Café Topes

3091 Roosevelt St, Carlsbad - 92008
556 reviews
Coffee & Tea
(760) 434-8673

After seeing the amazing reviews my fiancé and I went here for breakfast a month or so back. We weren’t super impressed but the food was decent. The main thing was both our meals were a little cold which was weird considering the food came out so quickly.We came back today to try again - when a place has such great reviews you wanna give them another try! This time was just as average but mainly because of the prices. He got a parfait for $9 which came in a tiny water glass. It was almost funny watching him try to eat it. Let alone how funny the price was for such a small portion. In the picture you’ll see the parfait next to the water glass.I was also surprised after ordering a cappuccino at a normal-high price point that it was in a very small cup.All in all the only thing that truly made me write this review is how overpriced I found it for the portion sizes. The food was decent. Sadly we won’t be back but if you don’t mind spending more on a breakfast then I’d recommended at least giving it a try.Side note: cinnamon bun is excellent.

We came here during brunch time. I ordered the grilled chicken sandwich with fries. Unfortunately, the chicken was bland and it did need more salt. The brioche bread got soggy from the coleslaw which also tasted bland. The fries were seasoned well but were burnt. The waitress did bring us a brand new order of fries which tasted good.However their breakfast is good and they have a delicious chocolate chip cookie with macadamia nuts and coconut. I highly recommend.

Amazing! The place is beautiful and staff are super friendly and the food is delicious. I love that you get a lot of food as well for the price. It’s definitely not like other expensive restaurants how you only get a small amount of food. Portion sizes are big and they have enough of an extensive menu. I can always count on cafe Topes. They offered good coffee and showed the best attitude to its costumers. Get there early because it gets busy for a reason. Go there and check it out for yourself.

I was a little bit disappointed, I gave this place a try after reading the reviews but I was disappointed for the quality of the food compare to how much they charge for them. The coffee tasted so watered down and the food was so basic tasted like something you can get from IHOP

Food was delicious. The burrata toast had very little burrata on it. But I very much appreciated that the side of fruit we ordered for breakfast was full of berries (blackberries, raspberries, blueberries) and not filler fruit like honeydew.

This place you wait in line and they bring the food to a self selected table. Very busy stood in line for about 25-30 mins. Had the cracked burrito pretty pricey but it was good.

Buttermilk pancakes, crack bene, and horchata lattes

What a great place for brunch. This is the second time we’ve tried this place and both times we waited for a little bit in a fairly fast moving line to place our order at the counter. Once we placed our order we found an open table. They have a decent amount of both indoor and outdoor seating. It wasn’t long before our food was delivered to our table piping hot. The food is outstanding. The eggs, toast, hash browns and the star on the plate, the country fried steak were all so, so good! We highly recommend this quaint little spot.

Good food, but pricey.For the area, it’s probably the norm.I’ll splurge every now and then to try a new place. Delicious decaf latte. I upgraded the pancakes. This meal was $23 plus $5 tip.

I went in a Sunday mid morning, so there was a decent line to order. It did move fairly quick and finding seating wasn't hard. The food was excellent. The cinnamon rolls were excellent. Would definitely return. They do not have their own parking, but parking around isn't too hard to find.