Pictures online looked good so we came and it said to check in for seating. Went inside and was told we'd wait for 15 minutes, cool. I went back outside and a few other groups came by to be seated and they were seated first and then they told us oh, I have tables outside you can sit there. Once seated the waitress brought menus out and asked if we wanted anything to drink and we ordered water. Waited about 15 minutes and the waitress never returned so we got up and just left. If your first few minutes leave a bad impression, it won't get better. read more

I brought my father in law and wife here for breakfast recently, and when the bill came I was flabbergasted. Two pancakes with granola in them, one pancake with strawberries and an omelette plate, one latte and a Diet Coke. With tip, $60.00!! For three pancakes, an omelette and two drinks? Such a bummer. I hadn't been there for a while since having some really bad service last time. Thought I would give it a shot again. Never again. read more

The taste of their food doesn't really make the restaurant in a higher standing than other cafes but what I like in this place is that in their menu you can see more choices that includes fruits which made it healthier and a better option. When it comes to the place itself, it's very simple on the outside but the inside was spanish-style decorated which makes it distinct from other cafes. Cons: better go early morning to find near parking spaces read more

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I love this place always the best quality food the service it's perfect it's one of my favorites place at San Pedro California

Want to like this place more than I did as it's close to our place. Food was tasty but the kitchen and service was a bit scattered. They seem understaffed and there is literally zero condiments or basics on the table so you have to ask for everything. Coffee refills were slow. Hoping they can staff back up so we can try again. read more

Found this spot when I lived in San Pedro love it so much I go back and always get the chilaquiles verdes with fruit. read more

Rex's Cafe - Chilaquiles verdes - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - San Pedro, California

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Great breakfast selection. Efficient staff. Never had to ask for anything. Food comes out fast, hot and delicious. read more

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Really poor service. Actually non existent service. After waiting nearly 20 minutes we left before anyone even bothered to take our order. This was after I went and found a waitress (surprisingly difficult given how small the place is) and told her we were waiting to order. Service was poor the last few times we went there but this was the final straw. Also what used to be somewhat charming 'shabby chic' is now just shabby. Definitely in need of a facelift and of staff that actually give a crap. I get the difficulties caused by the pandemic but there's no excuse for how it's gone down hill. Sad is it used to be our favorite. read more

I'd really wanted to give Rex's Cafe a 5 star rating, but this place lacks a parking lot. Unfortunately, this area of San Pedro has a homeless problem, just like everywhere else. Sadly, they're hanging around the entrance of the restaurant and all over the streets. Just don't leave any valuable visible in your car when you park for obvious reasons. The menu have both breakfast and lunch items to select from, which makes sense since they close at 2PM. Breakfast items are both a variety of Mexican and American items, so there's something to satisfy your taste buds. I just skimmed over the lunch items, as it was about 8AM when we went there. My bacon and cheese omelet was absolutely on point and served with home fries. Home fries was such a generous portion, but I forced myself to finish them. Literally forced myself. Prices are very reasonable and the staff members are really friendly. But like I mentioned earlier, there's no parking lot, just street parking. read more

Good food and good service love the friendly and inviting atmosphere. Maria was very helpful and attentive along with the rest of the employees. Will definitely be back , thanks guys! read more

It's the kind of place you don't wanna tell anyone about so that you get it all to yourself. Just promise to go when I'm not there. I'm happy the owner has let Maria run the show. She's done great, they haven't stopped being busy. Breakfast lines and waits are common as they're likely short-staffed or experiencing shortages, and people tend to stay a little longer cause it's comfortable. The menu is eclectic and the majority of the things I've tried are all pretty amazing. Favs are the flavored lattes if you're not a regular coffee drinker, machaca, stuffed French toast, and the soups. Believe it or not the burgers with fries and the teriyaki bowl are actually delicious too!!! Heads up the pancakes are a big as the plates. The refried beans are amazing like no other (except my late Abuelita's)! Food just tastes fresh and home made here. I love it! read more

