First Watch is OK. I've never had anything here that's blown me away, but I've never hated anything here either. There are way better brunch and breakfast spots in the area, but the easy parking here is definitely a point in its favor. If my friends didn't always push to go here for weekend brunch, I PROBABLY wouldn't have gone here again after my first time, but it's not so bad that I would kick up a fuss if it's where everyone else wants to go. Overall, a solid medium pick for a mediocre, inoffensive breakfast. read more

Good variety of food offerings; however my food was boring and bland. This is the first time in many years that I've used salt and pepper shakers at the table. Slow service. Just ok. Nothing special. read more

I go to a lot of First Watch restaurants around the metro area, and this is by far the worst location. They lost our online reservation and put us on the end of the regular waitlist. After deciding to wait our waitress took 15 minutes to greet the table. The hostess (with a horrible attitude) and the manager were not concerned with the horrible customer service that we had recieved, but dont worry the manager is very happy about his son attending U(sic)ga. I'll never recommend or return to this location. read more

While the food here is very good, the service and the layout are terrible. It's one of the most disorganized restaurants I've ever experienced. The entrance, a small waiting area and checkout are crammed together to create a confusing, crowded and often unmonitored mess. Our first visit was fine. No problems. Second time, we waited a bit to be seated, but got to our table in reasonable time. But it took nearly an hour for food to arrive. We were told that some kitchen staff didn't show up. Just so we were about to leave (which several tAbles around us did), the food arrived, only slightly bearing the scars of its long and torturous journey. Thinking that perhaps that was an anomaly, we returned months later to a similar mess. We will not be trying again. It's a shame because our first experience at the Dunwoody location was wonderful, as was our first at this one. Sadly, this place needs a lot of work. read more

Yikes! Had hoped for more after going to a First Watch in Nashville. Food was mediocre; prices sky high for what you get and lastly, the noise levels were off the charts. And this was for Breakfast! Hey, add some inexpensive sound absorption materials and I might give you another try. If not, I'll take my breakfast dollar elsewhere. read more

The avocado toast was delicious. Next time I'm in the area for breakfast it will be my guilty pleasure.

I'm loving this place! Ran in here for a quick breakfast and found a peaceful, inviting atmosphere. My cell phone battery was low and was blessed to have a place to charge my phone at there table. Smiling faces!! read more

First Watch - Peace, smiling faces and a great menu! Biggest part!!! Awesome COFFEE - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Decatur, Georgia

This place had very slow service and the chef got my order completely wrong and had to remake my order when I specifically told them how I wanted it. Besides the food the wait was reasonable time to get a table and the way they told us our table was ready was very efficient and easy. I would like it if the chef read my specific order that I told them at least 3 times. Would NOT recommend this place. read more

Great food, great prices. I had a hard time choosing because they have such a great selection. I ordered the Rustica Frittata and it was amazing! Someone at the table next to me even asked what I ordered. I got the potatoes instead of the side salad with the Frittata and I had no regrets (who wants salad with their eggs?). Most times when you order potatoes like that they come out dry, slightly burnt, and devoid of most of the flavor they once had, these potatoes were soft succulent and tasty. Now on to the toast and spread which deserve a review all on their own. The toast is a surprisingly soft multigrain bread that comes with some sort of fruit spread which was amazing. I will say that the service was not the best though, felt slightly neglected and like it was a burden to serve us, but that can be overlooked. read more

We just had an amazing breakfast at First Watch in Decatur. The menu is huge, with a choice for everyone. Vegans to omnivores are easy to please here. Don't miss the lemon ricotta pancakes. read more

I like this place. It's very close to where I live and I get breakfast here often. Every time I'm here the service is great. Didn't have to wait to long. The food is also great. Not too greasy like many other breakfast place. read more

Just visited First Watch in Decatur. Ga. A. Daytime Cafe. Opens at 7am closes at 230pm. Breakfast Lunch and brunch served. Had the summer menu million dollar bacon (brown sugar cayenne and Maple sugar) and a summer blush. (Watermelon pineapple fujiapple lemon and mint cane sugar) and cage free eggs. Was absolutely pleased with my breakfast and the service. Defintely reccommend it .cant wait to come back... read more

