Hard Luck Cafe

830 E Front St #100, Traverse City
(231) 929-3322

Recent Reviews

John M.

Friendly and fairly quick service. Cuban French toast was really not good. Essentially warmed bread with syrup. Bacon was warmed up from prior cooking (microwave?). The Frittatas was over cooked.

Stan B.

Nice place. Busy on the weekend. Wait staff good. Only bad thing was I ordered my bacon and hash browns extra crispy and they came out soft and bad. When someone asked for crispy you need to make sure they are crispy. I don't want to send it back and wait even longer. Get it right the first time. !

Ruth J.

Coffee very good, breakfast so good. Easy great location. Staff amazing. Will eat here again when I'm in town. Found a gem.

Longaster ..

Wonderful place to eat. Quaint, with great views. I had a favorite place across town I would get a burger for lunch. This restaurant has now replaced it. Best burger in town. The best part is I can get breakfast anytime they are open. The staff is always friendly and always right there when needed

Nicole M.

I was so in love with this cafe - my husband & I enjoyed coming here on a rainy, slow morning. Nothing fancy as far as decor goes, but the food was unique, delicious & staff was wonderful. I ordered the Open Sausage Fritata - had never seen such a thing before! Perfect for those who love a savory breakfast. A big shout out & thank you to our server, Sarah, who was outstanding & gave us out-of-towners the best cider brewery recommendation. We had a blast!

Sara D.

Awesome breakfast, great prices. My boys had the pancakes, one plain buttermilk & the other blueberry. They scarfed up every bite, my husband the eggs & bacon, myself the oatmeal. Service was absolutely wonderful... my husband forgot to grab his credit card after paying & she chased us down into the street to return it to us. Five stars!!!!

Talen C.

Staff was very friendly, definitely a smaller place with limited seating. Only waited a few minutes to be seated, we were placed at a small table in the middle of the floor. Service was pretty quick to take our drink and food orders. Took 15 minutes get our food, which is not bad on a busy day. Food was pretty good, I got the corn beef frittata. My girlfriend got the Cuban French toast. We were both pleased. Both orders with coffee came to $25.44, which is a pretty reasonable price if I do say so.

Jessica H.

Home cooked food, the most friendly staff we've met in TC. This is a consistent and yummy place to stop in and get your day started. We tried the corned beef hash, sausage frittata and kids pancake. All were wins with my fam!

Manal N.

Amazing breakfast frittata. I highly recommend you get there early, it gets packed pretty fast. The staff was very friendly and accommodating.

Josh G.

My wife, 6 yr old and I arrived on a red eye and thought the food photos worth a try. Gotta say the Cuban inspired breakfast options were so satisfying. I loved the Rubin Frittata with pile of hash. The Cuban toast was so fresh tasting too. Wife tried the con leche semi-sweet coffee and our daughter had tried taking all her sweet toast. The little did great with her Cuban French Toast (which I got to finish off with delight as well). Thanks to our attentive server Tony for great friendly service. We had to turn away the last couple coffee refill offers...a service skill that seems to have faded with time. The Cuban coffee was excellent! I suggest drinking it black.

Ann P.

How the hell do they get away with the place being so dirty? I had to eat there due to family obligations but I was scared the whole time due to the floors and place so filthy it I am sure if the health department was doing their job would not be open!

Rick F.

Do yourself a favor and frequent this terrific place often. We ate breakfast there both days were were in TC. Everything is made on premises, waitstaff and cook couldn't be nicer, a funky, homey, first rate little restaurant. I'd give them ten stars if I could.

Tina S.

I love this place. I like that it's a little different from a lot of places and that they have some unique things on their menu. The salmon frittata is a favorite and I LOVE their cafe con leche.

Jim G.

Good food. Good price. Not crowded at all. Clean. Nice cafe type setting. Convenient as you come into town.

Amy S.

Food was delicious and service was great! For a loaf of their freshly made bread and it was equally delicious

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