Excellent brunch! Super friendly server. We will be back! French toast and chicken with hot honey was amazing!

I was so exited to get breakfast at this spot while on vacation. There was no wait, we were seated immediately. The staff was very friendly and attentive. The restaurant was clean and bright. It was not noisy, it is family friendly but there were no children there when I went. I was there on a Monday morning. Parking was okay. I used street parking that I paid for, but I did see a sign for free parking on the back of the restaurant when walked into the front of the restaurant. This spot is definitely a place to put on your list when visiting South Carolina read more

Ruby Sunshine Columbia - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

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Ilona was an amazing server! We loved her energy and humor. Diner ambiance but with a friendly smile and laughter from Ilona. She walked us through the menu and I changed my order decision based on her explanation of the menu. Ended up getting the eggs benny trifecta and it was delicious. Really liked the pork on the Benedict, really flavorful. Eggs were the perfect done-ness. They don't joke when they say things are sweet, so be prepared for that. But I got the savory dish, so it wasn't and issue for me. read more

Food and service were wonderful! Our party had St. Charles chicken - perfectly crispy - omelet, candied bacon, beignets, biscuits and grits. Everything was delicious! read more

Have been there a few times. Simply, and consistently, one of the best breakfast/brunch experiences one can have...anywhere.

Came in to Columbia for a wedding. Took my tuxedo back Men's warehouse. Directly across the street was the restaurant. Was highly recommended by manager. The service was exceptional from the start. And the food was great. I ordered shrimp and grits Was excellent. My lady ordered the shrimp omelette. Please best brunch spot in Columbia Sc read more

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The food is always amazing!! I cannot say enough good things about it. Our daughter graduated and we had to make one last stop before we left. We will be back again! read more

So we came in and learned there is free parking in the back which is nice to know for the future. Our server seemed very new but either way I tried to make the procedure as easy and straightforward as humanly possible. We ordered the St Charles and southern breakfast, I was specifically referring to my poached eggs when I asked her to please make sure they were poached and not hard poached. She seemed to have an attitude about it but I ignored it and happily ordered a coffee for my spouse and prayed for the best. Unfortunately the eggs weren't correct, they were very hard poached, solid. With a smile I politely requested the eggs to be redone and she wasn't happy about it but took the plate, the manager brought it out and they were perfect. My only complaint would be the biscuits were delicious in the "mid portion " but very obviously over kneaded, I didn't want to wait twice for my food so I just ate the middle portion and took my 2nd one home, the meal was delicious outside of those two issues. The fried green tomatoes were also very crisp and yummy. read more

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I had a rare opportunity to brunch on a Saturday. There was not much traffic because of the football game. Parking was a breeze. We joined the waitlist ahead of time, so there was not much of a wait, plus the day was beautiful. Of course, it was busy with it being new restaurant in town.    Customer service was pretty good. Again, when new restaurants open in town, I expect staff to be overwhelmed, so I try to give a little grace.    Our table ordered the biscuits and gravy plate, a side of regular crispy fried chicken, banana foster French toast, catfish and grits, loaded tots, pancakes, and a side of catfish. My catfish was delicious. It was seasoned and fried well. The banana foster french toast and the pancakes were really good. Both were way better than I expected. The loaded tots were really good too. Also, I ordered a peach bellini mocktail. It was decent.    Overall, it was a good experience, and I will return if for nothing else the catfish and pancakes. read more

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I had the pleasure of dining during the special preview prior to grand opening. Let's just say, downtown Columbia is in for a treat. I was greeted and seated as soon as I entered. I met with the General Manager and Head chef who were in town preparing for opening day. Inviting ambiance. The staff was friendly and eager to serve me. Now let's get to the good eats. I had the pleasure of trying the seasonal apple pie pancakes with chicken sausage, pumpkin and marshmallow beignet, catfish and grits and a blue orange mimosas. 10/10 across the board. The pancakes were crunchy on top and fluffy in the middle. I was able to remove the sauce from the catfish dish because I do not consume pork and they were very accommodating. The beignets were sweet and decadent. The mimosa was perfect. Highly recommend! read more

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Food here is so good and different from the norm. I've tried just about all of their dishes and not one disappointed!

