BEST Breakfast in Chico!!! While the food is impressively delicious the real gem here is the staff. Attentive, kind, friendly and some how laid back. This is top down. The space is beautiful. Especially the back patio. Just a few of the items we've fallen in love with... *Honey, lavender latte *Black and black *Brioche French toast *Coda Benedict *Smoked sausage hash Thank you Cafe Coda read more

Cafe Coda was so good that my husband and I visited two days in a row during our stay in Chico! The Blueberry Ricotta French Toast was, without a doubt, the best French toast I have ever had. It was absolutely out of this world--beautifully prepared, perfectly balanced, and incredibly delicious. Everything we ordered was wonderful, but that French toast alone is worth coming back for. The staff was also exceptionally kind, friendly, and welcoming, making each visit feel special. As we prepare to relocate to the area, Cafe Coda has already earned a place on our list of favorite local spots. We can't wait to return. Highly recommended! read more

Really enjoyed our stop at Cafe Coda. We brought our 13 week puppy with us and enjoyed the patio seating. This place has a beautiful back open area where you can chill and relax. The food was great and the drinks were tasty. The service was very friendly and took out specified orders with ease. We waited about 40 minutes for Sunday brunch. It was well worth it and the backyard waiting area made it an easy wait. read more

Great ambiance, clean bathroom, great food, easy parking. Good for groups! For the breakfast specials, you are able to get half sizes for most dishes which are generously portioned. Food did take longer to come out so don't come on a time crunch, food was very fresh and delicious! I love coming to this spot for brunch with friends and highly recommend read more

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A bit overpriced but nice for a Saturday morning brunch! $8 for coffees and $20+ for all the dishes - you won't make it out of there for less than $35 per person which is a bit wild for Chico. I ordered the Train and I'm glad I spiced up the French toast that comes with it - the maple bacon French toast was pretty tasty. I don't know that this will be my go-to brunch spot since the food did not wow me, but I would like to check it out in the evening! read more

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Really wish Café Coda had an online wait system. We ended up waiting about 30 minutes, though their cute outdoor area made the time pass pleasantly enough, even with inclement weather. The lattes are solid: rich, not watered down. My Café Ibarra was decadent but still balanced, not overly sweet or heavy. The pork belly breakfast sandwich was the standout: actual pork belly (not just thick-cut bacon), beautifully seasoned and softer than Billie Eilish's voice. The lemon ricotta on the blueberry French toast could've leaned more lemon-forward for my taste, but as a lemon gremlin (lemlin?) I might be in the minority here. The chilaquiles were another highlight--great corn flavor in the tortillas, punchy seasoning in every bite, and a nice kick from the habanero sauce on the table. Delicious sausage and eggs cooked to spec on the full boat. One black coffee was missed in the initial order but brought out immediately when flagged. read more

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Pros: Super nice staff who are willing to do custom orders such as smaller portions (not listed on the menu). The price for food is good considering the larger portion sizes. The location does a great job of curating a hip vibe/atmosphere. In the front there's a bar with cozy tables. In the back, there's a cantina, portable heaters, and bigger tables making the outdoor dinning experience refreshing. Cons: The flavors of the food are underwhelming. Who is this for? Someone looking for a decent brunch spot with great vibes and good drinks. read more

Now that's what I call breakfast!, volume cafe coda. The service was friendly, helpful , and beyond the norm. beautiful expansion of waiting room in the back , same great food. read more

Cafe Coda - Pork belly Benedict - Music Venues Near Me - Chico, California

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Don't judge a book by its cover and don't judge a cafe from a parking spot! Cafe Coda is such a fun place! Meander through the building with its several cozy sitting and conversation spots which you might need on a cold day, then end up out on the patio which is wonderful! There's a huge outdoor area beyond that for other events and parties as well. The coffee was delicious, food amazing and the service was quick. We also sat at our table for quite some time and enjoyed the beautiful weather, not feeling as though anyone wanted to rush us out. I will definitely come back to this spot on future Chico trips! read more

