There was a wait due to its popularity but 45mins isn't that long for a Saturday walk-in on a diner that appeared on a Netflix show.

Service was great. My friend had the chicken katsu club, which was really good. It seemed a lot of red cabbage to me but after I took a bite, I realized it was just the right amount.

Unfortunately, the food I ordered was disappointing. I had the Chinatown Egg & Cheese Sando (with added bacon). It was a good sandwich but it was just something I could find anywhere else and I hoped the "sesame scallion milk bun" would bring something new to the classic BEC. I couldn't see or taste any of the scallions so I opened it up and saw four measly slices of scallions. Like four half-inch pieces. Ok, it's eight as I saw afterwards there were four more pieces on the bottom bun. But I hate it when menu items are technically correct. Technically, it was a sesame scallion milk bun because it was a milk bun with sesame seeds on top and it had scallions. I wish they would have just kept the scallions out of the picture and I could have gotten something actually interesting from the menu.

We ordered the honey butter pancakes. The menu says "two fluffy pancakes served with honey maple butter". I wish it also said that it would come literally drenched in syrup. The pancakes were fluffy but it was too sweet with the syrup permeating both pancakes. The butter was nice, as well as the berry compote. But the whole thing was too sweet.

The coffee was good.

Also, the only hot sauce was Tabasco. No chili oil or chili crisp or gochujang?

We also felt rushed out, a bit. There were open tables next to us and we were told our table had an upcoming reservation in 15 minutes. I asked for the check but the person never came back. I was confused if there really was a reservation or not.

Overall, it feels like they just want people to come take a photo of the honey butter pancakes (when I left I noticed two other tables who barely touched the syrup-saturated pancakes) and get out.

I'd come back for the chicken katsu. Or better yet, have it delivered.