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It was a Thursday for birthday lunch w/ my girlfriend. We heard they opened their new location - so thought we'd check it out.
It's tucked away what looks like below a condo complex. it has a cute garden like patio which was a nice surprise for downtown palo alto. We were seated immediately (with reservations). the atmosphere is very cozy modern with a touch of luxury with it's beautiful wrought iron candle chandeliers.
I love fall menus, so i went w/ the theme and chose the butternut squash and goat cheese puff pastry tart as a starter and the sweet potato gnocchi as the main. the tart was magnificent! a little overpowered w/ the fried onion garnish, but very very scrumptious. The gnocchi on the other hand - you could not really taste the sweet potatoe - but more of the dough.
to finish, we had to have dessert and chose the pear tart tartin with vanilla bean gelato. it was very delightful - and not too sweet. i was however, disappointed they failed to put a candle on the dessert as i had requested in the reservation.
nonetheless, i will be back to try more!
JF and I had an early brunch here on Saturday. Neither of us could decide between salty or sweet, so we ended up each ordering one and sharing-- the best of both worlds!
JF ordered the omelette special (ham, brie cheese, green onions) while I ordered the pancake special (lemon poppy seed covered with fresh sliced strawberries and fresh whipped cream). The tangy citrus scent of the lemons preceded the pancakes... and it smelled mouthwateringly delicious. Unfortunately, the food itself didn't live up to the potential in the aroma, and was only ok.
For brunch places, I still prefer Hobees... and although I don't want to admit this, the omelettes at OPH are better than the one I had at St. Michael's Alley.
For the price of the food, it is not worth it. I still felt hungry after!! They give you this small little biscuit with your breakfast and it seriously can be eaten in 2 bites. I had the Eggs Benedict and I've had better else where for cheaper. It was about $15 for 2 Eggs Bennedict, a few potato chunks and that small biscuit. The potatoes were quite delicious though. I'd say just order a couple sides of the potatoes and call it a day.
The service was really great but that could be because they only could seat about 30 people at a time (which includes the bar area). I don't think I'll ever come back just because it's not too close to my house and it wasn't anything to die for.
Solid brunch location.
FOOD: The brunch fare was above average, but beware this is a place that does not accept substitutions so you need to go for the 10 or so pancake/egg options on the menu complimented by more traditional lunch options as well.
DRINK: Standard champagne/brunch drinks. Very good but nothing mind-blowing.
SERVICE: above average.
The cranberry-champagne [Codders] were nice. The challah french toast was really good, but the bleu cheese omelet was nothing to write home about. They seemed to really want to usher us out, so we were over it.
I have been going to St. Mikes for a few years now--and keep coming back. They have a winning formula: Excellent food (and I mean truly excellent!), an extensive and thoughtful wine menu, and -- bizarre for this area -- very reasonable prices. There are no weak spots on the menu. Whether you go for a pork chop (a dish for which they are unmatched in the Bay Area) , pasta, or fish, the food is always knock your socks off good. They are also very friendly and welcoming. I usually ask Michael to pick a bottle of wine for my wife and I to share, and the result is always something new and interesting. He's a veritable dictionary of local wines, but is too modest to show off his knowledge.
What I think is presently holding them back from a fifth star is that their service has had to catch up a bit to the new space--I think they literally just need more feet on the ground. At both a recent lunch and dinner I found myself looking for a waiter and feeling a bit lost in the experience. This didn't happen in the old space, where they were unrushed but prompt--they hit the perfect balance of giving you the sense of a leasurely meal while being there if you needed something. I think in part because it was an open area that it was easier to manage. I suspect that once they get used to the new space that will improve.
So, overall, I recommend this place highly. Its delightful. Food, wine, and value are all five stars. Hopefully the service will catch back up soon. The new space is very pretty, too.
We had brunch at the one on Emerson (across from Whole Foods). The one on Homer is not even open for brunch on Saturdays. That was a little confusing.
The smoked salmon eggs benedict is 5 stars, even maybe 6. Comes with smoked salmon, thin English muffin, capers, fresh purple onions and some kind of wet sauce that made everything taste good! Herb potatoes were not bad and the biscuit was ok. The Belgian waffle with peaches was pretty good too. The mimosas are VERY GOOD here.
