Busy at 8am!! 30 minute wait but it was delicious. Grits were too buttery didn't finish those but I believe you can tell them how you want the waffles. Waffles were delicious!! Just right. Eggs were ok, but THAT CHICKEN APPLE SAUSAGE!?!? the purple haze drink was too read more

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First Watch in Waldorf, Definitely did Not Disappoint. A bunch of Retired Friends got together and had a Gr8 Time on Sept 23rd. The Mgr Mae, another female and our waitress Rebecca did an Outstanding Job. We Appreciate yall and Thank GOD u r n our Neighbor. There was like 23 of us, Kudos PEACE read more

I usually visit the First Watch restaurant in Alexandria, where the service is always professional and impeccable. This was my first time visiting the First Watch location in Waldorf, and while the staff were very friendly, my experience left a lot to be desired. Unfortunately, the server assigned to my table seemed distracted and did not pay close attention to the details of my order. I specifically requested that no salt be added to my dish due to health concerns. Although she acknowledged the request, my meal arrived with salted eggs and avocado toast. The avocado toast itself was disappointing--it was overly oily, the avocado was lumpy, and the presentation was unappetizing. In fact, it looked inedible. My appetite was gone after seeing the dish. On the other hand, my grandson enjoyed his Belgian waffle with bacon and had no complaints. After informing the server about the salt, she took my plate back and said the kitchen would prepare a new one. Unfortunately, when she returned, the eggs had a strange smell, and the avocado toast still looked just as unappealing. I didn't eat any of it. I politely raised my concerns with the manager, who offered to place a new order. I declined. She was understanding and only charged me for my grandson's meal, which was $16. I still left a $10 tip for the waitress because she was polite, even though the service missed the mark. Sadly, I don't think I'll be returning to the Waldorf location during future visits to see my grandkids. Ignoring dietary restrictions--especially something as serious as a no-salt request--can have serious health consequences. I hope this feedback encourages better attention to customer requests so that no one else has to go through a similar experience. read more

Worst Experience Ever at First Watch Waldorf -- What Happened?! We've been loyal customers of this First Watch since the day it opened. We know the staff, the menu, and we've always had great experiences -- until now. This recent visit was beyond disappointing; it was flat-out horrible. Ever since the new manager with tattoos took over (not sure of his name), this place has gone completely downhill. He didn't bother to come over once, didn't communicate any issues or substitutions, and acted like customers don't even matter. We literally ordered the exact same thing just the day before with no problem -- but this time, suddenly, it's an issue? To top it off, we waited over TWO HOURS to be seated even though the waitlist clearly said 30 minutes. Once we finally sat down, our food took another 30+ minutes to arrive, and when it did, it was stone cold. Honestly, it felt like the kitchen forgot about us. This visit was a complete disaster from start to finish. What used to be one of our favorite breakfast spots has turned into one of the most frustrating dining experiences we've ever had. It's sad to see how badly things have changed under this new management. read more

I keep coming back because the food is great--but the service continues to let me down. When the restaurant first opened, they served my husband coffee in a cup with lipstick stains on it. Another time, I came with friends for breakfast. We were all on deadlines, and instead of being able to pay and leave quickly, the staff messed up our bill twice. None of us could check out until they fixed the entire check. My husband gave them another chance recently, but after sitting at our table for 10 minutes with no one acknowledging us, we simply walked out. The food is the only reason I've returned more than once. Unfortunately, the service really takes away from the overall experience. read more

I made reservations for my family an hour in advance and we walked into the building at about 67 minutes from when I made the reservation. I was happy to check in and then a minute later we were seated. at our table. It is always good to make a reservation and then show up around the time the expected wait is, just for future. remember, time flies. After we were seated our waitress was courteous at first, but that was about the last time. When she came back wit our drinks, she basically dropped off the drinks as if we annoyed her. She basically tossed the straws for our drinks and being a fairly silent reviewer, I tried to keep my cool. Because you did that to my wife and 4 year old daughter. Don't get me wrong the place had the right color scheme, it didn't seem as if it was doing too much. The small bar on the front side of the restaurant with another room that seemed like a small lounge. I ordered a Works omelette my wife ordered the shrimp and grits with a purple haze drink, and my daughter got the chocolate chip pancake with 2 sausage links. My Works omelet was only impressive aesthetically, it lacked flavor in every aspect of the phrase. Not even a pinch of salt went into this. The wheat was to toasted to the Sahara. I was not impressed with the meal to be honest, but Im on Wegovy and I had to eat or suffer the consequences fatigue for the day. My wife's shrimp and grits were saltless and without any kind of butter, the shrimp was also without any flavor to it, I believe the purple haze was the only good thing there on her side. My daughter had the chocolate chip pancakes and she like it a bit, but she didn't even bother eating less then half of it. I wills ay when I tried her pancakes for myself, the chocolate chip were the only things that made the pancakes taste good. During the whole meal there our waitress checked up on us but acted as if we were annoying her. For this whole experience, I have to give it 1 star. Even tipped her well just because we felt like being decent people. This was not worth the wait at all, you're better off cooking at home. This was not an enjoyable bite. read more

