Otis Cafe

This is a really cute and small cafe, but I think that allows them to really concentrate on the quality of the food that they serve. We were lucky and only had to wait outside for 10min or so before being seated.  I'm sure on any given weekend you should expect a bit of a wait. The food was really good and seemed to be farm fresh, they make wonderful homemade breads and even cinnamon rolls(which I hear sellout quickly). This is definitely my new go-to spot at the coast!

Even as a big fan of well-executed country diner fare, I'd have to say that road-tripping Portland Yelpers' love affair with this place borders on the bizarre.  To be clear, the Otis Cafe's baked goods are absolutely fantastic -- from the basic breads to the sweet, cakey molasses bread and pumpkin bread and the pie, it's all just great stuff.

So yeah, anyone would be well-advised to grab a pie or a sweet bread to take out.  But the dine-in diner food is just mediocre at best.  The hash browns seem to be straight from a freezer sack rather than made fresh from real potatoes (disturbing for a place that boasts so loudly of its "German potato" dish), and everything else that I tried was terribly flavorless and underseasoned, from the omelettes to the burgers and patty melts.  The burger and sandwich-style dishes are muffled into unbiteable flavorlessness by way-too-huge slices of bread.  In short, my whole party's actual meals were a pile of bland, greasy stodge.  We ate well off the pumpkin bread for a few days afterwards, but it and the friendliness didn't really excuse the meal itself.

I can not add anything meaningful to the glowing reviews posted thus far. So let me instead abbreviate. My breakfast at Otis cafe:
Cheap enormous portions
Fast/friendly service
Absolutely delicious
Fantastic selection
             Can we please move this restaurant to another town?