Café Sparrow - Aptos

We brought out of town friends here from Minnesota. They loved it. We had the chicken roulade, beef stroganoff, and ahi, and a side of spinach. The roulade prix frixe dinner was a good value, but could use a little more chicken in the roulade. Of two different salad dressings I've had here in the past week, both Caesar and Sparrow salad, were too sour, a lot of vinegar, and salad had too much dressing. Bread pudding was outstanding. It was overall a wonderful experience, nice servers, food was hot, wine was also very nice but a bit expensive.

Exceptional food and atmosphere as always. So sorry Cafe Sparrow is closing and understand prices required for quality food and service is not affordable for longtime Santa Cruz residents.

It was a bittersweet meal. Everything about it was so Cafe Sparrow delicious. But the restaurant is closing tomorrow, and we will miss it so much! Thank you for 38 years of excellent dining. We will miss you so much.

I have always loved Cafe Sparrow and wanted to enjoy it one last time before it (sadly) closed. It was just a little more hectic than usual because so many people wanted to be there but I still enjoyed it. Wishing the owners and the servers all the best!

Sadly, I must admit that yesterday's lunch at Cafe Sparrow was quite disappointing. I know that they will permanently close on Sunday the 28th so that would explain the crowded/noisy conditions. We ordered our salads at 12;10 and they did not arrive until 1:05. We had to ask our waitress when they would arrive and her response was that there were only 2 cooks on site. We asked about bread and she told us they were out and would not be restocking any more as they were about to close. Cafe Sparrow had always been one of my top 3 restaurants in the Aptos area. I am sad to see them leave and wish the owners/workers the best of luck.