This little place has great breakfast. The Egg Sammy is my favorite, I always get it with a side of fruit, which is always fresh. Live supporting our local spots. read more

Food is good. Service is quite okay. Too crowded for a breakfast place. It could've been even better if there's an even welcoming approach with the customers. read more

I dined at Rex's Cafe two days in a row. The first day I almost got the California burrito, but decided instead on the turkey bacon melt. Don't do it, it's not good. I honestly couldn't tell if it was turkey or ham. But I also got the black bean chili and a bagel, both of which were delicious. The second day I went in and got the California burrito that I should have gotten the first day. It was basically a breakfast burrito stuffed with eggs and black bean chili. (I am thinking about it right now and kind of want to go get another one LOL.) It's a cute little diner. Pretty clean. Decent staff. I will dine here for breakfast/brunch the next time I'm in San Pedro. read more

Rex's Cafe - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - San Pedro, California

I ride my bike there with my dog all the time since moving back to town. Staff has been there forever and treats you like family :::)

I had heard about the amazing tasting and large sized pancakes at Rex's. So when I came here I was pretty much set on that, however I found that everything on the menu looked good and there is quite a variety of breakfasts and some lunch menu items. Instead of adding from the many choices of fillings or topping to go with the quite large whole wheat pancake I opted for an egg sunny side up with a turkey sausage patty. Next time I am absolutely going for the extra filling ! I liked the cozy dinning area and other than parking being a bit of a challenge I certainly enjoyed my experience. The prices are very reasonable, portions are generous , selection is wide, staff is friendly , and they close at 2pm so get there early ! read more

Rex's Cafe - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - San Pedro, California

Yummy homestyle cafe. Family friendly. Small outside seating is nice, to bad i didnt want to wait to sit there. Waitress took off for ten minutes when i told her to come right back for my order, kinda irritating when you're starving. But oh well, everyone deserves a second chance hopefully this doesnt happen next time. The food was definitely not worth $10 a plate. read more

Rex's Cafe - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - San Pedro, California

The most friendliest and nicest staff in all of Pedro. Rex's is a great local place to stop by for some coffee or a quick bite. Their menu can support almost any diet fad/restriction and the food is great to! You can call to order ahead of time, or walk right in and sit down. Highly recommend! read more

Food was great but our waitress Eboni was very disrespectful. It was my first time and I had specific questions about the Aram waffles. She just made everything difficult and got irritated with me and it showed. Probably won't come back but respect the REST of the staff during these hard times. read more

This places has the best breakfast food around. It always tastes so fresh and good quality.

A very nice small mom and pop shop type of atmosphere! I love that all the waiters work together so someone is always checking on you! Food was delish but want a big fan of their green salsa. But I did get the machaca omelet and it was very flavorful, lots off cheese and a good amount of meat! read more

Very cute little spot for breakfast or brunch. Fast service and lots of healthy and tasty options! LOVE their omelettes! Also LOVE the vanilla latte with the chocolate drizzle. Fresh food and friendly service :) read more

Rex's Cafe - Vanilla lattes, the chocolate swirls are so good ! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - San Pedro, California

Love this place you will have to wait but the wait is so worth it great food and great customer service definitely a little hole in the wall it's a nice place read more

