Updated October 2026. Christmas Eve breakfast for four at Grain de Café in Naples, Florida. The bill is at the bottom.
It was Christmas Eve morning on our winter vacation in Naples, and we wanted breakfast somewhere a little more interesting than the usual. That turned out to be harder than it sounds. A lot of places were closed on the 24th and the 25th for the holidays.
Grain de Café was open. It is a French bakery and café in Pelican Bay, about a fifteen minute drive for us, and we picked it because it had decent reviews and a breakfast menu that actually sounded interesting. All four of us went, Vika, Josh, Emily and me, and we are so glad we found it.
Here is the short version. The bread and the coffee were amazing, the line was long, and Emily said her crepe was the best one she has had in the States. Then she compared it to her grandma’s crepes. Coming from Emily, there is no bigger compliment than that.
Christmas Eve breakfast in Naples, when a lot of places were closed
Grain de Café sits in Pelican Bay Marketplace on Tamiami Trail North, between a row of shops and the parking lot. One small thing you might notice when you pull up: the letters over the door read “Grainde café,” all one word. The logo on the window and the café’s own website both spell it Grain de Café, and on Instagram it goes by GC. If you are searching for it, any of those will get you there.
There is seating inside and a covered terrace out front with pink cushioned chairs, which is where we ended up eating.
Expect a line, and expect a room full of locals
We walked in and stood in a long line to order breakfast. You order at the counter, past the pastry case, so you get a good look at everything while you wait.
What I noticed while we waited was who we were waiting with. A lot of the people there were locals, and you could tell the owners knew them. That is usually a good sign when you are a visitor trying to pick one breakfast spot out of a whole town.
If you are going on a holiday morning, I would plan for the line rather than be surprised by it. It was worth it, at least for us, but it is not a grab and go stop when it is that busy.
The Christmas desserts people had ordered ahead
While we were in line, people kept coming in to pick up Christmas sweets they had ordered ahead. The cases were full of it: muffins, pain au chocolat and turnovers on one side, eclairs and yule logs on the other, with little Christmas trees and ornaments tucked in between.
The yule log is the bûche de Noël, the classic French Christmas cake rolled to look like a log. According to Grain de Café’s own holiday page, they make it in chocolate, mocha and hazelnut, plus a frozen version, and in January they make a galette des rois for the Epiphany. They say to order early. We did not take anything home this time, so I cannot tell you how any of it tastes.
The bread and the coffee were the real deal
I ordered a breakfast sandwich on a baguette, and Vika had a sandwich too. The bread was amazing.
The coffee was amazing too. It came in a real porcelain cup.
Emily’s Nutella Fruits crepe, and the grandma comparison
Emily ordered the Nutella Fruits crepe. On the menu it is a white flour crepe with Nutella, fruit and whipped cream, and hers came with strawberries, berries and kiwi on top, plus a drizzle of Nutella.
Emily loved it. She said it was the best crepe she has had in the States, and then she compared it to her grandma’s crepes. If you know Emily, you know that is the biggest compliment she would ever give anything.
Josh ordered a crepe too. They make them to order on a round griddle behind the counter, which you can watch while you wait in that line.
French owners, and you can taste it
The owners are French, and they bring their love into the food. You can tell it through and through. The food and the care they put into it is fantastic.
According to the café’s website, it has been owned and operated by French natives since it opened, everything is made on site from classic French recipes, and some ingredients, like the ham, the flour and the pâté, come over from France.
Inside it feels like a little French bakery that happens to be in a Florida shopping center, with pink and gold striped walls, a Bon Appétit plaque and a chalkboard that says Be Our Guest.
With all the locals and the owners who clearly knew them, it felt like a neighborhood café, and when we travel, local is what we look for when it comes to food.
Would we go back to Grain de Café?
Yes, and we already plan to. We will be back in Naples this holiday season, and we will for sure come back here.
If you are a family spending the holidays in Naples and you want one breakfast that feels special without being a big production, this is the one I would send you to. Expect a line, get the bread, get the coffee, and let the kids order the crepes.
What Christmas Eve breakfast for four cost at Grain de Café
Breakfast for the four of us came to $77 total. That covered two breakfast sandwiches, two crepes and our coffee. That works out to a little under $20 a person.
Grain de Café location and hours
Address. 8803 Tamiami Trail North, Naples, Florida 34108, in Pelican Bay Marketplace.
Phone. 239-594-8081.
Hours. 8 am to 3 pm, closed Tuesdays.
Holidays. Holiday hours are not posted. They were open on Christmas Eve when we went, but call ahead.
Ordering. You order at the counter. Holiday cakes are ordered ahead.
The address, phone and regular hours come from the café’s website. Check it before you go, especially around the holidays.
Is Grain de Café open on Christmas Eve?
It was when we went. We had breakfast there on the morning of December 24, when a lot of places in Naples were closed for the holidays. Holiday hours are not posted on their website, so call ahead at 239-594-8081.
Does Grain de Café in Naples have crepes?
Yes. The sweet crepes include sugar, lemon, Nutella, Nutella Fruits and a raspberry version, and they also make savory galettes. Emily had the Nutella Fruits crepe and said it was the best crepe she has had in the States.
What are Grain de Café’s hours?
According to the café’s website, Grain de Café is open 8 am to 3 pm and closed on Tuesdays.
Is Grain de Café good for kids?
Yes, at least for ours. Both kids ordered crepes, Emily loved hers, and the covered terrace is an easy place to sit as a family. Just be ready for a line at busy times.
Can you order a bûche de Noël at Grain de Café?
Yes. Their website lists a bûche de Noël in chocolate, mocha and hazelnut for the holidays, plus a frozen version, and says to order early. While we were there, people kept coming in to pick up Christmas desserts they had ordered ahead.
How much is breakfast at Grain de Café?
Our breakfast for four came to $77 total, for two breakfast sandwiches, two crepes and coffee.
Looking for more family breakfasts? Here is what breakfast for four actually cost us at Ferretti in Barcelona.
This article is not sponsored. Nothing was comped by the café, and we didn’t tell them we were going to write about them.
