A very memorable breakfast!!!! I had the Bearly Benedict. Sooo delicious. It came with home fries but I wanted to try the fried grit patty. For $2 more it was so worth every delicious bite. Hubs had the Appalachian. He said it was cooked perfectly and he enjoyed it but I think secretly he wished he had ordered the Bearly Benedict. BTW this restaurant is very Covid conscious. All servers wear masks and social distancing and hygiene are very much enforced. read more

Good solid breakfast, kind staff, and quick service. Most of the meals I have had have been tasty and filling.

Best breakfast spot in Clemson area by far. Eggs benedict and pancakes are absolutely amazing and courteous staff!

Best breakfast in the Clemson area, and it isn't close. The Benedict is amazing. Every time I am in town for a game, I make sure to go here Sunday morning, no matter how long the wait it. It's always worth it. read more

Great food super service Fried grits sounds overwhelming but was a fantastic dish that was different than usual breakfast my wife had a pimento cheese dish that was too rich for her taste read more

LOVE sunnyside. A great brunch/lunch place. Menu can be a little limited if you are picky but we never have a hard time finding quite a few things we want to try! Staff is always very nice and helpful. Food is always good and a good value too. Highly recommend! read more

I always found the service and the food fresh and pleasant when this restaurant operates downtown Clemson. But the move to Patrick Square has seen both service and good quality decline to below acceptable levels. I have eaten both breakfast and lunch three times and every time had issues. It's just not that good any more, and I won't be back. read more

I've been here twice now and the food is a much needed addition to Clemsons bland array of restaurants. The food is really good and the menu offers a wide variety of choices ranging from breakfast to lunch. I highly recommend the huevos or the breakfast Cuban. The service could definitely use some refining as the host didn't show up at the stand for a good 5 min after we had arrived to take down our name. There were also clearly tables available when we arrived but for some reason she waited another 5 min to seat us at one. But that's a small criticism and an easy fix. Great restaurant and a top choice in Clemson. read more

Everyone who works here has been so kind. They're helpful with the menu and always have interesting specials to mix it up. There's something for every mood: healthy, hearty, and sugary. I've never gone there and had a bad experience. Sometimes there's a wait, but it's worth it. EAT HERE! read more

The food here is wonderful! There is always a long wait, though, especially on Sunday. But, it's worth the wait. Our waiter, Joshua, knew the menu front to back. Our therapy dog was with us, and there were no issues at all! We had an omelet and bacon, but the star of the meal was the biscuits with jelly. If they ask if you want jelly, GET THE JELLY. read more

Down visiting Clemson decide to go here for breakfast a new place, Expect a waiting line for breakfast . Worth it. Very creative menu ... very Southern. The Miami sub for breakfast was excellent really enjoyed it. read more

My son and I went to this restaurant that was highly recommended by his friends. It was worth the hour wait in the 93 degree weather ! We got there at 930; but the line had already formed as it was move in weekend for Clemson. We are from San Francisco area of California and I must say this place has great food and service. I also was told the owner is there daily and travels the US and brings back ideas and recipes for the restaurant to try. We ordered a traditional breakfast and it was farm to table! Most of their food is locally bought and they support the community. We loved the ice cold fresh squeezed orange juice and the boys loved the waffles/pancakes/bacon/and toast. Nothing is greasy; but rather very healthy and yummy. We can't wait to go here again; but I was told they may be moving to larger location--and I can see why! They might even do a delivery service which would be ideal for the college kids as they can have their breakfast brought to them. I think the owner is on the cutting edge and has some great ideas he is bringing to the community and it has been well received. Cant wait to visit my son and try their new spot in a few months! Best of luck and thanks for a healthy place to eat! Why did you move to another location and close restaurant down when new location not finished? Disappointing for those that wanted to visit Sunnyside and have nice breakfast near Clemson! read more

Good food, very large menu and friendly service. Drawback is that it can be very busy and there can be long wait times to be served.

Eh. Chicken was strange. Had a gelatinous consistency like It had been frozen for way too long and then undercooked. I know this place is a draw but the demand is high and supply super low in clemson. Not sure people have a choice. Skip It and get a Starbucks egg sandwich to go and head to Greenville for a real breakfast/lunch. read more

WOW. This place is so good. We came to visit a friend in Clemson, and he took us here. This is one of my favorite brunch places ever now. I had the barely benedict. They have onion rings on it, which was pretty unexpected, but it tasted amazing. I can't wait to eat here again. Worth the 40 minute trip from Greenville! read more

This was the best breakfast we have ever had!!!!! The eggs were AMAZING, the grits were fabulous, and my kids said the pancakes were outstanding!!! The food came out nice and hot and quick. What made the experience the best was our wonderful server, Kristi!! She was so friendly and couldn't have been nicer!!! Make this a visit for sure!!!! read more

