Mosaic Cuisine & Cafe

Amazing. Truly français cuisine.
I got the beef bourgignion. So. Good. Amazingness. I can’t even explain it, just get it and trust me.
Btw, like everything comes w/​a waffle lol. It’s not an ordinary waffle. It’s more crispy and light, more like toast. Still good if you eat other stuff with it!
It took awhile for our food to come. We had a big order (11). It was also understandable because true French people take their time when preparing meals.
The servers were very friendly and sweet! Since our food was taking so long to come one of them brought out strips of waffle with a tomato sauce or bisque to dip for appetizer, free of charge.
Sadly, we didn’t get any dessert. Although I would’ve tried the chocolate flourless waffle to see if it was better than costal flats’
We went to SNOBOTS instead! So worth it.

My family and I had a delicious breakfast at Mosaic last week. The waffles were light and fluffy and the OJ was freshly squeezed. My scrambled eggs were some of the best I’ve ever had and there only eggs. My mother loved her crust less quiche which came with a yummy arugula salad. Everyone enjoyed their meals immensely. I’m looking forward to returning for lunch and dinner and of course, breakfast.

We’ve been to here number of times and it’s the best breakfast or brunch place around the area. Try one of the omelettes with hash brown potatoes on the side. They are usually busy on weekend mornings so making a reservation is advisable.

After all these years, Mosaic’s still got it. The food is solid. I happened upon this hidden gem sometime in ’09, and I’ve been a fan ever since. Their claim to fame? Savory waffles, which are served with assorted proteins (examples: paprika parmesan chicken piccata or canadian bacon sirloin). They also are known for their delicious, creamy soups.
I introduced my hubby to this place this past weekend and made sure he had one of their signature waffle dishes and also got to try their soups. Ordered the paprika parmesan chicken with waffles and the soup trio, which came with butternut squash, tomato, and wild mushroom cups. These dainty little cups come with handles so you can slurp directly and not bother with a spoon. They were all really good. Tom N. especially liked the tomato soup, which had this bright note thanks to an unidentified spice or seasoning. I loved the wild mushroom, always good.
Though Mosaic is classified as a French restaurant, it’s more of a Mediterranean dining establishment. They have parmesan chicken piccata alongside bœuf bourguignon on their menu. I decided to go with Italian for the night and got the eggplant parmesan, which came with potatoes au gratin and assorted grilled veggies. The eggplant was quite tasty, and I also enjoyed the creamy potatoes. My only gripe was that the grilled vegetables were served in big, inedible chunks, which were hard to cut with a simple butter knife. It would have been easier for the diner if they had thinly sliced the grilled veggies. Just something to note.
Mosaic Cuisine, just so you know, is not a sexy, trendy place. It has a family restaurant feel. The dinner crowd consisted mainly of a slightly more mature group when we stopped by last. Still, don’t let its lack of sexiness (for lack of better description) deter you. Good food is good food, and the «next best thing» may not always be as satisfying as an oldie but goodie like Mosaic. Besides dinner, Mosaic is also a fantastic brunch choice. And you can always stop by Snow Bots afterwards for shaved ice and milk tea.

