Fox & Goose

When ever we’re in the down

Great breakfast spot in the historic part of time, worth the wait! I got corned beef hash breakfast with a homemade scone that made my mouth water. Perfect English breakfast! The interior was very captivating as well! Try their homemade crumpets just because I said so

The best breakfast item in Sacramento is Fox & Goose’s ollalieberry scone with the Devonshire cream. It is absolutely delicious and a must-​have. Who cares if it costs an additional $ .75 to upgrade to a scone and $ 1.25 for the cream – it’s so worth it! I will wait hours on the weekends just to get my hands on one of these scones. I’ve only been here for breakfast and have enjoyed everything I’ve ever ordered. One of my favorites is the Benedict Arnold because I love the rarebit welsh cheese that comes with it instead of the traditional hollandaise sauce. I tried the rarebit welsh cheese omelette the other day and it was also delicious. Ok fine I love that sauce on anything really. Fox & Goose is one of my favorite breakfast/​brunch spots. It’s really popular so expect to wait for a table. Prob best to go in smaller groups as well. The food is worth the wait though!

5 stars for the scones and cream!!! Woot woot.
3 for seeing meet in my potato hash that clearly said potato no meat in the menu. Bummer

I’ve usually enjoyed Fox & Goose, however, the last visit we had was completely awful. On January 14^th, we were a party of six celebrating a good friend’s birthday for lunch.
The hostess seated us at approximately 11:35 after all of our party arrived. The restaurant was busy, but it’s pretty much always busy. We didn’t even see our server until around 10 minutes after we arrived. We had a beer order, and that never showed up. Our friend who’s birthday we were celebrating went to the bar at about noon (15 minutes later and 25 minutes after being seated) to ask about his beer. The bartender told him the order wasn’t in yet. So he picked up his own beer and the bartender said he’d take care of the logistics when the order finally reached him.
We continued waiting for our food, and waiting some more. We were informed around 12:15 (now 40 minutes later) that our food would be right out. What did «right out» mean? It meant what felt like eternal starvation.
At around 12:25 (Now 50 minutes) our food still had not arrived and my wife had to return to work for a meeting. So, she had to flag down our waiter and cancel her order. Yeah, that’s right, she got up, found our waiter and had to cancel her order.
Our food FINALLY arrived at 12:29, almost an hour after we got there. Usually this is where the wait staff offers a discount, or comps the drinks or something, but we got a «sorry, the kitchen was busy.»
On top of that, my fish was soggy and my chips were overdone (actually more like American «chips» instead of fries).
Fox & Goose, I’ve been a patron plenty of times and am very disappointed in how our party was treated and forgotten. You can do better and your customers deserve better.

This review is long long overdue, and is from 4^th of July weekend. An extremely busy and hot weekend, and we had to wait a bit to be seated, but the staff was pleasant and accommodating.
Once sat they took our drink order, and many drinks were promptly brought. They have a great selection of beers, and brunch type drinks. We tried the sunrise, the washington apple, and the duchess all super tasty.
For food we ordered the full english, and an omelet. I love beans on toast! So this was perfect. If you like British fare, this is the place to go. They have the largest selection of omelet mix ins I have ever seen. The food was good.
I would say based on food and service alone I would have given 4 stars, the amazing thing that elevated Fox & Goose to 5 stars was after we left.
My husband forgot his favorite hat, on a coat hook next to our table. We didn’t realize this until 3 days later when we were already back in Oakland, CA. It’s a bit of a drive, and we weren’t able to leave town any time soon. I called and spoke with a staff member, who found my husbands hat and agreed to mail it back to us. I shipped them an empty box, and inside was a new label (Prepaid, and a cash tip for them and fed ex, if the fed ex guy stuck around and waited for them to place the hat in the box.)
What then transpired was incredible, fedex did not wait, and the manager personally drove the package to fed ex. Not only that, they sent back the cash tip, AND sent us a lovely letter and Fox & Goose swag. They also called to let me know the hat was shipped and on its way.
They named my husbands hat «simon the hat» and talked about how he played trivia and drank beer. Ironically my husband plays and host trivia weekly at our local British pub, so he was extremely pleased with their note.
I can’t say enough nice things about the kindness of the Fox & Goose, and how much we appreciate them going above and beyond for us. They have fans for life in my Husband, Simon the hat and I.

A BRUNCH MUST!
Sunday brunches get very crowded, so be prepared to wait about 45 minutes. I come after church which is typical brunch time and it gets pretty hectic with people crowding outside. But if patience is your forte and it most definitely is a virtue, I would suggest waiting because the food is uh-​may-​zing.
Definitely try:
Corned beef hash
Benedict Arnold
Full Monty pancakes
Full English breakfast
Bloody Mary
Mimosas
The staff is friendly and extremely helpful if you’re having trouble deciding what to get.

Really nice place but super busy! Good menu selection for breakfast and lunch. It’s pretty standard brunch flair with some British flair. Good for folks who aren’t into super exotic food. I also dig the autonomous hosting — you go in, write your name on the list, and number of people in your party, and then you wait to be called!
Corned beef hash is excellent — sometimes when you get homemade hash, it’s giant pieces of potatoes, but this was nice shredded corned beef and good sized smaller potatoes — really fresh and tasty. Ordered a side with my full English breakfast, and it was almost another meal! It would be better to share with the table. English breakfast was okay: came with two strips of bacon, one piece of sausage (pretty bland I think, might’ve been chicken sausage), two eggs, good amount of sautéed mushrooms, one small grilled tomato, baked beans, and a side of toast (I upgraded to the scone).
Scones are great! Ordered the ollalieberry, came warm and buttered, with a side of Devonshire cream (think tangy whipped cream). There’s also a nice assortment of jams on the table: raspberry, strawberry, and orange marmalade. The orange tasted best on the scone! Only downside is eat your scone first! When it cools down, it’s pretty hard as a rock. Fiancé ordered the pear and pecan, which was okay — really mild. Ollalieberry with orange marmalade and Devonshire cream is definitely the way to go.
Only issue was service. Waiter was nice but didn’t come by super frequently, so we had to ask for him quite a bit, and it took a while to get seated and to order food.
They have a wide selection of drinks, full liquor (Bloody Marys looked great), British beers on draft, espresso, homemade juices and lemonade.

Still the best breakfast… Ever!
I love places that start out great in the late 70’s and stays great for the next 35 years or so. This will always be our breakfast place.