Cajun Kitchen Cafe — Restaurant in Goleta

Terrible service! We came on a Sunday morning for breakfast. We arrive around 10:40 and was told there would be a 25 min wait for a table for 2. No problem! They took us in to be seated 15 min later - ahead of schedule... great! Someone came by as soon as we were seated to take our drink order. Seems like a great experience so far, right? We thought so too. But then it all went downhill.

We waited around 20 minutes for our server to take our order and when he finally came by, we exchanged pleasantries and then he made some comment about having just eaten and how he's all full now. You don't say that to hungry customers that have been waiting for more than 20 min to order. I understand that servers need breaks, but maybe don't seat customers in that section until he returns or have someone cover for him. I ordered pancakes (combo with 1 egg and bacon) and my sister order French toast with Nutella and fruit.

Our food didn't come until 11:40. That is 45 minutes after we were seated. And there were just two of us. When the server dropped off the food, he made a comment about almost forgetting it. I honestly wonder if he was high. He called the butter we didn't use ice cream and said it was the best part. W He was just weird. The pancakes were good, but the rest of the food was slightly cold and nothing to write home about. I am giving 2 stars for the guy who took our drink order and also cleared some of our plates. He was also great about refilling my water glass.

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Service was great. Surprisingly, two of us were able to get seated at a patio table right away on a Sunday morning at 10:30 am, perfect brunch-y time. There might have been a wait time for larger parties, however, because there were people waiting around outside.

I mainly came here for the beignets ($4.25) and I wasn't disappointed on that front.

They had several options of Smucker's (orange marmalade, concord grape jelly, seedless boysenberry preserves, and strawberry jam), along with a few hot sauces. I tried some boysenberry with my beignets, which were delicious. (Note: Smucker's second ingredient listed is high fructose corn syrup, so I avoid generally avoid those except when treating myself.)

My friend tried the Belgian waffle ($9.50) and made it a combo (+$2) which had two links of sausage and one egg any style. She ordered the egg over easy and the egg came out perfectly and was even satisfyingly round. The sausages were a bit tiny even for breakfast sausages, but still good.

However, if my friend hadn't ordered the combo, she was literally getting a whole plain round waffle for $9.50. That is definitely not worth it at all. It came with syrup and some butter, but really-- $9.50 for a plain waffle. Strangely very expensive price point when everything else on the menu seemed like typical mildly expensive brunch pricing. Would come back to try their specials or eggs...

Let me start with the bad, I ordered their French dip. The meat was incredibly dry, like it had been sitting awhile. Even with the aujou. It did not help, really a disappointment for me. I do think this may have been a one off. Because for the remainder of the food we had (party of four) everybody loved their food.

My wife and daughter had the breakfast dishes. They said it was delicious and they enjoyed it very much. Everything was cooked to order. The eggs were fresh. The bacon was crispy. You couldn't ask for a better dish.

My son ordered the chicken sandwich, which he said was very tasty. Crispy batter and the chicken was well seasoned.

The restaurant is in a small strip mall. Fair amount of people walking in but still felt very homely. Nice, relaxed atmosphere. Nice place to eat definitely will return. When we go to visit our daughter at UCSB? I just won't be having the french dip.

Oh yeah, the service, quick service. Nice great...