When Sam and I were dating, we would frequent Hobee’s in the Bay Area. I was pretty addicted to their blueberry coffee crumb cake. It had been awhile since we had brunch there so on Sunday, we stopped by. And then everything fell into place on why we don’t go anymore. Brunch took us a whopping 2 hours to get through. The line was unbelievably long at the Palo Alto location; there were problem with my order and the service was obscenely slow.
My original omelette was delicious until I bit into lentils. I checked the menu and there was no mention of lentils. YECHE! I HATE lentils. The manager apologized and replaced it with a no-lentil one but by the time my replacement came out, Sam was already almost done with his meal. 
The first one tasted better too… the veggies were nicely cooked. The replacement had raw spongy mushrooms. Yeche!
I requested the toppings on the side:
Usually the coffeecake redeems any shortcomings. Unfortunately this one tasted like freezer burn.
Sad sad day for my stomach.
I think the next time we have a hankering for brunch, I’ll bust out my waffle maker and make breakfast at home.