Carmela Coffee - Pompano Beach — Restaurant in Pompano Beach

This was a nice coffee shop/cafe that reminds me a lot of Starbucks when first walking in, but with a lot fewer staff and patrons. The menu was larger and different, in an interesting way.

My husband and I both ordered and enjoyed dishes we had never eaten before. Mine was Turkish poached eggs on yogurt and artisan sourdough bread, with a chili flake drizzle. I think it was cooked well, but it was quite bland overall. I really could not taste the chili at all and would have liked a lot more of it since that's what made the dish unique in my opinion. I also wanted salt, but didn't see any and did without.

My husband had the salmon and barley grain bowl and he absolutely loved it. He thought the salmon was the best part - we think it was lox, but not certain. There was no dressing on it, which I thought was an oversight in the recipe, but he did say he liked it just as it was.

The regular hot brewed coffee was absolutely delicious. Just the right roastiness, not bitter at all, just robust and gorgeous. The paper cups were slim and kept our coffee hot very well.

The prices were a little high I think - over $40 for the two dishes and 1 coffee each. But, if you appreciate a cool menu and like trying recipes you've never seen before, this is worth the price.

Our only complaint was the service. I understand that there aren't a lot of staff, so other than the food getting dropped off, table service by a waitress was out of the question. However, we felt the two women we encountered were uninterested in providing a good customer interaction experience for the duration of our stay. A little goes a long way with us, but it was just lacking.

Regardless, I'd return. But... if they put staff who care in there and provided table service, this place would likely be...

Me and my partner came here after church ( Easter Sunday ) and we left literally livid . Today they closed at 3. We arrived at 2:20pm and were greeted by 2 young ladies. One of the young ladies was fixing coffee with a baby in her arms sleeping we was thrown off by it but we thought it was a young mother doing whatever she needed to do . We then ordered our food which turned out to be $59 + $8.00 tip . The young lady asked us if we wanted to go or dine in .. we said dine in . She said okay just to make us aware that they close at 3pm . I said yes that’s fine we will be out . Everything from there went down hill . Our food took about 20 minutes to come out which was a big issue because we didn’t order much . At this time it’s 2:40-2:45ish. When we received our food it was in a bag by one of the other girls . We mentioned dine in not take out . We didn’t even receive no “ utensils “ or our food on a plate . I had to ask for utensils. Another thing is that the employees are walking out the establishment whenever they want . One of the girls who seemed to be a friend of the ladies was in the back of the counter doing whatever she want . It’s unprofessional. I say it’s 3:01pm at this time and while we’re eating because our food took 20 min the young lady who took our order came over and said “ I’m sorry guys we are closed “ . Basically we were kicked out and had to finish our food at home . We received poor poor service. Only thing that was good was our lemonades and my crossaint. Hopefully you guys can do better especially for people who tip because we are expecting for you to give us good customer service . We will not be coming back...

The Carmela Coffee Co. is a refreshing coffee shop hangout with 7 locations in Boca and scattered in Broward county, and growing. Based on my Google research, it seems that they are owned by a Costa Rican coffee farm and they serve their own grown coffee… and the coffee is de-de-delicious. When it comes to coffee, I only drink mild coffee (sorry Starbucks and Cuban coffee), but they have a long assortment of stronger coffee and exotic beverages. You may want to fact-check their beginning on your own, or if you already know their full history, please correct me in your responses.

Open only for breakfast and lunch but they offer a different twist over traditional breakfast and lunches. Their main food attraction and specialty is that their offerings are placed on one giant toast or not toasted bread loaded thick with guacamole spread and topped with an array of breakfast or lunch item goodies that will certainly fill you up with energy to carry on with your day. They also offer an assortment of freshly baked coffee cake – this morning, in addition to their regular menu coffee cakes, they featured a blueberry coffee cake. I had it (I didn’t take a pix of it), but trust me, it was heavy, moist, and delicious.

I was introduced to Carmela’s by a co-worker about 5 months ago at the 1182 Powerline Rd, Pompano Beach location and I became a regular fan. I love avocado, and that place is avocado heaven. I’ve tried many variations of both their breakfast and lunch avocado treats and,...