After reading the menu I really wanted this place to be as good as the menu read. Service was pretty good minus that I never got water after asking for it even though he checked back frequently. The 2 stars is for the kitchen, your menu is amazing, the execution is dismal. I get that you want to give the plate colour but chives on everything is over kill. And the plates weren't hot, my food had no choice but to get cold quickly. And don't offer scrambled eggs if they aren't actually going to be scrambled. The turkey sausage had the flavour of cardboard, just because it isn't pork doesn't mean it shouldn't have spices added to it. read more

Overpriced and small portions. Not really a bang for your buck type spot. Better breakfast places.

Excellent breakfast place in this area. They do get super busy on the weekends so be ready to wait if you come during peak hours. This location has a couple of tables setup outside also, although I think I personally prefer to sit inside. read more

The first time I dined at a First Watch was years ago in Florida. When I walked into the doors of this First Watch, it looked exactly like the ones I frequented in Florida. Unfortunately, this First Watch fell short each time I dined at their establishment. Service and food could use much improvement. For example, my family took me there for breakfast on my birthday. They all received their food. The birthday girl .... well... she waited and waited and waited. They finished their food and still I had no food. The manager assured me it was going to be delivered to my table immediately. It wasn't. And when it finally arrived, it arrived lukewarm. Let's just say I parted ways with First Watch to never walk through their doors again. read more

I've taken my entire family here, I go almost every weekend. I've tried so many different things from here, as has my family, and we have loved every single item we ate. To say this is our favorite breakfast spot is a huge understatement!! I highly recommend this restaurant! read more

Cheddar bacon (!) pancakes, carrot cake (!) pancakes, and wheat germ pancakes (they sound strange but wonderful texture and delish). Hubby still thinks nothing beats the Cafe Deluxe pancakes, but I'm not convinced. Everything seems healthy and wholesome. Kale drink is good and so are the omelettes. Must try! Get there by 8:30 AM at the latest or you'll have to wait for a table. read more

positive attributes: - relatively short wait - very nice host, greated and welcomed us kindly - very reasonable pricing - fresh food - great location, central, and close to shopping which makes it perfect for a sunday brunch - easy parking negative attributes: - service was below average, did not get a hello , we never knew the name of the waitress. "ready to order" were her first words - the place wasnt clean. The floor had stains everywhere like plates had been dropped and the floor had not been cleaned - the sandwiches were very simple. The menu looked awesome but the actual sandwiches were not impressive. Good but definitely something you can make at home. read more

The food is always excellent. The service is always excellent. I love it when restaurants are consistent. Thank you First Watch. Love the summertime specials and the avocado toast especially. read more

I'd definitely recommend this place. They have good variety of food options, from juices, breakfast and lunch. If you wanna eat something healthy and tasty, this is it! The restaurant have a good space and quantity of tables even outside if the weather is nice. They also manage good prices for the quality of food they offer. Weekends can be full as every place but you will still find a table if you are able to wait 5 or 15 min. I'll come back, no doubt! read more

First Watch - One of my favorite juices. - American Near Me - Chantilly, Virginia

If I could rate my experience today, it would be zero stars. We were seated around 12:25, and only until we stopped our waiter to ask about the status of our food did we realize that he never put the order in. It was at 1:05 that our food was finally brought to our table, the eggs that were supposed to be poached on a salmon Benedict were completely overdone and was the consistency of a hard boiled egg. At this point we have waited almost an hour for extremely subpar food and experience. This was my third time visiting this location and I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone. Don't waste your time. read more

This place has wonderful breakfast and wonderful service! I stopped in to get some breakfast to go. The food was delicious and the staff was excellent, very polite and helpful. I will be back to dine in soon!! read more

I have to say it pains me to write this review but this locations pales in comparison to the Fairfax location. My girlfriend and I were seated immediately (no qualms there) and ordered rather quickly. However, after ordering we waited for more than 40 minutes without our waiter even coming to check on us. Only after waiving down another waitress and explaining the situation to her was our food brought out almost immediately. This makes me think that our food was just forgotten about? Our waiter also offered nothing in exchange for our unreasonable wait time and poor service. Only giving three stars instead of one because the food was still good and I'm hopeful that this was only a one time occurrence. read more

Great food and service! Went for breakfast with my daughter and had a great experience. The place is clean and the staff is very friendly. Can't wait to go back. Bravo! read more

Horrible customer service. Placed an order through First Watch website and they gave me an option for delivery. Order had been placed at 10:32am and ETA was 11:38am. Waited ONE HOUR to get the cancellation notification. Called store and MANAGER said my card had been declined which is not true.(Photo attached from my bank transaction). The first lady who answer the phone before the manager told me that their delivery contractor does not deliver on weekends. I told them that First watch website game me an option for delivery and how the hack I know if they have changed that delivery policy or not. If they saw my order with delivery, should they call me right away and explain it? So either I can come by the store to pick it up or just cancel? Why don't you admitted your mistake and give me a nice apology instead of saying that "Oh, it's not my issue, it's your bank". This must be very shameful on you and your store. I only hear good thing about this place so I decided to get some food this morning but turned me down so bad. read more

