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En Start Fresh Cafe, te invitamos a disfrutar de una experiencia culinaria americana auténtica en un ambiente tradicional y acogedor. Con una amplia variedad de platos que te harán sentir como en casa, nuestro restaurante en Oceanside ofrece desde un clásico almuerzo en la barra...

Start Fresh Cafe

American · Oceanside

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About Start Fresh Cafe

En Start Fresh Cafe, te invitamos a disfrutar de una experiencia culinaria americana auténtica en un ambiente tradicional y acogedor. Con una amplia variedad de platos que te harán sentir como en casa, nuestro restaurante en Oceanside ofrece desde un clásico almuerzo en la barra hasta una agradable...

En Start Fresh Cafe, te invitamos a disfrutar de una experiencia culinaria americana auténtica en un ambiente tradicional y acogedor. Con una amplia variedad de platos que te harán sentir como en casa, nuestro restaurante en Oceanside ofrece desde un clásico almuerzo en la barra hasta una agradable comida al aire libre. ¡Ven a descubrir por qué nuestros clientes nos valoran con una puntuación de 4.6/5 y déjate sorprender por el sabor de siempre!

What Customers Say About Start Fresh Cafe

Start Fresh Cafe is a popular Oceanside diner known for its fresh, homemade American food, large portions, and friendly service. Customers rave about the delicious breakfast options, pies, and the attentive staff, especially Marco, Leslie and Rob.

Popular Dishes

breakfast burrito kielbasa breakfast coconut/chocolate cream farmers scrambled biscuits and gravy New Mexico Omelet chicken fried steak Cinnamon rolls

Best For

Couples Families Locals Brunch Casual

Tip: Expect large portions and potentially leftovers for another meal. Everything is made from scratch.

Features

🌳 Outdoor 🅿️ Parking Accessible 🌅 Breakfast 🍽️ Lunch 🌙 Dinner Coffee
🎯 Casual 🛋️ Cozy 👥 Groups

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Frequently asked questions about Start Fresh Cafe

Start Fresh Cafe is located at 1034 S Coast Hwy, Oceanside, CA 92054, Oceanside.
Start Fresh Cafe offers american cuisine.
Start Fresh Cafe has regular opening hours. Check their profile for updated schedules.
Start Fresh Cafe offers the following services: dine-in, takeaway.
The most recommended dishes at Start Fresh Cafe based on customer reviews are: breakfast burrito, kielbasa breakfast, coconut/chocolate cream, farmers scrambled, biscuits and gravy.
Start Fresh Cafe is ideal for couples, families, locals, brunch, casual dining.
Start Fresh Cafe is a popular Oceanside diner known for its fresh, homemade American food, large portions, and friendly service. Customers rave about the delicious breakfast options, pies, and the attentive staff, especially Marco, Leslie and Rob.
Expect large portions and potentially leftovers for another meal. Everything is made from scratch.
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Anthony Usera Power of Chiropractic

We went mother's day. Great food. **Start Fresh Cafe: A Gem in Oceanside** If you're ever in Oceanside, CA, make sure to visit Start Fresh Cafe at 1034 S Coast Hwy. This family-owned gem is famous for its massive cinnamon rolls, generous portions, and warm, friendly staff. During our stay, we dined here a few years ago on one Mother's Day and were so impressed that we've returned every year since. The consistent, delicious food keeps us coming back. My daughter swears by their hot chocolate, and I can't disagree—it's a must-try! Thank you, Start Fresh Cafe, for being a delightful constant in our Oceanside trips.

Jennifer McIntosh
Jennifer McIntosh

We drove by on New Year's Day and saw this place was open and busy. Rob greeted us, took us to our table and talked to us about the options. He is a fabulous ambassador for this establishment - funny, kind, helpful. The food was fresh, delicious and there was a lot of it. I had the California stuffed hashbrowns, and could only eat half of it, even though I wanted more. Excellent service all around. Highly recommend. We will be back on our next visit.

Rose Langguth
Rose Langguth

My brother took us for breakfast at his favorite place. He's known Carla for a long time. Food was delish and the portions were perfect for me.

Traveling_Memories
Traveling_Memories

Classic home cooking. All fresh ingredients and they make everything in house like a restaurant should! This place is amazing. I highly recommend it!