We're not normally from this area so we picked SunnySide Cafe for a late breakfast. Alexis our server was bright and cheery, quick to get us seated, order drinks and get us water also. My wife ordered the Apple butter pecan French toast with cheese grits on the side. I got the SOS with the 2 eggs hard over. Everything was great. I don't think we could have choose a better place. We're not from the south and up to this point any grit I had tried were... well... not good. However these were very good I'm now a fan. One more note on Alexis always working folding napkins ect. However always on the watch if her tables needs something. Thanks read more

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Our visit to the Sunnyside cafe was so outrageously terrible with a manager on duty so incompetent, yet at the same time, so full of himself, that I swear it could have been a SNL skit similar to the soup nazi. We were a party of seven and arrived at 9:15 am to see a half dozen groups standing inside the doorway or sitting outside around metal tables as best they could as cable locks remained laced through the chairs on one side of the patio so folks couldn't fit their legs between the chairs or under the table. It was graduation morning for our daughter. We and many of the other groups were mixes of well dressed friends and family of graduates - happy for the occasion and content to wait and talk with our loved ones. We were told that the expected wait was 45 minutes. Noting that there were several open tables (including a table for 6 in the middle of the room) we asked if we would be seated any sooner if we broke our group up and offered that we would be happy to sit at the outside tables. Clearly annoyed, the hostess responded, no, breaking into smaller groups would not help and the outside section was closed. No problem for us, we had plenty of time and were happy to order some warm coffee drinks and sit outside and catch up. When I tried to order coffees to drink while we waited I was informed by the hostess that the manager would not allow us to buy coffee because they had no paper cups and the manager feared we would steal their standard coffee mugs. Okay, it was a cool morning and we had a 45 minute wait outside so I took coffee orders and ran to the Starbucks a couple hundred yards up the street - random waiting patrons gave me money to bring them back coffees for the wait... So we clustered in happy groups sitting in unlocked chairs sipping on Starbucks coffee waiting our turn and being amused as we watched patrons contort themselves to perch a body part on locked chairs and a succession of arriving patrons making reasonable requests of the staff, hostess would pass the request to bearded manager/waiter who would on each and every occasion decline the request. If a party of five waiting patrons found a open table with four chairs and moved an additional chair so they could wait in comfort, the hostess, who was also waiting tables would walk outside and tell the party that the chair must be returned immediately. When our wait reached 50 minutes and we inquired about the still empty 6 top in the middle of the dining room we were told the space had been reserved for the 10:30am time slot.....they kept the table empty for at least an hour waiting for these guests. Next the waitress came out and informed us and others sitting in the unlocked chairs that we must move out as the manager had decided to opening this area and proceeded to sit a large group of 8 patrons who had arrived well after us at that outside table - maybe they had stopped in earlier to put their name in, I don't know. This group was too large for the 6-top table so they naturally sled the empty two top against the table they were seated at. They hostess/waitress ran out and made them return the two-top. There had been several two-too tables in the cafe since our arrival 69 minutes prior. They were forced to eat their breakfasts with young children sitting on laps to squeeze into that table. Now we were the ones trying to contort onto the cable-locked chairs. Finally, at the one hour fifteen minute mark the hostess informed us that it would be an additional 30 minute wait for a table for the seven but, if we were willing to break into a group of 5 and to we could be seated right away. Fine. read more

Best breakfast in Clemson! The food is fresh and there are lots of vegetarian options, although I'm a sucker for the sausage gravy. The only place I know of that you can eat brunch outside on the weekends. Busy on the weekends but worth the wait. read more

Wow! New location huge and food was fantastic. Unique finds without losing traditional foods. Highly recommend.

Best place to have breakfast!! My family, my boyfriend, & I all love this place! We live 30 minutes away, but it's totally worth the drive. I took my boyfriend to try it for his first time & he's been talking about going back here since then. I always get the Citrus Pancakes. They are amazing! Also, the grits are out of this world!! read more

My absolute favorite breakfast/brunch spot in all of Clemson and possibly the country. The biscuits and veggie gravy are to die for and I'm convinced I could eat them everyday. My heart hurt when they closed to relocate. I take everyone here and no one has had a bad experience yet! read more

Great location for a quick breakfast or lunch. The menu is large, with interesting specials. The chef's salad was large and filled with fresh ingredients. The Philly Steak sandwich was surprisingly light and delicious. Their sides, including Dill Macaroni Salad and Broccoli Salad, are excellent. Well definitely be back for brunch. read more

SunnySide is a comfortable environment with quick service and tasty options! The staff is friendly and accommodating and the food comes out exactly as ordered! The veggie omelette has lots of fresh ingredients, and the home fries are delicious! Love this place and will certainly be back! read more

Good stuff, clean restaurant, fast service. Interesting menu. Recommended and would happily go there again when I'm In Clemson.

