Wow, how have I not written a review for here yet!This is by far my favorite breakfast spot in Old Town. I go mainly for breakfast/brunch but I've been for lunch and dinner too and all have been good. Expect a wait for breakfast on the weekends but it's usually only about 20 minutes, and it goes by pretty quickly. They have chairs and water and coffee outside while you wait and you can also grab a drink from the bar. The waitresses are always really friendly and attentive and more times than not when I've been there, the owner has come around the tables and asked how everything is which I really like. I bring everyone who comes into town to visit me here and they all love it. I love their sangria (I prefer it on the rocks) as well as their bellinis and mimosas. All of the benedicts are great except the red pepper one, it just had a strange texture. All of the breakfasts come with two sides so you get a huge amount of food. I also love the Mahi Club and my friend ordered their soft pretzels the other day which I had never had and they were soooo good. Not salty or greasy at all just really, really good. I've also had their salmon and quinoa for dinner which was really tasty. They have a great summer happy hour, and I love their patio. Reasonably priced too. Riding my cruiser to DD for brunch makes for a perfect day in my book! I do have to advise though....my boyfriend got the bacon bloody mary once...let's just say you get about 15 bacon bits with every sip (they give you a giant straw like for boba tea).....not really conducive to a hangover.
Review Source:Incredible breakfast here. Even though it was 80 degrees, I sat on the patio on a high table and an umbrella. Service was good except the female manager spent waaay too much time at the table next to me. I had the impression that she was the girlfriend of the handsome gentleman sitting there or wanted to be. Aside from her presence, the atmosphere was quite pleasant. Ignoring all that, the breakfast was great and the portions were huge.
Review Source:This is my favorite breakfast spot! Â The menu is so diverse and the food is delicious. Â The Bloody Mary's and coffee are good too. Â They also open early which is nice. Â too many good breakfast spots don't open early enough to be breakfast and not brunch.
I have yet to come here for any other meals or to enjoy the drinks that look incredible but I will soon :)
I've been here a few times. Â The food is always good and the service is awesome! Â I've always been sat quickly, drinks are always quick to arrive at the the table, which out here when it's hot is one of the best things to happen in a restaurant.
The Chorizo Mac & Cheese is fantastic! I've also had the fish and chips, I love the red cabbage side that comes with it. Â I alternate between sweet potato fries and crispy fries. Â The ranch is fantastic, it's a chipotle ranch. Â I keep saying I'm going to try a hamburger but I just have not got around to it yet, because there are so many good things.
One of the best things is they have happy hour everyday from 4-9pm and it's quite a large happy hour menu!
Despite the long wait to be seated on the weekends, my group waited even longer for our food making our Daily Dose experience just over 2 hours. Breakfast is legit, their staff on this visit was not. After 3,600 seconds, or one hour, our vacant server informed us the 'kitchen' had lost our ticket.
Review Source:This place is probably more of a 31/2.  The ambiance is like a hip bar so very cool.  The service was mostly unattentive but polite.  After the initial greeting and ordering we didn't see her again until we received the check.  Too bad because we wanted an OJ and maybe another coffee and didn't get a chance to order.  The caprese omelet was good but not great.  The chorizo jalapeño and onion omelet was pretty decent.  Also, not great.  Both omelets were all egg with very little inside.  The Bloody Mary was average at best.  The Americano was also ok, average.  I can see why people like this place because it has a nice vibe.  Lunch may be better.  I would rather go around the corner to Orange Table as the food and coffee were better.  Overall, I've been to just about every good breakfast joint in the valley and this place is not anywhere close to the top 5.  Again, I would hope that the lunch and happy hour drinks are what keep people coming here but that's neither here nor there.  I would go back to try lunch but won't run back for breakfast.
Review Source:Stopped here in Old Town on April 5th after early flight in. Â Outside tables were full so we sat inside. Â Very nice atmosphere, servers very pleasant and checked in frequently on us. Â Husband had the chorizo scramble which came on a large oval plate with potatoes, toast etc. Â Looked great and got 5 stars from him. Â I had the smoked salmon bennie, also delicious and very comparable to that served at many restaurants in nyc. Â I usually stay away from breakfast fried potatoes, but these were excellent crispy on the outside and soft inside AND not greasy. Â Coffee was especially good here; maybe they use the Starbucks from next door?
