Pros
- Bottomless Mimosas
Cons
- The other food is OK
Cool/interesting place to get brunch on a weekend. Mimosas are pretty good and there are all sorts of flavors. They're pretty weak but when you drink a whole bunch, they'll sneak up on you. Not too pricey. The wait can get pretty long if you don't get there that open.
We got this through a Groupon promotion. This place is very small and noisy. Â We waited for over 1 hour to have our meals, all with no ice for water. The waitress even mixed up one of our meals, but we didn't want to wait any longer for a replacement. The food was not impressive and the fries were too salty. I won't recommend this restaurant to anyone.
Review Source:I've been here before and loved the brunch, so I bought a Groupon deal for brunch and mimosas. Â But I have have had sooooo much difficulty trying to use it!! Â We live pretty far out in the East Bay and so we drove all the way there with friends and only to find a hand written sign posted on the door saying that they are closed. Â I have tried calling multiple times and looking online at their website anad facebook page with no information about when they will be open. Â There was a small post on the FB page saying that they will be closed for construction but it was only posted after someone asked. Â They've been closed for almost a month!
Do these people even want to run a business?!! It's such poor communication. Â How hard is it to post it on your website or voicemail message to tell people that you are closed. Â And now my Groupon has EXPIRED!!!! Â
Honestly, I wouldn't go there anymore because its been such a waste of my time trying to figure out if they will even be open. Â The food is decent (we got the eggs benedict last time) and mimosas but everything was soo expensive!!! Â Bottomless mimosas cost $17 PER PERSON and I'm honestly a lightweight so wasn't even able to drink my money's worth. Â I think total between me and my friend we dropped about $80 (two mimosas/two entrees). Â It was a fun experience because they kept on bringing out more flavors. Â However, there are probably other places close by with food just as good, better atmosphere (this place is really small and grungy feeling/and loud) and who are better at running a business. Â
After this negative experience, I do not recommend going there. Â Beware..do not buy their Groupon because you may never be able to use it!!!
I went there this morning with a Groupon, excited about bottomless mystery mimosas, but alas, it appears closed. Like closed-closed. There are no signs on the door, but the inside is trashed and ready to move out. Â Like I always say, "Atheism is a religion, in the same way that 'closed' is a flavor of bottomless mimosa."
I'll miss this place.
I first went here soon after they opened years ago. The food was pretty good, if I remember correctly. However, the times I've tried to visit since, I have had terrible experiences. Rude service staff. Inconsistent hours. And now they've moved with no information anywhere online! So I have to drive to their old location to find out their new address to use my stupid groupon? Sheesh. I can't wait to use it so I never have to go to this place EVER AGAIN.
Review Source:All you can drink mimosas in every fruit flavor you can imagine. Nothing tops that! You are given one cup - it won't be refilled until the cup is empty. A waiter carries around a pitcher, but he/she can't tell you what fruit juice the mimosas are mixed with.You just got to drink it! The mimosas are mixed with different types of fresh fruit juices. My favorites were watermelon and peach.
Food is decent as well, but who really notices while you are drunk?
Based on the reviews I decided to check it out.
I arrived around 6pm on a Tuesday and it was empty save for one couple.
I waited for a waitress (or anyone at all) for over 10 minutes. No staff was on the floor the first 10 minutes.
Then they were out of MOST of their beer selections because as the waitress informed me they were opening a new location and the owner didn't want to order any beer for the current location because of that fact.
???!!!
Essentially they stopped ordering the necessary ingredients for the business because there is GOING TO BE a new location soon?
What
The
F*c%?
I figured that if they couldn't be bothered to order beer I didn't want to find out what they were scraping by with on the food and left without ordering.
I am a hair dresser. If I suddenly stopped providing haircuts because I was relocating to another salon I would lose all the business I was trying to relocate for...duh.
They couldn't drive the beer over to the new location later? Bottles and kegs move fairly easily.
Simply stupid.
There were also a lot of flies in the middle of the place and the floor was dirty even though they were empty and had only been open about 2 hours.
Had they decided to stop buying cleaning supplies for this location too?
It's too bad. I was hoping for more.
Totally unimpressed.