Great food and atmosphere. They have a great specials page that changes often. A must stop if you're looking for something outside the chain places. read more

It appears we have found our "go-to" restaurant for our Clemson visits! We both ordered the Bearly Benedict since it sounded so yummy, and we were not disappointed. All that yumminess on one plate for $8, NICE. The server was wonderfully helpful to us first timers. Can't wait to return. read more

Nothing particularly special. Food and see service were good but menu is quite limited.

So annoying about reservations and when you call you can't talk to a human. Didn't get to eat here because of the difficulty of finding a way to eat there read more

This place is great! We drove from FL for baseball tournament and need it to grab something to eat and straight to the game, even-do they were busy, were able to accommodate 6 of us and in and out in 35 minutes, fast but most important great food and even I mentioned we were in a hurry never felt rush it went smooth. We will be back read more

This place would have gotten 5 stars if they could do basic math and put tables together. My family waited an hour and a half because we were a party of 6 however numerous parties of 5 were sat before us. I asked what the hold up was and was told they only have 2 places to put parties of 6 (both of which are outside). After the hour and a half wait in the sun we said no way to sitting outside and were seated at a 4 top... that's right 6 people at a 4 top after an hour and a half wait. Meanwhile there are numerous 4 and 2 top tables inside that can easily be pushed together to accommodate larger parties. The food is delish. The shrimp and grits are amazing and the homemade jams are fabulous. However if you are a party larger than 5 go else where. read more

This is one of my to go-to-for-a-treat restaurants in Asheville. I think I've tried almost everything on the menu and it's all excellent. My favorite is the shrimp and grits and it's consistently creamy, slightly spicy deliciousness with perfectly-cooked shrimp and bacon. It doesn't get any better. The staff is attentive and quick on their feet. The garden is lovely. It can be noisy but that also makes it a great place for families. read more

After visiting Sunnyside Cafe for the second time this past week it has become my favorite breakfast spot in the Clemson area. I ordered the Sunnyside Breakfast and cleaned my plate of eggs, bacon, and home fries. The food and portion sizes have been great both times I have been there and I will most definitely be making my way back there soon. read more

My favorite brunch/lunch spot! From the food to the service to the atmosphere, 5 stars!

Against the advice of my friends, I tried Sunnyside this morning. Big mistake. About 25% of the seats were filled, plenty of room. Still, I waited a couple minutes to be seated, the 4-5 wait staff having a conversation. I sat myself. Waited a few minutes for coffee. A few minutes later, a bearded guy came over and told me he had promised the two-seat table to someone else. I said OK, and walked back to the entrance. Waited. Still 25% capacity. Most of the 4 seat tables were set. I asked to sit at one of those, but the wait staff said they weren't sitting the 4 seat tables yet. 9:30 in the morning. I had to prepare for a class, so I left. Never, never, never again. I went to place up the road that was packed, but I was seated and served almost immediately. And the waitress treated me like a person instead of a revenue stream. read more

This place is fantastic. A variety of food on the menu, all of which is done well. Can get busy on Sunday especially when college is in session. read more

The food was great but the service was terrible. I waited 45 minutes on a chicken salad sandwich. The staff needs to be more attentive.

This would only be the best breakfast in town if there was no school, grocery store, or prison cafeteria available. We only asked for one item that was inedible to be removed from our order, but if there was a manager to be found, I would have requested the entire meal be comped. Unfathomably disappointing. The sausage was a pale grey patty of unknown meat origin. It tasted like how a barn stall smells. The potatoes ("home fries") were a greasy, hard, undercooked, unseasoned mess. A relatively well-cooked, $9 omelet appeared to have 2 tablespoons of filling inside that were both undercooked and underwhelming. If your target demographic is hungover, overprivileged college students spending mommy and daddy's money, maybe I get it, but it's absurd to think that serving food like this at a ridiculous price in any way makes the Sunnyside Cafe a "quality" breakfast spot worth leaving the house for. The owners of this place should be ashamed for ripping regular folks off like this. We got 3 scrambled eggs, a side of bacon, two glasses of water, and an omelet with home fries and a small biscuit for $18 before tip. Wish I could post pictures of what we were served here... read more

Great experience with the short time they have been opened. Got our food quick. Gravy on biscuits was a little cold but over all visit was good. Staff was friendly too. Very nice bathroom I might add. read more

SunnySide Cafe - Biscuits and gravy with scrambled eggs and home fries. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Clemson, South Carolina

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Wow! Camping nearby we stopped in here for breakfast after reading Yelp reviews. This was a breakfast we may never forget. My wife had an omelet with chorizo and peppers in it and I had the Appalachian sampler. Both were indescribably delicious. Our server, Lindsay, was friendly and helpful recommending and describing various dishes. read more