The restaurant is fantastic for breakfast! The food is great, and the service was awesome!

You know when you see the local dudes at the counter, the mismatched coffee cups and salt & pepper shakers, that your food is going to be great. It definitely was. Our waitress, Violet, was excellent. read more

Coachlight Restaurant - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Marquette, Michigan

Marquette doesn't have many restaurants with a classic breakfast, and this is exactly what I was looking for. They were able to accommodate a large group. This gave classic "dinner/restaurant" vibes. The menu has a good variety of breakfast options. The waitress was very alert and didn't miss anyone's requests. She recommended the Cudighi and the cinnamon bread French toast. The Cudighi had a lot of flavor and was seasoned well. The meat was a little tough but the flavor made up for texture. The hash browns were very crispy but not hard, and the potato was still soft under all the crunch. Best hash browns I've had in a long time. The cinnamon French toast had so much flavor I didn't even need syrup. The blueberry pancakes were very basic with not much flavor. Overall I really enjoyed my breakfast. read more

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This is my husband's favorite breakfast place when we're in town. I wish he'd stop making me come here but I love him so once a year, when we're in MQT, we stop at this small breakfast spot. In nice terms, it's rustic. But it's also passed its time. The chairs are torn up, fixed with tape. The decoration is dated at best. It's a vibe we don't get much in the city so be ready for an experience, my friends. The food is good-No complaints. Except the corn beef hash does seem to be the canned kind that looks like cat food and not the actual meat kind. That may be the staple or way up here, I'm not sure. I was just surprised when I ordered it once. Like I said, the food is good. There is nothing exceptional. You're not missing anything if you skip this breakfast spot on your stay. read more

Coach light is our go to for breakfast! Good food, efficient service and clean. Great price

Just love it here every time we visit. Great food and always fast service. Nothing beats their cozy atmosphere! read more

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Good food, good service, reason for the 2 star? They charged me for an extra plate when we weren't splitting a meal, I wonder what the charge would have been if I had dropped my fork on the ground and requested another. read more

Good food, small portions, moderate prices. Primarily a breakfast place with a few sandwiches. Street parking and you have to wait to be seated, which was irritating seeing all these open tables, but still had to wait 20 min for one of those open tables. read more

Awesome breakfast choices, the location is right across from the Ramada so that's nice. Can't wait to come back!

Great breakfast! You may have to wait a few minutes, but definitely worth the wait! Everything on the menu is absolutely delicious!

Just passing through Marquette and really need a true dinner breakfast, and boy did this not disappoint! Phenomenal food, I got the lumber jack. 10/10 would recommend. Very nice serving staff! A true UP dinner experience, with feel and ambience. Price was really nice too, got two great meals and coffee for under $30 read more

Great biscuits and gravy. Nothing fancy. Wait staff was friendly. Would definitely be back the next time we venture up north. read more

Coachlight Restaurant - Biscuits and Gravy. - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Marquette, Michigan

This place was super hot fire tourists need to stop dogging on this place I got the southern country breakfast and holy was that sausage gravy the s*** service was great to super friendly and left feeling satisfied read more

Got the country breakfast (can't remember the name 2 biscuits with gravy, 2 eggs, sausage patty, hash-browns) generous portions and delicious food. Service was good and the decor was cool. Highly recommend this local spot read more

It's a classic 3 calendar diner. Great character, an efficient wait staff. A must if you visit Marquette.

Years ago, Mqt locals used to call this place "Roachlight" due to the grungy appearance. Around five years ago, they renovated the interior and exterior; made new menus; and added more midwestern hospitality service. This place isn't just another mom and pop restaurant. It's a reoccurring pit stop for all those traveling to and living in Marquette, Mi! There is nothing I didn't like about Coachlight. The service is fast. The place is very clean. The menu has numerous options. Nothing fancy or out of the ordinary. Here, it's all comfort and casual. My go-to order is the Two Plate Lumberjack: Two warm pancakes with butter and syrup, plenty of crispy hashbrowns, two eggs (I get them over medium), choice of toast, and choice of meat (bacon!). All plates here are so incredibly cheap: $6-$10, normally. My husband order the biscuits and gravy with a black tea. Our total was $18. This place isn't fancy. It's not the best brunch place in the world. But, it's cheap, fast, friendly, and hits the spot with good food. read more

