Wonderful staff, cute space, great food, right by the ocean 🤗🌻🌊
Yvonne Van Gelderen
Great little spot for lunch.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
ABO JEAN M
Very delicious food and friendly people, highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Curtis Fortin
Edit: Finally made it back to Vancouver. Went for a nice walk on cresent beach on a cold and rainy day. Walked up to the cafe at 2:02pm. My fault for not checking the hours. I could not believe they close at 2. They would not serve us. Not their fault but I would definitely expect a place like this to be open a little later than 2. Also, how could you not just serve one last group at 2:02? I guess I will have to miss this place a little longer, end of new edit. how I miss this place, we don't go to Vancouver as often as we used to, next time we are there I am going out of my way to grab a panini! Still my favourite coffee shop ever. It is a must visit place for me whenever I'm in town. The staff is super friendly, love the vibe of this cozy little shop. I get the Chicken Panini, amazing. The bread is perfectly crispy on the outside but pillowy soft as you bite, the perfect blend of textures. It's packed with cheese, pesto and sun dried tomatoes, it is served with a dipping sauce that finishes the sandwich off perfectly. I've literally never had a better Panini in my life. Their freshly baked bran muffins fly off their shelf too, and for good reason, packed full of nutrients and fresh fruit, they are great alone or with a small dollop of butter. They serve Salt Spring Coffee, not my favourite coffee but still one of the best in BC. I hope to own a coffee shop like the Sunflower some day.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
pawandeep kaur
I love the place so much, often visit with my fiancè. Would recommend to all.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Huevos Rancheros
Poppi Boppi
The best breakfast/lunch spot down by the beach!
Whenever me and my family go to crescent we make this a stop!
I always recommend their pesto chicken panini. :)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
T a n j a
4/5
Stumbled across this cute, artsy little café while wandering around Crescent Beach 🌻 Steps away from the water, Sunflower Café has a relaxed hippie vibe with colorful decor and a cozy atmosphere that makes it a great stop for coffee or a bite.
✨ What we ordered: • Cappuccino ☕️ • Croissant breakfast sandwich 🥐 • Blueberry muffin 🫐
Coffee was smooth and well-balanced, food was fresh, and prices were totally reasonable (especially for how close it is to the beach). Service was super friendly and quick, which I really appreciated since the café was fairly busy.
The vibe is definitely the standout here — feels like a community spot where you can grab a bite, hang out, or head straight to the beach after. Food and drinks were solid, nothing mind-blowing but definitely tasty.
Would I come back? For sure 👌🏽 A nice little hidden gem by Crescent Beach, worth a visit if you’re in the area.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Breanna Halliday
I really hate to leave a review like this, but my experience at the Sun Flower Café left me feeling disappointed and unlikely to return. The café advertises being dog-friendly, which is true, but customers with dogs are required to order through the outside window. That in itself is perfectly reasonable, but the way the window service is managed was very frustrating.
I went with a friend, she ordered inside and was served right away, while I waited at the outside window. Logically, I should have been next, but instead the café continued to serve every inside customer first. After waiting more than 20 minutes with no acknowledgment (even after politely calling out to staff), I eventually gave up and left. To make things worse, people who had lined up behind me ended up going inside and were served before me.
If the café is going to encourage customers to use the outside window, I think it would make sense to have two tills or staff rotate between inside and outside. At the very least, alternating between inside and window customers would prevent people waiting outside from being ignored.
I hope this feedback is taken as a learning opportunity, because it’s a lovely idea to be dog-friendly, but the execution unfortunately made for a very discouraging experience.
I now see that others have left similar reviews in relation to the frustration I experienced on my visit.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Matthew McLean
A cozy Cafe with a beautiful outdoor seating area. The menu is not overly large but has a good variety to suit different tastes. The staff were friendly and there was a decent amount of seating area indoor and outdoor for the physical size of the establishment. The Huevos Rancheros was excellent and second only to the cozy seating outdoors that food and coffee was enjoyed in.
Have coffee after our one hour hike around Crescent Beach... Yummy Morning Glory muffin and good dark coffee!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Olga Afanasieva
My favorite smoothie and energizer juice! Love Sunflower Cafe 🌻 💛
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Duane Hall
Wonderful food and service! Highly recommended the BLT/soup of the day combo!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nada Hamatto
Cozy loving cute cafe 😍 my go to early morning in the weekends .. yummy well done 👏 great tasty food 😋 ( the raspberries chocolate muffin 😋)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Hillary Burge
Delicious! Super cute beach vibes, dogs are welcome on their back patio. So yummy, every time I go. I love a couple blocks away but treat myself to an afternoon snack with friends here and am never disappointed!
