Cafe Rae
1421 N El Camino Real - San Clemente
Recommended by Sluurpy:
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2021
#23 of 175 restaurants in San Clemente
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PROPRIETARY
Popularity
100/100
Quality
64/100
Data Completeness
67/100
Verified Dish
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Takeout
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Dine-in
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Delivery
📅
Reservations
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Wheelchair accessible
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Accessible restroom
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Casual
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Cozy
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Good for groups
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Google Reviews
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Google reviews
Cafe Rae is a small cafe that provides excellent food and service in a laid-back atmosphere. It fills up quickly. I'd book ahead if you have a large party.
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Offical fat guy seal of approval - Unbelievably great spot - Nema is AMAZINGLY AWESOME - The only restaurant I've been to in years where multiple tables find themselves in genuine conversation with each other the food is great veggies so fresh that the side order of greens for my tortoise was completely munched down. I could go on for forever the decore the menu the location it's all great!
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WOW, what a hidden gem this place is!!! I wanted the perfect breakfast and I GOT IT HERE!!! The eggs were over easy perfectly, the potatoes had a great char on them mixed with grilled onions. The sausage was delicious - great flavor, sourdough toast, and some pico de gallo on top and endless cups of fresh hot coffee - this place is amazing you gottta come here.
1421 N El Camino Real, San Clemente, CA 92672
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First time here. Traveling thru. Love trying out unique places to eat when we travel. Cute, colorful, cozy atmosphere. Food was on point with great flavors and big selection to pick from menu. Coffee was also good, with wonderful service! Highly recommend!! ❤️
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Wonderful little cafe.. just darling with hand painted batik t-shirts hanging from the walls. Open for breakfast & lunch only. Superb brisket melt sandwich on challah, yummy lentil soup plus lots of other goodies on the menu for next time.. servers Nina & Jenny were both friendly & efficient & the chef deserves praise for a little cafe.
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Just walking into the place you get great vibes. The host/ waiter had a cool vibe about himself. It was a weekday and it was about half full. So if its a weekend you'll need to get in early or just wait for a table. There is no real outside dining. Parking was ok.
Now for the food. They have enough to satisfy vegans, the meat lovers and everyone in between. They have chicken apple sausage, turkey bacon
And sausage. The orange juice taste freshly squeezed. I ordered the Rae special for the day and it was amazing.
All in all, if you can get a table come here.
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Excellent atmosphere, great food with large portions, friendly service, unique wall deco, and 60's style special clothing and merchandise for purchase. Seating is limited. This is definitely a local favorite spot. Stay local, support out own! Service dogs welcome. Enjoy!
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So glad we popped in here for breakfast! Good move to go a bit earlier than usual to beat the crowd. We showed up around 9am and it wasn’t too busy but the place was full by 10am. We got the brisket omelette and they’re stuffed French toast special. They were both delicious! The omelette came with a really good portion of brisket, breakfast potatoes, and toast. You can pick from different breads for you toast, so I went with challah. It’s a quirky joint, definitely worth going back to.
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I went here a few months ago and I guess I started the review and forgot to finish it.
Went here for brunch and ordered for takeout. This place definitely gets busy on the weekend and be prepared to wait. There was a party there that was willing to wait like 30-45 minutes. Figured this place must be really good if people are willing to wait or come earlier because they already know there's a wait.
I was a little disappointed because their google menu was a little out of date. They didn't have the pulled pork omelet or the banana- caramel fluff cream cheese stuffed and crusted french toast.
The ladies who took my order was super nice and accommodating. Regardless, how busy they were they still took the time to help and explain their menu to me.
1. Brisket -salsa- sour cream omelet - super juicy and a good portion. The potatoes compliment the omelet perfectly.
2. Sausage and bacon breakfast burrito- delicious and still tasted good when we ate it like an hour or so later because we were so stuffed from the other 2 items.
3. French toast they were able to customize for me because I was deeply looking forward to the banana caramel fluff French toast.. They made me a stuffed and crusted french toast which had bananas, honey, and I believe cream cheese or something inside because they didn't have the fluff or caramel... Words can't describe the party that was going on in my mouth with the first bite. It was genius, the crust on the french toast is from frosted flakes that they coat it with...
I highly recommend and will definitely be back soon.
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This is a precious little Cafe’ with wonderful food and ambiance. I had the traditional French toast (& didn’t get a picture early enough) it was delicious and a full plate!! My husband had the 2 egg breakfast - a Full plate of food that was also very good! The service was fantastic!! Great place to eat!!
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