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My friends and I have been wanting to try this place for a while now and we finally had a chance to go today. We've heard really great things about this place. It's usually packed on the weekends so we came for brunch on a Tuesday around 1pm. The place wasn't busy at all and we decided to have brunch outside. Service was very slow. Ordered the power wrap which was good, waffle tasted like a funnel cake but everything else was okay. Definitely a healthier option than IHOP and Dennys. read more

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One of the best options in the DMV for breakfast and brunch. They serve traditional food along with very creative options. Try the Maple Bacon special. Most important: GET ON THE WAITLIST FROM THE YELP APP. read more

Got here at 10am on a Sunday morning. Thought we were beating the morning crowd but it was packed already. They have a nice system where they will text you went your table is ready which is nice so you don't have to wait there. The Yelp app sowed there was 27 people ahead of us so 30 mins wasn't too long of a wait, Ordered the Asian pork belly dish. It was ok. The other two dishes were ok. I think the place is a little over priced & food was mediocre. Won't go back. read more

If I wrote this review after my first visit, it would have been 5 stars. Now, after many visits, it is a solid 3. To break that down, food: 5, service, 2. We have consistently had service that was just above or just below mediocre but never amazing (nor ever so awful). Just consistently forgetful or with misplaced priorities. Let me give an example from this weekend. My party ordered a few pancakes to share as an appetizer (their pancakes are awesome by the way). The server brought them but no plates to eat them on. We couldn't eat our food without the plates since we were sharing and asked for plates. Not a big deal to forget plates, BUT, instead of going to get them right away, she took another table's order AND cleared another one. Seriously? We sat there with food in front of us getting cold while she cleared a table? This was just one of many examples of forgetful servers with strange priorities. The food is good though. Interesting options and healthful options. ProTip: You can do 1/2 sandwich and cup of sour for $7.49 or full sandwich with soup for $8.20 (or similar). The sandwiches are good as are the bowls/hashes. The bowls are particularly good with poached eggs (though one time it was undercooked but usually is fine). We will be back but not rushing. Really could be better with better service. read more

I have never been a pancake lover. But after eating their pancakes, I'm hooked. Their breakfast is all I have and everything is delicious. I'd recommend getting their app and reserving a table. The wait on weekend mornings is usually 40 to 45 minutes. read more

The best brunch place in the area! Quality of the food is so good and fresh, ginger drink is great and refreshing, definitely order it and enjoy it. Their avocado toast sooo yummy. And also they have a Florida french toast which has strawberries and bananas with a warm syrup and on top of it there is a powder sugar, made it so presentable and also delicious. Make sure to order this too and share it with the whole table can feed 3 people;) Overall service and the food's quality is great! We go there on weekends alot and enjoy the food and drink. But the waiting is long but I think it's worth it. read more

Delicious food, clean, family oriented atmosphere. Breakfast/lunch that you can feel good about. I like that they have the counter in the center that is self seating. Although you're sitting with others, it's nice for a couple or just a few friends. Only useful if there's a wait for a regular seat and you can grab a spot quick. Side note - only get 1 pancake. I got 2 and only ate 3/4 of the first. And I have a big appetite usually! The menu said they're big but I feel like a lot of places claim their pancakes are huge. These are beyond huge and barely fit on a dinner plate! Delicious though :) read more

Happened across this place while driving around Chantilly. The aesthetic of this restaurant is like a modern diner, with food murals, recycled/thick-cut paper menus, and glass jars of water to share around your table. We arrived at around 9:45am and were seated within 5 minutes. Service was quick and snappy, but it's a breakfast place so of course you've gotta be! It's always good to have a little bit of hustle. There were many intriguing items on the menu, but we all eventually settled on a power wrap, the tri-fecta with a Belgian waffle, the quinoa power bowl, and a blueberry pancake to share and try. Everything tasted great and was not overly greasy like most diners/breakfast places do. Pancake was a bit overly buttery for me (the mix and the butter on top) but that could just be me. I was expecting the quinoa bowl to have more kale in it, so maybe I will try a salad next time because that was what I was expecting. Chicken was tender and smooth, crockpot-style. Portions are generous and just right. Overall a very awesome experience and it was a great way for us to start our Saturday morning :) Will definitely be back to try out more items on the menu. read more

This was my first time here and I loved it! They had so many good meals on the menu that I would've loved to try. Definitely going back to try some more. Everything is farm fresh. read more

Husband and I stopped in for breakfast while staying in Williamsburg. I am always looking for healthy options and they have soooo many! Food is fresh and delicious. They also have freshly made juices to sip while you wait read more

