After going here for breakfast on Saturday mornings (mostly), for months now, I'm sorry to say we've seen a decline. The food was great when they first opened, but now it's sliding backwards. The corned beef hash was sooo amazing for a couple of visits, but then even the owner, Peter, said he didn't understand why it started tasting so dry and vinegary. Oh,well. We'd just find a new menu item, right?\n\nI switched to the skirt steak, which is now a great cut of meat, but they always, and I mean always burn the outside. Too much \"char\" in that \"broil\" for either of us. I found myself having to trim a LOT of meat off just to get the black bits off. They taste really bad.\n\nSo, today, we went yet again (boyfriend is determined to make this place work, lol) and I just skipped the meat items and had their normally amazing hash browns, their multi-grain toast, and a couple of poached eggs. The hash browns were dry and over done, the toast was fine, and the eggs tasted odd. I think it's the seasoning they now use. Not sure if the green in my eggs was cilantro or parsley, but it's not good for me. I always ask for the eggs poached hard and sometimes they are, or one is, or neither is. lol It's really hit and miss with the food now. And I am finding myself just deciding that I'd rather miss the whole thing.\n\nThe food issues are added to the continuing lack of sound buffering on the ceiling or floor or walls. When we first started going back in September when they opened, we cut them the slack all new restaurants should get...they are working things out, right? Yet at Eggstasy, they've got tracks in the ceiling for acoustic tiles, but still no tiles. The cavernous loft layout, plus the House Music (I'm not kidding), with nothing to absorb the noise makes for one deafening experience. Plus, we were freezing more than usual this morning as it was about 46 degrees outside and they wouldn't turn the heater on, apparently. I asked, and the staff said the owner won't do it, ever. It is hardly a cozy place for breakfast on a chilly day. Our server told us that no matter how cold it's been, the owner insists that their huge wall windows get rolled up by 9 a.m. Yikes. It's a neat feature during the warmer months, but not now. They were trying to do a patio service at the same time. Brrrr!\n\nSo, we sat there chilly in a very noisy space, yelling back and forth, with sub-par food. \n\nSuch a bummer. This place has potential to be amazing, but it's like they stopped trying.\n\nThe one really bright spot left is the staff themselves. ALWAYS cheerful (even the brunette Barbies that seat you. lol) and professional. Sadly, though, that can't make up for chill, noise, and spotty food.
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