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The Eggery
Category: Restaurants Breakfast & Brunch Breakfast & Brunch [Edit]
50 E Camelback RdPhoenix, AZ 85012
(602) 263-8554
- Hours:
Mon-Sun 6:30 am - 2:30 pm
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Price Range:
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$
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- Free
- Good For:
- Breakfast
- Alcohol:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Ambience:
- Casual
- Has TV:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
33 reviews for The Eggery
Review Highlights
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"their french toast was really good and still had the home..." In 3 reviews -
"...is always friendly and fast; the food is always great." In 2 reviews -
"They now have Hazelnut coffee which is great and they have..." In 2 reviews
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33 reviews in English
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Review from Bruce K.
I know it's a chain, but it lit up my Yelp choices and I knew that this was the place to catch my Phoenix breakfast. They have a huge menu and it took me a little bit to decide. I really wanted the Eggs Benedict, but detoured slightly and had the Sunrise Benedict instead. They replace the grilled ham with grilled sliced turkey and top it with a few slices of avocado. With a pile of country potatoes on the plate, it was AWESOME. I was stuffed all morning for sightseeing in the Valley of the Sun.
Free wifi worked well.
Tip: Try and sit in the solarium area. It's only a view of the parking lot, but it's much sunnier than sitting deep in the restaurant. -
Review from Ken K.
St Paul, MN
4/16/2012
Was visiting Phoenix for four days. Ate breakfast at this Good Egg twice. Had Huevos with Chorizo the first day, and their Crunchy Apple Crepes the second. Enjoyed both. Wish we had someplace this good back in the Twin Cities.
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Review from Roy H.
3/7/2012 1 Check-in Here
I went here for breakfast with a friend. Its really your typical breakfast diner. They had a turkey omlet special that was really good, and massive. I also got a side order of pancakes...my total was like $16 for that. Way too expensive for a basic breakfast diner. I have gone to gourmet breakfast places and paid less for much more impress food. The staff and service was great..but the cost just really bogs me down.
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Review from Precious L.
Phoenix, AZ
3/14/2012
We had a fun relaxing time my friend had the caesar salad it was fantastic my bf had ham X it was good and I had the sweet n spice asian salad it was out of this world and our waitress was awesome
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Review from Jeff L.
Phoenix, AZ
9/20/2011
Breakfast is my favorite meal. I love to go out and eat as much as i love to cook my own. when eggs are cooked on a surface that is too hot, they are done on the outside and undercooked on the inside.
I belong to a group that meets here every week, after last year, i stopped ordering the eggs because they can not prepare them medium. so today i ventured out. i asked out waitress how i should order the eggs if i want the whites cooked and the yolk soft. she replied "over medium" - perfect. when my food arrived, i cut into my egg, as it ran all over my plate, the person sitting next to me asked how i could eat them so raw.
I simply pushed my plate away, finished the meeting, paid my bill. I WILL NEVER ORDER FOOD at this place again. when the kitchen doesnt care what it sends out, all dishes become scary. I have been here every week for more than 5 years and it doesnt change. this was not an isolated incident. -
Review from Britannia R.
Tucson, AZ
9/8/2011
On Labor Day, My boyfriend and I went to this restaurant for a very quick breakfast - we were in the middle of buying a car and needed to go somewhere close to the dealerships that didn't serve fast food.
Despite the restaurant being very busy and looking like it was almost at capacity, we were seated promptly. Our waiter seemed like he was fresh out of training, which is a good thing because he was very prompt and thorough, but it did seem a little impersonal. Anyways, we asked him how long it would take for any food we ordered to be ready and he told us that he could put it in as a rush order for us.
Then, we ordered... and less than ten minutes later, everything was served! Such a short wait time was rather remarkable, considering that every single table was full. We really appreciated his help, because we were on a rather short deadline.
We wolfed down our food! The Santa Fe sandwich I had was pretty darn good, and my boyfriend had some sort of croissant thing which he seemed to like (but he inhaled it, so who really knows).
Two quibbles: The noise! I understand that The Eggery is a family restaurant, but really, why can't you take your child outside when he starts howling his head off? Also, the decor was incredibly dated. It kind of adds to the particular charm of the building, but it's unnerving to have your reflection right up next to your face the whole time you're eating.Listed in: Yodeling Youngsters
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Review from Michael F.
Phoenix, AZ
They have free wi-fi. Yes! I usually eat here when I don't feel like cooking breakfast at home or before hiking with friends.