So, I will start this off with stating a few facts:
–I am a vegetarian
–I understand that in a world of meat eaters, I must be patient and understanding
–I understand that there is always a risk when eating out
–I have worked as a server before in multiple restaurants
–I am very sympathetic and understanding to the duties of a server and their kitchen
That being stated, I am most displeased with this establishment.
Here’s what happened:
My girlfriend and I went to this place for breakfast. Mindy you, we only had about a 30 minute window in which to enjoy our meal before she needed to be somewhere, so that being said, it changed the way we would have handled this while in the restaurant. Now, this place IS cute. It’s convenient and it’s a great sized restaurant. Even their concept and décor are great. But, as stated above, I am a vegetarian. She is too actually. So, we ordered. «I see you have a bacon, egg and cheese sandwich on the menu» my girlfriend states. «Is it possible to get that without the bacon? I just want an egg and cheese sandwich please. I’m a vegetarian.» The server said «of course we can do that for you no problem». He then turned to me for my order and I ordered the same thing as her. I did add tomato to my sandwich though. Great. Everything is fine at this point and they’re well on their way to getting 5 stars. We conversed and waited. It didn’t take long for our food to arrive. Maybe 5 minutes, which we were pleased about since we were short on time. The server sets the food on the table and states «the chef decided to put bacon on your sandwiches anyways for you guys. I hope you both enjoy.» We were understanding but did ask him to remove the dishes and provide us with the food we ordered, which didn’t have bacon. He understood. We also stated that we were both vegetarian. He smiled and took the food away. He then returned about 90 seconds later with our new sandwiches. We both thought that was very fast of a turnaround. We looked and didn’t notice any bacon on our new sandwiches so we dug right in. They tasted ok. A little cold, but were just fine. And then, I was chewing and thought something was off. I was eating bacon. This, was not okay. I opened my sandwich to find a piece of bacon on it. How did I not see this?! Why was this here?! It turns out, that the chef didn’t make us new sandwiches, but rather, just removed the bacon off the original ones. I pulled the bacon out, set it on the plate, and ate around it. Of course, I was very careful and did a close inspection on the rest of my sandwich. So, we finished. The server returned. I said «thanks for the sandwiches man. They were good. Except for this bacon that I found in mine.» I pointed out the bacon on my plate. Side note; this was not a small piece of bacon like a bacos piece. This was a substantial piece, roughly the size of my pinky finger. Anyways, his response was «Oh ok. Well I’m glad you enjoyed the food, I’ll get the check.» Then he brought the check and we paid and left.
Now, I do assume some of the responsibility here. I should have done a better job checking my food. I should have made a bigger fuss over this, since to me, this is total bullshit. I could have done more. But, they could have, and should have, done more too. The server didn’t care about this and he showed us that more than once.
In conclusion, something so innocent and small, has caused a huge issue for us. Needless to say, we will not be returning to this place. And we will recommend against fellow vegetarians going here, which sucks because they do offer vegetarian options.
Steer clear. There’s other, better options.
Thanks.

The wild mushroom soup is so good. It’s creamy and delicious, and it’s served with a savory waffle for dipping.
They have espresso drinks and real café au lait. The cappuccinos are served in huge cups with plenty of foam. They also have strong mimosas at brunch.
The waffles are thick and perfectly crispy on the outside. I highly recommend getting an egg and cheese waffle sandwich – it is served on a savory waffle. They split the waffle instead of giving two waffles, like some other places do, so it’s not too bulky of a sandwich. It’s possibly the best egg sandwich I have ever had.
The dessert waffles are good. I had the bananas foster – a classic, served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
This place is great – definitely check it out.

This is a nice brunch spot in Rockville. Me n my girls went here after our spinning class and we were really hungry. Short wait on a saturday afternoon. I got the $ 12 mosaic omelette (with spinach tomato waffle n hash brown) n the portion was big enough. Wiped the plate clean because it taste great (but I had better before). Curious to check out their dinner menu next time.

I was looking for a brunch spot with my girlfriends until we came across this restaurant. We didn’t wait too long to be seated. We immediately looked at the menu and all 4 of us went with the Mosaic breakfast.
I highly recommend that you order the French toast waffle. It is heavenly… beyond delicious. My girlfriend enjoyed it so much that she decided to place an additional order of the waffle. I would also like to add that the bacon, sausage, hash browns were just as delicious.
This has to be the best breakfast I have had in a long time. If you are ever in the Maryland area, I highly recommend dining at this restaurant.

Waffles are the name of the game here and they are done well. The menu is pretty extensive and they accommodate for a lot of dietary restrictions. My favorite is the Eggs Benny on a waffle (of course) but I do deviate to a sandwich or soup from time to time. This place is a family favorite and can have pretty hefty wait time for brunch on the weekends. The service is efficient and the food is always consistently good. I think the décor inside could use a bit of a refresh and be amped up a bit, but otherwise Mosaic is really a gem of Rockville.

