The 20 Best Breakfast & Brunch

El Cajon, CA, United States

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This is the most peaceful place to eat breakfast or brunch on a nice day. They have an outdoor patio with a beautiful breeze that has the most amazing view of East County and the airport. As you eat you can watch planes land & fly. Very cool experience, will be back! Thank you for the amazing service as…

Chloe C.

Gillespie Field Cafe

The food was fantastic and the service was excellent. There is a good variety of different things for breakfast and brunch. The coffee cups are small but they refill then often. Good place to go!

Les F.

The Breakfast House

It’s Denny’s — but everyone is always nice and they are quick and the place is clean !

Monica T.

The service was good, but the food was really mediocre. The gnocchi I had were very heavy not pillowy and light. The sauce tasted too sweet for my taste. The meat balls my dad got were more like an American meatloaf. The arugula on a veggie pizza lacked the peppery brightness that it should. But the worst was…

Andrew F.

Dolci Cafe Italiano

Horrible food with absolutely no flavor or taste at all. $ 10 for French toast thatwas soggy and looked like wonder bread. Country gravy that had zero flavor to it besides the flour. Could tell the wait staff hates there job. Owner screaming in the kitchen like he’s a king. Will not return.

Nick L.

The Pancake House

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20 places in El Cajon, ordered by rating:

Izzy’s Cafe

3.8

20 reviews

Telephone:	+1 619-447-5067
Address:	1252 Broadway

Breakfast & Brunch /

Antique Row Cafe

4.5

20 reviews

Telephone:	+1 619-442-8770
Address:	1185 E Main St

Breakfast & Brunch / Cafes

Antonelli’s Deli

4.6

20 reviews

Telephone:	+1 619-440-8460
Address:	1354 N Magnolia Ave

Delis / Breakfast & Brunch

Sajj House

4.4

20 reviews

Telephone:	+1 619-447-1500
Address:	1255 Avocado Ave Ste 105-107

Mediterranean / Soup / Breakfast & Brunch

Gillespie Field Cafe

4.6

20 reviews

Telephone:	+1 619-448-0415
Address:	2015 N Marshall Ave

American (Traditional) / Breakfast & Brunch

Dolci Cafe Italiano

4.7

34 reviews

Telephone:	+1 619-660-2011
Address:	2650 Jamacha Rd Ste 121

Italian / Breakfast & Brunch / Cafes

Mary Ettas Cafe

4.0

20 reviews

Telephone:	+1 619-390-1973
Address:	14809 Olde Hwy 80

Breakfast & Brunch /

Perry’s Cafe

3.8

20 reviews

Telephone:	+1 619-440-5724
Address:	475 N Magnolia Ave

Breakfast & Brunch /

The Breakfast House

4.3

20 reviews

Telephone:	+1 619-401-1133
Address:	1464 Graves Ave

Breakfast & Brunch /

Bonny’s Cafe

4.0

20 reviews

Telephone:	+1 619-579-3464
Address:	596 Broadway

Breakfast & Brunch / American (Traditional) / Sandwiches

IHOP

3.9

20 reviews

Telephone:	+1 619-440-0205
Address:	1286 Oakdale Ave

Breakfast & Brunch / American (Traditional)

Denny’s

3.0

20 reviews

Telephone:	+1 619-460-6420
Address:	2691 Navajo Rd

Diners / Breakfast & Brunch / American (Traditional)

Brunch in the Garden at Cottonwood Golf Club

3.3

4 reviews

Telephone:	+1 619-442-9891
Address:	3121 Willow Glen Dr

Breakfast & Brunch /

Denny’s

3.4

20 reviews

Telephone:	+1 619-447-2277
Address:	1202 W Main St

American (Traditional) / Breakfast & Brunch / Diners

Country Waffles

3.6

20 reviews

Telephone:	+1 619-579-2622
Address:	1248 E Main St

Breakfast & Brunch /

The Pancake House

2.8

20 reviews

Telephone:	+1 619-442-8947
Address:	1000 N 2nd St

Breakfast & Brunch / American (Traditional)

HomeTown Buffet

2.1

20 reviews

Telephone:	+1 619-441-6477
Address:	390 W Main St

Buffets / American (New) / Breakfast & Brunch

Denny’s

1.9

20 reviews

Telephone:	+1 619-447-2838
Address:	665 N Mollison Ave

American (Traditional) / Diners / Breakfast & Brunch

Denny’s

2.3

20 reviews

Telephone:	+1 619-660-3320
Address:	2642 Jamacha Rd

American (Traditional) / Diners / Breakfast & Brunch