The place is super nice and the people are very friendly. I went on a Sunday morning right when they opened with some friends. We got the outside seating because it was such a nice day outside. I ordered some french toast with some eggs and just a regular black coffee. My friends got a burrito and eggs benedict. All was very good and tasty. To top it all off, they had a nice little playroom with a pool table and a couple arcade games. This topped off the breakfast and just made the experience so fun. The experience and fun activities make this a great place to go with some friends for a nice breakfast meetup. Will definitely be going again. read more

I came for a casual breakfast. I left in a committed relationship with the Wise Guy, don't tell my therapist. That pork belly? Tender like it listened to Sade all morning. The rice? Fluffier than my emotional support dog. I got a bite of my daughter's boyfriend's Chilaquiles was like a Latin soap opera in my mouth: spicy, dramatic, and oddly healing- he even ate the black beans. The bite of my daughter's chimichurri chicken sandwich whispered sweet herby nothings with every flavor. I considered eloping with it to a quiet cabin in the Redwoods with Cafe Coda, you didn't have to go this hard, but I'm so glad you did. read more

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Realized I haven't reviewed this delish brunch spot, so today fixes that! Coda is a place for tasty food and strong coffee. Love that you can get a French press coffee in its own carafe. Today, I ordered the wise guy. Love the herbs and green onions with the steamed rice. The pork belly was tender with a sweet glaze on it. The soy/spicy peppers were a great addition. Hubs had his favorite lemon poppyseed pancakes. They were very lemony and the berry compote was better than syrup in my opinion! Love that there is inside and outside seating and the beer garden area is a relaxing place to wait. read more

Cafe Coda - Wise guy - rice, herbs, green onions, eggs, pork belly - Music Venues Near Me - Chico, California

Beautiful patio dining for a beautiful fall day! The breakfast burrito with chorizo is delicious. Excellent coffee. Excellent, friendly, professional service. 5 star all the way. read more

Cafe Coda - Breakfast Burrito with Chorizo! YUM! Plus a great cup of coffee - Music Venues Near Me - Chico, California

A true Chico staple and best breakfast in town! Everything is fresh with a small but mighty vegan menu. Drinks are awesome and they have a back bar with lots of seating to enjoying drinks while you wait which makes the wait time feel so much shorter. We are always greeted by Summer's kindness and warm smile and if we are lucky enough we are seater and served by Milo inside or Owen outside; these guys remember my order every time no matter how complicated. My only suggestion is to get an additional espresso machine at the outside bar. They do have coffee but with espresso you could basically have a coffee shop outside for even more revenue. I live in that neighborhood and prefer not to wonder downtown or to Dutch Bros and would literally just come by for the maple latte even if I was not eating there. Just a thought! read more

A Chico classic but the prices have gotten ridiculous. $23 for scrambled eggs and an English muffin? Just not worth it. The place is busy so | guess they're doing something right but for three of us with coffees and a tip almost $100.. I mean the food is not spectacular, nor the portions generous. It's just OK stuff that I could scramble at home. read more

I absolutely love this place. I thought I put a review here for this restaurant but I guess I did not. My apologies. My wife brought me here to celebrate a huge accomplishment in my educational journey. We were happily greeted by wonderful service, a calm but active environment (everyone at different tables engaged in conversation), and the feeling that it was simply a good place to be. The menu was easy to read and anything we had questions on were answered by the person giving service. To this day, Café coda has the best chai latte I've ever had. It was warm, with just the right amount of sweetness and spices. Hands-down the best. The food came out warm and ready to eat. I cannot remember if we left with any leftovers because the food was so good and it was just nice to be able to be away for a little bit to enjoy time with my wife and celebration. Another cool feature that they had was a map in one of their back rooms to show where people were coming from that were visiting the area. Super cool place, great food, amazing service and as the kids say, "a vibe". Be sure to pay attention when you are driving to this restaurant because it can be easy to miss. Parking is available all along the streets but I believe they also have a parking lot which is not too far from their outdoor seating. We found parking just across the street which again was not too far. Definitely enjoy this place and will be visiting again very soon. read more