Extremely Disappointed Experience at First Watch Waldorf We are customers who have been coming to this First Watch location since it first opened and are very familiar with both the staff and the menu. Unfortunately, our most recent visit was extremely disappointing. Since the arrival of the new manager (the one with tattoos, not sure of his name), the experience has noticeably gone downhill. He never came over to the table to communicate any updates or limitations with the menu -- even though we ordered the exact same items just a day prior without any issue. As a result, we couldn't even order what we truly enjoy. To make matters worse, after waiting over two hours to be seated (despite being told the wait would only be around 30 minutes), our food took another 30+ minutes to arrive and was served cold. We've always loved coming here, but this visit left a terrible impression. It's sad to see such a decline in service and management at a place we used to look forward to visiting. read more

Management is very rude. Recipes not as they should be. We've visit First Watch everywhere we travel when available and the Waldorf location is not Up to Par. If you want a real First Watch experience go any where but waldorf. read more

After several months of wanting to go to First Watch, my wife and I finally made it. The first experience did not go well. Once we had made our order, we had to speak to the manager after waiting over thirty-five minutes and seeing other customers who came in after us receive their food. Apparently, there was a communication issue with the server and back kitchen. Needless to say, we left and went to Cracker Barrel. read more

Beware before ordering an omelet you have to tell them you want toast and fruit because if not they will charge you over $8 extra. I didn't know that and my waiter didn't tell me before I ordered. The food I got was hot and good. Make sure you get on the wait list before leaving home so you don't have to wait a long time. Ambiance and decor is nice. read more

I can only give one star for lack luster service. Hostess if that is what you would like to call the young blonde with glasses and a bad attitude who needs training on public relations. When people walk into a half seated, yes a half empty restaurant with open tables and you are told it will be an hour and a half wait people will ask as to why. I did but what I did not expect was a smart ass remark back. You can guarantee I won't return and I'll be spreading the word. Improve on your service the face of the hostess is your face they represent you they represent you the restaurant and what we received was bad representation. read more

4/9/25. We waited an hour at the bar for bacon and eggs. My order unexplainably dropped off the system. After watching other parties that came after us being served, I asked about my order. No explanation was given. The service was horrible. No apology or anything. We were ignored after asking for the status. I had to prompt them to check on me. No refills, not even offered a water. The manager was no better than the server/bartender. Retraining is necessary! read more

There was a little confusion when I walked in because of the location of the hostess stand. Other than that, the food was great.

The customer service was horrible! We checked in and they told us that it was a 90 minute wait and we provided my wife's phone number. We waited 105 minutes. I went to the front to ask how my husband longer. The lady said you need to wait at least closer to the 207 minute wait time... it was ridiculous! I told her that when we checked it at 8:59 am you told us 90 minutes. She replied well the kitchen is back up so it changed to a 207 minute wait. We ended up leaving with no food and we had all been hungry and my wife was pissed. I had to deal with that... at 12:09 pm my wife received a text saying we were next to be seated... I have to the text!! We had already made it home and my wife had ended up cooking a full breakfast, we had already eaten and had been continuing our day. It is absolutely horrific that the restaurant has customers waiting for so long. Before we left, a family had said they had been waiting since 8:30 am... Please address this issue with the waldorf store! They need more training store wide from the kitchen to the hostess. If there was a minus rating this place would get it based on this experience!!! read more

The Resturant is beautiful, inside and out. Food was ok, nothing spectacular, for an almost 2 hour wait. We joined the waitlist on line and that helped but it's just not worth the wait. read more

Food was good . Service could be better . Ordered an omelette when they other food came pour it didn't. The managers stopped by and said they had burnt it and were making another. Waited ten minutes before our waitress came by and I had to ask about it. She had not even checked on it so it had been sitting in the back the whole time. It was cold. Manager also never came back to make sure we had received it. read more

The breakfast was delicious and hot. We did not have to wait long before being seated. The server was very friendly. The restaurant was very clean and spacious. read more