I've always had good service here and I don't know why people are hating the place. Our service has always been pleasant and food is good. I love that they have Stevia sweeteners instead of that dangerous pink aspartame stuff.
This place is now called "The Good Egg", so maybe the bad ratings are from the Eggery.
They now have Hazelnut coffee which is great and they have stamp cards for frequent guests.
My friend Sage has already gotten 4 free breakfasts here 'cause they are so easy to accumulate and the breakfast prices are reasonable.
I think people need to give this place another chance. It's no longer called the Eggery, so maybe the rude waitress is gone.Listed in: CenPho & Downtown, Breakfast. The best part of…
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Review from Olga H.
Phoenix, AZ
3/17/2012
We used to go to the Good Egg on central but figured this was closer. We have been here quite a few times and had gotten consistently poor service except once. The food is as great as all other Good Eggs, but we will be going back to the Central Ave location, and never to this one. The service is consistently bad, slow, and inattentive. Eating out with a small child is a nightmare here. Never coming back
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Review from M E.
Phoenix, AZ
The food was fine. Better than Dennys but I've definitely tasted much, much better. The reason for the low score went something like this.
Arrived.
Got seated after not being acknowledged for some time.
Redeemed FourSquare offer.
Ordered.
Waited an considerable chunk of time only to get my order... wrong.
Ate it anyway, I was hungry.
Waited and waited and waited for our waiter to reappear.
Hunted down our check to pay.
Here are the details:
Our waiter lacked serious personality. We had to hunt down our check as we had to be somewhere, he never checked on us. When hunting down our check I passed by the manager and the waiter trying to figure out what FourSquare is.
The manager had no clue what FourSquare was and seemed bothered by the fact I was redeeming an offer featured on it. I offered to pay for the $1 cinnamon roll I got on the deal but she said it was fine... albeit with an attitude.
The San Diego location beats this one up. -
Review from Fulano D.
Phoenix, AZ
3/17/2011
If you know breakfast
if you like fresh veggie entrees
THIS IS THE SPOT
I have been going for years and have tried all breakfast plates
and recommend this as one of the best breakfast joints
as a matter of fact you the reader should come eat with me this weekend
i will be there.. eating the Casa Potensia plate
is good yeah!
:) -
Review from Bryan F.
Phoenix, AZ
1/8/2011
Why go anywhere else when you can come to the fantabulous, wonderous Eggery. I've been a local patron for almost 14 years, and it's always consistent. All of the employees are fantastic, and the host's, who could ask for more.
If you're in the mood for down home, good, well thought out Breakfast items, don't choose anywhere else.
I love this place, and hope that you do too! -
Review from Nancy N.
Phoenix, AZ
11/20/2011
Derrick and I would diff come back!!! I love love their apple juice and their banana pancakes are out of this world!!!!!!!!
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Review from Jetta R.
Burlingame, CA
6/27/2008
I had high hopes for The Eggery.
Not because I thought it had potential or was even that hungry.
For me, the notion of an egg-themed restaurant sounded like the result of insanity. The kind of mad science you see in comic books and Discovery Channel shows about hunting ghosts.
My brain had conceived this idea of an egg-obsessed madman, ceaselessly forging egg-based delights so that he may share his much-too-specific love of eggs with the world.
Unfortunately for me and my imagination, The Eggery is not insane like Bizarro or Dr. Weird.
No, it's a "Kevin Costner movie" kind of crazy.
The menus look like they haven't been changed or updated since the 80's. Which would normally be refreshingly retro, except the 80's weren't necessarily a good decade for eggs. Come to think of it, I don't think eggs and time travel are compatible.
The omelettes look more like accidents than exquisitely prepared dishes.
"You got chopped up ingredients in my eggs!"
"You got eggs in my chopped up ingredients!"
"...are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
The Eggs Benedict looks like it's mocking you.
"Hahaha, you could've gotten this same dish at Hometown Buffet, and it would've tasted better, too!"
The Eggery has no means of separating their pancakes from their competitors so they just make them bigger.
If you can help it, avoid ordering the sausage.
In fact, if it's not made of eggs, don't bother. They won't make it right.
Your sausage will be overcooked, your hashbrowns will be burnt, and your coffee will taste like they used the toilet water. And the carafe of coffee they give you is usually only half-filled.