It's four-thirty a.m., still pitch black yet the cock crows aggressively and I welcome his advance. The rooster's up early today even though we've only had a few hours sleep since the party but he's proud, determined and well...cocky, and I don't wish to wake the neighbors with his incessant cawing. Some time later, I'm asked if I'd like to go to Rex's Café for pancakes and seconds later, we're driving down Gaffey, me with a very disheveled JBF look and him with a Cheshire grin stretching ear to ear. Not knowing what "JBF" means, we enter the front door where the waitress greets us and winks in acknowledgement of my JBF status and suddenly, the bf gets it. He may be an early riser but he can be slow on the uptake sometimes. He just needs some good, strong coffee. I often wonder why I do this to myself...move out of town, forgetting what wonderful dining establishments I'm leaving behind and Rex's is just such a place. It's a chilly, overcast morning yet the infectiously exuberant "Good morning's" among the staff and patrons welcome us like family and the warm, yellow-painted walls with the heavy oak furnishings add to the cheery friendliness. These are "morning people" and that's what we are. No cranky-poos in our house...not for long anyway. Deliciously strong coffee, fresh-squeezed OJ, awesome whole wheat pancakes 1/2" thick and dinner-plate size with a shared "California omelette" more than satisfies our hunger. The fresh fruit bowl was the freshest this side of my garden...the bananas, grapes, melons, and pineapple cut moments before. Service, food and ambiance were outstanding. Rex's is a place where a vegetarian can eat with unabashed equality to a carnivore with enough delicious selections in both categories to assure mutual satisfaction without any animosity directed toward either class. And that's noteworthy in a town such as San Pedro where meat-fed machismo is a common malady and the cocks crow early. Though similar in plumage, color and aggressiveness, this is a Long Beach cock...http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/uwcTBwCHDheXDrI06g3acA?select=6Cn9Sq9xOh8_v9PvousLWA read more

Rex's Cafe - I borrowed this cock from Frenchy's - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - San Pedro, California

Well I had kind of a strange experience here today, that left me miffed. I'm not gonna trash this restaurant's excellent star rating with a rant over a plate of spinach, however. I will simply make a suggestion. My suggestion is this: For $2.95, increase the portion on the side of sauteed spinach to more than 4 bites. Seriously, it was 4 bites, almost a buck a bite. Spinach cooks down like mad. Other menu selections were a great deal - large portions for a good price. I saw the lunch specials going by my table, and for 8 bucks you got a crapload of food. So what I'm sayin' is......be consistent, with the side of spinach. That's all I ordered, in fact, when I found out from my server that I could not get a taco a la carte. I would have had to order the taco plate, with 2 tacos, beans, and rice. I didn't want all those carbs. But I figured I'd order *something* as long as I went to the effort to park and all (free street parking nearby, btw). Anyway, aside from the ridiculously skimpy portion of spinach, the place was pretty overall cool. The decor is charming, like a little cafe oughta be. Service was very friendly and accommodating. When I asked what the sauteed spinach was sauteed IN, and was told canola oil, they also offered to use a different oil if I preferred. Nice. The place is very popular with locals, and it had been recommended to me by two different locals because of the salads. I got a rep for eating green stuff, apparently. The menu has a good selection of sandwiches, wraps, burgers, salads, and breakfasts. Lots of breakfast choices including steel cut oatmeal. And brown rice is offered, thank you. And fresh-squeezed juices: orange, grapefruit, tomato, apple, cranberry. There are daily specials & a soup du jour. But I really had a taste for a taco. Just one. After I ate the spinach I went elsewhere for the taco. Before I left, I complained to my server about the tiny portion of spinach and she (politely) reminded me it was a "side". Yes, I know what a side of spinach is supposed to look like, thanks. I order that dish quite a lot, whenever I see it offered, in fact. It often is laced with garlic. It comes with lemon wedge, usually. I know my spinach. I know a rip-off, too. read more

Rex's Cafe - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - San Pedro, California

This place is five stars all day errrry day! Showed up bright and early yesterday and was the first person to be seated at Rex's on Pacific in San Pedro. Ordered a ham n cheese omelette with fruit, and a pancake, and a hazelnut latte. Everything came out hot, fast, and delicious! The omelette was all fluffy and perfect with real ham in there not some fake ham roll junk (hate fake ham roll crap and many places try to get away with it). Pancake was great and the fruit is the reason to go to this place. Trust, order the fruit as your side or get a bowl of it. The latte was great and the service was really good too! I even went back and talked with the guys in the kitchen for a minute just to tell them how great everything was. They were cutting up tons of fresh fruit and it looked amazing. Can't wait to come back here it's one of my favorite breakfast places in Pedro. read more

