Penelopes Cafe Books & Gallery in La Canada Flintridge

Best food ever!!! I had such fun for my birthday. Service was top notch. Great prices for exquisite food. Strongly recommended!!!

OMG! The best waffles ever! I also took coffee latte and it was amazing! So cute patio outside with a little fountain and a few beautiful fish inside! Very quiet, so very comfortable for business breakfast or lunch! Highly recommend!

My favorite for ladies who lunch. Shady patio is to die for. Definitely make a reservation or get there right when they open.

Went here with my kids. When you go in it is extremely quiet. Signs say please wait to be seated. It also says welcome we are open. We waited patiently for a few minutes. No one greeted us. People were just staring at us. Then we just walked all the way to the back since we saw employees just standing around talking. Then one of the workers asked if we were taking food to go. Why would we be taking food to go? We were waiting in the front. Then she said we had to sit outside because there were no seats inside. Mind you it was raining. Please please train your staff. They have to greet customers. It was incredibly unwelcoming.

My first time at the cafe. What a wonderful place! Great food and fantastic seating area outdoor.

Awesome place for salads, sandwiches, desserts and more. The staff are very courteous and the service is good. This is backed by the good food being served here. The vegetarian sandwich that I had was yummy.

Food was excellent! Would definitely go back! We sat outside on the patio, out was lovely!

Great food, great staff, and the best place to meet with girl friends and colleagues.The owner is awesome and a pleasure to visit her restaurant.

I went here today with my grandmother on my day off from graduate school. I have been here many times and it has always been great service. Today we were in a sunny seat so we moved to another table before food arrived to get some shade (97 degrees). Waitress brought food, and another comes out 5 minutes later and makes a giant deal out of putting some paper under our food on the table (honest mistake on our end, this becomes a trend….) and has my 88 year old grandmother lift her plate and glass herself. We eat and it’s great and go inside to pay like it was the last time I went (maybe two years ago) at least how I remember, honest mistake if this was never the case. The owner is inside and extremely rude, and proceeds to lecture us how we should let them know if we need an early bill. So weird, I just need to get back to school and we had thought we politely waited outside. She was extremely hostile and lecturing for absolutely no reason we both had the best intentions going inside to pay, even browsing the ice cream. Comically rude and if you are a citizen of la Canada, let alone one with grand age and wisdom, avoid this place lest you be talked down to like a child as well by the owner. Almost never leave reviews but so upset at the way my wonderful grandmother was treated today.

Staff is very friendly. Decoration and location was fantastic. I really liked the little outdoor area. The food was great. However I recommend not getting the orange juice as it tasted store bought rather than fresh. It seems like Ice Tea is a hit there so I recommend that instead. Also, I do not like the plastic cutlery or one time use cups. Should try to reduce this as much as possible. Other than that, its worth the visit