And don't bother complaining to the manager. After all, he's probably the genius who assembled this crack team of apathetic, inattentive doppelgangers posing as a wait staff. Dude probably doesn't even know what eggs Benedict is supposed to look like.
Fuck this. I'm going to Denny's. -
Review from Mb F.
Phoenix, AZ
10/19/2011
The decor has got to go..or at the very least wipe down all the dust.. I have to say the food was good not great but good.. The staff all seems to be in some other world though. So depressing all of them like they hate their jobs.. What a way to start my morning.. MANAGER if you are reading this I would say a cleaning day is in order.and something to boost the moral of your employees..as I saw you yourself acting the same way just depressed. All that feeds of to your customers.. I well give this place another chance and hopefully the experience will be different..
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Review from Jimmy C.
Phoenix, AZ
8/18/2007
Prior to dining there, I was unaware that they are the same company as the Good Egg. Of course, had I known, I would have driven a stake through my eye rather than dine here. This is because, as the previous reviewer noted, dining at the good egg is like playing chess with yourself: The sort of thing you do only in times of absolute desperation.
Given that, my expectations withered to McDonalds levels once I sat down and figured out about its nefarious affiliation. However, I was mostly pleasantly surprised, a feat which isn't hard since the bar was set somewhere below sea level. I had a bacon, egg and cheese sandwich. The cheese was a tasty brie and the bread a thick and fluffy sourdough. The eggs were bland and shitty (read: from a can) but the bacon and cheese made up for it.
At 7.50 for the sandwich, it's far from a bargain but it wasn't a complete waste of money. The service sucked as my server struggled to refill my soda just once. When she finally did (well after dropping our check) she did at least put it in a to-go cup. I like the message implicit there--"get the fuck out," don't you?
Skip this one and go to Denny's at least the suckage won't surprise you there. -
Review from Jason A.
Phoenix, AZ
12/11/2007
If the stale retirement home setting and stuck-in-the-80's styled menu don't encourage you to leave before ordering, waiting for the amateur service will.
Oh, you're still here? Ok, go ahead and order any of their so-called omelettes. Be sure to also ask for lots of napkins because you'll be crying when you finally see the nonsense that comes out of the kitchen.
The way I see it, cooking omlettes is very simple: you take good ingredients, mix them together, cook it all without burning. Somehow they manage to ignore all of these suggestions. Yes, even the "mixing" part. They apparently manufacture a plain omelette on one side of the kitchen, and then lightly sprinkle on whatever ingredients right before serving it.
When paying my bill at the front I was asked, "How was everything?".
I replied in a polite tone, "O.K."
Cashier boy responds in bewilderment, "Just 'O.K.'?!?"
I finally leave him with, "I'm being nice when I say 'O.K.'"
I'm sticking to Taylor's, Matt's and 5th Avenue Cafe for my weekend breakfast. -
Review from Teresa F.
3/23/2009
The first time I experienced The Eggery was for a business lunch in their back meeting room. As I walked through the restaurant, I was surprised it was so busy...I mean this IS a breakfast place, right?
The decor is very outdated with knick knack cutter EVERYWHERE. I am not a fan of it in my home nor in restaurants. I can see why old people love this place.
I ordered the taco salad for my lunch. What a disappointment! Almost bad iceberg lettuce, a sprinkling of all other toppings. No beans, so if you want any protein you have to pay $2.00 extra to add chicken. This salad was not worth $8.95. With a $3 iced tea and a 20% added tip to the bill, I got out of there for $14.00. I will pay $14.00 for a weekday lunch, but only if it is a nicer place with top notch service and food.
Yesterday I went to the Eggery again with Nico and his Grandma after church. Maybe my mindset was a bit different since we were there for brunch. Same awful decor, but it seemed a bit more charming at 10:30am.
I had the Berry Blintz Crepes which were pretty good. Stuffed inside was blueberry yogurt, mixed berries, cottage cheese, and a little bit of cream cheese. Whipped cream, toasted pecans and a berry sauce were on top of the rolled crepes. It seemed like a lot of food for $7.50, a much better value than my crappy overpriced salad.
I am not in any hurry to return to the Eggery, although my business group meets there every week. Nico did point out that I have been here twice now and have yet to actually try any EGG dish. Maybe next time...Listed in: Central & Camelback- I'm here…
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Review from Megan D.
4/5/2010
The Eggery is the exact same franchise as the Good Egg down at Park Central, just fussied up with a different name. Exact. Same. Menu. Bleh. Had I known, I would have just taken a stroll through the gayborhood to get to the Good Egg, where there is outdoor seating, the people watching is superior, and the pigeons have balls the size of grape tomatoes.
