Little Heart Cafecito

The young man at the cashier today 06/23/2025 at around 4pm has no customer service experience.My partner had to leave due to the man making coffee and not attending the cash register. My partner waited for a couple of minutes and even tried to get his attention to no avail. I don’t know why he is there if he is not helping. Even the other workers saw my partner waiting but didn’t even bother. I feel bad for the owner- his workers don’t give one cent about the business. Lost one customer.

We tried a little bit of everything and we weren't happy with the food. There were additional ingredients in the dishes that weren't listed. The food was too busy and lacked the traditional simple ingredients expected in a Mexican dish. Tacos that were supposed to have refried beans did not seem to have any. We would not eat here again.

Food: 1

I love this place! Out of 4 mornings in santa barbara, I ate here 3 times. Love it! And the staff is so nice!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Perfect spot for a quick bite to get you going in the morning. The breakfast tacos on blue corn tortillas were amazing. We tried the Tejano, Del Chef, and the Ranchero. Each one was layered with flavor making each bite better than the last. We washed it all down with a Cafe de Olla and a Churro Latte. Delicious!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Ranchero Taco

Great breakfast stop! It seems to be owned by the same folks that run Corazon Cocina. They have breakfast tacos and burritos, good pastries and cakes, and lots of coffee options (shout-out to the churro latte!!). We liked everything we got. Service is fast, and place is not too busy

A local gem - They have the best veggie breakfast burritos! fresh, perfectly cooked, and delicious.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Delicious burritos & coffee!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Overpriced and underwhelming breakfast tacos that came out cold topped off by very rude customer service.

The only positive was the coffee, but due to the bad customer service I don’t plan on coming back here ever again.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 1

Nice location but food is mediocre at best and portion/price ratio is very poor. Taco was cold and coffee was bland. Plenty of authentic places to try in the area, skip this one.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 3

Ordered a macha latte with whole milk and without ice and tasted like water

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 2

I’m not typically one to be inclined to write a review, but this experience was so bad, I felt I had to warn others against the horrible service provided here. It really takes effort to make service this bad. We decided to stop by to try out some breakfast burritos today (9/25). We waited patiently in line while the cashier pretended not to see us waiting. Another customer cut in front of us and the cashier girl took his order, ignoring my comment to both of them that we were in line. When it was our turn, I politely let her know we had been waiting, hoping she could rectify the issue, to which she responded in an irritated tone “yeah, I wasn’t paying attention to who was in line.” We left it alone and completed our order, annoyed but still trying to enjoy what was supposed to be a pleasant morning.

We saw a large crowd of customers come after our order was taken and listened for our names to be called. People that ordered before us, including the man who cut the line, got their orders, and so did *every* *single* *person* that ordered after us. Once the crowd was completely gone, we went to the cashier to ask about our order. Again, she rudely responded, “there are other people whose burritos we have to make too.” We looked around to an empty waiting area… we were LITERALLY the only people waiting. Mind you, we saw the people that came in line after us, and all of them had already left with their orders. Not once did she own up to the mistake or apologize for the service but instead was defensive each time, even though she was obviously not being honest. It honestly got to the point where it felt personal, and I wondered if she would dare spitting in our food. We ended up getting our order, and I’m not sure if it was on purpose or by mistake, they gave us an extra burrito. By then, we had already wasted 30 minutes and had our moods completely ruined from the cashier’s attitude. We’ve been here a few times before and even brought visitors from out of town here for a coffee, but let me tell you - we will never, ever come here again.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

Best coffee in the area

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Excellent breakfast burritos. I appreciated that they really loaded it up with the chorizo. Good amount of seating inside, plus some outside tables as well.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The late afternoon called for an iced latte, I found this Cafe on a random search. Pleasantly surprised, I found an entire food court encompassed as part of the space shared by this Cafe. So if not planning to get coffee, their are a number of options of food choices for a guest. I went to the Cafe and saw delicious deserts, but just ordered the iced latte with almond mylk. The drink, within minutes ready, I added a raw sugar packet, which actually seemed unnecessary afterwards. The almond mylk and the naturalness of the espresso on ice had a sweet flavor about it already. I was very happy with my drink for dessert and went about my way, next time planning to try one of the food places in the same building, what a genius concept!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Overall kind of hit or miss. Chorizo burrito is always excellent, one of the best I've had anywhere but the Los Alamos burrito was 50% tortilla with little of each ingredient. Birria breakfast taco was incredible but the bacon taco was plain and lacking. Great salsas and all the coffees I've tried are really good, just wish things were more consistent.