I think I was a bit Hasty with my first review, staff here are always nice and the food is delicious.

Got here at 12:56 it's 1:58 and we still haven't gotten our food. BEWARE!! Everything is scrambled and they seem short staff. Was expecting 10/10 but sadly not impressed. read more

Great Food! Amazing Customer Service! It's my favorite place for breakfast! Everything I've had has been wonderful!

This was our first time here and I'm so glad we came! The food was delicious! We had the smoked salmon frittata and the pork belly quinoa bowl. The spring celery juice and the kale apple juice were both delish! The only thing better than the food was our waitress - Brooke! She was so awesome! My husband has a big personality and she didn't skip a beat - it was so great!!! We will definitely be back next Sunday when she works again to get a seat in her section. Great way to spend a Sunday morning! read more

I have three words for you... MILLION DOLLAR BACON! Who knew something so simple could taste so complex. Sweet, salty, smoky, with a kick of heat to punch up any bland morning breakfast. And the service was spot on as well. Wait staff very attentive and pleasant! Will definitely be back. read more

We went for breakfast was very disappointed brought my Waffle and it was ice cold the butter wouldn't even melt on it. The bacon was also cold no excuse for that. The fruit I ordered as a side was ok. Didn't offer to take it off when I didn't eat or try to make it right. read more

Literally the worst experience. Just wasted 2 hours of my Sunday morning finally got sat after an hour as they proceeded to seat people that got there after us and she said they checked in on the app before us when the check in app was down! After another hour of waiting for our food and the waitress saying it was 10-15 away from being ready we walked out and couldn't get a manager. The staff is lacking, rude, doesn't care and has no explanation for anything. I will never go back to this place. read more

Amazing pumpkin pancakes, excellent quality of food and great service....thanks Ally! This is our new go to breakfast spot in the Midlothian area. read more

My husband and I started going here after he picks me up when I get off work in the morning on Saturdays or Sundays as this is our time to be alone without our girls. I like the atmosphere and the employees have all been very accommodating and personable. Taylor took care of us and we appreciated his service. We never had to wait for him to ask for anything he came around in timely manner just to make sure all was well. My favorite is Skillet Farmhouse and Ive started to also get the Tri-Fecta...the Belgian waffle is so light and very good. The food is just fresh and a healthier option. The portions are very nice as well. Nice cafe to start or for me as I'm an RN to end my day...until I get some sleep ;0). read more

Our new favorite breakfast place! Fresh and delicious with artisan and traditional offerings. Friendly staff who are knowledgeable and unafraid to offer suggestions. They make you feel like family from the time you come in the door. You can get on the waitlist before leaving home using their app or Yelp presence to save the wait, or simply enjoy the fresh, free coffee while you wait. Your phone is your pager, so no obnoxious surprises when your table is ready. Fabulous place, fabulous food, and fabulous people. My new favorite breakfast place! read more

First Watch - Frittata Rustica - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Midlothian, Virginia

After the, to be expected, atrocious wait, I sat down and got the menu. How many of these breakfast places want to ruin breakfast? Ok. This is what you do. Look up eggspectations in northern Virginia. Now learn. Grow. Change. Become better. Your menu is terrible. Why can no one serve regular pancakes? Don't be a breakfast place if you hate breakfast. Simplify ur crap so customers don't have to take off like half of a sandwich. It's easier to provide options and add then subtract stuff off. Your waiters will always get it wrong. Your scrambled eggs were too runny. Your potatoes were meh. Thank goodness for your bacon. Not everyone likes your whole wheat toast. read more

Our favorite breakfast spot. We enjoy everything on the menu. The line is always long so I would recommend using the reservation button on yelp. Saves a ton of time. Try the million dollar bacon for sure!! read more

We love coming to the Midlothian location. The menu is wonderful and the service is always top-notch. The atmosphere is welcoming and comfortable. The service is attentive, friendly and thorough. Portions are generous and delicious. We are never disappointed! read more

I like a place that pays attention to details! The waffle was OUTSTANDING...hint of cinnamon, crispy outside, fluffy & soft inside. Syrup was warm and not too think, not to thin. Million dollar bacon needed more pizazz...couldn't really taste the cayenne or brown sugar but you could tell the bacon was high quality. Sausage links were to-die-for!!! I love when the pork peeks out the ends and there is a little snap when you take a bite (but only one came with the meal-we ordered another serving). I would definitely come back!! read more

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So just called this place to see what their wait was and the person who answered the phone did not say there name but answered "yes we're open bye". When I quickly asked if there is a wait the person said "I don't know" and hung up. This is a new place and I'm sure they don't want their staff to be rude and unprofessional. I really wanted to try the restaurant but I've been turned off. read more

