Creekside Gardens — Restaurant in Cambria

Ramon and Maria's CREAKSIDE GARDENS CAFÉ is always our last stop before returning home (to reality) from a weekend getaway in Cambria California. Their brunches are terrific: large, fresh, and delicious.

The café has a new look. There's a pavilion at the entrance. Inside it has been spruced up a bit. Still the same garden restaurant but, she's a bit prettier.

There are two sections. A quaint dining room seats about twenty. The lovely, partially covered, heated garden, holds about thirty more.

This is a very busy eatery. Be sure to register on the pad, hanging from a hook, inside the door. The wait is usually short. Reservations are not accepted.

Servings are large. Everything is cooked to order. On their brunch menu, served all day, is a selection of waffles, pancakes, eggs, and several meats.

As a vegan, I order the vegetarian stir-fry, without eggs. It is a mix of diced vegetables: peppers, potatoes, mushrooms, and spinach, stir-fried in olive oil, and served with a choice of toast, muffins or, my favorite, tortillas, and an unlimited supply of delicious, hot coffee.

The free parking lot has a incline. The handicapped spaces are flat, directly in front of the restaurant's entrance. Seating on the garden patio is reached through the inside dining area. Both are wheelchair accessible. Carryouts are available.

The recently remodeled gender neutral bathrooms, located near the entrance, are small. They are entered through a short hallway. The one on your right is the larger.

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I took my daughter-in-law here for lunch today because Creekside has been around for decades here in Cambria. I am so glad that we came in and let me tell you they did not disappoint!! I had their grilled chicken blue cheese, walnut salad OMG!! Not only was the chicken cooked to perfection, but the strawberries in the salad were so ripe not to mention the dried cranberries were spectacular the mixed greens, which were incredible and the portion is spectacular. You can make two meals out of it. I of course stuff myself silly and eat the whole thing along with having two coronas lol! Oh, and it comes with their homemade strawberry muffins, which are to die for and I'm not kidding you I would stand in line and die over and over and over again for those damn muffins lol lol lol!! Our server was the most precious young man, and the staff was just wonderful and pleasant. We sat out back on the patio. I had my elderly mini Chihuahua with me and let me tell you he loved that muffin as much as I did! You simply must eat at Creekside Café! My daughter had the spinach and mushroom omelette and she said it...

They make a great 35 dollar mimosa.

Went here today for breakfast. I specifically asked the server if they make their corned beef hash in house and he said yes "it's not out of a can."

What arrived on my plate was canned corned beef hash (and if you know that stuff it's basically glorified dog food). My eggs had hard shell in them and my food was lukewarm. The gravy for their B&G is right out of a powder packet and I don't know who taught these people how to make a biscuit but it arrived looking like a round dinner roll.

I cam count on one hand how many times I've sent my food back but when I alerted him to take it back, I was informed that they would not be taking the charge off because "we don't waste food."

Which is all well and good but what you served me was slop and it isn't worth 20 dollars, especially when you lied to me and said you made everything in-house.

So, I spent 35 dollars on a mimosa which was actually probably the only thing worth consuming at this place. Unless maybe you get scrambled eggs or pancakes (which are hard to mess up when all you serve is processed...