Toula’s Trailside Cafe

Outstanding pancakes. Large serving sizes. Quaint little café! Service was good. Reasonably priced. Convenient location.

I love, love, love Toula’s, she is a wonderful host, and great food. So nice to have a great restaurant next to mine, I enjoy a lazy morning with, coffee, eggs, and great view of the bike trail, make sure you come support local biz, this is a great spot

I wanted to love this place. We each ordered an omelet we got a scramble and not a fresh fluffy one it was gray in color and did not look very appealing. The taste was meh on both orders. The tables stay dirty and wiped down minimally by this i mean dishes cleared and table barely clean. It was not really that busy when we were there but they could have been coming off a rush. Was not impressed.

This breakfast place was superb. Try the Greek with a Twist breakfast, you will be delighted. Their French toast is the best I have had in a long time! You won’t be disappointed with the food or service. thank you!

Awesome place to have a home made breakfast from scratch. Friendly family oriented atmosphere and cozy. Will definitely come back and eat here.

We have been here several times. This time we brought Jimmy. This a place to go for breakfast or lunch after stopping by the library, walking the dog or bike riding on the Pinellas Trail. It is located across the Neptune Bar/​Cyclery, which I’ve warned all to heed my advice. Walk away from this place. Turn around and see E. Court St. Walk one block to the west to see on S. Pinellas Avenue another bike shop which is able to serve you better.
Returning to Toulas Trailside Café.
The food is delicious and we have never been disappointed. Being from the TriState Area, where restaurants are pretty good, we’ve become accustomed to excellent food, good service, and an atmosphere, where people watching becomes a pastime.
Let me quote A.B. whose description of the South has struck a nerve, a funny bony nerve.
«By The Sopranos standards, much of Florida is Elvis Country (‘where there are no Jews or Italians’) because they eventually go unashamedly native, becoming halfwit stoners who abandon intellect, curiosity, a work ethic, and above all else — commitment to decent food (spend a weekend in Gainesville if you don’t believe us — the only college town we’ve ever seen without a bookstore). Thank goodness, then, for the Greeks!» A B.3*44
I left Jimmy with Michele so that they could continue drinking more coffee. I had stuffed myself with a delicious breakfast and I needed to go for a walk towards the north. Trying to lose weight in the South is becoming difficult, because everywhere I turn when in the County of Pinellas, I find another place to eat good food.

I have been here several weekend mornings. this is a great place to go for breakfast after walking or bike riding.
The food is delicious and creative. I have never been disappointed. I feel the prices are fair and the service is awesome.
I’ll definitely keep going back.

By The Sopranos standards, much of Florida is Elvis Country (‘where there are no Jews or Italians’) because they eventually go unashamedly native, becoming halfwit stoners who abandon intellect, curiosity, a work ethic, and above all else — commitment to decent food (spend a weekend in Gainesville if you don’t believe us — the only college town we’ve ever seen without a bookstore). Thank goodness, then, for the Greeks!
On a detour through Tarpon Springs we happened across Toula’s Trailside Café by happenstance. It’s on a side street in the Historic District, a few blocks removed from Dodecanese Boulevard, where curiosity shops cater to tourists and restaurants still attract old timers who pass the time drinking coffee. Having routinely visited Florida for over two decades, this is unquestionably the best breakfast we’ve ever had south of 30N. Strongly recommend the delightfully seasoned Bougiourdi, an egg dish with peppers, feta and tomatoes. Order it with potatoes, as they’re also the best home fries we’ve had in FL. The fruit salad was made with similar care, immediately cut to order in the kitchen rather than made the day before and left overnight in the fridge. We also recommend the rye toast, made by a nearby bakery, by people who’ve mastered the art of baking with hard, calcium-​rich water. The staff are accustomed to tourists and weren’t burdened to walk us through the menu, so top marks to them too.

Everything is fresh and homemade. My favorite is the Bougiourdi. It’s a northern Greece traditional dish, feta, baked in extra virgin olive oil with tomatoes, sweet and hot banana peppers, basil, garlic and oregano. Delicious!

