Order the Danish pancakes, two large thin ones, and get them filled with the house Danish sausage. Paula's Pancake House in Solvang is at 1531 Mission Drive, open daily 7am to 3pm, with breakfast all day. It doesn't take reservations, so go early on weekends. Danish pancakes run $13.95 to $15.95 on its menu.
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Paula's Pancake House quick facts
- Address
- 1531 Mission Drive, Solvang, CA 93463 · (805) 688-2867
- Hours
- Daily 7am–3pm. Breakfast all day; lunch from 11am (noon on Sundays)
- Reservations
- None taken
- Signature
- Danish pancakes, $13.95 plain to $15.95 for Paula's Special
- House sausage
- Solvang Danish-style sausage (medisterpølse), its own recipe for over 30 years; take-home packs too
- Since
- 1986, from Charles and Paula Greenwald, who opened The Belgian Café in Solvang in 1971
- Menu
- Full menu on its site
Paula's menu: what to order
The Danish pancakes are why the place exists: the founders built the menu around them in 1986. The menu calls them "two large, thin pancakes," closer to a crepe than an American stack. Prices from its current menu:
- Paula's Special ($15.95): Danish pancakes topped with apples, blueberries or strawberries and whipped cream. The one to photograph.
- Filled with Danish sausage or ham ($14.95): the savory order, and the best way to try the house sausage.
- Danish pancakes with fruit ($14.95), or plain ($13.95) if you want to taste the batter.
- Danish pancake combination ($15.95): pancakes with eggs, for the table that can't decide.
- Danish sausage and eggs ($16.95): the medisterpølse on its own.
- Buttermilk pancakes: a large stack is $14.75 if someone wants the American kind.
Breakfast runs all day, and lunch starts at 11am (noon on Sundays). Prices change; the official menu has today's.
The house Danish sausage
Paula's makes its own Solvang Danish-style sausage, medisterpølse, from what the menu calls "our original recipe for over 30 years," and sells it fully cooked to take home: a 4-pack is $13.99 and an 8-pack $22.99. To taste it before you buy, order the Danish pancakes filled with sausage.
How long is the wait?
There's no booking, so the wait depends on when you show up. It opens at 7am every day; arrive near opening on a Saturday or Sunday, or come after the breakfast rush. Waiting anyway? The Old Mission Santa Inés is a few minutes' walk east along Mission Drive (our guide).
Who started Paula's?
Charles and Paula Greenwald moved to the Santa Ynez Valley in 1971 and opened The Belgian Café in Solvang that May; it still serves Belgian waffles and crepes on Copenhagen Drive. Fifteen years later, in 1986, they opened Paula's Pancake House, built around Danish pancakes and American breakfast. It's still family owned, and the restaurant says many of its first young customers now bring their own children.
Good to know
What is Paula's Pancake House known for? Danish pancakes: two large, thin pancakes, served plain, topped with fruit and whipped cream, or filled with its own Danish sausage. It has served them in Solvang since 1986.
How much are the Danish pancakes at Paula's? $13.95 plain, $14.95 with fruit or filled with Danish sausage or ham, and $15.95 for Paula's Special, on the current menu.
Where is Paula's Pancake House? 1531 Mission Drive, Solvang, CA 93463. The phone is (805) 688-2867.
Can you buy Paula's Danish sausage to take home? Yes. The menu lists take-home packs of its Solvang Danish-style sausage: 4 for $13.99 or 8 for $22.99.
Nearby: eat, taste, stay
- Breakfast in Solvang: Eleven more morning stops, from aebleskiver to bakeries
- Solvang Restaurant: Aebleskiver at the home of Arne's, on Copenhagen Drive
- Solvang bakeries: Kringle and butter cookies for the drive home
- Things to do in Solvang: Walk it off
Plan your day
- MorningBreakfast first: Breakfast in SolvangDanish pancakes to bear claws
- MiddayGo tasting: Wine tasting in SolvangNebbiolo to Rhône in an adobe
- EveningBook dinner: Solvang restaurantsBib Gourmand chicken to aebleskiver
- LateNight out: Solvang happy hoursSpritzes, Industry Night, 8pm deals
- OvernightFind a bed: Solvang hotelsNordic rooms to a 1946 ranch
Your next move
- GoHours and menus change; the official site has today's. Visit Paula's Pancake House
- Then readMore to eat, taste and do in Solvang. Our Solvang guide
- Every ThursdayWhat to eat, where to go and what to book this weekend. Get the weekend note
Quick answers
What are Paula's Pancake House hours?
Daily, 7am to 3pm. Breakfast is served all day, and lunch starts at 11am (noon on Sundays).
Does Paula's Pancake House take reservations?
No. Seating is first come, first served, so arrive near the 7am opening on weekends.
Sources
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- Paula's Pancake House: home and location (hours, address, phone)
- Paula's Pancake House: menu PDF (prices, Danish pancakes, sausage)
- Paula's Pancake House: about (1971, 1986, the Greenwalds)
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