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    Lakeside Cafe

    4.6 (107 reviews)
    Closed 6:30 am - 3:00 pm

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    Dogs allowed
    Good for kids

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    Avocado Healthy Sandwich
    Olga O.

    Food was delicious!!! I had the avocado sandwich and my husband had breakfast burrito. Inside of the cafe is alright, but outside is really beautiful. It is located by a pond. I had a chance to take a photo of my sandwich but not my husband's cause it was eaten before I had a chance to take pictures. If I'm ever near this location I'm definitely coming back! Lady who took care of us was friendly.

    Wtf gave me Chinese chicken salad with only these 3 pieces of mandarin

    First time here spent almost $11 for salad and they only put 3 slices of orange in a large salad...?????

    Egg Avocado bacon jalapeño
    Alfredo A.

    Egg Avocado bacon jalapeño very good ... fast service, friendly an the sandwich was bomb!!

    -Grilled cheese sandwich (sourdough bread with pepper jack cheese) -Hazelnut coffee
    Edward S.

    First time trying this place. It's very convenient for me since it is very close by to my school. Customer service is friendly and communicative. The worker helped me through the process of ordering. The coffee is AMAZING. Personally, I tried the Hazelnut coffee latte since it's a rainy day and it hit the spot. The grilled cheese sandwich is great as well. I'm going to be coming over to this place more often. There's indoor & outdoor seating. There's plenty of parking as well.

    Lakeside sandwich on rye with added avocado - yummy!
    Joanne N.

    I always love the local neighborhood deli. Simple and fresh ingredients, get your sandwich craving satisfied - no pretentious ingredients nor prices! A sandwich down the street goes for $12. The Lakeside sandwich with added avocado was delicious! Looking forward to trying their smoothies and breakfast.

    A very mini breakfast burrito.
    Philip W.

    I'm not sure how this place has 4 1/2 stars, but I am going to give it 2. I was craving a breakfast burrito all morning and found Lakeside Cafe, here in Costa Mesa. They only have one kind of breakfast burrito. I ordered it without the bacon and add avocado and sour cream, all for $7.25. First off, there was no sour cream added. Big downer there since I paid for it. Second, the size of the burrito, well, let's just say, size matters in this case. With a good-sized breakfast burrito you should be able to hold it with both hands. This was about the same size as a Del Taco breakfast burrito, which if you know, they aren't that big, you can hold about five of them in one hand and they cost around $.69-1.00. I paid $7.25. If they didn't fold the tortilla so much they could have added more egg and potato. Sad to say, this wasn't the best. Won't be going back. And definitely don't get this if you are super dooper hungry...you will need about 4 of these....and that would be about 30 buckaroos. (See pic below for the actual size)

    Daily special Chicken Garlic Pesto on Squaw bread (soda not shown)
    Frank O.

    Quick service, attractive cashier, good food, just no bathroom inside. I stopped by on Friday for a quick to-go lunch, and I got their daily special. it was a Chicken Garlic Pesto Panini and drink for ~$8. I had the choice of bread and chose squaw bread. It was described to me as similar to pumpernickel, and I correctly assumed that it would have a more interesting nutrient profile that regular white bread. The sandwich was solid, made with chicken pieces, a pesto sauce and a garlic sauce (or maybe one sauce with both), mozzarella cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, and I had them hold the jalapenos. The sandwich alone was not sufficient for a whole lunch, but they had side options and bag of chips available too. Good for a quick to-go work lunch, would stop by again.

    Open faced bagel
    Daroony N.

    A hidden gem if you work or live anywhere near Harbor and Sunflower Blvd. I recommend the tuna melt and open face bagel which is something I get often. The team is super small so please be patience because the quality of the food definitely speaks for itself. There's indoor and outdoor seating. Also love the little pond outside of the cafe.

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    Brandon T.

    Have you ever had one of those peculiar days where you can't tell if it's bad or good... though everything wrong is happening, you refuse to call it a bad day because your heart and mind doesn't feel necessarily bad. Today was one of those days in the story of my life. Everything seems to not go the way I would write the story of my day; from locked doors, computer dying, white shoes getting dirt on them, to water spilt on the zone that you don't it to spill :) But you see, a slimmer of hope arose for me on this peculiar day. A few days ago I had came across a secluded place little shop called lakeside cafe (this cafe) and was pleased to see that the expansive food options while the cost is more than affordable. The first day I bought a sandwich called lakeside sandwich and it gave life to my cold soul, but was not as dramatic as today. Today I went back here after my long wandering of trying to find a affordable place to eat. I got a chicken healthy sandwich and it objectively tasted ok... but spiritually it revived my hopeless heart after such an odd interaction with life. The hard working ladies there really do make a mean sandwich, I do wish my mom could make a sandwich as mean as them :') so all in all, this place will seriously just fill your heart with a lil sunshine if the clouds of sadness is covering it :')

    The Trilogy on Squaw bread with sprouts and jalapenos

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    Friendly service good value good food. I got the bagel and cheese with salsa, coffee basic satisfying breakfast.

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    Avid sandwich enjoyer here; best sandwiches/deli in all of Southern California. So yum

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    The lakeside sandwich is amazing and their iced coffees are as well. Perfect lunch time spot while on break.

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    The food is amazing and the service is very friendly. I recommend the Natural sandwich or the Chicken Healty.

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