I took my car in for a recall at the Ford dealership down the street. I decided to treat myself to breakfast since it was early and I knew I'd have at least a two hour wait. I've been to First Watch when they first opened where I live in the Washington DC area. I don't remember it being as expensive as it is now. My banana brittle French toast was $15 something ($19 after tax and tip). I know it was fancy, but it's not like it was dipped in gold leaf. I also feel they could've ponied up real maple syrup instead of the high fructose corn syrup version that they offered in acute decanter. I could've paid $1.99 to get the real stuff but that seems outrageous for two pieces of French toast. It was good, however not my favorite version of French toast that I've ever had. If they come up with a s'mores, Nutella or Reese's version, I'd be inclined to order that one next time. I arrived about 8:30 in the morning and there were about five other customers there. My server, Kayla was great. Provided just the right amount of attention. I'll probably come back when I'm here in December, since I'm staying with a friend literally across the street. read more

First Watch - Not pure maple syrup. If you want the real stuff, it's $1.99 more. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Troy, Michigan

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Very good First Watch location after a quick weekend gym workout! Located in the parking lot that is shared by Planet Fitness, you can walk across to this First Watch. It's a bit bigger than most locations (with some outdoor seating). The food is great and the drinks are greater! It's just tough to try and keep it to just a juice or coffee because their alocohol drinks are really good too! read more

First Watch - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Troy, Michigan

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I had higher hopes for my experience at this particular location. It was a very basic breakfast experience the same as you would get at a diner. The waiting staff and the hostess are task oriented. There's no personal touches. Our host/waitress never came to check after the meal was served. There was no refill of water the art of waitressing I didn't experience seeing even with other diners. It was a fairly quiet atmosphere for a mid morning breakfast. Let me experience that I look forward to repeating. read more

First Watch - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Troy, Michigan

The food here is always amazing. Get the app, get a free juice, & be able to easily put yourself on the waitlist ahead of time. The weekends are BUSY. Food is typically very fast and the staff is great. Love the large windows at this location. read more

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Great place for brunch. I prefer the veggies mixed into the egg instead of placed in the center of my omelette, but it was still very good. Eric was a great server, too read more

First Watch - Market veggie omelette with Colby jack cheese instead of goat cheese and a side of bacon - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Troy, Michigan

Food good. Hostess bad. Great menu and quality ingredients. Decent vibe. However, this location is cramped and waits are frustrating. The hostess with the iPad makes it 10x worse with her dismissive attitude (noticed by our whole party). read more

I had never even heard of First Watch until this past Saturday. Apparently it's a chain. Hubby and I dropped by after Christmas shopping, and I was wowed. Hubby had the biscuits and gravy, with fluffy biscuits and yummy, savory gravy, and I chose the multigrain toast with jam along with a tangerine dream, which is cream capped tangerine juice - even better than it sounds! I also ordered coffee, which was top-notch. We'll be back again soon. read more

Sunday August 31st 10:30 AM. Our son found a hair on the pineapple in the fruit side. I turned to my right to look into the kitchen and realize there are some cooks with no hairnets or nothing over there beards and I was thinking to myself maybe that's where it came from... Our waitress could've been a little bit more bubbly or exciting she seems like she could use a cup of coffee or that she really didn't like her job. I don't think the service business and talking to people is her thing. The overall food and platters were really good. The service was average. We haven't been to this restaurant in quite some time. I was really excited to go with my family. However, the experience was slightly disappointing. Maybe just wished we had a different waitress to serve our table. read more

First Watch - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Troy, Michigan

First time coming to this location and it was bigger than expected. We went in at 1030am on a Monday and there was no wait. We were seated immediately and the service was helpful and attentive. The food was delicious as always, I tried the salmon frittata for the first time and it was delicious. My husband did the avocado toast and he enjoyed it! I always enjoy plenty of natural light at restaurants and this place definitely did not disappoint with that. It wasn't too loud and we were able to enjoy conversation without raising our voices. I would recommend coming to this location again. read more

