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(323) 661-8391
2900 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles,
CA
90026
34.0829
-118.2735
Neighborhoods: Silver Lake, East LA
Price:
$
Last updated 6.04.11
Category:
Bakeries, Restaurants, Coffee & Tea Shops
Payment Methods:
Visa, MasterCard
Restaurant Special Features:
Local Favorite, Late Night Dining, People Watching, Lunch Spot, Cheap Eats
General Info:
Open 7 Days
Cuisine:
What People Are Saying About Cafe Tropical
Featured Review
Contributor
Contributor
In Short – A disheveled hipster crowd comes for a daytime caffeine fix; evenings, the cafe hosts 12-step meetings. The bakery menu features Napoleons made from thin layers of puff pastry and rich, but not overly sweet, cream. A house favorite, guava-cheese pie is cream cheese and tart guava paste layered between croissant-like bread. Buttery and crisp Cuban-style sandwiches include the classic medianoche, spilling over with thinly sliced roast pork, ham, cheese and pickles.
Editor's Tips
- Parking:
- Parking can be difficult. Some people risk the small reserved lot by the Silverlake Lounge.
- What to Drink:
- The smooth Cuban-style cafe con leche and frozen fruit shakes complement any pastry. Servers pour heavy on the milk, so specify how you want your coffee beforehand, or order an espresso and add milk yourself.
| ambiance | 100.0% positive |
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| dessert | 100.0% positive |
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| drinks | 100.0% positive |
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| food quality | 88.88999938964844% positive |
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| menu variety | 0.0% positive |
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| overall | 100.0% positive |
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| service | 100.0% positive |
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| value | 100.0% positive |
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02/26/09
Cafe Tropical: way over-rated
by limone
It is difficult to believe people would give this filthy place a 5 star rating. So, the coffee is good, yes, best ever? No. In Vancouver, BC, good quality independent coffee joints come every 5 blocks, with the added bonus of floors that were cleaned in the last 18 years and staff who are pleasant. The thoroughly unpleasant woman (that's being charitable, to call this witch a woman) acted like she was doing a huge favor by providing my order.
To those patrons who claim this place is 'keeping it real' I ask, real what? Real rudeness? Real dirt? Sad, if Los Angeles folk go here because it is the best coffee they can find. This place deserves to go out of business, over-rated in the extreme, awful customer service, and good, but not the greatest coffee.
11/25/08
The guava cheese pie rocks my world
by SarahEpps
I moved from LA to Boston a year ago and am still thinking about that guava cheese pie...the ice coffee, banana shakes, and cuban sandwiches are tasty too.
- Pros: guava cheese pie, cuban sandwich, banana shakes
- Cons: scary bathroom
03/30/08
Great place, great coffee, great guave desserts.
by fingbich
A great joint. Anyone dwelling on the lack of niceties or conveniences doesn't really get the point. Its a great place to hang. The coffee is so damn good (don't add your own milk! they know what they're doing!) and the servers are just there being real. I like them all. The food is fine, not terrific but definitely good comfort food... and priced accordingly... good deals. CT has one of the best vibes in Silverlake and shouldn't be missed... but please do. I like it being just a cool neighborhood hang.
01/23/08
Surly service, decent coffee
by herzco
The history and spirit of the Tropical Bakery is admirable (I miss those cakes), but sadly it does not make the food any better, and it most certainly does not help the staff act any friendlier. Sad, because it is a really cool joint....
- Pros: Not a corporate coffee place, lots of locals.
- Cons: Surly service, difficult to find parking at times.
12/22/07
I don't get it
by ortensia
Good juice, but how could you screw up juice. I don't see whats so great about throwing an egg on some bread. Also the veggie "sandwich" for about $5.00 is white bread with mustard and mayo, some lettuce, a slice of tomato and an onion. Crabby service at that.
- Pros: cheep cookies/good juice
- Cons: everything else
The Details on Cafe Tropical
Place Categories:
- damn good coffee
- great place
- really cool joint
- indeed delicious cafe con leche
- great cuban sandwiches
- favorite morning pastries
- not order much fruit
- not order smoothie
- dry pork
- love croissant sandwiches
- pleasant staff
- not order froth
- great guave desserts
- huge favor
- yummy milkshakes
- fresh roses
- totally love atmosphere
- cool neighborhood
- overrated hip coffeeshop
- pleasant floors
- good comfort food
- best vibes
- yummy batidos
- authentic cuban delight
