18 Best Cafes in Santa Cruz

“Great tacos and great view🏄‍♀️“

“11th hour coffee is the best in town! Small batch quality direct trade coffee roasted with love. Happy to support a local growing business in the community.“

“Every time we drive over from San Jose we eat there.“

“Had flowers delivered to my mother in law and she was blown away by the arrangement delivered. I'm not local to Santa Cruz so I was really trusting the images on the website when I chose this shop. Her excitement about the arrangement was worth every penny. Thank you Flower Bar for making such a great arrangement and delivering it to my hard working mother in law. She deserves the recognition and I couldn't have done it without Flower Bar! 10/10 would recommend.“

“Great food, atmosphere all the waiters are nice. Great location.“

“Love this place!“

“Great scone mixes - even my BIL now likes scones! Very fast delivery (I live out of state) for mixes. The Lemon Curd is delicious - on top of scones or licked off of a spoon.“

“My Favorite place downtown❣️❣️❣️ Best Scones I’ve ever had!!! Super sweet staff💜 and breakfast sandwiches that keep you coming back every day😁“

“I was in town with my daughter for college visits and came across this restaurant in Santa Cruz via google maps. We went on a Sunday morning and were seated immediately after ordering, and the food arrived very quickly. We ordered vegan versions of a couple of their menu items and they were VERY good. Lots of flavor, not heavy sitting. We liked it so much we went back the following morning for breakfast before we took off to another state for another college visit. There were still more vegan items I would have liked to try on their menu. Definitely recommend this quaint little restaurant. Vegan friendly, but also good choices for omnis too.“

“So yummy, very refreshing also addicting.“

“A great place to eat, shop, and walk around. It’s also home of the Diversity Center, Santa Cruz County’s LGBTQ+ Center.“

“No complaints! Nice and clean, washed and dried a huge load of clothes for less than $10 including detergent in just over an hour. They have a restroom for customers and lots of tables to sit and work or read or whatever. No parking lot, but free street parking is easy enough to find nearby.“

“I enjoyed browsing and hanging out in the shop and the Nashville lions mane sandwich was really good! Would definitely recommend as a cool spot to browse (I got some gifts and learned about mushrooms lol) and eat something super yummy and unique.“

“Stopped here for a cup of coffee. Great folks. Coffee was great. The atmosphere was super nice. They take only cash, which was a huge plus for me. They have an atm if you dont carry cash, but for me, it was refreshing. Staff was super friendly, and I will most definitely be returning.“

“The good, wholesome, god-fearing people of Santa Cruz county have long wished breakfast with solar EV charging. Now they have it!.

For you EV driving electron huggers out there you are in luck: There are a dozen level 3 chargers. Yeah, this place has Tesla superchargers but skip those if youre not in a rush. Instead use the Blink solar powered charging just a few 100 feet from those big red & white tesla vulvas next to Diversity Center

Food: healthy eaters and particularly plant-based consumers such as level-5 vegans and non-commital vegetarians will be accommodated here.

I had a burrito that was stunningly delicious. They put tofu and soyrizzo inside the burrito! This had had the effect of making Damn near the best veggie wrap I have ever had had in this town!!!!!!!!!

in addition, the barista trotted out dog treats for bodhi!. She was so friendly and accommodating

Of course the patio is just wonderful and usually uninhabited. Dog get treats if they get ip on the furniture too!

You has the info. Now git it!!“

“BEST paninis and coffee I've had and in a super foodie!!!! ❤ I would eat all meals here!!!!“

“Free food that is deadvss more tasty and filling than anything else you will find on campus. A lovely variety of dishes that utilise fresh produce from the farm. Whenever I am sad, merely remembering the existence of the CCS makes me feel a lot better. CCS is a reason to smile and dance in the sunshine and be grateful that one is alive.

all the staff are pretty cool too sometimes they remember me

:)“

“Pretty okay. The hot chocolate I got last night was yummy, but bro, what is this whipped cream job though? This is how they gave it to me.

Maybe they were running out and working hard to get out the last poots of whipped cream out of the container. But come on. I laughed for like 5 minutes lol.“