Crema's Take
“River Front Cafe lives or dies by which day you catch it—on a good one, the staff genuinely feels like family and the breakfast is worth a return visit the next morning, but on others, distracted employees and chaotic patio service can derail your experience. The riverfront location and outdoor seating are lovely when the weather cooperates, making it a solid casual spot for laptop work or lingering over pastries, though consistency seems to be their Achilles heel.”
What to expect
Classic coffee drinks done right. A slow-sit, laptop-friendly, outdoor seating spot, good for meetings. Full breakfast, pastries, and light food on the menu. Family friendly. Parking available.
Google Reviews
See all on Google →Pretty good food if you can tolerate an endless stream of bikes racing through the patio and employees that can’t be bothered to put their phones down long enough to get your order right. After ordering my wife didn’t get her food at all. After bringing it up ( after she ate…
River Front Cafe is a casual restaurant. It offers breakfast, sandwiches, and pastries. We had lunch here as it seemed like a popular spot. We came around 1 pm it was a full house. We had the tuna melt sandwich and the Nutella crepe. Both of them were okay but not as great as…
We came in for dinner and loved it so much we came right back the next morning for breakfast. The food was fantastic and the service and staff were somehow even better. It feels like a family in here. Had the chicken kebab plate and Mediterranean salad for dinner. Then a sweet…
We were passing through Petaluma around midday on our recent vacation, so we stopped for lunch at the River Front Cafe. The cafe is downtown on the riverfront. There was free street parking nearby and a nice outdoor terrace with tables overlooking the river. You order at the…
Went here on a nice day to eat outside and enjoy the view. The restaurant wasn’t busy at all. The weather didn’t disappoint, can’t say the same for the service. Ordered two entrées, two coffees and two mimosa’s the food took 20+ mins to arrive, and only after I asked one of the…
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