Port Saint John Lunchbox - Cocoa, Florida

cathy E.

Went for lunch with a friend and will go back! Food and the service was great. I like getting breakfast stuff for lunch and had the eggs Benedict with crab cakes, very tasty and eggs were poached perfectly. My friend had a patty melt and onion rings and said both were very good.

John W.

This is the cutest little restaurant with great food and very nice people. They recently traded in the paper plates for real dishes, which we are thrilled about! I must say however that the landscaping and the entrance area leaves much to be desired – it is very overgrown and dirty looking to the point where we almost turned around and left. Once inside it’s wonderful….with a little bit of TLC outside it could be a real gem! (maybe I could trade gardening/cleanup services for meals..lol)

MR. J.

Nice small little home town feel restaurant. Only 1 waitress running place by herself doing an excellent job for the first 30 minutes of us being there. Kept drinks refilled. Large portions. Price was around 10 bucks for each meal. They use paper plates and Styrofoam cups.

Jim M.

We were visiting and stopped by the Port St. John Lunchbox for the first time—what a find! The sausage gravy was incredible, rich, and perfectly seasoned. The staff was welcoming, the portions were generous, and the cozy atmosphere made us feel right at home. Highly recommend!

Michael M.

I found this nice little surprise during my morning commute to and from work. Don't look like much from the outside, but the food is excellent, and the orders are plentiful as the servings and portions are pretty huge. I usually get my orders to go, and the service is at decent speed. For the amount of food you get with your order, the food is priced excellently. I usually order BYOB, which includes 3 eggs any way you like, bacon, toast, hashbrowns, and frenchtoast, and it rounds up to about 10 bucks. I'd say that's excellent pricing. Give it a shot and you won't be disappointed.

Jennifer R.

We like this place. We've only ever been for breakfast. I get the country fried chicken which is an actual chicken breast...not that gross fake chicken. They also have hollandaise sauce which I prefer over traditional gravy. There are no non-pork bacon/sausage options. But they do have hash, chicken, philly steak omelette. The coffee is pretty good. As is the service. The ladies are attentive and friendly.

Big B. D. O.

PSJ Lunchbox, 5601 N. US 1, Cocoa, FL 32927

5 Stars- THEY ARE OPEN TODAY GO NOW!!!

I find myself at that age where I can forget what I am doing while I am doing it. I mention this as I could not find my random name generator for the life of me and had work to do. While I didn't find what I was looking for, I did find a few darts laying around so I set myself for a little belomancy when low and behold, I spied the device I was seeking behind a chair. Tossing the darts over my shoulder thinking as I did so it's a good thing I don't have any pets, I grabbed my name generator and headed to the Big Boy Mobile.

Pulling out of my domicile, I glanced down and was met by the blinking name of PSJ Lunchbox in Cocoa, FL. The address seemed familiar and it was then I realized this was a place formerly called “Jimmies”. Jimmie sold the business about a year or so now.

On first entering the joint I was pleasantly surprised with the Americana décor. With artwork depicting classic choppers to '59 automobiles, this was a nostalgia lover's paradise. I was soon approached by a wonderful lady named Lacy who introduced herself as our waitstaff for the meal. Hear ye! Hear Ye! I have to point out that Lacy is yet another early entry into the 3Q Best Wait Staff (the field is getting crowded, so you might want to get your tickets early). I placed an order for two items, the Cajun Benny and the tried and true diner staple of a Tuna Melt.

Lacy was soon seen hightailing it back to our table with a tray full of our food on...paper plates? Really? Can a restaurant that serves its fare on paper plates ever receive a 5-Star Big Boy Dining Out rating? The answer is an unequivocal and resounding YES!!! When we started this venture and continuing through today 6 years later it was and only is about the food. Service and ambiance be damned. Using this criteria and NONE OTHER, we have found some amazing food in tiny dives/dumps/hole-in-the-walls and atrocious offerings at elegant so-called “haute” cuisine joints. PSJ Lunchbox is the former and the food is unreal.

When a cook/chef love what they do or a restaurateur knows good food there should not be salt, pepper, or other condiments on the table. Upon first receiving the Cajun Benny, I was taken in by two things. First, the orange hollandaise sauce and secondly, the unseasoned potatoes. After a quick taste of the sauce, a light bulb went off in my head and I thought, “Genius! Pure genius!” The hollandaise sauce is so flavorful and rich you just dunk your spuds in it and it is gastronomical perfection. The biscuit, not an English muffin, was the real deal. It was golden brown, warm and flaky inside as a homemade biscuit should.

Moving on to the Tuna Melt. I found this to be perfection sandwichified. The bread was fresh and perfectly grilled, the cheese was real, not that fake American Processed Cheese Food and the accompanying SEASONED fries reaffirmed my theory on the Cajun Benny taters. My mother was a loving mom, albeit a lousy cook, but this meal was so comforting I dreamt of how fat I would have been at a young age if she could have cooked like this.

The Big Boy says, “Hey! What are you waiting for? You go now!”

Melanie A.

Simple but great food and services. The biscuits are to die for and don’t forget to try the Cajun Benedict Everything was
delicious