First Watch

2946 S National Ave, Springfield
(417) 889-0601

Recent Reviews

Elaine Young

I always enjoy First Watch. It's a busy place, but my server was very attentive and available when I needed something. Coffee is great!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Rachael Young

Not for big groups! We called ahead asking if they could accommodate a group of 13 and they seemed confused by the question but said that would be fine. But when we showed up, they could only seat us at two tables and were not able to move tables together, and wouldn't allow us to take chairs that no one was using at the bar to seat everyone at the larger of the two tables they gave us. This could have been communicated over the phone. The food was ok.

Food: 3

Service: 1

Alois Lednicky

Food was awesome and great service..we will be back

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kyle Mcfarland

Great way to start the day.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Roma Vespa

Very good sized stand alone building. Not in a strip mall. Food was good as always. Service was very good. The bar area always had plenty of room for seating even on a busy Sunday morning. I’ve eaten at many First Watch restaurants around the country and so far, this was the most relaxing….

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Potatoes

P Henderson

Good food, as always.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Julia Rojo

The manager working 3/28/24 at 1:40 is the nicest manager I’ve encountered in a while! Thank you so much for the wonderful service and food!

Tim M

Loved the food freshness. Service was great.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sausage, Potatoes, Smoked Salmon

Jason O'Neal

Always a great experience at this First Watch site.Just a note.The new bar chairs as of March 2024 are horrible.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jennifer Cavener

Christine was a fabulous server and very helpful and

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Melinda Lohkamp

Christine is the bomb. Excellent service and wonderful attitude.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Terry Hoggard

My wife and I met a colleague and his wife for a brunch. The staff were very active in dealing with the large number of people who needed to be served.The staff remained focused and executed a very efficient plan, which allowed them to deal with every issue in a very professional manner.The food service was well managed, and the food was exceptional.The whole experience was calm specifically because of the staff and the demeanor of their engagement.I am delighted to give them my five star recommendation.Parking: The restaurant was very full and parking was full but spaces opened up quite quickly.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Belgian Waffle, Traditional Breakfast

Ava

My husband, my three children and I went in for breakfast one morning. We ordered a few drink ls and got our food. Not even two minutes after we get our food the chef or manger comes over to our table in a very concerning manner and tells us that we need to leave the building immediately! They’re having some issues and if we could pay our bill and leave??? My husband handed them our card quicker than I could ask if we still have to pay considering that none of us have touched our food and our full drinks were left on the table. We did get to go boxes but we eat out so we don’t have to eat at home or in the car. We got the bill back and they charged us 95$ for a full bill. The inconvenience of us not being able to eat or finish our drinks was not taken in to consideration. We had about 25-30$ Worth of drinks left sitting on the table and I had to eat my food in my car. My car is brand new and I don’t like bringing food in there. It was shocking to me that no one had offered to take anything off the bill taking into consideration that we left all drink. -some were alcohol (for my husband). It’s not cheap. We come to first watch every time my husband is home on his days off and this was the first time we’ve had service like this. What a waste of food and waste of money on our end. It’s very unsettling to want to go back cause in my eyes it was very bad customers service I also had another server confront me about what the manager or chef told me and said we we’re fine to eat then the manager came back over and told us to leave. Very odd very concerning for the future of this business. Its hard to say if we will be back. It suck cause we love coming here.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 1

Mike Baxter

The food was fresh and cooked, like I requested.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Erica Gibbs

Christine was a phenomenal waitress! Food was delicious as always!

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