IF YOUR A PERSON OF COLOR DON'T GO HERE LOOKING FOR A JOB BECAUSE YOU WON'T GET HIRED. WHEN SOMEONE FROM MANAGEMENT PLACED AN AD ON CRAIGSLIST FOR A DISHWASHER. AND I REPLIED TO THE AD AND I WAS TOLD TO COME IN. ONCE I CAME IN AND I TOLD THIS LADY STANDING AT THE COUNTER THAT I WAS THERE FOR THE DISHWASHER POSITION AND SHE REPLIED ARE YOU NOW AND SHE IMMEDIATELY WALKED AWAY TO THE BACK. AND ANOTHER LADY CAME OUT AND TOLD ME THAT SHE THINK THE POSITION HAS ALREADY BEEN FILLED. SO I LEFT AND A WEEK PASSED BY AND I'M LOOKING ON CRAIGSLIST AGAIN FOR JOB OPENINGS AND I SAW THAT SHELLY'S CAFE HAD PLACED A NEW AD STILL LOOKING FOR A DISHWASHER. EVEN THOUGH I HAVE EXPERIENCE AS A DISHWASHER THAT DIDN'T MATTER TO THE MANAGER AT SHELLY'S CAFE. I WASN'T THE RIGHT RACE!!!SURE THEY WILL LET PEOPLE OF COLOR SPEND THEIR MONEY IN THEIR ESTABLISHMENT BUT THEY WON'T LET YOU WORK IN THEIR ESTABLISHMENT!!!!AND I HAVE READ SOME OF THE OTHER REVIEWS ABOUT SHELLY'S CAFE AND SOME OF THE REVIEWS ARE FROM OTHER PEOPLE OF COLOR THAT WENT TO SHELLY'S CAFE TO HAVE BREAKFAST AND THEY FELT UNCOMFORTABLE THE WHOLE TIME THEY WERE THERE BECAUSE OF HOW THE EMPLOYEES WERE LOOKED AT THEM. AND TOOK A LONG TIME FOR THEM TO GET WAITED EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE THERE BEFORE OTHER CUSTOMERS. IT'S A SHAME THAT SOME PEOPLE STILL CHOOSE TO BE PREJUDICE TOWARDS CERTAIN RACES OF PEOPLE!EVEN THOUGH IF SOMEONE WAS RACIST TOWARDS THEM THEY WOULDN'T LIKE IT!!THE REASON WHY RACISM WON'T END IS BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE WON'T STOP DISCRIMINATING AGAINST OTHER PEOPLE. AND WE ARE ALL GOD'S CHILDREN AND HE LOVES US ALL!!AND GOD IS AGAINST RACISM!!! SO IF YOU CLAIM YOU LOVE GOD AND SERVE HIM BUT HATE CERTAIN RACES OF PEOPLE. THAT MAKES YOU A LIAR!!!IF YOU HAVE ANY HOPE OF MAKING HEAVEN YOUR ETERNAL HOME YOU BETTER LEARN TO LOVE AND TREAT ALL PEOPLE THE SAME!!!!BECAUSE GOD IS ALWAYS WATCHING OUR TREATMENT OF OTHER PEOPLE AND EVERYTHING ELSE WE DO!!! NO I DID NOT GO TO THE WRONG RESTAURANT, I WENT TO SHELLY'S CAFE ON FLORIDA AVENUE!!! I KNOW VERY WELL WHERE I WENT!!! AND YOUR STAFF MAY BE DIVERSE BUT NO AFRICAN AMERICANS WORK THERE AND YOU MIGHT HAVE AFRICAN AMERICAN CUSTOMERS AS WELL AS OTHER RACES OF CUSTOMERS. BUT SEVERAL OTHER REVIEWS FROM AFRICAN AMERICANS SAY THAT THEY WERE BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BY HOW UNFAIRLY THEY WERE TREATED WHILE PATRONIZING YOUR BUSINESS. SO PLEASE DON'T TRY TO FOOL OTHER PEOPLE BY SAYING GOD BLESS YOU TO ME. BECAUSE GOD KNOWS YOUR PREJUDICE AGAINST PEOPLE OF COLOR. AND YOU CANT FOOL GOD!!!!!
Adolfo Zabala
Excellent service and delicious food ??