Review Source:This was the first place I dined out at when I moved to the Scottsdale area two year ago and it still to this day ceases to amaze me. Every dish I've ever had for every meal: breakfast, lunch, or dinner has been delicious and satisfying. I recommend the breakfast nachos for groups at brunch, the hangover sandwich for the hungry meat eating man, and the decadent banana nut French toast for those with a sweet tooth. Consistently high quality coffee which they dispense liberally as well!
Review Source:I've been to Daily Dose several times and I've never been disappointed. My most recent trip I ordered the chorizo mac & cheese. I love chorizo, I love mac & cheese, and the combo is great.
The cucumber water to very refreshing and a nice break from the standard water with lemon.
The staff is always helpful and I've never had to wait for more than 5 minutes for a table. Will definitely be back.
Love this place. My wife and I discovered The Daily Dose several years back.
The omelets are so good. The chorizo is my favorite and I know it is sponsored by local cardiologists. Â Job security. But since we hike Pinnacle Peak before brunch here we are safe!
And speaking of mountains, try the pancakes.
Great coffee served in a bowl.
The servers are on top of it.
Each spring break we look forward to Daily Dose in The Valley of the Sun.
ZuZu? Orange Table? Â D'lish? The Breakfast Club? Â OR Daily Dose? Â This is what my husband and I pondered early Sunday morning as we planned to meet another couple for brunch. Â After reading numerous Yelp reviews and a few other sites, Daily Dose was the decision! Â
The four of us were seated outside at a raised table. Â Nice! Â Inside seemed really claustrophobic and dark, so to be outside was great. Â Our waitress was slow to arrive, but time passed easily as we were caught up in conversation. Â I had read that Daily Dose had the BEST Bloody Marys in town. Â So we all ordered one. Â I love celery in mine, but I guess they do not garnish with celery, but the waitress said she would do it if I wanted. Â We all ordered them spicy too. Â We couldn't wait!!!!!!! Â But we DID wait........and wait.......and wait......and wait, well you get my drift. Â They finally came! Â With a green onion as a garnish!?! Â OK, Celery? Â Oh, it WAS in there, just a tiny short piece that was halfway down the glass. Â Well, she did have it in there. Â
The menu item choices were impressive! Â They looked so creative! Â I was excited to order! We ordered the breakfast nachos, which everyone on Yelp raved about! Â We also ordered the eggs benedict with prime rib and the Southwest Flannel Hash. Â And then we waited, and waited and waited......
EVERYONE on the patio had no food.  NONE!  I love looking at what other people have ordered, but not one person on the "packed" patio had food.  Not in any stage- just starting, just finishing, in the middle, nothing.  Many did not have anything but water.  I couldn't believe how long the service took.   FINALLY, our food came with no apology of how long it took.  My husband and I shared our order of nachos and prime rib eggs benedict.  The eggs benedict looked good, but when I cut into it, it was a snotty, white mess of undercooked egg white.  In my experience, the only runny part should be the yoke, right?  Well, although I would have preferred the white to have been cooked, my husband and I ate it anyway.  The prime rib was virtually nonexistent.  The breakfast nachos were a HUGE disappointment.  The chorizo was more like flavorless ground meat.  No zing or heat.  The scrambled eggs on it were dry, overcooked, and tasted of sulfur - which is what happens to scrambled eggs when they are over cooked.  There was supposed to be mozzarella cheese on them.  Where?  I don't know, but the nachos were covered in a gluey sauce that I assume was supposed to be a nacho cheese of some sort?  There was also a cup of the gluey sauce on the side.  I guess they felt we needed more? The chips were so greasy, most were translucent.  We didn't eat most of it, just tried to pick and find the edible parts.  By that time we were so hungry and who knows where our 18 year old waitress was to make a complaint anyway.  My friend's Southwest Flannel Hash, which she let me sample, were the WORST I ever had.  I mean how can you mess up corned beef hash?  There was a weird sweet component to it.  She did not finish it, which is odd because she loves corned beef hash and always finishes it.  Her Husband had the prime rib eggs benedict like I did.  He is in the restaurant industry and manages a very popular resort restaurant and he was not happy with his meal at all.  Especially the prime rib part.  I was with him on that one.  To wrap up our  two and  1/2 hour brunch  experience (yes it took that long from start to finish due to slow service) Daily Dose was flat bland, busy and overpriced.  Sorry brother and sister Yelpers, I am in disagreement on this one.
