Solid 4 stars. Very friendly and efficient service. Kiki was engaging, friendly and helpful for us first timers. Definitely local diners who lingered and chatted with other diners and staff. Large portions. Next time we will split an entree. Cakes looked amazing. Will definitely return and try more lunch items. read more

Ms. Carolyn's Restaurant - Turkey Rueben and potato salad. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Fernandina Beach, Florida

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We had a great experience at Ms Carolyn's. The food was fresh made to order. The fishgush puppies, cole slaw were excellent! My favorite end to this meal was the desseet! Every pie and cake that you can imagine made fresh that day because they sell out as fast as they make them! Order ahead before the locals geab them all. Our waitress was kind, informative and attentive. We willve back the next time we are visiting Fernandina/Amelia Island. read more

I have been to Ms. Carolyn's a number of times and have never been disappointed. All the staff are excellent! I always seem to get the most friendliest and carrying people to serve me. The wait time is never an issue. Ms. Carolynn personally made accommodations for our large group that satisfied everyone. The food is always just the way I like it, real home cooking I grew up eating. I give them 5 stars plus for Ms. Carolyn's Restaurant. If you don't like country cooking go to McDonald, please leave the reviews to people who appreciate real home cooked food! read more

Hard to find anything nice to say about this place that USED to be wonderful. This visit was on a slow day yet the service was still somehow poor. Staff is impolite, food is mediocre (think: homestyle food from a relative that's not a very good cook). Staff very interested in long conversations with their friends and neighbors but not very interested in taking orders, refilling drinks and coffee, providing enough silverware etc. Restaurant tables greasy and floor were covered in trash. Corners are full of little black things that I'm hoping are not rodent/insect related. This has been a go-to for many years but no one cares anymore. Fake smiles while sitting in filth, being ignored, and eventually being served forgettable food doesn't merit handing them any more money. read more

I visit Ms Carolyn often, this was my first time ordering the loaded bowl. I must say it was delicious but it was cold. Not sure how. When I dug in, the potatoes at the bottom were hot it was the egg that was cold, and so the cheese did not melt. I did however have enough for left overs and I put it in my air fryer the next day and it was delicious. The service was good, it was crowded on Sunday morning. read more

Ms. Carolyn's Restaurant - Loaded Bowl potato's, egg, cheese and bacon - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Fernandina Beach, Florida

Went here over a couple of weeks ago, forgot to put a review in. We wanted to try something different than beach diner so I found this place close by. Like others said, it's a hotspot for locals. Food was very good, portions huge. I had the breakfast but which came with black bean salsa, and a queso dip. My wife had a veggie omelet. Service a little slow at the beginning as the man with the menus was chatting with locals. Place has that old diner feel. Bathroom was clean. I will definitely go back. read more

Ms. Carolyn's Restaurant - Breakfast burrito - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Fernandina Beach, Florida

Different place for breakfast in Fernandina Beach. Pretty busy and could see it was frequented by locals. My usual breakfast but with the smoked sausage on the side. Eggs were done exactly how I like them. The potatoes Obrien were very good. Candyce had the grits and eggs bowl with bacon. With a biscuit. Biscuit was big and warm. Everything was great. Nice finding a local spot. read more

Ms. Carolyn's Restaurant - Lumberjack breakfast - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Fernandina Beach, Florida

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Went to pick up a lively chocolate birthday cake today. Witnessed waitress eating fries off a plate that she was about to serve to a patron. Gross. It was the waitress that wears a mask. read more

Great Service and the Heavenly hash was amazing!!! Awesome Coffee!!! Husband loved his fluffy scrambled eggs with cheese :-)

Nothing great .... No hash browns. Nice people but food was mediocre at best. Very basic diner

Great place for southern comfort breakfast food! Staff were so kind and accommodating for our larger party. Everything that was ordered was just as expected. Give it a try ;) read more

Service is top-notch! The same goes for the food quality! I have been to few places, even, so called gourmet, that know how to make scrambled eggs properly. Ms. Carolyn's are PERFECT! I ordered the Hippie, and a cup of fruit. The fruit was the highest quantity I've had at ANY restaurant. Regardless of it all being out of season, it was superb! Now I'm gonna sound backwards; because, even though I enjoyed my experience as much as I did, I still felt that the price was a bit high for the quantity delivered. This place is a strip mall gem, for sure; but, they'd be packed if they dropped the price, or increased their quantity just a little. Metro Diner in Jax often has a wait line, even though their quality is a touch below Ms. Carolyn's. read more

