Famous Toastery

Wow, just finished breakfast. Had a southwest omelet. Probably one of the worst I’ve ever had. I wonder if anyone cooking, serving or selling them at Toast has ever actually tried it. Way too many peppers, hardly any chorizo, bland eggs. Had a side of fruit, was ok but some of it wasn’t ripe. My husband had bacon which was good and a side of fruit. Total with tip $ 30. Not the waitresses fault that the food was horrible. I will say it was served very quickly. 3 minutes after ordering it was on the table. Won’t return. Upscale prices that don’t match the food quality.

The food and service was awesome! We were seated, they explained how every staff member will help us rather than a set server. They had our drinks and food on our table within minutes of ordering.

Excellent! Ate breakfast on a busy Sunday morning but the wait was not bad at all. And TOTALLY worth any wait. I have to go back to try more items on the menu!

Quickly greeted and seated. Service there was great. Music and atmosphere was nice. I had the lobster Mac n cheese and it was delicious. Would definitely recommend this place and look forward to another trip for brunch and mimosas.

Amazing place to eat serving breakfast, lunch and brunch.

The food is ok at best. It lacks flavor, big time! While the «everyone is your server!» idea is nice in theory, it generally just translates into «no one is responsible for your table so you constantly need to flag someone down.»

This is a great place for breakfast or brunch meetings. The French toast is great. The pancakes are great. The bacon is great. The ice they use in the drinks are great. You will be pleased with the fact that they team serve your table verses having just one servers. The atmosphere is great and I personally enjoy the screened in patio with fireplace. The only thing that keeps it from a 5 star rating is the price. It’s not cheap.

Very, very bad that this place is so close. Proving that you don’t have to drive to uptown Charlotte for an excellent brunch. I only wish they were open for dinner, but then, that may defeat their purpose. Excellent service, excellent food. Great menu — will be back to check out the other options. I had a delicious quiche and would get it again but there are so many things I want to try. I meant to ask what kind of coffee they use because it was delicious! Will be back.

We have gotten several to go orders from here and have always been pleased. Pasta salad is more pesto based and it’s good! I’ve gotten their buffalo chicken wraps and they are pretty good. It’s very meaty. Buffalo sauce isn’t that spicy but it’s tasty. I wish they added lettuce, tomato and onions to the wrap. It’s all meat. Other than that, everything has been good!

OK BREAKFAST. Had breakfast here once and it was average. Coffee was good and sting but the breakfast reminded me of Crackle Barrel’s breakfast.

Famous Toastery was one of the first establishments I visited after moving to Charlotte. I’m a grits fanatic, but the only thing resembling a traditional Southern grit in Hawaii was rice. They have rice everywhere and look at you dumbfounded when you ask about grits. «What’s a grit?»
Now Famous Toastery does understand what a grit is. They make them not to hot and not to cold. They’re just right. They even have a fantastic taste that requires very little, if any, additional butter or pepper, let alone cheese.
Grits are not the only southern delicacy in their repetoir. They have a full selection of comfort foods ranging from their Pumpkin Spice Pancakes, which we had in November, to the Greek Omelet with spinich, onion, tomatoes & feta. I had that on Sunday.
I have not ventured much beyond their standard fare. I’ve had their toast, some eggs, and a few slices of bacon. We had the hash browns too: although that was more like a roasted potato dish. It was good, but nothing more. Their eggs Benedict and Florentine are likely part of my future as well as their Buffalo Chicken and Blue Cheese Wrap. In fact, all of their wraps look and sound delicious.
Although I generally think of this joint as a breakfast stop, their menu is beyond extensive. It’s borderline encyclopedic. From sandwiches and burgers to salads and meatloaf, I think they’ve covered your pallate. They even have tofu if you’re the sort that prefers to go meatless.
To go orders have been a challenge for me on the occasions I chose not to dine in. It often takes much longer when you call ahead than waiting to be seated and served. I live 15 or so minutes away and when I call I’m told it’ll take 10 minutes. Unfortunately when I arrive 20 or so minutes later, they are usually still preparing my meal. I’ve waited as much 15 more minutes at least once after arriving. That wasn’t to my liking. Also things usually get missed on these orders. Didn’t get the toast this last go around. Bummer. Love that toast.
Another challenge with their to go orders is their boxes are paper based. If you’re planning to drive somewhere make sure you get there fast. The box falls apart fast: it’s like serving steaks on a paper plate in my opinion. I know it’s environmentally friendly and all, but by the time I get home the food is just a bit to soggy for my liking. The omelets are easy to resuscitate on the grill or in the microwave, but potatoes and bread can get messy. I usually have to put those sorts of things in the toaster oven to drown out the paper taste they absorb. A good to go box should last at least a half hour in my opinion.
All in all, I give their food a 5. It’s great comfort food. They have a lot of choices and I could take all my meals here for a month without trying the same thing twice. Their service is a 3. They always seem rushed and that can make for a less enjoyable experience, especially when their is a line of folks waiting to get in. I’d also say their atmosphere is a solid 4. It’s nice inside and they have a decent waiting area when there’s a crowd. They even serve beverages outside while you wait. If it weren’t for the less than stellar to go experiences, I’d rate this place a 4. I think they are a solid 3 for the moment and I’ll keep trying them out and update in the future.

This is my favorite breakfast spot. The blueberry gluten free pancakes are the best I have ever had. Love the fresh squeezed OJ and adding a side of bacon make the meal.

I have eaten here at least 10 times over a year for both breakfast and lunch. I have not had a bad or even an average experience. Each meal and service has been Top~Notch

I truly like this place. I can alway count on them to be fast and on point. Not that much different from Toast in Dilworth and the Toast on Rea Rd. Except this one is never as packed. I always order their French toast, fresh fruits, and an extra order of their potatoes. Yes them potatoes are awesome. The maple syrup alway come warm. So this is why I alway look forward to dining here for brunch any chance I get!