After just having moved to the east bay, my girlfriend bought the Groupon for this place for the bottomless mimosas and two entrees. Thank GOD we got here early. As we slowly got drunker and drunker, we noticed there were more and more college-aged people waiting outside (probably undergrads from Berkeley; we're Davis grads, haha) for a table. We originally wanted a table inside, but as the wait grew longer and our stomachs less willing to remain empty, we settled for a table outside. Considering how loud the small interior was, I'm sure our eardrums thanked us.
And so the drinking began.
Orange mimosas, kiwi mimosas, strawberry mimosas, mango/pineapple mimosas, guava mimosas (mmmmmm....), even the cucumber mimosas the hipsters sitting next to us tried to give to us (because they didn't want it...we didn't either). So many flavors! Unfortunately, you don't get to choose which ones to order - they make them, and you decide whether or not you want them to fill your glass...if they haven't filled it already. At least now I know how pretty girls must feel when guys keep buying them drinks...
And then, after much drinking (and much chugging, in order to taste the next flavor), the food arrived. My better half got the salmon eggs benedict, while I had the steak and eggs...NACHOS. I just went with whatever she ordered, as she made the steak and eggs sound amazing, but she mentioned nothing of nachos. Nevertheless, I consumed, and I enjoyed. There were nachos, feta cheese, sour cream, salsa, avocado, runny eggs (I can't get enough!), and of course, steak (medium rare, as if there's any other way of eating it).
I'm not gonna lie: my steak tasted burnt, but I was so buzzed that I couldn't really tell until my plate was half-gone. You can't complain about your food when you've eaten half of it - that is, unless you're a douche. So I opted not to be a douche and just suck it up. Nevertheless, my steak was burnt, so I cut the rest of the charred bits off and finished what was otherwise a fantastic plate of nachos. My girlfriend's salmon eggs benedict was very good as well, though not quite the mouth-gasm my nachos were.
I think in the end, our decision to sit outside was a good one. The hipsters next to us started playing this game with two railings made of PVC pipe and several sets of two balls (teehee) connected with string, where they tried to get the balls (teehee) to stay on the railings by the strings. It was fun to watch, and everyone seemed to be having a good time. The people who were waiting for tables had already started on their mimosas, so that definitely mitigated their waiting experience. (*EDIT* My girlfriend has just informed me that this game is called "Ladder toss." Learned something new today!)
The grand total came out to be something like $73, which the Groupon took care of (thanks babe!), which makes this place a little too pricey for me to be a regular. Once every month or two, I can deal with. Great service, great food (I'm sure my steak would've turned out just fine if I had let someone know earlier to have it remade), and a great ambiance.
The mimosas stood out by far during sunday brunch. The food was bland and had no texture. I hated the toast and thought it was overdone, It wasnt even on the side. I didnt like the size since it was small, stuffy and loud on top of the fact that strangers stare at your plate and stand in front of your table while waiting! SO not my thing. Oh well I really wanted to like you guys....
Review Source:Five stars for the mimosas and and food, one star for the service. Had the worst brunch experience at cafe Biere. I was very much looking into trying out their brunch, the bottomless mimosas and catching up with my girlfriends. As we arrived there were not that many people at the restaurant however noticed tables reserved for 10-15 ppl. Okay no biggie. As the large group arrived, the restaurant got louder and louder to the point I couldn't hear anything or anybody. I literally had to shout across the table to talk with my girlfriends. Â Later another group of 8-10 sat behind us and it got a lot louder. We also waited for almost 30 minute just to get our first round of mimosas. Terrible service that day. Just a heads up to the owner, your restaurant in no way can accomodate no more than 6 groups at a time. Should make it a policy.
Review Source:Went here for my birthday with a few friends. Wait wasn't too bad, especially since they serve you bottomless mimosas while you wait.
Food was great! I could of done without some of the mimosa flavors though.
Its loud, crazy and packed...A really great place to go if you want a reason to be drunk at 12pm.
I don't get it. I must not be getting something...I am out of the loop...
I agree with everything MelanieBlau B. said. My roommate and I waited over an hour (hour and a half?) to be seated at a table that was two feet shorter than the stools we sat on. Thankfully we were seated outside, as I forgot my earplugs and I would have been def if I had been seated inside.
