Royal Ground Coffee

Sarah Bee

Great place to get some work done (plenty of outlets). Indoor and outdoor seating. Coffee and pastries were good but it’s definitely on the expensive side (a large latte is $6.50)

ziggypopo

My favorite local corner Cafe. It just has a great ambiance and unique choice of baked goods and other snacks and breakfast items. And Mike's a great guy

Mary Chiang

The cafe bogia latte (got it hot with oat milk) was INCREDIBLE. Not too sweet and very flavorful. Had the orange taste I wanted

John Louie

Good decaf mocha, nice restroom for customers, lots of seating, and all accessible. Plus it is just a 15-minute walk away down a very pleasant, quiet side street from the cheapest Tesla Supercharger in the whole Bay Area!

Elizabeth M

My favorite coffee place! I go here all the time with friends or by myself to study. The staff are always super nice and it's a great environment to sit down for a couple of hours. They have indoor and outdoor seating. There are outlets and the wifi is fast. I 100% recommend!

Helmut Schatz

My favorite coffee shop in Berkeley/Albany area. For me it's THE standard for consistency and perfect, for taste, Cappuccino The gold standard. I compare all others and none have come up to this. Pro's , accessible, and friendly.

Our new daily neighborhood coffee place....good coffee and fantastic staff

Decent espresso bar and baked goods. The main drawback in my opinion is slow service. They seemed generally understaffed, so I definitely cannot blame the barista. The drip coffee my partner ordered was average but my espresso was good. We split a blueberry muffin which was delightful and well worth the price.

David Paul Tuttle

Our new daily neighborhood coffee place....good coffee and fantastic staff

Dillon Carlos

Decent espresso bar and baked goods. The main drawback in my opinion is slow service. They seemed generally understaffed, so I definitely cannot blame the barista. The drip coffee my partner ordered was average but my espresso was good. We split a blueberry muffin which was delightful and well worth the price.

Looks like a cool joint, but can't tey their coffee, sadly, as they don't have heavy cream, only half&half. Coffee places should wake up and follow the trend of high quality joints... Heavy cream has half the sugars of half&half... it's good for you...

Cute place to sit and bagel sandwiches were decent but all the coffee tasted pretty bad, had a weird mechanical taste to it and we couldn't drink more than a third

The coffee and snacks are passable, though overpriced. It's a good location and has outlets, wifi, and outdoor seating. The coffee is ...well.. it's coffee. The service people are asleep at the wheel. Several times I ordered a decaf cappuccino, and each time, when I asked if what was made was in fact decaf, was told he's not sure, and would remake it. Their baked goods are either pre packaged or not fresh. But overall it's a decent enough place to sit and work.

The croissants here are like supermarket croissants. Edible, but without joy. The coffee is similar—mine had a burnt undertone. The atmosphere is fine, but could be improved with some aesthetic attention. The location is great, and the service too.

Been a couple times and it’s fine. However I did want to warn others that if you order one of their fruit smoothies, they’ll just blend one of those bottled Naked smoothies with ice. Literally cracked one open right in front of me and poured it straight into the blender. I don’t think they have any actual fruit. Was appalled I spent $7 on that.

Tatiana G

The coffee and snacks are passable, though overpriced. It's a good location and has outlets, wifi, and outdoor seating. The coffee is ...well.. it's coffee. The service people are asleep at the wheel. Several times I ordered a decaf cappuccino, and each time, when I asked if what was made was in fact decaf, was told he's not sure, and would remake it. Their baked goods are either pre packaged or not fresh. But overall it's a decent enough place to sit and work.

Cecile Wu

Been a couple times and it’s fine. However I did want to warn others that if you order one of their fruit smoothies, they’ll just blend one of those bottled Naked smoothies with ice. Literally cracked one open right in front of me and poured it straight into the blender. I don’t think they have any actual fruit. Was appalled I spent $7 on that.

Fred Zimmerman

The croissants here are like supermarket croissants. Edible, but without joy. The coffee is similar—mine had a burnt undertone. The atmosphere is fine, but could be improved with some aesthetic attention. The location is great, and the service too.

Clio

Cute place to sit and bagel sandwiches were decent but all the coffee tasted pretty bad, had a weird mechanical taste to it and we couldn't drink more than a third

Yahel Ben-David

Looks like a cool joint, but can't tey their coffee, sadly, as they don't have heavy cream, only half&half. Coffee places should wake up and follow the trend of high quality joints... Heavy cream has half the sugars of half&half... it's good for you...

Been here a few times. The first two I ordered Borgia which is pretty good. Third time I came I asked for a cappuccino and gave me something else. Forth time I ordered matcha mint chip latte and gave me matcha latte. I told the staff I couldn't taste the mint chip and that's when he said they don't have mint chip. Monday staff always messes up the order.

I got a latte, it was average. They are not environmental friendly, to-go cups are plastic also they don’t offer porcelain cups for here orders. Unfortunately, staff is rude too. My friend asked for the Wifi password and they told her she needs to order first. It turned out to be that the password was on the wall.

C W

Been here a few times. The first two I ordered Borgia which is pretty good. Third time I came I asked for a cappuccino and gave me something else. Forth time I ordered matcha mint chip latte and gave me matcha latte. I told the staff I couldn't taste the mint chip and that's when he said they don't have mint chip. Monday staff always messes up the order.

R A

I got a latte, it was average. They are not environmental friendly, to-go cups are plastic also they don’t offer porcelain cups for here orders. Unfortunately, staff is rude too. My friend asked for the Wifi password and they told her she needs to order first. It turned out to be that the password was on the wall.

Worst coffee Ive had in a while. They forgot my vanilla syrup in my latte. Staff seemed very annoyed overall. I ordered a breakfast burrito to go with my coffee and they handed me a microwaved frozen burrito I probably could’ve got from a gas station for $1. Needless to say I will not be back. For $15 not worth it at all!

Erika V

Worst coffee Ive had in a while. They forgot my vanilla syrup in my latte. Staff seemed very annoyed overall. I ordered a breakfast burrito to go with my coffee and they handed me a microwaved frozen burrito I probably could’ve got from a gas station for $1. Needless to say I will not be back. For $15 not worth it at all!

were here near closing time. unpleasant and surly man made us two absolutely disgusting drinks (one decaf one not) wgich hoth tasted like watered down burnt sock juice). it would be terrible coffee, even in tegions where coffee us not great. in the bay area....dirty water of kind is unthinkable.

i got an iced latte and it just tasted like a cold drip coffee, was just straight up terrible and not to mention expensive

Marco Ivicic

i got an iced latte and it just tasted like a cold drip coffee, was just straight up terrible and not to mention expensive

yves beauvais

were here near closing time. unpleasant and surly man made us two absolutely disgusting drinks (one decaf one not) wgich hoth tasted like watered down burnt sock juice). it would be terrible coffee, even in tegions where coffee us not great. in the bay area....dirty water of kind is unthinkable.