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3.9 (170 reviews)
Closed • 7:00 am - 2:30 pm

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Blackberry Sangria
Tawnya Renee A.

The restaurant offers an outstanding dining experience, characterized by a friendly waitress, good service, and great food in a lovely atmosphere. Everybody appeared friendly, with a large number of people dining and seemingly receiving good service.

Breakfast tacos
Greg P.

As is typical for me, I like to wait until I have visited a place twice before I review. In this case, that was a very good idea, because my first visit to First Watch was not great. The food was bleh (though not terrible) and I really wasn't planning on going back unless someone invited me. Well, someone invited me and so I went back, though with very low expectations. I am very grateful for this visit, but it was excellent!!! I don't remember what I got the first time -- obviously forgettable. But this time I got the Million Dollar Harvest Hash and it was so delicious! The potatoes were perfectly cooked, as was the bacon and eggs (I got basted eggs). The combinations of the crimini mushrooms, kale and monterey jack, goat cheese, lemon-dressed arugula, and Mike's Hot Honey was like a party in my mouth. I ate lunch with a co-worker and he got the Chile Chorizo Omelet. He loved it! So great food and presentation over all. The staff as very friendly, though our server wasn't overly friend or bubbly. She was very focused on the work and I felt like my request for whipped cream for my coffee was an annoyance to her. Maybe she had lots of tables or just having a rough day. But, it wasn't a overly friendly service. That said, everything arrived on time and as ordered. The ambiance is comfortable and not too loud, even though the place was packed for lunch. All in all a great experience. The reason for the 4-star? Well, I can't help think of my first experience being about a 2-star at best. A dull experience. Also, the waitress doing her job, but not more than that. And the coffee is just gross. Watered down. Tasteless. There are some great coffee shops in NWA. Why can't they do business with one of them and have great coffee?! For those reasons, I took off a star. Recommended. I will return. I look forward to it.

Doug S.

The restaurant is awesome friendly waitress good service great food atmosphere the restaurant. Everybody was friendly lots of people in there eating and they all look like they were getting good service.

Seasonal pumpkin pancake breakfast
Lidia G.

The coffee here is excellent, and the fruit juices are just as amazing! I tried the seasonal pumpkin pancake breakfast, which was good, but I have to say the chocolate chip pancakes are still my favorite. Definitely a great spot for a tasty brunch!

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Christopher S.

Service was solid, food was awesome. Very clean and good atmosphere for breakfast. I'm

Bacavado

Our service was the best! Keeley seated us right away, explained the menu, as it was our first time, and took our order right away. The food was served quickly. It was delicious and had great presentation. She checked on us frequently and offered us coffee or water to go. The staff thanked us as we walked out. Well done First Watch!

Oatmeal
Leah S.

Was in Rogers during the crazy snowstorm so just happy to find this place open. Enjoyed a brunch with co-workers and received fast and efficient service. All of the food was hot and well cooked. Really enjoyed the cheesy grits, surprisingly good for a chain restaurant. Overall, really enjoyed this hot meal on a cold day.

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Ann Y.

Went here with my husband for the first time after church and only waited about 10 minutes for a table. Our server was super friendly, food was egg-cellent, and the place was very clean. I had the Elevated Egg Sandwich, which was yummy and filling. Love their potatoes (they have onions)! Husband had the Traditional Breakfast with an extra egg. They gave him so much food that he couldn't even finish his bacon, which never happens. We'll be back!

Cy T G.

There is a healthier choice of a breakfast. There are options and everything is so good. The only thing I did not enjoy was the churros they weren't what we are use to from been crunchy and that taste on the batter. Second try coming to a first watch restaurant.Our food was so good tasty and my coffee was amazing a grabbed a coffee cup to go. I enjoyed the pork sausage better than the turkey sausage, the chicken patties to die for so good.

Traditional Breakfast with grits instead of potatoes
Alicia W.