Can't recommend due to the 1) the service and 2) the food we received was cold, and some was not received at all. Our waitress served us grossly dirty water glasses, and when we asked for replacements, she came back with even dirtier ones with visible finger and lip markings in white. Gross! Then the whole table ordered coffee and she brought a small carafe with no cream offered (we had to ask and received it 15 minutes later when the coffee we poured had already gone totally cold) and she never offered a new carafe, when the first carafe only had enough for 1/2 mug full per person. Ok, so far no coffee no water. We got up and served ourselves water from the waiting area. Food arrives in two waves, with one half of the table getting food ten minutes before the other half. Not to mention, the dishes are stone cold. Not appetizing for eggs at all. The wait was so long we didn't dare send it back. One persons dish never even arrived, but he received a bill for it. He would have told the waiter but she never came back to ask about how our meal was. She just brought the checks and didn't even tell us to pay up front so we just waited a while till we saw what other tables were doing. I complained to the manager and he gave me 20% off my check (in my view it should have been fully comped--who wants cold coffee, rude service, and cold eggs, even at a discount?) but the rest of the group was just dying to leave at this point. What an awful experience. read more

This place makes me feel like I'm in a whole different state. Beautiful restaurant, great staff and excellent service.

Really nice place! First time here, wait was as predicted --35 mins when they quoted us 30-45.. the yelp waitlist will be how we do it from now on. We got on the waitlist in person and things were smooth from there. Friendly helpful staff and quick service on a very busy day. Some reviews complain about the prices but we found them absolutely appropriate. Coffee was really good too! Will be our new neighborhood spot. read more

Great food and atmosphere. My husband and I come here all the time. It's always best to join the waitlist before you arrive.

We eat at First Watch in Florida all the time and were excited to see one open so close to us. Today was the first and last time at this location. Waitress was unfriendly and when the food came she placed it on the table and said enjoy. That was the second time we saw her and didn't see her again. Our drinks were empty and she didn't ask if we needed refills or anything. The eggs on the Salmon Benedict were not poached and were hard cooked. A manger finally came over after 15 minutes of trying to get someone's attention and she sent the eggs back. After a while she came back and said they were still over cooked and she had to send them back again. The manager then acknowledged she had a problem and apologized and took care of our bill and gave us a gift card. So sad. read more

Great breakfast. Had the Farmhouse Skillet​. 2 eggs over potatoes with grilled onion and tomato...and avocado. They have 3 others. Extensive menu. Even subbed out a yummy toasted biscuit for toast. A great portion. The coffee is great. Our​ waiter was awesome too. Probably best to go during week as we all know a good place gets crowded on weekends. read more

Dekalb location! The food is delicious! The atmosphere is noisy! The place is packed! The service is excellent ! There is a wait for the food. They to staff up the kitchen more! read more

This location is horrible. The staff act as if they dont want you there. The cooks have gotten orders wrong everytime we go. HATE THIS LOCATION. This morning the waitress took 10mins to seat us mind you it was only two people there. She looked like she literally just got of bed. When she seated us she shook her hair in front of us before putting it in a messy pony. Some strands came out. I asked politely if she could wipe the table she sighed and said fine. Should have left...... She came back 10mins later to bring water. Took our order. 15mins later while she brought out the food and flirting with my husband she said yall enjoy your food will be out soon. Everyone ordered hot food. I got chia pudding. My food came out last..... after my husband waved her down and said wheres my wifes food. She said they are still cooking it. 12 mins later it comes out the toast that comes with it is cold. Had to ask for the salt that goes on it. That took another 10mins. My husbands omlete was over cooked. The ham was so damn small for that price it should be bigger. They need new staff, new cooks, new mangers at this location. Untill then will never go back to this one. read more

I am leaving a review for this company's inflexible policy on giftcards, which are not refundable. They do not inform the customers of this anywhere. It is not on the receipts, not where they are sold, nor do they warn customers during purchase. They should do a better job of informing the customers if they have such an inflexible policy on giftcards. read more

Wait was supposed to be "10-15 minutes," and was over 30. Service was fair at best. Toast and jam were good. My companion found an eyelash in her food. My order, again, wasn't correct - either the kitchen doesn't read the order correctly or it isn't written down correctly. Lady next to me found a hair in her food. Pico was really not good. A lot of folks are enamored with a new place like this, but I think you need to look past the initial shine. Decatur has better breakfast places, in my opinion. I won't be returning anytime soon. read more

Cute, positive atmosphere. Great food. Fast service. Would recommend to anyone and will definitely come back again. A little pricy but worth it for the food. read more

The food is very good - it seems like it can be a bit of a long wait when they are busy- they also seem like they are slightly short staffed. read more

I had been wanting to check this spot out for a while. Service was mediocre and perhaps I chose the wrong thing on the menu but it wasn't good and came with dry salad greens. I don't think I'll be back. read more

The millionaire bacon was as good as advertised. Worth the wait. The rustic frittata was good and the Service was quick.