Alas, the Eggery is the Good Egg's fat, dorky older sister. The service is completely adequate -- nothing horrific, nothing staggering. The food is average, but somehow always arrives cold. At our last visit, there was a metric shit ton of people waiting (including a sweet aging tranny in a muumuu, chartreuse ankle socks, and chunky black heels) but the restaurant proper was only half full, if that. Why?
Needless to say, I won't be back. There's too many other amazing breakfast places in Phoenix and way too few precious available weekend mornings... -
Review from Teresa S.
3/2/2011
I have been coming to this restaurant for years! I have never been disappointed. The wait staff has been the same for quite some time and people usually stay working there for a long time. This is normally a good sign. Always busy another good sign. They give you full carafes of coffee and decaf. Lots of safe parking in the lot.... The best part ( THE FOOD) if you can't find something that you like here, you never will. They have wonderful jam and fantastic potatoes. Plus they have punch cards so every time you come in you get a stamp. I have always loved that idea. Five stamps gets you a free meal!
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Review from Gavin F.
Phoenix, AZ
12/29/2009
I went here for breakfast with my wife in December 2009
First off, the waiter we had was friendly and accomodating, and the menu has all the standard fare for a breakfast restaurant. But, some of the other wait staff should have been fired for their unprofessional loud gossiping just 5 feet from the nearest customers table.
Decor- very country and kitch.
Price - If you don't get the specials then the menu gets pricey quite fast.
Food Quality - the quality of the ingredients they use is noticeably lower than typical restaurant quality fare. The only flavor in the sausage was pepper, the eggs are so so and coffee gave me heart burn. The other thing to add is that the water they bring to the table is not reverse osmosis treated water like in most restaurants, it is the standard foul tap water of the neighborhood.
All in all, I won't come back here. Right after leaving, we went to AJ's next door where they were cooking their weekend omelettes with Gourmet coffee. Next time we'll just go to AJ's instead and be happier. But at least the company I had that day was awesome! -
Review from John P.
Waddell, AZ
2/12/2011
Excellent food, service and price. I was extremely pleased.
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Review from John R.
Pittsburgh, PA
2/18/2008
Went for Sunday brunch (around noon) and were all pleasantly surprised!
The service was great -- you get your own pitcher of water and carafe of coffee. The coffee was deeeelicious.
I made the mistake of ordering a tall stack of pancakes. They were HUGE. Honestly, all you need is a short stack -- they were at least 8 inches across. The sausage were slightly overcooked, but still really good.
Another in our group had an omelette and we weren't overly impressed with it -- she commented she could have gotten a bigger omelette at IHOP (and probably better looking).
But overall, I'd go back. Those pancakes were delicious, as was the coffee. Very good. -
Review from Pierre Trudeau I.
Phoenix, AZ
2/7/2009
A retarded friend of mine who must have been smoking crack dragged me here against my will the other day, for lunch. We were headed for a perfectly nice 5-star lunch at Prime, but he saw this place on the way and got into his head the notion that a shitty, unclean interior with apathetic if not rude waitress service and mediocre food was what we needed instead of the spotless interior, eager-to-please service and delicious food waiting for us at Prime. Not shockingly, we had a perfectly mediocre time at lunch and I left feeling completely unsatisfied. And like I really needed to wash my hands and/or take a shower. Blech.
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Review from Kerstin M.
Phoenix, AZ
10/10/2008
Hubby insisted we had eaten here before. I thought not. I was partly right, as we have eaten at the Good Egg before, and not been very pleased. Hubby had hated their crepe-eggs. We didn't know the connection between the two restaurants before we sat down.
Starving, I order their farmhouse eggs benedict and Hubby orders their breakfast quesadilla and an Oreo pancake (he just HAD to try it). We both get iced tea and it tastes funny, like it was made with bad tap water. When the food arrives, Hubby inhales his quesadilla, but says nothing about its quality. The Oreo pancake is sadly the best thing on the table. I gingerly attempt to scrape off the runny, nasty substance they are passing off as country gravy. The only thing that is prepared close to well in my meal are the poached eggs. The turkey sausage is gross and the bacon is somehow not right- it's not crispy and the taste is off. The biscuits taste like they are from a mix. To top it off, the server places a mostly empty pitcher of water that is no longer ice water on our table. Nice. Can you at least pretend you didn't just give me the leftover water from someone else's table? Our server never returns to fill our tea (except when dropping off the check), or even to see how things are. Maybe he knows better than to ask. -
Review from Deborah H.
