This has been my second year going to Sahara Cafe for breakfast. Overall it is a very enjoyable place to have breakfast. It is a small, quaint, old fashioned style diner located adjacent a hotel. The benches / booths are very old-fashioned. I ordered eggs, bacon, toast and hash browns, with extra bacon. The food came out fast and was very delicious. The hash browns were slightly cold but the rest of the food was good. The coffee was also excellent. And is served in large mugs. The service was very friendly and excellent in my book. I recommend this location to anyone looking for a good breakfast.

Home Cooked Breakfast mixed with the nostalgia of Grandmas house and rock n roll. I found this place on the last day of my OC trip. It's attached to a hotel so it's not standing out on the main road. No super long line or wait to get seated at a table. The tables and chairs were kinda tiny because the decor is circa 1970. We had to squeeze into a booth. My server Kelly was a cute girl with big a smile. The employees wear these really cool concert style t-shirts that read SAHARA. Some of the employees should wear better shorts or pants and comb their hair because they looked like they just rolled outta bed and came to work. My table was along the wall with a view of the hotel pool and the buckets where they store the dirty dishes. Yikes. I hope they move that dirty dish station soon. The menu is extensive but I kept it simple and ordered a meal from the egg section lol. None of the breakfast platters come with pancakes or waffles. You have to order that separately. There are NO SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED for some of the meals. They even offer cereal or oatmeal if you are a picky eater. Can someone please tell me why I have to ask these OC restaurants to season my food? I asked my server does the chef season the eggs and she pointed to the salt n pepper on the table. I asked for hot syrup and she pointed to the room temperature syrup on the table. I wasn't asking for too much so I pushed on these two demands. She brought our food out hot with no seasoning but the syrup came in a hot small dish . I added Tabasco to the eggs . The waffle was perfect, nice size and crispy edges. The best part of the meal was the shredded HASHBROWN. Imagine if CHECKERS or RALLYS made their seasoned fries into hashbrown. That's what they taste like. The bill came to 42.11 for two ppl. I would come here again and sit at a wooden table with a better view.

You will not find nicer people . There are definitely Greatful Dead band overtones but rest assured your entire family will enjoy the great food , pleasant staff , cleanliness and good prices ! I recommend this cafe especially for breakfast ! Get the Beach Boy !

Came here for breakfast and it hit the spot. The waitress was nice and respectful. The environment was pretty chill. I got the blueberry pancakes with hash browns and bacon but the blueberry pancakes were mid. I tried the peanut butter pancakes and let me just say they were shmacking. The only thing I could complain about is the price but other than that I definitely recommend coming to this breakfast spot.

A great start to a great week is beginning with a good cup of coffee! We ordered the crab omelette with the addition of shrimp minus the green peppers for the wifey and I ordered the Rays perfect Storm eggs and french toast with bacon, in the beginning I felt our server was a lil abrasive but she warmed up along the way. This place with a 60's - 70's Rock and Roll Vibe with my dude Jerry Garcia memorabilia all over made the ambiance of this beach breakfast digs so chill and laid back it all about the food which was outstanding delicious and filling. Our server was attentive and locked into another gear with bottomless beverages a smile and great service ending this experience super strong well done Sahara Cafe!

We were visiting OC during off season and decided to have breakfast at Sahara Cafe. Our server was super friendly and attentive. We ordered Maureens good day sunshine and mushroom Swiss veggie omelet. The portion is huge, we couldn't finish! But wow! So good! Their coffee also hits the spot! Definitely paying a visit again when we are in town.

I came here in a party of 8 for late brunch around 11:30am on Sunday. We waited for about 20-25 minutes for a table. I ordered the Chesapeake crab benedict and smoked salmon bagel. The Benedict comes with 2 poached eggs + crab meat on 2 English muffins with a large side of hash brown. The crab meat paired very well with this dish. Hash brown was cooked well and had a nice char. The smoked salmon bagel came with cream cheese and lettuce/tomato/onion. Both dishes were very good! I would definitely order the crab benedict again next time I'm in town. Our server was good, but the woman who brought out our food was little rude and impatient when she had to wait a few seconds for us to claim who ordered which dish since she stood at the end of the table and half of us could barely hear her. She didn't even place the dish in front of the person who ordered, but simply handed the dish to one person at the end to pass down the table.