Rex's Cafe - Ham n cheeeeese omelette and pancake. Look at that beautiful fresh fruit! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - San Pedro, California

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I came here today for breakfast and when I walked in I knew I loved it. Everyone knew one another it was great! My husband ordered the French Toast, 2 Eggs and Sausage with Vermont Maple Syrup (this syrup is extra) He was disappointed because he didn't realize it is made with squaw bread so he didn't care much for it but I tried it and it tasted ok...I guess he like the more traditional kind. http://www.yelp.com/user_local_photos?userid=w57Yn8npGhdDHmHFGKk2jA I ordered the breakfast burrito that was eggs, cheese, sour cream, avocado, black chili beans ...eh...it was wet with a ranchero or chili type sauce so I couldn't really taste if I was eating egg, beans or avocado. http://www.yelp.com/user_local_photos?userid=w57Yn8npGhdDHmHFGKk2jA&select=vKaXPnLT6p6MjArThNLIKg I soooo wanted to love this place but it just didn't happen. The service was great and the atmosphere too but .... read more

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Quite possibly the most bland Greek Wrap and Breakfast Burrito I ever had. Green Eggs Cabrillo tasted incrementally better. Either the chef left early that day, or we all ordered the wrong thing. Rex's cafe is a prime example of inevitable disappointment resulting from impossibly high expectations brought on by glowing yelp reviews. Sure, the service is charming, momsy popsy, with a colorful interior but all 3 of us were completely underwhelmed. Passionfruit Iced Tea and overpriced fresh squeezed OJ were the highlights of our meal. Plenty of street meter parking to be found. read more

I came for the first time last Friday with a co-worker. This little cafe offers good tasting food that is very healthy for you. The parking is a little difficult but it's worth the struggle because the food here is delicious. I ordered the Stuffed French Toast with over easy eggs and sausage. Wow...it was so delicious. The French Toast wasn't overly sweet so that you couldn't finish it. The bananas and strawberries were nice and fresh. The service was excellent. My co-worker wanted a special order and they put it together for her without any problem. The only other downside to this place besides the parking is that the soda comes in a can...which means no free refills. That's OK though...I'm looking forward to trying more menu items soon. read more

It gets packed so get there early. I arrived around 9AM and there was only 1 table left in the restaurant. That may not mean much to you, but if you could see the 7 groups of people waiting outside...maybe that will put things in perspective. After reading reviews, I chose the French Connection. It's good, but I'm not too sold on their bread...too thick and dry. My husband got the Eggs Benny which he loved. We also picked up a pancake. Note: pancakes are huge!! They fill up the entire plate!! Beware and don't over order 3 stacks+ unless you're super starving. Great breakfast place, but I will probably try something different in the future. read more

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Rex's is my favorite healthy breakfast spot in San Pedro, I've been going there since I was a child. They were doing healthy before it was a thing. The food is light, healthy, and quality. I like everything on the menu including the pancakes and muffins, two things I don't normally care for. read more

This place is Amazing. Fruit is never on my mind when I go out for breakfast but this place has KILLER fruit bowls. Doesn't matter what time of the year it is but somehow their fruit always tastes likes in season. Just a heads up: this is a small place on the corner of Pacific and 22nd st., weekends are crazy so be prepared to wait. they have espresso drinks, which always wins points with me. They're breakfast is substantial and delicious. one of the few places that offers bagels as an option instead of the usual toast or English muffin. I love the chorizo scrambler and the Mexican omelette (also with chorizo). if you are into ham steaks, theirs is MASSIVE. if you are in the area def stop in and try something. You won't be disappointed. read more

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I would love to give a five star based on the food, but the service was crappy. My sister in law asked the server, " what do you recommend." The server said. " I can't recommend anything, because if you don't like it, I get in trouble." I know this is a mellow cafe, but I still feel this wasn't an appropriate response. I will still come back because the food is amazing! read more