Fantastic food! Perfect French toast and biscuits! We love going to eat there! It's great for to go or dining in! read more

Ms. Carolyn's Restaurant - Scooby loves Mrs Carolyn's bacon!! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Fernandina Beach, Florida

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We came in for lunch and were disappointed. The place seemed sort of run down and although not filthy it sure could be cleaner. The server was nice but took her time getting to us to get our order. Once our order was in it took a very long time to get our food considering it was not busy at all. I ordered a medium-rare burger and fries. Burger was cooked so hard and dry it basically had no taste, it didn't even come with cheese, maybe you have to ask for cheese? I only ate a couple of bites of the burger. The fries seemed like potato-mix fries you get at a fast food place and weren't worth eating. Wife ordered shrimp and grits (I think). You can see in the picture it looked like a bowl of slop, I didn't taste it but wife said it was disgusting and didn't eat it, she ate a few of the fries but that was all. We got tired of sitting there and had to ask for the bill so we could leave and go get food somewhere else. read more

Ms. Carolyn's Restaurant - Slop - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Fernandina Beach, Florida

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Not a fancy place, but the food says it all ! Maybe the best Eggs Florentine I've ever had. Gorgeously poached egg with the perfect balance of English muffin, spinach, tomato, egg and hollandaise. Potatoes O'Brien were so flavorful - caramelized with onion and peppers ! Coffee was even good ! Food speaks fine dining ... atmosphere is completely unpretentious. Love it ! read more

Ms. Carolyn's Restaurant - Eggs Florentine with Potatoes O'Brien (half of an order !) - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Fernandina Beach, Florida

A local favorite with good food. Everything we had was enjoyable, and with a little freshening up, the space could be even more inviting. Overall, a solid spot and always nice to support a longtime local business. read more

The heavenly hash is pretty good. The omelettes are yummy too. But the best thing really are their pancakes. I'm not sure what's in the batter but they are so soft and fluffy and they just melt in your mouth. We were there twice in one weekend just to have the pancakes again. read more

Ms. Carolyn has been making the best cakes for years. The coconut cake is my favorite. It is so moist. However, all her cakes are delicious. You never know what flavors you will find. She makes all kinds.... read more

Looks like where locals hangout. Great breakfasts, good coffee and the Key Lime Pie was outta this world good and portions were good sized! read more

My daughter and I came here on a Saturday morning for breakfast she got The French toast and said it was so good, she absolutely loved it. I got the hippie and also enjoyed it. They were out of Canadian bacon so they put regular bacon it and it was delicious, they cooked their bacon perfectly. I would highly recommend. Great place! read more

Solid breakfast spot. Ordered the sausage quesadilla which was pretty large and filling. Comes with eggs, but also ordered white toast on the side which was thick cut and good. Would return again. read more

It was my first time here since my husband wanted breakfast at 1 PM. Unfortunately the all day breakfast menu only includes 3 items: cinnamon roll, $10 omelets and something else I don't remember. The service is friendly but I knocked off some stars because the food is bland and not enough seasoning...I feel like it's catered to the elderly population here. I ordered the southwestern wrap which has grilled chicken, rice, beans, salsa and cheese. It wasn't bad, just very bland so its probably healthy right? The potato salad was not southern style and tasted sour My husband had the fried fish sandwich with cheese grits. The fish didn't have any flavor. Overall the prices are cheap and friendly service. I just feel every dish lacks flavor so I'm ambivalent about coming back. read more

Ms. Carolyn's Restaurant - Southwestern wrap with potato salad $8.95 - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Fernandina Beach, Florida

