Comments on: Jeffrey’s Hillside Cafe | Santa Rosa

By: AC

AC — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:49:35 +0000

Two words: frozen potatoes. I mean, come on. If I wanna open up a bag of freakin’ Bird’s Eye, I can do it at home for less.

By: Jan and Brownie

Jan and Brownie — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:48:06 +0000

We just had a great breakfast at Jeffrey’s. My quiche was wonderful and the potates were perfectly seasoned. We always request our breakfast potatoes to be crispy and well done. It’s amazing how many restaurants ignore the request. We used to go to the Omlette Express, but ordered fruit instead of potatoes because they were undercooked. Still hard inside. Our new breakfast place is Jeffrey’s. We will definitely try it for lunch. Also, the coffee was great and our waitress, Bailey was prfect!

By: Ananamoose

Ananamoose — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:09:29 +0000

Ate a so-called pulled pork sandwich. The worst I’ve had. Too crowded. Won’t go again.

By: Happy Customer

Happy Customer — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:05:20 +0000

Wonderful, delicious food; good service. I had the Veggie Sandwich which was very tasty. The sweet potato fries were wonderful and the coffee flavorful and aromatic. I would go back in a minute!!

By: Terri

Terri — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:06:13 +0000

Cramped seating, so-so service, OK food.

By: Lee

Lee — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:39:59 +0000

One of the only restaurants that does a good job serving hot tea in a nice pot. Not wowed by the service. A TV showing tuned to the Fox News Network does nothing for the ambiance. Conservative politics and breakfast don’t go down well together. To make things worse American Idol came on next! If I wanted a TV in the background I would eat at home!

By: srguy79

srguy79 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:59:46 +0000

Lily, Zack, kids! If want hot quiche – order a freakin’ omelet! Who orders quiche for beakfast besides super models??

By: srguy79

srguy79 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:49:55 +0000

Lucky me! I can walk to Jeff’s from my house. The bad news is – I can walk to Jeff’s from my house! I may have to move farther away so I can walk off the huge breakfast he serves. The coffee is great – Taylor Maid, of course. The next best thing to Thanksgiving Coffee. Only one complaint. Please lose the deep fried potatoes! A place like this should have perfectly done home fries for gosh sakes! Pancakes are HUGE, he has the best bacon in the county, and blintzes – Oh! Ma’ god! Lunch is just as spectacular but, we could use with some local beer, like Russian River!?! AND he’s open 7 DAYS. Go on the weekend for brunch(it’s really the breakfast & lunch menu oo one sheet.

By: chaz mcgee

chaz mcgee — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:16:21 +0000

I’m new to Santa Rosa. I had lunch at Rosso and asked where I could find some good vittles for dinner and was told Trattorio De Lupo. I loved the food and staff at Rosso and trusted the waiters suggestion. I was pleased with my Gnocci and asked about breakfast options. A waiter told me to have a night cap at Ritas and an early breakfast at Jeffreys. Once again, spot on. Just one thing, is it just me or do all the waiters look the same here in Sonoma County.

By: Lily

Lily — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:45:14 +0000

I was excited to check out Jeffrey’s Hillside Cafe and found some aspects to be great: The space is lovely and the logo is fantastic. The designer should get an award for this delightfully creative piece of work. The coffee was delicious.
The food – well, that is where the disappointment set in. I ordered quiche. A very small and cooler than lukewarm piece arrived. I asked the server if it might be heated and she looked unhappy but took it away. When she returned it (a little warmer) she chastized me, saying that “Jeffrey serves his quiche lukewarm.” Really? I don’t know, but there is not much food that I think tasts good lukewarm. I wouldn’t have minded so much if it had been outstanding quiche, but it wasn’t even that.
I guess the hint of pretentiousness in “Jeffrey serves his quiche lukewarm” was irritating, along with the tiny serving, no extras except for a little fruit and relatively high price. I didn’t think this restaurant was aiming to be the breakfast version of John Ash: High prices, California cuisine and just the teeniest bit snooty. Though I wouldn’t really have minded that IF the food had been outstanding. But it just wasn’t.
Unfortunately, there are many better places for a great brunch/breakfast in this town. At Jeffrey’s, the meal did not live up to the promise of the very creative logo.