I I wanted to share feedback about my recent takeout experience. I placed an order and was told it would be ready in 30 minutes. I returned a few minutes early and checked in with the host, asking if I needed to notify anyone that I was there. The host assured me the food would be brought up when ready. However, I ended up waiting over 20 additional minutes. When I finally asked a manager to check, they went to the back and immediately came out with my order. Unfortunately, when I got to my car and checked the food, everything was cold--clearly it had been sitting for some time. I'm disappointed that my order was ready and no one brought it out or informed me, especially after I specifically checked in. I hope steps can be taken to prevent this from happening to future customers. read more

Service and Food Service: I noticed the restaurant was giving a 25min wait but then after waiting approximately 45min inside you are seated and see a whole section that has empty seats. Food: waffles were soft and kind of soggy instead of toasty. I wasn't impressed with the restaurant food and I'm not if I would come back especially not for breakfast. Maybe I will try the lunch menu next time. read more

A friend treated me to breakfast here for my birthday recently and I must say that the ambiance was amazing! I had the traditional breakfast with two fried eggs, the ham, toast and fried potatoes with the million dollar sauce. I could have gone without the sauce; however, everything else was great and I especially enjoyed the toast. I don't know what type of bread they used but it was hearty and very delicious! read more

Still a little slow with the grand opening crowds but the stay were polite and attentive

I left a long review on google already and the pic of that has been attached. I was unable to edit it to add my review of the food so that is being left here... NO...just no. Food, customer service, efficiency, order accuracy. All basic. Quite disappointing, hate spending money on food and it's not good. read more

First Watch - The review I left on Google - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Waldorf, Maryland

Greatest hostess at the front, wish I got her name she was incredible, she handled all the rude customers complaining about wait times beautifully, kind heart. Food was amazing. Chelsea was our server and she was communicative about the wait time because it's new, very busy. She was great and so helpful. Got everyone seated when they said and warned people about the wait time. Great experience and will be coming back read more

super duper bussin, the tacos made me feel like I was flying away. Would 100% recommend

For the price paid, I'm disappointed with the portion size of the Trifecta in my carry out order. I've dubbed in and placed the same order several times. The portion sizes did NOT look like this. Also, I received syrup for the waffle and not preserves , as advertised. No selection options, so one would imagine they'd get what they see in the menu. I am very disappointed. read more

My first First Watch experience was glorious at the Tyson's Corner location. However and unfortunately the southern Maryland location is not the same. Upon entry we were not acknowledged and greeted with a stone faced person. Asked to be seated by a window but that seemed to create an entire mess. Our waitress had major RBF. She was stressed and sweating at 8am on a Sunday morning. She did not greet us with her name or never cracked a smile while we placed our order. She sadly seemed heavily agitated as she later expressed that under her voice. She later apologized after seeing my countenance and said she was acting in several positions. While I was understanding, I grind and beared it until.....The food: the potatoes were under seasoned and had a slightly burned flavor. My husband had to send his waffle back as it was barely warm. As another sweet couple were finishing up, they walked over to our table and said put on your patience because you're going to need it. Wow! I blame management. Our waitress had some guy who was sitting down when we first arrived and seemed like a manager on her back and in her ear. He never lifted a finger to lighten her load. She was obviously overwhelmed, mind you the restaurant wasn't even busy at this time. I chalked her attitude up to whomever this guy was walking around the restaurant like a warden. But she did manage to laugh and chat up some of her "older customers" who appeared to maybe come more regularly and they looked like the kind of people who would call corporate if you catch my drift. Anyways, I love the decor and setting of this place. It's a fairly new location to the area and seemed to be very clean and bright. However good management is key. Not one staff member was smiling. Not one! I believed that was due to the warden! I will not be coming back to this location EVERRRRR!!! read more

The hostess was rude and got very snippy. We were told it would only be 15 minutes for a wait but it ended up being an hour because she "forgot" to let us know our table was ready. She set other people down that weren't even checked in way before us. She had an attitude the whole time. read more

When this place first opened the food and service wasn't bad so not sure what happened. Went today after 3 months and the service was horrible. I ordered a omelette with veggies and cheese and can you believe it was just a egg folded with veggies and no cheese. I sent it back and while I waited my pancake got cold and when I told the manager he just shrugged it off and walked away. What kind of manager just walks away without atleast apologizing. My wife ordered eggs with extra cheese and the waitress stated she tried to save us money so she never told them extra cheese WTF.... Nobody asked her to save us anything we had no issues paying for anything especially if we paid for the meal as horrible as the service was. Hire better chefs and managers or you won't last in Waldorf I've seen this same behavior in restaurants that are no longer in business. Good luck read more

For it just opening, it's very nice and it's lots of foot traffic. Reminds me of the location in Virginia. If you plan on going plan on waiting a very long time, However, if you are solo you can get seated at the bar fairly easy. Food is good and drinks are fantastic. read more

