The Garnet Cafe - Coeur D' Alene

Walked in on a very busy Saturday morning and they sat 12 of us right away! Our server Melissa was phenomenal and hands down the best server and food of our entire vacation. Our entire party ordered something different and we were all raving about all items. Run, don't walk to this gem of a restaurant!!!!!!!

Very kind staff! Cool environment! (with the music and colorful decor). Excellent quality food! The duck patty sausage was juicy and probably the tastiest thing I have had all week. I really do appreciate that they source their ingredients from local farms and that their coffee is from a local roaster. It very much felt like I had CDA in a delicious plate of food.

I’ve gone several times and each time have fully enjoyed myself. It’s one of the places I bring my friends from out of town. Hope it’ll open back up soon.Vegetarian options: I took my friend here who was visiting from out of town. She’s muslim and so can’t have pork products. Vegetarian options are safe for her to try new foods. She was very happy to be able to have a wide selection to choose from without having to question if there is any pork product in it.Parking: There’s limited front parking but plenty if you look on the sides in their new location.Wheelchair accessibility: No stairs, tables available

The place was fairly busy for a Tuesday, so my anticipation was high for a good experience. The waitstaff seemed to be a bit unorganized and not very warm. The waitress came to take our order but since we had not ordered here previously, we asked for another minute. We tried to flag the waitress down a couple of times to no avail, it took about 15+mins to finally place the order. The food was ok. I ordered eggs over medium, they were not. The pork sausage was very garlicky (didn’t like) but that’s a personal preference as my friend enjoyed them. The pancake was filling and delicious. I would suggest investing a little money in new menus that aren’t stained and crinkled. Also, perhaps ask your waitstaff to smile and at least pretend to like working there.

We visited town for the weekend to attend a wedding, and had a lot of time to kill so we made the café our first stop, and it was great! There were two of us on a Saturday morning and we got a table immediately. The menu had a good variety and the food came out quickly. The staff was nice and the food was so tasty! Not far from downtown and highly recommend!