Solar De Cahuenga

(323) 467-7510

1847 Cahuenga Blvd
Hollywood, CA 90028 34.1045 -118.3301

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Neighborhoods: Hollywood, Central LA

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Price:

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Last updated 9.05.11

Category:

Restaurants

Payment Methods:

American Express, Visa, MasterCard

Restaurant Special Features:

Local Favorite, Breakfast, Late Night Dining, Quiet, Outdoor Dining, Hidden Find, People Watching, Lunch Spot

General Info:

Open 7 Days

Cuisine:

French

What People Are Saying About Solar De Cahuenga

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In Short – This corner cafe offers a neighborhood-environment for casual dining and hour-long coffee breaks. An airy and bright main room features abundant two-top seating for light-meal seekers and post-nightclub grazers. A separate and more intimate lounge offers the quaint environment of Persian-style rugs, low-lying tables and cushy pillows sprawled across the floor. The walk-up style counter features fresh pastry selections and a lunch-minded menu of salads, sandwiches and assorted sweet and savory crepes.

Editor's Tips

Parking:
Nightime parking can be an obstacle--if the lot is full, try for a meter along Cahuenga north of Frankiln.
When to Go:
Daytime feature a quieter environment of working actors and residents from Whitley Heights, while nighttime attracts more of a club crowd.
The Extras:
Gather your laptops and scripts, and stake out the free Wi-Fi Internet available with food or beverage purchase. Note: There's a one-hour limit.
ambiance
90.0% positive
  1. Love the art and the atmosphere.
  2. The ambience is great, the place is cozy and the staff are friendly.
  3. Great ambience, wonderful breakfast
  4. wonderful escape from the sunbaked concrete of Cahuenga Blvd...they've really managed to create a convivial ambience without breaking the bank.
  5. It's a hip & funky restaurant where the food is DELICIOUS ( generous portions ), service is great and atmosphere is buzzy.
  6. sooooo refreshing, great atmosphere, very cool and polite employees.
  7. Best coffee in town, fantastic ambience!
  8. Patio was cozy for a long slow breakfast and chat.
  9. This is a simple "take away" eatery with an inviting, unpretentious atmosphere - and often filled with neighborhood residents, rather than transient weekend clubbers.
  10. The atmosphere is cool, like that coffee shop in "Friends", only better.
dessert
100.0% positive
  1. Sometimes after I have been to the Arclight cinemas ( 4 blocks away ) for a late night movie, I head to Solar ( its open till 3am) afterwards for dessert to devour one of their famous crepes.
drinks
94.73999977111816% positive
  1. The espresso has no aroma and the lattes taste awful.
  2. Best espresso in town and friendly service.
  3. Coffee is smooth & delicious - seriously its GREAT coffee !
  4. Best coffee anywhere!
  5. This is a great coffee house with great food, and on top of that you can use the free wifi while enjoying a glass of wine.
  6. To top it off, the menu, with its wide variety, is not expensive - as long as you've got $10 in your pocket or purse, you've got coffee and a meal.
  7. recommend it for a get together with friends or even a late night snack, or take the laptop and sip on their brilliant brew of coffee.
  8. They make a good coffee, which is hard to find in L.A.
  9. Their sweet crepes are simpler, which works better, and their coffee is pretty good, the space is nice and chill, but I'm running out of reasons to come back.
  10. The coffee excellent and probably the best I have drunk in a while.
  11. After pain-stakingly trying to find that elusive brew of great coffee, I finally found it at Solar de Cahuenga.
  12. The coffee/lattes are delicious!
  13. Tasty food, best crepes ever, coffee to die for.
  14. Solar de Cahuenga has become the favorite hollywood spot for my friends and I. I originally stopped by for an afternoon cup of coffee and pastry.
  15. haven't STOP venturing in and I consider this a great hanging place - with seriously good food and great coffee ( one of the best I've had in LA ! )
  16. The food at Solar de Cahuenga is amazing and the coffee the best i ever had,the staff and the owners are very friendly and best of all on Sundays you get to watch live soccer and see the best soccer team in the world play BOCA JUNIORS , give the place a t
  17. Best coffee in town, fantastic ambience!
  18. would highly recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for good consistent food and great coffee!
  19. The atmosphere is cool, like that coffee shop in "Friends", only better.
