Sunrise Cafe

Delightful… blueberry pancakes were good… generous portions and great waitress…

It’s a reasonably priced breakfast/​lunch diner. Good raspberry muffin. Will try the hash next time. Like: Light breakfast of 1 egg, 1 slice of toast, 1 meat (sausage link/​patty, or bacon). I am not a fan of 2 eggs, 2 slices of toast, 2 pieces of meat plus half a plate of homefries at 8:30am!

Best breakfast I’ve had in New Hampshire. Looks can be deceiving. The exterior of this establishment makes it look like a dive-​y bar, but don’t judge a book by its cover! The inside is bright and cheery! It is fairly small– probably about 20 tables that seat 4 or fewer. There wasn’t a wait when we got there at 10:45, but there were at least four or five parties waiting for lunch when we were leaving.
The menu has very unique breakfast options (breakfast risotto) as well as some classic favorites (banana pancakes). We LOVED. The breakfast bowls. The «sunrise» bowl had eggs, onions, mushrooms, spinach, avocado, cheese and garlic on top of home fries. It was delicious and very filling! I couldn’t finish it. The «yard sale» had griddled potatoes tossed with just about everything (chorizo, ham, etc.). The bowls also come with toast. The home made raisin bread was excellent!
Great service, delicious food, and a chill atmosphere. I will definitely be back soon :)

Why no stars? Terrible terrible run run away horrible service over cooked eggs undercooked spinach then the very unfriendly waitress dragged her coffee pot thru my food to refill coffee!!! When I complained she took $ 2 off bill!!! Health inspector?

Unfriendly service from a cold and nearly silent waitress soured my visit here. I watched her interact with other customers and her poor customer service skills stayed consistent. The breakfast food was decent though.

Good food. Bad service. Decent pricing. Came here for a change in pace from Forest Café around the corner. Stick with Forest. While food was tasty and prices decent service was lackluster at best: forgotten order items, no refills on «bottomless» coffees, and mixed up billing totals. A decent café likely much better with a reboot in service expectations.

Horrible Service. We waited 15 Minutes after we got our menus and we had to get up to get our waitress. Biscuits and gravy tasted like soap. The pancakes were thick and tasted more like wonder bread. after waiting a half hour we had to stand and pretend to leave before the waitress would even bring us a check and they weren’t even busy. Inferior quality. Cheap White bread and a grouchy waitress who told us she’d been a waitress for 33 years. Guess she didn’t take any customer service classes. I gave it one star cause it was cheap, the only good thing I could say.

We recently ate at this place while staying at the hotel across the street. We skipped the free breakfast buffet in hopes of enjoying a breakfast gem. We were disappointed. The service was sub-​par and the food was mediocre. I would skip this place if possible.
We started out with an unfriendly server who also had a hacking cough. We asked if they could scramble two eggs for our milk allergic child, and she declined because the eggs are premade. That’s very unaccommodating in our experience. I ordered the eggs Benedict. They were bland. The hollandaise was slightly gritty. The home fries were completely flavorless. The server was disinterested and dismissive our whole visit. She made us feel unwelcome.
There seemed to be a mix of locals and tourists there. Perhaps we just received the tourist treatment.

Been there twice and its a neat place to get breakfast. The staff was very friendly and food was pretty good.

Good breakfast, good people and very affordable. Love to stop by when I am in the area. Good place to read the paper, as long as they aren’t full!

Solid breakfast and generally friendly service. Basic menu and very reasonable prices. Can get very busy on the weekends, so be prepared for a bit of a wait.

In the area again so decided to eat breakfast here, since it was so good last time. We walked in and grabbed one of the four empty tables. Our waitress came over quickly to take out order. There were two of us eating. We ordered at 9:06am. Boyfriend ordered two scrambled eggs, bacon and two plain pancakes. I had two over medium eggs, bacon, toast and one blueberry pancake. After waiting over half an hour, at 9:40 we decided if our food did not come by 9:45 we were leaving… Our food arrived as we were looking for a few dollars to leave for our drinks. The eggs and bacon were great, however the toast was soggy, and the pancakes were not edible. They were hard, stiff and far to difficult to cut with a knife. Our waitress did apologize and take the pancakes off the bill, but after waiting almost 45 minutes for our food, in a restaurant that was not busy at all, it should have been delicious. Two stars, one for the eggs and bacon, and one for the apologetic waitress…

Only had to wait roughly, 15 mins to sit. Their Texas french toast is unreal. French toast is the first thing i order at every new breakfast place i go. If you want great french toast sunrise café is the place to get it. Ask for their cinnamon streusel on the french toast for added awesomeness. :)

Friendly service, great prices and delicious breakfast make this place a winner! While visiting Freeport, jump off the main street to the lower road down from the outlets to eat where all the locals eat. Place opens early and has a menu with all Maine local favorites cooked to order. Plus the locals are friendly and the staff takes care of you! Coffee is best around and the prices are even cheaper than the Dunkin Donuts up the street! I will return whenever I come to Freeport! Love it!

