Jolanda's Cafe & Catering

23615 El Toro Rd, Lake Forest
(949) 951-8675

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JaneA

Nothing is better than fresh croissant! Great family owned place. Very friendly prices. Signature Butter Croissants baked daily. The taste is balances, very mild sweet as I like, texture is between the super fluffy croissant and the bun, I really liked it. The chocolate croissant was a totally different story, check the picture. The taste was like it was baked sometime this week :) and the texture was like it is a bun with chocolate. So do not expect the same excitement from their chocolate croissant as from their signature plain croissants, which are super awesome and could be used for French toast and sandwiches as well and any filling. Next time I will take fresh plain croissant and fill it with chocolates home :) Next time we will try their breakfast / lunch menu. It looks awesome and the customers I met were happy. Update: amazing place with unique home character, loving breakfast here

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Randall Manaka

Great food at great prices. Huge portions! Highly recommend for breakfast and lunch!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Donna Hanson

It was just ok...Ginornous croissants.Mine was cold inside so I had them heat it up..it's a little place with booths

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 5

Leticia Perez

Love this place. Food is delicious, place is warm and cozy and they have excellent customer service. Thank you!

David Keleman

Food is good. Table service is slow. 4% charge for credit cards is a negative.

Sue Delapena

Cutest little diner with great coffee, food and ambiance. Croissants are homemade and amazing.

Cindy Galeener

Hidden gem! Their food is the best. When you walk in, in the morning, the smell of breakfast potatoes is floating thru. Great friendly service!

Tim Covington

First time at restaurant. Great food, great service, great value. The butter croissant is to die for. Keep doing what you’re doing!

Debbie Mogil

What a nice surprise. This little Cafe is excellent. We would definitely return. The staff was very friendly and service was great. The food was excellent and plentiful.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Croissant

Jodi Cerney

Best croissant French toast ever! Love coming here w friends and fam.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Sue H

Cute little café. EXCELLENT food, and lots of it!! Lots of choices on the menu. Something for everyone! Jolanda's also will deliver food to your home daily!! Great for my 91 yr old mom who still lives on her own to get quality meals!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Tony Johnson

2s for food and service are being generous. Food temp uneven, some reasonably warm, some minimally warm to cold. Scrambled eggs very mediocre. Biscuits terrible, "bready", not flakey or light or golden brown, split and actually grilled on split side, maybe trying to make them marginally warm. Net result tasteless, dry, dense bread. Bad gravy, sausage taste okay but consistency almost watery, not creamy at all, texture quite "flourly". I grew up in the South on biscuits and gravy, this was an insult to biscuits and gravy. The server was sullen. $5 added to a $9 breakfast for gravy to put on a biscuit is not good pricing. I sincerely hope this was just a terrible day and they do much better typically.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 2

Elizabeth Ramella

Very chill and very nice; usually busy, largest tables are 4 per person but you can combine them if needed.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Croissant

Em Skell

Have come here for years, love this place :)

Vegetarian options: Soup, salads, pastries

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Croissant

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