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No complaints with food or service but will not try again. This is the second time I have eaten here and it is so cold inside the restaurant. The temperature is in the 30's outside so not that cold outside and the sun is shinning but every customer had their coat on read more

Food is good The way they seat their customers is not well organized. Customers were left waiting while others that would come in afterwards would get seated first for having a bigger party. It's almost as if they picked and chose who they wanted next rather than follow a list in order of who came first. read more

Stopped in while waiting for a relative's appointments to finish up. Ordered the special cinnamon chip pancake meal which comes with 1 large pancake, some bacon (or other meat of your choice), and 2 eggs cooked to order. Everything came fairly quickly and it was tasty. Not overwhelmingly good but just fine. Jagged Fork serves a much more exciting cinnamon pancake. At the $14+ price point one might expect a little more. It would have been nice to have the server check in more often too. Also, when cashing out their credit card tip lines start at 20%. Is this the new normal? Yes, I could have gone custom to get to 15%. It would have been more appropriate for the just ok service. A 3.5 score rounds to an overly generous 4. (Feel like I should also say " everyone knows the rules"). read more

First Watch - A nice meal but pretty sparse at $14+. Another pancake would have been welcome. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Troy, Michigan

Pro: Good ambiance. Fast service. Large variety on their menu. A brunch place where you don't have to wait in line for a hour. Con: Food very mediocre. The purple haze drink is pretty but way to sweet. Not refreshing. Barbacoa quesadilla Benedict is also very salty. Not a healthy place like they advertised. Don't plan to return. read more

First Watch - Barbacoa quesadilla Benedict (seasonal) - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Troy, Michigan

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Great healthy alternative . They even had Swiss process decaf. Great service. I'll definitely be back.

Went to this location for the first time today and went with Avocado Toast from the Healthier Side menu (gotta start somewhere). The thick-cut whole grain toast was COVERED in fresh smashed avocado. Paired with the basted eggs, this was delicious! I highly recommend the location and menu. I look forward to going again soon! read more

First Watch - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Troy, Michigan

Solid spot! Can't go wrong here ! So many offerings on the menu, and you can make a reservation which I find rare at breakfast spots. Service can be a little slow but that's alright bc this is more of a linger and eat place not a quick in and out. read more

First Watch - carnitas quesadilla - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Troy, Michigan

Food came out in good time manner, and had me fun. So many options. I loved it! I loved it again!

Still waiting for our sandwich and omelet and it's already been 25 minutes. I was afraid to come back here

First Watch is always a solid choice. The menu has a variety of options too! We came in around 1 ish and it wasn't all that busy. We had missed the breakfast rush. Thankfully, we got seated right away! My sister and I got the chorizo hash from the seasonal menu, while my other sister got a quesadilla and my mom got the lemon ricotta pancakes. Super filling! My moms pancakes weren't overly sweet which was good. The hash was flavorful, but didn't have much chorizo. Much more potatoes than meat. They also forgot to add scallions to my dish but remembered to add it to my sister's. My other sister's quesadilla looked like two tacos. She liked it but found that it didn't meet her expectations presentation-wise. Prices are reasonable here. Staff is friendly and service is quick! You don't wait long for your food which is great! Parking around here is chaos! There are other restaurants in this area, and even a Planet Fitness. The parking always looks perpetually filled. We did find a parking spot really close to First Watch though. read more

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Didn't review First Watch last time I was in, trying to give them the benefit of the doubt, but two times of underwhelming experiences leads to this review. Ordered a simple breakfast of scrambled eggs, bacon (requested it chewy), potatoes and toast. Eggs were cooked fine; bacon was cooked to a crisp (nothing chewy about it), potatoes underdone (I crunched through a few); toast was ok. My food was warm, but not hot--I'm guessing mine was first in our order to be finished. As a former short order cook I was super underwhelmed. If you're looking for a trendy place and don't mind sub-par food, this is your place. Honestly next time I'll just go to a local Coney Island and find the food hotter and faster and cheaper. read more