First time visit. Overall good meal. Nice atmosphere. Friendly staff. The veggie sandwich was great. It was Friday, and for the catholic bunch there is no meat allowed. Anyway, the overall experience was good. It's worth a visit. read more

I absolutely love this place. My only gripe is that almost everytime I've ordered eggs in any capacity they are either over cooked or severely undercooked to the point where we have to send them back (which I hate doing). Everything else is spot on and delicious. The morning meditation drink is the best! Service is great, especially for how busy they are all the time. If they could just get the eggs cooked correctly then I'd give it 5 stars everytime. read more

We've been here three times. Sadly, they can't handle the demand and are going downhill. Pros: menu offers healthy options, including things kids will eat. Cons: wait times for tables - all a result of food coming out SO slow from the kitchen: poor cleanliness a result of staff not checking cups, glasses, utensils when placing on tables: I also can't stand hot water containers for tea having been used for coffee. Yuck! As I'm writing this review, our food STILL hasn't arrived. We ordered 32 minutes ago after waiting 25 minutes for a table. While I love the menu, the management is failing to execute on a positive customer experience. Just heard from our waitress... our ticket was lost in the kitchen. While they're picking up our breakfast (we'll, I should say lunch with the time of day it's become), I rest my case regarding the one star. read more

Brunch here is beyond good! It's disheartening that they don't serve mimosas, but once you look at the menu you don't even care!

The place is a sit down Panera, it's quite nice. You'll get server service instead of ordering from a bar. Standard American breakfast fare in a modern setting. The young waitress was attentive to our needs when I went with my family. One downside is the restaurant is small and there is usually a wait. You can get specialty drinks too. All in all I would recommend, great for families, after church etc. read more

I took my father out for a chain restaurant breakfast, fascinated by a menu with truly healthy and gluten free options. It took this to get me into the environs of a mall. We got a booth by a window, plenty of light for my father. The waitress was kind, perky, and got our order modifications right. The Morning Meditation juice combo, which I ordered without ice, was outstanding, the best beverage I've had at a restaurant barring wine. My father was happy with his thermo-flask pot of coffee, I was happy it was fair trade. He had a bacon and avocado omelet which I explained to him was sort of Tex-Mex, with grits and a biscuit. I had the quinoa power bowl without the sausage, eggs over easy- nice veggies for breakfast! They may use some cooking oil I wouldn't use at home, but overall the menu selection is almost a miracle, after the culinary horrors I've endured in my lifetime. read more

Hostess was non communicative except for nothing that we had no silverware and that it was "not my job." Waitress stopped by once and never came back to take our order. We left. read more

It's a new hot spot in the area so definitely prepare to wait for a seat. it was a bit chilly outside so we were squished in like sardines, but once the weather warms up there is proper seating and space outside, so bring on the warm weather! Now on to the food, I ordered an Italian omelet and the spouse ordered a blueberry pancake. We split both dishes and it was a nice even trade considering the pancakes are a generous size. I enjoyed both the pancakes (very buttery and not over saturated with blueberries) and the omelets. The potatoes were average good. Nothing super special, your typical restaurant style breakfast potatoes. I also ordered the coconut water and it was well "coconut water". :) All in all another good dining experience and another brunch option in the area. read more

Went in this morning with my boyfriend it was too loud and we asked to sit outside. They said that outside sitting "wasn't on the schedule yet" I ask if we could again and she said the same thing. We tried to sit down but it was too loud so we immediately got up and walked on the door. read more

This was a Saturday lunch stop and took forever. The order was messed up a little but the customer service was excellent. I got the chix quinoa pesto thing and it was just ok. The club sandwich and market skillet were reported favorably. I got a bite of the goat cheese and that was very good. It is new and the gimmick is no dinner hours. I believe we will try it again after they get their restaurant legs under them but for now I will hit Cava next door. read more

If I could leave 0 stars I would. Given Frist Watch 3 chances now and each time it gets more disappointing. If you want to waste 2 hours of your life, eat mediocre, dry cold food, this is the place for you. Not to mention rude management who checked me out and didn't say thank you or anything I was standing there waiting for a receipt and she walked away! read more

sad to say ordered breakfast and it was awful..early order so I thought it would have been fresher.. been here many times and I love it normally but this visit the grits were lumpy and had more melted butter than grit; the lemon curd looked like it had been sitting out for a while, the coffee had grinds in it.. the over easy egg was 'raw' the white was nasty runny... I really hope this is a one off day because I normally love this place but with so much awful on this .. disappointing. read more

