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3.9 (118 reviews)
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I ordered the Bacado (bacon avocado omelette)
Kat L.

Had a delicious brunch at this location with my daughter. She surprised me and said I will love this place and that everything they serve here is "yummy" and it surely was. The staff were friendly and making sure we had everything. The food didn't take long to arrive and even though it was a busy hour everything was great! Ambiance was good and it wasn't too loud that we can't hear each other. Overall experience was great and I recommend this place

Chorizo omelet
Stephanie B.

We came in for breakfast for one in our party before he headed to the airport. The large restaurant has lots of indoor seating, and we were seated immediately. It is basically a large modern diner. The staff is very friendly. The food is pretty disappointing. The GF toast arrived crisp but cold. The chorizo omelet was tasty but the accompanying greens had not a drop of dressing (despite the lemon vinaigrette promised in the menu). Quality means serving dressed greens as promised and warm toast. Needless to say, we did not return for the duration of our visit despite its proximity. A clean restaurant with friendly servers does not come over such basic food defects.

Roast beef and havarti on Asiago sourdough with a tangy horseradish sauce and side of tomato basil soup.
Eric M.

Hit up first watch Tomball this morning for a tasty breakfast after dropping the dog off at the vet for surgery. We needed some comfort food and first watch did not disappoint. I tried to keep it on the semi healthy side with avocado toast and poached eggs with a bow of tomato basil soup. The avocado toast came out on thick multigrain bread with a generous amount of chunky, fresh avocado; I gave it a sprinkle of S&P and some cholula hot sauce (if you aren't putting hot sauce on your avocado toast you are missing out) and ultimately had to break those perfectly poached runny eggs over top. So good! The tomato basil soup was also tasty although not mind blowing and gave me some wicked heartburn later lol (my fault, not theirs!). My son had the pick 2 combo and he chose the roast beef and havarti sandwich with tomato basil soup. I want to say the sandwich was on toasted Asiago sourdough with a generous amount of roast beef, havarti cheese and a super tasty horseradish sauce (could have been an aioli but I didn't read the menu); I could have easily eaten a whole one of those. Service was friendly and prompt. I would definitely go back after todays experience.

Chocolate chip pancake
Cassandra S.

I am a huge fan of First Watch. I can always expect a tasty meal here with soft family surroundings. The pancakes are huge and tasty. The toast and potatoes are pretty good too. The lack of a star is due to the somewhat slow service at times. Also, I always ask for my bacon to be soft and chewy rather than crispy, and they rarely deliver on the multiple occasions I have been here.

This is my son.  He really loves pancakes.

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Food was delicious! We really enjoyed the BEC and the SoCal Hash! And the cornbread was amazing!

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The food was terrific! The summer menus was fresh and unique! Sean our server was just fabulous! The speed of service was also exceptional

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Great food!!!! Wood recommend... service was good.... Ambiance was great. A lot food. The pancakes are delicious and they also are huge.

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Best breakfast and menu around! Love this place and definitely will be back over and over!

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Black Bear Diner Tomball

Black Bear Diner Tomball

(38 reviews)

Overall experience was wonderful. I have been to other Black Bear Diners and this is right up…read morethere with the others. I ordered the $10.99 pick ur eggs, starch and meat. I got 2 scrambled eggs, 2 sausage links and 2 pancakes. All were delicious. The service was fast and efficient. I ordered both my drinks and food together, so that was a time saver. Ordered and got my food within 8-10 min. All was fresh and hot. If you don't like bears before you eat here, you will by the time you leave, LOL. There is a huge bear mural, bears climbing logs in the dining room and bears outside welcoming you inside to eat. There is also bear merch in the lobby if you care to purchase. The place has a laid back Colorado feel to it like a forest with a restaurant adjacent to it. The whole staff was very friendly. I went in a weekday at lunchtime. It might be crowded for breakfast and lunch on the weekends. And they serve breakfast all day!! Hope you enjoy!!

