So Josh and I love Cabos. Truly, we have out favorite waitress (who has vowed to run away to NYC with me when we make it big) and we always order the black bean dip for an appetizer. Their Margaritas are pretty awesome too.
Hence why we were so excited to hear that they served Brunch.
For once we woke up early enough on a Sunday to where we could consider eating out for breakfast. We arrived at Cabos around 11:30am, and waiting for only a minute or two to get a table cleaned off. The place was packed and loud, and while we saw our favorite waitress in the distance, we were served by someone else who we only vaguely remembered from dinner service.
I got a water and hot tea- Josh got an orange juice. I expected to get the basic lipton tea bag, but our waitress returned with a cafeteria-like tray beset with 8 different teas, all in large plastic-wrapped boxes. Evidently not many people order hot tea, but they are certainly ready for the opportunity. I chose a Pomegranate Red, which was quite nice, and we ordered our food. Josh ordered the Vegetarian Breakfast Fajita with a side of home fries and bacon and I ordered the Eggs Atlantic (promised to be a favorite of the staff) with a chocolate chip stuffed pancake.
Then we waited.
And waited.
And waited.
The crowd was dying down as we waited, and food was coming out of the kitchen, but not very quickly. When we finally received our food, the waitress dropped it off, refilled Josh’s orange juice, and whisked away.
Josh’s entire breakfast fit onto a small plate, although it was crowded. The bacon was greasy and the omelet (loaded as promised with peppers, onions, tomatoes, and other veggies) was virtually tasteless.
The Eggs Atlantic was a glob of poached eggs, broccoli floret shreds, and mushrooms congealed with a sickly-sweet “sherry sauce” over four triangles of toast. The whole thing was, at best, lukewarm. The eggs were poached just right, so I ate those and a bit of toast, then moved on to the pancake.
The top was perfectly brown, and I drizzed the syrup and slipped pads of butter onto the top. Then I took a bite and felt like an old Wendy’s commercial. Where was the chocolate? An inspection of the bottom proved that the chips had all sank to the bottom of the pancake and burned on the stovetop, leaving the majority of the bottom of the pancake a lump of charcoal.
We hadn’t seen our waitress since the food was served, and had to ask a nearby waiter to help us find her. When she returned I showed her the bottom of the pancake and she asked if I’d like another. I agreed, and another was brought in a fraction of the time that it took to make the first. This one had the chips evenly distributed, but was overcooked and dry, so I only ate about half of the cake.
After all of that, we still love Cabos, but it will certainly remain a “dinner-only”.
Website: http://199.44.235.18/cabos/
Cost: $-$$ (Brunch for two will cost around $20)
Rating: Never Go Back!