Friendly staff & great food!
Recommended dishes: Chicken Panini
Wonderful staff, cute space, great food, right by the ocean 🤗🌻🌊
Great little spot for lunch.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very delicious food and friendly people, highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Edit: Finally made it back to Vancouver. Went for a nice walk on cresent beach on a cold and rainy day. Walked up to the cafe at 2:02pm. My fault for not checking the hours. I could not believe they close at 2. They would not serve us. Not their fault but I would definitely expect a place like this to be open a little later than 2. Also, how could you not just serve one last group at 2:02? I guess I will have to miss this place a little longer, end of new edit. how I miss this place, we don't go to Vancouver as often as we used to, next time we are there I am going out of my way to grab a panini! Still my favourite coffee shop ever. It is a must visit place for me whenever I'm in town. The staff is super friendly, love the vibe of this cozy little shop. I get the Chicken Panini, amazing. The bread is perfectly crispy on the outside but pillowy soft as you bite, the perfect blend of textures. It's packed with cheese, pesto and sun dried tomatoes, it is served with a dipping sauce that finishes the sandwich off perfectly. I've literally never had a better Panini in my life. Their freshly baked bran muffins fly off their shelf too, and for good reason, packed full of nutrients and fresh fruit, they are great alone or with a small dollop of butter. They serve Salt Spring Coffee, not my favourite coffee but still one of the best in BC. I hope to own a coffee shop like the Sunflower some day.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I love the place so much, often visit with my fiancè. Would recommend to all.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Huevos Rancheros
The best breakfast/lunch spot down by the beach!
Whenever me and my family go to crescent we make this a stop!
I always recommend their pesto chicken panini. :)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
4/5
Stumbled across this cute, artsy little café while wandering around Crescent Beach 🌻 Steps away from the water, Sunflower Café has a relaxed hippie vibe with colorful decor and a cozy atmosphere that makes it a great stop for coffee or a bite.
✨ What we ordered:
• Cappuccino ☕️
• Croissant breakfast sandwich 🥐
• Blueberry muffin 🫐
Coffee was smooth and well-balanced, food was fresh, and prices were totally reasonable (especially for how close it is to the beach). Service was super friendly and quick, which I really appreciated since the café was fairly busy.
The vibe is definitely the standout here — feels like a community spot where you can grab a bite, hang out, or head straight to the beach after. Food and drinks were solid, nothing mind-blowing but definitely tasty.
Would I come back? For sure 👌🏽 A nice little hidden gem by Crescent Beach, worth a visit if you’re in the area.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
I really hate to leave a review like this, but my experience at the Sun Flower Café left me feeling disappointed and unlikely to return. The café advertises being dog-friendly, which is true, but customers with dogs are required to order through the outside window. That in itself is perfectly reasonable, but the way the window service is managed was very frustrating.
I went with a friend, she ordered inside and was served right away, while I waited at the outside window. Logically, I should have been next, but instead the café continued to serve every inside customer first. After waiting more than 20 minutes with no acknowledgment (even after politely calling out to staff), I eventually gave up and left. To make things worse, people who had lined up behind me ended up going inside and were served before me.
If the café is going to encourage customers to use the outside window, I think it would make sense to have two tills or staff rotate between inside and outside. At the very least, alternating between inside and window customers would prevent people waiting outside from being ignored.
I hope this feedback is taken as a learning opportunity, because it’s a lovely idea to be dog-friendly, but the execution unfortunately made for a very discouraging experience.
I now see that others have left similar reviews in relation to the frustration I experienced on my visit.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
A cozy Cafe with a beautiful outdoor seating area. The menu is not overly large but has a good variety to suit different tastes. The staff were friendly and there was a decent amount of seating area indoor and outdoor for the physical size of the establishment. The Huevos Rancheros was excellent and second only to the cozy seating outdoors that food and coffee was enjoyed in.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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Have coffee after our one hour hike around Crescent Beach... Yummy Morning Glory muffin and good dark coffee!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
My favorite smoothie and energizer juice!
Love Sunflower Cafe 🌻 💛
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Wonderful food and service! Highly recommended the BLT/soup of the day combo!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cozy loving cute cafe 😍 my go to early morning in the weekends .. yummy well done 👏 great tasty food 😋 ( the raspberries chocolate muffin 😋)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Delicious! Super cute beach vibes, dogs are welcome on their back patio. So yummy, every time I go. I love a couple blocks away but treat myself to an afternoon snack with friends here and am never disappointed!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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