This place is the definition of small town comfort food. The iced mocha is amazing, way better than anything from the big chains. The biscuits and gravy are something I could make at home but they just taste better here. My kids loved their over easy eggs and even cleared their plates. The waiter was friendly and the whole vibe is relaxed and welcoming. You seat yourself and it feels like everyone in the room already knows each other. Simple food done right. read more

The Koffee Kup - Iced mocha - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Arnolds Park, Iowa

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Great place for breakfast. Food is always good. The young man that served us was very friendly and attentive.

The service was fast and our waiter was attentive. Food and coffee both good. The other customers in the restaurant were so friendly. Wish The Koffee Kup was closer to home. read more

KK has raised their prices...about 20-25% more than earlier this season. I suspect it's because of the flooding and lack of clientele. If the food was better or more creative than the run of the mill diner, I'd stick with them. But, it's not. Say goodbye to KK! read more

Service is really good. The food portions are great and a wide variety of breakfast options. The food itself is okay. Out of the 7 of us we really liked our food the first day, the next day we all walked away with a "meh" feeling towards the food. I would definitely recommend to try it though. read more

I like Koffee Cup ! The cinnamon rolls are amazing . I tried the sausage burrito it was good but the Reese pieces cake is better read more

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Omelet & breakfast burrito Coffee was good. Service a little slow, but we were in no hurry. Definitely old school and hasn't changed or been upgraded in awhile. Ehhh we are pretty easy going, so we will be back. But if you're picky at all, this might not be for you! read more

The Koffee Kup - an omelet on a white plate - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Arnolds Park, Iowa

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I ordered the omelet and my husband had French toast, both had hair. I get that happens but in both, that's gross. read more

The Koffee Kup - Hair - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Arnolds Park, Iowa

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The food was ok, but I only give this a 2 star rating because the service and wait alone for food was awful. Our waitress didn't come check on us even for refills. We waited for an hour and half for food. read more

No visit to Okoboji is complete without breakfast at The Koffee Kup! Just order The Kup and you'll be completely satisfied! And, take home one (or two) of their great (and huge) cinnamon rolls. read more

Good breakfast. Good service. I have the scrambled eggs hash browns bacon and toast. It was all good. The bacon could have been a little crispier. read more

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No wait on a Thursday morning, we were able to seat ourselves. Coffee was just ok to my standards. Food came out quickly and bacon was extra crispy as ordered. I did see at least 1 ant crawling on our table. Our waiter served us immediately but could've been more attentive to my empty glass of subpar coffee. Otherwise quick and tasty breakfast. read more

Great little breakfast diner. Try the muffins and cinnamon rolls, both baked fresh every morning. If you are a hash brown lover they have an entire section just for that. read more

The Koffee Kup - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Arnolds Park, Iowa

The food was hot fresh and delicious! The cinnamon rolls are to die for. The service was top rate. Our server was friendly kind and patient with our many request. We visited twice during our 3 day trip and will definitely be coming back.. Our experience could not have been better! read more

I have been living and visiting the lakes area for my whole life. We decided to go to the Koffee Kup this morning to enjoy a nice breakfast. It didn't happen. Started out with the front step tripping me as I tried to enter the building. I didn't have a tape measure with me but they have a step that certainly isn't within the building code requirements for riser heights. They might just be looking at a future lawsuit if they don't fix that. Ordered the Kup special which was two pancakes, two strips of bacon, two eggs, hash browns, and a large orange juice. I also asked for Ketchup. 1. Eggs over medium were over cooked with egg grizzle all around them. 2. Pancakes were seemly made with several day old batter, absolutely no fluff to them at all. 3. Bacon was under cooked no crispness to it at all. 4. Hash browns tasted like the kind that need to be hydrated before you can use them. 5. Ketchup didn't taste like Heinz at all in fact the bottle label was about to come off (usually indicating that the bottles are refilled and used over and over again.) Total experience 4 Thumbs down, I put this place on my never again list. To add further insult, the total bill for two with a tip for the friendly waitress was $30. One last thing, the floors and overall appearance was filthy. read more

The coffee tasted and smelled like cigarette. waiters were very rude hearing we had 17 people and put us in separate tables and booths. Food was ok nothing is fresh. We were all scared of getting yelled at by the waiters. read more

Stopped in for breakfast on our first visit to the area. Cute place.... But even better is that the service is friendly, and the food is VERY good! Probably the best pancakes I've ever had, and the omelette was fluffy, with a perfectly balanced ratio of fillings. Four thumbs up! read more

My favorite place in Okoboji for a cheap home style breakfast for sure! My boyfriend and I both eat her for under $20 and are full after we leave. Food is good but service can be a little slow when it's heavy lake season. read more