Not worth the wait. The food was meh. We used a Groupon, thankfully, as the bill was $71. I have another Groupon for brunch there (we used my roommates), but I will be giving mine away to a friend (frenemy) because it is not worth the hype. I don't know why this place has such good reviews...it is beyond me.
They have a new chef and only eggs on the menu. What about people that do not eat eggs? Their mimosas were watered down. I am so disappointed! I thought this was the best thing going. If you make changes, they should be to improve. I wasted $40. Sending this to groupon as well. They should only post deals, not sandtraps.
Review Source:Overview:
Plus 4-stars for mimosas, alone
Subtract 1-star because of food and prices
Details:
The atmosphere? Â --Bangin! Â
My friends love this place and long before I had my first Biere experience, I was already well informed of its reputation. The defining feature? Obviously the bottomless mimosas! From the traditional champagne-OJ mimosa to champagne-guava/strawberry-banana/raspberry/Âwatermelon/cranberry/even-ALOE, Cafe Biere is the gateway to mimosa heaven! You're paying ~$17 for just the mimosas alone though so if you want to get a bang for your buck (not to mention the tastiness and variability of flavors makes them easy to chug), you better have a high alcohol tolerance or be ready for some serious brunch-drunk shenanigans. Seating is limited and it was quite an endeavor to seat my party of 18-20, but we cozily managed and ultimately, once we all 'got on a level', it was the cozier the merrier! Â
The food? Â --Questionable... Â
I hate to say it, but I was disappointed with their steak and eggs... The meat was rather tough and chewing it was a bit of a struggle. My friends' items looked decent though.
Recommendation:
Cafe Biere is a wonderful place to go for brunch with friends on a lazy Sunday. (Lazy because you might be feeling that champagne hangover for the rest of the day...) Although it might not be for the food, I will definitely be coming back and bringing friends here for some good brunch fun!
Went here for dinner a few nights ago....and the food is good! Don't be alarmed by the small size of the restaurant...yes it's tiny but wasn't too busy on a Friday night. I do hear it gets pretty crazy on weekends for brunch though.
Food was super good- we had the Lamb burger and the fried chicken sandwich and both were delicious. Loved the bread and the coleslaw! We also tried the beet salad -- really tasty dressing. Was not a fan of the chipotle Mac and cheese- just tasted like noodles with too much chipotle sauce, it needed cheese.
Service was poor- so that's why one star is coming off. Waters didn't come until we asked a couple times and the waitress seemed confused during the process of taking the order. Otherwise everything was great-
Made several attempts to go this place in the past 2 months, but they never seem to open! (According to the business hours on their website.) Tried calling and there's never an answer. The first time we stopped by, there was a couple waiting to get in to use their Groupon... this was an hour after their posted opening.
I'm really confused how people have been rating their experience when the place never seems to be open! What's the magic to get in here?
SO MUCH FUN.
So like all the other reviews, the bottomless mimosas are the gems of this restaurant alongside the bangin music. I've never partied this hard during brunch hours but when everyone else in there is getting their drank on and munching on amazing food, how can you not!?
Definitely recommend it.
I loved this place! And I very very much recommend it.
I gave it four stars instead of five, because I was conscious of the experience of others. If it were just from my experience, it would be 5 stars.
I went for brunch with a date.
First, get there early. By early, around or before 1030am. There isn't much seating. When we were there, there were maybe 2 parties, or 3 different groups of people taking up the seating area. Maybe a birthday or something, either way, we snagged the last table out side. (sitting on empty kegs, cute, cold and maybe uncomfortable, but we got used to them quick). By the time we were finish, a medium-ish size crowd of maybe 30 or so were congregating outside, all of them eyeing our table.
We weren't inside, but we could hear the music from the patio, and the frequent roar of the happy party. I was happy with our outside seating.
Second, the service was interesting. FRIENDLY SERVERS!! It was fun! Aida wasn't our server, but she was a darling. Extremely attentive and witty and we ended up tipping her as if she were our server. The guy was funny too.
Third, the food was yummy! I had the avocado scramble and it was delicious. He had the steak and eggs we were delighted with the flavors!
