Caffe Moda

I really, really wanted to like this place.Sweet lady. Beautiful smile. Super courteous.But I can't escape the fact that I ordered ahead of four white people who all came separately and ordered sandwiches and coffee and drinks and fairly complicated orders, some seemingly more complex or around equal footing in simplicity compared to mine. She prepared them all for them one after the other while I had ordered well ahead of all of them. Mind you, these four white people were not in a group. They were customers who came in separately.Not only did the staff person prepare the other customers' food ahead of me, they had enough time--all of these other customers--to sit, eat, enjoy their food, scroll through their phones, and pack up and leave BEFORE she even started preparing my food. I waited about 30-40 minutes for my order. She knew I had an order from the beginning since we obviously spoke about the order when I ordered it in person and sat there for 30-40 minutes in full view waiting.When she finally handed me the order, she was sweet but she didn't offer any extra donut or anything to compensate. I wasn't expecting it but for someone to know she started my order AFTER serving four people who were behind me, it's just disappointing. She even apologized for the delay but, ma'am, you served people who came AFTER me and enjoyed their sit down meals and had time to relax and leave and only THEN started my order which I placed EARLIER than ALL of those customers. Not very nice. I had even tipped her very generously at the beginning when I placed my order. I now regret that.None of the four separate white customers gave her a dime. Zero tip from them. Yet she treated them with extreme priority over me even though I ordered well ahead of them. She prepared their food within a few minutes of their ordering. There's something fundamentally wrong with that.This place could do better with ensuring fairness with ordering so people like me aren't left out in the cold for a long, long time waiting right there watching later people eat and finish while these others get a huge leg up unfairly.I don't think I'll come back. This left me with a gross taste in my mouth figuratively to experience this apparent slight? Which is sad because she's friendly and sweet and the only one working there and has to juggle everything herself. Next time an apology should be met with action to correct it like at least a free pastry to compensate or even a partial refund. The prices were so extraordinarily high and it was not worth the extremely unnecessary prolonged unfair wait.

Stayed at Fiona Hotel is San Francisco for Queen w/ Adam Lambert concert for my birthday. The next morning, we had an excellent breakfast sandwich. They have pastries, great coffee. Reminds me of a deli in any big city. Staff was outstanding! Secret to eating away from your home stomping ground is watch where locals go. They always know where good food, great price, and service is. I do recommend this place for a quick yummy breakfast or lunch.See ya again...

My first and last time going here!!! I bit into my breakfast sandwich and found a piece of plastic!

For anyone saying the banh mi are the best are heavily inaccurate. They are good but not anything I'd travel across town for. My kids prefer American for breakfast and I prefer Asian so I ordered Banh mi to get my fix and the kids got ham and egg croissants. The meat proportions in the banh mi are low in a sandwich that costs $8. I expected the bread to be super soft and fresh since there seems to be donuts here also per Yelp. The bread was thick and a bit tough. The meat proportions were low. It satisfied the craving but I certainly would not call it the best or one of the best. The orange juice was nice and fresh. The reason I ordered was because of how early they open compared to other banh mi shops.

This place offers a solid croissant sandwich for $6.50 (toasted buttered croissant with your choice of meat, 2 eggs, and cheese). Although it's not anything completely blow-your-brain our spectacular, imagine one of those huge croissant sandwiches you make at home when you decide to be responsible and eat in, while not skimping on any of the toppings and tasting to be extra fancy.Doughnut holes were cheap and big but not entirely warm/hot.This is definitely a place to check out if you are in the mood for a solid croissant sandwich. I would not necessarily drive across town to this place simply because it's not one of those sit and chill with your friend sort of places (more of a grab and go).Will come back for the croissant and also the pastries and coffee while I'm at it!

New owner. Place is brand new.First time walking by. I got French crueller. Will be back with friends to try the $6.50 sandwiches.

My favorite café and the best Bahn Mi in SOMA, seriously. There are a few places that serve Bahni Mi in the neighborhood but my favourite is here. Every flavour is wonderful, the chicken being my favourite (today I got combination though!). I make my own pho at home and grab a sandwich here to go with it. The donuts here are great too. Especially if you get there early enough to grab a filled one, or one of the very comforting filled croissants. The Raspberry Filled Croissant is divine. Their mango smoothies and breakfast sandwiches are also to die for. Love this cafe and the lady that runs it. A perfect friendly neighborhood cafe, highly recommend stopping by if you're in the neighborhood.

Absolutely delicious spot for breakfast. Affordable options that leave you satiated and happy! I had a delicious ham and cheese croissant that was HUGE and a bear claw that was buttery and melted in my mouth. Sweetest customer service ever! I really recommend coming here to support a small business :)

I knew Caffe Moda was somewhere down 7th Street, but I just didn't know what motivated them to move to my neck of the woods. There isn't much foot traffic in these parts during the day when they're open. I don't blame them for not being open in the evening, but I think they could thrive more if they were open on Sunday and had longer hours on Saturday. The place is always empty when I walk by, so I don't think people are prone to discover it. I just don't if people ever will unless you count the armies of foreign tourists from the adjacent motels.It's a big space but not particularly inviting. The place lacks warmth to become a real hang-out spot. They offer a long list of sandwiches and coffee drinks as well as a few salads. That's really it. I tried a $5.95 BLT, a modest sandwich on sourdough (see photo). It was perfectly decent but nothing that would stand out in your mind five minutes after you ate it. Their coffee drinks are more Baskin & Robbins than Starbucks. I was convinced by the zealous manager to order a $4.55 Iced Marble Mocha, which was really just a puckery-sweet shake (see photo). But maybe if they turned the place into an ice cream parlor, now that would be different...FOOD/COFFEE - 3 stars...no real complaints, just leaves the memory faster than the palateAMBIANCE - 2.5 stars...big but not cozySERVICE - 3 stars...not much to itTOTAL - 3 stars...if you need a pit-stop on 7th, I guess....

My group came two times to this cafe for breakfast for the two days we were in san francisco. Both days the woman running the restaurant was very friendly and helpful. She would call us "friends" when we were ordering and was very professional and nice to us. The food (croissant sandwiches) was very good and filling. The value for the donut holes was great! And the fresh squeezed orange juice was a standout! Overall would recommend 10/10!