The service was good but I did not like any of my food. The only thing I enjoyed was the million dollar bacon and the purple haze drink. The pancakes were horrible. My son did not like his waffle or his eggs. read more

I'm going to leave 5 starts today but this is only because of my waitresses service not upon the management or kitchen staff in this location. this is my second time eating here and I was surprised to see that the waitress Destiny remembered me and my dad from our previous visit I was happy about that. my table waitress today was Lauren she did a great job considering what she had to work with and I'll go more In detail about that later . So the food this time I had the French toast and the farmers hash. My French toast was great nice and thick and came with plenty of butter didn't have to ask for more . My hash was surprisingly good the eggs were light and fluffy and the potatoes underneath were delicious I'm in love with there potatoes. Now's here what I didn't like today . the restaurant had several empty tables and I was told there would be a 45 minute wait I live in Virginia so I wasn't about to turn around and go home so I waited. Just didn't understand why there was a wait with over 15 empty tables I counted also on top of that I had to wait over a half an hour for the food to arrive at my table. I'm not gonna gripe to much but someone at the door I was conversating with ordered three biscuits and gravy to go only to go home and find out there was no gravy on there biscuits and had to turn around and come back . I eat here regularly so again if it wasn't for the excellent service I was provided by destiny and Lauren I would give a one star review. If u eat here tip the waitresses or waiter well and if your food takes 40 min to come to your table blame the kitchen and speak to a manager they will make it right some how. The ambiance today was hectic and a lot of unhappy people at the door either about there wait times or wait at the table for the food. I heard one person say I guess they blew up to fast. My suggestion would be to make sure you are properly staffed to handle the business this location may or may not get on any given day. I'll still come back but today seems like behind the scenes was having a hard time or out of sync with there customers and there orders read more

Definitely a young group of servers. I honestly felt like my other first watch experiences were a night and day difference. Took 15 mins to get a server to our table after being sat to just get water. The menu was scarce. Drinks were alright I guess but it was the only thing it had going for itself. I have no clue why people were waiting 3-4 hours when this place first opened. You're not missing anything. To top it off the food came out room temperature and all we got was something to the effect of a traditional breakfast. Take your business elsewhere read more

Service is very slow Food is not on time. Bathroom is so dirty. But the location is excellent. Parking is very very good.

The wait is ridiculous even if you get in line virtually. The service was terrible - we had to ask for refills, the food came out 10 minutes apart, had to wait a very long time to get the check, etc. Then, when the food finally came, it wasn't made correctly. Very disappointing. read more

SLOW! The wait to get a table wasn't bad. Without the option to make a reservation, you kind of stuck with waiting. But the service when we got to our seat... zero sense of urgency. We watched our server (who we didn't know at the time was our server) walk by us multiple times before speaking. Finally took the drink order and I asked could we order our food. She replied, yes let me put this drink order in first. We put in our food order. Avocado toast, Cobb salad, French toast.. regular breakfast food. We sat down at 11:51am. It's 12:43pm. We're still waiting on our food. read more

Amazing food and customer service! Food came out fast, server asked all the right questions. We cannot wait to come back! Exactly what this area needed! read more

The food is good here. The atmosphere is pleasant & new. The service was high quality.

Give you a lot of filling you up Food like lots of potatoes on your plate and very little of the real food that counts. The inside of the restaurant is beautiful and clean and new. I think I'm going to stick to the Silver diner that's located in the area. read more

The service or non-existent service was ridiculous. The restaurant was half empty and we still waited 10 'minutes to be seated. Once seated we waited another 15 and no one greeted us or came to the table to take a simple drink order. Not to mention there were 4 young ladies hanging at the host table chatting and several others undergoing training and should be assisting with service. They have lost my business and I was looking forward to eating here for the first time. read more

Shut this location down immediately and I am so serious. Do not come here. You will wait an ungodly amount of time just for the most bland food you could've ever witnessed. Even the doordashers were pissed because they had to wait 45 minutes just to pick up an order. I witnessed two different dashers cancel the delivery and walk out because they'd rather miss out on the money than wait. They've been open for MONTHS so there is no excuse as to why they are being ran this terrible. Management SUCKS, service SUCKS, kitchen staff SUCKS, and whoever is responsible for making the lemonades in the morning needs to be the first one fired. It makes no sense how you don't have the drink batches prepared at opening AS A BREAKFAST PLACE. like close this place down before I get even more mad and I am so serious. This could've been anything and y'all did this??? I've been in Waldorf for decades and have seen restaurants come and go but this was the biggest disgrace. Even Golden Corral is better. read more