Cafe Topes

What a great place for brunch. This is the second time we’ve tried this place and both times we waited for a little bit in a fairly fast moving line to place our order at the counter. Once we placed our order we found an open table. They have a decent amount of both indoor and outdoor seating. It wasn’t long before our food was delivered to our table piping hot. The food is outstanding. The eggs, toast, hash browns and the star on the plate, the country fried steak were all so, so good! We highly recommend this quaint little spot.

After seeing the amazing reviews my fiancé and I went here for breakfast a month or so back. We weren’t super impressed but the food was decent. The main thing was both our meals were a little cold which was weird considering the food came out so quickly. We came back today to try again - when a place has such great reviews you wanna give them another try! This time was just as average but mainly because of the prices. He got a parfait for $9 which came in a tiny water glass. It was almost funny watching him try to eat it. Let alone how funny the price was for such a small portion. In the picture you’ll see the parfait next to the water glass. I was also surprised after ordering a cappuccino at a normal-high price point that it was in a very small cup. All in all the only thing that truly made me write this review is how overpriced I found it for the portion sizes. The food was decent. Sadly we won’t be back but if you don’t mind spending more on a breakfast then I’d recommended at least giving it a try. Side note: cinnamon bun is excellent.

We came here during brunch time. I ordered the grilled chicken sandwich with fries. Unfortunately, the chicken was bland and it did need more salt. The brioche bread got soggy from the coleslaw which also tasted bland. The fries were seasoned well but were burnt. The waitress did bring us a brand new order of fries which tasted good. However their breakfast is good and they have a delicious chocolate chip cookie with macadamia nuts and coconut. I highly recommend.

We were looking up great breakfast places in Carlsbad and this little corner restaurant came up. Topes has a walk up order counter but don’t let that discourage you from trying it! Food is really good and fresh and the coffee drinks are beautiful and tasty. It gets pretty busy on weekends and there is limited indoor seating as well as outdoor. They do being the food to the table and they have beer for those wanting a little cheer with their breakfast!