Can't complain about the food but our server was the worst. First she never refilled our coffee, in addition to that she completely forgot or ignored us, we almost just walked out. Lucky for them we have a conscience. I'll never go back read more

Ok, This place is great! Staff, food, prices! It can't be beat! Was told by a local, "I think you'll like" it. YA THINK? Blew our socks off, thank you for the recommendation! Left stuffed! Will be back. read more

Great little local restaurant. It took a little to get our order taken, but the food came really fast. The waitstaff was friendly and helpful. Food was delicious! I would absolutely recommend the cinnamon French toast! read more

Coachlight Restaurant - Cinnamon French toast with a side of bacon... ABSOLUTELY Delicious! - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Marquette, Michigan

I wish I had a place like this where I live. This restaurant not only has delicious, classic, authentic diner food with a UP twist, but the nicest, most genuine crew running it it from behind the counter. You'll linger far beyond your meal just for the company. Can't wait to go back! read more

Great breakfast and the staff was hard working and friendly . Very attentive to our party of 6's needs. Eggs Benedict was delish

No reviews yet? Well, it's time to fix that. Coachlight... is quite the experience indeed. I would say that they have great prices and the best hangover breakfast in all of Marquette! They close at 2pm, so they are pretty much only good for breakfast. The decor is pretty vintage (which is fine, since it's a small town). They have the best cinnamon french toast, it's almost a hidden gem on the menu - it's on there, but it's not easy to notice. Downside? If you go when all the other hungover college kids go, you'll wait a while for service - they don't seem to be able to handle large groups well. But if you manage to get there before 10am, you can usually get in and out in a timely fashion. read more

Please save your time and money. No social distancing, employees without masks, terrible customer service, long waits, and when your food comes out cold and unrecognizable, they won't take it off the bill. Will never return. read more

Good menu selection, nice portions, clean and friendly service. Great rustic atmosphere with northern lights photos printed on steel. read more

Coachlight Restaurant - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Marquette, Michigan

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Super cute diner, super good food. Wait staff was lovely. The best place for breakfast after a night out. Little on the pricey side but worth every penny. read more

This place is amazing. Don't believe the bad reviews. We ordered half of eggs benedict, farmer's omelet and a slice of french toast. I regretted ordering half of eggs benedict because the hollandaise sauce was the best I have ever had. Husband devoured the omelet - he knows his omelets and claimed it was the best he has had yet. The french toast slice melted in my mouth. The service was quick (although place was somewhat empty due to Covid). We LOVED the food and will likely come back tomorrow. Wish I took pictures of our food. Go eat here!!! read more

Our server never brought us our coffee but still charged us for it. She never checked back in on us after we were delivered our food. So we had to ask another person for our check. Would be an alright place if they just let her go. Food was good. The egg on the eggs Benedict was over cooked. But other than that everything tasted fine for breakfast. read more

Staying in Marquette for a wedding weekend and stopped by Coachlight for Sunday Brunch. This restaurant is a hidden gem full of small town charm. Service was fast and coffee refills were always coming around. There were a lot of people in the restaurant and it's located across the street from the Ramada. I ordered the Eggs Benny and hash browns and was no disappointed. The portions are great and the prices are reasonable. If you are in town I would recommend you check this place out. read more

Coachlight Restaurant - Eggs Benny - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Marquette, Michigan

Good food-bread and cinnamon roll home made and delicious-coffee fresh-service by Jessica=outstanding! Workers are hustling and bustling.

