Anita’s Coastal Cafe

Food was good and fresh. Had the fish and chips. Fish was halibut. Always a good choice. Also tried the clam chowder. Not an expert on it yet, but I enjoyed it.

I gave this one star because Unilocal won’t let me do zero. We went in at 9:00 AM Sunday and there were several open tables but because there were only two of us they wanted to seat up at a tiny table in the middle of the room. Then after looking around I saw that the carpet was so filthy I couldn’t eat there anyway. When this place first opened we got good food and ok service. Now they are rude and the place is gross dirty.

This restaurant is very clean, with spotless bathrooms, food does take a little time to get, but you are at the beach. Food is great.

We are a family of five staying in Ocean Park. Most of our meals have been cooked in our rental house but we wanted a night out in a local place.
Anita’s is about 1.5 miles from our rental and seemed reasonable priced from our research (it’s the peninsula-​everything is a bit pricier).
We got their about 530pm and we were greeted and seated promptly. Water was brought around and the server even made me a fresh pot of decaf. She was very pleasant about it, too.
We almost all got omelettes and one got chicken fried steak. The portions were very reasonable, tasted good and was served in a reasonable amount of time.
They have wifi and the server was great about allowing us free rein to download movies for later viewing-​even encouraging us to linger and visit.
I only gave 4 stars because I think that it’s just a bit too spendy for breakfast food (our bill was $ 67) and they charged extra for pancakes, which none of us saw on the menu.
It’s clean, many food choices and food was satisfying.

The fish and chips was good. The clam chowder, just ok. But the service was not good. The waitress (owner?) was not even pretending to be friendly.

While their food is decent, their customer service is not!
We are in town every couple of weeks and each time we have ate in there (breakfast, lunch & dinner), we have never been greeted with a friendly hello or most the time, never acknowledged that we were waiting to be seated. This past weekend, a couple with a small child stood and waited for more than ½ hour with NO acknowledgement to them. Yes they were a little busy, but not too busy to be friendly — that’s common courtesy (btw, they had time to chat with customers who they knew)!
And more thing that was more upsetting to us: we met some friends in for lunch one Saturday and my dad had paid for all of our meals (6 of us). The service sucked, but my dad still left a nice cash tip as he always does. A few days later, he noticed that his bank charge from Anita’s was $ 10.00 more that what he had signed for. He called Anita’s to ask about it and the waitress that served us said «oh yes, that was me and I added it on after you left» — ummm, what!!! He told her that he left her a cash tip, which she said she knew. and yet she added $ 10.00 onto our tab AFTER he signed the recipient and left?!? No apologies, just answered like it was a matter of fact.
How many people has she done that to? Many elderly people live there & dine in Anita’s. so if you choose to dine there, take cash. and don’t be disappointed when there is a lack of hospitality during your time there.

We got there at 10:30, were seated at 11:15, got our food at 12:30. Granted, it was the Fourth of July, but there were multiple free tables while we were waiting and we ordered bacon and eggs and sandwiches; not exactly difficult orders. Food was a bit pricey for basic diner fare. Waitresses were slow and not very polite or accommodating.

Delicious Crab and Cheese Omelette. Very friendly service and quality food. Really hope this place stays around. Will definitely be back.

Decent diner food, they do breakfast all day.
Can get very busy on holiday weekends, went in at 1:00 left at 2:20, and we left as soon as we got done eating.
If you are looking to go out to eat there is not much else to really choose from in Ocean Park.

I had the bacon cheeseburger and fries, the food was great. All the people in the area were really nice. Cute little café. Great people.

We had an early dinner at this restaurant last Thursday and I do not recommend this place. I had the halibut sandwich and it tasted like it had been cooked in a microwave. Not what I expected and my husband had the special ham dinner. When we visit the coast we will not stop here again.

The café was as bright as the personalities that greeted us this morning for breakfast. My husband, 2 year old and I were treated to a delicious breakfast of dungeness crab omelet, hash brown, toast and chicken fried steak with hash browns, eggs and toast. The omelet was perfectly cooked and the amount and quality of crab outstanding. My chicken fried steak breakfast was very good. The crust perfect and the tenderness of the steak spot on. We were impressed with the quality of the food. Nothing greasy.
Besides the great meal, the service was awesome. Our server, Anita perhaps… was attentive, kind and made us feel welcome. There is an unassuming corner of the café that caters to diners with small children. Great call to have coloring books, crayons and small toys! My husband and I were able to enjoy a long, toddler fit free meal… which is rare.
We look forward to coming back and trying lunch/​dinner and would gladly recommend this place to our friends and family. The location is great, as it’s right across the street from Jack’s Country Store. I’m hopeful Anita’s will become a staple in Ocean Park and on the peninsula.

DON’T waste your money! The worst large shrimp salad ever! Oops I guess they «forgot» to put the prawns on it, the waitress was kind enough to charge us for the smaller size salad but it was nothing more than a large dinner salad, boiled egg and 5 small shrimp. It’s discouraging to go to a place and feel ripped off… and that’s exactly how we felt! We won’t go back and we are in Ocean Park weekly :(