John's Market & Cafe — Restaurant in Solana Beach

I rated this place on the breakfast sandy’s alone. I believe the meal I had was the Breakfast Burrito Deluxe, it was the everything in it breakfast masterpiece. I would probably have been more cognizant of what the menu item was called, had I not been in heaven over this choice!

Let me put it this way, if Pipes in Cardiff has the best breakfast sandwich I have ever tasted, & I rated that a five, and any drive through fast food McDonald’s or Burger King has a breakfast sandwich that I would rate a one, then this was a 5+! Add to that the homemade salsa verde (Which I would eat off of an old shoe if it has this deliciousness on top of it), and I will be back plenty.

John’s restaurant is attached to a market which also sells the homemade salsa and pico de gallo, with a great small selection of produce and other Mexican accoutrements. Love everything about this place. Brother and sister owned, very friendly. If you like your coffee sweet, try the Mexican blend. Loved my Sunday morning here. This fine little Mexican establishment gets four Irish...

John's Market on the corner of Valley & Vera in Eden Gardens, Solana Beach is our #1 go to now! They have a grocery store of fresh fruits, vegetables, pan rolls, fresh made tortillas, meats, fresh homemade chorizo with NO PRESERVATIVES, eggs, Mexican spices, creams and so much more! This is a new establishment opening in 2022. As another reviewer stated, skip Gelson's, Von's or Sprouts and give this traditional place a try. This is a family business. Mom, sister and brother John all work here and they are so nice and happy to help you. They also serve breakfast and lunch 7 days a week. Saturday mornings they make fresh carnitas starting at 4am. They start selling it at 7am and it's sold out by noon! We ordered the shrimp and the breakfast burrito today and we were so happy we did. My BF told me this was the best burrito he has ever eaten. Not only that, we both only ate half because it's so big! We now have another meal. We will no longer be frequenting Mexico Viejo. This grocery store and restaurant will be getting our business moving forward!...

I always look for a good CA burrito to take back to LA on my trips back from SD. I don't always get to stop at my favorite places so I look for something nearby. John's had an incredible 4.9 star rating so I though "why not?" I came in around 2pm on 7/1/2025. First of all there was one customer in the small restaurant. That clearly does not indicate lots of customers. Second, and ultimately the nail in the coffin, was the guy behind the counter who was dead asleep. I mean he was twitching in his sleep. Hat over his face, leaning back in his chair. Come on man. You can't be serious about business pulling this stunt. I really cannot comment on the food quality because with only 1 customer and a dude asleep at the front I was not willing to take my chances. I didn't want to wake him and I didn't want to try the food. I just walked about. Take your chances if you'd like. The food may be a 10/10 who knows, but would never go back on the lack of professionalism and customer service alone. I ended up walking out and leaving. They lost...