I would give 5 stars if the waiter didn't give us attitude! They LOST our order (what does that mean anyway - that they made it but lost it in the kitchen?). They told us after all of the other tables that came after us got their food, which was 45 minutes later. The waiter first said they would "comp our food". Then he changed it to "comp the salmon bennie" after he heard our order (salmon bennie is $18). That kinda pissed me off. They didn't offer to comp our drinks so I asked for another mimosa but on the house and the waiter obliged grudgingly.
So 35 more minutes later, we get our food and I'm glad we didn't walk out since it was well worth it. The waiter was bitter and was afraid we would not tip him the normal tip without the discount due to their mistake and didn't greet us when we were leaving or looked us in the eye after giving our food (even though we did tip him based on the regular price of the food).
Other than the confusion that the Homer location is not open during weekend brunch, losing our order and telling us almost an hour later, being cheap about comping our meal and the attitude, the salmon bennie was very excellent.
I met a friend for a Wednesday night dinner at the new location on the corner of Homer and High. I had been a fan of the Emerson house, which is intimate and cozy -- they're now located on the bottom floor of an apartment complex and have three separate dining areas (outside patio, indoor casual seating by the bar, and wrap around dining room). The restaurant feels very different, less casual, but with a new charm.
I called a week in advance and could only get a 7:30pm reservation. The restaurant wasn't packed but a fair number of patrons. Surprised that it was an older clientele -- brunch is fairly lively with a range of guests, but many tables definitely had older couples or a young couple with their parent(s).
The waiter was very helpful in navigating their fantastic beer selection -- only bottles now but taps coming soon! After mulling over my dinner choices as well, I settled on the hommel ale, a Belgian beer that was poured in a Chimay glass, YUM! We split the wild mushroom appetizers, St Mike's staple -- hard to describe in an appetizing way but it's mushroom tart with a hard crust. Their entrees looked to be on the heavier side, but good choices. My meal was the scallops on bok choy and corn salad and scallion mashed potatoes, quite good. My friend's four cheese ravioli was yummy as well.
We did splurge on the chocolate mousse cake at the end. It has a chocolate crumb crust, just delectable, but super rich and humongous.
I think I am coming back when my mom's in town later in the month for dinner. Brunch is good but cliche, might be overrated.
$87 dinner for two with one beer each, tax and tip
The perfect place for weekend brunch or a quite dinner. I also love the seasonal menu - very fresh and flavorful.
Unfortunately the restaurant is on their Labor Day weekend hiatus now that I'm back in town, but some dear friends were here a couple of weeks ago and guess what? The coffee was delicious, night and day they said, you wouldn't believe it came out of the same place. Just wanted to say thank you.
Currently my favorite brunch spot in the south bay!
Food: 3-4 (depending on what you order)
Ambiance: 3.75
Service: 3 (the weekend host...he's the worst part, sorry)
Noise: 3.5
Price: $30 average with tax and tip.
3.5*
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Hooray for reliable yelp reviews and hooray for finally finding a great brunch place!
Decor: very cutesy, cozy and romantic
Service: friendly and attentive
Price: a little pricier than most but the quality makes it understandable
Food: Yum yum yum
A few out-of-towner were visiting the Bay area for the first time so I wanted to find a place that would impress, both food quality and ambiance. This place is a win.
They don't take reservations so it's best to come early. There's outdoor (very limited) and indoor seating (which isn't that big). We were lucky to only have to wait 5 minutes for a party of 6. Everything on the menu looks delicious, enough to have me come back again just to try everything.
The presentation isn't anything out of the ordinary but taste wise, I was very impressed. The only orders I remember were the Smoked Salmon Bennedict and the Chilaquiles, both of which were amazing. I forget what everyone else ordered but I do remember everything tasting really good.
Our bill came out to $100 for 6 people, which was more than I expected for brunch but I was so impressed (and full) from the food that I didn't mind.
I am definitely coming here again. I need to try everything else on the menu.
3.5, a bit pricey for the fare
had the blue monkey pancakes which were delicious
thick fluffy with full juicy blueberries (not shriveled) and perfect banana flavor
eggs benedict could have been done better
side potatoes were tasty
didn't care for the hollandaise sauce, didn't like the tang
could have poached the eggs better -- were not liquidy, really $16 for it?
ambiance is nice
St. Michael's Alley wasn't even busy late Saturday morning. I think the last gasps of Indian summer had something to do with it. This restaurant is clearly unprepared for hot weather, only sporting a single fan that's about as useful as a screen door on a submarine.