So we stopped here and we were blown away.
Even though the diner was packed they quickly seated us and then made sure that they took our orders.
1 eggs benny and 1 ham and eggs later — we were full and very very happy.
The coffee was good and I really could not fault this!
I would definitely recommend this before going shopping at Freeport !

After a very disappointing dinner at another establishment the night before, my wife and I decided to try the Sunrise Café for breakfast. Wow. I truly loved it. Had buttermilk biscuits with sausage gravy, scrambled eggs and corned beef hash on the side. I highly recommend this place. Another plus is that it’s away from the craziness of the outlets, but right down the street from most of the Freeport hotels. So, before you head out to do your outlet mall shopping, please please please do yourself a favor and grab some breakfast at the Sunrise.

When I walk into any business establishment whether it’s a bookstore, café, or restaurant… I expect jubilant customer service! I found that at this quaint breakfast and lunch café right across from the Holiday Inn Freeport, ME. Our server was chipper and full of energy. She was patient, kind, and I appreciate that in a server. OMG, I had an omelette that was probably bigger than my face and I couldn’t finish it. Pictures will follow. I put spinach, zucchini (never done that before and glad I did), onions, and pepper jack cheese (my favorite cheese in the world besides Colby). The huge omelette came with delicious homefries and buttered toast.

Stopped by for a quick breakfast. The bacon and corned beef hash were really great and the biscuit was enormous! I was quite satiated and happy with the service to boot.

I’m not a shopper by nature, but I got hooked up for a Black Friday shopping adventure post-​Turkey Day.
Freeport was our starting point primarily because I’m working seasonally at one of Maine’s most iconic employers and I needed to utilize my discount and do some shopping for myself and a few others.
Freeport’s a quaint little town centered around retail and was mobbed on Black Friday. Mobbed also means that the town’s limited dining options for lunch were also maxed out, like a 45 minute wait at Johnny Rockets for a burger.
Since burgers were what the better half and I were jonesing for, we left town with a question mark in our minds of where we could get one fairly close without driving all the way to Portland with our growling stomachs.
Not to worry; a mere 1.7 miles south of town on historic U.S. Route One, we pulled into the Freeport Outlet Mall and walked into a quaint breakfast/​lunch restaurant called the Sunrise Café.
I’ve driven by this place countless times, but have never stopped.
We both had the burgers we were craving. The Sunrise does a nice ¼ burger on a basic white roll. They cook their burgers to perfection on a grill. Miss Mary had hers with pepper jack and sauteed onions, mine came with cheddar, along with lettuce and tomato.
These were damn fine burgers.
They also offer a nice selection of sides including some killer onion rings, homemade cole slaw (very good) and they brew their own iced tea.
The Café has plenty of seating, so it’s great if you have kiddies, or a larger party and you’re looking for a non-​chain place to eat at.
There were several interesting specials on the board including both a fish and corn chowder, homemade muffins (they do breakfast all day, or at least until 2:00 pm when they close) and I’m sure their breakfast options are also solid.
Glad we discovered this place and will be frequenting it again, for sure.
I’d advise you to do the same the next time you’re in Freeport and need a break from the shopping masses and are looking for a rock-​solid breakfast/​lunch option.

Took two of my five munchkins to Maine to visit family. We flew into Manchester, NH, earrrrrly in the morning, not realizing it was a two hour drive! Of course we flew Southwest, so we were starving. After passing several local dives, I saw a sign for Sunshine Café”. I told my 7 year old we HAD to hold out until then because I had a feeling with a name like that, they’d have a great breakfast. Boy was I right! We felt like we were at home the second we walked through the door. We received a warm welcome, and hot coffee was steaming in my cup almost before I sat down! Eggs, bacon & toast were cooked to order shortly after; and the waitress even brought out brand new crayons and coloring books for the kids (and didn’t give me a hard time when the new crayons inevitably got sticky). I left feeling like I’d just had a meal in my mom’s kitchen.