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If you are in Jacksonville or the surrounding area, you need to spend time on Amelia Island and you need to eat at Ms. Carolyn's. We have driven from Austin, TX to Key West and are on our way back up the coast eating the best breakfasts we can find, and Ms. Carolyn's is trying to take over the top spot for best breakfast. Thank goodness for Yelp, because this is not a spot I would stop at just driving around, and it would be so sad to miss out on this amazing experience! First of all, they (asked first) gave our dog two pieces of bacon just because they're awesome! Our waitress was hilarious and helpful. We came in on a holiday and she made sure we got everything we desired before their early closing time. She was also collecting donations for local charities as she worked (from people dropping by, not asking us), which made me love her! Here's what we ate: My wife had the crab omelette and loved it. I tried it and enjoyed it quite a bit too. Fresh crab, eggs and cheese, plus 4 ingredients of your choice=yum! I had the ham and biscuit sandwich with eggs and cheese and it was fantastic. One of the best biscuits I've had anywhere, and I order biscuits a lot! Writing about this makes me want another one right now! I also enjoyed one of the best cinnamon rolls I've found. So good. Because we were going to spend the day on the beach, we ordered the quiche to go and could not have been happier once we ate it. It was the best quiche we have eaten anywhere. My wife is a huge fan of quiche, so she samples it often. This quiche had layers of goodness. I tried figuring out the ingredients as I was eating it so I could make it, but I might just call Ms. Carolyn and see if she will help me out! We got to meet Ms. Carolyn and her adorable little puppy, which was nice as well. She told us to check out Fort Clinch and it was awesome as well! I wish Ms. Carolyn's was opened tomorrow so I could go back, but it's New Year's so we hope the whole staff enjoys the day off, because we enjoyed meeting them today! read more

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Another excellent breakfast venue on our lil Island. Brief walk from beach area and worth it.

We were visiting Amelia Island and were looking for something really delicious and tasty for breakfast. I found this gem on yelp and wasn't sure what it would be like other than the reviews were completely incredible. When we got there, it was in a strip mall. It's set up like a small restaurant almost like a diner - very cute - and the people are so incredibly nice. I was very impressed that everyone was wearing masks and that they did an excellent job of social distancing. They definitely took the restaurant to the most capacity that they could as clearly there is a high demand. The food!!! Gracious, they really do an incredible job with their food. My husband had the biscuit sandwich with bacon and eggs. That biscuit was super fluffy and massive! I had the sausage and cheese quesadilla with eggs over easy. I like that they put the eggs on the side and you could mix it up with the quesadilla if that's what you wanted. The quesadilla was so tasty, crispy and not greasy. Both meals were very filling. We were super hungry or there would be no way that we could ever finish all that food. We ended up leaving and getting two biscuits and a side of ham to go and had that the next morning for breakfast. I would highly recommend this place! read more

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Great Breakfast! Great Service. So glad we found this place. With so many breakfast joints to choose, this is the to try. Recommended to us by locals. read more

Food was pretty good and staff extremely friendly. I would have given it 4 stars but one waiter was serving a customer with 3 dogs and she would rub the dog and not wash her hands and come inside to serve ppl... disgusting...had she been my waiter I would have exited. read more

Quaint local spot, seems to be family operated. Walked in to a pretty full place with a seat yourself sign. We were promptly greeted at our table. Our drinks and food came out super quick and all fresh and very delicious. As we enjoyed our food, more locals kept arriving so it leads me to believe this place is a staple for many in the area. I enjoyed the sausage and cheese quesadillas with 2 eggs on the side and it really was delicious. My husband had a bowl with corned beef, eggs, potatoes and a large pancake and the corned beef hash was super good and this is coming from someone that doesn't normally enjoy corned beef. We are returning in a few weeks to the area and are definitely planning on making a quick stop here again. Servers and staff so polite and genuinely made conversation with you. Would definitely recommend read more

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We had high hopes and this place was well recommended. We were disappointed. Service was great but we thought everything was sub-par. The biscuits come out cold- we expect biscuits to be at least warm. They also were kind of dry and needed a little crunch, or something. Even butter and jam didnt do much for them- but they BIG! My husband's steak and eggs were just not good. The steak was cooked too done even thought he ordered med rare. And everything just didn't have much taste. We love good southern breakfast, so maybe we just have higher standards. I got a grits bowl and again, just nothing to write home to mom about. We just won't be coming back. read more

Ms. Carolyn's Restaurant - Grits bowl - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Fernandina Beach, Florida

Portions you can't finish, tastes you can't deny. Don't leave without a slice of cake.

Server was nice. restaurant was kind of dingy looking with scraped up walls and a very loud dish washing machine frequently going off. Really cheap Bloody Mary. The hash browns taste like something you'd get in the frozen food isle though. read more

Ms. Carolyn's Restaurant - Crab eggs Benedict and home fries/hasbrowns - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Fernandina Beach, Florida

After reading the reviews we thought we would give it a try. Apparently we ate the wrong food. Breakfast seems to be the go to here because my Turkey Sandwich that was recommended by the waitress was terrible. Between adding the cream cheese, melted cheddar cheese and banana peppers it was a hot mess. Took two bites and I was done. My wife got the quiche and it also had the same issue, way too much cheddar cheese. The waitress offered no discount or refund, just come back and try something else. read more

