Brunchery Restaurant — Restaurant in Florida

The last time I dined in at The Brunchery was back in 2005 when our house was being built. My brother's mother-in-law was a regular, and she loved it. Our initial visit was at the original location on Oakfield Drive in Brandon. It was a small restaurant, but extremely popular. There was even a 15-30 minute wait to get a table back then. They had the same type of farmhouse décor. It was always packed with diners which is really why we never returned. Fortunately, they ended up moving to the bigger location on Lynx Paw Trail in Valrico. It was much bigger and brighter than the original location. It became even more popular. The parking lot was always full when I passed by it. Then, I later read that the original owner retired back in 2018 after 30 years of serving her customers. I expected it had gone downhill, so I never revisited until this week.

Surprisingly, not a whole lot has changed. I think the only exception is that the new owners have expanded The Brunchery to Tampa. Oh, and the atmosphere and décor gives a very homey feeling. It's so much brighter and the tables are more spaced out. They have a huge chalkboard menu on the back wall. There were like 6 different quiches on the board as well as 6 muffin flavors. They have many different benedicts and even a couple of flavors of stuffed French toast. I was thinking of getting something a little light. It ended up being more than I could eat. They give very large portions.

The veggie quiche was served warm. It was delicious! It had peppers, onions, mushrooms, and broccoli. I ate just about all of it including the crust. Definitely ask if they have other quiche flavors. The veggie one was not on the chalk board menu, and it was just as great. The fruit bowl was fresh. The grilled muffin with butter was a very nice treat. I followed the advice of other Yelpers and chose the Butter Rum flavor. It was a great choice, but a little on the sweet side. I think I'll try the pistachio one next time. The coffee was also very good. The flavor of the day was vanilla. The water was served ice cold in a glass mason jar. A very nice touch.

I'm looking forward to more visits. They have a lobster benedict that I definitely want to try. I saw some yummy looking burgers on the menu too. I've also found that arriving early on a weekday morning is less crowded. There were only a few tables available when I walked in at 9:30 am. All bets are off after 10:30 am. The service was fantastic for a busy morning. The staff helps each other out. They checked in on me often to make sure I had everything I needed. I thought that was great. Try it if you happen to be...

Horrible customer service. Our food was forgotten about and the whole time the waitress who attended to us (James C) kept passing by our table and not once did she stop to ask if we were ok let alone tell us that our order was somehow forgotten about. Another while had passed and finally after several stares from the rest of the staff who could obviously tell there was something wrong with our table. Another employee finally came to us with our food asking if there was anything else we needed, literally 3-5 mins after she comes by again asking the same all after the food was now finally at our table. At this point I was upset especially noticing how bigger groups of people who were seated well after us were already eating and had their food for a while before we had gotten ours. So, after eating only half of what I ordered, I had lost my appetite at this point I decided to ask for someone in charge (Jackie) to express my frustration. To make matters worse the person in charge was the second person who had finally brought our food to the table. After I expressed myself to her she admitted at that moment that she did notice something was wrong and that was why she had asked if we needed something else, not once did she admit to what had happened to our order or even apologized for the long wait. This was even more upsetting, to know that the entire tire time she knew what had happened, she’s the one in charge and didn’t even admit to it or apologize for it. In fact, it took me pointing that out to her during my conversation for her to finally apologize. You can tell it was hard for her to do as well. Definitely not the right person in charge if you ask me, and my bill was paid in full by the way by me so there goes your customer service at the Brunchery Restaurant on Lynx Paw...

01/07/24 Breakfast and 12/30/23 Breakfast. We went there for breakfast twice, so this review will cover both meals.

12/30 I got the Italian Frittata with the potatoes on the side. We also got a cinnamon bun and didn't realize it came with a drizzle of sugary syrup and powdered sugar. My wife got the Eggs Florentine Benedict. My frittata was excellent, even with the potatoes on the side. My wife enjoyed her Benedict. The cinnamon bun we thought was delicious but too sweet with the drizzle and the powdered sugar.

01/07/24 We thought the first meal was so good we came back this morning. Plus, there was so much food last time, we took a healthy amount of my Florentine home. So this time, we ordered another Florentine that we shared and also got another cinnamon bun (but this time without the sugary drizzle). With the potatoes included, the Florentine was about 2 inches thick. And just as delicious as the first one. Everything in both meals was far better than expected - the food was excellent! Both times, the coffee was full-bodied, with a robust flavor. Two excellent, star meals!

Excellent: Uniquely satisfying. A special place. Very Good: Better than expected. Average: An everyday experience. Just OK. Fair: Below par. Dirty smells....