Reviews - Café Zeb
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Nestled near a law school, this casual café is a study-friendly spot known for generous Mediterranean salads, flavorful sandwiches (try the Californian or turkey pesto), breakfast pastries and quick hot breakfasts. Ample indoor and outdoor seating, lots of windows and friendly staff make it popular with students and commuters. Prices are mid-range and service is generally brisk, but food quality and coffee can be inconsistent — traditional espresso-style coffee isn't offered, and occasional lapses in preparation or service have been reported.
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Delicious lunch choices with ample outdoor seating. My personal favorite is the Californian Sandwich, packed with flavorful veggies that are sure to satisfy and keep you energized throughout the day! View all feedback.
What Tt Onigiri dislikes about Café Zeb:
The coffee is absolutely terrible! Every time I've been desperate enough to buy a drink, I end up pouring it out right away. They don't measure the chai flavoring properly—it's just poured from a gallon jug without any consideration. For the sake of students' health, consistency, and caffeine needs, I urge you to improve or hire trained baristas! I'm begging you! View all feedback.
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Last update : 31.07.2025
The perfect Mediterranean salad with fresh, quality ingredients. Large portions so that’s a plus. Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Service: Dine in Meal type: Lunch Price per person: $10–20 Recommendation for vegetarians: Highly recommend Vegetarian offerings: Large vegetarian selection
A comfortable setting that invites you to relax. Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Service: Dine in Meal type: Lunch Price per person: $20–30
I do my morning coffee runs here. Bring your own cup or thermos to save some money! Food: 4 Service: 4 Atmosphere: 5
Last update : 27.10.2023
Delicious lunch choices with ample outdoor seating. My personal favorite is the Californian Sandwich, packed with flavorful veggies that are sure to satisfy and keep you energized throughout the day!
I've visited this café many times before the pandemic, but it seems that since then, the quality of the food has really declined. I ordered a turkey and Swiss panini, and to my disappointment, it was mostly bread with just a single slice of meat. It's definitely overpriced and not worth it.
My mom and I always grabbed breakfast here when she worked in this building. School for me started later than when she got to work so I would go to zeb and grab a tea and pastry. When I'd walk back from school I'd get a Caesar salad for lunch sometimes. I loved the bread they would give with the salad. I'm going to go again today and update my review because I haven't gone to this cafe in around 4 years.
Love and miss this place. when I was student at UCB, this is great place for lunch.
I always come here to study during the week because the ambiance is amazing (lots of windows and seating, usually populated by law students working or having quiet conversations). They have pre-made sushi that I usually get (7/10 but fine if you're craving sushi, which I usually am), and their hot food is really good. I like the turkey pesto sandwich. It comes with salad and is fairly priced. The wait time is ~5-10 mins.
Last update : 15.06.2023
Amazing food, fantastic ambiance, and incredibly warm and friendly staff. This is definitely one of my favorite spots to eat in Berkeley!
The cookie I had was slightly oily, but it was delicious overall.
You do not have traditional coffees, they have coffee similar to Starbucks if that is your cup of tea; . Wouldn't recommend it if you want a really good coffee. There are better traditional cafes not very far away. Still, it's not bad.
The egg biscuits from Zeb are my go-to for quick hot breakfast. The lunch menu is a bit pricey, but I do appreciate getting a little side salad with the sandwiches.
A despicable loser of a restaurant. We tried several Michelin reviewed restaurants in Italy during our recent trip. While this restaurant had some interesting-looking offerings that one cannot find in some other places that tourists stumble into, it falls far short of fine dining in terms of the quality of the food. Our dishes came out like microwaved buffet food, and we were surprised that it was what the owners seemed to take unusual pride in. In terms of service, the hosts were simply obnoxious. When telling us about the dining options, the waiter insisted that he can answer all questions in English, and therefore the lack of a menu was not a problem. But when we subsequently asked him questions, he started pretending that he couldn 't understand us. I won 't go into the remaining nasty details of our encounter. Suffice it to say that you 've got plenty of other excellent options in Firenze (and the rest of Italy), so the restaurant 's pretension that you have to have it their Italian way is a sorry farce.
