Bru's Wiffle Santa Monica

Honestly, I don’t think I saw this place at its full potential, but I will give you an overview of my personal experience. Hopefully you can find It useful. Food: I stumbled upon Bru’s Wiffle while looking for a restaurant with French toast. This place has a number of French toast options. I chose the Honey Poppers French Toast. These are bite-size crispy chicken in housemade siracha & louisiana hot sauce. I wasn’t impressed. The French Toast was thin and flimsy. It tasted like It was made on sandwich bread. I should’ve known better than to get chicken poppers. I asked for a of chicken thigh. It was juicy and crunchy. Had I known better, I would’ve chosen this chicken option to begin with. Next, I ordered an avocado toast topped with eggs. The melted cheese is a great addition to this dish. However, I prefer sliced avocado rather than the avocado spread. My partner had the Basil Pesto Crispy Polenta Avocado Toast with egg. This is a gluten free meal. The egg is an add on to both Avocado toast options. Beverage: This place has a Watermelon Mimosa that I’ve been trying to imitate for the last four days. It was sweet and fruity. Payment: Bru’s Wiffle doesn’t accept American Express. As an Amex Gold Member, one of the benefits of the card is the 4X points at restaurants. If this was a quick order to go, I wouldn’t mind. But, on an $150 bill, knowing this sooner would’ve probably impacted my choice to visit. Overall, I think that this restaurant had some options would be pretty tasteful. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to try them during this visit.

The overall experience was a good one though the big negative for the food is that they offer a gluten-free chicken and waffles that is not actually gluten-free. They don't have dedicated fryers or waffle-makers for gluten-free items, meaning that everything is contaminated. And we only learned that through follow-up questions. This was very disappointing since this was the main reason for traveling to this restaurant. And the experience was otherwise nice. The service was good and the atmosphere is a warm one. Just be very wary if you have any allergies.

Such a cute place in Santa Monica. The food was absolutely amazing! The coffee was delicious and fresh. The gluten-free chicken and waffle was the best I’ve ever had! Must try this place!