Elmisa Cafe Rancho Bernardo — Restaurant in San Diego

Great sandwiches with great flavor that make your taste buds know you are eating something really good.

The Roast Beef Panini is a great sandwich. I try to order different things, but I've come back to this one over and over. It has all the right flavors on a nice hot hoagie roll with an au jus sauce for dipping. I just drink that separately, like an onion soup. Maybe one dip, or two dips with the second half. I like this sandwich, and on a rainy day it's definitely appealing. The green chili tapenade and horseradish aioli brings it all together. But the rain is not needed to enjoy it. It's delicious and satisfying on any day.

Allen's Tuna is an excellent sandwich. Again it delivers where it matters most. Taste. The pickled onions make this one stand out. It's not a heavy sandwich, but packs a heavy flavor punch. It's on a jalapeno cheddar bread. Fresh arugula is a great idea.

The Rula is another superb sandwich. Hot and tasty with several layers of flavor. Sliced chicken and prosciutto. The pesto jumps out all over your taste buds. A warm layer of fatty tastiness from the fresh mozzarella ends it. It's almost like you are still eating it after it's gone. When it's that good, it's like extra innings in baseball. More baseball. More flavor. The Rosemary Olive Oil bread is unique. The rosemary is prevalent from start to finish and mixes well with the other flavors. A lot of stuff going on with this one. A lot of good stuff.

The bread used with these particular sandwiches are toasted and is really key to making these sandwiches come alive. Quality bread for sure.

And without a doubt the best coffee around. That's why I liked this place. Lavazza coffee. Deep, rich, and tastes like what a cup of coffee should taste like. High level.

The staff is very friendly and accommodating. They do care about what they do.

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Food is good, however I find it super unprofessional no one at the coffee shop knows if their decaf coffee bean was processed by swiss water processing, a chemical-free method for decaffeinating the caffeine… the girl looked at me like she never even heard of it and while i understand customers might not, but employees of a coffee shop should definitely know how their coffee beans were processed, kinda embarrassing if you ask me for a coffee shop to have no idea if bad chemicals are in their beans or not.

side note I’m pregnant and a heads up for other pregnant mama’s decaf processed by swiss water processing is the safe method. So don’t buy from a place that has no idea.

I recommend taking the drive to Mostra they have every bean labeled on their bags how it was processed…. picture added for...

There are some drawbacks when going here, but there's a lot to like.

Drinks: The smoothie I usually get has a distinct artificial flavoring, though it might be from the protein powder. It's not bad despite this, unless you're prone to sugar headaches. Coffee is fine

Food: The bakery items generally make me sad, I don't care for them. However, the rula sandwich is really good! It's oily though, but you can ask them to go light on the oil. It's unfortunately pricier than a few years ago, but inflation hits everywhere I suppose. I still enjoy the sandwich enough to keep buying it, it's hard to find something quite like it.

The sandwich is my main reason to come back, but I'd encourage others to check out the other...