I decided to take my mom and family out for Mother's Day breakfast while visiting this weekend at Le Andos after seeing so many great reviews on Yelp. While the food was pretty good and the menu was unique, the wait time for a table and kitchen ticket times left room for improvement, so I'm giving four stars for overall experience. If you only care about the food, skip down to the last paragraph!
When we arrived, there was just one person waiting in the small seating area and two empty tables, so we thought we would be seated quickly. We were not quoted a wait time initially, and after seeing some folks come in and get seated ahead of us, I realized they were calling or texting folks when their tables were ready. We waited about 25 minutes before checking to see where we were on the list, and they quoted us another 25 minutes as there were still seven people in front of us. We started listening to the host and everyone was being quoted about an hour wait. One person that came in said they called ahead to put their name on the list, so that may be an option to speed up your wait. The restaurant was small, so I'm sure some people were likely waiting in their cars or perusing the strip mall while waiting since there weren't many people inside waiting.
Next, while we waited patiently for a table, I noticed at least five tables of customers had been in the restaurant for just as long as we had waited for a table and were just getting ready to cash out (~55 minutes). This means the tables were not turning very fast, which was likely part of the reason for the long wait. We also noticed several to-go orders going out the door, meanwhile just THREE tables in the dining room had food on their tables. I am not sure what the wait times for to-go orders are like, but it seemed like the kitchen was having to fit the to-go orders in between the dining room, again contributing to the long wait times to be seated and slow turning of tables.
We were excited about the unique menu, and enjoyed our meals. I had the Florentine crepes with hash browns and thought it had good flavor. The crepe was s little thick compared to others I've had, but none the less delicious. The hash browns were a little buttery for my liking, but the portion was huge and I was able to share. My boyfriend had the Chicken Fiesta and thought it was good. He upgraded his pancakes for an up-charge to try the fruity tooty specialty cakes and loved them. My mom had chicken and waffles, and she said she liked them, but I was disappointed that the chicken tenders were frozen rather than freshly battered and breaded chicken. My dad had banana bread French toast and he said it was delicious. We ordered French toast wrapped bacon and blueberry custard crepes for the table to share and the bacon could have been a little more crispy. I don't think I'd order that again. The blueberry custard crepes were really good though, and we were lucky to have some leftover to take home for dessert! read more