Another Broken Egg Cafe

A few months ago I noticed a new breakfast restaurant in town, Another Broken Egg Cafe had taken over the failed 3rd & Olive restaurant.  I put it on my list to try it and finally today, a super rainy Sunday morning and a cancelled softball game led us to breakfast.

We waited about 10 minutes to be called and were led to a sparse dining room with windows opening into the back wall and the lobby of the office building in which it resides.  The restaurant inside is sparse and not the least bit homey.  It feels like a restaurant in an office building.  It is very cold feeling.

We were seated and offered drinks but no silverware.  A few minutes later we ordered.  Then we waited. And waited. And waited.

Eventually our food came.  We ordered three totally different items--Huevos Rancheros, Baconado Omelet and Bananas Foster French Toast.  The FT only comes with FT, no sides except for an added cost.  The Eggs dishes both came with potatoes and the omelet also added an english muffing (with butter only and no one mentioned jam).  The tables aren't equipped with salt and pepper so you have to request it.

The food was good, but not spectacular.  The Bananas Foster French Toast was gigantic.  The plate was covered in toast, bananas and sauce. It was pretty sweet but also pretty good-although not amazing and not worth ordering a second time.  The Bacon, Avocado & Cheese omelet was $2.50 more than the regular bacon and cheese omelet and the only difference was that it came with some slices of avocado on the top.  Sure they were nice but I was hoping they'd be inside the omelet.  I was hoping the cheese would be inside too--it wasn't.  The cheese was just on top and the saturation of bacon and egg was a little over the top.  I didn't really eat the English muffin because I filled up on the crispy potatoes--which were likely the most excellent thing any of us had.  The huevos rancheros were a crispy tortilla topped with beans, medium-fried eggs and cheese with a little salsa.  This dish also came in a skillet piled with potatoes.  Good but not as good as other restaurants.

We left the restaurant shortly after noon and it was still hoping.  Our meal for three came out to about $40 including entrees and drinks--about $10 per entree.  The amount of food was certainly enough but the service was extremely slow--we were there waiting for our food much longer than wanted.

Between the cold atmosphere, the slowness of the food to come, and the just average food I might go back to Another Broken Egg Cafe but I want to find the thing on the menu that is their specialty--and see if they make that more amazing.

Another Broken Egg Cafe
250 E. OLIVE AVE #110
Burbank, CA 91502
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