J. Christopher's

Not quite up to the hype of the general review. The food was decent, some of it really good even, but the overall experience didn't make it to 5 stars. A little bit more on the presentation of food, a little bit more energy and attention from the staff and a bit more pride in the cooking. I wouldn't mind coming back and it beats the regular Waffle house experience, but it lacks stuff to become great.

This place was ok. Service was really good, the food, not so much. The potatoes were mushy and the entire meal just came out room-temperature and not hot and fresh. Biscuits and eggs were ok. Overall, not impressed. I would at some point come back here and try other menu options, but my first experience with the food here wasn’t good.

So I’m giving a 5 star because of my experiences over the years … but not today. This is one of my favorite breakfast places and I’ve been coming here for years. Today was the first time it wasn’t so great. So I’m sending my love their way and want them to know I won’t give up on them and others should have faith in them too until they get things straightened out. Today was the first time I left a 15% tip . We are over tippers so this was hard for us. I know the kitchen had difficulty today and our server was not very warm/ personable and very short. I had to get up a few times to ask other servers for things and the server brought the check without asking if we wanted anything else. Felt like they didn’t want to be there or want to speak to us. I don’t expect someone to be super bubbly but this was way off from the usual service. This restaurant continues to be my favorite place because one bad day doesn’t undo many many good ones. I will keep showing my love and support ❤️

Had breakfast with my adult children on a Saturday morning. The waitress was college aged an very professional. She took care of evening and made friendly non-intrusive checks to see if your needed anything. It was clean, and the food was perfect. I ordered scrambled soft eggs and they met my wish.

Normally, this place is awesome. Great food, quick seating, better service. Unfortunately today, service was subpar to say the least. Our server, Chandler, was the worst server I've had. Very straight, no happiness to his voice, forgot drinks, & to top it off gave me my check 5 min before our food came out as if telling us to leave. Still left him 10%, but had he been to the standard that I'm used to from there, would've been much more. As I am a server myself I couldn't bring myself to not tip him something but it was the 1st time I've ever thought of not tipping. Yesterday, my fiancee and I went to waffle house...our check was a little over $22, I left Wanda, our server $20. I reward a great service when I see it. Chandler, was definitely not acceptable. Will try 1 more time, but I'm considering going to mama's boy from now on instead because of this.

As much as we love the hood I cannot handle blatantly horrible front of house service. This goes doubly when that service is from the manager. We arrived for Sunday brunch which we do almost weekly at around 10:15. We are a party of two so easy to accommodate. The hostess (found out later the manager) was absolutely rude. “20 min wait” she says! We politely ask if the counter is available and are curtly told “20 minutes for service!” Again we ask “so the counter is not first come?” Again instead of a polite yes or no she snipes “20 minutes for service.” We watched her handle each and every customer this way as we waited 40 minutes to be sat and watched parties that came in after us be seated. Rude! Just absolutely rude.

My first time at J Christopher’s, Athens this morning breakfasting with some girlfriends, food and service both great, until a hair turns up in my half-eaten omelet (wrote as much on the check that was presented to me, wish it had shown up before I ate half of it)! I guess it’s just one of those things, but it ruined the experience for me. Glad that it didn’t happen on Mother’s Day when we actually considered stopping by!