Nicole Williams
Nicole Williams

Ok let’s get started. I was needing to eat but didn’t have much time. The service here was really good, Leslie got me to a table fast, took my order in 2 minutes and within 10 minutes my hot fresh perfectly prepared over med egg, bacon, warm buttered toast and crusted hash browns were delivered to my table with a smile. I don’t know who is cooking back there but I’m told his name is Ernesto. He didn’t miss on any part of this breakfast and it was all about $18. I would post a picture but the plate was cleaned! Taste was good, service was good and atmosphere was comfortable. I highly recommend this place and will be back.

Eedah Sarkeesian
Eedah Sarkeesian

Great little breakfast spot, great and friendly service and food portions were large

Daniel Cheung
Daniel Cheung

The atmosphere in this restaurant is so chill and relaxing. The service is excellent. Friendly and helpful with my selection. The dishes arrived in a timely manner. Delicious and filling. Had the leftover for later on. Two meals for sure. Perfect for a person or a group. Good place to spend the morning.

Jade Parker
Jade Parker

The people here were very nice and the food was very good! I enjoyed the food and hanging out with my husband and our friend, and the restaurant staff were completely okay with us bringing my pet ball python inside too! He just had to stay in our friends pocket. Accidentally scared one of the staff and felt really bad, but had a great experience!

Shnixter
Shnixter

The best part of American diner experience right here. Old school perfect breakfast served with kindness and great service. Great coffee great chicken fried steak. Best pies around as well. Great price great service and absolutely delicious beautiful prepared food. Very casual and comforting.

K R
K R

Cinnamon rolls are delicious , country fried steak and eggs , couldn’t finish it. To much food, cleanest most polite place to eat

J L
J L

Cosy place with great food. It was busy but the service was phenomenal. We never had to wait to have our coffee topped up and the biscuits and home fries were made from scratch. Loved it.

David Giebink
David Giebink

Absolutely amazing! The food is super fresh! The atmosphere is great the staff is wonderful… I would highly recommend this place we had the best breakfast ever… Every plate we saw coming out looked beyond perfect!!! A+A+A+A+A+

Erin Kelley
Erin Kelley

This is my kind of diner. Fresh homemade food, large portions, good coffee, great service, and of course PIES (we got a piece of coconut/chocolate cream and split it, amazing)! Shout-out to Marco, what a great, friendly, and efficient server he is.

Jason Bennett
Jason Bennett

Hard to ask for more from a diner. Delish food, locally sourced ingredients and great service all at a reasonable price. We came in for Christmas breakfast; my wife got the kielbasa breakfast and we got a breakfast burrito. Super good. Will return, 5/5

Nhoj “Bams” Serev
Nhoj “Bams” Serev

This place was freaking great. The had some beer, but mostly the food and service was out of this world in a good way. We wanted some brunch and found this cool spot. The staff was extremely nice and the food was pretty nice too. We sat in the patio type area outside. I has that New Mexico Omelet... not too bad, pretty good. Wish that bird didn't take my flip flop to the roof. Ok Bye

John Haberkern
John Haberkern

This is a very nice breakfast restaurant here in Oceanside. I ordered the farmers scrambled, which was very good. Also had biscuits and gravy and they were excellent. The biscuits were fluffy and quite tasty. Our food was very good. Our waitress did a superb job of keeping our coffee full and tending to all of our requests. This restaurant can certainly be recommended for a fine breakfast.

Jeremy Guzman
Jeremy Guzman

We came here due to the good reviews..I had the breakfast sandwich. It was made very well. And the service was good as well. My wife had to have her meal remade because she found something foreign in her eggs. But they fixed it and made it right. So we did like that they treat customers good. We do recommend and would be back if we lived in the area.

Michael S.
Michael S.

PCH diner destination! Everything is scratch made, and I was told the owner sources all of the product they use. The food definitely tastes like some attention was given to it. My chicken was cooked and seasoned perfect, the waffles were great! Drove down to Oceanside thinking about the harbor for breakfast. It was too crowded, an event going on. Ended up cruising down PCH, found this place, turned around, walked in, and walked out happy. Will more than likely be back when I'm in the area again.

