Cafe Loma

This place appears to be closed (as in out-​of business). I went there Friday morning at 11 a.m. and the doors were locked w/​no one inside w/​some chairs scattered about.

My… kind… of… coffee…
My… kind… of… place…
Can’t… wait… for… another… LATTE!

Amazing tea selection, great coffees, excellent food, and perfect service. I simply adore this place. You must drop by for the comfy couches and eclectic art as well!

As you have noticed on my check-​ins. I was here every morning for my weekend in San Diego.
This cozy café is located inside this plaza near Sea World and near Interstate-​8 along Sports Arena Blvd.
I started my morning with a $ 2.00 bold tasting cup of coffee. The café also serves flavored-​baklavas from «the Baklava King», located in Santee, Ca. For $ 2.50, I got the Apple-​Cinnamon Baklava as my treat to complement my cup of coffee. I got tell you this baklava treat was really good. The Baklava King makes the best treat in San Diego. And I’m privileged enough to actually tasted the award-​winning treat.
As I was enjoying my treat and doing work on my laptop with free Wifi, I was admiring the collection of arts all over this tiny café.
If the city of San Diego had nothing to do, I would definitely stay at this inviting café and get my work done.

This place has gone through several iterations of ownership and the current one is clearly the best so far. The folks taking care of you these days make yummy coffee and make sure you feel welcome. If you haven’t been here in a while, be sure to come back and give it a try. The coffee is yummy and the atmosphere is bueno.

I really like this cozy little place. You would miss this place if you are not a local as it is located in a shopping plaza. Very cute artsy place, away from all the trendiness that starbucks is all about.

I have been going to this coffee shop for years. I always have the same woman help me (she is fabulous), but today was quite different. The guy working accidentally knock something over. Instead of composing himself and picking it up. He threw it!!! and cursed! I was shocked and needless to say will not be returning. :(

I can walk here from my house and I like the mellow atmosphere and the friendly service. I try as hard as I can to never drink Starbucks or chain coffee and i think it is well worth it to support local coffee houses. This is the kind of place that deserves supporting, especially because it kind of gets lost in the always seems to be dying shopping center it is in. If you are in the area Café Loma is a great little coffee house!

This is a great local coffee house, and should definitely be your first choice when deciding where to get a good ol’ cup of the good stuff. The atmosphere is very inviting and comfortable and the staff is super nice. I have been going here for the past 5 months now and it has become my favorite place to chill around point loma/​OB. Once the owner found out I was a comedian she even offered to help start a show there to support local comedians and musicians! super nice and generous people with a real local and community oriented attitude. Did I mention that the coffee is amazing too? cus it really is

Comfy and quaint neighborhood coffee shop. It’s not a large spot but there’s a good amount of couches/​chairs to plop yourself into while you sip on your coffee and peruse through their «library». How fun is it that they have a little library? Albeit, it’s one bookshelf :)
Coffee is OK. I judge coffee quality on drip coffees and pure espressos. Both of theirs are average.
I do have to knock off a star for the fact that they don’t have a bathroom for their customers. No bathroom in a coffee shop that sets up a venue for you to lounge there and spend hours drinking their coffee? WHAT? Yup, that’s No Bueno.
Other than that, nice little spot to pick up a cup of joe.

Café Loma is a great place to sit and relax with a delicious cup of Vanilla Chai and your laptop or paper. I had the Croissant Scramble and it was tasty and filling. Jody is a friendly and interesting host, the art on the walls is wonderful and the company genial. Give it a try, you will be pleased that you did. Miccilina Piraino — SoCal Media Surfer

Very comfy atmosphere with a couple couches for those who want to hang out for a while and several art canvases for sale hanging on the walls. There’s free internet and some nice patio furniture on the sidewalk outside for nice days. There is also a book shelf of $ 1 books and there was a posting that mentioned a book club starting this month.
In the time that I was sitting there, the guy behind the counter brought me over an iced coffee in a small cup for free. He told me he made extra for the last customer and that I could have it. About 15 minutes later he did the same with a smoothie, it was awesome! He was very friendly and courteous to all the customers during the half hour I sat there.
I could totally see this place being a regular hang out for me when studying or doing work. The only problem is they close so dang early.

This place has gone through several incarnations. This latest one brings it just a hair’s breadth from being the First Circle of Hell.
My friend and I have been coming here twice a month for over 5 years. Yesterday, I was in EXTREME need of a restroom, and suddenly they «don’t have public restrooms.» WHAT? Are you serious? You sell beverages, have comfortable places to sit and chat and offer free wi-​fi, but don’t have a toilet?
Let’s just do some simple math here: we’ve been coming here for 5 years. We buy 2 coffees per visit (an average of $ 7 — PLUS TIP). We come here about twice a month. That boils down to over $ 800 dollars we’ve spent in the past 60 or so months. And this place suddenly cannot afford me a 2-​gallon flush and about 20 squares of toilet paper? Wow. GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE.
Yeah, if you need a coffee really badly, try the 7 – 11 across the street. They’re cheaper, faster, don’t cop an attitude during the service, and hell, they’re not going to let you take a piss either. If you want to have a nice, leisurely cup of coffee with a friend, find somewhere else.

