Cali Cafe

3355 Sandrock Rd, San Diego
(858) 598-5906

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Jess Reyes

I paid $11 for a mediocre coffee and a muffin. Wow. Way overpriced. Lots of other cafes in the area that I can get a coffee and more for $6. The server was very sweet, which is why I followed through with the purchase but man, really hurt my wallet for not much. I won't be returning.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 3

Morteza Mohammadi

Maybe cuz it’s hot but 0 customer service skills.

Nanette V

Hours of Operations say they open at 5am. It was a Friday at 5:25am when I stopped by. Flashing "Open" sign was on. I stepped up to the counter. There were two of them behing the counter. One greeted me with a "Good morning," and that was it. I waited a while for someone to take my order- NADA, ZERO, ZILCH. I left since I needed to be at work by 6am. Never going back there again! Note: Beware of their super high prices. You might as well go to Starbucks.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Resin Montague

How the mighty fall. $1.75 for oat milk. I'll miss you guys.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Glory Ambriz

Wish I could give a better rating. On the first visit, I got a butterbeer frappé. It was the best one I have tried so far. Thought i had found my new favorite place. Very good balance of caramel and coffee. Somehow perfectly blended and stayed the perfect frozen consistency until the last sip. It's delicious, but a bit pricy at $10 for a medium. Honestly this one was absolutely worth it for the treat.
However I came back today for the same, and this one was not balanced in flavor to ice and was not well blended so I got large chunks of ice with minimal flavor mostly just weak coffee as well as large chunks of butter. Not like sweet butter, just butter... and a thin drizzle of caramel on top. It was pretty watery and bitter, but the butter chunks were not a pleasant experience .
I don't know if it just wasn't blended enough, or if someone was maybe training or forgot to add something, but I couldn't even drink this. I highly doubt most people would be able to drink butter chunks big enough to clog the straw.
I didn't try it until I had already left and didn't have time to go back, or I would have asked for them to remake it. This was basically paying to throw it away. I really hope this was a one-time thing, but honestly, I don't know if I want to risk it again ?.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

Ren Potts

Such a cute place and the staff we met were just the best ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kirk Trimberger

$6.25 for a TINY ice coffee. Geez. Four slurps and it's gone. The girl making the coffee went outside and pet a customer's dog. Then she went back in and started making coffee without washing her hands. Ick.

Service: 2

Patrik Puska

I purchased a small iced eggnog latte and one piece of pastry. The size of the drink was ridiculously small—much smaller than what you get at Dunkin' or Starbucks. Drink $7, and a price of pastry was $5. With taxes, my total came to $14 for a small coffe and one pastry.
$14 CARL!!!!!

Given that the coffee shop has no seating area and is open-air, this pricing is absurd. Additionally, the coffee didn't taste good either. Ridiculous...

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 3

Abigail Partyka

Was looking for a coffeeshop after some Saturday morning errands. This cute coffee stand is perfect. A wide range of coffee and and smoothie items.
The barista is knowledgeable, friendly and so fast. Coffee and smoothie were yummy. Thanks!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Océ Pimi

Great vibes and good coffee

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

KaDall

I wanted to try it for a long time, so I gave it a shot. The dragon mist smoothie is okay, but it's pricy, and the customer service could be better.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

Christopher Higgins

Big fan of small coffee shops of this type especially after spending about two years up in Seattle. The coffee was good and they have a pretty good menu. Definitely will come back again :)

Parking: Its enough to accommodate the spot itself

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Bob Roberts

The prices- Wow. $7.50 for a medium latte. Then they want a tip?

Krista Vongphith

I wanted to make this my usual coffee spot, but just spent $5.50 on a regular coffee which is a little high in my opinion for a regular hot black coffee. Then, I guess the barista didn’t put my lid on completely and tight, so the lid flew off and coffee spilled everywhere in my car. Not a great experience to deal with first thing in the morning.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 2

Steven Heath

I really really wanted to like the coffee here. Cali Cafe is a small shop with literally one table outside for seating so most people take their food and drinks to go. I ordered the Toffee Nut Latte and it had the oddest taste - nothing like toffee nut I’ve had anywhere else. Additionally there was a burnt sort of taste to the coffee so I’m not sure if the temperature was set correctly for brewing. On the bright side, I would say the employees working were super friendly and kind. Just not sure I would go back based on the coffee.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 5

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