Cafe at Alma

Beautiful breakfast spot for me today. This cafe located inside the Kimpton Alma offers breakfast, lunch and dinner. Decor is light, bright, and boho. Small street side patio for outdoor seating. Street parking or valet. Menu for breakfast has smoothies, avocado toast, and a quinoa bowl for plant based eaters. Lots of other Benedicts and egg creation for omnis. They have fresh squeezed orange or grapefruit juice. Yum! Lattes, coffee, full bar...Our server, Stella, was super sweet and attentive. Loved dining with her.

I am SO so glad I was given $100 credit during my stay at the Alma because I would've been VERY disappointed and upset if I paid for this "food" with my own money.The Cafe offers seating once you walk past the lobby bar. Only problem is that they don't have service there, so you order through the bartender and they bring it to you. If you need anything, you need to get up and go to the bar.Let me say this: I am a non-confrontational person, but the food here is so offensively awful that even I would've said something.The fact that someone would make this "pizza," put it in a box and send it off is so crazy. We all know what pizza should look/taste like. This was literally a thick, round piece of dense bread with pizza sauce and cheese slapped on top of it. You're telling me you thought this was absolutely appropriate to give? On top of that, it was cold.The steak frites was cooked perfectly medium rare, but again, it was cold. And it had been sitting for awhile because the texture of the meat on the bottom turned to mush from sitting in its own juices. The grilled squash was probably the best thing about this dish.The brisket burger was decent, but COLD. The bottom bun was mushy because it had been sitting.The rigatoni was the "best" thing we ordered. A pinch of salt and it would've been actually pretty good. Wish I ordered $100 worth of rigatoni.I ordered through the bar for take-out and I immediately went downstairs to get my food once they called me, so it's not like I was sitting around after the phone call. My guess is that since the kitchen is upstairs, the bartender forgot about it for a bit and so it sat in the window waiting to get picked up.Anyway, wife and I didn't bother complaining since it was literally free. But wow, please do something about that god awful excuse for "pizza." I'm not Italian, but you know how passionate Italians can get about their cuisine. I am absolutely fuming on their behalf.

I had breakfast here because I'm staying at the hotel, but it seems like a good choice regardless. The breakfast sandwich and potatoes I can recommend highly.Helpful staff at the bar will take care of you quickly. There are bistro spots near the bar or traditional restaurant seating in the adjoining section, so you can relax, meet, and linger as desired.

A very good restaurant...much better than the average in house hotel place ...the breakfast special is great and tasted wonderful....service was excellent...just a great experience!

Took the train from Santa Ana to San Diego to "crawl" the Gaslamp District for my birthday. Only going for the day but decided to spend the night! We stayed at the beautiful Grant Hotel - in the morning we wanted breakfast before catching the train back... and Cafe Alma was 450 feet away. Walked across the street. It's not what we expected - the photos look like it's a little cafe, but it's actually in the hotel lobby of the Kempton Alma Hotel. A few steps down into the hotel past a full bar - open at 10:00 on Sunday morning... we sat down at a nice table in a really nice "cafe". We sat for a few minutes and the hotel manager came over and said, " no one has taken your order yet?" We said we got water... then he immediately took our order. Husband had the Classic Breakfast- I had Avocado toast. The orders were out in about 5 minutes. Everything was perfect! I would definitely recommend this little cafe. Before we were finished - every table was taken. So must be popular!! It's was a bit pricey... but now everything IS!!!

Service was okay . Not spectacular not horrible just okay . Not really concerned about it . Came for breakfast and was disappointed . A pressed juice for $15 and not even in a regular glass is already insane . To then charge $24 for a classic breakfast and the eggs are powdered is diabolical ! To then gaslight me saying they're not is out of this world . I've eaten (unfortunately) my fair share of powdered eggs (being on a ship) and it's too easy to spot . The look . Texture . Taste . How it breaks down . Honestly kind of offended at the audacity . First and last time for sure .