Maedae in the Kitchen
Maedae in the Kitchen

It was a nice brunch spot to go to on Father's Day. When I arrived, I waited at the podium for a while, the workers saw me and made eye contact, and didn't even say hello. An older Hispanic man made eye contact stood at the doorway and looked into the dining area for a minute, then finally asked if I had been helped. However after asking me, he handed off the responsibility to an older Caucasian man. I found this weird... But oh well. We waited a bit because we had a party of 9. Their systems are very old school. I don't believe anything was digital because right after me another party of 9 showed up. Their name was written down, but mine wasn't. The two older men were trying to set up a table of 9 but one was addressing my party to sit and the other was trying to seat the other party. Luckily I was seated first. The service for drinks was weird... Only 3 people in my party got something other than water and every time the waitress came back she kept asking who got what. We wanted to converse and share stories so to be interrupted multiple times for 3 drinks seemed a bit ridiculous. Other than that service was great! A young man was a waiter. He did a great job. Unfortunately at the end he seemed very busy so we couldn't personally hand him his cash tip. I hope he got it from the lady at the register. The food was good. Nothing incredible, but not bad. I got Iris Stuffed Hashbrowns and my husband got the Breakfast Burrito. The whole table shared the cinnamon roll. I won't list the other foods my party ate. I would have loved a cream cheese frosting for the cinnamon roll, but it was still good. Also the stuffed Hashbrowns had a lot of cheese and bacon. If you like those you'll love that dish. Towards the end of my dish it was too overpowering with bacon and cheese so I stopped eating it altogether. My hubby said his burrito was good. He liked the sausage and bacon in it. However the salsa on the side was bland to him. At the end I got a slice of Chocolate Banana Cream Pie to go. That was tasty. I liked it all. I did wish for more chocolate flavor, but not bad at all 👍🏻

Sonia Blade
Sonia Blade

Although I don’t usually have breakfast after church today, I was craving pancakes. I decided to try Start Fresh because I live in Oceanside and I drive by it all the time. I was seated very quickly and was quite surprised by the menu. Pretty big selection once I saw the menu, I decided against pancakes because I could go anywhere for those. I chose to get the Texas Style. This meal was biscuits topped with scrambled eggs and gravy your choice of sausage, links or bacon, I chose bacon. I also added Home style potatoes for two dollars. The food was decently priced and tasted really good. One gentleman was walking around greeting everyone after he greeted me. I let him know it was my first time and he sat down at my table and told me about the restaurant. He told me that everything is freshly made in the back and the owner only chooses quality ingredients and meats. You can definitely tell this because the biscuits taste homemade. There was one young man walking around picking up dishes off of the tables, and she was probably the one that was more attentive to me than anybody else. He made sure somebody took my order and when I was done with my meal, he made sure I was given my check Because other than him nobody else came to check up on me. I won’t knock them because of this because it was a pretty busy Sunday morning. I just think he needs to be commended on his great customer service and I made sure to tell the bosses best friend who set up my table this as I was leaving. I’d like to go back and try a salad and perhaps I will.

Nikki
Nikki

I am a big foodie and love trying new places. I stopped in because I have passed this place a couple of times.From the moment I walked in I was turned off because it smelled like strong cleaning chemicals and NOT FOOD. I usually won't eat anywhere that doesn't smell like they cooking up something good. I sat down and started looking at the menu and noticed right away the prices are a little expensive for this type of food. It's not like it's a special menu. Basic Bacon, eggs and a biscuit is not worth $20. I used the restroom and a rude Mexican man came banging on the bathroom door saying hurry up they were gonna close the kitchen. I told him I was still looking because I was trying to find something on the menu that wasn't overpriced I would have at least bought something to drink ( I'm always thirsty) but the gentleman raised his voice and said " What do you think, this is a cafe not fast food. Go somewhere else.) So I was going to do just that. As I left he was snatching things around and he turned to me already halfway out the door and said. "This is California!" I wouldn't go to Mexico and sale overpriced Rice and beans, Then get upset because a local mentioned the price was steep. There are places around that have more bang for your buck and as soon as you exit your car you can smell the delicious food. For me this is a Hard pass.

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1034 S Coast Hwy, Oceanside, CA 92054

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Highly Rated
4.6/5 stars
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Many Reviews
913 reviews
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american
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Services

🥞 Breakfast
🥐 Brunch
🍽️ Lunch
🍾 Dinner
Coffee
🍰 Desserts
🥡 Takeout
🍴 Dine-in

Dining Options

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Restaurant Info

Status
Verified by owner
🕐 Hours Today
6:30AM-2PM
Rating
4.6/5
💬 Reviews
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💰 Price Level
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⏱️ Typical Visit
People typically spend 45 min here
📞 Phone
+1 760-439-7940
🌐 Website
startfreshcafeoceanside.com
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🅿️ Parking
🌿 Outdoor Seating
Wheelchair Accessible
🚻 Restroom
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