Aroma's Cafe — Restaurant in Myrtletown

I was excited to check this place out. My brother and I are visiting Eureka, and I know there are a lot of good cafes. The 5 star rating of Aroma's cafe drew us in (HOW do they have 5 stars?!)

After ordering, we sat down to await our coffee and breakfast. I got a mocha and chilaquiles. It was $22, which seemed a little steep, but not out of the ordinary.

Now for the main complaint. It. Was. Sllooooowwww. I always give service staff the benefit of the doubt (I work in the service industry) but I do not see how it can take 30 minutes to make a coffee. The place wasn't packed. There were only about 8 other people aside from us in there. it dragged on so long that we requested our food to go. FINALLY after 45 minutes, we had our breakfast and coffee.

It was slow as hell, but the food must be good, right? Right? Wrong. The "chicken" chilaquiles was just chilaquiles with unseasoned chunks of chicken dropped on top. Now, I've eaten a lot of canned chicken in my time, and I'm 70% sure this chicken came out of a can. The chilaquiles themselves were...not great. The sauce was good, not great, but they were also cold in several spots. And worse, I don't think there were any eggs in them at all! I mean COME ON! 45 minutes and THIS is what you give me?! For $22? It's almost laughable.

I'm not one to complain about food. I've never written a bad review before, and I've written a lot of good ones. I know how a review can affect the livelihoods of the owners of an establishment. But this feels like my civic duty.

The only bright spot: The mocha was good. Not incredible, but pretty good. If you want to wait 30 minutes for good coffee, go for it.

Oh, and it wasn't just us. Every person who ordered that I saw had the same insane delay that we had.

I hope this helps someone else decide not...

Aromas is my neighborhood go to for coffee &delicious food. Five star all the way all the time. This coffee house/cafe is staffed only by the two owners Marisol and Adela. Yet everyone is served at their table after ordering at the counter. They are never annoyed and are always fully customer oriented.

Their menu items are made to order, so sometimes there's a wait, but if you're in a hurry there are plenty of quick foods and daily baked pastries to choose from.

The food is house made from fresh ingredients including house roasted chiles, fresh veggies for the salads and salsas, the fruit jams, flan, hot chili oil, tortillas. The bagels are locally made for them as are the tortilla chips.

The coffee drinks are consistent in quality and flavor. Oh, and they serve Mimosas all day.

Very clean and homey environment. Marisol and Adela are delights- they always put a...

We were so glad we found this place while visiting this weekend. We saw the high rating and had our hopes up high. Well, they met and exceeded our expectations. The place is clean, the owner was so personal and welcoming and the food was amazing. Not over salted or seasoned. Just perfect. They even gave me an extra egg because they wanted them to look perfect.

And very affordable. Cost me more to go to fast food. Love this place

If you’re a biscuits and gravy fan, welcome home. But they also have vegetarian and vegan options. Just feeling fat and...