Great coffee, good service, opens early. They serve a pretty good breakfast as well. It definitely was a great find when all the places I was going were closed Sunday morning.

OK, so some of you may know that I used to own the Bean Bar Coffee House down in the Point Loma area. We rocked. We really did. I’m not trying to brag or anything… ask folks who experienced our little slice of indulgence while we were open. It was a group effort all the way around from customers to staff to suppliers. Anywho…
Since a new owner took over, Café Loma rocks just as hard as the Bean Bar did. Their service, drinks and atmosphere is exactly what you want from your local coffee house. I’d been there under the old owner and the service was suffering. I totally get it: owning a small coffee house can be a huge struggle and Lord knows I wasn’t always as friendly as I shoulda been on some of my worst days. You know, the days filled with stress, bills, lack of sales, and no relief in sight. The same day that you closed the night before at midnight and then had to open at 5 AM the next day. But I digress…
The new owner is a breath of fresh air and I think we should all go down and support such a shining example of a great neighborhood coffee house. They’re doing everything right. So do yourself a solid and drop in to Café Loma the next time you’re in the area. You’ll thank me for it!

Mmmmm soy iced mocha with a toasted croissant! I like the choices of breakfast items here, so you don’t go out armed with too much caffeine and temper it with some tasty food ;)
It’s been a while since I found an independently owned coffee place where I liked the owner and wanted to see them succeed. This is that coffee shop. It just changed ownership with Joanie. She is from England! I hope Kim, Dave, Rick & Lisa, Jaimie and Gabe join the old coffee shop gang here with us!
She has been slowly adding her own personal touches, last night they had a harp player.
She is looking for groups to come connect here as well. Please come check out this lovely little coffee shop near Soup Plantation, and say hi if I am here!

So I lived in San Diego not too far from little gem of a coffee shop.
I have always thoroughly enjoyed the Mexican Hot Chocolates and the Mexican Mochas, and when I lived in LA I swear on everything that is holy, you can’t find them any where…
I decided to find a nice little coffee joint near my place because San Diego (especially the Point Loma/​Ocean Beach area) has them on every friggin corner
I took a walk over to Blockbuster, then TaDa, there’s a coffee shop and I though hmm, don’t mind if I do, I strolled in and what catches my eye right on that menu, Yep, you guessed it boys and girls a Mexican Mocha.
I tell olé chica at the counter to hook me up with the biggest size the got and she did. It was like heaven in my mouth… I made it an every day occurrence not too long after that…
My only complaint is that they are kind of expensive and I could go to Starbucks and get a regular mocha much larger for the same cost if not less…
And my coffee was not hot enough.
I now live in LA, and I am lacking the Mexican Mochas again, I cry sometimes.

I recently moved to Sandy Eggo and it took a couple of days to get my cable/​internet set up in my new apartment.
Enter Café Loma. They’ve got coffee, pastries and free internet. I ordered up this coffee that had a shot of espresso thrown in. Can you say caffeine jolt? It was enough to keep me fueled while I did work on my laptop.
It’s a small place but they’ve got plenty of tables and chairs. Every time I’ve been there it’s never been crowded. A great local coffee house.

It seems like almost all the reviewers have commented on the White Chocolate Mocha from this place. I will have to agree that it is right tasty. Their Chai Latte is quite good too. I’ll admit that I don’t go out of my way to come here – if I’m going to Blockbuster or Baron’s I’ll stop by – but its rarely, if ever my end destination.
The evening girl is super friendly and super chatty. How can someone talk so easily to a stranger?
Also, I like their bookshelf that you can borrow and return reading material from. More cafes need to have one of these, I think.

I needed some breakfast before heading into the field and was going to stop at Baron’s, but it still wasn’t open at 8am. What the!!! Anyways, so I cruised on over to the over side and to my surprise saw a coffee shop and was just praying that they have some breakfast items. It already scored a star for that, another for having free wifi, another for having organic products, and another for the chick at the counter who was awesomely laid back and just made my morning.
The whole atmosphere of the place just reminded me of Berkeley and I can’t wait to go back even though the Cali wrap I got wasn’t the greatest. All the veggies were fresh, but the chicken I added was just a bit dry.
The frequent buyers card that Violet M. mention also applies to bagels which I thought was cool. Got to love the typical «trying to be anti-​starbucks» coffee shops.