Came here for breakfast a few weeks back. The servers and owner seemed to remember me, which was a pleasant surprise. I don’t remember exactly what I ordered but I remember it had a couple of waffles. SOOOO GOOOOOOD. Slightly crispy on the outside, soft on the inside. Yum!
Seriously, if you come here for breakfast or brunch you gotta have the waffles!

We went here for a 20+ person birthday party and I was really impressed with how they were able to handle such a large crowd.
I really enjoyed the waffle burger. That’s right, a burger in between waffles. But to up the ante, and they usually don’t serve it this way, I asked for maple syrup and that was the ticket! The fries and everything else I tried were just average, but the waffle burger was great!

It was a busy Saturday morning. We had a billion errands to run, and the Starbucks coffee we had earlier wasn’t sustaining us. Deciding that we needed to get some actual food, we pulled into the little shopping plaza next to Congressional with the original idea of grabbing a quick snack from Maria’s Bakery. But as we pulled into the parking lot, our grumbling stomachs made it very clear that a «quick snack» was just not going to cut it.
Torn between Rice and Roll or Mosaic, I did a quick Unilocal,and opted for Mosaic… and now I hate all of you for steering me wrong. I kid. I kid. You didn’t steer me wrong… but you didn’t steer me right either.
It just started off badly. We got to Mosaic, and while it was busy, it wasn’t packed. We asked for a table for 2, and the hostess quickly seated us… but didn’t give us any menus. We figured that the server might give us a menu when we noticed that the couple after us also didn’t get menus from the hostess… but the third and fourth couples after us did get menus from her. Huh? Anyways, I had to go up to ask for a menu, and she gave me a look like I must have absconded with the menus and very suspiciously handed them to me. Weird.
Then, as we were looking at the items, I noticed that the overhead sound system must have been on the fritz, because while music was piping through, it was very tinny sounding, with a very strong buzzing coming through. While it was low enough that it didn’t interfere with conversation, it was also annoying and just enough in the background that it was irritating but not enough so that you feel you can say something.
Finally, we placed our order. My husband got the waffles with smoked salmon, and I got the pesto waffles with veggies and egg whites.
My husband’s food was delicious. Mine was surprisingly bland. The waffle was perfection — light and crispy. But everything else was so tasteless. The egg whites and veggies was devoid of flavor (it didn’t even taste salted), and the pesto was probably the blandest pesto I’ve ever had. My husband tasted my food (because I was convinced that there was something wrong with my tastebuds) and completely agreed with me. I had to ask for hot-​sauce, just to give it some flavor.
I am definitely interested in coming back, because my husband’s delicious meal makes me hope that this was just one really really really terribly executed dish… but the buzzy sound system and the absent-​minded/​weird hostess make me hesitate to come back too soon.

Wow. I have to be honest, the ambiance here feels a little weird — like they are trying to be fancier than they need to be. There are two entrances that look like the front, which makes getting a table kinda awkward. The service I got the one time I went was not good… took forever, inattentive, he gave us the wrong menus and I had to point it out when I saw people ordering things that weren’t on my menu… again, just weird.
That said, the food was kick ass. One of the best decisions I’ve made in a while was to get the smoked salmon eggs Benedict. Holy crap it was amazing and decadent and worth every penny and calorie. Friend got the Gluten free waffle which she loved (and was so happy to have a GF waffle option!)
I wish I lived closer, cause I’d be back frequently!

A nice little place for a casual Sunday breakfast/​brunch with friends. Mosaic is known for its very light and airy waffles, which you should make sure you have regardless of whether you’re going for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Today’s breakfast was a build-​your-​own omelet with a nice side of home fries (and yes, the waffle instead of toast). You can tell they use fresh ingredients through and through, just by the flavor and appearance of their dishes.
I was also at Mosaic recently for dinner, and they make a really nice French onion soup and a very tasty chicken Caesar salad, topped with — what else — waffle croutons!
Finally, the staff is very friendly and always on their game, making sure their guests are well taken care of. Easy parking, too. It’s definitely worth checking out if you’re in the area.