Excellent food, very slow service, overpriced We enjoyed the lemon ricotta pancakes with fruit compote and lemon curd. The pancakes themselves were light, airy and excellent. Fruit compote was diced strawberries, fresh and good but no compote. Three tablespoons of good lemon curd were on the pancakes. Similar pancakes elsewhere in Decatur are a few dollars less. The wait staff was disorganized. We were seated on the patio as requested. After five minutes I asked if someone was serving the area because no one had appeared. A few minutes after that someone did, we ordered coffee and food. Our server said they had to brew some. It seemed like several servers had one table each on the patio. Our food was delivered by another server, but no coffee, and we said we were waiting on coffee. A few minutes later our server delivered coffee and said they again had to brew more. A breakfast restaurant ran out of coffee, twice - surprising. read more

Excellent choices and very good food! Eaten here twice on trips to Atlanta and both times very good! Healthy choices and traditional food, the BLT Benedict was exceptional. read more

Spend your money somewhere else. There are too many good restaurants in Decatur to waste your money or time here. We heard a lot of good things from this restaurant and went a couple of times before we could get a table. What a waste of time. The water tasted like pepper, they brought us the wrong plates, and then when I got my food the eggs were cold. Cold eggs Benedict is disgusting and I would not recommend. I told the waitress the situation and she offered to re-do the entire dish but I was hungry and just asked for a new set of eggs. The side of potatoes were overwhelmed by large un-cut pieces of onion and the "florentine" side of the meal consisted of 2 sad piece of spinach with large slices on unripe tomato. When my new eggs arrived they were swimming in the water they were poached in but alright beyond that. My mom's vegetable omelet had the same huge pieces of omelet which overwhelmed the dish. When we got the check they didn't knock anything off of the total. I went up to talk to the girl at the counter about the bill and was ignored for a few minutes while she arranged receipts. When she finished she held out her hand for the bill and I said "Our experience was terrible, thank you. The food was cold and believe it or not you just made things worse." Never going here again. Ever. read more

Just stumbled on this restaurant today, had the Inspired Italian Omelet absolutely delicious!!! I also had the Morning Meditation from the fresh juice bar menu GREAT!! You won't be disappointed at this restaurant! read more

Really liked this restaurant. Great vibe and fun menu with lots of great brunch type choices. Had the breakfast wrap and a side of potatoes. Everything was yummy! read more

Prompt resolution from mgmt if an issue arises. HUGE PLUS!!! I will be back.

We were seated quickly and served coffee immediately! The coffee is not too strong but delicious. I had the berry compote waffle with granola. I am not a granola person but that granola was delicious!!! I would go back just for that. The waffle had strawberry compote and almond butter. I think I would have liked it without the almond butter but the waffle was so good, overall I would order again! Oh, and the bacon. Crisp but not overdone. Just wonderful! No better way to start your Saturday than with great coffee, bacon and a waffle! read more

The wait time is ridiculous (we waited over an hour before we were even seated) and the staff seem to have little common sense. The sat two people at a table for six and another two in one of their huge booths. The doughnuts we ordered were warm on the outside but still a little frozen on the inside ( I can tell you for a fact that they do not serve their doughnuts fresh) but our waitress was quick to correct the mistake. Their food is only okay but they give you a lot so you are full when you finish and might have enough left to take home (I advise against that. It tastes bland after you reheat it). I think the reason most people say the food is so good is because they've been waiting for so long and are so hungry that even if someone put a half burned pizza in front of them they would say it was good. In my opinion I'd say it's a little pricey for the taste and quality of their food. If you don't mind waiting forever to get a seat and have a lot of time to spare, nice but a little scatterbrained wait staff, a pretty good chance of some of your food coming out cold, and paying more for dull tasting food than First Watch might be the place for you! I on the other hand will be finishing up at Waffle House before you get a seat. read more