Fourth, THE MIMOSAS! Not only were the refills pleasantly relentless, but it was a different flavor every time! What?!
Bottom line, I cant wait to come back again. SO GOOD!
After having ignored this place for years, I decided to stop by after work for a bite. The food was tasty, the beer was decently cold.
However the service was spotty at best, and even random. When I arrived, I was the only customer. Just a moment later, 2 couples came in. Â I had my food menu, but they got both a food and drink menu some minutes before I did, and had water and drinks way before me.
And getting the check was laborious. I had to asked even though a server had removed my plate. Then the server who took my cash stopped by another table and spent 7 minutes chatting with that table about the beer and the like. I finally just had to stand and summons another server to get my change. I tipped almost 20% anyway since the bill was lowish.
Note: the phone number listed for Cafe Biere seems to be disconnected. Of course it is.
This place has no business calling itself a business. It seemed more like a dive bar in someone's backyard, so it is no surprise to me that they don't accept credit cards.
My brother got me a Groupon for 2 entrees and endless mimosas. My girlfriend and I had been looking forward to going here for a week or so and decided to meet there at 12:30 on a Sunday.
When I arrived I was immediately confused by what I saw out front, which was a scourge of hipsters milling about with some trough-like tables with no chairs set up in between. Everyone seemed to have booze of some sort and were drinking it openly... on the sidewalk (isn't that illegal?). I entered the tiny, dark and loud inside room but couldn't for the life of me figure out where or who the wait staff was.
After my girlfriend and I stood there most likely looking just as confused as we felt for about 5 minutes, a woman who I think was a waitress walked up to us with the "maitre'd" (I use that term VERY loosely) in tow. Literally. She was pulling him by the arm and he didn't look happy about it. He reluctantly took our table request and scribbled down my name. When we inquired about the wait time, he said 20 minutes.
As uncomfortable as this was becoming, we decided we didn't want to wait that entire time out front among the drunken, yelling college kids. This place is clique-y, make no mistake about it. If you don't know someone (or everyone) there and don't look the part, expect to be both stared at and ignored, if that makes any sense.
We decided to step to the side and were instantly assaulted by the flies and smell of the garbage dumpster within 3 yards of one of Cafe Biere's tables. I asked my girlfriend to stay nearby to listen for our table being called while I ran to a convenience store and grabbed juice to drink while we were waiting.
After we both returned to wait in front we continued to feel uncomfortable to the point that we decided we wanted to ask if we could get mimosas to sip on while we waited. Wasted and annoying is not an atmosphere where I want to eat brunch. We weren't feeling good about our ability to enjoy ourselves without some of these endless, amazing mimosas we'd been promised.
It was at this point, looking for the maitre'd to ask about the drinks, that we noticed what I believe to be the most offensive part of our truncated experience here. The maitre'd was staggering around with a beer in his hand, drinking and socializing with select people and ignoring anyone else. Wow. I think it says a lot about all kinds of aspects of this business's ability to conduct itself professionally if your staff is openly getting buzzed, or worse, while on the job.
We decided that we just wanted what we came here for - food and mimosas. So when I tapped the maitre'd on the arm and explained that I had the Groupon deal and we wanted some mimosas, and he responded with a look of disdain, stating flatly that the deal we had was only good until noon that day, we didn't hesitate before walking away.
Now. I am a very patient person. When something is my fault, I generally admit it. I acknowledge that in general it is wise to read all the fine print carefully on any coupon or contract. I had read the fine print on this Groupon but somehow missed the time limitations. And who stops serving brunch at noon on a Sunday? In any case I am willing to accept that I should have noticed that, so sure. My bad, but that isn't what I am mad about.
My girlfriend was livid at this point. I was just shocked by the callousness, pretentiousness, lack of customer service of any kind, and entirely unpleasant facilities. I can't believe a legitimate company like Groupon would associate themselves with such a trainwreck. Upon leaving I immediately texted my brother asking if he could get his money back on the Groupon, or get the amount transferred to another brunch-serving restaurant. Any other brunch-serving restaurant.
Would give zero stars if that were an option. We will not be coming back.