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In Chico, this is a great place for breakfast, lunch or to just a grab a healthy "shot " or a fantastic espresso coffee! The chicken sandwich with chimichurri was outstanding on the softest focaccia bread I've tasted in a long time! The fat boy breakfast makes you feel like you might be a "fat boy" in the serving size but you keep wanting to eat it all the way to the end. Great service by Owen and a wonderful place to start off your day! read more

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I come here all the time and the service and food is usually amazing but today, the day I decided to bring my mom we were told it would be a 25 minute wait, we got here before 3 other different parties (of also two people) we were never sat even after 40 minutes and the other three parties were sat before us and served. I would not like to believe that this is a race thing but it sure did feel like it. Shoutout to the host for just ruining the overall experience. read more

I received several local recommendations for this place and decided to give it a try. Finding street parking was easy. We visited on an early Saturday afternoon, and while the place was bustling, the wait was surprisingly short. They took our name and gave us a buzzer to alert us when our table was ready. The restaurant offers both indoor and outdoor seating. We started with two drinks: the Space Oddity and the Aloha from Hawaii. Both were delicious! For our meal, we chose the Coda Benedict and the Chimichurri Chicken Sandwich. The Coda Benedict was particularly delightful, featuring parmesan focaccia bread instead of English muffins, which added a unique twist. The Chimichurri Chicken Sandwich served with a side of tomato soup, was also very tasty. Portions were large and in charge! The service was top-notch, with everyone being exceptionally kind. Highly recommend this place! read more

Cafe Coda - Aloha from Hawaii and Space Oddity - Music Venues Near Me - Chico, California

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Pros: Service was really good, waiter was witty, talking French; The arcade area was cool. Cons:The wait was over an hour; The bacon was McDonalds quality. They really should get a new bacon distributor; a bit pricey for brunch. read more

The restaurant is beautiful and the staff was wonderful, so I really wanted to love everything. Unfortunately, the chilaquiles were pretty bland and needed more seasoning and flavor. read more

New to us, and we will definitely be back! Good food, nice quiet atmosphere, great service!

Have been 3 more times since my first time and still highly recommend. Adorable ambiance, good service (though waits for seating can get long), and still loving every menu item i try. Recently got the chilaquiles, the blueberry french toast, the simpleton, and the lemon raspberry pancakes. All were amazing. read more

Food and ambiance were great! It seems like this place is always busy but we were able to be seated within 20 minutes for a Sunday brunch, which isn't bad. Loved the lemon pancakes and the tomato soup. The sandwhich was tasty too. You get a lot of food for your money which is nice. Would go again! read more

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I've been wanting to try this place and finally got the opportunity to do so, this place is hopping, even on a random Thursday mid-late morning. They have plenty of seating to wait and can seat you inside or out. The service is excellent, my host was lovely as well as my server, and checked on me frequently (but not too frequent or pushy), and helped me make decisions on their menu, which all sounds amazing. He HIGHLY suggested the shot (turmeric, ginger, citrus, cayenne and I'm missing something) which I had zero interest in, but turned out to really be quite good!!! I also had the honey lavender latte, LOVE. Thank you for someone doing this right in Chico! I just had to try the Coda Benedict with pork belly instead of ham. Other than needing to add a little bit of salt, this was excellent. And I live for potatoes so I was very excited to eat those crispy delicious potatoes. Will definitely be back!! read more

Cafe Coda - Shot of ginger, turmeric, citrus and other ingredients - Music Venues Near Me - Chico, California

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Great ambiance and service. They have their own lot in the back with plenty of parking. They do have long waits to get seated but they have a beer garden in the back where you can order drinks while sitting and waiting. We sat outdoors and they had fans blowing but it was still super hot - if in the heat I'd recommend getting indoor seating! Food portions were huge and hearty, decently priced for the quantity of food you get. read more

Cafe Coda - Sausage hash, Coda Benedict - Music Venues Near Me - Chico, California