Anyway, the reason I mention it wasn't busy is to highlight that the restaurant had no excuse for its poor service. It's not just that the waiter didn't even ask us how our meal was or that nobody said good-bye when we left. It's more that, here I am, sweatin' balls, wanting to get the hell out of this restaurant-turned-bikram-yoga studio and I can't even get the guy to give me the check.
Oh, and the "special" smoked chicken omelette was mediocre. I felt like I could've gotten the same dish at the Creamery.
This place reeks of old white ladies/housewives on their lunch dates after a tiring day at the country club. i didn't realize it was *that* kind of brunch restaurant; i felt so out of place there in my tank top and shorts. Not to mention being the only table of color there. and also, the dining area has TERRIBLE acoustics - we had to yell across the table because it was so damn loud. Because of that, I'm bumping them down from 4 stars to 3.5 (you get a 3 star rating, St. Mike's).
ANYWAYS...ambiance aside, I am extremely happy with my food, as were the other diners I was with. I ordered the seared ahi tuna sandwich, which came with a light side salad. the tuna was extremely tender and fresh, and the focaccia bread was the perfect texture and softness. it was an interesting and memorable dish, b/c of the pickled ginger. my friends all got burgers - the ABC burger and a burger which was the special of the day. There were no complaints at the table. The portions were big enough that we all politely took home half our sandwiches (which I secretly ate immediately upon returning home). we topped off the meal with a peach tarte tartin. the name was more special than the actual dish, just looked like glazed peaches over a danish with icecream. but i don't know much about sweets...
The food is good and worth the money. I'm interested in trying out their weekend brunch, if I can find a housewife from palo alto who doesn't mind shouting to join me...
My husband brought me to St. Michael's Alley for our 3rd Wedding Anniversary with our baby daughter. We were seated on the patio and it was refreshing to have an attentive and professional waiter who was knowledgeable about the menu and who provided us with excellent recommendations. I had the wild sea scallops and my husband had a ravioli dish. Both dishes were absolutely delicious! For dessert we had the peach tarte tatin, which was mouth-watering and the piece de resistance to a lovely dinner.
We highly recommend this restaurant as it was refreshing to experience great service accompanied with exceptional food. We can't wait to come back!
I've been going here for about two years now and therefore I never got attached to the old location as many have. I enjoy both places however I must agree that in the new location although the food remains exceptional in both taste and presentation the service is somewhat lacking. In all honesty I think comparing one place that the waiters have worked at for twelve years, which happened to be much smaller as well to a completely new, larger place is a bit unfair! I absolutely love St. Michael's Alley. Everybody there is lovely including the owner Mike who seems to be very involved in the constant improvement of this wonder place! I certainly recommend this place.
Yum-o.
Reminds me of a cafe you'd find in Europe - very relaxed, fresh ingredients, great food & great people.
Really couldn't ask for more in this open-air cafe!
Busy sunday brunch - good service. fresh food...
Ordered the french toast with fresh strawberry on top. well done! Will come back again...
Brunch is my fav meal, and St. Michael's Alley def knows their brunch. I've been here for lunch during a weekday too and that was solid, but oh man if you're in the mood for gourmet brunch, come get it here. Would go back more often if it was a geared a bit more toward a student budget, but every once in a while, it's worth a splurge, esp if you're like me and brunch is one of your fav meals!
We had Sunday brunch here with our friends today. We waited 45 minutes for a table for seven. There are only a couple of tables in the restaurant which can accommodate a large group like us so the wait was longer than usual. The service was adequate. They gave us one raspberry muffin on the house to share which i thought was stingy. (7 people to share ONE muffin?) I had the special of the day which was scrambled egg with chicken & tomato. The biscuit was really dry but the egg was ok. We also share one order of whole wheat pancakes with banana topping and that was pretty good. At the end it was $25 per person which i thought was pretty expensive for brunch.
Saturday brunch. Ordered summer vegetable scramble and chilaquiles. Large portions, beautiful presentation, perfectly prepared. Orange juice was clearly fresh squeezed. Vegetable scramble was not overpowered by the basil pesto. Chilaquiles were devine.
Our server (Nancy) was so sweet and helpful. Some of the best service in Palo Alto.
Dear St. Michael's Alley,
I hope it's ok that I call you Mike? Good. So, Mike, I've been here about 5 times in the last year and a half, and I've always thought of you as a glamor brunch place. The type of place that's great to bring a date, for ladies who lunch, or for a family gathering. You've got elegant dishes, a sidewalk dining area, a nice interior, and, until today, good service.