Mimosa Flavors Tried:
melon
raspberry lemonade (did not taste like raspberry lemonade at all)
orange juice (tasted like just champagne)
mango
aloe
pineapple (my favorite and sweetest of them all)
apple
cranberry
watermelon
cucumber
guava
My friends and I got the Groupon to go to Cafe Biere for an entree and endless mimosa's and boy was it definitely worth it. If anyone ever catches a Groupon for Cafe Biere, I highly recommend you buy it as soon as you can. Our brunch came out to be $144 and we had only paid around $17 a person for the Groupon.
We made our way over to Cafe Biere early in the morning arriving around 8:30am and there was no one in site! Judging from the other Yelp reviews, we wanted to beat the crowd which usually comes around 10am to 10:30am. If you want to beat the crowd anytime before 10:30am should be pretty safe. The restaurant is very tiny and as a result the place fills up quick and with endless mimosa's you can find yourself waiting for a table for quite a long time. (Better to be the ones inside than the ones waiting)
The food was pretty good. I got the "Steak and Eggs" which pretty much reminded me more of a nachos than a steak and eggs. The rest of my friends got a variety of Egg Benedicts which they thought were A-Okay as well. I think what really stood out at Cafe Biere was the mimosa's.
The wait staff were cheery and fun to talk to. One of the wait staff even sat down for lengths of time to talk to customers which I thought was great.
It not that I "really wanted to like this place," it more like I'm flabbergasted that I didn't like it. I don't know. The photo's made the place look really cool. The food looked and sounded right. Wasn't too expensive. Unassuming.
But yeah it wasn't a good experience. It was loud. I'd read the many reviews that said it was loud, I ignored them because normally the noise level of a place doesn't phase me but this was PTSD evoking loud. There's something about the triangular room with copper plated walls that turns it into a small bandbox that amplifies and reverberates every boisturous shout. It's like the Bose sound system of restaurants. The loudness seems to increase exponentially as the various groups of people shout louder and louder to be heard over the din. Â There also seems to be a group of regulars who show up and know the staff pretty well and just get wasted screaming and laughing at the top of their lungs.
But even if I'd been able to enjoy a meal and a conversation the food wasn't that great. I love lamb and eat it as much as possible. I ordered their lamb hamburger. It was over-seasoned, badly over-seasoned as were their fries. Their lamb burger was so heavily spiced it was bright orange, despite not tasting good and bringing my acid reflux roaring back it made me wonder about the freshness of the meat, Their fries left a thick crust of seasoning and salt on my index finger and thumb, like you'd expect from a bag of chips. It was a whole ridiculous lot of food though, I'll give them that. Also their chipotle mac n cheese was good, albeit we ordered it as an appetizer and it showed up forty five minutes later along with the check. We even inquired after it twice throughout the meal and they went to go check on it without even coming back to let us know it's progress.
The service was pretty appalling but that doesn't bother me much but is worth mentioning if you judge an enjoyable meal partly by service. Aside from the very late appetizers they were pretty forgetful, unattentive and at one point one waitress was busy getting felt up by one of the regulars. Though maybe not by her own fault, she seemed to be too polite to kick the sloppy loud drunk out.
All in all it was fairly disappointing in all aspects. Maybe I had too high of expectations. I might give it a shot again for brunch which seems to be what they're better known for anyway, but I'd definitely sit outside. I guess I'd sit outside no matter what if I ever went back. It's just a lot easier to enjoy and won't cause permanent life-long hearing damage.
This place is very silly. Â I think the people here would take that as a compliment. Â Most of the people inside were 18-25 years old, and wasted, so if that bothers you then this probably isn't your spot. The interior is about half the size of the average bedroom.
It's hard to discern who "works" there and who is just running through the mob with a pitcher or pounding a brightly-hued alcoholic beverage from a mix-matched cup. Â I think this place would be a lot of people's worst nightmares.....but somehow I really enjoyed it! Â First time was unsuccessful-- we blew and hour and a half on not-so-strong drinks and futile waiting, yet had a blast! Â (And then we went to another restaurant for brunch afterwards).