This is my "go to" place for breakfast. The food is always excellent and served by friendly and helpful staff. The ambiance is cozy inside with optional outside eating. read more

This cafe is so freaking good!! Especially after a night out, this place will do you wonders. I got the stupendo & holyyyy mollyyy... the SALSA IS AMAZING! If you're craving something sweet, order the maple bacon french toast!! Everything here comes in a large serving so be prepared to eat! My friend ordered a burrito, and that was MASSIVE! *Fast service *Plenty of street parking. read more

Cafe Coda - El Monk Stupendo - Music Venues Near Me - Chico, California

Had an awesome bfast experience up in Chico this past weekend. I received a few recommendations from a local and went with this one. This place definitely exceeded all my expectations. We had a party of 5 and were seated in about ten minutes on a Saturday morning which didn't seem too bad. We were brought to a table outside which had some heaters available thankfully. The waiter was incredible helpful and provided some recommendations. Some of the selections our group went with were the full boat (small pancakes were anything but that and very tasty), breakfast sandwich with pork belly (definitely the protein of choice) and the chilaquiles (the highlight of the table). I don't think you can really go wrong with anything on their menu. I'll be back in a couple weeks to try some more of their options! read more

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Best breakfast option in Chico ca. simple but high quality ingredient breakfasts with good cafe drinks. I get straight coffee but daughter and wife started coming for their fancier coffees. Breakfast is go to when visiting daughter. Have had a few savory and sweet dishes, both hit the mark. Strong recommendation. Sat outside in patio in back, bit hesitant but space heaters made that a solid second choice of wait is too long on cold days. Nice days I would prefer. read more

Stopped in for a weekday brunch. Plenty of seating and the area was clean and spacious. Great, quick service from all of the staff. The food and drinks were great. Ordered the biscuits and gravy and French toast. Large portions and everything came out quick and tasted great. Would definitely return to try other items on the menu because it was hard to choose as everything looked good! read more

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Be prepared to drop some MONEY! The experience was okay. Nothing special. The service was fair, at best. The menu is small, and then there are 2 or 3 other little menus with different items. It was all a bit confusing. One restaurant, one menu. Perhaps a second one with specials. But not a third one for drinks and a fourth for desserts, and then one for shakes??? There are limited options so we made our choices rather easily. My bestie asked for a side of ham and that was extra. Okay, that makes sense. When our food arrived my bestie's dish had way more hollandaise than did mine. Getting a tiny tiny little cup of extra sauce was again a $4 additional fee. I am NOT a cheap person but our bill was close to $60! And we only drank water! At $25-30 per plate this is simply not an experience I wish to repeat. read more

Long wait but reasonable they let you wait outside in the back and get drinks. They have a big lounge area, super cute! Green Goddess BLTA was toooo good and that tomato soup! Whoop! Boyfriend got the Stupendo with Carnitas and Avocado he LOVED it. Was so fulfilling... read more

Cafe Coda - Green Goddess BLTA - Music Venues Near Me - Chico, California

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Some of the best food I've eaten. The onion rings are perfect, not like the ones you get that batter falls off , plus the sauce is divine. My tacos were incredible , best fish tacos.. Not a traditional taco. Pickled onions, battered fish, cilantro and a salsa that was sweet and spicy . Others had chicken Alfredo, three people had this and said it too was wonderful.Grandson had burger and other grandson had a huge Philly steak sandwich, also huge. I highly recommend. read more

It takes about 15 minutes for servers to make their rounds for 5 tables. This establishment is deceptive about their happy hour. You have to order beverages from the conex box out back to get happy hour prices. Thought we'd found a good spot but we were wrong. read more

I normally don't give 5 stars and it's rare i even eat somewhere i like, but they were not playing. The food here was exceptional. I especially liked the Breakfast Potatoes. I got the "boat load" with coffee. Worth every Penny. The person who created this restaurants menu loves people because the choices are great. I wanted all the pancakes at once but I'm happy with my choice. Ive eaten lots of places and its rare i buy an entree and feel like i got my monies worth. Who wants to get a tiny portion for $20 in 2025 when things are expensive enough? The workers were very kind too it made me feel like i was eating at home. This is probably one of the best and most enjoyed breakfasts ive had in the last 10 years read more