I'm not sure exactly what happened between our last visit and this one, but service today isn't what we expected. We had excellent service in terms of getting added to the waiting list and being updated on the status of our table, and then it went dramatically downhill.
Our server took awhile before asking if we wanted drinks. Once we did get our lukewarm coffee, we practically had to send up flares to get a refill and our Splenda (thanks to my S.O. for that). We eventually managed to flag down a different server to get more coffee, since ours was nowhere to be found.
The food arrived -- I ordered the Breakfast Medley with blueberry pancakes, and my S.O. got the Spring Vegetable Scramble. Both meals were tasty, so no complaints about the food itself, except for the fairly steep price.
If only we could have installed a coffee carafe at our table because after 5 minutes, our server still hadn't checked up on us to see how our meal was and if we needed anything.
We finally got his attention, and he seemed less than pleased to have to walk across the restaurant.
So, Mike, while we've enjoyed visiting you in the past, we are going to have to take a break. In this economy, it would help you out to have servers that provide quality service to match the quality dishes you serve. For food alone, I'd give you 4 stars. For service today, I'd give 2. Average 3.
Yours truly,
Wendy K.
St. Michael's Alley is very...Palo Alto. It's a Michelin recommended restaurant with all that you would expect of such a place: beautiful food, high prices, and bougsie customers drinking mimosas while petting their well-groomed dogs outside. Since you can't make reservations for brunch, waiting is inevitable. However, there is a Whole Foods and Peet's across the street for you to hang out at while you wait.
Now onto the food. The past two times I have gone, I ordered the waffles and the French Toast. Both were really good--overpriced, but good. Their scrambles are fairly standard, but the home fries are amaazing! Mm, I'd definitely consider ordering a mediocre scramble for a side of the home fries. Their Eggs Florentine is tasty as well. The biscuits are a bit on the dry side, but go very well with the slightly runny egg and hollandaise...mmm! And...as someone mentioned before, their Blue Monkey pancakes are really good. I usually hate pancakes, but these are a definite exception. They taste amazing with just a touch of maple syrup and go down well with the fresh squeezed orange juice-champagne deliciousness of their mimosas.
I've always gone with a good-sized group and have been impressed with how they accommodate. Definitely go with people you like because service is a bit slow, which gives you a loot of time to talk! :)
Oh Saint Michael's Alley. Trapped in this vast brunch wasteland (Hobee's? Really?), I tried so hard to like it. Maybe too hard, and all the disappointment has hardened into betrayal.
Fact the first: Pretty decent but unremarkable brunch fare, slapped up with the 30% smug Palo Alto surcharge. Very tasty muffins, especially with an indulgent slather of butter. Tasty, big omelettes, and an overall good relationship with that culinary enigma, the egg.
Caveat to fact the first: I did once order a bacon/spinach omelette and was promptly felled by violent food poisoning. This was about two years ago. And honestly I probably had it coming.
Fact the second: TERRIBLE SERVICE. Egregious. Truly, the atrocity of their service must somehow be written into the restaurant's mission statement. On my eight or nine visits, it's gone so far beyond the standard brunch "can't get a table/never refilled water glass is a symbol for my meaningless life" service angst. The last time we were there, my party of three was asked to move tables MID-MEAL so the restaurant could accommodate a larger party.
Once, a waitress dropped a full pitcher of OJ on our table, and did not offer anything for our trouble. Substitutions made to our orders without asking, looooong waits for food, and -- my personal bugaboo -- not informed that the food I ordered was unavailable until minutes after my companions had already received their own orders.
Fact the third: What, you want a good brunch with decent service at a non-extortion price in Palo Alto? Tough. Friggin'. Luck.
Went here for brunch and it was excellent. It's a pretty small restaurant so we had a small wait before we were seated. I had the cream of cauliflower and the smoked salmon eggs benedict. The cream of cauliflower was delicious. You can really taste the flavor of cauliflower. MMmmmm... It goes great with bread! Yums!
The smoked salmon eggs benedict was awesome too! Eggs were perfectly poached, mixed with capers... drool! sooo good!
The downside: It's kinda pricey for smoked salmon eggs benedict though... $18! yikes! Also they forgot to give us a muffin. :( I wanted my muffin. The tables next to us had muffins that I couldn't stop staring at.
Another small thing that kinda bothered me... my soup came out for 1 minute and the eggs benedict showed up. I didn't have time to even enjoy my soup without worrying that my eggs benedict would go cold. Ended up just wolfing down everything. Indigestion here I come!