We first tried Daily Dose a few years ago, liked the menu and loved the food. But as time passed, the restaurant has become the epitome of mediocre. We tried it again a few days ago and though it was not busy the server...while fairly attentive...forgot a drink order. More importantly, the food was bland, bland, bland. The description of the corned beef hash seemed great, but it was tasteless. And the "over easy" egg arrived crispy (i.e., waaay overcooked).
The biscuits and gravy was strangely sweet, no taste of sausage and...bland. The coffee tasted like the pot hadn't been cleaned in weeks.
None of us will ever go back.
Stopped in here after a long run in the morning on a weekend. Â We waited for a patio table which took a little while-which we expected as this place looked packed every time we passed it during our trip. Â
Food 4.5/5
-We shared the hummus plate which was a little different than normal, not our favorite but still good
-I had the chorizo benedict which rocked
-My g/f had the southwestern breakfast wrap (not sure on the name) and it was BOMB!
Service 4.5/5
-No complaints, server was nice
atmosphere 5/5
-Right on N. Scottsdale ave, outdoor seating was very enjoyable, restaurant has a tidge of trendy/hipster but overall not overboard, just a nice place all together.
Prices aren't too bad either, you get a great meal for not too hefty of a bill.
Definitely going back
Horrible service. Went in to order a simple smoothie, gave out order in waited ten minutes until the one guy came back to inform me that they ran out of strawberries and peach. So I changed the order again. It's been a good twenty minutes to even get a simple smoothie. It's sad that when you hear good things about a place and your first experience wasn't what was described to you it was much worse then expected. All the employees rather sit around and talk to each other instead of getting on there own shit and want to improve the business. All I have to say is for my first time I refuse to go back. I rather go to a little shack then here.
Review Source:Delicious. Â Great brunch. Â There is usually a wait, especially when the tourists are in town, but during Spring Training there is great people watching on the pation (which is pretty small). The brunch selection is quite large and you can opt for breakfast or lunch. Â The portions are large, enough so that I couldn't finish my food because my omelet was enormous. Â Coffee is delicous and service was prompt.
Review Source:7:30 on Sunday morning is the time when the Daily Dose shifts from being a serviceable and pleasant upscale eatery to being a magical experience. The staff has had a few minutes to get into the groove; the tourists aren't up yet; the sun pours through the east-facing windows. It has the feel of a pub-like local hangout in a charming urban neighborhood.
This is a restaurant where it's a good idea to settle on a couple of dishes that you can't get elsewhere. The overall cooking is in line with the ambience and price range, and there are a lot of $12-$20/person bruncheries in this region. The major reason to show up is to wallow in what they do particularly well.
My personal vote starts with dishes that involve scrambled eggs. I don't like eggs all that much, but oh goodness, Daily Dose eggs... light and fluffy and NOT greasy and NOT chewy and really quite delectable to gently inhale. The originating chickens would preen with pride at these scrambled eggs. The rosemary steak is a breakfast steak, and it manages to actually be "medium" (not always a no-brainer with the thin steaks), and isn't loaded with fat, so I'm quite, quite content with having started there.
Avoid the biscuit. It is leaden and, peculiarly, grilled. I felt that the berry-laden blueberry jam was wasted on the biscuit.
Next time, I'd try the breakfast nachos on the strength of the scrambled eggs.
We brought a group of seven to Daily Dose yesterday. Â Living in Chicago, I am lucky to have dozens of great brunch places close by, so I'm spoiled a bit. Â However, DD was certainly very good and in most places, this would be my go-to spot for breakfast chow.
As others seems to have mentioned, the breakfast nachos are ridiculous. Â The chips are tasty but more importantly they are solid, sturdy bits that are required because the eggs, chorizo and cheese on top would have broken weaker chip siblings. Â A number of us took a bite of the chorizo and had that "WTF!" look on our faces because it was so good.
I ordered a turkey sausage omelet with fruit. Â The toast wasn't great, but the omelet, home fries and fruit were pretty good (although the pineapple was a little out-of-the-can syrupy, if you are a Dole pineapple rings person!). Â Prices were fair for the large portion size and the staff was fantastic, including a manager (or maybe the owner?) who spent some time sharing laughs at our table.
DD certainly draws a crowd in a tight window around the 10-11:30 AM block, when folks are looking for chow before heading out to day games. Â But otherwise it seems like it's easy to slide in for brunch.
Breakfast nachos?!?!?!??!?!?!!!!
