order I could have understood and we most likely would have stayed and enjoyed our meals. Yet when I was asking about our meals and was told "it's busy right now" when we arrived prior to the rush just seemed as if we were being blown off. We literally sat there drinking coffee and water for over an hour without atleast a follow up of hey I checked on your order they are cooking it now or it should come out shortly. The whole service provided today was horrible and my experience of eating at this location (technically we didn't get to eat) was just awful. I always recommend first watch locations to friends and family. Even in July at the Newport News location I had family come in from out of state. I took them all to first watch in Newport News. They had nothing but things about the food and service. Just from this one experience I will not recommend or return to this location I will return to the Newport News location. I can't comment much on the food except the million dollar bacon and coffee I had which was good. In case your wondering what we ordered: Pancakes Grits Biscuits and gravy Side of sausages read more

Today my food was amazing! Biscuit was light and fluffy and I had enough gravy this time. The potatoes were well done and not hard. Even my million dollar back was cooked well and not burnt. Whoever is cooking...GREAT JOB! Whoever was there last weekend need be retrained or find another job because cooking isn't it. read more

Food was fantastic as well as the drinks! The hostess, Davita, was incredibly kind and personable! read more

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A deceptively good breakfast place located in a strip mall near the riverfront in Suffolk. From the breakfast tacos to the omelette options, you will find something for the pickiest of palates at First Watch. read more

This is one restaurant brand no matter the location is consistently the same - awesome!! The service is always friendly and the food is delicious. The kale tonic is a refreshing drink that never disappoints. They have great specials and excellent menu options. read more

What can I say but everything I've had from them does four, which is probably about six dishes have been excellent. Service is excellent. Everything is always on time hot and delicious and everyone always smiles and greets you. What else could you ask for? read more

First time customer here. Seen they had CRAB AND AVOCADO TOAST with two eggs which looked great online and was excited to try. Like most places that sell toast I was expecting 2 pieces because the description did not specify it was only one. On top of that there was very little crab on my toast nowhere near what is advertised on their website menu. For the price I found it very underwhelming and think that they should advertise you only get one piece of toast. Also if you're charging $15 for one CRAB AND AVOCADO TOAST with two eggs you should be more generous with the amount of crab put on there. Tasted great no complaints on that part, just extremely underwhelmed. Probably won't come back for this. read more

If I were to open my own dream brunch restaurant, it would look a lot like First Watch. The menu is truly exciting with excellent variety but without being overwhelming. There's plenty of sweet indulgent options balanced by robust options in the savory front as well. There are many solid healthy and vegetarian dishes as well. I got the frittata rustica and my boyfriend got one of the skillets, and a waffle to share. Everything was delicious and came with plenty of sides like salad and fresh fruit that complemented the entrees well. I'm looking forward to going back soon to try some of their seasonal menu items! It is truly hard to believe that First Watch is a chain. Love it! read more

First of all Devita was a wonderful waitress, very kind and personable., thank you. Secondary to the great service was the perfectly prepared Classic Eggs Benedict with seasoned potatoes, thank you to the kitchen staff. (sorry no photos at this time, left my phone at home...oops! - I definitely will be coming back and hopefully remember to take photos.) read more

Delicious breakfast. The selections are different than your typical breakfast restaurant, which is one of the reasons I go. Well worth the visit. read more

Always a good spot. Great menu options for everyone and large portions. Cute atmosphere .

Been here twice & it's definitely a place to go to if you're looking for healthier brunch/lunch foodie options! I had the eggs benedict and the egg sandwich and they're both pretty good tbh ! I had a pomegranate sunrise drink and it was good as well. The staff were friendly as well read more

Amazing, the turkey biscuit and gravy meal was perfection. My son had the tacos everything about them was tasty. Great meal. Grandson loved the chocolate chip pancakes. His mom loved the frittata, the bread with it was fresh baked. Would highly recommend this restraint. The real star was our meal was our waitress DaVita! read more

How hard is it to screw up the traditional breakfast of eggs, bacon, toast, and potatoes? Today First Watch cooks did! I asked for eggs over medium. They came back WAY undercooked. So, I asked our Server yo take them back and get me two eggs cooked over medium. Again, she brought out these ridiculously undercooked eggs. Sorry First Watch, but you failed to impress me today. Eggs that wiggle like a bowl full of jello are not cooked! read more

The atmosphere was 5 stars! The food itself to me was 3! I ordered the harvest hash which is said to includemushroom and zucchini. Nowhere did I see zucchini and the mushroom were so hard they were inedible! My husband enjoyed his meal. He had the tri-fecta. I would give them a second try and maybe order something else. read more

This location is busy due to the First Watch reputation, but we find they present as rushing you out the door instead of good service. We eat at this location about twice per year and find them inconsistent. There is nothing wrong with this location in the chain, but that's just it..:not a lot that stands out either. Tipping at 15% should be for standard good table service. 20% should be for exceptional. Above that should be for outstanding and/or situational. In our last visit we barely saw our server and actually had to flag a management associate to address a small issue. We will go back, as the food is okay, even though this last visit it looked sloppily prepared. They could be so much better. read more

forced to give them one star so i can leave the review but ZERO. called to find out wait time and the woman said "idk check online" and hung up. WONT be going. read more

Came on Labor Day so it was expected to be a bit busy. Bloody Mary was the worst I've ever had. This is so important to me because I love a good Bloody Mary at a brunch spot. They keep them in a fridge pre mixed with the alcohol already in it and it tastes like pure tomato paste with no flavoring. The food however was really good! I mean they know how to make a good cuisine! read more

i've gone here for years and it's always the best!! try the farmhouse hash, i get it almost everytime because it's so good i never want anything else read more

