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The Novel Cafe
- Restaurants
- Santa Monica, CA
About this business
Specialties The Novel Café has seven fantastic locations through out the Los Angeles area. Come on by any one of them and enjoy some some of our fine coffee drinks, healthy tasty organic meals, and enjoy a novel or some time catching up with your friends or surfing the web on our high speed wireless connections. You're always welcome at the Novel Café and Maxwell's. Visit our locations page to find the Novel Café nearest to you. We have just opened some new locations and will soon be having musical perfo... read more
Location details
2720 Neilson Way, Santa Monica, CA, 90405, United States
Get directions| Weekday | Schedule | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. | |
| Tue | 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. | |
| Wed | 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. | |
| Thu | 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. | |
| Fri | 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. | |
| Sat | 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. | |
| Sun | 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. |
Best Sandwich on Main Street – Great place to stop for lunch. I highly recommend all their sandwiches especially their chicken pesto. Also their cesar salad is great! The bakery is also very good, both the Pecan and Cherry Pies are worth the price!
Mani's Bakery – can't cook eggs - P.S. G - Today Just had breakfast at Mani's, I ordered my eggs over easy, when they were delivered the whites were mostly raw and runny, (a health hazard) I pointed this out to the server who returned them to the kitchen, when he returned with them they were the same eggs over hard, very hard. Unfortunately I was too short on time to wait for a 3rd try at getting them right and ate anyway. I found the attitude of the server somewhat cavalier, and inattentive ( the place was not busy) perhaps... read more
No longer dog friendly!!! – Mani's used to be one of my favorite places to eat in Santa Monica. The food is healthy, and they have a nice patio to eat outside. Unfortunately the service is probably the worst service i have experienced on a consistent basis. When a waffle comes with fruit, whipped cream, and syrup...don't bring a dry waffle. When u bring the syrup, why would u then serve the next customer the same dry waffle (who then has to wonder why he now needs to ask for syrup as well.) My coffee was served promptly with... read more
Worst Cafe Ever – This cafe has the worst service ever and the food doesn't make up for it either. The first time we went, we sat outside for 15 minutes with no server. We were finally fed up and decided to leave. The second time around, we got menus and sat inside, and finally got a server after 15 minutes (who by the way had no personality and seemed very incompetent). He took our order, but never returned with our drinks. We finally had to ask for our drinks after 10 minutes of waiting, and when he brought out drinks out,... read more
A Waste of Space on Main Street – I've been to Mani's several times. Each time worse than the time before, culminating in my most recent experience which led to my vow never to go back. Mani's has consistently bad service, but this was a new low. My boyfriend and I arrived about 3 pm on a weekday. There were TWO other tables occupied on the patio (which by the way, stunk and was littered with old coffee cups). 15 minutes pass. Nothing. So we got our own menus. Finally, after about 25 minutes the waitress appears. She looks a... read more
Avoid as much as you can, weekends even worse... – Low quality food & service We went there for breakfast, got cold coffee, bad service and OK food. Only one omelet out of 6 dishes we ordered was fine. The service is not good and its not professional (Almost scary and frightening. It is a bakery but we didnt receive fresh pastries. Wont go there again. B Grade for months. Friendly advice: STAY AWAY
Health-minded desserts served in a laid-back Main Street bakery. – In Short Mani's serves organic goodies to a coffeehouse clientele, which ranges from script-toting industry types to lunching families. Mani's does not use any artificial colors, sweeteners or preservatives in its famous bakery items. Pie crusts are organic, using whole wheat flour and naturally sweetened buttercream frosting coats cake selections, like the banana and silken truffle ganache-layered Zebra. Egg dishes, sandwiches and salads are also served.
Great Breakfast! – I love this place. The Acai is absolutely delicious and so are all of their baked goods. The Sandwiches also are quite good. Service is good but it gets very crowded especially on the weekends.
Good for organic food lovers Mani's Bakery to me is always inexplicably crowded (after going there). The bakery items I find to be somewhat tasteless and dry. However it's a good place to grab a healthy lunch on Main Street on a nice day.
Frequently asked questions about The Novel Cafe
How is The Novel Cafe rated?
The Novel Cafe has a 3.3 star rating with 25 reviews.
When is The Novel Cafe open?
The Novel Cafe is closed now. It will open at 8:00 a.m.
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