This was a special find for us. We were planning to go to the iPic in Maryland and so we wanted to eat dinner somewhere close by. We found Mosaic.
It looks very plain from the outside with its location in a small plaza. You walk in and you get the feeling it is a simple restaurant but just wait.
We sat down and looked at the menu and ordered our food. They have this soup sampler which was awesome!
The tomato soup was average but the sweet potato and mushroom were excellent. So savory and full of flavor.
We also had the mango Brie waffle with spicy jelly. YOU REALLY NEED TO TRY this! It was amazing. I don’t like cheese that much and I was worried this might be stinky or cheesy but it was not. Each flavor complemented the other. It was by far my favorite.
My husband the chicken wafflisimo and I had a scallop salad. Mine was good. Nothing too fancy. My husband said his sandwich was excellent. The chicken cooked and crisped to perfection.
All in all the food was a 5 star experience.
The restaurant is clean
There is parking in the lot. Free parking!
The staff are courteous
We had a reservation too but I don’t know if it is always necessary.

Mosaic is a solid place to enjoy a waffle meal, whether it’s breakfast/​brunch, lunch, dinner.
The décor is rather standard, with areas more on the darker side. The booths have pillows for who knows what reason.
The first time I went here was for dinner on a Friday, around 7:30pm. Unlike Mother’s Day where there was an hour wait (skipped it for that reason), there was no wait! What we ordered —
–cheeseburger on waffle. Definitely my first burger on a waffle. I was so excited to try because waffles are gorgeous, much more interesting looking than a plain or sesame burger bun. The meat was cooked to the level as requested (medium) and the cheddar was yummy. The burger tasted very good, though it was messy to eat because waffle doesn’t hold the juices as well as buns. It was delicious, so the mess wasn’t that bad. It came with russet fries, and those were standard
–bacon cheeseburger on waffle with sweet potato fries– my husband ordered this and what he got was what I got… Yes, without the bacon. The server said it came on the side and minutes later, a piece of Canadian bacon arrive to him. He enjoyed the burger, but had more of an issue to the waffle mess/​sogginess that fell apart. They got medium rare correct though. The sweet potato fries were more on the dry end, definitely not the best we’ve had.
–mushroom potage/​soup — creamy, flavorful, definitely mushroomy with little bits of mushroom. Not overly salty. Came with a piece of waffle, which was great to dip in the soup.
–flourless chocolate waffle cake — mmmmm!!! Soooo good, with the ice cream. I want this again. So good. I hope this item doesn’t have a consistency problem (i hope I enjoy it as much next time).
–duck rolls– what a great appetizer. We all enjoyed it. It’s duck rolled inside a floury «tortilla,» similar to the asian style duck tacos. It came with plum sauce too. So warm, soft, yum.
We went here again for breakfast/​brunch, and we enjoyed the dinner a bit more. For breakfast/​brunch, we got–
–cappuccino. Pretty, with their logo on it. I expected more foam as I ordered a cappuccino instead of a latte. Tasted fine.
–eggs Benedict with smoked salmon. It came with a hash brown, which wasn’t too good. It looked great though, nicely fried, but the inside was mash potato-​y with some veggies that threw me off. Definitely not like hash browns at original pancake house or ihop. The eggs benedict was one of the better ones I’ve had. I got it on waffle, so much tastier than an English muffin. The eggs were poached perfectly, and I actually ate the hollandaise sauce (I usually don’t care for it much). The smoked salmon was suuuuper salty though.
Mosaic breakfast– came with scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, «hash brown,» etc. was good…
I want to try their omelettes next time. They look amazing.
Service was just fine. Wait time was a bit longer than usual, but no major issues. I would definitely come back. Great place to take people.

