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    First Watch

    4.0 (342 reviews)
    Open 7:00 am - 2:30 pm

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Mario N.

    Part of the First Watch franchise near University of Central Florida. Nice, clean venue with a relaxed atmosphere. I only had two Morning Meditations (orange, lemon, turmeric, ornanic ginger, agave nectar and a splash of beet juice). The service by Kristen was attentive and very friendly. Will come again!

    Pesto Chicken Quinoa Bowl
    Kailey F.

    Always a treat to come to first watch and I appreciate the wide variety of options they have to offer. It has a casual atmosphere and quick waiters. I got the pesto quinoa chicken bowl and a morning meditation drink. I enjoyed everything I got. My bf got the waffles and the limited time pineapple juice coconut water drink. He was not a huge fan of the rim on the drink other than that he didn't mind it. While I don't think First watch's food prices are crazy due to current inflation, I do think their juice prices are excessive so that is why I've knocked down one star.

    Come back another day if you see this manager. She likes to gaslight and sabotage First Watch experiences. Or just don't go to First Watch.
    Ronald D.

    The visit to First Watch UCF was the single most disappointing visit of our Orlando trip in 2025. I've visited a First Watch in Winter Park and it is night and day to the one at UCF. The 1st negative experience was after being seated. We were a group of 13 but 12 seats were arranged. No problem. We moved the 6 2-person tables apart to make way from to create room for a chair to be placed in between. After doing so, an irate manager reprimanded our table that we created an obstruction in a very unprofessional tone. We assured her that all we had to do is move slightly in another direction to alleviate the passageway. She didn't like the response when we told her it's not a big deal and we could fix it. Not many customers appreciate being spoken to like a child when they are grown adults having to deal with short tempered managers trying to exercise their authority when it was not warranted. We didn't pursue a complaint or escalate a higher up that we were spoken to rudely because the other half of the table were children and didn't want to cause a scene. The waitress was great at first. She did exactly what was required as a server and in no way was she in control of what happened after she took our order, just to be fair. Our order was taken and that's when things got sketchy. It's not uncommon to notice that in this area of Orlando that the primary demographic is less of people of color. You can see that in plain sight when you walk in. You can also see in plain sight when a large group of people of color walk into a predominantly white establishment, like our group. Now that we got that out of the way, let's talk about our service after the horrible interaction with the manager after we showed disapproval of her tone to grown Americans, whether she believes we deserve the same dignity as the majority of the clientele or not. We sat there waiting for an hour and 30 min for all of our food to come out. We found it odd that we couldn't have all our food come at the same time. Whether it be staggered for 30 to 35 min, not 20 min for the 1st dish to 1 hour 30 min for the last dish. Our table consisted of 6 adults, 7 kids. Of the adults, 2 police officers, 1 Navy Veteran. I mention this because I assumed "First Watch" had a Navy nautical term associated but as I wiki, it's some other terminology. Even though they were not in uniform on a Sunday morning brunch, you'd still expect every customer to receive the same respect, gratuity they are being given and charged and earned in return. As for the children not receiving their food in an appropriate time after ordering, I assumed, less than an hour and 30 minutes would be efficient. One child suffers from Type 1 diabetes, the other is a Stage 4 Cancer survivor. One of the guests in our party, a Police officer visiting from California questioned the manager because his son who is the Type 1 diabetic needed to feed due to his insulin level3, was met with hostility from the same manager from when we were seated. Apparently , she's responsible for the seating and expediting of the orders to the tables. All he wanted was to get food for his son and the rest of the group that was waiting for over an hour. He told the manager that there was food missing and she rudely told him that there are stations and some orders get out before others, yet the table in front of us finished after we were seated, then cleaned, newly reseated, they ordered, and then received their sandwiches before our table got their last orders of sandwiches. So that only leads is to believe that the manager was purposely sabotaging our table. Just because the manager felt disrespected that we expressed our displeasure in her tone to us. That doesn't give her the right to jeopardize our visit by staggering our order for 1 and 1/2 hours in retaliation.

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    Janice K.

    I had not eaten at a First Watch since we moved here from Charlotte about three years ago. They had a deal around Thanksgiving that if you purchase a $50 gift card you received a $10 bonus bucks gift card that expires 2/23/25. It was getting close to my $10 expiring so I decided I needed to go for breakfast on my way to school. When I looked at the terms for the bonus gift card, I noticed you could use it for an online order so I chose that instead of eating in the restaurant. In my order, I indicated that I needed utensils, but I did not receive any of my bag. There were no napkins either. Luckily I had some extra things in my car so I was able to eat. I would have preferred. The potatoes be cooked more, but everything was fine. I was mainly disappointed by the fact that I went to use my $50 gift card and the balance on it was zero even though I never used it. I put in a ticket so we'll see what happens. I probably won't be buying any more digital gift cards in the future.

    My fav. Is definitely the French toast -light and fluffy.
    Siu-Ling C.

    Staff is amazing! The ambiance is nice. The parking spots are tight. The French toast is wonderful! The Parma skillet hash was a little too greasy and super salty. My wife got an omelet and her regular skillet potatoes were super salty. It was good but not great. But the waitress was super nice and it was packed. She didn't care for the bread either.

    The Traditional Breakfast
    Jessica H.

    I ordered the traditional breakfast to share with my boyfriend, and we swapped the toast this time for sourdough. The food was really good per usual and their bacon IS TO DIE FOR. It's a clean and comfy environment, I really like their mural of a knight on the wall. Our waitress was extremely nice, they all always are and the food came out in less than 10 minutes. (:

    Floridian French Toast
    Josh S.

    First Watch serves up a consistent and delicious breakfast no matter which location I've tried. This one happens to be down the street from UCF, and decked out with UCF Knights décor. It seems like a newer plaza and the place was incredibly clean and not too busy on a Sunday morning around 8am. We were seated promptly and served our meals quickly. Everything brought out was accurate, as was the bill. Zero complaints. It's the first time I ordered the Traditional Breakfast and I went with scrambled eggs (pleasantly not overdone), pork sausage links (big and awesome), English muffin, and hash browns (crispy and tasty). We also ordered the Floridian French Toast which looked amazing - literally stacked with fresh bananas, kiwi, and strawberry. I heard the fresh jam was surprisingly good and syrup wasn't necessary. Glad we stopped in. This location is also next to (walkable) the Hilton Home2Suites UCF.

    Lemon ricotta pancakes
    Tracey F.

    Very angry rude employee . Pretty much yelling at every guest that walked in . Food was ok but I wouldn't go back .

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    Super cute place! Delicious food! And great patient friendly server! Can't wait to go back!

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    Had a great brunch today! The strawberry French toast was amazing, as was our service from our waiter Chris! 10/10

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    Our sever Chris was fantastic and the food is always great! Would highly recommend coming to this location

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    We loved this place. The food and service were excellent. We look forward to our next visit.

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    Such a surprise- food quality, service and value was excellent. Suggest getting the cornbread to start...amazing

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