First time. Lots of seating. Pleasant staff. Food: lemon poppyseed pancakes. Coda Benedict. Everything tasted amazing. Full belly's! read more

Cafe Coda - Coda Benedict - Music Venues Near Me - Chico, California

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Coda is about as good as it gets. We come here whenever we see my daughter that lives in Chico. It is the A train for me with french toast. It is how all mornings should start. The service is always friendly, and the ambience is relaxed, like a cafe in Europe. Oh and the french press is delicious! I have tried the brown sugar latte and that is very good too. read more

TLDR; amazing Coda Benedict, great service Lavender green tea lemonade: a punch of lavender flavor in the beginning but after first sip I could only taste the lemon. A refreshing drink nonetheless. Coda Benedict: when ordering, you get a choice of ham bacon or avocado, I chose bacon, it has the bacon flavor, it wasnt as soft as I wanted it, but it also wasnt super crunchy. It was a 50/50 of both soft and crunchy. If you like bacon, then get it, they cook it well. Potatos have perfect crunch to it like a lays chip while still having a lot of the potato starch mixing the different textures and flavor. Eggs cooked to perfection, honestly, the eggs look beautiful, the yolk just oozes out, toast is also crisp but gets soggy quickly with the egg. Tomato looks good but I couldnt really taste it or the spinach with that luscious sauce. Blueberry Ricotta French Toast: its 16$ if you order 2 slices. When ordering, the waiter asked if I wanted 1 or 2 slices, he said 1 slice was 8$. I guess it was actually 1$ more than his guess cause mine costed 9$. Honestly if your stomach is as small as mine, 1 should be perfectly fine. I couldnt even finish half of it and I still had potatoes left from my coda benedict. For the actual review, I love the blueberry sauce, it was probably the highlight of the dish cause the ricotta was the most questionable ingredient. Ricotta gave me a gritty and slight sour feel for every bite. The toast was fluffy. Im a chewy guy, I wish there was more chew. It felt like a cake at times. The sides of the toast was a little tougher when it comes to cutting it tho so watch out. Also, they gave me warm syrup! I think its for the french toast. Cool bottle shape and the syrup was actually warm to the touch so thats cool. Extra: I went in the morning, still busy, waiting time around 15 min To get a seat, you just walk up to the register and the lady will ask a few questions and hand you those beeping doo hickys and you just wait outside or the waiting room until it beeps, you go back to them and they'll escort you the designated table. What I like about the beginning is, usually right after being seated they'll immediately ask you if you need anything, but here, you basically get everything you need instantly and they go off without any questions. I like this cause in the beginning there isnt much you need besides water, menu, napkins and utensils. Which should all be default anyways. Good service, everyone was busy but were all very helpful. Theres always someone whos on the watch at the front desk, if you just go over there for a question, you wont need to wait long for someone to respond I love the waiter, I had the outside table so idk if he's there for the other tables but the guy was super nice and has lots of personality. He's also always around so if you ever need to call him ul, he's there. I really love this place as a first time customer, they cooked that eggs benedict perfectly, like really, most home fries Ive had usually never have this level of crisp to it. And my first time having eggs benedict and im so glad this was my first 5/5 read more

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Joined my friends for lunch today. I had the "wise guy" pork belly over a hot bed of jasmine rice with 2 sunny side eggs on top. The hot pepper condiment was HOT and made my forehead sweat but it was tasty!!! My friend ordered the pastrami and it's loaded with a substantial amount of meat! and my other friend had the French toast which look delicious too! Our server was attentive and had a great sense of humor! This location used to be "Jedadiah's" a while back. It's right next to Lulu's. Plenty of parking in the back. Also they have an outside bar with plenty of seating! I highly recommend this place read more

Cafe Coda - The "wise guy" pork belly on a hot bed of jasmine rice. The hot pepper condiment seals the deal - Music Venues Near Me - Chico, California