First Watch Reviews Summary

Category: Breakfast restaurant

Address: 775 E Lancaster Ave #140, Villanova, PA 19085, USA

Phone: +16105273447

Rating: 4.5
based on 130 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Food was really good."
  • "Everything is fresh and healthy."
  • "Wow!😍 Food and service was TOP Tier!"
  • "The food menu is extensive and innovative."
  • "Food was great!"
  • "The food is delicious!!!"
  • "Amazing food and amazing service."

Cons:

  • "First watch last visit horrible food burnt."
  • "Home fries were undercooked on both plates."
  • "The egg Benedict was soggy and the bread was so hard, I couldn't cut it with the knife provided."
  • "Tomatoes were old, mushy and didn’t taste good. Coffee tasted old."
  • "Today we got super salty food with dishes missing in our table."
  • "The cold brew was very weak to the point of having basically no flavour."
  • "The French toast tasted like plain bread."

Service

Pros:

  • "Service was excellent and friendly, coffee was hot and fresh."
  • "Service was fast and friendly."
  • "Service was REALLY kind and cordial."
  • "Always amazing service and super friendly staff (shoutout to Christian)."
  • "The staff was courteous and always ready with my coffee."
  • "Service was attentive, but not overbearing."
  • "Our server was pleasant and engaging."

Cons:

  • "We waited another 8 minutes before we abruptly left out of complete bewilderment and irritability at the mismanagement of this First Watch and inattentiveness to our table."
  • "Was not greeted and then was asked to wait while the server assisted another older gentleman."
  • "The service was a bit slow."
  • "Service is slow, especially when busy."
  • "Service was slow, distracted."
  • "The server took 15 minutes to come say hello, the silverware was dirty, and there was still water in the coffee cups."
  • "Server didn't check in once to tell us why the wait was long."

Ambiance

Pros:

  • "Loved the decor. I'll definitely go back."
  • "The variety of bowls, drinks, unique breakfast entrees, lunch entrees, and not to mention the ambience, all come together to make for a great experience."
  • "Beautiful location."
  • "Awesome place- the decor is high end and so is the food."
  • "Beautiful place."
  • "It's got a pretty chill vibe overall."
  • "The restaurant had a comfortable and stylish atmosphere, perfect for a gathering."

Cons:

  • "The acoustics are terrible making it very loud."
  • "Noisy due to popularity (high volume breakfast rush), table density and hard surfaces."
  • "The only things that keep it from that 5th star are the noise level (due to the cafeteria style dining room and abundance of sound reflective surfaces)."
  • "Unfortunately the bread was soggy in the middle from the mayo and tomatoe."
  • "The atmosphere changes at 10pm, as college students enjoy their friday and saturday nights."
  • "The gym is nice and it starts having an alternative food store there."
  • "The Aldi's okay and not really sure how I feel about the dollar store but it's something the RadioShack store I think needs to be replaced."

Value

Pros:

  • "The food here feels way too high quality for the prices offered."
  • "Good value for the food."
  • "Prices are fine."
  • "Great place for family and friends!"
  • "The kids pancakes were excellent, and the meat portion with the kids meals was generous."

Cons:

  • "It was pricey, and the service was bad."
  • "If you don't mind spending $30-$40 on breakfast for two."
  • "Charged us $3 for added cheese and another $3 for added peppers. Doesn’t alert you of that on the menu."
  • "A good choice that you won't regret, but dishes seem a dollars or two more than you might pay elsewhere."
  • "The food was ok, but the cashier ripped me off for $10."

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