BAD! (breakfast all day) — Restaurant in Mexico City

For bad breakfast I expect to feel like I am dripping in butter and decadence. Instead I was sitting in the street with dueling radios in cars against cumbia music the staff needed to get through their shift. The seating in the street wasn't level and the seats plastic. If you have any balance issues don't sit there. If you don't want loud cumbia in your ear while you wake up....don't eat here.

Coffee. I expect instant in the standard Mexico breakfast Fonda's but not in a space professing to be bad breakfast. Ieam Mexico has no shortage of good inexpensive coffee so this is unforgivable. Like water not coffee, this portion was generous but that only made my disappointment last longer.

Pancakes. Dry. Offered with a pat of butter. I asked and recievd more but had to get up from the table to get it. You know how frozen pancakes have that chew to the edges. Yes that. Maple. Nope. Same Karo brown syrup typical in Mexico. Not maple which at this price point is t an unrealistic expectation.

The sausage frozen quality and more brick ish. Offered it to my dog and he wasn't disappointed or satisfied.

Eggs offered scrambled and super separated curds. Like they added the "bacon" and chopped it together. Would not sit on the skimpy fork. Kept falling off it was so dry. And what's up with the bacon being served like this?

I reviewed this space in the pandemic and I think it is under new ownership. Now it is just bad breakfast literal not dietary ironic. Don't recommend it. With gentrification of the zone in full swing, there are options at the same price point that won't disappoint like this.

One foto is what I recieved and the other how much I left because ..well bad...

We met with some friends here because I’d the reviews and photos of the breakfast food. Upon arrival you can see this is a very casual place with a couple of tables inside and tables on the sidewalks/streets.. The servers were friendly and immediately came over with menu and ask for our drink orders. We were able to quickly order our food. and went with both the pancake special, pancake combo, avocado toast and different types of espresso drinks. The food was all prepared as ordered and are fresh.

However, through duration of the meal, there were numerous bees that continue to swarm our table due to the maple syrup in our food and the bottle. They were disturbing and distracting. while the staff gave us a coffee candle. It didn’t do anything for the bees. This unfortunately affected the atmosphere...

El restaurante se presenta como un deleite matutino, prometiendo un oasis de delicias para empezar el día, pero se queda corto, muy corto. Desde el primer bocado de sus mediocres hot cakes, uno siente una sensación de decepción palpitante, casi como si nos hubiesen engañado con la promesa de una experiencia culinaria que nunca llega.

El sabor de los alimentos es tan subestándar que uno podría preguntarse si el cocinero alguna vez ha probado sus propios platos. No hay amor en esa cocina, solo recetas mal ejecutadas y una evidente falta de respeto por los ingredientes.

Hablemos de la mermelada. Algo fundamental para los hot cakes y que tienen el descaro de cobrarlo como extra. Pero bueno, aceptado el cobro extra, uno esperaría una mermelada natural y hecha al momento. En cambio, nos encontramos con una versión procesada, una afrenta a la sensibilidad culinaria de cualquier comensal que valore la autenticidad.

El servicio, en su indiferencia, solo agrega insulto al daño. En un lugar como este, uno esperaría al menos ser consolado con una sonrisa amistosa o una atención esmerada.

El ambiente, sorprendentemente, es sencillo y desprovisto de pretensiones estéticas. Lo que resulta sobrevalorado es la reputación del lugar, una ilusión colectiva de excelencia que parece haber engañado a muchos, pero no a todos. La simple realidad es que si no pueden cocinar bien el tocino, ¿cómo podemos confiar en el resto de su oferta?

Mi mayor alivio llegó al abandonar el lugar, una oportunidad para liberarme de este triste simulacro de desayuno. Un día, tal vez, el restaurante BAD: Breakfast All Day logre redimirse. Pero, por ahora, me veo obligado a declarar que es una experiencia gastronómica...