First Watch - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Troy, Michigan

I think I just have bad luck when it comes to First Watch locations. My boyfriend and I decided to try this one out today, since I had been to the other Troy location (Big Beaver/Rochester Rd.) a few years ago and had bad service - so much so that they gave me a $20 "Brunch Bites" card to come back, but due to the pandemic I hadn't used it yet. I figured we'd try this location today instead. First off, the food is always good at First Watch. I ordered the standard brunch platter which came with your choices of meats, as well as multigrain toast with jam, eggs, and potatoes. I don't eat eggs so I gave those to my boyfriend, and I got turkey sausage with it, since we got a side order of their "Million Dollar Bacon," which is always fantastic, and today was no exception. My boyfriend ordered an omelette and enjoyed it also. The first issue was that there was some sort of (syrup?) or something on the booth side of the table. I used a napkin and wiped it off. I went to use the bathroom and came back and apparently no one had come to the table yet. After about 10-15 minutes our waitress showed up and apologized. To preface the rest of this review: we could see she was working hard, she just had a lot of tables. I think this FW location is probably understaffed due to the pandemic. She took our drink + food orders and we got the food maybe 20 minutes later, which was fine. The other issue was that I asked for a box, when we were done eating, and waited ... hadn't seen our waitress yet, so we asked a busgirl, who never came back ... about 20 minutes later, the waitress came over with the box, finally. She also asked my boyfriend if he wanted a to-go drink order of his soda, I think as kind of a peace offering. Probably would not come back to this location again because of the service, unfortunately (friendly service but extremely slow) so I may have to try Big Beaver/Rochester again if I go to First Watch anytime soon. Their food is good (especially that bacon) but I'll probably try another brunch place in the area first, as Troy has no shortage of them. read more

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Omgosh this food was amazing! It was so healthy, light, flavorful, the chicken so was juicy! I loved it!! I highly recommend! And my lavender lemonade: two thumbs up!! I enjoyed everything about my experience, I most definitely want to come back. Get on the wait list before you come. I walked right in and had a table within 5 minutes. Otherwise it's a 30 minute (or more) wait, which is typical for brunch spots on the weekend. It's my 1st time but but I'd like to come back to try other things on the menu to see if I'd like to bump this up to a 5 star review. read more

First Watch - Lavender lemonade, very good! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Troy, Michigan

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I have been wanting to stop by here for so long! Every time I called the wait was around 1-2 hours on weekends. Today I was finally free on a weekday morning so I and 3 others stopped in. We were seated right away. We ordered two juices one being watermelon mint and the other being kale tonic. They were both very sugary and too sweet. I got the lemon ricotta pancakes. I'll be honest they sucked. The pancakes were soggy and bland. The "topping" tasted like lemon jello brand instant pudding. It was just goopy and not a good taste or texture. We also ordered the avocado toast. It was just okay. The toast was barely toasted. It was not well seasoned and very bland. They eggs were just okay. The eggs Benedict were noted to be "the worst I ever had" by my friend who ordered them. The ham was fine. The roll that it was made on was soggy and sweet? Again the eggs were fine but the béarnaise sauce was another story. It was so sour and tasted spoiled. It ruined the whole dish. She said that the mix of sweet, salty and super sour was very off putting. Unfortunately my side of bacon was the star of the show. This place is over hyped and over priced. I do not recommend. read more

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First watch has great food, I've only had it delivered and have never been inside. This particular location isn't accurate when ordering delivery. I always have an issue at this location. Very disappointing. The million dollar bacon is great though a bit pricey. The waffle is fluffy and buttery with crisp edges! Morning meditation is great! Gotta try if u haven't already!! read more

I ordered the Traditional Breakfast and was so disappointed! The eggs were not over-easy, the side of potatoes were mainly burnt and both pork sausage links were flavorless. The only portions of the breakfast that I enjoyed, were the multigrain toast & strawberry jam. Nice ambiance and the server was friendly, but not worth the trip!! :( read more

