Very cozy restaurant and personable staff. We had a party of 9 and were seated right away during breakfast hours. Service was quick and friendly, they stop to take time and ask what brought out to San Diego. Plate protion were more then enough for one person. My favorites were the Avacado eggs Benedict and Chicken fried steak. Recommended this restaurant if you enjoy mom & pop shops. read more

Encinitas Cafe - Avacado eggs Benedict - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Encinitas, California

Family run, consistent food, delicious. I recommend anything with turkey. They roast fresh turkeys for their club sandwiches, open-faced hot turkey sandwiches, Cobb salad. They have won local awards for the lima bean soup. The triple deck grilled cheese is my boy's favorite. Chocolate cake heated with vanilla ice cream for dessert. Kids eat free nights weekly. Wednesday, I think? Best burgers. They get their meat from Tip Top Meats. If I don't feel like cooking for Thanksgiving we have been known to go to the beloved Encinitas Cafe. It feels like home. I've been eating in this restaurant since I was a little girl and it was called the Coffee Mill. read more

Food is fine, not great but not bad. Service was slow and spotty. Other options with equal or better food and service, nothing special here read more

One of the best breakfast i've had in a while, visited back in the summer, it was so delicious!! The mimosa was great! Would definitely come back ! read more

This group of people is amazing they have amazing food and I have the best omelette ever don't forget to say hi to the nice waitress there and you can bring your dog here for a meal with you while sit on the patio with your puppy. read more

Encinitas Cafe - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Encinitas, California

Ate here for breakfast before taking our son to Legoland. This place is super close to our hotel. It looks small from the outside but there's a lot more space once you walk inside. It's pretty old, I noticed the seat in the booth was ripping apart. But I ordered banana walnut pancakes. Omfg! SO DELICIOUS! The service was good too and the people were really nice. I was so happy they had mimosas. read more

Encinitas Cafe - Banana walnut pancake!! Yum yum yum! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Encinitas, California

Refreshing to find a simple cafe in all the noise that is food establishments these days. Food is good. Coffee is good. Staff are friendly. Stop in today and pay a reasonable price for what is food read more

Definitely a breakfast spot to hit when you're in town. Food is great and staff is friendly. I upgraded to the banana walnut pancake for my breakfast and was certainly glad I did. It was so good. Sausage patties were flavorful. read more

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I was kinda lucky this Sunday as I walk in and the place is packed. I see four seats at the counter and I secure it. Our sever is really nice and immediately serve us water. She takes our orders in no time. We haven't had breakfast yet but its past noon so I order the fried chicken lunch and my friends still order breakfast. It now been over 20 minutes and still no food even for the easiest of the orders? I finally get my order and now realize that everyone ordered either from the breakfast or health menu. Lol This place isn't really the best for fried chicken but I wanted to try it anyway. I really came for breakfast but my foolishness compelled me to order something else. Overall, the place is a kewl local hangout in Encinitas and is really busy on the weekends. Foodies, this place is a must try but a no go for the Fried Chicken... Lol read more

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Best locally owned cafe in the area. I've been coming to this place my entire life and the waitresses have always been the same :) THEY ONLY TAKE CASH! read more

This diner is my favorite place to grab a bite and people watch. The food is always delicious, prices are perfect, and the people!! The staff is so friendly and have been working here for quite some time, and know their stuff. The atmosphere is quaint and comforting, and i love coming here on a rainy day. Highly recommend the banana bread and pancakes! read more

Amazing food and service!!! My family and I, always come eat here when visiting the area. I love the Acai bowl, I live in LA and have yet to find a place as good. They use the perfect amount of fruit and granola. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are all delicious. For breakfast, I normally have the Acai bowl. For lunch, I typically do the turkey avo sandwich. Their turkey is made in house and made fresh everyday, so tasty! For dinner, I always have the steak salad so gooooood! Service is great they check on you constantly. The owner Debbie is so sweet and always give wonderful recommendations. Servers we have had have been Erica and Eric. They are great with checking in with us and also giving suggestions on different things to try. Love this cute cafe, very old school style. read more

This spot is awesome. Great breakfast spot that you will love. I have been here at least 4 times. I had the delicious banana walnut pancakes. The most amazing breakfast ever. read more

Great service and nice locale walking distance to the beach. Food was good wait staff were very attentive.