A chill place for breakfast and lunch with pancakes the size of flying saucers (how big are flying saucers?) but at the end of the day my burger was just a burger. The Mediterranean burger came with a big bowl of excellent chicken soup and a few pieces of some kind of pickled veggies on the side. For nine bucks it would've been good to at least have the option of some fries. The 1/2 lbs of Angus beef patty was big and beefy but not all that tasty. Service? Not memorable. Still a good place to enjoy lunch with a friend. Next time? I'm going to try a breakfast. read more

Went here today around 10 am to grab takeout. I overheard the hostess say there was about a 25 min wait, which seemed correct; there were about 15 people waiting outside. I got the tofu scramble and home fries. The tofu scramble (tofu with broccoli, mushrooms, carrots) was yummy, a little too heavy on the garlic for my liking and the home fries were the standard home fries you get anywhere, delicious as well. It came with 2 pieces of toast. The server who took my order was super nice and my food took about 10-15 minutes to come out. Overall, I was pretty happy with my meal here and yay to non veggie restaurants having vegan breakfast options! Parking can be a little bit of a nuisance; it's street parking and considering how busy the restaurant was, you might have to park down a block or so. read more

Rex's Cafe - Tofu scramble with hash browns. Comes with toast as well. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - San Pedro, California

I've been to Rex's a few times and I must say that I'm always pleased with the food and the service. The interior reminds me of a rustic country kitchen, with the random knickknack, and artwork hanging on the walls. It has a friendly vibe and offers indoor and outdoor seating. Although this café is small, it offers a huge menu of fresh quality foods that won't break your bank. Plus the portions are quite generous. The menu consists of hearty healthy breakfast and lunch items varying from: pancakes, egg dishes, sandwiches, wraps, soups, and burgers. I really like their San Pedro burger, which comes with cheese, avocado, and bacon on a honey wheat bun. The meat was juicy and flavorful and all the other ingredients were fresh and tasty. It's delicious! The burger comes with a side, and I like to go the healthier route so I skip the fries and usually order the side salad with honey mustard ( IT'S THE BEST HONEY MUSTARD). Honestly, I could probably eat the side salad as a meal because it's so massive! The side salad comes with half a toasted bagel so it's really filling. I always leave this place feeling happy and full. The service here is also great, the servers and bussers are really nice and helpful. I give this place a two thumbs up! read more

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Friendly people. Food is okay. The toast was like-warm and the butter almost frozen. The omelets aren't bad, but a little dry. They charge an extra $1 for using the credit card. I get it, it's just a bit annoying. The atmosphere didn't seem warm and friendly. I've been to many small diners and you feel like you're walking into a family meal. read more

REX's CAFE. This place serves up some super fresh and delicious breakfast/brunch foods. Oh man, I came here with co-workers for the first time and I was pleasantly surprised. The best part was that they knew what was good and the ins and out of the place. I loved the healthy options they have, I could go the healthy route if i chose but today I felt like cloggin those arteries up! I got the turkey melt and man this thing was da-dank! I got a generous serving of perfect crisped fries and there was no skimping on flavor on my melt. The waiting staff was friendly and pleasant. The best part was saving half of my melt and letting it marinate in my fridge all afternoon and then savoring the delicious cold sandwich after everything had solidified. Weird? whatev, I think docking a point from a really great cafe for a loud blender is weird, but hey that's just me. read more

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Absolutely delicious! Day trip to Catalina and stopped here for breakfast. The chorizo scrambled was absolutely delicious and authentic. The service was friendly and quick. Small and cozy ambient. HIGHLY recommended. Wish it was close to our house please consider opening an IE location. read more

Good chilaquiles! Very small restaurant so be prepared to wait. They have a few chairs outside and the line seems to move quickly. Nice service! And great fresh oj! read more