The Big Blue Cafe

I have been in Humboldt County for over 5 years now, and I never visited here not until recently, about a year ago when my husband moved up here.

I would say this visit was our 10th time together at this place and we never were disappointed.

Staff members are always nice, has smile on their faces and very attentive to customers.

The food is really great. I love the flavors and freshness of their dishes. My husband and I sometimes would get the same plate because we really enjoy it - the Huevos rancheros 👍🏼. The orange juice is a must.

We only go here for breakfast but my friends really love the lunch menu. One thing I would suggest, the sweet dish’s like pancakes or French toast aren’t the to choices her from my experience, but still yummy.

Give them a try you would love it.

My eggs Benedict barely had and any hollandaise sauce, and the eggs were over cooked. Had to order more hollandaise sauce, for an extra 3.50 so total it was 21.50. The potatoes were extremely over cooked and dried out. Waiter told us “this is just how the potatoes are now” and that “the cooks are human too”. I will say that the mimosas were pretty decent. The water glasses were clearly not properly cleaned, there was some kind of residue on mine and shimmery lipstick mark on my daughters water glass.

Ask for Parker and tell him 'We are the Titans, the mighty, mighty Titans!' Best service of the whole trip and the ginger beef sandwich was fire. Also, clam chowder was great. Will definitely return for both the A++ service from Parker and the delicious food. Thank you Parker for being an amazing person and making us feel like family!!!

I really want to like this place since it's a local spot, but we've gone twice for breakfast and have been let down each time. Lacks flavor and it's really pricey for basic things. (A Denver omelet is $20 since they have it set up in a "build your own" way.)

Traveling and found this little cafe and can’t recommend it enough! We showed up for late breakfast and had amazing service, super courteous, attentive and the space was fabulous. We got a variety of dishes from breakfast and lunch menu, as well as a pitcher of mimosas and loved it all. Large portions and quality ingredients and preparation make this worth a stop!

Great changing table for Baby Dylan. Family friendly joint. Great food and friendly staff. A nice stop in our visit to The Arcata Kinetic Sculpture Championship Race

Since I came here for food, I can only give it 2 stars. I had a salad. How you can make a salad taste old and dry is beyond me. It reminded me of discount airline food ghat was 2 days too old to be served. Would not consider coming back. Things I enjoyed, nice waiter and cool art on the walls.

Very good experience overall

Nice place for a small town breakfast atmosphere. Waiter was very nice, simple... Quick...

Menu is good, enough choice, but not too much.

Egg, bacon and fried potatoes. Taste is not amazing but good enough.

Really like the atmosphere

OK, but not as great as the reviews suggest. I got an omelette, home fries, and a buttermilk pancake. I had to pay extra for the pancake. You couldn't add it as a side. The waiter was good, but when I asked him which was better here, pancakes or french toast he didn't have an opinion.

The omelette was OK, but only so. The home fries where very basic and bland. They weren't crunchy at all. Cooked but kind of mushy. The pancake was good but overcooked a little. The hot chocolate was watery. Nice atmosphere. Next time I'll go somewhere else that has better food.

Today was the first day out of many, where the potatoes weren't seasoned and tasted 2 days old or better, but normally they have outstanding food but today I spent 40 dollars on food we couldn't eat, and I threw it away.