Chavez At Home

Hmmm… how do I judge this place? Service… slow, casual, forgetful… It wasn’t a busy morning but our waiter still didn’t manage to get my order right. It wasn’t an annoying custom add/​subtract job either, just wanted a side of fruit and apparently they disagreed with that decision.
Food-​wise it’s solid breakfast fare. I’d rate the food a 3 star. Location wise it’s right by my friend’s condo, so that’s good for a star. Service subtracted a star so that brings us back to 3.
It’s very reasonably priced, but I don’t know if it’s b/​c I’m used to Chicago prices or it’s actually reasonable.
Try it if you live nearby… otherwise, eh?

Sign out front reads «Best Breakfast in Tampa» …
Our experience was a little different. This place has potential, just needs some TLC. My review will be short and straight to the point.
My wife and I stopped into this place for breakfast on a Saturday. There was no wait at all. We sat outside and enjoyed the beautiful weather. So far so good… Server was prompt, cute, polite and a vegetarian. We ordered the Ranchero breakfast and a Peach crêpe… Sounds good…
Here’s the point. Low quality ingredients, the Ranchero seriously was missing the black beans and other ingredients as described on the menu. The Peach crêpe was soaked and soggy from the canned peach sauce.
But as the old saying goes… You get what you pay for, place was pretty cheap. Both meals cost under 20 bucks plus tip.

The concept has changed: It’s no longer an upscale deli prepared-​food place. It’s now just breakfast, just weekends. Literally, this place has the most convenient hours … for the owner. I think it’s something like 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday only.
I’ll rate on four things: price, service, ambience and breakfast.
Price: ¹⁰⁄₁₀. Given the location’s carte blanche to charge pretty much whatever, I think the menu prices are reasonable.
Service: ⁶⁄₁₀. Once you have a server and you can play their game, all is good. However, if you’re new and expecting attention, decency or basic hospitality, you’ll have an issue.
Of the 5 or 6 times, I’ve been to Chavez, I’ve seen three just-​sat tables literally up and walk out due to the complete absence of service. The owner looks completely flustered at every customer sighting, though when she sees my son, it seems to bring her back to reality and she’s all smiles. I’m not sure what’s wrong here exactly … but I’ll carry on.
Ambience: ⁴⁄₁₀. I seriously want to send her interior space to HGTV for some free makeover. For such a cute exterior and, again, a fab location, the interior is absolutely abysmal. It still has the tell-​tale signs of its former iteration (empty deli cases, etc.), but also has a clash of other randomness that, to some, could be considered shabby-​chic and to others would just be thoughtless presentation. It’s also dirty. The window ledges are bug-​ridden, and I think a deep cleaning would go really far. This place needs a lot of love.
Breakfast: ¹⁰⁄₁₀. It’s why I return. I’ve been to every South Tampa breakfast spot multiple times, and this this darn place keeps yanking me back in. I’m a traditional breakfast gal: eggs, bacon, toast, juice. All of the above is magically stellar, and the quick bites I’ve had off of other plates has confirmed that even the nontraditional offerings somehow manage to be amazing.
I don’t get it. I truly don’t. How can such a wacky situation produce the best breakfast food? Maybe it was a fluke. But it was a fluke five times straight. My recommendation: Go. Go now. Treat it like a Soup Nazi experience and overlook all other factors. Just get food on your (probably not-​yet-​wiped-​down) table and eat up.

The food was just average and not great at all. They advertise the ‘Best Breakfast’ and I really was disappointed. There are plenty other places to get breakfast in this town which are much better than this restaurant.

Can consider going– unless you desire food or drink. 20 minutes before a glass of water– 45 mins and still waiting for a piece of bread…

I took my family to breakfast this morning and there was an enormous, dead, disgusting cockroach next to our table in their «gourmet» cheese area. I let the manager/​owner know and tried to forget it, but I couldn’t get the «If this is how the keep the area where customers CAN see, what must the kitchen look like?» thought out of my head and lost my appetite. Our waitress was very sweet and completely understanding, but I can’t say the same for the owner who just said «This is Florida.» Yea, this is Florida lady, but you won’t find a roach in MY kitchen, so why should i find one in yours?! I really wanted to like this place, but I’d rather give my money to someone who cares enough to clean. The waitress did confide that the true owner of the restaurant isn’t able to run it any longer and has placed her daughter in charge. Maybe this is why all of the pre-​2011 reviews I find online are 5 stars, but everything since is 1 – 2 stars, including mine.

I would have to agree with previous posters. We have walked by many times and decided to stop in today. The state of the place was uninteresting and disappointing. There was no real style or welcoming ambiance. Our waitress gave us lower priority than the empty table she was cleaning for the customers that were not there. She told us her name, but we could not hear or understand her. The menu was pretty sparse, but the Cuban Breakfast sandwich we ordered was adequate (toast a little too close to burned to be considered GOOD). My water ran dry, until she asked if I needed more when it was time to leave. We got no napkins, silverware, or check in to see if we needed anything.
At checkout the woman taking our money paid enough attention to us to ring us up, but no one ever told us thank you for coming, have a nice day, kiss my A$$, or come again. (which we will probably not do) She is probably still having the same personal conversation with our waitress she was when we walked out.

We were visiting a friend in Hyde Park when we decided to give this place a go (she’d always wanted to try it). The good: the food was AMAZING. The chorizo omelet was just as fluffy as the menu promised, and the conch benedict delicious as well. But unfortunately, the quality of the food was far outweighed by the miserable service. We had to ask multiple times for silverware; when the food arrived, there was still no silverware, and eventually, we had to go inside and ask for some. When it still didn’t come, we had to literally remove silverware from our server’s hands (as she was just standing there inside the restaurant, doing nothing). I would love to return here, but not until the service drastically improves.