I am so excited to have an amazing brunch place so close to home. Everything about our visit was perfect!
We walked past a free coffee stand before we got inside. What a great idea to keep people warm and caffeinated while they wait! We were lucky enough to be promptly seated. As we were sitting down my boyfriend made a joke about a round of shots and the waitress said we would have to wait 15 minutes. After a weekend of festivities we didn’t order any alcohol but found out valuable information — they can serve alcohol after 10am on Sundays. I have lived in NC for 8 years and I am excited at the prospect of having a mimosa one day without having to wait for lunch.
Our visit started with a complimentary round of cornbread and the best apple butter to accompany it. I ordered the lobster scramble and a coffee. The workers here wait on all the tables which meant someone was always circling with water or coffee, or stopping by to check on us. The food arrived freshly and swiftly. My scramble had a generous portion of lobster and cheese with the occasional broccoli incorporated with the eggs. The fruit cup was the perfect pairing and I gave away my toast to my boyfriend. The portion was so large I couldn’t finish all of it though I desperately wanted to.
I can’t wait to go back and try some more of their menu items.

Toast redeemed themselves at this location. The Toast located in Ballantyne was awful. This time, it was one of the best breakfast I’ve had in Charlotte so far! The coffee didn’t taste burnt, it was creamy and fresh!
I ordered the Western omelet without ham, wheat toast, and a side of fruit. Not kidding, the meal came out within ten minutes. I couldn’t believe how fast it was and everything tasted incredible! The fruit was fresh, the eggs were cooked to perfection and the toast… well they surely live up to their name. Great job, Toast!
We sat on the back porch and the waitstaff was very friendly!

Where to begin
Ordered the left coast blt… Only one piece of the bread was toasted … There were only two pieces of bacon on the whole thing … Was told it came with herbed mayo… Pretty sure it was just regular old mayo… The avocado was half brown and sliced but all clumped together in one section … Over all horribly thrown together with no care! The pasta salad it came with looked like pesto but it literally just tastes like plain pasta… And the pasta was way over cooked… Ordered an additional side of fruit… Out of the whopping 6 pieces in the container only the two pieces of pineapple were any good!
The French toast was okay… The scrambled eggs were okay… The hash browns were clearly cut like homefries but under the supervision of the less than mediocre cook who must’ve been angry. They arrived half chunked half smashed up… Nasty!
This was the worst toast experience to date. Won’t be coming back!
When you’re paying $ 40 for 2 people you expect to be extremely pleased with the food you’ve ordered! But instead we are so utterly dissatisfied
*Maybe a manager can go babysit the kitchen and make sure all orders are well put together and not ruined*

Toast is a great restaurant! My breakfast favorite is the Egg & Cheese Sandwich, with ‘city ham’, American cheese on an English muffin. The portion is very generous.
The Stuffed French Toast is tasty too. You can get a variety of favors. I always order the raspberry stuffing.
For lunch, I get the Ham & Cheese Melt — which is nothing short of awesome. Try it!
Toast will become one of your haunts too. Highly recommended!

They’ve lost the original magic.
We live in Cornelius, NC, about 5 minutes from the original store in Davidson. Toast was originally one of our favorite places for Sunday brunch when the opened years ago. Apparently it was the favorite of a lot of other people and it quickly out grew the tiny space it occupied on Main Street but they never moved out. Consequently service at this location suffered. To compensate, they started to open other stores throughout the area.
This one in Tega Cay is one of the more recent additions. Decided to give it a try since we were in the area yesterday and unfortunately it proved to be a disappontment.
To start with, we were shuttled to the covered patio after being told that we would have to wait if we wanted inside. We reluctantly agreed and walked by four tables ready to go as we were escorted to our table which fortunately was next to the fireplace. (Remember this is February). While they were prompt in taking our order and food came out fairly promptly, after that we never saw our server again and had to flag down other servers to get coffee refills and in the end, our check.
My wife said her wrap was OK but my meatload sandwich was very bland with no flavor and the potatoe salad side was so undercooked, the potatoes had a crunch and a raw taste to them.
Service was lacking and the food quality was not there.
That said, this is not an indictment of the whole chain. The Toast is Dilworth is still run by one of the founders and they have managed to hold onto the qualities that drew us to Toast in the first place. Hopefully, some of the other expansion locations have manged to hold onto the original princlples and have grown.

We decided to go check this place out on a Sunday morning and got there around 9:00 a.m. There was not a wait, but by the time we left, there was a line out the door.
Service was quick, but I’m not sure how I like the random servers flocking to tables once someone needs to order, refill, etc. It is almost too much.
Kevin ordered the quiche special — cheese, broccoli, bacon, and tomatoes. It was good, but we both felt we have had better. The broccoli was flavorful though, I did like that. I ordered the apple cinnamon flapjacks. They were okay, the flavor was kind of bland. I still liked the sweet flavor the pancakes had, but I was really expecting a big kick with apples and cinnamon. Unfortunately it was not there for either flavor, it was just a small hint. I also thought there might be chunks of apples in the pancakes, but they failed on that part. Don’t just do a flavoring Toast Café, actually have apples in the pancakes!
I will say, it makes it to three stars because they have an excellent value. It was a lot of food, in fact neither of us finished. I didn’t even come close, I think one pancake with one sausage would have been enough, but instead there were three large pancakes with two sausages.
I’m not sure we will be back as we would prefer to go to Terrace Café, but it is an option low on the list for breakfast.