Will definitely come back here to try again! I'll ask for my muffin this time! :)
I love brunch. I liked brunch here. My vegetarian omelet was delicious, and the fluffiest eggs I'd ever seen. My mimosa was good, too. It's more expensive than having brunch in the midwest, but I guess that's a location issue.
I'd definitely advise sitting outside too- especially if you're from out of town. Everyone in town seems really jaded about how lovely the weather is.
Great (creative) taste.
Overpriced tiny portions.
This is not the place to go if you're hungry.
It's really nice to find a solid breakfast joint in the area. It's not your standard Carrow's or Stacks - what's with the fascination for generic breakfast foods.... oily omelettes aren't better when served in mass quantities. And even IHop pancakes are better than Stack's!
St Michael's has amazing fresh-baked cranberry muffin, creative omelettes, and mmm ... blueberry banana pancakes!
The best part? I can make a stop at Fraiche next door for some Blue Bottle Coffee or a morning pick-me-up Froyo.
St. Michael's Alley:
1. The service on our visit was good. Our waitress was very attentive and friendly.
2. The interior and the sidewalk seating is pleasant.
3. The waffles were good. The fruit was fresh and I liked the dollop of plain yogurt on top.
4. The burger was EXCELLENT (five star burger)! It was cooked perfectly medium rare as ordered. The bacon was extra crispy. It was all around a wonderful surprise.
Although we did not try any of the egg dishes we did notice that they were some of the most expensive on the menu. (I hope those eggs were laid this morning and were plucked from underneath the hen minutes before cooking!) Have food prices gone up that much? Seriously? Eggs? Sigh...
I'm being a little unfair with the two stars... but I just can't get myself to give three.
This used to be the weekly brunch spot... it was just a few blocks away, there was always parking... back then, the food was amazing! I think the first thing to go was the service... what used to be excellent service almost became IHOP service, where you get the bare minimum, no mas.
Then the food starting becoming more uneven.... the scrambles which were always good, were good every other time, and that's if they came out hot.
To add insult to injury... they started getting so crowded that you'd have to wait.. that was the last straw! alas... they were a definitely a 5 star spot a couple/few years ago, but like all good things....
Oh yeah.. had dinner here twice in that same time period... it was good, but not that good that they would be a destination.
We went here to celebrate Mother's Day on Saturday afternoon for brunch. Overall a pretty decent experience.
The Good: menu has an innovative spin on the classics, good quality food & fresh ingredients, intimate, bright setting, clean.
The Bad: long wait (no reservations), REALLY REALLY loud, the restaurant can only hold 50 people max, limited (small) menu
Overall I thought the food was a little overpriced for what actually came out of the kitchen. I guess I just had really really high expectations. If I order an $10 mimosa, for example, I'd like it to be fresh-squeezed OJ or at least something other than poured from a non-descript gallon jug (seriously.) But the owner is nice and the atmostphere is pleasant. The food is good and everything is fresh, just nothing that jumps out and says "WOW this is amazing." For a nice breakfast with friends, this is a good spot. I wouldn't come back here again for a special occasion brunch, only because we had to shout across the small table just to make conversation.
I feel mixed about this. Some of us had great food but less-than-fab service, and some of the food was not cooked right, so two stars I guess.
We came as a group of six (with reservations) on our lunch hour to celebrate a birthday. It took them a while to take our order, then we waited a half hour for the food. My friends liked their salads, and the mushroom cake and the butternut squash soup-of-the-day was excellent. I had the burger, which was not cooked to medium, like I asked, and I had to scrape far too much mustard off of it. The fries were limp, not crispy at all, and really brown. Time to change the oil, folks.
We waited a long time for the check. I think they were short staffed, but it took us two hours all told for lunch. We all had our money out and had asked for the check 3 times, when they brought sorbet for the birthday girl, and six spoons, for two scoops of sorbet (awkward). The birthday girl felt like she had to rush...it just was not festive.
I see positive reviews for breakfast, so maybe I should come back and try again.
Ah, St. Michael's, we meet again. I was reunited with my beloved on my recent quick trip. We had love in the afternoon as dear Michael fed me sausages, pancakes, and eggs over easy. I let out a food coma sigh as I lit my noncancerous cigarette (ever hear of poetic license?).
