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    Café Eugenia

    4.5 (71 reviews)
    Open 8:00 am - 6:00 pm

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    Outdoor seating

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    Arvid Y.

    ***4.5 Stars*** A great cafe located in Freshfields Village near Kiawah resort. Offers a simple, but good breakfast and also has many takeaway options such as salads, quiches, pasta, pastries and even alcohol (wine, beer). Our group of 4 came for breakfast just before 9 am. I would suggest getting there earlier, as a huge line formed at around 930am on a Saturday. I ordered the smoke salmon toast and my friends ordered the breakfast biscuit sandwiches. Everything was good and my friends even went back for lunch later on. Definitely a good breakfast spot to bookmark if you're staying at Kiawah and want to grab something casual outside the resort.

    Jami W.

    Grabbed coffee while visiting Kiawah and walking around the little shopping area. We both ordered lattes and loved them. The food and grab and go options looked amazing as well - I was sad we had just eaten. The pastry section looked INCREDIBLE. There is ample seating both inside and out. They had a cute wine selection and small boutique items as well. Our coffees came out quickly and staff was very friendly!

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    Juliet H.

    Now THIS is what I call a cafe! The coffee is incredible and the treats are fantastic as well. I wish I hadn't already eaten breakfast as the quiches look amazing. Do yourself a favor and order a sea salt dark chocolate cookie and a brown butter marshmallow bar. BLOODY DELICIOUS-- Cheers!

    Iced raspberry matcha latte
    Rachel N.

    Update: came back after a couple of days. Yeah, it is still good In fact, I was still thinking about this place after coming the first time. We quickly packed and ran out of our place just to get a coffee before heading to the airport. Loved it even more this time !

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    Cari P.

    We ordered a vanilla Iced latte and one of the sandwiches. We got a cold sandwich with ham slapped on it, too much cheese and they forgot the Dijon. Honestly, my first grader could've made a better sandwich. The coffee was fine, not special. We probably won't come back.

    Stephen T.

    I'd have to say that Cafe Eugenia is definitely a place worth stopping, enjoying, and savoring. We went for a late brunch and boy, oh boy, this quaint eatery has some remarkably good food waiting behind the counter for both foodies and tourist alike. Being a local to the area, I really like the outdoor seating with a view of the marsh and Freshfields village. It was a great spot to take our toddler to with plenty of variety to choose from along with lots of house made items. If you are heading to Kiawah or Seabrook, this should be your go-to café for everything from coffee to a well stocked and supplied selection of choice wines from around the world. Make sure to check it out, you'll be glad you did!

    Love this place! One of my fav coffee shops on Kiawah, coffee is good and so is food . Below is the frittata

    Benjamin B.

    Cafe Eugenia.. We love visiting Cafe Eugenia. Very nice people and the food is excellent. Sadly, they were out of crossants so we went for an egg and cheese of focatia and a chocolate cookie. Both were excellent

    Sarah B.

    I had a lovely breakfast outside in the rain (under a protective eave AND a patio umbrella). From my seat I had a peaceful view of the pond across the street. I ordered the avocado toast with pickle vegetables. It hit the spot. Next time I might try the whipped feta toast or go back to the wonderful biscuit and jam. I also picked up a couple of tahini bars to cut up for a dessert tray this evening. They are delicious!

    Chicken salad sandwich- with requested lettuce and tomatoes.
    Rebecca W.

    We really enjoyed this cafe in the Freshfields area of Kiawah Island. Sandwiches are simple (and not inexpensive). But food tastes great and is something slightly different from the norm. All of the staff are friendly and helpful. They have some seating outside and it overlooks the pond area. There is parallel parking out front and a parking lot on the side. They also offer catering!

    Even the bathroom is well appointed!

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    Did they raise their prices or was a single muffin always eight dollars (before tax and tip), because Wowzas!!

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    Great catering super excellent ownership high commitment to quality and value. Highly recommend the salads and trays. Dependably excellent!

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    Need to switch up menu. Rely on your reading what is recipe in the service counter. Questions not welcome or it seems.

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    Everything from the service to the drinks and the food was a 5 star! Definitely recommend!

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    The most amazing catered lunch I have ever had! My beautiful bride catered it at her bridal luncheon! Thank you!

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    Nice breakfast sandwiches and espresso drinks. A little on the pricy side, but not exorbitant, especially for Freshfields.

