Jinky's Cafe

1447 2nd St, Santa Monica
(310) 917-3311

Recent Reviews

Kai E.

It was good! Not amazing but hit the spot. Wouldn't seek it out but wouldn't be against going back!

Tea and Cake for the Soul

Good service and incredible food with huge portions. I had pancakes and my husband had an omelette. Reasonably priced for breakfast for the Santa Monica area. Indoor and outdoor seating available.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Paul T.

Cash only..... in 2023.... In Santa Monica..... Place looked like a standard greasy spoon. Oh well. On we went.

Willie Williams

This place was really good. Highly recommend the chili omelette.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Garett Martocello

Expensive tourist trap with poor coffee and even worse food. Every dish is about $20. Waiter remade the coffee for us but it was still tasteless. Their guacamole is just mushed peas. There’s also a 3.95% to help with rising minimum wage lol. There’s better places to go in Santa Monica.Parking: Parking in public parking garage not close.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 3

Jon

Casual breakfast fare, stick with the basics bacon and eggs. Will get the pancakes next time!

Aliza Brown

This place takes CASH ONLY! It was quite the inconvenience not knowing this ahead of time. Had to walk to an ATM. I had the bacon, eggs and potato breakfast plate which was decent. The bacon was burnt though. The BBQ wings that my friend got had almost no meat on them. Quite disappointing. Decent food at a high price. Come here if you’re just trying to get full on some breakfast, not if you’re looking to try something new or have a quality meal.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Pancakes Breakfast, Toast, Eggs Bacon and Potatoes

chad fonner

Had a nice quick meal here mid morning. Was priced like everything around it, $100 for 4 people. Pretty quick service, and excellent quality food and drink. Will go back for sure.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Drifton A. Way

Not the worse food in the world, but not close to the best or best deal of course but you know where you are.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 3

Al Heredia

Food was non impressive. Huge sign, ONLY CASH, no water refill unless you can track someone down, then it was another 5 to 8 min. High priced. Not recommended.They have credit card readers, but will not accept, only cash.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 2

Emily Mora

I'd highly recommend getting a hot chocolate it's the thing I enjoyed the most. I don't know if it's just me but I don't recommend getting the tuna Melt I felt a weird feeling in my stomach the second I ate it and luckily I didn't throw up but I kept gagging like something bad wanted to come up. However the next day I threw it all out... I however did like the scene and the place very peaceful I will be back but not for the tuna melt ever.Parking: Parking is two shops over first 90 minutes are free after that each hour is 2 dollars so parking is very cheap compared to other spots available.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 4

Data Masked

M’eh. Nothing special. Not terrible, but I definitely make better eggs Benedict…and can do it for pennies on the dollar compared to $19. BUT, the 3.95% surcharge to “help pay for higher minimum wage” was shady and classless. Everyone, if you see this on your bill, just ask them to remove it. They have to if you ask. I paid $75 for breakfast for TWO PEOPLE and they want you to believe they can’t afford to pay the help $20 an hour? I think not. I looked into this and discovered the money 100% does not go to paying worker salaries, it’s just so the business can pass the cost directly on to you so their margin isn’t affected.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

Michael Harding

Great place for breakfast. Just a bewildering choice, you could eat here for a year and not have the same breakfast twice. Not cheap but I guess that is LA. I went for crepes with berries, I am not sure I will need another main meal today.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

HB F.

I ordered a breakfast burrito. The food was definitely a good size portion to share. The service was very fast as I ordered for pick up. Overall the taste was good and food was freshly cooked. I would've liked more seasoning for flavor but that's just me. The price was great for what you get, and kind staff as well. The seating area is pretty causal with chairs and small tables. Small space so if you are sitting, you hear other conversations, but overall, It's a cute place where you can enjoy a quick bite or coffee on the go.

Jorge Hernandez

1st time experience today I felt super disappointed, I took my mom and girlfriend for breakfast, we got in, sat down , we were checking the menu, 3 workers were there, while we were sitting checking the menu, one guy standing talking to a girl kinda blocking the menu, and the other looks like preparing something for another costumers, anyway we spend some time deciding what to get to eat and to drink, and finally when we were ready to order, I went to the front to place the order with the girl and it turns out that they didn't have any food at all, my point is, if u are a worker could you at least tell costumers in advance if there is food or not, it was so obvious that we were talking about getting food, I believe 5 or 6 ft away somebody can hear when ppl talk, it wasn't that crowded, but is so obvious that the workers were so into their conversation instead of taking care of costumers, good luck to the owner of this place, .

Atmosphere: 4

Service: 1

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