Labour Day Special

The Original Gourmet Brunch

It says Voted Best Breakfast, however, does not indicate the date of this win.

Address: 517 Main St, Hyannis Port, MA 02601

Our first selection, the restaurant we left the house for, The Bluebird was closed. Yes, another ill timed retreat into breakfast land. We marched down the street and found two breakfast places side by side The Original Gourmet Brunch and The Egg & I. We selected OGB because we needed something great and the word "gourmet" sounds fancy.
Initial impression - not fancy.
Street parking or in an adjacent municipal lot.

We were greeted as we were perusing the outdoor menu, and The Gentleman made the decision of outdoor seating. The table was chosen and we sat.
The reviews online had comments about poor service here, however our server seemed to be attentive from the get-go.

The outdoor seating was with metal chairs, They were comfortable for all but The Lady, whose short stature makes some chairs cut into her leg and prevent circulation. She also required her ‘Roots Canada 2014’ hoodie in order to be outside comfortably. September weather is upon us.
¾ of the party found the seating to be comfortable.
We were offered no name by the server, and an offer to take an order for drinks was made.
We were only provided two menus, the expectation that couples should share. The gentleman requested more.

Known for their Omelettes, the menu had pages of omelette selections, and options to build your own.
There were too many options. An overwhelming menu. A good breakfast menu should be two pages tops. Having 4+ makes choosing your meal very tough unless you close your eyes and point.

Normal delivery
The plates all came with in-edible garnish. I don’t understand the slice of orange and parsley. PARSLEY? Why? If you are going to decorate your plates, it should enhance the meal, and not be something I push off of my plate to be thrown into the garbage.
We were outdoors, there was a delicious smell, however, it now seems as though it came from a different restaurant.

Coffee: not good according to the immediate table of reviewers. According to the owner/manager speaking to a nearby table the beans came from high on a mountain top and roasted for a specific duration in a fashion suiting a country known for great coffee. Regardless of where it is from or how it was prepared it was still inadequate. The coffee was served at the temperature akin to used bath water.
The gentleman's French Toast was ordered plain without fruit. The reviews we quickly scoured mentioned the French Toast as one of the best things on the menu. This was no typical toast. There was no toast at all. What arrived were three deep fried fluffy dough balls. They looked like a treat. They tasted like air. No flavor to speak of. Even the syrup didn't add anything. It was texture and texture alone I ate.

The gentleman's fiancée joined us, requesting eggs and toast as her morning meal. She received eggs and toast. It tasted like eggs and toast. She says it was alright but could have been warmer.

The lady decided to have what this location is known for - omelettes! She chose an asparagus, white cheddar, and hickory sausage omelette, which came with toast and home fries. The omelette was cooked like a pancake, and then folded in half with the extras in between like a sandwich. Standard omelettes have the goodies cooked into the egg. The egg, was foamy. It made a squishy, foam crinkle sound when you pressed on it with your fork. Ew! The cheese was good, I mean, come on, cheese! The asparagus initially had good flavour, however somehow near the end it no longer tasted of asparagus. The hickory sausage was the true star of the show here. Little cocktail weenies! Who says that bigger is better? These little bite sized delicious morsels sure packed a wallop. Talk about flavour! The home fries were boring. They were hard, but not crunchy, and had the inner texture of undercooked potatoes. They were also unseasoned. Nothing on them at all! The lady had to resort to using ketchup in order to choke them down. She had rye toast, and only ate ½ a piece. There was some sort of sauce served on the side. What was it? I guess we will never know.

The lady's husband ordered 3 eggs, scrambled, with marble rye buttered toast, home fries, and hickory sausage links. Since we were eating outdoors, the smells weren't as pungent as they'd have been if we were seated inside. On first look, the plate was well apportioned; not too much, and not too little. There was enough plate for the food here. The eggs were fluffy, but had an interesting flavour. Interesting doesn't mean good or bad in this case, just different. The potatoes were hand cut, and fried to perfection, but also had a different flavour. Seemed to be a Yukon Gold style potato rather than the standard "Idaho" potato and the blandness couldn't even be enhanced with some salt and pepper. The rye bread was toasted nicely and had an appropriate amount of butter applied. The hickory sausages were small, but the most flavourful part of the dish. If it weren't for the sausages on this plate, it may not have been finished at all.

The Original Gourmet Brunch could be considered Gourmet if your standard breakfast is McDonalds or Dunkin’ donuts.