Late night hunger strikes again. It was around 9 so we were…read moreshocked they were still open. Brooklynn sat us and was great from start to finish waiting on us. Genuine smile, attentive, and most importantly kept our drinks full. I love the foresty diner feel, lots of tables and option to sit at the diner in front of the kitchen. Unfortunately, the food just didn't hit the spot for us because we like flavor and nothing on our plates seemed to have any distinctive flavors to wow us. Pretty sure that is done on purpose so we can add salt and pepper and not everyone likes flavor but that's a big thing for me so I don't have to do anything extra. On top of this my burger was loaded with red onions that were not fully grilled and still had some of the tough skin on so when I would bite in onions rings were sliding out of the burger making it hard to enjoy. That's said, the bread had a perfect crunch and was not soggy. Overall, I would still come back and try other dishes to perhaps see if the flavors are there and I'd really like to try their all you can eat fish one day.

Wholly Crepe Russian Bistro

Wholly Crepe Russian Bistro

(252 reviews)

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Wholly Crepe!! Russian Bistro - Tomball…read more What does authentic Russian hospitality look like? It looks less like a restaurant and more like a small doorway into someone's home -- a place where food is not rushed, and conversation is part of the meal. EXTERIOR: At first glance the building is modest, almost shy. A few outdoor seats, a quiet frontage, and public parking just around the corner. The kind of place you could easily pass -- and shouldn't. INTERIOR: Once you go up the steps, open the door, and the Northwest Houston surroundings fall away. The room feels lifted from a Russian village house, ( ): warm wood floors, wooden window frames, and intimate spacing. If you've ever been to Russia or watched any of the Russian movies or cartoons, this space will be familiar. Four tables and sixteen chairs, sit to the left; to the right, a narrow staircase evokes a country dacha, (). Larger tables gather families together, even a few small chairs waiting for children. Main room offers unique, (in glass shelves) Lomonosov Porcelain 1744 dishes, from St. Petersburg. As well as, carved wooden dishes, hand-painted details. Ask Mila and Bill for details. RUSSIAN HOSPITALITY: Arriving shortly after opening, Bill greeted me with a smile. Conversation came naturally and without agenda, as if we've known each other a long time. Mila, came out shortly after from the kitchen and I was able to converse with her in Russian and English. Both shared their meet story and how they decided to start this adorable business, May 2015. The story feels better heard from them directly. I set down to look at their abundant menu options. Meals here require patience. Many dishes are prepared from scratch. Part of Russian Hospitality is to welcome you in to their home, sit you down, spike up a genuine conversation and make a delicious home cooked meal. The rhythm slows; the outside schedule becomes irrelevant. I decided to order four of their popular dishes; #7 Tvorog Crepe, #24 Smoked Salmon Crepe, Siberian Pelmeni Bowl, and Cheburek. Let's go over each dish briefly. Gordon Ramsay once said - The way to know when something is cooked from scratch or microwaved is by the amount of steam or sizzling coming from the plate. #7 Tvorog Crepe - $12 Homemade Ricotta Cheese, Choice of Berries, Condensed Milk or Honey. I ordered mine with mixed berries, white powder and condensed milk. Something about taking each bite dipped in condensed milk with all the toppings makes your taste buds dance. Generous portions. #24 Smoked Salmon Crepe - $16 Tvorog Cheese, Salmon, Cherry Tomato, Green Onion, Salted Dill. As someone that adores a good salmon dish, clean flavors and a proper texture contrast -- delicate fish against warm crepe. The pairing works and generous portion. Siberian Pelmeni Bowl (24ct) - $17 Handmade dumplings in butter with your choice of dipping sauce. True Russian Hospitality - dish ware presentation along with the cuisine. The three-layered, brown color bowl looked presentable. Pelmeni looked freshly made and the steam coming from the bowl would make Gordon Ramsay smile. A slightly meatier filling would improve the ratio, but the flavor remains familiar and nostalgic. Cheburek - $9.50 Handmade Fried Meat Pie filled with Ground Beef & Onion. Served with your choice of dipping sauce. Good presentation and the taste was a good pairing combination with sour cream. Exterior texture was crispy, while the interior was soft. A fuller filling would strengthen it. OVERALL EXPERIENCE: While photographing the dishes, some cooled before I could eat them. Mila noticed and worried -- a small moment can be explained. If you've been around a Russian woman, you know they want nothing but the best for you when it comes to food. Wholly Crepe!! Offers some of the most unique and delicious cuisines for those who crave something different. Everything is made to order, from scratch, in small batches preserving authenticity and flavor. Come prepared to pause. The reward is a meal that feels cooked for you, not merely served to you.