They were good. Totally completely not healthy, but so tasty. I'm not a biscuits and gravy kind of girl, but the sausage gravy is insanely good. I will admit, this dish is really rich - It could have used maybe a little more spice?
It would be a good sharing appetizer if you brunch here with a group.
As a solo breakfast, I'm glad I got to experience it, but I dunno if I can handle that again!
Overall, really like this place. And so many options for breakfast!!! The only drawback here is the parking.
it was early...saturday. the wife and i cruised up to Daily Dose for a breakfast morning out. the place was relatively slow when we arrived. which is why i was a bit miffed at how below-average the service was.
like the good patrons we are, we waited to be seated. once seated, we waited....and waited...for menus. then waited...and waited for any service. then waited....and waited...for coffee (which still is some of the best restaurant coffee i've ever had). then waited....and waited....and waited....and waited....for our food. then waited...and waited...and waited....for our water and coffee to be refilled. so i got up and tried to find it myself.
the food is good. the breakfast potatoes are delicious. i ordered the mixed berry pancakes and they were tasty as well. our server was friendly but there was just a lack of it. i guess after 2 tries, we'll stick to our other breakfast hangouts.
I remember this place having a decent breakfast but we hadn't been in a while. My husband and I decide to come on a Saturday morning. I'm not sure if they were ill prepared for this particular Saturday, or if this was the norm, but the service was disorganized, and almost nonexistent.
There was no one at the hostess station when we arrived. After about 2 minutes someone noticed us and seated us, but then brought no menus. A different server arrived about 10 min later and asked if we needed menus. I said yes, no one has been over yet. She asked if we just walked in and seated us ourselves and we said no, someone seated us here. So yet a third person arrived, to take our drink and food orders. She brought our water and coffee but we waited quite a long time for our food to arrive, and breakfast foods usually arrive very quickly so it seemed unusual.
The kicker was that no one came back ever to check on us so when my husband wanted a refill on his coffee he had to get up and get it himself. During a Saturday morning breakfast service, I find this absurd. A coffee cup should never go empty, just like a water glass.
Yes, the food was good, but as I've said before, I have food at home that I can cook myself. I pay money to eat out for the ambiance, convenience, and good service as well as the food. If service is poor I'm not going to bother going back for my time and money.
There is nothing like having Brunch anytime you want to! I came into this cafe on a cold Thursday afternoon and it was a delight. As a restauranteur, I truly appreciate great service...our server Brooke was awesome and she definitely contributed to our experience.
We started our brunch with a delicious cilantro Jalapeno Edamame Hummus, it was a great idea, however, the consistency reminded me of falafel mix (a little grainy).
I ordered the Prime Rib Benedict and my friend ordered the Rosemary Steak and Eggs. The rosemary creme friache and the harissa aioli are must have condiments.
Overall the ambiance is nice, the service was great and the food was good. Excellent location and patio seating is available...
The place is great for breakfast and lunch, never had anything here that was even close to being bad. The breakfast nachos, hangover sandwich and DD has are awesome. Ever server we have had has been super nice and never gets irritated when I ask for soy milk for my coffee, like so many other places.
Portions are huge and very well priced.
I cannot begin to tell you how much I LOOOOVE this place. I literally go here every weekend for brunch/lunch. On Sundays the wait time for brunch can really get up there so I recommend going on an off day or later into the afternoon. This is a great spot to sip on a mimosa, enjoy brunch with friends, and see where your Saturday/Sunday will go!
Must haves:
- Tacos (CHORIZO IS AMAZING, mahi mahi is good too)
- Daily Dose burger (I DREAM ABOUT THIS THING... bacon, cheese, basil, chipotle aioli... combination of amazingness but beware you won't have any room to eat anything else for the rest of the day)
- Shaved Turkey Melt (carmelized jalepenos and brie... need I say more???)
- a healthy alternative = turkey sausage white-out. Amazing breakfast if you're looking for something on the healthy side
- Breakfast nachos.... one word = HOLY CRAP. Okay, that's two but whatever. Amazing.
This was my 2nd visit at the Daily Dose, both are on Saturdays, both are for brunch, and both times the wait was about 20 mins. You know it is a popular brunch place, and of course in a good location as well. However, as the services were pretty slow for both times and the food did not 'wow' me at neither times, I just have to give an average ratings...
