Paperback Cafe

210 Main St #8, Old Saybrook
(860) 388-9718

Recent Reviews

Rob Dunne

My wife and I had breakfast here one Saturday. We were drawn by the availability of paleo options on the menu. We got the paleo waffles with the Blueberry compote, a chicken sausage, and two eggs. Everything was delicious and the staff was very friendly. My wife also got a vanilla lavender hot chocolate that she really enjoyed. We plan to go back the next time we are in the Old Saybrook area.

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Paleo Waffles

Denise F

Best breakfast in town! The Montenegro scramble, delicious! Every item made to order with what must be the freshest ingredients around! This place is busy for all good reasons, so be prepared to wait during peak serving times, but I promise you it will be worth the wait!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jenni Thomas

Breakfast is good. I've been here three times and each time it takes over 25 minutes to get food. I'm not sure if they are short staffed, but when there's only one other person in the restaurant it's frustrating.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 3

Sarah Whitmore

They make the best paleo pancakes! ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Paleo Pancakes, Paleo Bowl

Bruce Wentworth

The waitstaff are nice, and the coffee OK, but our food was really terrible. My wife ordered a Rubin sandwich, which was meh...ok, but the fries that came with it were horrid - maybe days old? I had a Protein Plate and the hamburger and chicken were both way over cooked and the sausage was...of questionable origin. I hate writing a bad review, but this may be the only way change can happen.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 4

Channan Merrill

Great place on the shoreline, with fun staff & creative food ideas!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Erica Benedick

Cute breakfast spot. I had a bacon, egg, and cheese and it was delicious.Dietary restrictions: They had several gluten free options (not just toast).

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Euan Cameron

Friendly, good range of choices, good foodVegetarian options: Staff were very helpful in agreeing to serve dishes without the meat specified in the menu. And there are wholly vegetarian options.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Salvadorian Scramble, Avocado Toast

Rachel Altamura

Cute place but service was very slow, we waited 20 minutes for service after being sat down. Food was decent, nothing great.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 2

Anne Simpkinson

Great service and food. The menu has great variety for breakfast and lunch.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Big Breakfast

Pedro arroyo martinez

Excellent finding. Typical cafe but with kind of different menu. Good gluten free choice and good coffee, pancakes, etcDietary restrictions: Gluten free pancakes and waffles

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Lori Wadsworth

Cute place staff was nice food was good has breakfast and lunch great menu to choose

Sarah R.

Such a cute and cozy spot in downtown Old Saybrook! When you walk in, there's a whole case of various pastries, and it looks like they have several gluten free options as well! I ordered a pumpkin spice latte that was to die for!! Sort of on the sweeter side of things- but I didn't mind. We ordered a tuna melt that came with a side of carrot sticks, and an avocado BLT special that came with a side of hash browns. Everything came out great! Definitely recommend a stop if you're in the area.

CT FOODIE

What an absolutely delicious breakfast spot! Today was our first time going & we most certainly will be back. Did i mention they had homemade apple cider donuts?!?! It's easy to see why they won awards recently ???

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Paleo Pancakes

Zak Edward

First time we went was a weekday and everything was perfection. Ordered wraps and they were layered and made very nicelyThe last 2 times we went were weekend days. Service was terrible and very rude. The wraps were a complete mess and were barely staying together with all the sauce in one spot.My guess is that weekend staff is no the same as weekday staff and should get re trained or service has declined very fast over the past 2 months.If I can convince my wife we will try weekday lunch again but I’ll have to do some serious convincing since we know we can get a better meal and service for the price.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 1

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