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Beth Hannan
Excellent breakfast. Visiting from MN.Would love to eat here again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shelly's French Toast Combo
Max Palakkat
Great food and service!!! Amazing place to dine in.... great service. Their pancakes are to die for!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chocolate Chip Pancakes, Banana Nut Pancakes, Cheese Omelet, blt with Home Fries, Sausage, Western Omelet
Scott Anya Merritt
This place is a hidden gem! We always say we need more breakfast places, we actually need more places like Shelly’s cafe! Delicious food and awesome people work there! Highly
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Katherine FARRELL
what a disappointment this place is. came highly recommended! we ordered omelettes, and they were like two pieces of Kleenexes with microscopic ham in one, and the other one was sausage the size of an eraser head! Way overpriced for a $15 omelette! very disappointed! ☹️
Shelly’s is absolutely amazing the minute we walked in for our first time visit, everyone was friendly and attentive. The food is absolutely delicious. I highly recommend the home fries the best I’ve ever tasted in any restaurant in Tampa Bay. This will be our Sunday spot for sure.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Keith Bailey
Finally! Proper French Toast!Shelly’s is a comfortable and friendly breakfast and lunch café. The coffee is nice and strong, and the raisin toast (often hard to find) is good. Shelly’s brags a bit about their pancakes and I’ll try them next time. But for now, I wanted French toast. So often it’s soggy in the middle and here it isn’t. The bacon eggs were good. I thought it was slightly pricey. In any case, I’ll have to return for the pancakes.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shelly's French Toast Combo
Jeff Hampton
Prices just a liiiiiitle steep but every part of experience top notch! My wife had blueberry pancakes that were off the charts and I had a three meet omelette with side of potatoes . Both very good. Typically when I get an omelette out it's a gamble but this was very good! Well done, Shelly's!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Danaysha Green
Food was great and came out fast, atmosphere was nice, friendly staff, and reasonable priced.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shelly's French Toast Combo
Simon Smith
FANTASTIC!That's my overall view at the end of a quickly devoured breakfast. It's a darn shame I don't live closer or this would be my regular breakfast place - and I'm not even a morning person.I started with mildly impressed with the decor and ambiance, certainly clean and well-kept, with my only initial reserve proving to be unfounded; I was expecting bog standard diner coffee but it was strong yet delicious. Our server Kaylee was attentive and thoughtful, full marks on service.I had full stack Shelly's pancakes and the fruit was fresh the cakes fluffy and the whole presentation excellent from plating to the last blueberry.The only critique I could possibly make, and please don't let it detract from you visiting, is the scrambled eggs were not great - I've had fluffier - but do have the home friesHighly recommended.
I love their food, the fat-free presentation.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
IF YOUR A PERSON OF COLOR DON'T GO HERE LOOKING FOR A JOB BECAUSE YOU WON'T GET HIRED. WHEN SOMEONE FROM MANAGEMENT PLACED AN AD ON CRAIGSLIST FOR A DISHWASHER. AND I REPLIED TO THE AD AND I WAS TOLD TO COME IN. ONCE I CAME IN AND I TOLD THIS LADY STANDING AT THE COUNTER THAT I WAS THERE FOR THE DISHWASHER POSITION AND SHE REPLIED ARE YOU NOW AND SHE IMMEDIATELY WALKED AWAY TO THE BACK. AND ANOTHER LADY CAME OUT AND TOLD ME THAT SHE THINK THE POSITION HAS ALREADY BEEN FILLED. SO I LEFT AND A WEEK PASSED BY AND I'M LOOKING ON CRAIGSLIST AGAIN FOR JOB OPENINGS AND I SAW THAT SHELLY'S CAFE HAD PLACED A NEW AD STILL LOOKING FOR A DISHWASHER. EVEN THOUGH I HAVE EXPERIENCE AS A DISHWASHER THAT DIDN'T MATTER TO THE MANAGER AT SHELLY'S CAFE. I WASN'T THE RIGHT RACE!!!SURE THEY WILL LET PEOPLE OF COLOR SPEND THEIR MONEY IN THEIR ESTABLISHMENT BUT THEY WON'T LET YOU WORK IN THEIR ESTABLISHMENT!!!!AND I HAVE READ SOME OF THE OTHER REVIEWS ABOUT SHELLY'S CAFE AND SOME OF THE REVIEWS ARE FROM OTHER PEOPLE OF COLOR THAT WENT TO SHELLY'S CAFE TO HAVE BREAKFAST AND THEY FELT UNCOMFORTABLE THE WHOLE TIME THEY WERE THERE BECAUSE OF HOW THE EMPLOYEES WERE LOOKED AT THEM. AND TOOK A LONG TIME FOR THEM TO GET WAITED EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE THERE BEFORE OTHER CUSTOMERS. IT'S A SHAME THAT SOME PEOPLE STILL CHOOSE TO BE PREJUDICE TOWARDS CERTAIN RACES OF PEOPLE!EVEN THOUGH IF SOMEONE WAS RACIST TOWARDS THEM THEY WOULDN'T LIKE IT!!THE REASON WHY RACISM WON'T END IS BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE WON'T STOP DISCRIMINATING AGAINST OTHER PEOPLE. AND WE ARE ALL GOD'S CHILDREN AND HE LOVES US ALL!!AND GOD IS AGAINST RACISM!!! SO IF YOU CLAIM YOU LOVE GOD AND SERVE HIM BUT HATE CERTAIN RACES OF PEOPLE. THAT MAKES YOU A LIAR!!!IF YOU HAVE ANY HOPE OF MAKING HEAVEN YOUR ETERNAL HOME YOU BETTER LEARN TO LOVE AND TREAT ALL PEOPLE THE SAME!!!!BECAUSE GOD IS ALWAYS WATCHING OUR TREATMENT OF OTHER PEOPLE AND EVERYTHING ELSE WE DO!!! NO I DID NOT GO TO THE WRONG RESTAURANT, I WENT TO SHELLY'S CAFE ON FLORIDA AVENUE!!! I KNOW VERY WELL WHERE I WENT!!! AND YOUR STAFF MAY BE DIVERSE BUT NO AFRICAN AMERICANS WORK THERE AND YOU MIGHT HAVE AFRICAN AMERICAN CUSTOMERS AS WELL AS OTHER RACES OF CUSTOMERS. BUT SEVERAL OTHER REVIEWS FROM AFRICAN AMERICANS SAY THAT THEY WERE BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BY HOW UNFAIRLY THEY WERE TREATED WHILE PATRONIZING YOUR BUSINESS. SO PLEASE DON'T TRY TO FOOL OTHER PEOPLE BY SAYING GOD BLESS YOU TO ME. BECAUSE GOD KNOWS YOUR PREJUDICE AGAINST PEOPLE OF COLOR. AND YOU CANT FOOL GOD!!!!!
Excellent service and delicious food ??
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Excellent breakfast. Visiting from MN.Would love to eat here again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shelly's French Toast Combo
Great food and service!!! Amazing place to dine in.... great service. Their pancakes are to die for!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chocolate Chip Pancakes, Banana Nut Pancakes, Cheese Omelet, blt with Home Fries, Sausage, Western Omelet
This place is a hidden gem! We always say we need more breakfast places, we actually need more places like Shelly’s cafe! Delicious food and awesome people work there! Highly
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
what a disappointment this place is. came highly recommended! we ordered omelettes, and they were like two pieces of Kleenexes with microscopic ham in one, and the other one was sausage the size of an eraser head! Way overpriced for a $15 omelette! very disappointed! ☹️
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Just amazing food. Excellent staff.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shelly's Chicken Tender Sandwich, Fries Dine in: Yes Outdoor seating: Yes Takeout: Yes
Lovely family owned restaurant!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We found this place because we were looking for a place that served beignets. It is a bit hard to find being in a strip mall but it's worth a visit.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beignet Bites
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Shelly’s is absolutely amazing the minute we walked in for our first time visit, everyone was friendly and attentive. The food is absolutely delicious. I highly recommend the home fries the best I’ve ever tasted in any restaurant in Tampa Bay. This will be our Sunday spot for sure.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Finally! Proper French Toast!Shelly’s is a comfortable and friendly breakfast and lunch café. The coffee is nice and strong, and the raisin toast (often hard to find) is good. Shelly’s brags a bit about their pancakes and I’ll try them next time. But for now, I wanted French toast. So often it’s soggy in the middle and here it isn’t. The bacon eggs were good. I thought it was slightly pricey. In any case, I’ll have to return for the pancakes.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shelly's French Toast Combo
Prices just a liiiiiitle steep but every part of experience top notch! My wife had blueberry pancakes that were off the charts and I had a three meet omelette with side of potatoes . Both very good. Typically when I get an omelette out it's a gamble but this was very good! Well done, Shelly's!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food was great and came out fast, atmosphere was nice, friendly staff, and reasonable priced.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shelly's French Toast Combo
FANTASTIC!That's my overall view at the end of a quickly devoured breakfast. It's a darn shame I don't live closer or this would be my regular breakfast place - and I'm not even a morning person.I started with mildly impressed with the decor and ambiance, certainly clean and well-kept, with my only initial reserve proving to be unfounded; I was expecting bog standard diner coffee but it was strong yet delicious. Our server Kaylee was attentive and thoughtful, full marks on service.I had full stack Shelly's pancakes and the fruit was fresh the cakes fluffy and the whole presentation excellent from plating to the last blueberry.The only critique I could possibly make, and please don't let it detract from you visiting, is the scrambled eggs were not great - I've had fluffier - but do have the home friesHighly recommended.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5