MJ’s Cafe

Not sure what’s going on here, maybe someone can respond…
Yesterday we went in the Pacific Life building as instructed in the other reviews, saw the statue, but the security guard/​receptionist is telling us it’s a private café for employees only.
So we couldn’t even get in…
Whole Foods to the rescue! It’s not like parking didn’t take a few minutes to figure out…

MJ’s is an awesome hole in the wall café right across the street from my office. IT IS GREAT! I used to just hit the food truck that comes in our parking lot because I’m a chubby bastard. A couple of my coworkers hipped me to MJ’s and the place is a near everyday occurrence for me now!
My «Steady Eddy’s»:
BREAKFAST: The Newport Panini @ $ 4.95
Freshly Scrambled Egg, Crisp Bacon, Tomatoes, Green Onions,
Avocado & Cheddar on Sourdough or Multigrain Bread
AND
Full Count Smoothy @ $ 4.50
Peaches, Strawberries, Mangos with
Pineapple Juice ADD SPINACH
LUNCH: Spinach Salad Sm. $ 6.50 Lg. $ 7.30
Spinach, Crisp Bacon, Red Onion, Crunchy Noodles, Sesame Seeds,
Feta Cheese, Glazed Walnuts, Grape Tomatoes, Tossed with Poppy
Seed Dressing
Great food quality, prep times are quick, ingredients are fresh and of great quality, staff is nice as hell, and MJ’s is one of those places where everything on the menu is enjoyable! My fam has owned an Italian joint back in the Midwest since 1939 (
) so café/​restaurants normally don’t impress me… MJ’s is impressive for all the right reasons!

Awesome lunch spot near Fashion Island mall!
It IS kind of hard to find. If you’re walking, go on Santa Maria Road — the art museum and Bloomingdales are on each end. Enter the driveway when you see a sign that says «800 – 860 parking» — it is right across the Pacific Life building. MJ’s is located in the first building on the left. I can’t remember, but it’s one of the first few doors on the first floor. Located directly across a red circular statue.
I always get half build-​your-​own sandwich and half garden salad. It’s about $ 6, so not bad! You can get half soup instead for about 25 cents more. Both come with a pickle. A full build-​your-​own sandwich comes with a teeny tiny scoop of pasta salad, which is really good by the way! I prefer the roast beef over the turkey.
There are limited tables so I recommend calling in your order for pick up! It’s way faster, too! I call my order in, walk over in 5 – 10 minutes, and it’s ready to go! The staff has ALWAYS been friendly and efficient, which is a huge plus!

Hard to find, it is in the bottom floor of the Pacific financial building (across from fashion island). Once you find it the food is good, cheap, and fast. Seating leaves a bit to be desired, but hard to beat and usually not crowded at lunch time like most places.

Came here for a late lunch at around 3:30 with my friend. It is a very nice, quaint place. The decoration and design made the place seem very clean (white furniture).
Prices seem reasonable, since I’m a poor college student; the food was pretty good for the price. It reminded me a lot of Class 302, especially the cups they used for the teas.
I will probably come back here again soon.

I work in the building next door and heard this café was better than the one in our building, so I decided to check it out.
Called in my order of a turkey club and by the time I walked over it was ready. This thing was STACKED. Three pieces of bread and all. The bacon was perfectly cooked and crunchy (a must). It came with a little side of pasta salad that was bomb. Wished there were more!
The menu said the sandwich was $ 6.50 and I got a bag of chips with it and paid almost $ 8.50 for the meal. Kind of expensive for a sandwich and chips, but it was really good and I’ll be back.

Great place if you work around the Fashion Island area and don’t feel like eating at the cafeteria inside the mall. Their ingredients are usually fresh and they have various specialty dishes each week.
I go to MJ’s at least once a week — their staff is always friendly and they finally take credit cards! (It used to be cash-​only but the ATM machine kept breaking down and it became a huge problem so they decided to just add a credit card reader to solve the problem.) =)
I love their MJ’s Club sandwich — turkey, ham, bacon, lettuce, tomato, avocado, mayo on sourdough — a yummy combination of texture & taste. Their Mexican Philly, Specialty carne asada soft tacos, and pizza are also great choices. My co-​workers say their soup is really good too, but I haven’t tried it yet.
MJ’s also caters some of our client meetings and since we usually order more than what’s needed, the leftovers are up for grabs — their cookies are the best! They have a super yummy peanut butter chocolate chip cookie that my co-​workers and I tend to fight for — it’s seriously that good.