Miles

Excellent food and solid coffee. Good place to get some work done. Bigger then it looks on the outside

Aleksandr Moreno

I was looking for a late night coffee spot and came across this place. I was pleasantly surprised to learn they serve food as well. The mushroom swiss burger with garlic aioli was delicious. The service was on point and Dani and Suzie were super friendly and accommodating. I will definitely be back!

Schayne Lees

Absolutely love the evening lounge here, offering hookah, a decent food menu and a full bar. They have live music on Friday and Saturday and the staff is super friendly. Camer here for breakfast and had a great omelet.

Yazen Tarik

Cozy haven in La Jolla, Living Room Coffeehouse is a gem. I ordered a burger and Falafel with Kebbeh it was so delicious. The atmosphere is warm and inviting. Perfect spot to curl up with a book or catch up with friends. Highly recommend the pastries too delicious 5/5 stars

William Furby

This place is a gem! Cozy atmosphere, friendly baristas, and seriously delicious coffee. Love the comfy seating and relaxed vibe – perfect for studying or catching up with friends. A true La Jolla highlight!

Joel

Very impressed especially after reading some negative reviews. Inside is very large and beautiful with lots of space to sit. Raspberry chocolate latte was excellent and so was the tea. Skillet was exceptional too, and we also enjoyed our scone. Friendly service but we ordered off the kiosk which was a nice option since the menu is so large. Definitely coming back.

Absolutely fantastic place for a cozy coffee date! Luxurious interior, it's like stepping into a place out of the old world, or Harry Potter. The staff are so friendly and energetic, guaranteed to br…

I've cruised in here a few times mainly for espresso and sweets. Its always been a good time. The peoples are nice and attentive. Has a big spacious area if you wanna bust open the laptop and peruse …

Absolutely fantastic place for a cozy coffee date! Luxurious interior, it's like stepping into a place out of the old world, or Harry Potter. The staff are so friendly and energetic, guaranteed to …

Absolutely fantastic place for a cozy coffee date! Luxurious interior, it's like stepping into a place out of the old world, or Harry Potter. The staff are so friendly and energetic, guaranteed to …

The vibe of this place is top notch. They have performances on the weekend that are truly spectacular and the hookah is always rolling. The dishes we got were very good, typical Mediterranean fare bu…

Great coffee and good baked goods like croissants, muffins and scones, did I mention great coffee?

The living room is the best place to have great food great entertainment! Amazing service \nFun fun fun

The living room is the best place to have great food great entertainment! Amazing service \nFun fun fun

The living room is the best place to have great food great entertainment! Amazing service \nFun fun fun

best mushroom burger in the world \nbest salads\ngood customer service \nevery time we go there , you hear yummmm amazing food\n\nvery clean place\nclean bathrooms\n\nclean cut workers \nbeautiful …

Amazing spot! Love it! Great food, service and live music!\nHighly recommend the spot!

i love it here you can study here there's a great cafe and food but at night you get live music and even drinks. Such w beautiful place and area

The living room is a small, cozy, inconspicuous cafe with amazing food and drink. I’d highly recommend the Marguerite Pizza, and the sugar cookie is great to grab before heading out to the seaside bo…

I used to frequent the Living Room back in the late 90’s/early 2000’s in its old location across the street. I loved its cozy, comforting vibe. I recently was in town and decided to give the new loca…

Staff very friendly the manger was pleasant & very helpful Amazing salads & sandwiches Favorite dessert bread putting and tiramisu

Staff very friendly the manger was pleasant & very helpful Amazing salads & sandwiches Favorite dessert bread putting and tiramisu

staff very friendly the manger was pleasant & very helpful Amazing salads & sandwiches Favorite dessert bread putting and tiramisu

While the menu has a lot of unrelated food items (is it breakfast? Italian? Middle Eastern?), the portions are generous and fresh served in a relaxed setting. Wonderful!

Came here twice for breakfast during a recent stay in La Jolla. First time I had their Sunrise bagel with bacon, which was generous with the bacon. Second time had their Club Croissant, which…

This looked like a warm and inviting place to have lunch and it turned out to be very relaxing with the music they were playing . Everything was great except every single table was taken by kids on their laptops either doing homework or playing games. We got the last table that was dirty but they came right away and cleaned it. I guess don’t go after 2:00 because it’s catered to coffee drinkers with laptops. I only saw 3 tables with some kind of food. Many people walked in looking for tables to sit down and eat and nothing was available so they left. The Sicilian Muffuletta was very good and tasty, and huge, it definitely shareable.

Emy Emmanuel

Good ambience and nice decor making it look cozy Average food mainly because all what we ordered were greasy Ordered using the kiosk- and took a number for the table. But that was of no use. I wouldn’t recommend ordering the Turkish coffee and chicken shawarma.

Jannah Tarabishi

The Living Room Café has such a cozy, vintage-cute vibe with its seating and decor—perfect for a relaxed stop during a La Jolla walk. Their chai tea latte is definitely the star here, rich and flavorful, one of the best I’ve had in the area. The desserts are decent—not the absolute best, but still enjoyable and a nice complement to the drinks. Honestly, I’d come back mainly for the chai latte—it’s worth the visit.

+2

ambiance is so cool here, this is one of my favorite places to do work. It has such a unique vibe. The food is alright, nothing too crazy. The coffee was pretty good. The service is fast and there'…

Dirty dingy dive. Food is ok. People are nice. They don't clean up much. Upstairs is a vape place smells like cigar. All old dingy furniture. Must be its charm.

The coffee is great but man, they need to clean their bathroom. It looks like it hasn't been cleaned in years. It's not that hard for a manager to give this responsibility to the daily employees.

