The Cook House in Capitola

Local favorite, simple good food!

Yummy traditional comfort food with friendly welcoming service

So good. Simple and authentic, with some excellent teamwork in such a small space

Love the breakfast and mom and daughter engaging teamwork

Friendly and attentive service, and all the condiment containers and menus are clean -- not greasy! Better yet, I love their omelettes and almond pancakes.

The food is great I will return again

Carol is the best.The food is cafe/diner. It's always consistent tasty and service is warm and inviting.

Food was really good. Good size portions. Staff could have been more attentive but friendly. Fairly small place but seemed like a local place. Took almost an hour to sit due to being a smaller location. Kitchen could be cleaned up a bit but overall I think I'd return if in the area.

Friendly atmosphere, awesome people and great food for breakfast. The service was excellent and we felt welcomed with our family.

I really enjoyed eating at The Cook House. The service was friendly, the food good, and the environment was relaxed.

This place taste like Home Cooking. Great portions, taste mm good. I walked away full. Great Service 👍

Cozy place, nice service, and good inexpensive food!

Small town feel, good service. Secret munu, Ask for "The Chapman."

It was great. I highly recommend this place, because the attention is nice.

Reasonable prices, friendly service, and a great waffle!

Great little place for breakfast. Friendly and hardworking owners. We had a little wait but well worth the wait.

Love the good food & cozy atmosphere.

Great people! Great cook! Great food!

Great service awesome food the waitress was really nice and keep my coffee full

The very small restaurant but charming. The food was good and there was plenty of parking.

Great pancakes and waffles. Great service too.

This place is amazing! If I lived here I would come everyday. Really small, family owned breakfast restaurant. Kind of a dive - IN A GOOD WAY! Fast service, food is excellent and the owner is the waitress. Places like this are hard to find and this is one in a million. Highly recommended for a great breakfast.

Great as usual. Mine was take out but a few tables for eat in.

Food was awesome and the waitress was very friendly!! Definitely recommend!

Upon entering notice how hot it was. Good food and service. Very down home jeans and tees. Will go again.

God bless this place. Nice reprieve from California pomp. Sent us off with homemade (real) bacon dog treats.

A fantastic hidden gem! A loving, small town atmosphere that makes you want to come back for more. Food was perfect! The Italian sausage omelette with a side of pancakes and hashbrowns was heavenly. I will be be stopping there after our next morning tide pool adventure.

The last of the old school breakfast houses. The hashbrowns are crazy good.

My family and I have been coming here for over 20 years. Same owner, family run, and local produce is used. It’s always packed for breakfast on the weekend. There’s a reason for it. They’re reasonably priced, the food is good, and the staff is always courteous. It’s not super fancy, so if that’s your flavor, it’s not for you. If you want simple, good, and reasonably priced - This is it. They’ll also deviate (within reason) from the menu - Ask if they can accommodate your whatever it is you’d like to have with (or without) your order.

Got to say this little spot is just amazing!! You can tell the love and passion they put on the food.A must try. Delicious, clean and wonderful attitude.Just delicious spot.

Loved this place while we were visiting Capitola.

Home cooked food at reasonable prices. Hash browns are superb. Had a Patty melt that was great!

Great dinner. Please do not come here with your bad attitude and manners. Put your phone down and be human. It's a small place that gets loud and very close quarters. You can almost touch the cook if you sit at the counter. The food is grade A dinner and delicious. Hope you enjoy it as I have over the years.

Awesome breakfast joint with great food! Very friendly small town feel, highly recommended by locals! I’ve been coming to Capitola for years and always hit up this diner.

Best breakfast in Santa Cruz-family run. Clean friendly but pricey

Food was great! The chief amazing did it all! Only down side was it was very noisey..

Plentiful portions and friendly service. The server knows most of her clientele by first name and treats them like family. Hashbrowns could have been crisper but no real issues.

Always great, loved this place forever.

I loved, loved the breakfast here. They have the legit breakfast sausage links, not the ones some hippie stuffed fennel into. AND the real deal hashbrowns - you know the ones, the shredded potatoes. No sneaking other veggies in there. I'd say especially if you're from the Midwest and need a de-brunchified place to have an honest-to-goodness breakfast, this is your spot.

It was delicious, but make sure to call ahead because there is not much seating.

Love this place..Good food.Good people

Found this hide away breakfast and brunch place and fell in love right away. Staff was great and food was as perfect as you can get.

Just plain good ol home made food. Very pleasant workers.

Portions are huge and food is great! The Turkey Avocado omelet was delicious!

Great family owned breakfast/lunch diner. Belly up to the breakfast counter if dining alone and enjoy friendly conversation with Carol and her daughter. More omelet choices than I know what to do with so bring your appetite, the omelets are BIG!

Simple breakfast. Food is good

Used to be a fan but not anymore. Prices have gone way up. Food quality doesn't warrant the price.

Friendly service. Family owned and operated. Do recommend

Great breakfast...nice people.Will be back 👍..

There the best.And the food is great.