Always wondeful, every meal, everytime my wife and I eat here.
Great tasting food that’s healthy too.
What could be better?

Been here a few times. great fresh food. nice selection. breakfast or lunch .yum!
I had crab cakes with poached eggs and spinach .to die for!

Great breakfast. Good ambience, friendly staff, we took our dog and they even brought water for her. Excellent indoors or outdoors place for breakfast or brunch

Great breakfast and lunch café’. Plenty of healthy options and everything is made from the freshest ingredients. Friendly staff and great service.

We were visiting family and had Sunday brunch here. After reading great reviews, I can only say i was disappointed. The place is really cute in a nice area of Tarpon Spring. We were excited about the menu. I got the crab cake bennie, another person got choc chip pancakes with a side of bacon and the other person got the Greek scramble.
The crab cakes were definitely not crab cake. It was like thanksgiving stuffing, so bready and thick. I couldn’t taste any crab. And they had reddish speckles like imitation crab meat? The hollandaise sauce was good. The side of grits was good too.
The pancakes were disappointing too. They were chewy and had a weird consistency. There were a bunch of choc chips though.
I didn’t taste the egg scramble so can’t comment on that.
I had issues with the service too. They were really busy. They couldn’t clear the table fast enough to seat the incoming people. There was a lady taking names and kinda ordering other servers around. They really needed a hostess. Servers were also cashing out checks so table service was slow. Once we were seated and got drinks, it took a while to order food and get refills. We were short a set of silverware which they forgot to bring it till later. The server seemed to be slamming down the food plates, and dropped a piece of bacon.
Overall disappointed.

A casual diner feel with some meals that pack a punch! It took me 10 minutes of back and forth looking over the menu to decide on one thing. EVERYTHING sounds and looked delicious. I got the steak sandwich that was on amazing crusty bread. Check em out.

This place specializes in breakfast and brunch… and it shows. Some meal varieties have a Greek influence but if you want good ‘ol stuffed French toast they do it right with Nutella and/​or fresh fruit. Your coffee cup never empties. Sit outside to enjoy the gorgeous Tarpon Springs weather or enjoy the cozy down home feel of the interior.
I could eat here everyday.

Eaten here several times, great place for breakfast, great ambiance watching the bicycles go by on the trail out front. French toast is very good as are the omelets. Cheerful and pleasant service rounds out the whole package. Highly recommended.

Great breakfast or lunch place, they have outdoor seating so you can bring the pooch if you would like, it’s on the bike trail so you can ride your bike there, food is very good and staff is very friendly.

I finally decided to give this place a try. It’s not the best looking place inside, for those who are uptight about that kind of thing, but the locals seem to love it. Also, this place is not a café, I would consider a place that also has specialty coffees like cappuccinos or Lattes, teas, Etc. a café. I would say this is more like a small Diner, but with a much better variety of healthier tasty options than a typical diner. It sits about 50 people and all the seats were taken at around 12:30 when I was there. I ordered the blueberry cream cheese stuffed French toast which was pretty damn good, I must say. I also got the bougiourdi scramble with potatoes. Although, it was not the prettiest presentation it packed flavor. The side of potatoes were seasoned well and also packed a flavor punch. Very very good breakfast, I could see why the place was packed. Great teamwork amongst the staff. Could this be one of the best
breakfasts I’ve had here in Tarpon Springs? Yes, It’s in the top 3

After my painting class, I found myself on the verge of starvation (well, kinda). As I walked past this café, I decided to give it a try since it looked pretty intriguing.
I ordered a cajun crab cake wrap and my boyfriend ordered the hot press cuban with a side of potatoes and pasta salad.
The pasta salad was odd and a bit off but everything else was DELICIOUS! My cuban wrap was seasoned nicely and tasted very fresh. I was pretty full and wanted to save some of it but I couldn’t stop myself from eating it because it was so tasty. I tasted my boyfriends hot press cuban and that, too, was delicious.
Very nice café and the servers were pretty decent.