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    The Big Blue Cafe

    4.0 (396 reviews)
    Closed 8:00 am - 2:00 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    THE BIG BLUE CAFE ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Happy hour specials
    Outdoor seating

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    Geneva O.

    Love the food it was very good and their service was great and the staff was very polite and they're fast with their orders. The atmosphere was great.

    Eggs Benedict w/ crispy hash browns and a Cappuccino.
    Tiburcio M.

    Ordered eggs Benedict, ham and spinach. A cappuccino. Food was excellent. Service by Matt was excellent. Ambiance is a nice California coastal look

    Hot chocolate
    Hope L.

    We stumbled upon this place as it was raining and we were craving a hot chocolate and a mocha. The hot chocolate was one of the best I've ever tasted as it was made using milk chocolate and blended perfectly with the whole milk. They gave a lot of whip cream on top of the drink too which was nice. It was reasonably priced too at $4.25.

    Yumminess

    Had an excellent lunch today at Big Blue. Service was fast and friendly, the staff was great, and the Philly was delicious -- highly recommend! I visited around 1:30 pm and everything was perfect." Ambiance cafe style and quiet at 1:00.

    Country Potatoes
    Melissa B.

    my favorite place for breakfast. The Country Potatoes with gravy and a fried egg is all I'll ever need in life.

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    Jason H.

    Great cafe in downtown square. Hearty breakfast sandwich, delicious breakfast burrito with great presentation. They use mostly local ingredients. Typical cafe ambiance, friendly service. A bit expensive but what isn't these days. I highly recommend this place for really tasty breakfast and lunch options.

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    A nice place for lunch. Ordered the BLT and it was good. Casual vibe, great for food after the farmer's market

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    This is one of those reviews I was hesitant to give because I thought if too many people came it…read morewould change the experience. Since we have moved to Humboldt County, we have been here well over 30 times. I look forward to coming here, it is our go to place when we come down the hill. I have yet to have something bad here, and what I have had makes me salivate when I think about it, heck, I am getting hungry now. So if you want a place to eat in or near Arcata, CA. this is the place. In fact if you are on the 101 and you are between Crescent City and Garberville, you might just want to wait until you get to Arcata to eat.

    I have not eaten here before, not even when it used to be the pantry I liked the menu, so I…read moredecided to do a DoorDash to my motel. Overall, the food was very good, it was packed well, and it came quickly. Unfortunately, the order came with no plastic silverware, no napkins, just the food. Did they not see that this was going to a motel? Fortunately, I had a plastic fork from another meal, and I just used TP for napkins. Please pay a little bit more attention to the details. I decided to go with the à la Mexicana omelette, which had spicy beef, cheese, salsa, diced tomatoes, shredded lettuce, sour cream, olives, and green onions. Basically, a "taco omelette." it also came with jalapeños, but I put in the comments to please leave them out, and they did. To drink, I had a "Tutti Frutti", which was orange and cranberry juice, with Sprite. The omelette was very good. They were generous with all of the ingredients. I love a good "taco omelette", and this was right up there with others that I have had. The eggs were tender, the beef and the salsa had just a little bit of a spice, just enough that I knew it was there. I liked the sour cream And The lettuce and the diced tomato provided a nice "pop" of freshness. I loved the drink. The orange and the cranberry played very well together, and they didn't put in so much sprite that it watered down the rest of the flavors. The hashbrowns were OK, just generic restaurant hashbrowns, and I wish they would've given me a choice of the bread when I ordered. I would've mentioned it in the comments, but I didn't think about it. It was just your standard white toast. It was OK, but I would've preferred like a nice sourdough, or rye, or something like that. They have a lot of things on their menu, and I would definitely order from here again, either delivery or in person. Thank you.

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    I really wanted to try this place because multiple locals recommended it. But when a restaurant…read moresays it's dog-friendly and then for two days straight there are no dog-friendly seating options available, it does make you wonder what "dog-friendly" really means. Okay, fine -- maybe dogs aren't allowed in certain areas, not a big deal. So we figured we'd just order the food to go instead. Nope. Two days in a row we were told they couldn't do takeout. At that point, it just felt like there was zero flexibility or willingness to work with customers. That's really disappointing, especially for a place with such a good reputation. Unfortunately, the lack of flexibility is what lost us.

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