The brunch will kill you softly. It is dirtily good. I love eggs Benedict, and it is spot on here with that perfect lemon-laced tang. The eggs Florentine is wonderful as well. Someone at my table always gets the St. Mike's Omelet (crispy bacon bits, spinach, sauteed mushrooms, cheddar and cream cheese). Their French toast is to die for. Made out of rich challah, it is moist, plush, and spongy, and topped with fresh strawberries. I recommend a stack of blue monkey pancakes--blueberries and bananas swirled in the batter. Oh, and definitely try the special pancakes when offered, like cinnamon apple and peanut butter. The salads are fresh and flavorful and the ABC burger is pretty tasty. I am a brunch lover, so I stick to the mimosas and brekkie stuff. To mix it up, I sometimes ask for a codder--cranberry juice and Champagne.
The venue is darling as well. Quaint, good old-fashioned hospitality, sunshine radiates from the windows and touches all. On a beautiful day--and there are many in Palo Alto--enjoy your meal outside. Either way, you should leave with a post-coital glow.
I came here the other day for my friend's baby shower. It was a Saturday brunch. This place is pretty small, but they set up a long table for us in the middle of the restaurant and found places for our gifts and things under the bar and upstairs.
Our server did an excellent job taking care of our party. It may have been a little difficult to deal with us as we were busy chatting and didn't necessarily comply with the "schedule" but she seemed to be able to manage our party along with her other customers well.
The fresh squeezed orange juice was really delicious and the food were equally good. There were so many great choices so one of my friends and I decided to split the St. Michael's omelet and french toast with strawberries. The omelet came with bacon, spinach, mushrooms and cream cheese and it was huge. It also had a biscuit and some really delicious country potatoes. My only critique would be that I wish that the cream cheese was spread a little more evenly throughout the omelet. The way they had it, it was in the middle so one bite had way too much while the others didn't have any. The french toast was good, but there wasn't anything unique about it.
I definitely would like to come back here again and see what other menu offerings they have.
LOOOOVE THIS PLACE!
I almost always get the amazing eggs Benedict w/ smoked salmon, and I always find it awesome. The hollandaise is fresh and not overly done, the capers accent the sauce perfectly, and the baked potatoe chunks are just right.
Great brunch (more nicely done standard stuff then anything super inventive). pricey though. $15 looked to be the median price for a brunch entree.
I have to say their benedicts were great. I had a egg florentine and my friend had the smoked salmon egg benedict and both were yummy. Very "Palo Alto-y" and with good portion sizes.
One word to describe St. Michael's alley: quaint.
It's a great location in sunny Palo Alto. The space itself is on the small side but well decorated.
As I waited 20 minutes to eat on a Saturday afternoon the customers were all raving about their previous experiences at St. Michael's alley.
I had the special which was a huevos rancheros. I was impressed when they actually told me the price of the special. The huevos rancheros were very good. For $16 it wasn't mind-blowing but I would definitely have them again.
If you're on Caltrain, St. Michael is only a 5 minute walk from the station.
A great place for brunch. I would highly recommend it.
I went there for a Sunday brunch. We ordered the smoked salmon benedict and the monkey pancakes. The smoked salmon benedict was the best I have ever had. Next time I would pass on the monkey pancakes because of its high price. Althouth it tasted very good, I could get the same thing at IHOP for half the price. We also ordered orange juice that I thought would be freshly squeezed but appeared to come out of a container. Overall, the quality of the food is great. The place is really well decorated.
St. Michael's Alley is one of my go-to spots for Saturday brunch with the boy crew. We usually arrive on the earlier side so that there is no wait. The place does get pretty packed for weekend brunches and since it is a tiny place (seats about 50 people), you can expect to wait 15-20 minutes unless you arrive just after they open. They wait staff is usually very attentive and friendly (with a few exceptions when they were extremely busy - understandable).
I haven't eaten anything here besides the Eggs Florentine and OH.MY.GOD - they are to die for!!! The wheat muffin is nicely toasted and not soggy from the sauce and veggies. The eggs are perfectly poached so the yolks run over your muffin and drench it when you make the first cut. The spinach, onions and mushrooms are beautifully sauteed and everything is perfected with a delicious, well-seasoned hollandaise sauce. Accompanied by roasted potatoes, this meal fills you up, lasts for several hours and makes you smile all day long! I usually have a mimosa here (OJ when I decide to hit the gym afterwards) with my brunch, which is served in a wine glass filled to the brim instead of a tiny champagne flute (+1).
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