It was a confusing hour of table-waiting, binge-drinking a syrupy-sweet mimosa/bellini-esque beverage, smoking cigarettes out front, and chatting/partying with the owner. Â While I never ended up getting food, I was less cranky once someone passed me a cup full of anything.
The food that I DID see looked AMAZING. Â
While we didn't accomplish getting food at this spot, it was a good recon mission-- if you go here (on a weekend) go super early (like the second they open) and drink a 6-pack beforehand. Â Don't expect to receive any food or beverages from the staff...in fact, you might even want to bring your own. Â That aside, it's nice to have a regular, neighborhood, Sunday-morning Bacchanalia! Cheers!
Could have not have been more disappointed. Â Arrived to a frat party, with loud music blasting from the upstairs apartment; however, this wasn't the real problem. Â I was okay with all this, yet when we were greeted by the host who was drinking a Chimay beer at 11 am, Â he had 4 total, Â I had second thoughts. Â There was a bunch of college kids, all drinking the bottomless mimosas on the sidewalk...maybe waiting to be seated, not sure. Â We were told it would be a "while" Â after an hour I finally made my boyfriend ask what was up with our seating. Â We were told, "it would be a while longer." Â During our 1 1/2 hour wait we watched the host make out with regular customers and seat them as they came in. Â I guess your seating depends on your status with the restaurant staff. Â There is no organization and I have never been to someplace so oddly run.
 Do you not want new customers?  If you are looking for a drunken party...great.  If you would like to have breakfast, not such a good idea.  I don't know the owner, or anyone who works here but this does not seem sustainable.  We were so excited to try this place out and ended up just leaving because if they closed at 3 and we were still waiting at 12:30, didn't have much hope of being seated in enough time to actually enjoy our meal.  It stinks cause I am a total foodie and really wanted to enjoy this place.  Rule one is, "don't let you staff drink on the job."  Anyone who doesn't know that should probably take a restaurant course.  Rule 2, "have some organization rules and to flip tables," without that you will find your business eventually in the dumps.  I wish this business luck but totally unimpressed.
If You want to enjoy your day....don't go here.
Been stuffing my face at Cafe Biere on and off for 3 years now and the food is consistently delicious! Â Believe the hype, the lamb burger is that good... however, be prepared to take a nap after brunch/dinner.
Also notable are the clams in a variety of broths (all of which are yummy), wide selection of beers, and bottomless mimosas on the weekends. Â
The owner is a super chill dude and allows us to seat our pup outside while eating.
*FOOD*
- definitely 4 stars for food!
- I came here for brunch on a Sunday morning, ordered the Bacon Scramble (scrambled eggs with bits of bacon, roasted pepper, spinach, and melted cheese). Yum. It tasted delicious! Their wheat toast was pretty fantastic as well. Oh, and don't forget the potatoes! Crispy on the outside but nicely cooked on the inside.
*SERVICE*
- pretty nice service; I didn't get the bottomless mimosas, but I know the waitresses are very on top of refilling your drinks as necessary
*DELTAS*
- SO LOUD; probably thanks to the bottomless mimosas... people feel compelled to yell across the table to talk to their friends
- SMALL restaurant, so come early to avoid long lines!
- CASH ONLY! I prefer to use cards so I can earn points.
With all these deltas, I'm almost thinking of giving this place 3 stars... but then, the food was so good. Go for the food. If you want a quiet lovely Sunday brunch, this isn't your place to go since it's so hard to have good conversation with your company.
Went on a Sunday for brunch and mimosas. Was severely disappointed with the quality of the food and variety of mimosas. I really wish it was the same as before. Also, it might be so popular now that it's hard just finding a seat or hearing yourself talk. My friend had a Groupon which is the only thing that made the visit worthwhile. I feel like it'll be another long while before I come back.
Food: steak and eggs which tasted like regular steak and eggs with avocado. Mimosas: only 6 kinds, not the 20 the advertise. maybe they ran out but it's still disappointing.
Wait = long but manageable. The guy gave us an estimate of 15 minutes to an hour and clearly had no clue what the wait actually was.
Food = I got the steak sandwich which was over cooked, extremely greasy and pretty much devoid of all flavor . If they do in fact use organic ingredients they are ruined by the amount of butter, horrible "aioli" and oil.