food quality
89.35000419616699% positive
  1. Surrounded by wannabe actors and writers, you may enjoy or rather not enjoy your bland tasting crepe and wonder "did the chef add salt to my dish?
  2. This is a great coffee house with great food, and on top of that you can use the free wifi while enjoying a glass of wine.
  3. The restaurant is bright & airy with a rustic feel to it with good service,cheerful staff and VERY MOORISH food
  4. It's getting better and better with the time, they make some improvements to the place and the food it's great.
  5. would highly recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for good consistent food and great coffee!
  6. Now the food - ( am beginning to salivate like pavlovs' dog ) is DELICIOUS !
  7. ...great ambient great food and there is no way u can tell me it's and over price place when in the menu u will never found and item over 10 dollars.
  8. To top it off, the menu, with its wide variety, is not expensive - as long as you've got $10 in your pocket or purse, you've got coffee and a meal.
  9. great value for the excellent food.
  10. Tasty food, best crepes ever, coffee to die for.
  11. Only - the salad is a little bland and bitter, so splurge and go for the tasty fries.
  12. Coffee is smooth & delicious - seriously its GREAT coffee !
  13. The crepes are great and so are the sandwiches.
  14. The coffee/lattes are delicious!
  15. best pizza anywhere
  16. My neighborhood was lacking a really cool place to hang out and eat awesome food and finally the eagle has landed.
  17. So as a hangout, it cuts the mustard, but I always feel like a stupid dumbface for wasting my money on the substandard food.
  18. The food is delicious ( very generous ) and the staff are always friendly.
  19. This place is really tasty and the price is pretty average what you'd expect to pay for a crepe.
  20. haven't STOP venturing in and I consider this a great hanging place - with seriously good food and great coffee ( one of the best I've had in LA ! )
  21. Love the Sunny Path Crepe, the sweet potato french fries and the Paninis are good too.
  22. ordered the Energy crepes, with strawberries and my friend ordered the Canneloni crepes - delicious!
  23. regardless, she loves this stupid place that has yet to serve me a satisfying meal.
  24. The food at Solar de Cahuenga is amazing and the coffee the best i ever had,the staff and the owners are very friendly and best of all on Sundays you get to watch live soccer and see the best soccer team in the world play BOCA JUNIORS , give the place a t
  25. love the sandwiches, yummy fries but I usually get the fruit bowl instead.
  26. The food is good, but not good enough for me to turn a blind eye to the horrible service.
  27. The food is great and in large portions.
  28. Great food, I had the chicken stroganoff with sweet potato fries, OMG, absolutely fantastic, how can u say no substance, did you actually try it!
  29. Great food.
  30. It's a hip & funky restaurant where the food is DELICIOUS ( generous portions ), service is great and atmosphere is buzzy.
  31. why does my chicken taste like kerosine?
  32. The soup's good too.
  33. The service is slow even for just a simple latte and the food prepared on site is sometimes good sometimes "eh
  34. The panini's are delicious and salads very generous.
  35. Dude you have to try the vanilla latte (my homegirl rants about the mocha latte, not for me though), and the sunnypath crepe thing is my all time favorite dish right now.
  36. The food is great and the place is darling, but it is one of those places in LA that is full of people who think they are going to be the ne.
menu variety
100.0% positive
  1. To top it off, the menu, with its wide variety, is not expensive - as long as you've got $10 in your pocket or purse, you've got coffee and a meal.
  2. ...great ambient great food and there is no way u can tell me it's and over price place when in the menu u will never found and item over 10 dollars.
overall
100.0% positive
  1. The food at Solar de Cahuenga is amazing and the coffee the best i ever had,the staff and the owners are very friendly and best of all on Sundays you get to watch live soccer and see the best soccer team in the world play BOCA JUNIORS , give the place a t
  2. just a great place to hang out.
  3. I'm a writer so it was a great place to relax.
  4. haven't STOP venturing in and I consider this a great hanging place - with seriously good food and great coffee ( one of the best I've had in LA ! )
  5. The food is great and the place is darling, but it is one of those places in LA that is full of people who think they are going to be the ne.
  6. great place to be and to be seen.
