The Egg Connection

Creepy guy (co-​owner perhaps) began filming me on his cell phone and wouldn’t stop at my request.
Just as Rudy K. wrote last year, «[e]verything I said in my review was true and, I would add, quite detailed for it to be [false].»
This entire incident began, let’s not forget, when I approached my server to ensure that I’d been charged for biscuits and gravy, as I didn’t see the charge on the bill. In other words, I was honestly seeking the restaurant’s best interests and was unwilling to leave without paying for the food. Despite all that happened, I tipped my server above standard.
Your modus operandi has not changed in substance – nor has your contempt for truth, public accountability, Unilocal,and your customers. Your account relating to Unilocal is untrue and, even if it were true, irrelevant: I wrote what this man said about Unilocal,and I asked you both whether you respect Unilocal CEO Jeremy Stoppelman in San Francisco. You did not respond affirmatively.
It is true that the server asked my tablemate whether he would like a drink, but that’s also irrelevant. Your account of what I ate is only half true: I ordered food. Your account of time both contradicts your earlier statements (three hours) and is incorrect. At 11:04 a.m., I called my tablemate from a location nearby, and we agreed to meet at the restaurant. I had not yet entered the restaurant. At 12:54 p.m., immediately upon leaving, I called Tucson police to inquire about Arizona law relating to recording another without permission. That’s also a matter of public record. While it is true that I questioned the legitimacy of the restaurant, in the sense that it treats its customers with contempt, it is also true that I said you were «dead wrong» about the time.
If I were under the influence of drugs during the noon hour, or rude to him, why did the insurance agent not terminate our meeting? In fact, I spoke with him today, and he felt that you were «making stuff up.» Why would someone eavesdrop on my conversation with him in any event? Do you think this is normal? Why would someone under the influence of drugs, or who had acted rashly, speak to police? Although I’ve been called rude on occasion and was rude to you and this man for good reason, I have never been accused of drug use, strangeness, weirdness, mental illness, or eye disease. In any event, you fall prey to the ad hominem fallacy. Are you familiar with this fallacy, and do you see how your response makes use of it? In fact, I did not swear at all during this encounter and otherwise showed great restraint – even tipping my server.
Your final sentence makes the most salient point: you seem to think that this was a small incident. That is, you appear to think that insulting your customers is not a big deal.

I’ve been here several times now. I always order the exact same thing. I have been charged a different price every single time. Today was the most at nearly $ 16. I’ve paid as little as $ 11.50 for the exact same order. The receipts are Greek. Losing my drive to frequent this place.

No complaints at all. This place is always busy, but I’ve never had to wait more than a minute to be seated. Home-​fries are exactly the way I like them. They could be crispier, but they are flavorful. Great sausage links, eggs were actually over medium and you get an entire carafe of coffee left on your table! Will most definitely be returning.

Turkey Cordon Bleu Omelet, it almost dares you to eat it!
Eat here from time to time without a negative issue once. Food and service has always been on point. Healthy sized portions, always taking something home.

I must be honest, some of the negative reviews kinda had me worried. but it was exciting not knowing what to expect, so we went.
First thought, «it’s bigger inside than I expected»…we were seated quickly, ordered quickly and got our food quickly (in less than 10 min). I ordered biscuits and gravy, it was good gravy was slightly runny, but it was delicious! My over medium egg came out over easy, not a big deal. Server was AWESOME. Coffee was GREAT! He liked his grits eggs and sausage.
The fans could use a cleaning above the tables but as my Dad use to say, «a little dirt don’t hurt»…lol! Tables are clean, floors are clean, utensils were clean and the plants on the walls weren’t dusty so I can deal…(the fans in my home need a good dusting so let me not judge too harshly).
I’m glad we found the little place not far from our house. I secretly was waiting to meet the rambunctious owner just to see her demeanor, but I think her son was running the show in the front today and he was polite.

Totally dive type diner and I dig that. The prices are right and portions are big. We did get there a little late but most places stay open til 2, they close at 1:30pm. Service was fine, I am just a stickler for taking plates off the table, which our server didn’t do. Also at the register the cashier asked if I Wanted to leave a tip. Tucson is loaded with bad tippers but I think it’s rude to pressure someone into a tip. I leave 18−20% so I am not offended but it would for sure rub some people the wrong way. I would go back.

My boyfriend and I eat breakfast here almost every weekend. The french toast is great and the servers are all extremely friendly, especially Levi! I have never had a negative experience here.

This happened quite awhile ago but here goes because people need to know. A cockroach fell from the ceiling onto my plate of toast, this was witnessed by my friend who was sitting across from me. I asked to please speak to the manager to tell him/​her what just occurred, he said, verbatim, «Look ma’am, all restaurants have cockroaches, so what do you want me to do?» Yeah, that’s right. Haven’t been back since.

I have never had a bad experience here. It’s such a great mom and pop kind of place. When they have the crab cakes available I always get that, so good! Cool stuff is also hung up all over the walls, lots to look at!

I went here with a group of 6 and it wasn’t a good experience. We went because 1 person in group said I could get gluten free items here and that it was good food. Every gluten free item I requested I was told they were out or had to throw out due to mold. The food wasn’t very good according to majority of the group. When we asked for to go boxes they had food crumbs in them. We didn’t receive very good service either. I will never return here and neither will the majority of those in our group.

Such a cute little place. Reminds me of road trips with the family and pulling over in the middle of nowhere to get something to eat. The walls are covered with John Wayne photos. One wall had Rat Pack pictures. There was Sinatra music playing in the background, loved that.
I had what is probably the best country fried steak I’ve ever had, very crispy on the outside and super tender inside. I love that you get your own carafe of coffee for the table. My only complaint is that instead of a jar of sugar on the table they have the individual packets and the brand they use has a funny taste to it. For my second cup I just used the artificial sweetener and that was better. Overall, great place. Will definitely be coming back!