Ambiance = loud with a bunch of drunk hipsters grinding up on each other and a member of the wait staff making out a with a patron.
The kicker, our waiter refilled on of our mimosa's and when we told him we didn't want anymore he dumped the mimosa back into the pitcher to give to other people.
If I could give it a zero I would.
Kinda reminds me of the kid who thought he was too cool for school then ended up in jail. Â Its a shame that this place isn't better because this is in walking distance from my house, which is important because I hear they serve bottomless mimosas. Â
The air inside this small and cramped restaurant was moist, like if you were to walk in an aquarium but it didn't smell quiet as bad. Â Remember that really small studio you and 3 other people shared in college? Ya, this place is kinda like that but with 50+ people.
Conversations overheard included how some dudes mother didn't pay his phone bill on time and how drinking a few beers won't hurt the baby. Â You know quality people talking about quality things. Â I think these are also the same kids begging for change in the Pac and Save parking lot across the street. Â
Our beer glasses were empty for over an hour before a waitress checked on our tables then she seemed angry we asked for an additional beer. Â I thought the point of going being a waitress was to generate more revenue? Â Higher tabs also mean more tips. Â Guess since she was too cool for school, she dropped out before that lesson. Â
Next our food was served cold. Â If the Cafe wants to charge 14 bucks for an appetizer, they should at least pretend to care about the quality.
So over all, both the front and back staff were disappointing.
(This review is just for brunch) I'm endlessly grateful to my friend who not only found Cafe Biere but also made sure I got out of bed at 8 am on a Sunday to come to this place before it filled up. The interior is small and adorably decorated but gets crowded very fast. We arrived 30 mins before the rest of our party which our waiter curtly acknowledged before starting us on mimosas while we waited.
Seeing as mimosas are an important and fundamental component of any Sunday brunch I would give this place 5 stars for them alone. An employee brings out a pitcher of differently flavored mimosas in rounds. Our first was a tame OJ, but afterwards I was blown away by the watermelon (light and refreshing but more flavorful from the bottom of the pitcher), Mountain Dew (I think the waiter might have been joshing us) and others which whose flavors are long lost due to them being, well, mimosas.
When our group of vegetarians had arrived we quickly made our orders (there aren't a whole of meatless options to choose from, but we still had choices). I decided on the avocado omelette. Maybe it was the mimosas (see above) but I was stunned with how delicious it was. The avocados were creamy, the herb goat cheese strong enough to compete with the eggs and the sauteed mushrooms were divine. My omelet came with leafy greens and seasoned potatoes and ketchup. Mmmm. The goat cheese in the omelette was such a good decision. So tasty!
Music was loud and the selection was whimsical. The bathrooms are like, really nice. But this place is small and although empty when we arrived before 9 was teeming with people when we left. Still, I can't wait to come back here, even if it means waking up early to avoid a wait!
I came here for a party of 4 bruch on a Saturday morning and would definitely return. The interior was pretty small and the top 40's they were blasting inside sucked BUT there was outdoor seating (thank god) and the food, serivice and mimosas were to die for!
My boyfriend got the steak and eggs which had a semi Mexican twist with a great sauce and tortilla chips. He was stoked and it looked delicious. I got the veggie egg ommelette which came with the perfect rustic bread and a salad, loaded with tasty veggies (my one year of vegetarianism). My lovely lady friend got the Salmon Benedict which is definitely what I will order next time because it looked amazing. (They offer a number of different Benedict's with different sauces such as tomatoe based, salsa, etc). Â And our number four got the bacon omelette, what could go wrong.
We decided on the bottomless mimosas, which they said means a server will frequent the table with a pitcher for refills. Lovely lady friend response, "don't forget about us because I drink fast". Wise words.
First round was lychee mimosa, amazing, sweet, strong. Second was guava, even better, being a little less sweet. Third was cucumber, which was so refreshing and above all my favorite. We made it to six, but somehow the other flavors have escaped my memory...all different.
Overall it was a great time shared over a great meal and the servers were genuinely very friendly. I would surely return...and highly recommend the outdoor seating!