I had really high hopes for this place. But was very disappointed. I spent 2 1/2 hours in this place. The wait was 30-45 minutes and it's took the food almost an hour to come out. I ordered the Floridian French Toast. It came out and look AMAZING but then there was hair in my food. At this point I'm annoyed because I've waited an hour for food and now I have hair in it. The waitress takes it back and now I'm waiting another 20-25 minutes for a new plate. The service BTW was not good. Idk if it was her first busy shift but her attitude was just horrible. She had this IDGAF attitude which sucks and really aggravated me since I am in the service industry. From the way she carried herself to the way to dropped the checks to the table was just horrible. She never brought syrup for the French toast I had to walk up to someone to get it. I probably won't be returning at all to dine in. I might place a to go order but other than that, I won't return at all. read more

I loved how extensive their menu was and how they had a lot of the classics but with unique twists. My husband's omelette came with some hearty thick wheat toast and a fresh arugula salad. I also loved the decor in the place and the fun plates. I can't wait to go back and try more of their fun menu! read more

This is a great little breakfast place. The thing that sets it apart for me is they have healthy breakfast and not healthy but yummy breakfast and they do both well! I had the Farmhouse skillet with a pancake and my boyfriend had the trifecta. We both loved them. The pancakes are huge and perfectly done with crispy edges. The syrup is delicious. I think it has cinnamon or something in it but the pancake and syrup was different from other places. The menu is diverse with plenty of options to fit most dietary preferences. The service was great. Plenty of parking. My only complaint is they need a larger waiting area. We must have happened to come at the prime time because the waiting area with seating was full and so was the foyer area. And it was cold outside so waiting outside wasn't really an option. I felt bad for the people sitting near the door. We had to wait but the wait wasn't long (maybe 12-15 min) and half way through our dining experience there was no more crowd in the waiting area. So they got everyone seated relatively quickly. But that being said regardless of that little hiccup I will absolutely be back. Can't wait to try the other menu options. read more

This review is about the carelessness of the cooks and the callousness of the staff. I went here today with the craving of the Elote Mexican Corn Hash limited edition bowl. I specially asked for my bowl not to contain chorizo (pork) as I CANNOT EAT PORK. The dish comes out and looks fine, EXCEPT for the fact that there are two half slithers of avocado and about the size of a quarter. I though four slices were part of the dish, that's what's on the picture right? Secondly, as I'm eating my dish and chatting with my friend, I get an odd taste in my mouth and pull out a HUGE CHUNK OF PORK!! Further investigation there were more bite size crumb sizes of pork in my meal!!!! I am absolutely MORTIFIED. Granted my waiter had the dish remade instead of taking it off my bill. I also ordered a blueberry pancake. While it did have blueberries, I found a few bites with chocolate chips. This tells me that there is a lot of CROSS CONTAMINATION going on in the kitchen. When I got to the front and the cashier asked how my meal was and I told her, her response was "oh. Your total is $x dollars". That's it! I can't believe First Watch would be so careless. I don't think I will be going back to this location. read more

This place gets two stars from me ONLY because the food is relatively decent, although not consistent. The downfall, however, lies in the service. Since its opening, we have eaten here at least a half dozen times and every experience has been worse than the last. Why do we keep going back? Again, it's the food. Decatur sorely needs good breakfast spots and the location, along with a menu chock full of healthy, fun choices is a no-brainer. But, and this is a BIG BUT, the service is terrible. They always seem horribly understaffed and twice (including today) we have considered getting up and walking out after waiting for more than 15 minutes to be waited on. On a previous visit, service was so slow and bad that management doled out gift cards to an entire section of the restaurant who, collectively, had been hosed by an inexperienced waitress (who is STILL working there). On the visit where we came back and used the "gift" card, our breakfast took forever and then had to be sent back because of burnt pancakes and super runny eggs. It's disheartening to take a break from a place and come back to see the same people/problems happening again and again. Today was definitely the last visit for us read more

The food was great! However, the service was horrible. They do not seem to have enough servers to accommodate the amount of seating. We were asked to wait 30 minutes and the whole time we waited we watched at least 4 tables on the outside patio be unused (which is where we were ultimately seated). I also had to go in and talk to the host because I noticed a group who had arrived after us was seated before us. It seemed as if the host wanted to prove a point instead of accommodate me and my friend. It turned out I wasn't even on the wait list which had to be due to an error by the host because I put my name down 30 minutes prior. I also watched him tell a lady inside that it would be a 40 minute wait and she asked about the patio for which she was told multiple people were in line in front of her for the patio. While we were on the patio there were at a minimum 3 unused tables at anytime. We also did not have great service and noticed that other patrons on the patio seemed to be having a similar experience. I am hoping this is just an issue with being a new restaurant because the food was great. However, if I experienced the same service as I did today for a second time I would not come back. read more