Early Girl Eatery - Asheville

Early Girl has a different and delicious menu with great service.

8/7. 2:15 pm. To be clear. I did not eat here. This is because my bf and I walked in, hungry and happy to be there. 4 young ladies standing at the host desk. Walked up, I said hi! Nobody looked at us. Nobody said hi back. Continued chatting amongst themselves, and the one directly in front of me put her phone down on the counter, continuing to poke/swipe at it. One of them said something to the others and walked out onto the floor. This is unacceptable. I waited a beat, saw that even after a beat there was no acknowledgement. We left and nobody tried to stop us or react in any way. I’m posting date and time so hopefully the owners see this, and I’ll put it on yelp as well. If I were the owner they’d all be looking for a job. I’ve been in hospitality for years. There is zero excuse for this and the owner shd know how the business is being run when not under his/her/their watchful eye. I know this is a good place to eat. We went there purposefully after seeing the menu online. But we won’t go again. We happily gave our hard earned cash and its usual hefty tip to another local eatery. It doesn’t matter that we are total foodies, but I’ll say it anyway because been being that, and working in all aspects of hospitality, to have this happen really makes me mad- for us, but more so for the owner.

The veggie breakfast bowl was so delicious and amazing I think it was my favorite breakfast ever in my 19 years of life. Thank you very much it was delicious and very good service. I am visiting from Vermont.

Staff was really friendly and wonderful but unfortunately they were severely understaffed. I waited 50 minutes and when my order came it was just rice and beans, without any of the extras that are supposed to come with the California bowl. It was also a meager portion and very bland. I respect the mission but expected more!

Fabulous experience. Great food and service. Loved the homemade jam and biscuits. Thanks for substituting fruit for potatoes. Highly recommend