Tangerine - Longmont

The food and service, kindness of staff was amazing! Mya and Hailey were awesome!! The lattes were PEAK! And the food was bombdiggiitttyyy!!!🩷🩷🩷 we got the amaretto lattes, tiramisu citrus pancakes, and the berry french toast!!! So epicness def recommend 10/10 “it was scrumptious”-grandma 2026 :))) will definitely be back soon!

A spacious, brightly lit restaurant with contemporary decor, unfortunately the taste of the food was a different story. The menu has many unique items and I ordered one of them which was a Caprese omelette. It was an open face omelette with caprese salad put on top. The omelette was warm and the salad was refrigerator temperature which I think ruined the dish. Further more, the omelette was completely bland. There was some kind of brown dressing that came with the dish. I thought it was may be a balsamic reduction but turned out to be some watery syrup. Every component of the dish just did not seem to work with each other.

Love there is a vegan option. The Vegan is colourful, lots of variety. Love mushrooms, crispy potatoes and tempeh and a couple of flavourful sauces. Would have liked a bit less oil in the dish. For me, more oil does not mean more flavor; it means more slime. Was having a LOVELY quiet little lunch for one, in the restaurant which was slowing down to close. 85% of the tables were empty. The host made the choice to sit two people on a “let’s get to know each other” work date, at the table right next to me. PLENTY of empty tables in the joint. One table over would have been amazing. My relaxing lunch was over as I had no interest in being in the middle of their childhood stories. Slow Thursday. . . Not a Saturday or Sunday when all tables are jumping.

The ambience is cute. A lot of breakfast spots have a similar aesthetic these days, but it was still inviting and clean. The food was beautiful. My mom ordered the bacon and avocado Benedict. It looked great and she enjoyed it. I ordered the Tangerine Combo with the pear French toast. It sounded amazing on the menu and was very pretty when it arrived, but unfortunately it wasn’t my favorite. The bacon and home fries were overcooked, and both the home fries and eggs were bland. The French toast itself was okay and served warm-ish, but what really threw it off was the pear sauce. It was cold, very cold. I understand food safety considerations, but the cold sauce brought the entire dish down in temperature. It made the toast cold, and the cinnamon butter on the side couldn’t melt even if I tried to add it. Though I’m not sure how you would add it with the pear sauce covering the toast. I had expected something more like warm, caramelized pears rather than a chilled pear version of apple sauce. To be fair, the menu description wasn’t very detailed, and I didn’t ask clarifying questions. I made an assumption about how it would be served, so I take ownership of that. I ended up just eating it, as I’m not someone who typically sends food back or makes a fuss having worked in the industry myself. The part that really impacted our experience was the service at the end. My mom noticed I wasn’t thrilled with my dish and quietly tried to share feedback with the waitress. We weren’t asking for anything to be comped or replaced. She simply wanted to pass along the feedback. Unfortunately, the waitress repeatedly interrupted her and seemed more focused on fixing a “problem” than listening. My mom couldn’t get more than a few words in at a time. My mom softly asked her to calm down after trying to say what she was trying to say without success and the waitress responded loudly, “Did you just tell me to calm down?” We paid and left shortly after. It was disappointing because the atmosphere was pleasant and my mom enjoyed her meal. I may have been more understanding if the restaurant was busy, but there were fewer than six tables occupied and several servers on the floor preparing for the morning rush. Overall, it wasn’t the best start to our day. We walked out feeling confused and embarrassed and overly unsatisfied with the food or experience.

I had a great time with my family enjoying a healthy, delicious breakfast! The staff were caring and attentive — highly recommend Tangerine for a cozy, family-friendly brunch!