Golden Hill Cafe is a nice, small diner. Seating is limited and the space is quite small. It is very much home style from the size, decor, and even staffing. The food is good and the prices are okay. The food is inline with current prices. $4.50 for drip coffee for perspective. You are getting enough food to get yourself to full without having to worry about overindulging.
Overall I liked Golden Hill Cafe but didn't think it was anything amazing. I would probably come again but that's because it is within such close proximity to me.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 3
Jose Piña
Delicious yumi yumi chilaquiles
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Oscar Medina
Service was great food was hot and delicious. Nice little intimate dinner
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: French Toast Combo
Chen Dow
A small cafe serving delicious American and Mexican breakfast at very reasonable prices. The place has been around for years, but is kept up well. You can tell from the clean and free-flowing salt and pepper shakers and the sugar dispensers.
The pancakes and French toast portions are generous. They are very good, fluffy and with lots of egg batter. The hash browns look the same as those from anywhere else, but the brown portions are very, very crispy while the white parts are fresh. They are the best I’ve tasted for a long time. Yum!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: French Toast Combo, French Toast, Hash Browns
Rose
Golden Hill Cafe had 4.4 stars on Google so I had some higher expectations before dining here for brunch on a Sunday. There was a typical Sunday brunch crowd, but they were able to seat my group of 6 quickly.
They have the great option of outdoor seating, but one potential downside is you’ll be seated at plastic foldable tables. I felt like they could use some nice plastic table cloths for a better/neater/cleaner dining experience.
After being seated, we had to grab menus ourselves after waiting awhile as our server had forgotten. After getting our waters, I noticed their cups looked incredibly old and foggy. I wasn’t 100% certain they were clean.
I got a Farmers Mix (mixed veggy omelette + biscuits & gravy) for $17. While the dish itself was good, I was expecting a much larger serving size for the price. Presentation of the food could definitely be improved. Someone at my table ordered a California Melt and it came with a side of “veggies” which was one (1) small leaf of lettuce with 5 julienned carrot slices. It just looked… sad and measly :(
All in all, maybe I’d come back when they aren’t very busy but it would take some real convincing, especially with other good breakfast options in the area.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 2
Wayne
I had the privilege of "eating" the Mexican omelette and the French toast as a little side dish. The omelette came out to be just scrambled eggs and the most redeeming quality would probably be the beans and the flour tortillas. The French toast made up for the scrambled eggs though. Butter and syrup made up for the French toast was quite scrumptious.
Service was okay. We sat outside so no complaints and the wait was only about 10 minutes on a 11am Sunday. Unfortunately, after our table was set up and we sat down, we had to get our own menus to start our order. We had a large group (6), but the food took about 30 minutes to come out.
Atmosphere was nice though. Personally I'd rename it from Golden Hill to Silver Hill because Big Kitchen will still be number 1 for a better breakfast.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: French Toast
Allison Robinson
The food was good, but the place was not clean. We had bugs in our drinks, the booth was dirty, had to use the napkins to clean our table.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Pancake
Rob
What you would expect from a cheap diner, except it's not cheap
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Ethan Claridge
Lovely little place, very attentive service and great food!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pancake
Joseph Barrett
Nestled in old Golden Hill, this little gem is more of a locals breakfast spot. Sundays are very busy and you can expect a wait of about 10 or so minutes.Prices are good. Food quality is good (I’ve seen them bringing in fresh food daily) and the views from the tall glass windows is excellent.The Chilaquiles are what most people come for here, I highly recommend it.Fun fact: this diner was also in a movie called K9. Over all a great place to bring a family after church or an outing.Pictured here is what I ordered and I typically take half home - a bacon omelette, hash browns and toast, ordered with a bottomless coffee - 20.36. A very good deal in San Diego.
Kid-friendliness: This is a family restaurant with very patience staff, many family people themselves. Very wholesome environment for all.
The service was really good and quick but the food was not the best. The chilaquiles salsa was that tomato pre-made salsa and not authentic. The french toast was too eggy.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
martina gressani
Amazing breakfast place, the ambient is very authentic and genuine, the staff frendly and best food ever ? we got hashbrowns and pancakes (recommended)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Guillermo Robertson
One of the best chilaquiles in San Diego!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Peter Woog
Great breakfast spot.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Luis Matus
Good, quick and excelent service.Be aware if you get at 1:30 they'll tell that is close. So they should put on their schedule 1:30 not 2. Coming from to far is disappointing I only need 15 minutes to eat my food. So 1 star down.