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    KISS Cafe

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    Back for lunch here at KISS Cafe on Sunday! KISS is always hopping with plenty of patrons and…read moregreat Vibes!! Hostess greeted us immediately and was told there would be a 15-20 minute wait to be seated. I guess we got lucky and our party of 3 were seated in under 10 minutes. We were met by our waitress and she promptly took our drink orders, 1 freshly squeezed OJ and 2 1/2 Sweet and 1/2 Unsweetened Teas, refreshing!! We ordered: fried chicken and waffles, Small Hail Caesar and Hot KISS Sandwich, French KISS and Biscuit and Gravy AKA SOS! Everyone was extremely impressed with their meals. I can honestly say the food here is consistently excellent, thus the crowded restaurant every time we come. Easy 5 Stars !!

    Our breakfast was excellent but the manager on duty was extremely rude when we checked in for our…read moretable holding our well behaved, small dog in my arms. Instead of greeting us, welcoming us and then directing us to the outdoor sitting area for pets, she dismissively greeted us with: "Your dog can't come in here and you need to sit outside." This is a problem because there's no place to check-in at the pet friendly patio, requiring us to check in at their only host stand. It wasn't just the words, but the tone and negative attitude. Instead, she made a negative of Kiss Cafe's open sitting outside for pets. An alternative greeting she may try with customers is the following: "Welcome to Kiss Cafe. We have a special area for your furry pet outside. Please join me as I lead you to sitting area for you and your pet." I was dining at a restaurant in Charleston and mentioned I had a very unpleasant experience twice with my pet at an unnamed restaurant. Without any further prompting, she asked me if it was Kiss Cafe. She said she had worked at Kiss Cafe and the staff is known for having a hostile attitude to pets by its patrons. Kiss Cafe Staff, stop being belligerent and hostile to patrons with pets.

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    Sunny Summers Cafe

    Sunny Summers Cafe

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    This strip mall spot offers some Asian and American style breakfast and lunch items, slanted…read moretowards sweets. I was not entirely sure what a "waffle pop" would turn out to be, but I ended up with two of them in an order, freshly made and topped with one fruit and one sauce of choice. Getting bananas with blueberry sauce was a good choice, one of many I expect. My strawberry matcha with boba was compromised by them running out of strawberry boba, but the regular tapioca balls did just fine soaked in a robustly flavored beverage. Their donut selection was appealing, but I simply did not have room. It would be tough to get out of there without getting a ton of sugar, and this place did not seem to have a ton for the more niche special dietary needs. However, it did have a lot of interesting messaging as a community space, with resources directed towards military families in particular, which moves me to look favorably on the place. And their stuff is delicious.

    My web search for coffee found this place just a couple hundred feet from my hotel, opening in just…read more5 minutes (7:00). So I walked over. It was not at all what I expected in a strip mall near a chain hotel. What a cheerful place, the walls yellow, the windows decorated with big bright suns, the menu boards artfully illustrated, kitchy motivational signs everywhere. I was greeted with a geniality matching the overall vibe by a woman whom it was apparent was the owner. I complimented her on the name "Sunny Summers". She told me it was named after her two daughters. There was a young girl working with her so I asked her if she was Sunny or Summer. She didn't say anything. As it turned out she was neither - just an unrelated employee. I had only come in for a cup of coffee but I saw the donuts and couldn't resist. Many of them were outrageous sugar bombs - and beautiful to look at. But I settled on a more sedate cinnamon-sugar. Glad I did. It was fried to order then dusted with the topping and served not in a bag but in a cute box sized just right for the single. So when I ate it in the car 5 minutes later it was still warm, and fresh as can be. Does she always do this or was it because I arrived just after opening? Unsure, but it was a spectacularly good donut. The coffee, too, was excellent. Strong, no bitterness or sourness, and from a local independent roaster. The other foods mostly fit in the category of sweet indulgences: donuts with crazy toppings, "waffle pops", french toast. A few lunch items like panini. The burger offering was made with pancakes rather than the traditional bun! Now a few words about the proprietor. I was astonished by her outfit that left little to the imagination. At 7 in the morning! It was hard to keep my eyes where they belonged but I managed! (Sorry, I have no photos, for obvious reasons.) I realized later, when I did more research on the place, that this was part of her shtick, playing off her reputation as retired professional wrestler Lacey Evans. Before that she was in the Marine Corps serving in the military police force. An interesting choice of careers for sure. There's a board with prepaid receipts that the less-fortunate can use to get food. That's great. I wish I had known about it when I was there, not later during my research. I would definitely have prepaid a meal. Also, discounts for military and first responders. Not necessarily how I would do things but I know her intentions were good. The world needs more places like this. So a plea to anyone reading this: You may not be able to give up your Dunkin and Starbucks completely, as I have. But just try it for a month, or even a week: next time you need a fix check Google or Yelp for independent coffee shops, try something different, even if you have to go a little out of your way. You may just discover a new favorite hangout.

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