Turtle Leaf Cafe

Me and my wife have been to this cozy peaceful atmosphere cafe twice now and I have to say that the owner is super friendly and nice! His staff is very pleasant to deal with and are polite right as soon as you walk through the door! The wait time is not bad at all! The food is so amazing! The combinations that are used in each dish complement eachother so well! And the drinks are out of this world.The Turtle Leaf Cafe is hands down one of the best places to eat!

*Do not go if you have a nut allergy.* I have tried this place multiple times and I always have issues. This last time was awful. Multiple issues with our orders, expensive, and we were sitting outside of a storage room. A staff member was moving boxes into it and swarms of fruit flies were escaping and all around our heads and food. We left in a hurry because it was awful. The room also had food scraps all over the floor and was not very clean. Additionally my mom has a severe nut allergy, and during one visit she told the staff member this. Despite knowing about the allergy, we believe they did not take it seriously and clean the cutting board before preparing her salad. My mom took 2 small test bites of her salad and instantly her face turned red, her throat tightened, and she had an asthma attack. I wish more restaurants would train their staff to understand that allergies are deadly and none should ever be taken lightly. Every precaution should be taken to ensure there is no contamination if they knowingly let a customer place an order, or inform them they shouldn't eat there.

My favorite place to eat in Elmira! Only four stars this visit because I got a bacon egg and cheese on a bagel. Bacon was crumbled bacon not bacon strips so the majority of my big and fell off my sandwich while I was eating it. And it was very well done. Bacon strips would have been much better. But overall this is a great place to eat

Expensive, poor quality food. Everytime I order it's cold. When asked how to get hot food, was told would only take a minute to freshen up in the press...ummm, okay I don't care for my condiments to be soaked in and resulting in mushy bread. How about just making things fresh as ordered. Customer service is always horrible. Closest place to my work to eat but won't spend my money here again and am sure to share my experience with my co-workers.

Great food! I ordered the Elvis Burger which was unique with great flavor. My wife ordered the turkey Brie panini with strawberry jam, and loved it. The interior could use a sprucing up, but the food is fantastic.

My wife and i have Ordered twice from herein the last week as we have been in the hospital having our first baby and Turtle Leaf has been a god send. Everything arrives perfectly packaged and labeled. 100% accurate orders. Excellent communication when the order is being delivered because it’s hard getting deliveries to the hospital in times of an epidemic. I just Wanted to share my excellent experiences with this restaurant and commend them for nothing but goodness! Keep up the great work, guys!!! Thank you so much. I

The food and service is phenomenal here! We visit Elmira once a year and have never been disappointed with this Cafe. We make it one of our places to visit just because there is no place quite like it.
This time we ordered the roasted veggie and the strawberry turkey sandwiches and wow!!!! Both packed with amazing taste! Say ordered a raspberry smoothie. It was a perfect combo with the food.
We recommend this place to anyone passing through. You will be blown away!

Just a spectacular little gem! Good location but still easy to miss, but what a shame to miss!!!! Wonderful spot with delicious drinks!! Must muuust check it out!

Clean establishment, friendly staff who wore gloves while preparing food, and the food was great. A bit pricey but it was worth it. We were visiting from out of town but I would go back again, and we recommend this restaurant to others.

This is one of the few places in the area to get fresh food and drinks made with local ingredients. The fresh juice smoothies are killer. I love their house blend coffee hot or cold. The waitstaff is very friendly. From fall until spring they have unique daily soup specials ranging from a detox veggie soup to buffalo chicken soup. Definitely a must try!