The good: cute decor (there's a display case full of tea sets), and food flavors were fine (but…read morenothing to write home about). The bad: My first big gripe is the water. There's an expectation that in the US, tap water is free. Places that only have bottles typically will say, "We have bottled water; is that okay?" if you order water. This place didn't. They just brought out bottles. They're charging $2 each. Portion sizes are very small for what you're paying, and for the actual cost of the ingredients. My crepe was essentially a light snack for $14. Family friendliness is mixed. They're welcoming of kids, but there is no kids menu, and no changing table in the restroom. There's also only one customer restroom, so you're screwed if someone has to be in there for a while. The weird: The music did not match the theme or ambiance. Clearly they are trying to appeal to their customer base's favorite music by playing country hits, which felt a little out-of place. Like many other business in Old Town Tomball, this restaurant is in a converted house. You have to park in back but walk around to the front. Conclusion: If you live crepes or are looking specifically for Russian food, it's worth a try, but I'm not in any hurry to return.

Heirloom Cafe & Market - The classic with sausage patties, fruit cup, and sourdough toast.

Heirloom Cafe & Market

(77 reviews)

So delicious I got their pan friend chicken, a salad with grilled veggies the sauce on the chicken…read morewas great. I loved the little atmosphere. Parking wasn't great but other then that foood and service was amazing

Why 4 stars? Because everything was high quality, it just took a while to get it…read more --- --- --- I have wanted to visit Heirloom for quite a while and finally just got the chance to make it happen. When a place has a rating of 4.9 stars with 70 reviews, it's somewhere I want to be. We visited the Saturday before Christmas and were told upon walking in that it was a unique day with table service and a special Christmas brunch menu. I was a bit bummed about that because I wanted access to the full menu after attempting to come here for weeks, but there were still some really interesting things available, so my bummedness quickly subsided. Unfortunately, the real downside of visiting on a day like this was that the wait time was really rough. We weren't sure exactly how long it was but we know that it was within a few minutes of an hour, give or take, from the time we ordered our food until it arrived. I don't want to be too critical of a super successful small business over something like that. I fully appreciate that they wanted to do something unique and probably bit off more than they could chew in the process. Fortunately, we were able to re-schedule an appointment we had for later in the day, so no harm no foul. Once we did receive the food, it was obvious why the ratings are so high. The quality of everything was amazing. I loved stealing most of the bacon off my son's plate, and of course, also enjoyed a large portion of his snowman pancake while he was busy playing on his ipad. But for my own meal, I ordered the Beef Tenderloin Gremolata and loved every bite of it. For what tasted like really high end beef, it was only $24 too, which seems impossible in 2025. I'm happy we finally got to check this place out and we'd love to come back again on non holiday weekend!

Goodson's Café - Chicken Fried Steak

Goodson's Café

(658 reviews)

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I have been coming here since I was wee. This used to be one of the go-to spots for my family when…read morewe would go out on weekends in Tomball growing up. We had actually started going to the original building before it burned down. I do think there is quite a change in the food from the original to the newer. But still very very good. This trip three was on the way to camping at the Texas Renaissance Festival. We wanted to get a quick meal in before we went off the grid. We ended up splitting a large chicken fried steak. As you can see from the pictures, large doesn't even do it justice. It covers a whole giant oval plate, and the sides are served in bowls on top of the steak as if it were a platter itself. This thing is massive, and can feed a family of four, or two. Really hungry adults. Their biscuits are also fantastic. Highly recommend some of those to go. The mac and cheese is pretty standard. The other side that we had this time was their daily special sweet potato crumble. It was very tasty! This place was pretty packed on a Friday afternoon, so I imagine peak times are equally or more so. There's a small lot in the front and more parking in the rear. The service was pretty quick, so I appreciated that. The staff was very knowledgeable on the food, and provide great suggestions. We didn't get any dessert this time, but it did look pretty good. Something to think about if you're coming through Tomball.

Stopped in last weekend. Haven't been in about a year…read more Great staff. Friendly. The chicken fried steak looks the same. Crisp, well fried, and plentiful. But it has remarkably zero taste. Even the gravy has absolutely no taste or flavor. The presentation is still the same, but it tastes nothing like it used to taste. I'm guessing they're trying to save money against inflation by taking all the seasoning out of the prep or something. It's been a good while, but the last time I was there it tasted the same when we cooked it back in 1985. But they've evidently taken all the prep out of both the steak and the gravy now. So weird.

First Watch - breakfast_brunch - Updated May 2026

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