Olive Cafe

Great beach setting but had a very poor experience. We went for breakfast and ordered the breakfast burrito on a gluten free tortilla to share, the tortilla came very highly recommended by the cashier. Paid ahead of time, including a tip, making our one-item meal close to $20 once we paid extra for this GF tortilla. We proceeded to wait at our table for over 30 minutes before the food runner came to tell us that they were out of gluten free tortillas. She offered us some alternatives so we decided to take it as a bowl with tortilla chips. She didn’t offer to refund us for the gluten free tortilla, didn’t offer an apology for the extended wait time, but did tell us that we could go ask for our money back if we wanted. We waited another 10mins for our underwhelming food to be served to us on tiny side plates. Sorry, but it is terrible to make the customer ask for a refund when it was the business who erred, and it is terrible to ask your customers to tip you before you’ve provided the service. Our bad for not switching our order when they told us our original order wasn’t available, but it seemed easier to modify it slightly vs make a whole new order, especially when we were hungry and tired of waiting already. Lesson learned!

We are visiting from British Columbia, Canada for the second year in a row. We loved it in 2023 and again this year. The food is always delicious and it was fun to have lots of new items listed. Accommodates vegan and gluten free. Service is fast. Unlike the rest of Mission Beach and Pacific Beach it is not rundown. Very clean and cozy. Highly recommend.