I did not come here for brunch and the bottomless mimosas so many people rave about. I wanted to check this place out first with a Groupon before splurging $30+ on brunch. The Groupon was good only for dinner, so we cruised on over during their happy hour to enjoy a beer before dinner (which is excluded from the Groupon value).
The restaurant is a whole lot smaller than what I'd imagined... Just a few bar tables inside and even less on the patio. The service was quick, as the menus were already laid out, and our server quickly took our drink orders. The menu selection is pretty limited- your typically American bar food fare. I opted for the pulled pork sandwich and my boyfriend got the Oyster Po' Boy. Our sweet potato fries were good, but I've definitely had better. The beer fennel mussels were good too, but just too heavy on the cream. Neither of us enjoyed our sandwiches. My pulled pork was slathered with mayo, so much so that mayo was all I could taste. The spring salad was nice and light, good to offset the heavy sandwich. The Po' Boy was over-fried because you couldn't even taste the oysters anymore. Again, too much mayo. Where is the ratio control?!
My dinner experience with the food was so poor that I will not be returning for their brunch. If they can't do a simple pulled pork sammy, how are they going to wow me with an egg benny? Also, the prices are way too high for such a grummy establishment. I think it was either $12 or $14 for the sandwiches... so NOT worth it.
There should be separate areas to write reviews for Cafe Biere: bottomless mimosa brunch vs. every other day and time at Cafe Biere (do they even have beer here?).
TO BE CLEAR: I am here to write about bottomless mimosa brunch, which of course is... FABULOUS. I've been here probably four-five times and will continue to return.
Great things:
1. BOTTOMLESS MIMOSAS WITH ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF FRESH JUICE! Like for realz, lychee! Watermelon! Aloe! Mango! Hibiscus! The owner has mentioned that his favorite is fucking HEIRLOOM TOMATO. It's like a beautiful flowing river of rainbow alcohol, and let's be honest - that shit is the best kind of mimosa (mostly champagne). Also, it's only $16 and before you say, OMG $16?! All that really means is once you drink your 16th mimosa, your cost is like $1 per drink, WHICH IS A REALLY GREAT DEAL (duh). Drink a few more and that shit is like $.75 each.
2. TASTY MOTHAFUCKIN FOOD. The first time I came here, I was like, this shit better be good (for reasons I'll get to soon) and OHMIGOD it was! Like really good. [For non-meat eaters: I eat veg, so they had few options for me, but I ate the avocado omelet and it was AMAZING. My vegan friends didn't have the same luck, but they had the portobello burger sans cheese and said it was decent. You get drunk enough off the mimosas if you do it right, WHICH YOU BETTER.]
3. DRUNK EMPLOYEES. I mean, this is just entertaining.
K, now my issues with Cafe Biere brunch:
1. Loud ass dance party at 10 am in tiny ass restaurant. Like for real - booty shakin' in my face when I'm already hungover and just trying to get drunk again to take the edge off.
2. I don't think you understand how loud I'm talking. Like really fucking loud.
3. You'll wait a long time (both to be seated and then to get your food). Somehow I'm a perfect genius and just have a knack for getting my friends there right before shit gets crazy, but I've watched parties of like 20 bachelorettes (or just strippers, couldn't tell by the outfits) get drunk outside waiting for a table. (But this is really a plus, you get your buzz going before you even get seated - which helps lower your mimosa cost! Maybe you'll reach your $1/drink goal before you even sit down!)
4. Groups of 20 show up ready to get drunk at a restaurant that literally can seat 22 people inside (I made up that number). Yes, there are 2 outdoor tables, but then vulture-strippers stare at your food and drunkenly yell about how long you've been there while thinking they're whispering to their small, intimate group of 20.
5. Drunk employees sometimes forget that like, yeah, you're drunk, but I still want my glass refilled RIGHT NOW, so stop flirting with that bro.
Also, I was finished writing this review (really, I was) and the second question I was asked before posting is "Good for Dancing: yes, no, not sure." We're talking about brunch here, but that should give you a better idea of the wonder and confusion that is Cafe Biere. Give a bunch of 20-somethings alcohol at 10 am and watch them bring the house down with some Thong Song action into the Emeryville streets.
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