If I could I would give between 3.5 and 4 stars. On a snowy day we got a table right away. We arrived just before a rush of folks arrived. The service this particular day was pretty lacking. The waiter took our order right away and food arrived promptly but after that he was MIA. We had to ask twice for Tabasco but when it arrived it was hot sauce. I’m sorry but Tabasco and hot sauce are not the same thing. The waiter never came back to refill our waters either but he did come back to give us our check.
Now about the food… overall the food is good. Our table ordered the breakfast moisac, angus ground sirloin, omelette with sauteed spinach and eggs Benedict. All were pretty good dishes. The waffles are delicious — light and airy. The eggs benedit were definitely the best of all the dishes — poached eggs served over waffles with smoked salmon and roasted hash. I would definitely order this again. The only thing a little off for me was the potaoe hash. Its more like a potato patty. It wasn’t very crispy and there was a spice in it that I didn’t really care for.
Overall, I’d come back again. I’ve been here before for brunch and lunch on days in which service was much better and the hash didnt have that spice in it. Their sandwiches are good served between the waffles. Soups are delicious. Maybe today was just an off day.

So, I have been to this café at least 4 times or more in the last month or so and the reason why I think I keep coming back is because of the food and the service. Almost all visits were for lunch — I ate in and I also did carry-​out and I had dinner once. I am not a big Gluten Free person, but this place has lots of choices in addition to vegetarian and calorie reduced options as well.
On my first visit, I had the Paprika, Parmesan Chicken Picatta sandwich with Lemon Caper Sauce. It came with French Russet Fries or I could have added Sweet Potato Fries for $ 1.50 more. I can’t remember which fries I had, but I know they were good. The chicken was between two waffles along with lettuce and it was very delicious. Normally when I have waffles, it is usually at breakfast with syrup and some sort of fruit topping, so this was very different. I also decided to try their Warm Flourless Chocolate Waffle for dessert. It is served with whipped cream, vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce. I have never had flourless anything, so this was something I had to get adjusted to. I think I got adjusted fast, because my dessert plate got empty real quick. It tasted like I was eating a melted brownie.
On another visit I got their Mango French Brie Quesadilla or Waffle. At the time I looked at their menu, somehow I kept thinking quesadilla, but what my mind thought and what I actually got, were different things, which ended up being a good thing. The sandwich I got was basically mango and jam with brie within a waffle (so unusual and different, but so delicious). Like I said, one of the reasons I keep coming back is for the food (their cookies are great too).
Parking is a bit tight in this area, but you can find ways to park cleverly within the area, when you are determined to eat here. Plus it is free to park anyways.

Really struggled between 3 or 4 stars for this review and in the end decided to round up because they opened at 8am on a snow day so my friends and I could have brunch. I think Unilocalers have it right with the 4 star average.
The food was ok, definitely not bad at all, I just didn’t find it to be very special. Everything was cooked well, but it’s hard to mess up sausage and bacon. Overall the brunch was ok, but I’ve had much better before. The service was nothing to rave about, but the price is very fair. Would I recommend this place? Maybe not, but I would also not be against coming back. It is worth noting that my friends really enjoyed their dining experience here.

Brunch!!! Who can resist this place!!!
Cute on the inside. Very cozy feeling.
The food is very good. The theme here is waffles. Savory and sweet. Brunch waffles– awesome. Shredding potatoes– awesome. Bacon-​awesome. Savory waffles are good… who needs bread on a sandwich??? I guess waffles are a little more delicate but taste so much better! Fork and knife may be needed.
The service here is great. So friendly and helpful!
Also sat at they mysterious table… where at brunch everyone who sits there orders to same 2 dishes… spooky… I won’t tell you where it is but its near a door!!! Don’t worry those dishes are very popular and tasty. See my pic…
So… this has been one of my favorites over the years and quality hasn’t slipped an inch.