Cedarhurst Cafe — Restaurant in New Haven

Minutes before having our food unceremoniously and wordlessly dropped in front of us, we saw the Belgian waffles with chocolate chips pass us on its way to a predictably unenthusiastic patron. Said dish was literal in its description: a simple waffle with store bought chocolate chips dumped on top. The waffles themselves probably are store bought as well, for how difficult is it to just bake them into the f$&@ing waffle. It was a culinary feat to behold.

Then our food arrives. If you ever wondered what poor quality hamburger or sandwich toppings would taste like rolled into a wrap, dry without the hint of sauce or ingenuity, then wonder no more. And let me be clear, I’m talking about lettuce, tomato, onions and a couple of cucumbers fashioned as though they just fell out of a premade bag of salad, clumsily wrapped onto a little plate of disappointment.

The egg salad Croissant, upon ordering, we were told “We don’t have any croissants.” Then a pause. “....um, is there anything else we can have egg salad on?” Getting it on an English muffin seemed a good substitute. Taking the top off the sandwich, nothing in there but egg salad. Super. No salt & pepper, no pickle. Nothing. It’s what one would expect if they were having egg salad sandwich day in a penitentiary. Luckily we ordered the wrap which had all the sandwich toppings ready to be dispersed.

Oh. Lastly we also ordered a bag of chips. They delivered a bag of Ruffles. Ruffles? F$@& you Cedarhurst. And no. I will not leave my dishes by the...

It saddens me to write this review since I’ve been here a couple of times and have had amazing service normally this would be a 5 star review for me but my experience with the food today has me very upset.

I bought a bacon egg and cheese as well as a hot chocolate. I never asked for pepper yet there seems to be a whole ton of pepper on my sandwich and the bacon wasn’t cooked enough in my opinion, But my concern is more with the pepper. Last time I came it was the same thing but because I don’t come here often, so I forgot that they automatically add pepper. It ruined the whole sandwich and did finish it so that was a waste of my money and time. I could have went elsewhere but I decided to come here bc of their great service and quality of food. My hot chocolate was piping hot. I had to drive to Westport for work and after 40 min it still wasn’t cooled down.

I really didn’t get to enjoy my breakfast how I planned to do it was very frustrating.

I guess my point in writing this review is to suggest the obvious. Can you please make it a custom to ask if customers want pepper? Also, try to not make the hot drinks so piping hot where you can’t have it for another hour. And this is with me blowing it to cool it down too. Sorry if I sound rude in this review but this bothered me too much for me to not...

This cafe might be dog friendly but it is not dog responsible, or citizen responsible, I live in the crown street area so I pass this Lawbreaking cafe ( see city ordinance 7-5 about nuisance animals) and was almost bitten twice by the customers dogs which happen to be on a short lease under their chair or table. I reported this to the manager, and she said that since this is as dog friendly cafe their is nothing that she can do because the dog owners are the bulk of her business. She said that it was up to the dogs owner to control their dogs, even though the customers were eating and drinking their products and sitting at the tables that they provide. I suggested that the cafe post signs to inform the dog owners and the public of this danger, she said their is nothing she can do, and as I was walking out, she said the dogs should bite you the next time. This is absolutely the rudest, nastiest most inhumane person I ever met, and she has no business serving the public. I've inquired about this matter with several officials to resolve this extremely important...