Cafe Brasil

Brazilian restaurant · King Street

Cafe Brasil

Brazilian restaurant · King Street

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1410 Mission St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

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This lively Brazilian spot in Santa Cruz is a vibrant gem offering delicious breakfast plates and refreshing juices, perfect for beach-ready families and students alike.  

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1410 Mission St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Get directions

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$10–20 · Menu

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1410 Mission St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Get directions

+1 831 429 1855
cafebrasil.us
@cafebrasil.us

$10–20 · Menu

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"The Day Trip: Santa Cruz There’s never a quiet moment at this Brazilian breakfast and lunch spot in the beach town of Santa Cruz. Each morning, families, surfers, and hungover UC students pack this green house on busy Mission Street without fail (so prepare for a wait). Once you get a table, the incredible egg plates, scrambles, and jumbo acai bowls topped with bananas and blueberries will keep you full for the rest of the day. Order the beef a cavalo—a slice of baguette topped with juicy steak, eggs, tomato, and melted cheese—then hit up the juice bar before heading to the beach." - lani conway, julia chen 1, ricky rodriguez

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"There’s never a quiet moment at this Brazilian breakfast and lunch spot in the beach town of Santa Cruz. Each morning, families, surfers, and hungover UC students pack this green house on busy Mission Street without fail (so prepare for a wait). Once you get a table, the incredible egg plates, scrambles, and jumbo acai bowls topped with bananas and blueberries will keep you full for the rest of the day. Order the beef a cavalo—a slice of baguette topped with juicy steak, eggs, tomato, and melted cheese—then hit up the juice bar before heading to the beach. photo credit: Brit Finnegan photo credit: Brit Finnegan photo credit: Brit Finnegan" - Lani Conway

Cafe Brasil Review - Santa Cruz - San Francisco - The Infatuation
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Ahsiya Liu

Google
Drove through Mission Blvd to look for a taqueria that I had have years ago and stumbled upon this place. Decided to give it a try and it doesn't disappoint! Food: Reasonable prices at a large portion and taste really fresh and good seasoning. Drinks: Offers variety of fresh squeezed juice and smoothies with its own Juice Bar. Customer Service: Young group of service members that are very friendly and welcoming with great smiles and manners. Parking: A handful of parking spots at the back of the Cafe. Seating: Indoor, Patio front and back. Overall: Great service, delicious food with good vibes. Will definitely go back again.

Elizabeth Nio

Google
Got seated right away when arriving 15min on Sunday and didn't notice wait at all while dining. Since lots of review rave about their acai bowl, we ordered a small one just to try but it turned out to be quite tiny for $11.95. Same thing for the banana pancake $11.25 for 1 and comes with just 5 slices of bananas (it was decent pancake tho). I wouldn't recommend their feijaoda if you don't like black bean stew. If you just want to try, just order it as side for $5.75. Seafood muquecas is ok but lack punch so we fix it with their secret homemade hot sauce (a little sour, not garlicky but very spicy). I wish the rice and farofa is separated from the stew tho. Since I don't like black beans, I ordered breakfast version of beef a cavalo which comes with fried potatoes + cheese instead of sautéed onion, green peppers. Meat is a little tough but maybe that's just the Brazilian way. Bumping my rating up to 4* because service was great. They even let us pick some persimmon in the parking lot.

Christopher M

Google
Food is really tasty. However the wait times and corresponding communication are a bit of a mess. "10 minutes" ended up being 30 without any update along the way. Staff didn't really seem to be bothered.

Elisabeth Shen

Google
We finally decided to take a chance with this eatery, it’s impossible to find parking in a teeny weeny parking lot and had to park across the street! The wait line was long so come prepared with some reading material, etc, only a couple of benches available, first come first serve! The interior is colorful and depicts the culture of Brazil! The food is good and plenty, and the service is excellent! Sitting is limited inside but there is sitting outdoors! I have to rave about the coffee as well, bold and robustly delicious! Would love to come back at an earlier time and try something different from their extensive menu!

S J-Y

Google
Colorful charming little nook. Friendly staff. LOVED the fried plantains - sweet and caramelized to perfection. The Coxinha de Galinha and Fish muquecas were good too. We had the abacaxi (pineapple w mint and honey) - refreshing and just perfectly sweet. One more mention the house hot sauce (made from malagueta peppers) was HOT but good!

Chelle T

Google
Wanted to try Brazilian food. Fun and colorful restaurant, music a little loud but I am old. Tried steak, stroganoff and seafood. The rice is addicting as well as black beans. Coffee is good. The fish was nice, the sauce tasty. The stroganoff was different with a tomato sauce, great potato sticks. The steak was a little tough but the texture of the meal was nice. Salad was refreshing.

Adam Treager

Google
Excellent food, stellar smoothies made with actual fruit, and attentive service. Definitely give the gallo pinto a try. Hard to find that with the salsa lizano outside of Costa Rica! Yum!

Jean Tu

Google
Came here on a Sunday around 11 AM for brunch as a party of 4. There was a little bit of a wait, but it wasn't too long. They have indoor and outdoor seating options available. I’d probably recommend sitting outside if you want to be able to hear the person you’re talking to, we had a difficult time hearing each other with all of the people inside. I had ordered the Mixed Seafood Muquecas. At first it was alright, but it was much better with the house made hot sauce. It kind of reminds me of a seafood curry. ~~Parking: They have a very small parking lot in the back of the cafe. There weren't any spots when we arrived but we were able to find street parking and walk over. ~~Tips: Ask for their housemade hot sauce!! It's pretty good! Actually spicy with an after taste of tabasco. ~~Return: Probably.