Eggs Up Grill

Needed a quick lunch while working at our office in the Tampa area. Decided to check this little place out. Tucked into a tiny strip mall, finding parking was difficult.

Once inside, it reminded me of the old diners I used to go to when I was a kid. I was promptly seated and my coffee IV was set up (J/K). Looks are deceiving, one cannot judge a place by it's dated look.

The menu is certainly a modern take on timeless classics. Breakfast for lunch? Why not? I love a good eggs benedict, especially if crab cakes are involved, and these folks easily met my expectations.

So, it's Mother's Day and we decided to drop in here after church. My girlfriend and her daughter were hungry, as was I. They had been here before and said it was very good.

Our server was Lisa, she greeted us with a smile and - Happy Mother's Day! She was very nice and attentive. We looked over the menu and ordered our food. One thing we noticed was that items around us, that had come in at same time or even after us. They were getting their food rather quickly. It seemed to take a while for our food to come out.

When it did, we were not very impressed. I had half a Belgian waffle, which was lukewarm at best, scrambled eggs and 2 pieces of not very warm bacon.

Her daughter had French toast, which may have been the only food cooked right. She had an over medium egg which looked to be good a little longer than that.

My girlfriends meal though, well. You can see in the picture attached that this was just utterly a waste. She ordered cheese eggs, and the little piece of cheese they slapped in only covered 1/3 of her eggs and wasn't mixed into the eggs. I guarantee they forgot it was supposed to be cheese eggs and just threw it on last minute. That's exactly what it looked it. Unacceptable!!

Her toast, was suppose to be sour dough, they gave her super hard rye toast. When she told lisa about the toast she apologized and went to get the sour dough, only to be told they were out of sour dough. But a minute later another server brought us sourdough and said it was the last of it. Now where did he come up with this toast?

Overall, I would bet a ton of money that our food was sitting for a while, before coming to us. Nothing was hot at all. It was not the experience I was hoping for in my first visit!! They were upset too because they had a good first visit here a few weeks ago.

I will give this place another shot, but if it's like today, well let's just try it again in the near future and I will let you know how that next visit goes!!

The service is great. Lisa treated us as though we come there everyday.

The food was fresh and plenty, cooked just the way we like it. The crab cakes were actually more crab than batter and paired well in the seasonal menu item. I have been several times and have tried something different every time and Eggs Up has not missed.

Oh, the coffee was on point as well.

Our server Will was very attentive. The food came out pretty quickly and tasted great. The omelette was massive and I was unable to finish it, great portion sizes!

Absolutely loved this place.

It's small but we arrived around 12pm, so there wasn't really a wait for seating.

Lisa C was our waitress and she was a delight. Her knowledge of the food and drinks was pretty good. Every question asked was answered.

I had the hot chocolate and the good morning sunrise to drink and both were delicious.

For food the steak and eggs with grits and side of home fries and bacon and the grand classic. I didn't particularly care for the grits because it was still kind of gritty and there was a lot of butter. Everything else was cooked perfectly.

There was a military discount...

I had a craving for shrimp and grits so I placed a to go order here based on a friends recommendation. I was pleasantly surprised! The shrimp was very flavorful. I loved the taste and creaminess of the grits. The portion was huge so I had to save some for later. I also loved the fresh grilled biscuit.

I didn't eat inside but the service of the gentleman at the register was great. I will definitely stop back in to check out more menu items.

It's Eh. Love the free beverage for checking in on Yelp. The bacon and sausage are good. The biscuits and gravy are eh. The service was ok. The price was ok.

It was ok, open, and not busy.

This place is frequently slammed, so if you go here know that you've got a wait and that, if you're starving, you'll continue to be hungry for a bit - however the food is worth it!

If you're like me, I tend to eat a little off hours, so I can usually get in and eat relatively easily. There's still a bit of a wait on prep - but I like this. Means everything is made fresh!

They serve Bloody Mary's and Mimosas here if you're into that, and the corned beef hash is some of the best I've ever had. They grill it well done and in this triangle log that - ok, my mouth is watering writing this :)!

Just go here...

Best thing here is the service. I have been here once before with my friend, so I thought I'd bring my hubby here since we were in the area.

He ordered an eggs Benedict and I ordered grits and also a drink since they drink was free with Yelp Check in. I got the sunrise drink and cheese grits and bacon. It was okay and my husband thought the eggs Benedict was on the plain side.

Our server whom I had last time, I acknowledged remembering her from my first visit. She is very friendly and helpful and super service with a smile.

The ambiance here is nice like a modern diner and also feels clean. Unfortunately, I do think their breakfast menu items are just okay.

The carne asada breakfast burrito was sooo delicious!! We came on a Sunday at about 10:30, waited about 30 minutes for a table. They were busy but service was still pretty fast. Will definitely come back next time I'm in Brandon.