OMELETTRY CAFE, BROOKLINE VILLAGE

My friend, Juliet, was in town this past weekend, visiting Boston to celebrate her bday. For breakfast Saturday morning, I suggested that we check out the Omelettry Cafe in Brookline Village, which I'd read about in the Globe in an article about migas. It was a pretty good review and after checking the comments on Chowhound, I figured it'd be a great new breakfast place to try out.

So when we walked into the restaurant, we were able to find a table pretty quickly (it was two small tables placed side by side). Unfortunately on one of the tables the glass top was missing and the table cloth underneath had clearly been used, with some remnants of the previous diner's meal. Juliet changed seats, and my side really wasn't that dirty, so I dealt with it. The Phoenix was pretty spot on when it described the Omelettry as having a "collegiate" type atmosphere. It's cute, with large murals on the wall, especially one with a big tree and eggs falls from it (get it, omelette tree?) and was filled with young locals.

We perused the menus our table and all decided to get the Tex-Mex inspired breakfast plates. Tom ordered the migas, which came with a side of refried beans and potatoes. Here it is below.

Migas are basically scrambled eggs with with tomatillo salsa, pico de gallo, and Monterey Jack cheese. I thought Tom's breakfast wasn't too bad. I like the tortilla in the eggs. And i think he thought it was ok. Nothing spectacular.
Here's my order of chilaquiles, which are eggs scrambled with along with peppers, onions, tomatoes, cheese, and salsa. They also came with a side of refried beans and potatoes and 2 tortillas. I found my eggs overcooked and kinda watery. They weren't great. And i thought the refried beans were too salty.

Leah and Juliet both got huevos rancheros, and neither of them really liked it. The menu advertised "homemade salsa" on top of the eggs, but it was pretty clear that the salsa they used was bottled. It was watery, had a dull color and didn't look good at all. Also, Leah asked for a side of extra crispy bacon and from the looks of it, the bacon hadn't been pan fried, put microwaved. Furthermore, the service was pretty spotty. The place was clearly understaffed, with only two girls working as both servers and as counter help. They should've hired someone to work exclusively at the counter to deal with take out orders.

Despite it's cute atmosphere, this was not the best breakfast place. I think I would have much rather gone across the street to Family Restaurant or even driven a bit further and gotten brunch at Toro (apparently they're doing that now). So keep this experience in mind when looking for breakfast spots in Brookline.