Was warned by a local that this was the only place open on a Tuesday after the season, but I couldn't find any where else for a little coffee. Should have gone to HyVee grocery store and brewed my own (and gotten the delish cinnamon bread). The coffee was not palatable and there was NO CREAM. really?? And their cinnamon roll tasted like wonderbread covered in icing. Who wants to bite into an unsliced loaf of wonder bread, dry and tasteless. My hubby had a waffle and didn't finish it. I have never seen him not finish a breakfast....... read more

I absolutely love this little joint. I've lived at the Lakes for awhile and have watched plenty of Ma and Pa shops come and go, but this one is definitely meant to stay. Incredibly friendly environment and wonderful food. Prices are incredibly reasonable considering the prices down the road at Perkins or any other breakfast place in the Lakes. I tend to go there on the weekends during the fall and winter. The summers are quite crazy around here and Koffee Kup can become very filled up, but it is worth the wait! (I'm not a huge crowd person though). Anyway, I enjoy the staff, environment, and the food. Why not give it a try? read more

Go here for the cinnamon rolls or pancakes & bacon, skip the rest. My eggs were overlooked eggs & coffee was really weak. They also didn't have cream for my coffee....it is called Koffee Kup right? read more

Simple is most often best. Cinnamon rolls as big as your head and one of the egg sandwiches I've had. Small in size, big in comfort. A staple at the lakes. read more

The Koffee Kup - My dad's favorite breakfast spot. Old school diner with all day breakfast. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Arnolds Park, Iowa

Cinnamon roll. Need I say more? I've been to a lot of place that wheel out a giant cinnamon roll, but they are dry and tasteless, or places that have prefab, heat and eat ones, but the Koffee Kup has soft, delicious cinnamon rolls and they are huge. Big enough to share, especially if you are ordering a regular breakfast. read more

Slowest.......service.......ever........it was lunch time when they finally brought my one egg and bacon side breakfast.

I have been going to this restaurant for almost 20 years every summer while vacationing in the Okoboji area. How the mighty have fallen. Can't tell you if if the food is still any good because we never got ours. After an hour we had enough and left. Not our waitress ever noticed. She never came by once to check on us, not even for a coffee refill. I have dealt with poor service before, but this is probably at top of the list now. To bad place always had good food, though they have gotten pricey from we noticed on the menu. But what good is good food if you can't get it! Shame on you Koffee Kup for allowing such poor service. We will never return. read more

Was looking for locally owned restaurant with breakfast. Cute small place. Didn't wait too long at 9:00 but when we left there was a long line. I had blueberry pancakes an egg and bacon. Others had biscuits and gravy and bottom of lake hash browns. Pretty bland and sausage gravy had no flavor. While it looks clean and cute the food is not great. read more

Cash or check ONLY. Short review: Save yourself the headache and drive down to Spirit Lake and eat at The Family Diner. Even though the waitresses there are kinda surly, they'll at least pay attention to you and your order. Plus the food at the Family Diner will be HALF the price and twice the portions. Cons: -watered down coffee -if you ask for creamer for said coffee, you will get skim milk (at least that's what it looked and taste like...) -waitresses that ignore your order -small portions -bleh tasting food -takes only cash or checks Pros: -location is in the heart of the lake area. I guess that's how they can get away with the cruddy service and lackluster food. read more

The Koffee Kup has been a long standing business in Okoboji that only serves breakfast and lunch and had good hearsay reviews from the locals. The food was okay however I had asked to get egg whites and the server said she did not want to ask the cooks as they would yell at her. She said this has happened to her before. I proceeded to ask her if I could ask them, she said they would probably yell at me as well. What an unfortunate work culture... I have high cholesterol and do not think this request is atypical. Separating the yolk from the white does not add significant cooking time and I would be more than happy to wait for the few extra seconds it takes to do this. Additionally, the group next to us wanted to have an omelet without a specific ingredient and they could not do this because they used a pre-mix for their omelets. Koffee Kup is a nice old place to eat however do not expect any type of special requests to be accommodated. I also hope at some point the cooks get a little nicer to the servers. read more

I think they have new ownership. Good Old neighborhood diner. Cinnamon Rolls made fresh and a must have! Great selection of omelets.