Husband and I went to First Watch this morning for breakfast. We've been here maybe half dozen times with success so we are very disappointed to have to leave a bad review. When we checked in we were told 10-15 minutes for wait. Ok - until 35 minutes later we were seated. Since we had been waiting so long we knew what we were going to order already. 35 more minutes for most of the food to be served. Husband's pancake was cold, sausage lukewarm, over medium eggs, delivered late, was overcooked. My eggs benedict was also lukewarm - one egg was hard boiled. The other one was nicely poached but halfway through I bit into egg shell (gag). So - for the manager who didn't want to speak with us here are a couple of suggestions -- 1. You should have staff dedicated to the front desk to take names for the waiting list, seating people and accepting payments. Using the wait staff for these duties is inefficient. 2. You should have staff dedicated to busing tables and running food. Again using wait staff for this is inefficient. 3. Figure out how to manage food prep in the kitchen for better and timely delivery of the food. Our waitress was lovely and very apologetic but it's not her job to deal with unhappy customers. She said the manager was too busy in the kitchen to speak with us and comped our meal. From other Yelp reviews this seems to be the manager's method of operation. In my opinion - very unprofessional. If you had spoken with us I would not feel compelled to post this bad review. Sadly, we will not return. read more

Good place but pricy . Needs more verity of pancakes . Delicious avocado toast. Very busy / service could be better .

A group of 6 for lunch, Our meals came out one or two at a time with one meal never arriving. Soups were barely warm, one chicken salad melt was on bread so hard it could not be cut with a knife. Lettuce greens on the old side haphazardly partially dressed. 3.99 fruit cup had exactly 5 bites of fruit. 3 inedible. Plates looked like they had been thrown together and I suppose they had. We asked to see the manager. Our server explained that when it gets busy, the "chef" falls apart. He looses it when there are two many tickets. The manager doesn't like to come out on the floor and tells the servers to just comp the meals. When it was time to pay for our remaining bill, we stood on a long line to the cashier for a really long time. Discovered that half the line was waiting to be seated, same young lady doing both jobs from a single desk. Sigh. My conclusion is that this place is great in concept but the execution is so far off, it's just unpleasant. Sad thing is that there were plenty of empty tables. Can't imagine what it would be like if they were full. read more

This happens to be our second First Watch in two days, and boy, were the differences noticeable. While the other had a warm, homey feel, this one just looks like a typical rented suite decorated with a paint job and some store-bought prints. While the wait was fairly long (more than 30 minutes), the complimentary coffee helped to speed the time along. Each table was stocked with two coffee cups and two water glasses; we ended up ordering three coffees and four waters. While our table was given a carafe of coffee, it did not contain enough coffee to fill our three coffee mugs, even when full. The carafe ended up needing to be refilled at least twice. When we asked for two more water glasses, they brought one to the table with the food, but it wasn't for us. We didn't get the glasses until after we asked the manager for them about 15 minutes later. Similar to the coffee carafe situation, the water bottle did not hold enough to serve us all. Finally, the tables must be too closely packed or something, as I was jostled by patron and waiter alike, even though I was scooted in to the table as far as I was able. Having seen the avocado toast at the previous First Watch sold two of us on it. It is exactly what it sounds like; mashed avocado pieces liberally spread on two slices of bread, adorned with a splash of EVOO and served alongside two eggs of your choice (the default is basted). It looked outstanding, and if anything, it tasted better than it looked. Another of our party got the breakfast tacos which came with a side of black beans. They're apparently quite forgettable, as I can't remember what they tasted like not 24 hours later. The only thing I remember about them is that the tortillas fell apart when you tried to lift the tacos. Overall, while the avocado toast stole the show, it couldn't completely make up for the lack of attention by the wait staff nor the other food which was decidedly average. read more

Great breakfast selection by far is best breakfast for fitness People love the healthy option and highly recommended hope u will add almond milk or soy on ur coffee option read more

Menu is phenomenal. Some of the best food that you can get in the area. This is one of a kind. There are choices for everyone and even kids who are picky eaters. You won't be able to find this type of food without venturing into DC. read more

This is an excellent place to eat breakfast or lunch. The food is amazing, it's really different from the regular cafe.