New York, NY
12/14/2007
I went here on a Monday around 1:30PM and it was nice and empty. Our server was a little odd, seeming annoyed but trying to act friendly. The menu was almost overwhelming in its choices; my omelet with avocado and bacon was good enough, and my friend's crepe-egg thing came with this amazing poppyseed dressing. It's not exactly a "cute place" but the food is solid and prices are reasonable.
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Review from Rob H.
Brooklyn, NY
5/3/2009
Yes, the decor is a little homey and not particularly my style. But they have a huge assortment of breakfast items, both the traditional and the interestingly unique. Good value; good service; and good food. My preferred breakfast place in the Phoenix area.
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Review from Tricia C.
Phoenix, AZ
Updated - 7/6/2011
Love this place. Great staff! Friendly, fun and knowledgable. The food is always good.
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6/11/2011
Was there again on Friday. Great Food. Great Service. Read more »
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Review from H. D.
San Francisco, CA
4/23/2009
cute little place with lots of breakfast food. yeah the decor is outdated, but it gives it character (or so i think)
the server was quite nice. reminded me of a very homely grandmother.
their french toast was really good and still had the home cooked feeling, which was a plus.
i'm surprised at all the bad reviews! maybe i came on a good day? -
Review from Rachael J.
Portland, OR
5/22/2010
Taking into account what type of place this is I was really happy with my experience. This is basically a homier IHOP with a better menu. The decor is "down country", the menu is vast, the service is par for the course. I tend to be a pickier than the average diner due to my desire to always eat healthy, so I was happy to see several options with egg whites and fruit. The fruit was actually good and fresh which isn't usually the case at a place like this. The portions were decent sized and very affordable. There was no outdoor seating, but it was easy to find parking and not much of wait.
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Review from Troy M.
Phoenix, AZ
7/9/2010 70 Check-ins Here
The service at this Eggery is always friendly and fast; the food is always great. All of the egg dishes are tasty as you'd expect from the name. Their pancakes--both whole wheat and buttermilk--are terrific.
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Review from Kathleen S.
Scottsdale, AZ
3/6/2010
Ok I saw some of the reviews for the Eggery, and I am a bit surprised. First, this is a breakfast place, and it is allowed to be country. If you were looking for gourmet food and ambiance, this is not the place to go for breakfast. However, if you are looking for a decent breakfast, and a quick stop before you get your day going this is the place. Sometimes good food is in a run of the mill place. I think they have fantastic french toast, but not better than my grandmother's, and yesterday I had egg whites with spinach, mushrooms and tomatoes and a wheat bagel. My husband ordered scrambled eggs with cheese, side of home fries which were very tasty, and get this- homemade apple juice which was fantastic. I am giving it three stars because I asked for hazelnut coffee which I know that they brew, but the waitress gave me awful regular with hazelnut creamers. I was not about to argue because I was tired and all that was on my mind was the antique shop across the way.
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Review from V T.
San Francisco, CA
3/28/2009
Umm I'm unclear as to what all the hatery is about. (I know thats not a word) but I can say I enjoyed my meal here, I had a sandwich with soup, my girlfriend had the french toast, both were quite delicious. I couldnt care much for the decor, and many steps that you can trip over, but the service was what I expected. And that is all
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Review from Dolores G.
Phoenix, AZ
3/8/2010
We came here with comp'd coupons about a month after a less than stellar experience at The Eggery's sister restaurant The Good Egg on N. Central. Refusing to go back there at the risk of getting the same waitress, we headed up the road to use the coupons. It was realtively busy. They sat us next to the emergency exit in a renovated add on, enclosed patio type area, it was cramped and uncomfortable, but remained hopeful. Our waitress came through took our drink order We got our drinks quickly and were not ready to order just yet. Mistake! We then waited, and waited....with no sign of our waitress or any other one for that matter in our area. We waited...finally about 30 min after being seated a lady who looked more official than a server asked if we had been helped, she must have seen the famished look on our faces and seen we were about ready to walk out. She then took our order and we recieved it relatively quicky (within like 15 min of taking the order or less). Thankfully we had no where to be in any specific time. We left full, the food run of the mill. Thankful we had coupons in all the experience was barely worth the tip we left.
