Java del Mar

633 E Cabrillo Blvd, Santa Barbara, CA

★★★★★3.0(5 Google reviews)

Crema's Take

“This Santa Barbara spot serves up traditional coffee drinks alongside a full breakfast menu, though the experience here is decidedly mixed. While one visitor praised the clean, updated space and fresh food quality, multiple reviews flag frustratingly slow service where tables go unacknowledged for 20+ minutes—a real pain point if you're grabbing coffee before heading out. If you do get seated and served, the welcoming atmosphere and quality ingredients seem worth the wait, but you might want to call ahead or go during slower hours.”

What to expect

Traditional drinksLight foodFull breakfast

Google Reviews

Peiqi

★★★★★10 months ago

Terrible experience for breakfast. Waited for more than 20mins but nobody shows up to take our order. End up with the buffet option but the food options are limited for the $33/person price..

James

★★★★★4 years ago

Disappointing experience. We waited 25 minutes for the waitress to even show up at our table once. Though she had passed by our table many times, she never had the decency to speak to us once until she had been reminded by a busboy multiple times. This is a restaurant that charges 31 dollars for a basic breakfast buffet. I expect some level of good service for that ridiculous price. On the bright side, the brioche French toast was delicious.

Desiree G.

★★★★★6 years ago

The service here was wonderful. The restaurant is very clean and updated and the food was fresh, hot and tasty.