First Watch is a great restaurant chain that provides healthy choices. I do not usually order salads in any restaurant, but First Watch does a good job in balancing the ratios in their salads. It seems that many people experience poor customer service here and this is where they lose their stars. I would like to add that their restaurant is pretty spacious and many of their staff members are new. I would suggest getting food to go if you take customer service to heart, the wait is never too long for that. On top of that they always add in utensils, a menu and mints. I have not yet been disappointed by their hash, sandwiches, waffles or salads. They have all been delicious and spot on. Since many people seem to not like their coffee, I would suggest their tea option. My server not only brought numerous packets for me to choose from, but made sure I always had a full cup. read more

Be prepared to wait and watch inefficiency at it's best. It wasn't busy and I gauge that by open bench seats in the waiting area. We went up to check on our seating because we were told it would be 20 minutes, but 30 minutes had already passed. We were told that we had only been waiting 10 minutes and that there was still 9 people in front of us, but the other person that took our seating request did acknowledge that we had been there sooner. They then said that they would try to seat us right away, but then made no effort to get us seated. We ended up walking out. Horrible service from the start and horrible management. What was even more frustrating was that while we were sitting there waiting and we saw 8 tables that were open with 3 of them still not cleared. We usually eat at the First Watch in Laurel, which is run so much better. They definitely ruined breakfast out with my parents. read more

This First Watch was ok... that's about it. I've not lived in the NOVA area for fifteen years and just moved back so perhaps it's stellar compared to other similar restaurants nearby. I suspect not. I first ate at a First Watch in Colorado and it was so amazing I ate lunch there three days in a row (four day trip). It was a tight, clean restaurant, well staffed and the food was amazing. This one though... meh. It was ok. I'll not return, but if meh is something you're up for or if you've never had First Watch in Colorado I suppose you may be very happy here read more

Ambience is really cool. Has anyone ever been to an ikea or AMS airport cafe? Very chic & euro like minus the richness of food in comparison to Europe. Not a ton of vegan options but veggie folks you'll do ok here. I really enjoy the cold-pressed juices and pancakes. I wish they would say who their local egg farmer is but all in all a really cool place. If it's really busy just wave someone down and you'll get the bill. It can get crazy so hang loose read more

Been twice to two different locations. Food is decent but expensive. The hollandaise is not a real hollandaise. Gives one the idea that the cost of the product should warrant a "realer" eating experience. Food is good but not amazing. Service is slow usually. read more

We went on a Sunday around 11am (popular brunch time) and boy there was a long wait. The place didn't take reservations... So we were stuck waiting for an hour. When we did get our table, the service was pretty quick. The place has good food but not good enough to merit a 60 minute way. My husband LOOOVVEDDD the million dollar bacon. Nothing I ate was that delicious. All in all, it's a good breakfast/brunch place but be prepared to wait on the weekends. read more

So, I am one of those who is guilty of coming to yelp to look for reviews on restaurants, but do not really take the time to write one. However, my experience with First Watch was so had that I have to leave a review. First thing first, everyone here has said it. The food is good. Is it the best breakfast food every that everyone needs to try in their life? No. The food just tasted a little a better than other breakfast food places. Second thing that everyone here seems to be talking about, the wait was horrendous. This was my boyfriend's and my first time here. We were actually going to go somewhere else, but decided to try this place out due to the great reviews. I am not sure if it is the management or the pace of things. When we came in, we saw that it was definitely crowded with a lot of people waiting. We put our name down and ended up waiting about 30 mins. That wasn't the worst part, since we knew that we were going to have to wait awhile for a table. The worst was when we got a table. We first said we would get a table outside, but the waiter never came out and we were getting a bit chilly. Mind you, there were servers, cleaners, waiters all coming in and out of the outdoor seating area, but they just never stopped by our table. We finally requested a table inside. Once inside, we waited another 10-15 minutes for our waiter. It was only after my boyfriend waved someone down did he finally come over. I asked the waiter to remove the water and coffee that was here before, and I told the waiter that we were not sure who our waiter was because he/she never came. That was when he rudely reply, "that's me." No, "sorry for the wait," no "My name is 'Blah.'" We gave him our order, did not even offer to bring us water. Then we waited another hour for our food. Yes, an HOUR for our food. During that time, I noticed that I was not the only one who was frustrated with this. I witnessed other customers leaving right before their food came out, because of the wait. I have seen people asking for comments card because of the wait. I looked around the restaurant and more than half of the restaurant had been emptied. When we asked about our food, their excuse was that it was busy. I understand that it is a holiday weekend, but an hour wait for food for a half empty restaurant is ridiculous. The restaurant does not try to make up for their lack of management. They did not offer to take off at least the coffee. I mean you serve free coffee to those who wait to get a table, but you charge almost $3 per person at the table? Many people have complained about the wait in the past and many still do. This is an ongoing issue that needs to be resolved. Please do not make excuses saying that it was busy or anything, because by the time our order was put in, half of the restaurant was empty. In conclusion: Food = Ok Total wait time = 1:45 mins Total time of eating = 15 mins Will not be returning. read more

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Breakfast/Brunch here is always amazing! I leave feeling full, not bloated. Everything is delicious and healthy - even my bacon!

The one in Gaithersburg is horrible...love First Watch..But every time I come to the Gaithersburg location I have a horrible experience. Food is either burnt or cold. read more