Low-key breakfast & lunch option for jumbo pancakes & baked potatoes in chill digs with a patio. Based on 466 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.6 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ Delivery
Address:
120 W I St #4436, Encinitas, CA 92024
Phone: (760) 436-1282
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Hours
| Friday | 7 AM–2 PM |
| Saturday | 7 AM–2 PM |
| Sunday | 7 AM–2 PM |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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7 AM–2 PM
Hours might differ
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| Tuesday | 7 AM–2 PM |
| Wednesday | 7 AM–2 PM |
| Thursday | 7 AM–2 PM |
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Reviews
Tom Stimmel
It’s nice to know dome things just don’t change, and the food at the Potato Shack is the same high quality that they served 33 years ago when we lived in Encintas. Definitely, one of my must stops when we are back in the area, 5 stars all around!!!
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L M
Loved this place. Hole in the wall kinda place. Handful of people running it so it can get a little busy.
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Melissa Stellwagen
Our new breakfast hideout! Incredible atmosphere, impeccable service, and food that meets even the toughest critics expectations. They don’t take card so be ready with cash (atm on site), but you get plates fit for a king. Can’t emphasize enough the gem this place is. Thank you for making our morning amazing
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Aaron Haring
Great place to eat. Bring cash or have Venmo. Only place I know that doesn’t accept credit cards.
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Prashanth Ajjampur
Best breakfast place we have been to in a while! Delicious food .. manhole pancake is a must. Awesome service – very flexible easy in and out – have to try. We visited twice in a week and will be back again….
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Randal Pettyjohn
Potato Shack Cafe was a great stop, absolutely amazing breakfast, can’t say enough for the manhole size pancakes they serve to the eggs and sausage, by far one of the best places for someone who just loves biscuits and gravy, biscuit was light and fluffy, gravy had amazing taste. Great little out of the way place, hats off!
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Robert Craigen
The atmosphere here is great it feels like going into a small town diner! The food is amazing i had a half order of biscuits and gravey and a plain man hole size pancake. The biscuits are light and fluffy and good size pieces of sausage the pancake was huge but delicious!
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Nancy Arenas
First time at this popular beachside breakfast diner – the pancakes were manhole-sized pancakes which can easily be shared with two to three people. They are huge! The potatoes were delicious. The omelette was done very well and so tasty. The surprising winner of the morning was the TOAST ( not the French toast – just the toast) – we got an order of sour dough and wheat toast and it was off the charts amazing – not expecting that at all. I would go there just to get a piece of toast. With regard to the other toast we ordered – the French kind – French toast was not good. Orange juice was not good. Also CASH ONLY! There’s an ATM inside the restaurant-so it’s convenient. Service was excellent – we had a great server!!!
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Christine Young
Amazing (&huge) breakfast burrito; the homemade salsa is to die for and the potatoes were perfect! Good coffee & great service from Scott the owner! He split our burrito without asking, kept the coffee a flowin and had great conversation. Definitely will be back!
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Johanna Mitchell
Great quality food, fabulous atmosphere, feels like home.
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