I'm going to start this off by saying the food here is great! We have been coming here for years, but I'm not sure what happened this summer. The food is still marvelous, but the owner is not. We spend a good chunk of our summers up here, but due to how long it takes to find there, we came in three times. Whether I came in with 2 or 10 people, the owner acted annoyed and was very rude when I asked for a table. The waitresses are running around like crazy, the kitchen was backed up, tables were not getting bussed, and he just stood behind the counter doing nothing but barking more orders. Our coffees we not refilled until one of up hot up to track down a server, food took a minimum of 45 to get served, and they now nickel and dine you for everything. Using credit/debit card? $1. Want a to go container? $1. Want brown sugar with your oatmeal? $1. I'm very sad to see this place go downhill so quickly. O'Farrell Sisters will be our place going forward. Adding response to comment: Not correct in several of these statements other that the owner part. We were not told of the 45 min wait. Being short staffed is not the customer's issue. We ate out the whole weekend and the service didn't suffer at any of those places. The to go container that was requested was for the large glass of orange juice served to my young child that cost $3. This bottomless cup of coffee was only refilled once in the hour and a half we were there, and that was after I took our two cups to the counter myself to ask for a refill. read more

We enjoyed our omelets. the cinnamon roll was delicious. They only make the caramel pecan rolls on weekend so missed out on trying this. Easy to pick up. but No masks on Staff which is disappointing in these COVID days read more

I've been going to the koffee Kup every summer for 10 years. My family and I will never go there again. The waitress was unbelievably rude, I've never experienced anything like it. The eggs were rubbery and cold. There's no kids menu. We were scolded for bringing in a water bottle. I asked if I could get the orange juice that came with my breakfast-before my breakfast and the waitress barked you'll get it with your breakfast. Terrible customer service. read more

Visiting from California and I love this place. The food is menu is comfort, breakfast. Cooked from scratch, it's as close to homemade as you can get. And the servers check back several times to make sure it was prepared the way you wanted it. The prices are reasonable. The place was full yet the servers were friendly, got the orders right, kept coffee and water full and checked back several times to make sure I was ok. It is filled with friendly locals and tourists and everyone seems to be treated like friends. 5 Stars! read more

Went here for the first time. I attempted to order the "bottom of the lake omelette" without any mushrooms. After I asked for no mushrooms the waitress said that she has to charge me for the build your own omelette and charge me for each additional toppings which is $3 more expensive. This makes absolutely no sense. Why the hell would I be charged more for using less of their ingredients. Their reasoning for it?? "It gets really busy in the summer and it complicates the orders for the chef." Is there one chef here that can read "no mushrooms" and another that can't? read more

The waitress was very friendly and efficient. Cute environment. The food was not good. Had the okboj browns and it was tasteless, greasy, bacon was chewy like beef jerky, and over priced. read more

If you have not been to this business, it is very small and a very casual environment, at best. They have the usual giant cinnamon rolls that seem to have become commonplace at many Okoboji restaurants. In the past, food has been average. I have gone here off and on for many years. There seems to have been a steep decline in the businesses customer service concerns. I our last few visits, wait times had increased and food quality had changed somewhat to cold toast and overdone eggs. Our final visit took twenty minutes to get coffee and menus, another ten for our order to be taken, and a half an hour for thin, chewey, overdone very greasy omelets. There were a total of eight tables of two to four people; most of which were already served. Suffice to say that service was poor. When we arrived, no one even glanced are way for two or three minutes and then one of the servers told us to sit wherever we wanted. That should have been our warning. Hearing the two servers bickering should have been the next. We stayed because our past experiences were most of the time at least average and we were hungry. We felt like we didn't know the secret handshake or something. We got the message though: customers are more of an annoyance than anything. And why wait for food that is marginal, at best? We won't be going back. read more

Probably the best breakfast restaurant at The Lake, Homemade rolls are amazing! A lot to choose from and everything tasted delicious. Seems to be a family-run business with kids helping out. The kids are great, very well-mannered and friendly beyond belief. read more

Small, typically Americana-style cafe. Baked goods cabinet looks delicious. Had a plate of biscuits and gravy, choosing for a full order over the half. Should've gone with the half--too much food. Also ordered a couple of eggs over easy on the side, even though they don't really have an a la carte menu. Was disappointed to get the bill and see that he charged me for a second full breakfast minus the toast. $4.75 for 2 eggs? Ridiculous. Food was fine, if not a little bland. Place is clean. Service is adequate, though it took a couple of hints before finally asking for a coffee refill. And I was sitting at the counter. It wasn't particularly busy. Maybe there are better places in town. read more

We love this place! Good food and great prices...and lots of small town charm! It is only open 7 - 1 and serves breakfast

Small, but so delicious! We came here two days in a row for breakfast and it was incredible! The best coffee, so smooth and delicious! This is a family run business and service can be a touch slow because there were only two waitresses in the whole building covering about 15 tables each it seems... But they did a phenomenal job! This place is inexpensive but huge portions. Both the caramel rolls and the cinnamon rolls are amazing! I very much enjoyed the cheesy hash browns and eggs... I would come back here in a heartbeat and so would all of my friends. Can't complain about anything! For the six of us the bill was about $55 and worth every penny. Don't miss this place! read more