I am from NWA but now live on the west coast. When I come home, I always go to the same places that my family is used to going. Now that I'm more involved with Yelp, I used it to search for a brunch spot nearby when I got into town and found First Watch! They had some really good reviews plus I was surprised by how many healthy options they had on their brunch menu. A lot of reviews talked about having long waits here, but my mom and I came on a Friday morning around 9am and were seated right away. I loved their Yelp sign that you see right when you walk in! The space is very open and has nice farmhouse style decor. There is a nice patio outside that is in a shaded area as well. They brought out a tall bottle of water as well as a pitcher of hot coffee so we could refill each whenever we wanted which I was a big fan of. I got the ham and gruyère omelet which came with toast and a side salad (subbed for a cup of fruit). My mom got the traditional breakfast and subbed the potatoes for grits. Our food was served in a timely manner and we thought everything was delicious! My omelet had a ton of ham inside but not enough cheese, I wish the gruyère had been mixed in with the ham more instead of just placed on top of the omelet. It was still really good though! Portion sizes were perfect as well and we felt like we were well attended by the staff the entire time. I enjoyed my brunch here and am glad to have tried a new place in NWA!

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Amazing food, but will NEVER understand how a place named "First Watch" could open so late...

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Great brunch, quick service. Tables spaced well. Good variety for hot tea. Updated ambiance.

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I always order a hash and a juice and am never disappointed! The wait is usually long on the weekends but the food is really good.

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Oak Steakhouse

4.1
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First- AMAZING. The service was great. The food? Oh my god incredible. We had rolls, Cesar salad…read more(split it, they are large portions), NY strip, Filet, shells and cheese, and French fries. As you can see, the portions are generous. The service was really top tier. The manager came over and congratulated us on our Celebration and treated us to their seasonal dessert! I can't say enough great things about Oak Steakhouse. One small note- I made a reservation for my boyfriend and I via OpenTable a day in advance. The day of, I got a call from a Gravette AR number that I missed, the voicemail said "call back to confirm your reservation" - I called the number, it went to the hotel, they routed me to Oak steakhouse, but it was just an automated voicemail? Maybe a small kink they can work out easily :)

This is our second appearance in the last five months. We live about an hour from here and we…read morefrequent this area - but normally have eaten at Ruth's Chris. Our favorite waiter moved to this restaurant and we tried this a few months ago for the first time. Tonight - we repeated on the occasion of our anniversary. We are also celebrating Father's Day this weekend. We brought our kids with us - who had a little spill - but the staff helped us clean it up quickly and without a scene - and all was well without evidence soon after the incident! We were quite appreciative! The food was outstanding - the steaks were perfect temp (both = med well). We had a lobster tail that was as quite nice as well. We chose asparagus, shells & cheese and creamed spinach for the table and our kids shared a well done cheeseburger with fries, We enjoyed crème brûlée with a piece of Chocolate Cake/Salted Caramel Ice Cream. The service was phenomenal - with friendly and fast, attentive service from the whole team. Before I forget - the Parker House rolls with salted butter was outstanding - we've enjoyed that both times! The waiter provided the asparagus and the Oysters on the Half Shell gratis, in honor of our anniversary. We were very grateful and didn't expect that! The relaxed, upscale atmosphere will surely be an enjoyment to you and your family/guests like it has ours. I don't think we will replace Ruth's Chris - I think we will just add this as another favored special place to eat in Northwest Arkansas (NWA). We will be back! Until the next time!

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The First Seat

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We arrived at First Seat and it was our first time here. It's a quaint place with 8-10 tables and…read morebar seating. We were lucky enough to grab a table where we could all watch NBA finals. The atmosphere is pleasant and it's not super loud which is nice so we can talk during dinner. Our waitress was on top of her game tonight. She took drink order and was back in a flash with craft beer, wine , and a sweet tea! We then ordered. I had the smash burger double patty and fries. My best friend had the fish and chips. My best friends wife had the cheeseburger and fries The food was out super quick and it was super hot!!!! The food was great. The fries are flat and thin and that was the table favorite. All the food was good. The only thing we would change would maybe toast the buns of the hamburgers. The First Seat is named due to Benton county being the first county seat when Arkansas became a state.

Walking in it was very crowded with no seating and the server yelled sit anywhere, but there…read moreweren't any seats as we were waiting for people to get up the bartender yelled sit anywhere again. Just annoying. We ended up sitting at the bar. The bartender is very obnoxious and he's never paying attention because he's too busy flirting with the server who's always just at the side vaping not paying attention to customers. You can tell it's a place for regulars that have no lives. The burger was OK could've used more seasoning. The truffle fries were the only decent thing. Oh also, my boyfriend's burger didn't come with an onion ring because they were all out?? Definitely will never go back there

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