We arrived to the restaurant about 1:30 an hour before they closed. The food we received was less than average. I ordered a breakfast sandwich. My bun was burnt. It looked like everything was just smashed on there the potatoes were cold. Another one of our guest pancake was burnt. The food and service was less than average. It was just like they didn't care and we're in a hurry which like I said we were there an hour before closing so that shouldn't have been a thing very disappointed... this was their Novi location read more

Another fan experience for local breakfast I walked here from the car dealership to kill an hour so I was alone- I didn't realize they have a large community table up front for solos or over flow. Warning: every seat at the table is available to anyone so with Covid, I wouldn't have sat here during busy times- restaurant does NOT block off any seats I ordered the yogurt/house granola (comes with a lovely muffin but not stellar) and a pomegranate/tequila starter- lovely way to wait out the cold today As usual, the service is wonderful here- their service always bumps up the experience to five stars. Impressive when most places are looking for employees- I assume great management read more

First Watch - Yogurt/granola/fruit comes with muffin and pomegranate/tequila in back- both great! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Troy, Michigan

We went there today at 11am and had to sit outside because we brought our dog with us. When we walked inside the women didn't even great us just looked at us and we didn't even get water after 15 minutes of waiting in the cold. No one even came outside once to check on us. So we left and we won't be back. read more

I would recommend trying their avocado toast or a standard breakfast. I carried out a veggie burger and a power wrap as well. My husband liked his wrap well enough. I tried it as well, it wasn't too bad. The veggie burger was average, a bit dry and not a lot of flavor for me. Service is subpar. I don't feel like it's a warm experience every time I try one of these chains at all. read more

First Watch - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Troy, Michigan

Brunch spot. Fresh fruit, well prepared. Oatmeal very good, eggs well done. Try it out!

Food was very good but waited over 60 minutes for a table and then 30 minutes to get our food. The server blamed a lot of to-go orders but not sure that is an acceptable answer.... I had the Farmhouse Hash which includes two cage-free eggs, potatoes, bacon, avocado, house-roasted onions and tomatoes, cheddar and monterey jack cheese. It was good but somewhat overpriced for what you get in terms of portion and it contained mostly potatoes and what seemed like bacon bits. Even the toast you get is only one slice. This is sort of coming off as a negative review - I would definitely try again but the long wait was just not acceptable for the service and food that I received on this visit. read more

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Furious at the reservation system and host. Added our name via mobile to JOIN THE LINE waited an hour after checking in and then they told us our name was lost. read more

With a heavy schedule and some need for a good breakfast, I decided to place an order through the mobile app of breakfast tacos and a side of fruit. I patiently waited the quick 10 minutes in the parking lot and came in at the time the app said the order would be ready. Yup! It was there and ready to g - excellent! Made it home, opened my box to a very sad sight. Minimal filling and missing the avocado and pico. Very disappointing after a $16 breakfast with included tip. Last time I got this exact order the tacos were FULL and actually hot! I would advise against carry out at this location - this is my second bad experience with it. The only time it's been worth coming is when you dine in and get your full hot order. read more

First Watch - Carry out of breakfast tacos missing avocado and pico. 1/4 cup of fruit. ‍ - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Troy, Michigan