Have been twice, experience was the same both time. The restaurant allows you to make reservations on yelp and in their website. But both times when we arrived, we were told they don't take reservations and acted like we didn't know what we were talking about. Seems like when they are busy, they choose to just put everyone on the waitlist when they show up. Hostesses weren't very welcoming and friendly either. On both occasions, our party ordered various eggs Benedict meals. While they tasted good, almost all of the poached eggs were overcooked and set. While it may be a small thing, when a business is largely based on brunch and eggs Benedict offerings, it would seem they would focus on getting that right. All in all, the food was good but likely won't be giving it a third try. read more

Food is good. Prices are reasonable. Parking isn't the best because the lot doesn't have a lot of spaces so you have to pay to park on the street and that's if you can find a spot. Sometimes there's a wait to get a table but they are pretty good about honoring reservations. The servers go MIA sometimes but overall the service is pretty good. read more

This was my first visit to a ruby Sunshine and I loved it so much that I looked up all other locations so I won't miss an opportunity. Love the varied menu and Cajun influences. The drinks are great and the service was friendly! read more

We've been to multiple Ruby Sunshine locations previously but this one needs work. Everything was sticky, service from door to check payment was subpar, slow, and lacked personality. Food was cold, and tasted bland. Environment was bright, but dingy and needed to be deep cleaned. read more

ambiance was ok. our server was great and very nice but the food was awful. We got the candy bacon for our appetizer just to try it, we didnt know it was just regular bacon smothered in brown sugar. It wasn't even fully melted so it had a grainy texture and was way too much in my opinion from other restaurants that do the same concept. My boyfriend got a shrimp omelette that had maybe 90% egg and 10% toppings which was just really unevenly balanced for an omelette. everything is also really overpriced and wasn't even that good, felt like wasted money when i could go somewhere better. read more

Love Ruby Sunshine in 5 Points, Columbia, SC! Food and Service is amazing! Even the Food Runners/Bus Boys are excellent with their customer service skills! I highly recommend and we will be back! read more

The chantilly berry pancakes were a 10/10, they were so light and very delicious. Everyone in my party enjoyed their meal. Our server was very polite and pleasant. The restaurant itself was clean and spacious enough that even with large parties there was space to move around the tables. read more

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Amazing food, drinks, and super nice staff. Don't like the you can't call and get a human but I get a lot of businesses are going to that as they are all short-staffed. read more

Exceptional service. Food was great. Linda our server did an awesome job. Never a dull moment. Highly recommended. read more

Ruby Sunshine Columbia - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

We went for Sunday brunch around 12pm it wasn't too crowded we only waited a few minutes to be seated. It's a nice brunch spot it looks casual. The food was just ok the pancakes were a little tough and dry, fried green tomatoes and French toast bites were good. Drinks were basic they weren't worth ordering another round. read more

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This place is big and our party was huge. The staff made accommodations that, unfortunately took a while however, they quickly redeemed themselves when we were finally seated. We enjoyed the appetizers and our server was on point. I ordered the avocado toast no egg and it was delicious. The mimosas were delicious and a larger portion than normal so we loved that too! I highly recommend read more

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Time: 10:45am June 23rd (My Birthday) Atmosphere/Ambiance: Very Pleasant and Spacious. Local Artwork from the State's local artists Food: Build your own omelette Drink: Water and Hot Chocolate Waitress: Laci (She was such a sweetheart and made sure we were always good. Make sure to ask for her, if you can.) Hot Chocolate is pretty good. I drank all of it before my food got here Beignets are good, it would be better if you could dip it in something. Just my opinion but they are definitely a nice appetizer. Loaded Tots are amazing. Especially the meat, it was cooked really nice and very delicious along with the tater tots and sauce. My brother had the shrimp and grits. He likes them but it was his first time trying them. So it's good if you are a big shrimp and grits fan. My younger brother had the breakfast sandwich: eggs(over hard), cheddar cheese, and bacon with grits and a side of fresh fruit. He did not like that his cheese wasn't melted but he enjoyed everything else. My younger brother girlfriend had the breakfast sandwich as well but with the pepper jack cheese it was melted. I had the build your own omelette, also came with grits and biscuit. My food was absolutely delicious. The grits are the best I had so far from any breakfast restaurant I been to. Honey butter with the biscuit was amazing. Omelette was incredible. Overall, the experience here was amazing for the first time. Thank you for taking the time to read my review. read more

