Plums Cafe - Costa Mesa

While visiting family we tried this highly reviewed restaurant. At first it appeared to be as great as advertised until we received the food and drinks. I started by getting this cold brew coffee with chocolate and coconut. They put so much coconut in the drink it became a mushy mess you can't drink. My wife and son ordered the Dutch baby, one of the reasons I picked this place. These guys do not know what a Dutch baby is because the bottom is supposed to be crepe like but instead it was like fry bread. My son could barely cut it with his knife. My other son ordered a sweet potato hash. Again not sure where they went to culinary school but hash is like hash browns. This was sweet potato baby food. It looked nasty and other than the bacon did not taste good either. The bright spot of the meal was my meal which was eggs, lemon and blueberries pancakes, and meatloaf. The meatloaf was delicious but small for $20. Overall will not return to this place as it is not worth the almost $140 I paid for breakfast.

I was disappointed with the experience I had with the service at this restaurant. We were here with some friends celebrating a birthday and unfortunately the service was lacking in friendliness and attentiveness. My friend had an issue with an order and she isn't the type to send food back, but the waiter responded quite rudely and defensively when she had asked for a different order politely. I was taken aback because this wasn't the service we were expecting at an establishment of this caliber. The food was mediocre. We liked about half of the things we ordered. I ordered the wrap which was decent and my husband ordered the biscuits and gravy. My friends did not particularly enjoy their orders. Unfortunately I won't be coming back to this restaurant for brunch. I was really hoping that I would enjoy it.

Compared to alot of other places, in my opinion this is over priced. Dogs are allowed, but some people don't control their dogs and staff allows this behavior. Also didn't help that we were sitting for almost 10 minutes before we were even acknowledged and offered water. Food was decent, but nothing special.

I don’t know how else to rave about this brunch spot other than I dined there 3 times during my 1.5 week visit. I can do the biscuit gravy all day long. Awesome food and service. Definitely on my to-eat list every time I step foot in OC.

Complete perfection food and service both amazing! Highly recommend for elevated tastes and comfortable surroundings. Be sure to try the giant cinnamon roll it easily feeds 4! Vegetarian options: They were very accommodating in modifying a dish to meet vegetarian request