I stopped in one morning and had Quiche Lorraine and enjoyed it. The coffee is very good also. Fun, funky dining room too.

I stopped in one morning and had Quiche Lorraine and enjoyed it. The coffee is very good also. Fun, funky dining room too.

A cute, spacious coffee spot in the heart of LJ that is also open late. The pastry and coffee were alright for the prices. The place has a residual smoke smell from the adjacent smoking area.

Ky Armstrong

My friend and I have wanted to come here for awhile so we went on a Thursday morning. It was not super busy and we ordered. A few minutes later one of the cashiers came and told us that the food we had ordered wasn’t actually available. We decided to try and order something else but waited to get refunded. The blonde cashier definitely was helpful, however both dishes came out missing items that we had ordered. Depending on where you sit the wifi is also not great. We may come back but unfortunately it was a medium experience. The tea was great though if you want a quick in and out.

Women with short black hair and an accent was so rude. Brought my smoothie in and was going to get food after I finished an assignment and she was so fowl I ended up walking out. will not support…

BE WARNED I used to come here all of the time and I love Living Room! It's the perfect study location. My friend and I came in and were going to get food an hour or so into our study like I've done…

Insanely weird ambiance, practically no service at all, was told someone would come by for us to order drinks which never happened. Took food forever to come out and it was bad quality and bland. G…

Insanely weird ambiance, practically no service at all, was told someone would come by for us to order drinks which never happened. Took food forever to come out and it was bad quality and bland. G…

Insanely weird ambiance, practically no service at all, was told someone would come by for us to order drinks which never happened. Took food forever to come out and it was bad quality and bland. G…

Bad food, bad hookah,bad drink, bad customer service, very expensive, doesn't worth the value.

I went here to celebrate a birthday party. It was a group of about 8 of us. We got coffee and then sat at a table to listen to the live music. My friend and I went to close out our tab. After it wa…

service was not great, ambiance was cool but the food is overpriced for the quality. i was excited to try this spot but disappointed in the experience. definitely not going back and not recommendin…

I just come at 2pm to sit and order a hookah no one was there the man down stairs in the cafe said he would come at 2pm then the woman working down stairs said he’s not here yet at 3pm when i came …

This place sucks, it’s an over priced Internet cafe where you take your own order. But don’t worry you can still tip with minimal to no human interaction. O it’s also gross and rundown

I had been a loyal customer at this location for quite some time, but my most recent visit ensured it will be my last. On Saturday, January 31st, 2026, my wife and I stopped in, spent over $50 on food and drinks, and planned to sit for a while to get some work done. Before we could even settle in, the owner, Sam Azzu, approached our table and immediately accused me of bringing in a to-go cup from the competitor across the street. The problem? It wasn’t from another café at all. Rather than asking politely or clarifying the situation, he jumped straight into a lecture about “lounging around” and “using up all the Wi-Fi.” This was directed at two customers who had literally just spent money there and intended to stay and work after their meal. The tone was aggressive, dismissive, and completely unnecessary. Even after I calmly explained that the assumption about the cup was incorrect, the conversation didn’t de-escalate. Instead, the owner became increasingly irritated, turning what should have been a quick misunderstanding into an awkward public confrontation. The entire exchange happened in front of my wife and other nearby customers, who looked just as uncomfortable as we felt. There’s a difference between enforcing policies and publicly scolding paying customers over an incorrect assumption. If the goal was simply to clarify a rule about outside drinks, a polite sentence would have handled it in ten seconds. Instead, it felt like we were being treated as freeloaders in a place where we had just spent over $50. What stood out most was the apparent frustration about customers “taking up space.” That’s a strange message to send in a café environment where people commonly sit, talk, work, and spend time after ordering. Hospitality is supposed to make guests feel welcome, not like they’re being monitored for how long they occupy a chair. Unfortunately, based on other reviews describing similar interactions, this doesn’t appear to be an isolated moment of poor judgment. It seems more like a pattern of reactive management and unnecessary confrontation. We came in expecting a normal café experience. Instead, we left feeling like we had been reprimanded for existing in the space after supporting the business. There are plenty of places that understand the basics of hospitality and treat their customers with courtesy. This location, sadly, is no longer one of them.

I simply went got a 7 dollar over priced croissant and sat there to do my work for 1 hour and suddenly got kicked out by the bald worker there who said I had to leave there were people waiting. I stated I bought food and the people around me where here for far longer than I was studying as well and the guy didn’t believe me and said I had to leave. I was minding my business completely quiet bought my food and was studying. Terrible experience, terrible atmosphere, terrible service. Don’t recommend

Marie L'amour

LR used to be the spot for all of us to work and study—great atmosphere, plenty of table space, and now the new location is even bigger. Unfortunately, that’s where the positives end. The bathrooms are the dirtiest I’ve ever seen. Floors are visibly dirty within an hour of opening, clearly leftover from the night before. This is La Jolla—an upscale community—and the space should be maintained accordingly. The food is another letdown. LR East San Diego does a great job, but here the quality drops significantly beyond the pastries. The coffee, however, is outstanding—both coffee and tea are excellent. The internet is unreliable, which defeats the purpose of being a work/study space. On top of that, one staff member (a dark, long-haired woman) was notably unprofessional and poorly suited for customer service. Fix these issues, and many of us would happily become regulars again. This place has real potential—it just needs to get its basics right.

Vita & Vox

I truly regret bringing my Italian friend here for a cup of espresso. What they served didn’t even resemble espresso—it looked off and tasted even worse. Honestly, it was undrinkable, even by americano standards. The flavor was dirty and unpleasant. If you genuinely enjoy good coffee, this is not the place. And definitely don’t bring someone who knows what real espresso should taste like.