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    Salmon Bay Café

    3.6 (260 reviews)
    Closed • 7:30 am - 2:00 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Jason L.

    Great spot for brunch! Came here a few times already after work. Great service and food. My go to entree is always the country fried steak. Tasty and fair portion. Enough to fill you up! Will be back!

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    Rudy H.

    Overall good cafe. The friendly service set it apart for me. Lots of smiles and happy dispositions. I had the chili burger with steak fries. The chili was better than average however the beef burger meat quality was lagging a bit. My wife has the omelette. She said it was the best omelette she'd ate quite some time. The 4 egg omelette was cooked just right for her. A friend had the club sandwich. Very generous and tasty turkey. Extra fresh tomato and the bread toasted just enough. It did at times get quite noisy.

    4 Pieces Crispy Bacon
    Jackie B.

    This is such a hard place to review because it had several highlights and several lows..... this is the place for a morning cocktail..... which we didn't get with the kids on a Monday at 930. It had several tables filled and the one waitress was in busy, it took us over 9 min to be sat and she walked pasted us several times with out a "hello" or acknowledgment that we were there. Once we sat down, she was very attentive. Food: our egg dishes were great. My quesadilla was sooooo good and huge pieces of mushrooms. However, we ordered a fruit cup and got the worst dish where the fruit was still in the skin and felt very old..... I would recommend the home fries over the hash browns. And we asked for the bacon to be extra crispy, but it was not and it was oily! the decor has a lovely old time feel throw back. Somewhere this place claims to be waterfront, but you are basically in a marina parking lot.... If you are standing up you can see small parts of water, def not water front. I would def recommend and go back, just not for the fruit!

    Mimosas were a good size, this one's halfway gone
    Amanda A.

    Came for breakfast and based on the menu I look forward to stopping in for lunch. The food was not greasy but has the diner style to it, and they offer hash browns/hash brown patty/country potatoes with much of their breakfast menu. There is also a $12.50 option where you pick three items if you are over 65 which I think is a great option! Everything else on the menu falls in par with Seattle pricing - about $16-19 per meal. The huevos rancheros was really good and portioned perfectly, it also came with a potato option that I wasn't ready to indulge in. The steak was a nice maybe 5-6 oz portion with perfectly cooked eggs, in this case nice and fluffy scrambled, with crispy hash browns and an English muffin that could've used an extra cycle in the toaster. The service was very friendly and on point! The restaurant sits right along a marina but from my seat I didn't get a view but like that the restaurant was clean and decorated nautically without being dusty or grimy. Can't wait to return again and again.

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    gus g.

    Came in on a Saturday morning, not too busy excellent service and tasty bloody marry.

    Estar crab meat and remade poached eggs t replace the overcooked poached
    Moshi M.

    Ambience. B Service. A Food. B- Price. B Today found in Ballard near water. Has private parking lot. A throwback to past. Old pics on wall. Cool banquets. Nice aqua colors. Views of parking and street. Very local clientele. Has a full bar. Server very friendly seating. Good for brunch. Had the crab Benedict. Small tablespoon of fresh crabmeat. Tasty but very sparse. The poached eggs were hard boiled. Asked server to make more poached eggs and she also gave more crab meat. That satisfied to my liking as this dish is $20! Love the grill house red potatoes. They were nice and crispy and fluffy inside - "home fries!" Overall, I wouldn't rush back. It's okay today!

    Eggs bennie and hash brown patties
    Erica P.

    Stumbled across this awesome spot when we were cruising for breakfast on our way out of town. You can miss me with breakfast at a fancy spot; I don't want to put on my Sunday best to eat bacon and eggs. Salmon Bay Cafe has the kind of atmosphere that beckons you to come in in your jeans and kicks and have a stick to your ribs breakfast. Definitely try the eggs Bennie, they were delicious and the hollandaise sauce was excellent!

    Vegetable scramble, home fries and dark rye toast

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    Really tasty diner food. Friendly and prompt service. Terrific original and authentic environment. What's not to like?!

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    3 months ago

    Mediocre food, service, and pricing. If you're in a pinch and absolutely need food in your belly then go for it.

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    I had the Hawaiian Chicken Sandwich and clam chowder, both were good. Service was good too. Just a little ole diner nothing special.

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    Great decaf coffee, service, omelettes, and ambience. Made for a great solo breakfast session. This place never disappoints.

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    2 years ago

    waiter seated me and never returned. sat for 15 minutes without acknowledgement, not even a water. Left hungry.

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