

Casual chain restaurant serving French & American staples in a rustic-inspired setting.
Address and Contact Information
Address: 500 W Huntington Dr, Monrovia, CA 91016
Phone: (626) 359-9191
Website: https://www.mimiscafe.com/
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Reservations: opentable.com
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I don’t know about breakfast time, but lunch and dinner aren’t terribly busy most of the time I’ve gone or walked by the place. So, you should never have much of an issue getting a seat. There is a bar with seating as well along with a meeting room area. I know during the week, there’s usually some sort of social gathering in that room. I’ve seen some painting classes before, some wine tasting classes, and other small events.
The menu is a decent size. My go to item is a burger called the French Quarter Burger. Basically a bacon hamburger, but on a cheesy sourdough bun with avocado. Delicious. I often grab a cup of French Onion soup because it isn’t too salty like I’ve had at several other restaurants in the past.
There is usually an insert menu with seasonal/limited time offerings. Currently, as of January 1st 2026, it’s items with birria beef and sauce like a birria omelet. During autumn, there are a lot of pumpkin/pumpkin spice items.
My one issue is you’re supposed to get a little bread basket when you go with a couple slices of a baguette and a carrot muffin thing, but there never offer it. I was offered the bread once in the last two years. There’s a small section on the menu that mentions a charge for wanting double the carrot things. So, I think there’s a cost saving thing happening, or they just don’t want to put the baskets together for people.
The second plate got taken back and remade – a burger. But unfortunately, by the time all of this happened, we were out of time and had to leave.
In fairness, the waitress did take the burger off the check and we took it to go, but of course, the whole experience wasn’t exactly what we’d hoped for.
The food was obviously cooked properly, it was just somehow forgotten about and by the time we got it, it was cold.
It happens, but let’s be honest you go there for one thing, good food that is served in a relatively quick timeframe, and it should obviously be hot.
In that respect they didn’t meet expectations today.
When the server asks if you want toast or muffin with your meal, say muffin! They are huge, warm, and delicious! The potato cake benedict is a great riff on a classic, I would definitely get it again. The bloody Mary is tasty and picturesque. My brother got the bacon avocado omelette which did not disappoint.
We made a reservation about a week and a half in advance. Everything went smoothly!
Plenty of parking, huge selection of food to choose from in the menu, and friendly servers. Pricing is average.
Ordered a side or the french onion soup and it was delicious!
But the real star was the french toast!! It tasted like a mix of french toast and a cinnamon roll, it was DELICIOUS!!! It is very sweet but I like that level of sweetness so I was ok with it. I would definitely come back for it!
To top it off, our waitress went above and beyond and gave us all separate checks without us even asking. I was amazed and very grateful! A wonderful place to meet with big groups!! Most restaurants won’t separate the checks like that.