Golden Hill Cafe is a nice, small diner. Seating is limited and the space is quite small. It is very much home style from the size, decor, and even staffing. The food is good and the prices are okay. The food is inline with current prices. $4.50 for drip coffee for perspective. You are getting enough food to get yourself to full without having to worry about overindulging.
Overall I liked Golden Hill Cafe but didn't think it was anything amazing. I would probably come again but that's because it is within such close proximity to me.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 3
Delicious yumi yumi chilaquiles
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Service was great food was hot and delicious. Nice little intimate dinner
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: French Toast Combo
A small cafe serving delicious American and Mexican breakfast at very reasonable prices. The place has been around for years, but is kept up well. You can tell from the clean and free-flowing salt and pepper shakers and the sugar dispensers.
The pancakes and French toast portions are generous. They are very good, fluffy and with lots of egg batter. The hash browns look the same as those from anywhere else, but the brown portions are very, very crispy while the white parts are fresh. They are the best I’ve tasted for a long time. Yum!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: French Toast Combo, French Toast, Hash Browns
Golden Hill Cafe had 4.4 stars on Google so I had some higher expectations before dining here for brunch on a Sunday. There was a typical Sunday brunch crowd, but they were able to seat my group of 6 quickly.
They have the great option of outdoor seating, but one potential downside is you’ll be seated at plastic foldable tables. I felt like they could use some nice plastic table cloths for a better/neater/cleaner dining experience.
After being seated, we had to grab menus ourselves after waiting awhile as our server had forgotten. After getting our waters, I noticed their cups looked incredibly old and foggy. I wasn’t 100% certain they were clean.
I got a Farmers Mix (mixed veggy omelette + biscuits & gravy) for $17. While the dish itself was good, I was expecting a much larger serving size for the price. Presentation of the food could definitely be improved. Someone at my table ordered a California Melt and it came with a side of “veggies” which was one (1) small leaf of lettuce with 5 julienned carrot slices. It just looked… sad and measly :(
All in all, maybe I’d come back when they aren’t very busy but it would take some real convincing, especially with other good breakfast options in the area.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 2
I had the privilege of "eating" the Mexican omelette and the French toast as a little side dish. The omelette came out to be just scrambled eggs and the most redeeming quality would probably be the beans and the flour tortillas. The French toast made up for the scrambled eggs though. Butter and syrup made up for the French toast was quite scrumptious.
Service was okay. We sat outside so no complaints and the wait was only about 10 minutes on a 11am Sunday. Unfortunately, after our table was set up and we sat down, we had to get our own menus to start our order. We had a large group (6), but the food took about 30 minutes to come out.
Atmosphere was nice though. Personally I'd rename it from Golden Hill to Silver Hill because Big Kitchen will still be number 1 for a better breakfast.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: French Toast
The food was good, but the place was not clean. We had bugs in our drinks, the booth was dirty, had to use the napkins to clean our table.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Pancake
What you would expect from a cheap diner, except it's not cheap
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Lovely little place, very attentive service and great food!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pancake
Nestled in old Golden Hill, this little gem is more of a locals breakfast spot. Sundays are very busy and you can expect a wait of about 10 or so minutes.Prices are good. Food quality is good (I’ve seen them bringing in fresh food daily) and the views from the tall glass windows is excellent.The Chilaquiles are what most people come for here, I highly recommend it.Fun fact: this diner was also in a movie called K9. Over all a great place to bring a family after church or an outing.Pictured here is what I ordered and I typically take half home - a bacon omelette, hash browns and toast, ordered with a bottomless coffee - 20.36. A very good deal in San Diego.
Kid-friendliness: This is a family restaurant with very patience staff, many family people themselves. Very wholesome environment for all.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Mexican
Restaurantji Recommends
The service was really good and quick but the food was not the best. The chilaquiles salsa was that tomato pre-made salsa and not authentic. The french toast was too eggy.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Amazing breakfast place, the ambient is very authentic and genuine, the staff frendly and best food ever ? we got hashbrowns and pancakes (recommended)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
One of the best chilaquiles in San Diego!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great breakfast spot.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Good, quick and excelent service.Be aware if you get at 1:30 they'll tell that is close. So they should put on their schedule 1:30 not 2. Coming from to far is disappointing I only need 15 minutes to eat my food. So 1 star down.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
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