Randy REO

What an incredible, cool place to have coffee, tea, very large sized, gourmet desserts, everything you could want is here including delicious food for lunch and breakfast. Incredible location, we love this place.

Chas S

This place is so cute. There are a lot of different areas to sit in both inside and outside. I love the big chairs that sit under the tree. The coffee is really good and not bitter. We had a very delicious croissant. We also had a bagel sandwich that was super good. The star of the show is the coffee.

+13

Jeremy

High energy vibes with a social atmosphere. Kid, dog, and family friendly! Nice staff and a cool boutique shop attached with nice quality gifts. Make sure to try some of the pastries, the lemon bar is out of this world!!

+3

Lorilyn Teasdale

Charming decor and a good place to meet for friends coming from different directions. Unfortunately their gluten free items contain other common allergens like dairy, but their Mexican hot chocolate made with alternative milk was delicious. We took our drinks outside ourselves so can't really rate the "service".

Vitaliy Lee

A pretty good brunch place. Good selection of food and friendly service. Only thing is their plates are tiny and a pain in the butt to eat on.

For a basic cup of coffee without refill $4, quite expensive though good taste. The eggs nothing special, flavor too basic, and small portion. Essentially your paying for the outside atmosphere that's okay

Michael Roberts

Upon entering Pannikin Coffee & Tea, you begin to appreciate the ample space. Indoor, they supply many tables and chairs, but outside they provide even more seating, in order to take advantage of the lovely Encinitas weather. The service quickly provided bold cups of coffee. To flavor the ambience, Spanish music played in the background. In addition to Spanish music, there were two birds inside chirping, which sounded nice. The walls were decorated with the art from local artists. Their community board appears to be updated. Pannikin seems to be pet friendly, as seen by a few dogs on leash. However, the staff failed to recognize my wife when she stood in line for a refill. According to my wife, the staff made eye contact and ignored her 😕.

+4

First time there, not sure I'll be back as there are many other great coffee places in the area. We had a bad experience and the inside was very dirty and had bird poop inside. Outside looks nice but the inside was dingy. We came in there were around 7 people in line including myself and 5+ people behind the counter. The girl taking our order was very rude and did not want to help us based on her attitude. There were two people in front of us checking out with someone else, standing in front of a very small and messily written flavor list. We asked if they had flavors and she just scoffed and pointed at the sign. When I couldn't see it (because people were standing in front of it) and asked if she could tell me the flavors they had she just pointed at it again. At this point I was already not wanting to put up with this girl and her lack of customer service. I asked if they could add a flavoring to a macchiato, I know that traditional macchiatos are typically espresso with an ounce of milk, I personally like to add a little flavored syrup to mine which isn't hard to do and if I'm paying for it who cares. Right off the bat she had an ugly attitude and said this isn't Starbucks in a very rude way I just said ok, what would you recommend with a salted caramel flavor? no answer. The desserts and scones were not labeled so God forbid I had to ask what the muffins were. I just chose something random and it was really good but I also ordered a scone which was nothing special and I told her the jalapeno cheese one and she was very condescending "you mean a scone 🙄." My latte that I ended up getting was not good at all I couldn't even finish it. I go to a new coffee shop every weekend for January and February when I'm done I don't think I'll be back to this one.

Elyse Witte

Nice atmosphere, cheery yellow paint everywhere and a cute gift shop. Horrible parking situation though, prepare to drive around for a bit, even on a weekday. Good pastries, but the coffee is expensive. Paid nearly $30 for 3 items, an almond croissant, a flavored latte, and a breakfast bagel. May be reasonable to some but I wouldn't recommend it as budget friendly or a good deal. Have come here multiple times and have never been impressed with the service either.

Located right on PCH 101, this café seems to rely heavily on its location rather than the quality of its service or products. That was the impression I got. My cappuccino was worse than gas-station coffee. They didn’t even offer to warm up the chocolate croissant, and it was inedible: dry and tough. The service was unpleasant, and both the tables and interior were very dirty. Birds were constantly flying inside, which I wouldn’t normally mind—until I looked up and saw bird droppings and feathers on the ceiling. Once was enough. Shame.

Lydia Alston

Terrible experience. There is no customer service, the staff just has a straight face with no greeting whatsoever. I ordered a breakfast bagel, and waited almost 30 minutes. I went to check in the staff and just saw all standing around doing nothing. And finally when it came out, the bagel was the plain one but I ordered the everything. I added bacon which cost $3 but what they put in is bacon bits! So overrated and overpriced!

Emma Mary

Decent lattes. Was looking forward to the lemon poppyseed loaf but it’s literally inedible. Rancid and fishy smell. Pretty shocked and surprised considering the price and great reviews this place gets.

Laura Rios

This coffee shop has turned around forever, but this is my first time visiting, and I will tell you my thoughts. 1. Really cute location, plenty of seating and warm and cozy atmosphere 2. Coffee was good 3. Pastry was disappointing. I ordered the almond croissant and was told it had almond paste in it. It was very dry and not much taste. overall, it’s very cute location. Coffee is decent. I can’t say much about the food other than the croissant that I ordered which I was not pleased and threw most of it away.

Audrey Espinoza

Really tried liking this place but I’ve never been impressed, especially with how much you’re paying. Ordered a breakfast sandwich and asked them to add on bacon (extra $3). Paid $8 for a matcha latte that literally tasted like 90% water. Got my breakfast sandwich and turns out their $3 bacon comes from a bag of bacon bits. $3 for bacon bits is crazy. Not to mention the not so friendly staff this time around. This place is cute but I am consistently disappointed every time.