I came here for the first time in June 2014 during the World Pride week. The patio was fairly empty and me and my friend had no trouble securing a table. It was about 3pm and we were jonesin for a drink. We ordered as well, the food was very expensive for such a small portion. I ordered the chicken souvlaki and the lettuce was wilted and should have been tossed out at least 2 days earlier. The chicken was tough as if the Chef forgot about it on the grill. I ended up going home with severe stomach pains, and not to be TMI but was uncomfortably needing the bathroom for a while. I would not recommend anyone come here on a date (how embarrasing would that be if you needed a washroom every 5 min) or if you are going from the restaurant off to another venue and not directly home.
The other horrible thing was they kicked us out of the patio after 2 hours as they said the tables were reserved for people coming to see some event. I believe it was underwear modelling. I'm sorry, but never kick people out, offer to move them instead to a non reserved table inside or how about letting us know before we are served that the patio has reserved seating due to a confirmed event starting in a couple of hours? If they did that, i would have rather not eat there as i didn't need to be moved, i wanted to actually stay for a while and settle somewhere as i was trying to catch up with a friend from out of town.
Also the patio has a highly reflective stainless steel looking tables. The glare off them from the sun was extremely uncomfortable i thought i was going to go blind.
*SIGH* For all these reasons which is frankly enough i would never ever eat here again nor recommend it to friend or foe. Thanks for a miserable time Cafe California. Your food and service stinks.