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Good service. Clean. Seems like they use decent ingredients but the food misses the mark. Ordered the biscuits and gravy. Came with 2 sausage links and 2 eggs any style. Sausage gravy was good but a very skimpy serving of it. Asked for eggs over well and they weren't. See photo of the eggs that ran all over the place. Free refills on the coffee which you would expect when being charged nearly $4 a cup. But the coffee wasn't worth refilling... read more

Ruby Sunshine Columbia - Over well eggs that weren't. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

I didn't get to enjoy the food because, the waitress gave me a bad impression. He gave us a lemon with his bare hands. The environment and the drinks were good so far but we didn't get to enjoy our full meal because i was set off by the incident. Great restaurant though! read more

New Orleans sensations in the heart of the low country. Located in High Points - Columbia, SC. A special place for a Sunday brunch or a weekday sunrise starter. The service was friendly and quality, coffee cups were full. We had the pleasure of having the Mardi Gras beignets, lemon blueberry glaze topped with blueberry and whipped cream, decorated with confetti sprinkled. The Trifecta is three spectacular versions of Eggs Benedict. read more

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Ordered the special menu 1-price deal, came with the french toast bites. We ordered an EXTRA order of the bites. The plate I was delivered 1st was totally incorrect, they took it back....waited until my wife had finished her meal and then some.....then my plate came without the order of bites that were part of the deal. After much ado about nothing, finally convinced them the order was incomplete and they brought them finally. They were really good. The rest of the breakfast was average at best. Not what I would expect for a $60 breakfast. The experience was such as I doubt we will be returning. Way too pricy for food and nothing to make it worth that much. Loud, noisy hen parties made the experience even worse. read more

We were greeted immediately, they had a bit of a wait but not too long. The waitress introduce herself and very up beat and seemed happy. The restaurant was packed but everyone was friendly and inviting. We order fried green tomatoes, which were delicious. Fish and grits it comes with aioli sauce I asked for that on the side. Now it should have gave me a clue that the fish was going to be inside the grits, I didn't like that. However, I took the fish out and it was fried perfectly and tasted good. We also ordered the biscuit and gravy which tasted well also. read more

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Got treated to Mother's Day brunch here, and it was amazing. I always have anxiety about going out after church on holidays because of the crowds, but I was so pleased. The staff were super nice, and we were able to join a wait list early so it was only about 10 minutes before we got seated. Our server, Josiah was fantastic. We had a large group with three toddlers for a little extra fun, but he was so polite and attentive. The menu made it very difficult to choose, but we tried almost all the appetizers and you definitely cannot go wrong there. From the breakfast tacos to the kids meals, the food was AMAZING. We got a mimosa flight and a Bloody Mary as well. Best Bloody Mary I've had in a while, and the flight was great! This will definitely be a place we visit again soon. read more

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You know the place has fantastic food when there are throngs of people waiting to be seated. We scored a cozy booth with Akina being our terrific server. I ordered a Florentine omelette which was sensational. It came with a buttermilk biscuit which was scrumptious. I wanted to try the white chocolate bread pudding pancakes but there was no way I could possibly eat the entire stack, so I asked our server if they offered a half a stack. To my surprise they actually offer a single pancake which was a perfect side to my omelette. Absolutely amazing food, we will be back for sure. read more

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The food was Absolutely DELICIOUS. Best pancakes and biscuits I've had in Columbia. Service had that classic southern hospitality, and the inside was clean and inviting read more

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Highly recommend! A great variety of amazing breakfast choices. Kudos to the cooks and the most welcoming staff.