Best Breakfast in Marquette! I love great breakfasts and today had one of the best I've ever enjoyed. Fresh lake perch, eggs and hash browns. Live in California and get to Michigan's UP often and this outshines any San Francisco breakfast Ive ever had. It has been a couple of years since my last visit and the place looks totally new. Gone is the old wallpapers replaced by wood and the look is great. So happy they kept the vintage pink milkshake machine. I love this place. This is one of Marquette's jewels. read more

I know its not supposed to be a top of the line breakfast joint, but really, how does this place attract new patrons? The entryway was janky first off. I got the initial feeling that this place was definitely a hole in the wall. We were seated promptly; All the staff were friendly, I will say that. A lot of things about the Coachlight seemed cheap. The water cups were seemingly decades old plastic jobs with bite marks from thousands of previous customers, the menus were laminated card stock that needed an update that would improve them to 21st century standards, and the decor, oh the decor. I want to know what someone was thinking when they decorated this building. Not that I am an interior designer, but even I noticed that nothing seems to work together. The bathrooms. This could be a paragraph by itself. They were scary. Someone once told me that you could assess the cleanliness of an establishment by the cleanliness of their bathrooms. Well I hope that certainly isn't the case or I have no idea what they might have used to cook my food. I guess I should talk about my food and actual experience a bit too. I ordered the lumberjack meal for about ten bucks. It was good, everything was exactly what I would have expected. People in my group though seemed to all agree that the biscuits were way too dry. The service, also good. The waitress was pleasant and conversational. To recap, the food and service were pretty decent, but there was just something about the place that I wasn't a fan of. I'd go back with others, but I have many other places I'd suggest going before The Coachlight. read more

Coffee is super watery, food is good, but it seems like every employee here is stressed out or in training. They make you both wait in line and check in, then they call groups out of order anyway. Again, The coffee really bothers me, it's so easy make good coffee. You can literally see through the entire pot. This place only has high volume because there are no other good breakfast places in Marquette. Both times my girlfriend has ordered their "amazing" cinnamon French toast. Both times they waited 25 minutes before telling us they were out of the batter. Extremely irritating. read more

Came here with my cousins during our cross country trip because it was the only restaurant open when we arrived in town. We got here at the an hour or so after it opened in the morning and was surprised at how many people were already there. The interior is cozy and small. Definitely had the diner feel to it and it's probably best not to go with a group larger than 4. We were seated immediately to the last open table which was great for us because we were hungry and not in the mood to wait (even though we wouldn't have had much of a choice since nothing else was opened this early in the morning). Service was very friendly but a little slow. Food was ok at best. I had their specialty breakfast meal and found it to be a little on the salty side. Their corned beef was good though. My cousin ordered that and I tried some. I kind of regret not getting the corned beef since that was definitely better than their specialty sausage breakfast meal. As I stated earlier, service was very friendly. We chatted up with the waitresses there asking about the area (since we were going to cliff dive later that day) and the locals chipped in on the conversation which felt real nice. Parking: Side lot that's shared with the next door bar Price: $7+ per person Wait: Longer than expected read more

Good breakfast. Had the eggs Benedict and it did not disappoint. Prices were good, service was fine, coffee was hot.

They were ok. I wasn't overly or under impressed. Typical breakfast. The service was good though, so if you want to get a fast breakfast they definitely can make that happen. read more

Coachlight Restaurant - Chicken cacciatore - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Marquette, Michigan

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I absolutely love this place. Their breakfast is killer!!! I always get a waffle and sausage This is the best little diner in Marquette. read more

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Good food. 50% capacity had us waiting but it was not long and it was worth it. Everyone was happy with their breakfast and the servers were very nice. I'd go back. read more

Waiting in line for 10 minutes, while multiple waitresses walked past and did not say a word to us. After FINALLY being seated, we waited for an hour for our food and it was cold. Our coffee cups sat empty for probably 20 minutes while multiple waitresses walked past, not filling them. Very very unimpressed. read more

The waitress was extremely rude throughout the entire duration we were at Coachlight, all of the food my friends and I ordered was undercooked and cold after an hour of wait, when it was brought up to the owner, he recognized the truth, took the food away and called the police after we refused to pay for a sad excuse for food. read more

Coachlight has always been my favorite breakfast place in Marquette. Their food is amazing, and their sausage gravy is my favorite of all time. My only complaint is that more often times than not, I have a bad service experience. Servers are sometimes rude, often times forgetful, and unwilling to help you get exactly what you want. That being said, I still come back because their food is that good! read more