New Day Cafe

Today we went to New Day Cafe on Rainbow. We used our Restaurant.com $25 certificate. We've been there a few times and always it's been very nice.

Today we had:

• Coke & Tea
• Ham & Eggs with Home Fries & Toast
• Eggs, Bacon & Pancakes
• Biscuits & Gravy
• Chef Salad, substituting with Bleu Cheese (to go)
• Club Sandwich (to go)

Pre-discount total: $45
Total paid: $20.19


The Coke & Tea were refilled promptly until towards the end of the meal when the tea wasn't filled. When Mom asked for a refill, she was told they were out of tea. So she tried the mango tea, which she didn't like. She asked for a hot coffee instead, but was brought an iced coffee.

The ham & eggs were good. Eggs were done properly (over medium). The ham was very good. Nicely sliced, not too thin or thick. The home fries were undercooked though. They would have been tasty had they been done... they were nicely browned, just not cooked inside. The toast was too dark on one side and not hot enough to melt the butter.

The pancakes were very good, fluffy and golden with a very nice syrup. The bacon was a bit too crispy for our taste but still good. The butter comes in very annoying little portion control packs, which is a pain.

The biscuits & gravy was excellent. The biscuits were nice and soft, fluffy, and lightly toasted. The white gravy was thick and plentiful, with bits of sausage. It had a very nice smoky taste.

We got the salad and sandwich to go, for tonight. We'll report back on those.

Overall, enjoyable and a good value. The little annoyances (out of tea, iced coffee, packets of butter) were understandable and likely not a frequent problem. I'd have expected them to brew fresh tea when they saw it was getting low, but minor enough to overlook since they substituted coffee (even though it was the wrong coffee... that was an honest miscommunication).

Update - The sandwich & salad were excellent.  The salad was prepared well, with everything layered nicely. Fresh ingredients, and wonderful dressing. The club sandwich was very good. The bread held up, and the sliced deli meats were fresh and plentiful. The cheese was good, but not very strong. I like a good, strong cheese on my clubs. It was a little too mild for my taste. The mayo was excellent though.