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    First Watch

    4.0 (22 reviews)
    Closed 7:00 am - 2:30 pm

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    Joseph G.

    First watch is a super popular, trendy and always busy breakfast and brunch spot that has several locations popping up all over Lousiville. This particular spot is located In the fern creek portion of the city just of Bardstown road. Crammed in a very small but busy newer shopping center the parking is limited and difficult to find a spot for this popular spot. Inside it is like most first watch spots with any southern home country cooking feel and decor. The service here is very good and very friendly. The menu here is traditional breakfast with some different variations of your normal breakfast favorites. The food here is always fresh and has good flavor hence the popularity. My biggest turn off for first watch honestly is they are always so crowded and I'm not a big waiter. Food is on the higher priced scale for most normal breakfast places but flavor and portions are pretty nice. Overall you can't go wrong with first watch. Just show up early before you're starving and for this location be patient when looking for a parking spot.

    Shermaine T.

    This location has a warm and cozy ambiance. It is also less busy compared to the other branches. 5 have the new chilaquilles, which is my now current favorite. I love that this restaurant offers healthy menu items without compromising the flavor and tastes.

    Jeremy J.

    We stopped in here for breakfast this morning. It was good. I've never been here before the food was tasty. The service was good. The ambience was nice. The place itself is a good solid spot. It's a little over priced or something. I couldn't eat all the time, but overall it was a good experience.

    I usually love and enjoy the food at First Watch but Wednesday was an exception. I called in an order we leaving Baptist Eastpoint after a shot in my foot. We ordered some carry out to be picked up in 10-15 minutes. Great! Well not so. We arrived 15 minutes later and it only took my husband 3-5 minutes to be waited on to checkout. When we arrived at home I opened the food to plate it and my omelet only had bacon and cheese in the center area and the avocado slices were mostly gray and turned the egg gray where they touched. The fried cubed potatoes were so black and hard that over 1/2 were inedible. Looked as if the pan was scraped and all the loose burned garbage was thrown into our containers. Sad. If I had been sitting at a table I would not have eaten the food and I would have sent it back. Very Disappointed.

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    Brittney H.

    I really wanted to love First Watch because the service was great and their whole grain toast was some of the most lovely bread I've ever eaten...but all the other food was mid at best. The best way I can describe the reason for my dislike is that the menu was just uninspiring. All the food was plain- stuff I could easily make at home. Nothing was seasoned particularly well. It really is a shame because of the great ambiance and welcoming staff, but I think I'm gonna stick to Wild Eggs. I'd rather drive across town for more interesting food.

    Scrambled eggs with cheese and grilled onions, blueberry pancake with blackberry purée, crispy bacon the bacon was so good! And potato's.

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    2 months ago

    Ordered off DoorDash. Sealed bag. They left out the entire breakfast entree. The cup of grits was good though. Morons.

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    The food was great! Looked just like the pictures on the menu. Make sure you get added to the waitlist!

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    9 months ago

    Food is amazing! I have several favorites. Service is top notch. Wish it was open for dinner also!

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    Service was great, and food came out real fast!!! Food tasted great and came out just like I asked!!

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    Great food, great service! Server was attentive and we never ran out of hot coffee! Love this place!

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