Delicious healthy food. They need figure out the fact that the person at the register also seats everyone. The manager that chose this process is a moron. I'll be back and I'll self seat. Dear managers: ur dumb for setting your people up for failure. read more

This review will primarily be based on my customer service experience, or lack there of. I'll first start by saying that I was, initially, so excited about visiting First Watch because the closest location, prior to this one opening, was hours away. However, the waitress (who shall remain nameless) assigned to our designated area quickly diminished my excitement; she was not attentive AT ALL. ***The following took place after being seated*** After 5-10 minutes of waiting I had to request the presences of the waitress; when she arrived she was pleasant and took the table's (of 2) drink order with ease or so I thought. When she returned with the drink order it was incomplete and she also failed to provide straws. She left so quickly I did not have the opportunity to request one. I assumed she would return within a few moments given that she still had to take the food order but I was wrong. I had to request a straw from a waitress in passing. Our waitress returned about 5 minutes after bring the drink order; the food order was taken and did not take long to arrive. During the meal the drinks were NEVER refilled; she did however offer to refill them at the closing of the meal when the check was provided (pointless at that point) & again, she left so quickly I wasn't able to request a takeout box. In my experience attentive/observant waitresses generally offer a takeout box when needed, but yet again, she was not attentive at all. She never returned to the table and I had to request a box from the hostess station. Though the above is minimal to someone it's not to me; although I should've known it wasn't going to be the greatest experience simply bc I had to request the waitress BUT after having waited 45 minutes for a table & feeling famish what do you do? ‍ *shrugs shoulders* I will say I don't believe all of the waitresses/waiters lack good customer service because in watching how prompt the other waitresses were I wish I'd been seated in their section. I didn't bother to ask to be switched to another table because we'd already waited about 45 minutes for a table (expected given that we went for brunch on a Saturday) and didn't want to bother with the hassle (in hindsight, I probably should have). Briefly on the food: I enjoyed my avocado toast (not sure how anyone would screw that up though) but my husband was not impressed with dish. It is highly unlikely that we will return to this location. read more

The food was awful!! But the service was good!! I got soup and salad both were bland!

Just left this place due to a horrible experience before even being sat. Waited at least 10 minutes before a manager could add us to the waitlist. I'm not sure why the host wasn't capable of using an iPad... While we were waiting to be added to the list, several other couples walked in. They were all added to the list before us. When we were getting added to the list, we let the manager know we arrived before the others. She responded "that's nice" quite sarcastically and let us know it'd be 30-45 on top of the ten we had already waited. read more

I had a great experience this morning,I came in to get the ham and gruyere with a side of fruit, everything was fresh my sandwich could have been a little more neat but I wasn't worried about it. My server chris was an excellent server, and kept our glasses full and brought us our check before we had to ask, definitely gonna come back for him next time. SIDE NOTE: I missed the bigger busser today, he reminds me so much of my grandson so kind, bigger but has good bones and a open mind, I asked him for a box the last time I came in my server (the short lady who talks a lot) , him and I started talking for 20 minutes about intension, I'm still confused on what his name is he said people called him catfish but I dont know it may have been loud or im just old and cant here but such a polite young man cant wait to come back! read more

The food is excellent with huge portions. Service is fantastic. You can buy their homemade granola at the counter. Get there early. Fills up quick! read more

Wow, very pleased. Service was on point. Food was great. Everything was so fresh. Great sized portions.

First time at First watch, and last. We arrived at noon and were met by a wall of sound. The noise level was so bad we had a hard time talking to each other. Our server was prompt and friendly but our order took a while and my Belgian waffle arrived cold and without the fruit compote in description so I ask and got the "oh you want that too" response. Which was not a fruit compote but a tablespoon of jelly. So I'm kinda thinking we will be moving on to look for a place that is a better fit for us to visit over lunch. read more

First Watch has been designated our spot for Saturday mornings. Very friendly and clean, good food and a place where you happen to meet friends because of its good rep. read more

First Watch - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Midlothian, Virginia

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Food is good but a little overpriced. Have tried maybe 5 times and every time the service was SLOOOOWWWW! Tough to get a table but may be because it is still so new in Midlo. Great location! read more

I'm giving this a four for the food! It was excellent! Our waiter was inexperienced so he had no CLUE about bringing creamer and extra butter etc. also although they cleaned the table, they forgot to clean the crumbs out of the chairs....then...the silverware was dirty and the water they served had something floating in it in all four glasses! Other than that, the food tasted awesome and once they work out the kinks, this place will be great. read more

Great food and atmosphere. Had a great breakfast. The kids menu was also great. I like all the healthy choices that they offer

Love this place. Great food. Wish they offered mimosas. Wait time is long during peak hours.