My family and I used to love coming here, but my mom and I went today and had the worst experience we’ve ever had at any place of business. My mom and I had ordered a patty melt and a separate order of fries. The restaurant automatically split the patty melt, without us asking, and brought out 4 separate plates with one item on each plate. When we got our check, we saw they had charged us for splitting, which we never even asked for. We asked to speak to someone, and thats when the owner came out. She started to yell at us, accusing us of stealing because we were using silverware, and then started to harass us for drinking water, using these insults and harassments towards us as an excuse to justify charging us a plate splitting fee. She then left and started to walk around the restaurant to different customers making fun of us to them. She then came back to our table with her son, and both of them started to harass us and yell at us more. We then went to pay our bill, and the harassment continued, she then started making weird faces at us and shouting at us in gibberish acting like a child, putting her thumbs in her ears and waving her fingers at us. My mom went back to our waitress to tip her, as the waitress was very polite to us, and the cook shouted to my mom from the kitchen to «get out, we don’t want your kind here, and stop harassing my waitress.» When my mom and I got into our car the owner came flying out of the building and started to pound on our windows and kick our car tires while still yelling gibberish at us and making more faces at us.
We will never be coming back here, and I highly recommend no one go here. Or if you do, don’t question a single thing.
I would like to add one more thing, when my mom asked the owner if she was really willing to loose an entire family over $ 1, the owner said in a really snippy tone «I don’t care, so what!»

Great service and food! Bacon is their specialty, so order it! Watch out for the juggalo statue, it will sneak up on you.

really good breakfast — local place with lots of John Wayne swag. Nice place to eat healthy or not. Friendly staff and very quick food.

Response to Sandy, Egg Connection owner:
You must have a very low opinion of Unilocal readers. Everything I said in my review was true and, I would add, quite detailed for it to be a «pack of lies».
1. I was an Egg Connection customer long before I ever knew Frank and Jerry. I used to come in with another friend and many, many times came in by myself for breakfast because it was on the way to my gym. I ate, read and did crossword puzzles before working out. I even remember years ago when I was having breakfast by myself and the waitress, your daughter, told me that an anonymous customer had paid for my meal. I told her to make sure she thanked the person because he wished to remain anonymous. I also brought friends to the restaurant who had never been there before.
2. I very, very rarely ordered only coffee and when I did, it was usually because I was fasting that day. I have my credit card statements with the Egg Connection and one can’t charge a cup of coffee because there is a minimum charge amount.
3. If I’m such a disgusting person, why did you sometimes sit down with the guys and me at our table for conversation?
4. If Frank & Jerry «can’t stand me», why did they invite me to join them regularly for breakfast? Just because I’m not patronizing your place, doesn’t mean I don’t see them. Also, I would never expect them to pay for me because I’m an adult and can take care of myself.
5. I did say in my review that your burgers were quite good, which is the truth, just like everything else I said. If I’m such a disgusting person, why would I say anything complimentary? If I’m lying, then I guess your burgers aren’t good.
6. Yes, Rudy K. is one of my cats. Like millions and millions of social media users, I often use a pseudonym on various sites. You only know it’s my cat’s name because somebody told you. Obviously, when you first read the review you knew from the content that it was me, so I wasn’t «hiding».
7. If you need your son to «protect» you from dissatisfied customers, you are in the wrong business.
8. Why did the waitress accept the coupon?
It’s pathetic that you had to stoop so low in your own response.

The last time I was here I found everything to be average for the most part. The food, the service, and the prices were all just okay. I don’t think that I would go back but at the same time I wouldn’t recommend against it. For me there are just a lot of other breakfast places I would rather go to. My final opinion is it’s worth trying.

Fast and service and a large dining room. Can be crowded on the weekends.
My favorite is their vegetarian friendly biscuits and gravy!

The food is greasy spoon good, but the best is the kitch. Lord this is one strange little place. I love it, and the staff there is WONDERFUL, a small family business that I am more than delighted to give my breakfast dollars to.

On a recent visit to Tucson, I wanted to take my mother and her friend out for breakfast. The place we had originally planned on having breakfast at was closed, and our second choice was insanely busy, so my mother’s friend suggested we drive a little farther and try out The Egg Connection. I am so happy that she did!
A kitschy little spot with photos of John Wayne on the wall, I knew as soon as we were seated that we had a gem based on the look and smell of the food waitresses were swiftly bringing out to other patrons. Egg Connection was busy, but someone quickly took our drink order.
I was struggling to decide what to order, so I asked our waiter for his recommendation. He said the specialities are the eggs benedict and the chicken fried steak, neither of which were even on my radar… I decided to trust his recommendations and went with the eggs benedict, and was very pleased with the generous serving. A little heavy-​handed on the hollandaise but the eggs were poached perfectly. I sampled a bit of my mother’s meal as well, the sausage was delicious.
Our total bill was $ 30 for breakfast with tip. One person in our party only had water, I still consider this a steal for the quality and quantity of food served.
I only get back to Tucson every few months now, but when I am visiting, The Egg Connection will be a new regular spot for me for breakfast.

I was thoroughly unimpressed.
Our waitress was clearly on speed, she chattered a mile a minute, forgot our order twice, ended up serving us food that we didn’t order then added it to our check anyway. Besides all that, the food was only so-​so. The portions were pretty enormous, but a ton of food you don’t really want to eat isn’t exactly a check in the pro column.
I’ll go somewhere else next time.