Ms. Carolyn's Restaurant - Turkey Sandwich is Terrible - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Fernandina Beach, Florida

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Always looking to try a new spot and trusting you yelpers we stopped in! Very unassuming place in a strip mall. There was a line which always tells me this should be good. It was a little crowded but the wait was short. Others have noted it was seat yourself. Not today. Maybe because it was the 4th? Oh well the wait was very short anyway. A few things were called out by yelpers as well as on their menu. One of them was the Shrimp n Grits. Great flavors and lots of shrimp! Very tasty and a large portion. Deb had the biscuits with sausage gravy. Thick and full of sausage. All the food here was delicious at a reasonable price with great service. Highly recommend. read more

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This is a mom and pop diner located in a strip mall a few blocks from the beach. Lots of locals on a busy Sunday morning including local cops and families. We ordered the crab omelette, which was loaded with fresh crabmeat, cheese and our choice of four items. We shared an omelette and ordered pancakes too. Everything was tasty. Great little local breakfast spot! read more

Ms. Carolyn's Restaurant - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Fernandina Beach, Florida

This was absolutely an amazing experience! Not only did we get to meet Ms. Carolyn, but we got a photo with her. The food was to die for and Angel was the absolute best server I have had on year an hats off for an amazing experience. We were able to customize our omelette, which was the best I ever had. We did th Western Omlette and added crab and shrimp. Wow!!! It was amazing!!! I will for sure drive from Orlando to Amelia Island just for this place! read more

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It's your typical breakfast food but service is good & quick! Pancakes are huge, literally the size of a plate. Heavenly hash was tasty and worth ordering again. I got the steak and eggs and was surprised to see it come with 3 orders of eggs! The steak was seasoned just right and cooked to a perfect medium. No extra sauce needed! My mini foodie was super excited about the biscuits and gravy but unfortunately, the flavor disappointed her BIG TIME. She said it needed more seasoning. Luckily, something else caught her eye and taste buds: she preferred to eat off daddy's plate of Heavenly Hash. In fact, she enjoyed it SO much that she put in a special request that he recreate it for breakfast the next morning. I've heard of waits up to 2 hours here but we went anyway and hoped for the best. We arrived at 10:30 on Sunday and waited for no more than 5-10 minutes. We saw other parties start to line up but groups were seated in what seemed like very reasonable timeframes. read more

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Food was good. Service was mediocre. I don't think the "please seat yourself" sign is serving them well. Others had their order taken before ours even though we came in before them. Not understanding how nearly everything on menu offers grits but there is no spoon offered in silverware packets!! Also we HAD TO ASK for silverware after our food was brought. I had breakfast bowl with sausage and grits and scrambled eggs. It was good food. My partner had Two Eggs on Sadler, he thought it was just okay. Whatever wheat bread they use for their toast is a tasty quality wheat bread! I'm a visitor to the area. If I return I doubt however I'd return to this business. It wasn't THAT impressive. It was basic. read more

Place for locals to hang out and have breakfast over the course of an entire morning. Waitress was slow, but at least she spent lots of time talking with regulars. Another server asked if she could be of service and our octogenarian server said no. We were there probably 15 minutes before we could place our order. I have no idea if the food is any good because I left after a long wait with no food. read more

Sunday, 9/13 1:00pm - party of 2 Craving some brunch after a long night and this restaurant popped up on Yelp. Ms Carolyn's has been in business for 16 years, the last few years in a little strip mall in the middle of the island. Menu includes lots of classic breakfast items and some unique like shrimp & grits. I chose the crab omelette with grits and a pecan pancake. The eggs were fluffy but the crab just didn't agree with me. Those must have been the largest eggs ever laid because that was a ton of egg in the omelette. My friend wanted eggs Benedict but they were out of Canadian bacon so she opted for the Florentine Benedict with spinach and a plain pancake. The hollandaise sauce was just butter and just weird. We felt the food lacked some seasoning and the pancakes were bland. Good coffee, leaking syrup bottle in serious need of replacement. All that dirt and dust in the ladies room gave me the heebee-geebees. Breakfast for 2 was $44, overpriced for mediocre food. read more

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Came in for breakfast, told to sit anywhere. Sat at a table that wasn't cleaned, tip still sitting there. Asked for coffee & water, never got water. Asked if corn beef hash was homemade, told it was, but it wasn't. No silverware when food was served. Save your money & time. Not good! read more

Ms. Carolyn's Restaurant - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Fernandina Beach, Florida