First Watch — Restaurant in Tucson

It's a modern "farm to table" philosophy type restaurant and it was my favorite breakfast in Arizona. It's a small chain in both the Phoenix area and Tucson area and I like what they're trying to do. I think they have expanded even into California I'm not sure. This restaurant is conveniently located off a main highway. It's inside a shopping center area. Enough parking so that should be an issue but the lot can fill up. It's also about expectations, everyone is under staffed, so I always appreciate the service staff who are working. This restaurant has high ceilings and open space. They have lots of wonderful breakfast, lunch or brunch fair. They try to emphasize healthy food. They do juicing and have some healthy type juices. And they have some special twists on classical breakfast from eggs to pancakes to waffles and of course bacon. They also have breakfast burritos, salads and sandwiches. They're really trying to appeal to a modern young customer with fresh items and things like avocado toast, super food bowls, steel cut oatmeal, breakfast for athletes, and traditional stuff like, four types of Eggs Benedict, four kinds of hash, six different types of omelets, All of them have some interesting twists. They also have pancakes and waffles which also have some interesting aspects too. They have a variety of healthy salads and sandwiches as well. They don't say exactly where their goods come from that'd be one minor criticism I would have of them to actually list where farms they get their goods from especially their meat, It will take there restaurants up to a different level. Even if was a list of local farms, and organic suppliers. I enjoyed their lemon ricotta pancake in their bacon You get your choice of either a Belgian waffle or a multi grain pancake. It's really a humongous pancake I don't know how anybody could eat 2 of them. I wanted to try something different I'm sure other things are good good. The lemon Ricotta with fresh strawberries over the pancake was wonderful. I had a little of the Maple syrup as well. It There are plenty of other dishes that I could imagine trying to working my way through. The food was well prepared hot and delicious. I always like to mention the bathrooms, they were clean and well stocked. The staff member who waited on us was wonderful she did a great job. Like I said my only criticism is being open about their food sources. It could be a selling point that further differentiates their restaurant.. All in all it was a fun place, with great food and good staff and I would...

Decided to go for breakfast last weekend, but once I got there I noticed the people waiting to be seated were blocking the entrance and most without a mask which made it hard to go sign in for a table. Since I was already there I ordered online curbside. I waited and nothing and I called they said they were just finishing my order and they would bring it out. I waited and waited nothing. The unmasked people congregating by entrance dwelled down so I just went in to get my food. They checked outback and in front and my food was not there. It was 45 minutes later, so I left called manager and was told they would refund my order , so that’s ok. Decided to try again Went by there again 5 days later because the food at the River rd. location is by far the best in town. I live closer to the one on Irvington rd. But, big mistake. 1 I reserved an outside table online, when texted ready, I had to wait another 15 minutes because they forgot and wanted to give me an inside table. 2, finally I get a text that my outside table is ready, omg now I have to share the space with a dog, and it wasn’t for special needs dog. Why do people bring their dogs to restaurants? Some people are allergic to dog hair. I own horses but wouldn’t bring them to a restaurant.I guess “some” people feel privileged. Shame on the restaurant for allowing it. 3, the side I ordered with my meal was brought out 15 minutes before my cold meal came out. Food was not only cold but I had to leave asap because of an upset stomach that hasn’t gotten better over night. If it continues I might need...

We normally love First Watch. We are somewhat regulars at another location, but chose the one near Spectrum for convenience today. This is BY FAR the most inefficient, poorly-managed restaurant I’ve seen in a very long time.

We were greeted by a friendly host, and the wait was only 10-15 minutes. We were seated quickly, and then everything went to hell.

The waitress barely acknowledged our presence. It took over 30 minutes for her to come back to take our order, and that was because we asked ANOTHER waitress to let ours know we were ready. (She had green hair, was friendly, and the only reason we didn’t just cash out after coffee.)

While waiting, I observed a hostess CONTINUOUSLY twirling her ponytail and playing with her hair- she did this as she wandered back into the kitchen multiple times.

When we finally got our “shareable,” it was barely warm and we had to ask for plates. The food runner seemed irritated, but begrudgingly got them. We asked the waitress for coffee and waited another 20 minutes for that.

When the food came, my mom’s traditional breakfast was well-prepared. She seemed to enjoy it. My seasonal steak and bacon burrito seemed to be missing the steak. It was wasn’t worth sending back- especially since nobody ever came to see how the food was or ask if we needed anything.

The lovely green-haired waitress stopped by and said as able to give us our check- but yikes. Never again coming to this location.

I hope regional sees this and can check in with the management here. The staff all seemed to be ‘busy’ but SO...