  7. The ambience is great, the place is cozy and the staff are friendly.
  8. great place for any occasion
  9. ...great ambient great food and there is no way u can tell me it's and over price place when in the menu u will never found and item over 10 dollars.
  10. great place!
  11. It's a great place to be and to be seen and to have a great latte like the one I love banana caramel one.
return potential
50.0% positive
  1. Their sweet crepes are simpler, which works better, and their coffee is pretty good, the space is nice and chill, but I'm running out of reasons to come back.
  2. will never be back and will never recommend this place to anyone.
service
80.43000221252441% positive
  1. The food is good, but not good enough for me to turn a blind eye to the horrible service.
  2. The customer service is HORRIBLE.
  3. love the service, they are all so nice, and really do look out for you, and ALWAYS mean well.
  4. Everyone was really friendly - so much so that one of the patrons yelled out that the owner of a vehicle parked outside was about to get a ticket - completely saving the man getting a write up just in time.
  5. Best espresso in town and friendly service.
  6. The food at Solar de Cahuenga is amazing and the coffee the best i ever had,the staff and the owners are very friendly and best of all on Sundays you get to watch live soccer and see the best soccer team in the world play BOCA JUNIORS , give the place a t
  7. loved the mocha latte, the cute little patio and the people watching too.
  8. It's a hip & funky restaurant where the food is DELICIOUS ( generous portions ), service is great and atmosphere is buzzy.
  9. Staff are always friendly and nice and accomodating.
  10. Fantastic place to lounge with friends for lunch or late night cravings, good croud and friendly staff.
  11. The restaurant is bright & airy with a rustic feel to it with good service,cheerful staff and VERY MOORISH food
  12. love this place because really good, friendly people work here.
  13. Service is good and staff friendly.
  14. It gets pretty crowded on weekends and the service can be slow, but the staff are all pretty nice.
  15. sooooo refreshing, great atmosphere, very cool and polite employees.
  16. The service is slow even for just a simple latte and the food prepared on site is sometimes good sometimes "eh
  17. The staff was friendly and very accomodating too!
  18. Furthermore, the staff at Solar is always warm and welcoming.
  19. The food is delicious ( very generous ) and the staff are always friendly.
  20. The ambience is great, the place is cozy and the staff are friendly.
  21. Owner is both rude and cheap
  22. great service, lame crowd
  23. The food is great and the place is darling, but it is one of those places in LA that is full of people who think they are going to be the ne.
value
83.33000183105469% positive
  1. So as a hangout, it cuts the mustard, but I always feel like a stupid dumbface for wasting my money on the substandard food.
  2. It's a hip & funky restaurant where the food is DELICIOUS ( generous portions ), service is great and atmosphere is buzzy.
  3. The panini's are delicious and salads very generous.
  4. The food at Solar de Cahuenga is amazing and the coffee the best i ever had,the staff and the owners are very friendly and best of all on Sundays you get to watch live soccer and see the best soccer team in the world play BOCA JUNIORS , give the place a t
  5. This place is really tasty and the price is pretty average what you'd expect to pay for a crepe.
  6. We just went there, the omelette was good, a little expensive ($10) but the crape we had was below our expectation.
  7. great value for the excellent food.
  8. To top it off, the menu, with its wide variety, is not expensive - as long as you've got $10 in your pocket or purse, you've got coffee and a meal.
  9. The food is delicious ( very generous ) and the staff are always friendly.
  10. The food is great and in large portions.
  11. Owner is both rude and cheap
  12. ...great ambient great food and there is no way u can tell me it's and over price place when in the menu u will never found and item over 10 dollars.
wait time
37.5% positive
  1. The service is slow even for just a simple latte and the food prepared on site is sometimes good sometimes "eh
  2. Patio was cozy for a long slow breakfast and chat.
  3. To top it off, the menu, with its wide variety, is not expensive - as long as you've got $10 in your pocket or purse, you've got coffee and a meal.
  4. It gets pretty crowded on weekends and the service can be slow, but the staff are all pretty nice.
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