The ROMEO lunch group was here Tuesday for our weekly restaurant tour of Columbia. We had seven this week and it was the first time at Ruby's for all of us. I must say that when I first went in I was surprised at the change from the old Yesterday's place. It's totally revamped, opened up and bright. My first impression was that it was so loud...just as a morning diner usually is. The ambience is pretty loud and noisy, probably due to how opened up it is. Our waitress was Ilona, and probably all of us agreed she is about the friendliest, nicest and one if the best waitresses we've had. She took our drinks, explained and answered a ton of questions we had about the menu. She also recommended what her favorite items were. The Digman had to order beignets (6) for the table. I was hoping they'd have Chicory coffee and Ilona said their coffee was made with chicory, but it's not the heavy chicory like you get in New Orleans. Several of us ordered coffee. We all agreed that the Beignet was good, but we've had better. It wasn't as fluffy or as light as you get at Cafe du Monde or another place in town that has beignets. I doubt if I'd order the beignet again. As far as the food goes, we had a real diverse rating from one end of the table to the other. Two of us ordered the Cochon Benedict (biscuit, apple smoked ham, poached eggs, hollandaise sauce). We both loved it. Probably the best tasting Eggs Benedict I've had. My only issue was that one of the eggs was poached a bit more than the other...so it wasn't runny. The second egg was better. The biscuit was a tad hard to cut, but I didn't have too much problem. Five of the guys that had biscuits all said their biscuit was also hard. One person ordered the cinnamon swirl pancake and said it was very good. We had one order of the Migas and he also liked it. One order of the Ruby's Special Blackstone Benedict, which he was not satisfied with at all. He gave it a rating of one, basically because both of his eggs were totally poached and basically a hard boiled egg. He also didn't have the strength to cut his biscuit ( he is a weak man!). The other order was for a 3 pigs or something like that. He must've had a biscuit also because he also said his biscuit was hard to cut. The last order was for a breakfast sandwich. He wasn't a happy camper either, giving a rating of 2.0 for his sandwich. Bottom line is we had seven ratings of the food (1, 2, 2, 3.5, 4.5. 4.5, 4.5). So if I average them all out we end up with a 3.0 rating. I definitely will go back because I'd like to try their Catfish and Grits with Tasso Cream Gravy and also their Shrimp and Grits. When we our bill several of the guys mentioned about the hard biscuits and the over poached eggs to our waitress. Ilona was surprised that we didn't mention it to her so she could've corrected it. I don't know if others have had the problem, but at least they know about it. One other issue is that it's a bit pricey. I had the Cochon Benedict and a coffee. My bill was $25.75. Some reviewers say they shouldn't review prices, but I feel it's good to know upfront, as some people price may a factor in trying out a new place. read more

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It was good, but food is not the best that I ever had, neither they stick to the menu. I ordered Benedict eggs and the menu says it comes with grilled tomatoes, mine didn't not! And I observed people's around neither. Also the espresso coffee despite announced as espresso is not truly. I ordered a mocha and came loaded with syrup that I could not even taste the coffee itself read more

We were seated and watched 4 other tables in our area, with only 2 waitresses, greet and take orders. We were never approached after 10 minutes. We handed our menus back to the manager and let her know what happened. The manager was kind and apologetic. read more

Service was awful and food was no good. Staffing was short but no communication. Waited longer than expected . Host was not personable. They ran out of biscuits which is basically in every menu option. They "ran out" of beignets so they say but got my bland not so smashed burger with little fries waitress stated that was the last of the fries?!? Hot chocolate was like out of the packet you buy tasted more like water. Will NOT go back nor recommend anyone go there!!!! read more

Great breakfast spot in the heart of downtown Columbia. The food portions were generous and I thought the coffee was better than I expected. My server Linda was excellent and was very attentive. We sat inside and we had no complaints. Get there early so you can take advantage of parking directly behind the restaurant. Will come back a read more

The food is always great and they have vegetarian and gluten-free options. Staff is always welcoming and attentive. I've never had a bad experience at Ruby sunshine. read more

Was seated promptly a little after 12 on a Sunday. Waitress was pleasant. That's the high point. Flight of mimosas had chipped glasses. Water glasses also chipped. Pretty sure they delivered our appetizer to the table next to us. Because they were eating it when our entrees were brought out. We had to ask again for ours. Food was just "mid." Men's room was disgusting. Horrible odor and some liquid all over the floor. Maybe it was just an off day, as we went there based on reviews from friends. I'll never know as I don't plan to go back. read more

Food and service was amazing! We had a large party on a busy day and everything came out hot and fresh. I was super impressed with the menu and restaurant. We hope to visit there again soon! read more