What I like on both tries? The orange juice! Yes, it was fresh and delicious! The Prime Rib omelette was pretty good as well, especially if you add a few drops of Tabasco for a spicy hint, it just tasted better! However, what I did not like, the Smoked Salmon Egg Benedict... The dish arrived kinda cold, feels like it was sitting on the counter longer that it should have, the english muffin was over-toasted which it became hard to cut, Â the poached eggs were not done so well (i think they were too flat by the shape?), and there was too much of the Hollandaise sauce on the top and it just stole the taste of the smoked salmon... how I wish it was better.
If you are in the area and look for a place for breakfast/brunch, Daily Dose is still a good choice, just be prepared for a wait on the weekend and avoid the Egg Benedict?
The food here is consistently REALLY GOOD. Â It's nothing fancy - burgers, salads, etc - and the decor is pretty marginal. Â But that aside, it is one of my favorite places to go with my husband when we just want a simple, delicious meal without all of the hoopla of getting dressed to "go out". Â We usually just skip past the hostess and sit and the bar and watch a football or basketball game, and the staff has always been friendly (although when we do actually sit at a table they could be a bit more attentive). Â Also, I've yet to have something I dislike, but the favorites have to be any salad with their house dressing (cilantro-lime) and my husband loves the gladiator burger on the pretzel bun. Â The fish and chips are amazing entirely because of the slaw they serve with it - no mayo, all yummy vinegar-y spicy-ness. Â I would buy that stuff by the gallon if they'd sell it to me.
Reason for only 3 stars:
Sometimes the staff is a little TOO comfortable. Â If there aren't a lot of patrons in the restaurant, they will just have their conversations (usually gossip) right over your head - one even belched while we were at the bar. Â
Another slight downside - Â they play annoying top 40.
Overall - a great place for a tasty meal with an easy feel.
Sunday Funday started out fabulously thanks to this amazing restaurant!
We started with an appetizer of chicken nachos... and MY GOD. The "appetizer" was a plate big enough to feed three hungry females and STILL have leftovers.
I'm super picky when I order anything and all of my orders end up being a complicated mess (Can you substitute this? Can I have this on the side? I need dipping sauce.) Our waitress - I'm so bummed I can't remember her name - was the sweetest lady. She was so patient with me and brought out the food exactly how I wanted to see it. Everything was incredibly delicious, too.
Then, to top it all off, apparently they were closing early for their company holiday party. We started noticing people disappearing from the restaurant and we asked the manager if they were closing, to which he replied, "yes, we closed at 2pm." It was 3:30 when we looked at the clock and I couldn't believe it! They let us sit and enjoy our meal without making us feel rushed or even mentioning their early closing time. That was stellar customer service and I would give them 10 stars for that if I could.
Try this place - you will LOVE it.
I had a really great little breakfast one morning at Daily Dose. It wasn't anything mind-blowing, but it gave me a healthy start to my day and was reliable.
The service was friendly (although a few times we were wondering where our waitress was), and I was thankful to have a decent cup of coffee sitting in front of me. After much pondering of the menu which is absolutely huge, I decided to go the healthy route & order the egg white wrap. For $9.99, you get the wrap with bell peppers, mushroom & spinach in a chipotle tortilla, served with pico de gallo, herb potatoes and fruit. The wrap was okay but the pico was completely necessary to add any flavor. The fruit was surprisingly good, but the potatoes tasted so strongly like herbs that it was hard to really enjoy them.
Here's the thing... not everything needs to be a five-star meal. This spot is convenient for breakfast AND you can get something healthy, which I value a great deal. While I won't be dying to come back here, I wouldn't rule it out as a breakfast option the next time I'm in Scottsdale.
I'm going to stand by this statement- if the manager has to bring  burn spray and lemons to your table, regardless of fault, you'd think maybe at least one thing would be comped (like a mimosa to ease the pain).  I'm also going to stand by my opinion that it was the hostess' fault for putting the menus on top of a precariously stacked set of sliver ware in the middle of the table, which in turn caused a menu to slide off and spill piping hot coffee all over my lap.
I did not make a big deal of this incident, so many readers might think "well if you didn't say anything, you don't deserve anything. " Â Let me point you back to the first sentence of this review. Â Good service is good service and shouldn't require me whining about anything. Â
The brunch itself was pretty tasty, though the kitchen might not know the definition of what an over-hard egg is supposed to be. Â I did like me my gingerbread pancakes, and there were some other delish dishes had at our table. Â Food- 3.5 stars, service, 1 star.
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