Café Zola

About Café Zola

Known for

• Outdoor seating with dogs welcome
• Eclectic fare and global wines
• Breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner
• Rustic interior with exposed brick
• Vegan and vegetarian options

What reviewers say elsewhere

• “Cafe Zola has delicious food, however, the customer service that I experienced at brunch was the slowest I have ever had at a restaurant. As a party of 2, it took approximately 15 minutes for us to flag a waitress down to ask for water, …”

  — Marie Herzog, September 5, 2026 · google

• “Food is always good. Service needs slot of improvement. We got here at 12:50 and it took them over an hour to get us our food. This was after 15 minutes of waiting at our table to get our order. When the food finally arrived (party of 6)…”

  — Jose Rodriguez, September 5, 2026 · google

• “I made a reservation for 6 people for 11:30 AM on a Sunday. Part of our party checked in at 11:30 AM and the rest arrived about 10 minutes later. At 11:45 AM, we were told our table was "being bussed" and we sat down at the table outsid…”

  — Eva Hedwig Schueler, September 5, 2026 · google

• “My last visit (many years ago) I found a large dead moth on top of my salad. Server seemed surprised I didn't want it and seemed reluctant to remove the charge. Today, for my daughter's birthday, we were seated at 11:30. No one ever a…”

  — Jim Schueler, September 5, 2026 · google

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