*7/14/20: Due to COVID-19 some restaurants are either temporarily closed or available for takeout or delivery only. Please refer to the restaurant’s website for the most up-to-date information.
While we know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, it can be the most delicious one too. While our city has plentiful breakfast options from health-conscious to indulgent, our Costa Mesa technicians are passionate about their favorites. We’ll review our top choices for breakfast restaurants in Costa Mesa, all of which feature takeout or delivery options.
Breakfast Restaurants in Costa Mesa: Something for Everyone
Whether you start the day with something sweet, something spicy, or with good old bacon and eggs, breakfast restaurants in Costa Mesa have your cravings covered. With so many local restaurants that deliver or offer takeout, it’s easy to show your support from the comfort of home.
Side Street Cafe
This small cafe has been a local favorite for over 25 years, and it is now offering a variety of breakfast options for takeout. But it’s the comfort food that makes Side Street Cafe one of the best breakfast restaurants in Costa Mesa. The cinnamon rolls are massive, warm, and dripping with glaze, just the way cinnamon rolls should be. It boasts Mexican classics like chilaquiles and chorizo and eggs alongside mouthwatering breakfast creations like stuffed french toast that will nourish you, body and soul.
Location: 1799 Newport Boulevard, a105 Costa Mesa, CA, 92627
Menu Highlight: Cinnamon Rolls
Price Point: $
The Broken Yolk
If you’re wondering who delivers breakfast in Costa Mesa, look no further than The Broken Yolk, one of the most popular choices in town. Though everything from the Hawaiian Tiki Toast to the breakfast burritos is on point, The Broken Yolk specializes in eggs benedict. With half a dozen innovative takes on this morning indulgence, we recommend the Border Benedict with seasoned carne asada and poblano hollandaise.
Location: 2701 Harbor Boulevard, Suite E6 Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Menu Highlight: Border Benedict
Price Point: $$
Outpost Kitchen – Takeout & Delivery Only
Looking for a healthy breakfast Costa Mesa restaurant? Try a delicious breakfast at Outpost Kitchen. The restaurant offers adventurous organic cuisine featuring Indonesian, Australian, and Southern Californian flavors. A perfect example of this fascinating fusion is The Real Avocado Toast. Here, the humble avocado is combined with peppadew pesto, feta cheese, and Asian greens for a tasty twist on a modern breakfast classic. With homemade granola and fresh-squeezed juices, you can take the goodness to go or have it delivered to your door.
Location: 1792 Monrovia Avenue, Costa Mesa, CA 92627
Menu Highlight: Real Avocado Toast
Price Point: $$
Pancakes R Us – Temporarily Closed
For some, breakfast Costa Mesa only means one thing: pancakes. Pancakes R Us caters to OC pancake lovers with all the classics from buttermilk beauties to decadent double chocolate and everything in between. And for those who need a salty bite to break up the sweetness? The Lumberjack Sampler offers 2 pancakes with biscuits, ham, bacon, eggs, and hashbrowns. Meanwhile, there’s every other breakfast classic available at Pancakes R Us, all available for takeout.
Location: 329 E 17th St, Costa Mesa, CA 92627
Menu Highlight: Lumberjack Sampler
Price Point: $$
Rooster Cafe – Takeout Only
Our favorite breakfast restaurants in Costa Mesa have to offer breakfast burritos to really start the morning off right. The Rooster Cafe offers a variety for takeout or delivery, as well as breakfast tacos and quesadillas, and griddle favorites like waffles and french toast. But the wet burritos deliver the most traditional Mexican flavor. Topped with red or green chile sauce, these massive meals contain bacon or Portuguese sausage, scrambled eggs, hash browns, and cheese. Topped off with sour cream and guacamole, this is a burrito that will leave you full until dinnertime.
Location: 750 St Clair St, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Menu Highlight: Premium Breakfast Burrito Wet
Price Point: $
The team at Caesar’s Appliance Sales & Service hope you enjoy the all of the local breakfast fare that Costa Mesa has to offer!