Came here a few times, but not for breakfast. this is probably better for breakfast. I wasn't support impressed with their other foods. I got the French dip. The beef was tender, but it wasn't particularly flavorful. They have good cornbread, and bottomless coffee (yay!) Their meatloaf is pretty decent, although I do have to say that I've had better homemade meatloaf. Service is extremely fast and friendly. This is a good place to pick up a quick meal. read more

Frickin delicious, reasonably priced, quick service, outdoor seating. What's not to love? I had the Cobb salad with housemade ranch and a $3.50 mimosa, boyfriend had the turkey avocado sandwich (grilled) with a MOUNTAIN of fries. Portion sizes were good and they gave nearly a full avocado in each dish, crispy bacon and house-roasted thick cut turkey (like leftover from thanksgiving style). Everything was undersalted but that might be a perk for some, and you can always add more. read more

Encinitas Cafe - Cobb salad ($14) - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Encinitas, California

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During these extremely difficult times, we have to support our local businesses; The Cafe needs our support. And why not? The tuna salad is perfect, no fusion food here, just great American tuna salad with fresh ingredients and wonderful service. Sweet Potato Fries are fresh and crispy. Wait staff has been together for 10,20,30 years, it's a family. A kind family with great turkey dinner any evening or meatloaf! Wonderful food!! read more

Amazing açaí bowl! One of the best I've had. Great hash browns too. Service was quick & top notch. Jen took great care of me with a friendly smile. Will definitely be back! read more

Encinitas Cafe - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Encinitas, California

Fast service and tasty food. Perfect match for this cool town. Pancakes are Hawaiian style cafe sized. read more

Encinitas Cafe - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Encinitas, California

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You won't go wrong if you go here, the omelets are great, the potatoes are very tasty & the pancakes are just like the way my mom used to make em. This is my new breakfast stop! The service was 5 stars & everyone was very welcoming. read more

Encinitas Cafe - Vegetarian feta cheese omelet & home fries with a side of pancakes. Excellent! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Encinitas, California

Love this place. No waiting to get a table and the service was quick. Had the bacon, avocado and cheese omelette and it was the best! The banana walnut bread was delicious. Chocolate chip pancakes super yummy as well as the açaí bowl. Highly recommend this café read more

Mediocre breakfast, the waitress didn't bother what else we needed on our table. Food was not great. The omelette was over done. French toast was ok. Coffee was cold. I don't think I will come back again! read more

This was our first time here on our way down to San Elijo State Beach. Parking is tight as you might expect for the beach, but we got lucky and nabbed a spot right away. The location and interior are beach-quirky. We even brought an extra kid just to up the difficulty level. We were seated pretty quickly considering it was a Saturday at the beach. We started with mimosas. Always good :-). Hubby ordered the Denver Omelette with hash browns. Good sized portion and decent ingredients. Pretty tasty and he demolished it all. Kids split the Kids Breakfast with chocolate chip pancakes. Again, completely destroyed by the hoard. The pancakes were a nice size with plenty of scrambled eggs to boot. I had the Encinitas Breakfast. It was a good sized portion and super yummy. I would definitely recommend Encinitas Cafe if you are in the area looking for a bite to eat. read more

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We had a great time and really good food at the Encinitas Cafe. Sitting in their outdoor area was wonderful and it was great because we could bring our dog while we had our brunch. I highly recommend this business for a good reasonable meal. read more

Undercooked banana bread, undercooked omelette, unripe fruit, overcooked hash browns, very nice server, but will not be going back. Almost $50 with tip for two for breakfast. Terrible. read more

Me and my Dad found this place on accident late at night on a Saturday. Absolutely amazing little diner, cozy, comfy, inviting, and friendly. Food is amazing and staff is just as extraordinary. 5 of 5 Highlights: 1. Friendly, open, and helpful staff 2. Well priced food, and very delicious 3. Cozy and convenient, old diner style atmosphere. read more

Encinitas Cafe - Old diner - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Encinitas, California

I'm so stoked to have found this great little spot. Food was awesome, I loved that they served breakfast all day. I would recommend the cinnamon roll as a side with whatever you get. I am still thinking about it a week later. Staff was friendly, clean and very COVID conscious. Will be back soon!!! read more

Many times I have come with my husband for breakfasts to this place, I can really say it is one of our favorite places. The food is very good, the attention is fantastic but this last time we went we got an unpleasant surprise, the people who were next of our table lowered their dishes to the floor to feed their dog to eat from the plate. We were really impressed how can exist people with so little hygiene. We want to tell to the people who work in this place please be more strict and attentive to this type of situations since I would not like to know that in the plates that we eat . Those plates have been used by dogs read more

Encinitas Cafe - The dog eating in the plate - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Encinitas, California

A nice little diner style cafe, good for a basic breakfast stop in Encinitas. There is often a line, though I'm not sure if that's due to location, proximity to other places that are also busy, or if some people just really like the place. I mean, I enjoy it, sure, but I wouldn't go out of my way for it. Definitely good food, definitely decent prices, but nothing "wow." Hopefully that makes sense to someone other than me, and if it doesn't, well you had to read it anyway. Ha! Check it out if you're nearby and want to break the fast. read more

