Cafe Julia

This is a very nice place and was very clean. We had lunch here, the food and service was very good. It is quite pricey though.

Had dinner and enjoyed it. My wife has difficulty with cheese and the staff took care of her spaghetti just fine I had a meatball sandwich which was perfect. Jordan was a terrific server. Only drawback was the background music. Yeow, schmaltzy old tunes my parents liked and I’m 62. Great food, though.

Wildly over-​priced sandwiches. I ordered a turkey with cheddar, herb mayo, and cranberry chutney (the chutney was the reason I ordered this sandwich). I received a sandwich on sliced bread with a single slice of cheese, and no chutney, for $ 9. I paid $ 9 for a regular f*ing turkey sandwich that I could have slapped together at home. It was not special, it was not interesting, and it was most certainly not a $ 9 sandwich. It was a cafeteria-​style sandwich at airport prices.
Seriously, don’t bother for lunch, unless you are physically unable to put meat between bread. RIP OFF.

We dropped in on a long car ride. We ordered an iced coffee, iced chai, breakfast sandwich and veggie sandwich. It took 15 minutes to get our food. The breakfast sandwich had overcooked bacon and the veggie sandwich had way too many carrots. We would not recommend this place.

My husband and I stopped here for a light breakfast. I got a cappuccino and a boston cream cronut. Both were delicious! I hate it when boston creams don’t have enough filling in them but this one definitely had the perfect amount. The ambiance is cute and relaxed. I will definitely revisit this cute coffee shop on my next visit to South Haven.

When the other coffee shops are closed, Julia’s is open. Great cappuccino and amazing breakfast sandwiches and pastries. Easy to get to and park since one street off of main promenade. Highly recommended.

Awesome coffee and really fresh nice pastries. The Almond Croissant — I stopped on the way back to Chicago just to get another fix. The Red, white, and green breakfast sandwich is also awesome. My favorite coffee spot in South haven.

New ownership since a few years ago. If you are accustomed to good bagels, skip these. Salads and sandwiches are good. Wifi is convenient.

30+ minute wait for a bagel sandwich. Baffled that it could take so long. It’s as though they think it’s normal too.

Awesome place! Like a modern Starbucks. Everything homemade. Food is amazingly delicious. Great guest and customer service. Baristas handle the rush really well. Defiantly recommend!

A little pricey but great ambiance and service. Their cookies are the best. Great place to linger and talk or just watch the town in the summer.

I have walked by many times and finally stopped. Had the breakfast sandwich on an everything bagel with havarti and bacon. Delicious! Lots of thick slab bacon, plenty of gooey cheese and great homemade bagel. Friendly staff. I also had a few pastries to go, I will be back!

Great coffee great baked goods and very friendly and fast staff and service! Great place to get my fix of coffee, I go to Julia’s every time I am in the area and will continue to patronize Julia’s no matter what time of year and no matter what the weather.
Tip your barista!

Love this café. Free wifi. Delicious pastries, sandwiches, salads & soups. The blueberry croissant I had today was excellent. Good coffee, too. Easy parking in lot or on street out front.

We were four travelers from Indianapolis headed home from a cabin getaway New Year’s weekend. We needed good coffee and a hot breakfast. Café Julia did not disappoint. First, their coffee is of the gourmet variety, and you can get any drink here you want. The hot chai was especially tasty. But the real can’t-miss here is the selection of fresh pastries. We tried the chocolate croissants and an apple turnover — both delicious! We each got a hot breakfast sandwich — you can choose from extremely thick cut bacon or nicely flavored sausage, homemade croissants or homemade bagels. Definitely give this place a try!

I love their chaider!!!

Had a great pumpkin chai and a delicious breakfast sandwich. The sandwich was bacon, eggs, and cheese on a croissant. It was great! I was very impressed.

Best coffee, sandwiches and pastries in the area, plus great service. I stop here every time i am in South Haven and sometimes come here just to go to Julias.

They catered a family event for us. I’d called them with only a few days lead time for the Saturday of Harborfest. We’d had to change the number of people a couple of times, but they were able to handle all my changes in plans with no problem. They did a fantastic job with the variety of food and accommodation of different dietary needs. And the food was wonderful. They delivered it, too, at the time I needed them too, after changing that a couple of times also.

South Haven doesn’t have a lot of great coffee. Mind you, there are tons of places to get coffee and espresso drinks, and if you’re not fussy just about any one of them will suffice. But if you’re more particular about your coffee (and I am), then Café Julia should be on your list of places to try. It’s not amazing in the way that Intelligentsia in Chicago is, but it’s very good. It’s a load better than Starbucks, for sure.
They have free wifi, which (bizarrely) is hard to find in South Haven. The setup of the place is pleasant, with nice tables and the bar stools. When the weather is nice, the porches in front and back will be nice places to sit.
The espresso isn’t bitter or nasty, and the times that I’ve had milk with the espresso, it has been frothed competently and without those gross, airy bubbles that you find in the chain places. The froth wasn’t as dense and «micro-foam“ish as you might find in the best places, but it’s fine.
The only spot in town I’ve found with better coffee is a new (and small) spot called The Lighthouse, which is also right downtown, but it doesn’t have a Unilocal page yet.