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This place is pretty unexciting. I've been here a bunch of times now and every time I leave thinking "I really don't ever want to come back". But now I'm thinking I really won't be back. The menu is pretty extensive and uses lots of local ingredients apparently. Each dish is well thought out but really is not executed that well. Belgian waffle is okay. Pretty much just covered in sugar though between the syrup, powdered sugar and berry compote. Eggs Benedict usually comes with cold hollandaise sauce and an untoasted, soggy slice of ciabatta bread. The flavor is okay but the meal is ruined by the temperature. AM superfood bowl is good but loaded with sugar. The granola tasted like sugar coated oats and the blackberry sauce was just sugary tasting, not like blackberries. If I were to get this again, I would opt for just chia pudding and fresh fruit. It comes with almond butter toast which had WAY too much salt on it. Lemon ricotta pancakes might be their best menu item. But also very sugary. As for the service, it's pretty rough. Last time I went, immediately upon sitting down our waitress asked what we wanted to eat. She never gave us water or checked on us after she dropped off our food. My moms dish came with a hair on top but she just ate around it because she was hungry and could not wait for the server to maybe come back around. I saw our same waitress drop food off at the wrong table and then leave. A few minutes later after they kinda picked at it, she came back and they said it wasn't theirs. So the waitress grabbed the food and then dropped it off at the table next to mine....I was pretty horrified that she basically double served food... Honestly, this place is not worth the hype. It's marketed as fresh, fun breakfast food but it's really just meh. Meh food coupled with bad service is just not somewhere I want to go back to. I'll go get a better breakfast somewhere else. read more

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Disappointed that the avocado toast tasted like it had packaged avocado. The avocado toast is the main reason I go to first watch, and it wasn't the same this past visit. Maybe they were out of avocados and substituted the packaged stuff? It just wasn't good. I might give it another try, I don't know. read more

Definitely much better experience than I had last time in the Big Beaver location. I was debating if give 3 or 4* but since there are more things I would like to be done better, I went with 3. Pros: - food is tasty and seems to be on n the higher quality side - entire pot of coffee on your table, so you don't have to wait for refills - liked that there is a dairy free option for creamer Cons: - wait time, even if you check in on yelp with the waiting time indicated, the correct time you have to wait is longer - small and noisy, knowing that they are so popular, why don't make this place bigger? - they don't seem to manage rush hours, confusion on the checkout side, different servers during your time and not full attention to you as customer - lack of vegan options, the only 2 that they have which are semi vegan (muffin for the oatmeal bowl and regular milk), are on the sweet side. There is nothing savory if you want your breakfast this way. I wish they add more on that side too, it's so easy to create like a hash bowl that is fully vegan. Because of that, I had to go with their toast only which is delicious, but still, I would come more often if I had better vegan breakfast options, like bowls or wraps. Not necessarily want to eat plain toast for breakfast... read more

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I love this breakfast/brunch place in the greater Troy area. Went for the first time and already in the mood to go back. I'd describe the restaurant as a "rustic" iHop with healthier food options. Order: Avocado Toast with potatoes - AMAZING!! Great toast and generous portion of Avocado. Potatoes were great too! Smoked Salmon and Roasted Veggie Frittata - wow! My friend got this and he was impressed. He is a little bit picky and he throughly enjoyed his meal! The only drawback was a tad bit slow service - but not a deal breaker. We will be back to try other top items On the menu! read more

First Watch - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Troy, Michigan

I travel all over the country and like to eat at First Watch if they have this chain in the state that I'm in. Breakfast at this location was some of the best I've had from a First Watch. And, the service was absolutely top notch! Will return again! read more

Just off busy Coolidge and Maple in a corner of the strip mall parking lot. Modern looking, clean and bright inside and out. There is a small outside patio area facing the intersection. The menu is mostly breakfast/brunch items, with some lunch type choices. Some of the selection tends towards modern healthy. The menu does try to be trendy. The prices are not bad for the area and type of menu. Some portions were small. There were two issues. It is very loud inside. More seriously, service was poor. The staff was polite, but slow and inattentive. They were only about half full during our visit, so there was not a good cause for the issue. read more

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We found most of the food exceptional, especially the filets, They were cooked exactly how we ordered them and delicious. Our only disappointment with the food was the mashed potatoes; they reminded us of instant, but we are sure they weren't. We'll order a different side next time. The service was great and we enjoyed the high ceiling and open atmosphere. The bar has a more casual vibe to it which sometimes we prefer over the more formal dining experience. I would recommend the main dining room or the bar. read more