Breakaway Cafe

58 Chapelton Court, Chapel Hill
(984) 234-3010

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Elliott George

The food is very good here and does not take long to get. The coffee is diabolically awful. I’ve never tasted coffee that smells and tastes like berries before, but that’s what this coffee tastes like. It’s very bad and costs 3.00 for a basic cup with no refills. The other difficulty I have here is the atmosphere. It has a concrete floor, exposed ceiling, and everything is made of metal or wood, which makes the room incredibly noisy. The room sounds like a warehouse, making it hard to carry on a conversation. It hurts my ears.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 4

Service: 3

Sambida Pradhan

Really getting brunch here. We love the breakfast burrito and turkey blt. Overall great menu selection.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Burrito, Potatoes, Sandwich

Esther Kim

The coffee was good, but the service was terrible. A staff member missed my order, made me wait 20 minutes for a cup of coffee, and didn’t even say sorry. I was told that they were busy.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 1

S Fisher

Visited this location for lunch, and was less than impressed. Our table had the buttermilk fried chicken sandwich w/fries, cream of potato soup, cascade sald, and lavender latte. The sandwich was okay, but lacked the flavor and moistness southern buttermilk friend chicken. The salad was fine. The cream of potato soup, tasted like cream water, lacking actual potato flavor. Highlight of the dish were the fries, which were fantastic. And the lavendar latte was good as well. Service was good, as well atmosphere, but it was quite chilling in the venue, so dress warm.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

Drew Register

This place is great and glad we have it here in the briar chapel area. Love coming in for a more substantial breakfast.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Lauren Shumpert

Great spot for afternoon coffee and pastries.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Cheryl Lawrence

I love the Breakaway Cafe, for a delicious lunch or just a latte.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Avocado, Sandwich

M. Gatta

We are only giving this 4 stars because of the wait but honestly it was worth the wait! We got there around 9:45 and the line to order moved fairly quickly. Almost all of the inside tables were full but there was some bar seating available and the whole patio was open but it was a little too cool this morning. By the time we left they had posted a sign they were suspending food orders for 30 minutes to catch up and would resume by 11am.

The food made up for it. I’m a stickler for coffee and boy was I more than happy with a plain drip today and I really appreciated that they had simple syrup available at the self service station. My fiance got a mocha that they spared no expense on chocolate! His breakfast burrito looked incredible and he had no complaints and loved the potatoes. I got the Cali Benedict and oh man was it absolutely worth it! Not only did they swap the English muffin for GF toast but it was overflowing with avocado, not stingy at all!

Dietary restrictions: There are gluten free options available but always make sure to ask the servers for your own safety as I am not celiac.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Cali Benedict, Burrito

Diane Haithcock

Amazing breakfast burritos. Delicious coffee. So difficult to find a place that serves both, but this place does! Bonus, friendly staff. I definitely recommend this place. This place is a 1/2 hr drive for us, and totally worth it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Bacon Avocado Breakfast Burrito, Burrito

Joe Doherty

Staff was too preoccupied to notice me standing at the counter. They did not even acknowledge my presence or that of the lady behind me. Not busy at 3:00 pm. I am sure another restaurant will appreciate my patronage. Ciao.

Service: 1

John Lusk

Carolina Cubano and an IPA after church. Good spot!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Rey

Love these guys

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Avocado, Toast, Breakaway Toast

Ed Richbourg

I had the Cali eggs Benedict, and it was wonderful.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cali Benedict, Avocado

Zach Terry

Some of the best dishes we’ve had! Super fresh local ingredients and these folks care deeply about what they do. Worth every dime.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Laurie Rice

Great casual breakfast place with wide healthy menu options: Benedicts, avocado toast, smoothies, breakfast sandwiches. Great gluten free options

Dietary restrictions: Gluten free breakfast sandwich and smoothies

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: GF Toast, Breakfast Sandwich, Avocado

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