10/23/08

Great place in Hollywood

by vivalafood

I loved it !!!...Great food, I had the chicken stroganoff with sweet potato fries, OMG, absolutely fantastic, how can u say no substance, did you actually try it!!?? and the Mint Lemonade, best creation ever....sooooo refreshing, great atmosphere, very cool and polite employees...

This is a great coffee house with great food, and on top of that you can use the free wifi while enjoying a glass of wine...very nice touch.

Hope this is helpful and you can always go and try it yourself...very busy so try going between 3 and 5 or after 7, when i think they have waitress , but I'm not sure.

Great place...

  • Pros: Great food, great athmosphere, great pepole watching and very casual and relax
  • Cons: Parking lot a bit small but there is a public parking at the corner, so no hassle and street parking
2 Star Rating: Below Average

08/03/08

style over substance

by radiancelee

Surrounded by wannabe actors and writers, you may enjoy or rather not enjoy your bland tasting crepe and wonder "did the chef add salt to my dish? or any seasoning for that matter? why does my chicken taste like kerosine? why does this tropical ice tea taste like L.A. sewage?" - those thoughts might cross your mind, should you be lucky enough to find parking nearby this busy street/semi-highway neighboring cafe and dine here. BLAND FOOD!

3 Star Rating: Average

07/13/08

Savory crepes struggle

by simplydarius

I've only eaten crepes here, but they've missed for me on many occasions. The savories' recipes are well-conceived, but usually overstuffed. For me they don't come together as a dish, but instead taste like all their separate ingredients piled together. Their sweet crepes are simpler, which works better, and their coffee is pretty good, the space is nice and chill, but I'm running out of reasons to come back.

  • Pros: ambiance, self-serve cucumber water
  • Cons: blandish savory crepes
3 Star Rating: Average

04/14/08

great service, lame crowd

by catjams

I love this place because really good, friendly people work here. (I keep hearing the boss is maniacal.) I'm an editor and researcher and this shop conveniently is walking distance from work. Otherwise I would never come here. The so-called "bohemian" atmosphere is rivaled by hollywood egomaniacs, people working in entertainment who want everyone around them to know. Granted customers come in wearing "bohemian" outfits. But this place is often very "clique-ish," visibly and audibly so. Not very bohemian at all. I would recommend the cafe for work, or meeting others in "the bizz" who pretend they're low-key. But if you're really pro-bohemian, whatever that means, or at least down to earth, this place probably won't do much for you. Coffee, I've had better. Great food.

  • Pros: Great food, Friendly service
  • Cons: Lame "stuffy" crowd (daytime)- un-bohemian
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

12/26/07

Best coffee anywhere!

by craig74

I am a regular customer and am consistently pleased.

Best espresso in town and friendly service. Solar is the place in hollywood to grab a bite to eat and meet up with friends. I would highly recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for good consistent food and great coffee!

  • Pros: espresso, service, crepes, free wifi

The Details on Solar De Cahuenga

Place Categories:

  • great hanging place
  • great consistent food
  • good canneloni crepes
  • great coffee
  • great service
  • inviting unpretentious atmosphere
  • horrible customer service
  • loved mocha latte
  • never recommend place
  • cheap owner
  • fantastic omelette
  • wonderful breakfast
  • great ambience
  • great chai
  • nice space
  • tasty sweet potato fries
  • delicious panini
  • loved people
  • nice cappucinos
  • refreshing soo
  • love banana caramel
  • satisfying meal
  • order water
  • always friendly cheerful staff
  • stupid dumbface
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