Danielle is AWESOME!! We came in here several months ago on a whim and we are regulars now! Danielle was our server on our second visit and now I ask for her section each time we come in! She is the absolute sweetest! The food is delicious, EVERY SINGLE TIME! The only slightly negative comment I could make would be about the air conditioning being set on sub zero, but they've gotten that figured out!! First Watch Harbourview is definitely worth your time and money! BRAVO! read more

Ordered the traditional with chicken sausage patty. It took no time for the food to come out. The food was cold and my eggs were incorrect. Sent the food back and the eggs were still wrong read more

My wife and I had breakfast there the other day and the best I can say was that it was ok. We thought that $40 for breakfast with tip was a little excessive. The portions of food that we received were a little skimpy not that I am a bulk guy but this was definitely below par for what we paid. Our server was prompt and very good. read more

I used to eat at First Watch 2-3 times a week however we have to send our eggs back 2-3 times each time we were there because they can't seem to fry an egg anyway except raw or well done. We tried it again today and the same thing. We had to send the eggs back and after three times I give up on this place. So frustrating especially since we love the avocado toast with two eggs. Please hire someone that can cook eggs. Not an over easy egg at all. Boooooooooo First Watch read more

First Watch - Eggs should have been over easy. This is the second set I got and still over cooked. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Suffolk, Virginia

I'm very picky and hard to impress. In from PA and my daughter has a gluten allergy - this is the FIRST time my 16-year-old daughter said a place made food that tastes like my cooking read more

First Watch - Trifecta breakfast - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Suffolk, Virginia

The service is always great. The food is also delicious. There is a variety of things to choose from but I stick to my regular 3 options. My daughter's love taking me here when they want to spend time with me to just talk it make me happy! read more

Let me first say that our server was amazing. Perfect amount of attentive, he remembered everything we asked for and the order was correct. After that the experience was mediocre. The breakfast tacos say they come with chicken chorizo, pico and avocado. They either forgot the chorizo or there was very little of it. The "house made" pico looked like it wasn't anything except chopped tomatoes and there was hardly any avocado. My son got the trifecta. He has similar feeling about his food. The serving size for the eggs was tiny, you only get one sausage, and he said the waffle wasn't very good. The wife did really liked her chili chorizo omelet. The omelet had plenty of ingredients and the greens looked fresh. The coffee was better than some of the chain places out there but not amazing. We where also surprised that real cream was not available. We might try it again but with the expectation starting lower. Definitely was not worth the prices nor the 45 minute wait. read more

The food and service was excellent. We ordered the Skillet Hash Farmhouse and I had the Market Skillet.

Waffle was absolutely delicious! Needed a quick bite to eat before heading to the airport and I'm so glad I found this place!

We've been three times since they opened and have never had a bad experience. We've enjoyed all the food we've ordered but I think our favorites are the chickichangas and the roast beef with havarti. The million dollar bacon is also super tasty. Definitely looking forward to going back to try something new! read more

It was really busy but the food was great. I plan to go back during the week, hopefully it will be less crowded.

Finally tried the lemon ricotta pancakes, I've had so many wonderful meals here, but they were next level.

This place is over priced and under portioned. I ordered the frittata and it was dry and tasteless with a few lettuce leaves as a garnish. My husband ordered 'the trifecta' and it was so skimpy it was almost nonexistent. The service was indifferent. read more

Took my disabled (visually impaired and wheelchair bound) mom to brunch yesterday after her doctors appointment. While the entrance doors aren't handicap accessible (manual opening only) there were about 5 servers standing near the bar talking and on looking as well as two employees at the cash register just watching as I struggled to open the doors and wheel my mom inside. One finally walked over to the host stand once we made it inside and greeted us. I kinda gave them a pass believing in my heart, maybe just maybe. due to signage my mom wasn't visible until after we were completely through the (see through glass) doors. Well sure enough we were served, had a great meal and when it was time to go, I paid out bill, tipped out sever for her great service and well, the staff again just watched as I struggled now with a take out bag to open the doors and wheel my mom out of BOTH set of doors. Offering to assist in general is would have been a kind and decent thing to do even if not obligated... but to assist YOUR customers, is simple YOUR JOB! Shame on the staff for their neglect and insensitivity! I'm sharing this story I'm hopes you do better by your next disabled patron.. read more

The first two times I ordered from this place it was good. However, today the food was both over cooked and undercooked. Quality control is important especially in this time of COVID while people, consumers and business owners a like, are more dependent on take out. I received a blueberry pancake thtat was burnt on one side and potatoes that were undercooked. read more

My experience was beyond my expectations. I had the most delicious and giant blueberry pancakes since I California from a cafe called Highway 29 as large as the pallets. I also had the chickichanga spicy burrito so tasty. I can't wait to try more on the menu. read more

Very accommodating especially after I mistakenly placed a reservation at the wrong location during Father's Day. Food was amazing, the waitresses were very friendly and attentive. Highly recommend. read more

This is a great breakfast/brunch spot. There's always something nice on the specials board and the Million Dollar Bacon is,...(for a bacon lover) breathtaking! The food is very good, doesn't matter what you get. Breakfast has great egg dishes and homefries, plus the aforementioned bacon. Sandwiches are also very nice and you can get soup/salad or soup/sandwich combos. Staff has always been very pleasant the times I've been there, even when it's busy. read more

This place is pretty cool. My wife and I came here on a brunch date and were very pleased. Our waitress was very nice and accommodating, and suggested many great menu items. The brunch was good! The drinks weren't that strong, so if you're looking for a buzz when you're drinking bloody Mary's or Mamosa's, this is not the place for you. Overall, we had a good experience. read more