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    Botani Breakfast & Pizzeria

    4.3 (129 reviews)
    Closed 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
    Updated a few days ago

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    Dogs allowed
    Outdoor seating
    Happy hour specials

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    Hanafi M.

    Nice folks. Decent food. Full house always. Plenty of desserts to choose from. I had eggs and tomatoes. They also have a very nice bakery for you. Cakes and pastries. Parking is no fun.

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    Jack M.

    Botani Breakfast and Pizzeria has moved a couple of buildings down from their previous location to 693 Jamacha Rd, in El Cajon, 92019 for a larger space. Not only do they offer a larger dining area and kitchen, they now offer a delicious Turkish breakfast, in addition to the pizzeria. For breakfast, I had a Turkish Coffee, Eggs, Kofta, & Tomatoes similar to Shakshuska, Lahmacun, and house freshly baked bread, similar to a pita, but much thicker and with sesame seeds. The Lahmacun, similar to baked flat bread with minced meat with herb and spices, and a touch of veggies. The flat bread was thin and soft, not to mention delicious. You can have it sliced or as a whole, the traditional way, so that you can tear pieces off to eat. The menemen which is similar to shakshuska or as they call it here, "Egg, Kofta, & Tomatoes" was delicious. It came with house made beef kofta, a delicious tomato puree, eggs, and a variety of Turkish herb and spices. It was great. The kofta beef patties were very tasty and tender. The eggs were fluffy and soft and the tomatoes quite tasty. It was great eating with the Turkish bread that they bake in house. The Turkish coffee was very well made. It was smooth and rich and offered a great strong coffee flavor. The service was very good. The people here are very polite and welcoming.

    Christine D.

    If you are a large party coming for breakfast, make reservations! This place is busy over the weekends. The food is good!

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    Zee N.

    Turkish style breakfast in the city of El Cajon at its finest, the thing that bothers me with new restaurants opening is the hype and the disappointment of food that follows along! This isn't the case here the food was outstanding the flavors are on point, I have to say the green olive manakeesh Was my favorite, and according to my wife the lahmageen was just as good as she remembers when living in turkey. The service is excellent seems like a family run business so they are on top of it and they show that they care and are attentive to the customers needs from what I observed. The ambiance is great, with a beautiful dining room, plenty of seating especially for large parties and the Turkish music in the background very enjoyable even tho I don't understand, they are doing it right and sticking to traditional values. Do take into consideration that every thing is made to order and cooked fresh they also like to serve everything at once so if you like your food to come out as it gets ready maybe let them know. Definitely will be back to try more menu items, as I did see they have a full pizza menu!

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    Palig J.

    This is my first time at this spot, and I was very excited to try them, but unfortunately I'm shocked with their terrible customer service, and specifically with the owner's RUDE behavior, and the way he spoke and told me that I need to leave my newborn baby's stroller outside, which is shocking to me! From what I know this is a family restaurant and I don't see why I can't go in with a stroller, anyway I respected what he said and took my son off the stroller and had him on my lap the whole time. About 20 minutes after we sat down I saw that other people walked in with a stroller and he DID NOT say a word to them and they were allowed to get in, as you see in the attached photo. What an unprofessional and pathetic behavior is this, if you have your own restaurant rules, thats fine but either pass it on everyone or don't have ridiculous rules at all. This is so embarrassing, you should be ashamed of this behavior. Next time you think about coming to this restaurant, remember that they're not kid friendly.

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    Mike B.

    The owner Haytam is very rude and raciest if your not Arabic or Chaldean don't come to this place came at 10 am put my name down on his list didn't even look at us party of 4 kept on calling all the Chaldean and middle eastern people that were not even there we were the first on the list definitely if your not middle eastern don't come to this place he needs to get educated that all people are created equally and love and respect everyone very disappointed

    Wass B.

    My husband and I & some friends just had breakfast this morning to try it. It was delicious. Everything we had was so tasty the teapot. With Iraqi chai was so cute I loved the presentation. The lahemajeen & Maniesh were delicious!! Everything was fresh and so clean we will definitely be back. Thank you Adwar for your excellent service!!

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    Waseem I.

    So i don't usually do breakfast but when i heard about this place people been talking about for a while, i was curious to try it. We went there around 11am and the place was full we waited for a table to sit took about 10-15 min of waiting. The food was fresh and tasty and has good presentation unlike other restaurants who be missing presentation to their dishes. Got the mixed try plus laham ajeen. Really recommended for weekend breakfast. The restaurant was clean and smells good also has good vibe. Go try it what you waiting for!!

    Ballo B.

    This place deserve more than five star. I love the food. Customer service amazing a little bit of delay, but it's fresh food. This is my second time here I will always come back.

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    This place is the best for Turkish breakfast. It is so delicious and you feel like you're transported to Turkey with the Turkish spread. The food was delicious. We had breakfast for 2, and eggs with kufta and tomato I highly recommend

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    2 months ago

    The chef Luiza Mamakhova is amazing and so kind! She is super fast and delicate and has an amazing personality! I recommend coming here!

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    Rude and unprofessional owner! 9 of us were there and they refused to seat us and was rude and mean.

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    Delicious breakfast! Such a beautiful spread! Food came out fast! And everyone was so nice! Can't wait to go back!

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