This spot is normally great with delicious food and friendly service. On this occasion, we were told to sit anywhere and had a hostess bring us silverware and waters quickly, to then tell us our server would be with us shortly. However, we sat for 20minutes with 4 separate servers walking past us to go to other tables and take orders. There were two other tables that arrived after us that got their orders taken. I would have been okay with the delayed service if it was busy or if they seemed short staffed but we were just blatantly ignored. We decided to get up and leave since no one cared to help. We even passed servers as we left without a word spoken to us. read more

Had somewhat of a chaotic vibe to it (granted, it was Sunday morning). They have a decent amount of staff, but they are a bit unorganized. It looks small from the outside but they have quite a lot of tables. Took quite a while for my order to be taken. At least the manager eventually noticed this and began taking matters into his own hands before my actual waitress remembered to come by. I sat at the bar and got coffee, two eggs (over-easy), and the homemade banana walnut bread. Free refills on the coffee so drink a lot to make the price worth it. The eggs were cooked as requested so no complaints there. The banana walnut bread was good, very moist. It was too sweet for my taste, but it was well baked. Used a lot of coffee to wash it down. Decent diner with normal prices for a beachside location. Nothing too impressive; it does the job if you're hungry for a traditional breakfast. read more

Encinitas Cafe - Banana Walnut Bread - VERY Sweet (depends on your liking I guess..) - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Encinitas, California

Absolute hidden gem. Their French dip is to die for. Excellent service and prices. Only bummer is that their opening and closing times online aren't accurate. Will 100% come back read more

Really nice place for breakfast! Hubby had the chorizo eggs and I had the French toast special. Hubby said he enjoyed the flavorful eggs. I loved the crisp bacon, tasty French toast and we both really liked the GOOD coffee! Fast and friendly service...wonderful! This is the kind of place we like coming to and coming back to! read more

We come here every year when on our family vacation to SoCal, food is already great and people friendly. Highly recommended! read more

Encinitas Cafe - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Encinitas, California

Your average food dressed up and overpriced. The crew is kind of going through the motions. They've all been there awhile and you can tell. Your sponge mop is disgusting. I don't think mopping with something so dirty is a good idea in front of people. read more

I came here with my friend for brunch. It wasn't too busy but service sucked. We got seated in a very isolated corner-I was surrounded by three walls and we had to sit side by side as they couldn't fit a chair between the wall and the table. Perhaps our seating was why we got no attention whatsoever. We waited over 30 minutes for our food. We thought that maybe the kitchen was just slow or the food took a while to cook (not likely since omelette, scrambled eggs, and bacon wouldn't take long especially when it's not busy). After the table next to us (who arrived and ordered at least 10 minutes after we did) got our food, we decided to speak up because now there was no excuse. We haven't seen our server, Erica, since when we first ordered so we asked someone else what was up. She checked up on it and we got our food soon after. However, I think our server forgot to give us our food. My omelette was cold and the cheese inside was hard and plasticly. Meanwhile, my friend's eggs from his meal was piping hot so they probably just made it after the server asked. Our server never checked up on us after we got our food and again we had to ask other people for water and whatnot. All in all, service sucked. Food was cold. I don't think I would recommend this place, even if the wait to get a table was short. read more

Based on a recommendation, this was our first stop when restaurants began reopening. Perfect place for breakfast! Blueberry pancakes are amazing. The staff was super friendly and happy to see everyone. Please go visit and help this small business. read more

Encinitas Cafe - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Encinitas, California

My daughter and I stopped in for brunch, we had tried Encinitas Cafe once before and loved the food (especially a pulled pork BBQ sandwich!) Our scrambled eggs and turkey sausage were delicious, and my banana walnut pancakes were outstanding -- lots of large walnut pieces and banana slices. You get huge portions of pancakes, so we took half home. My daughter had oatmeal pancakes and was not a fan. It was like eating fried oatmeal, and almost like fried steel-cut oats -- very dense and chewy. My coffee and cream were perfect, flavorful but not burnt nor bitter. The atmosphere reminded me of an old fashioned small town cafe -- homelike, friendly and happy staff -- even the customers all seemed cheerful and outgoing! Looking forward to coming back! read more

Encinitas Cafe - Two excellent breakfasts, and enough pancakes for another meal! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Encinitas, California

First time here, banana walnut bread is amazing! Hands down my favorite breakfast place in Encinitas! So good we had to take two sides to go the servers are super friendly and quick to help. We had an omelet, club sandwich and also a scramble! Everything was super good, we didn't have to wait long for our food to come out will definitely come back for more. Nice and cute place read more

Encinitas Cafe - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Encinitas, California

Really cute little place located in Encinitas. Food is tasty, the wait staff is friendly and was on a first name basis with the locals that come in weekly. Really good food value for the money.. The oatcakes are exceptionally good and equally filling. I had the Spinach mushroom omelette it was tasty and very hearty.. just what I needed to start the day.. Way to go guys, when I'm back by the coastal areas I'll be back! read more