My Friend Joe

These out-of-towners found their local coffee spot @ My Friend Joe's for our week in SR. Great product, service and location.

I want to first say he service on 01-31-2026 was amazing, the tall, handsome, and super nice new guy was very polite and also helpful.

This place has the best bagels I have ever encountered. The entrance is not easy to get to and visibility is not all that great in order to find this coffee shop. Once you get used to being here you'll recognize other places around it to make it easy to locate. I prefer a plain bagel but I have tried a few different ones and they are so good. I always ask for cream cheese and a toast the whole thing for you so it's nice and warm and soft and a little toasty. It's a great way to start breakfast from this particular coffee shop. Every time I come back to Santa Rosa I automatically come looking for this place at least a couple of times during my stay because at $4 per bagel for the standard ones is worth the price.

I had a graphic design meeting here last morning. I had never been, but I love the decor. I also wasn't too hungry, but I ordered an asiago bagel with cream cheese. I devoured it. It was SO good. No joke I was lying in bed at 11:30 pm last night saying, "I want another bagel from Joe's...." It was also a perfect place for a meeting. Not as noisy as Starbucks, and very comfortable. I was able to 100% focus on the conversation.

Discovered this place whole driving north on Mendocino. If you're not specifically looking for it, you'll miss it. Their bagels are made fresh daily, the coffee is good and the staff is young and upbeat. This location is split into 2 sections, the second place is a nice place to take your coffee and a book away from the noise near the counter. Parking is plentiful!

Chris Naegeli

These out-of-towners found their local coffee spot @ My Friend Joe's for our week in SR. Great product, service and location.

Lucas Ford

Overall a pretty good place, though there are some sketchy people hanging around near by. Wish they would make them move on. Coffee is good as is service and we found seats.

Katharine Cameron

I had a graphic design meeting here last morning. I had never been, but I love the decor. I also wasn't too hungry, but I ordered an asiago bagel with cream cheese. I devoured it. It was SO good. No joke I was lying in bed at 11:30 pm last night saying, "I want another bagel from Joe's...." It was also a perfect place for a meeting. Not as noisy as Starbucks, and very comfortable. I was able to 100% focus on the conversation.

Libby Baez

This place has the best bagels I have ever encountered. The entrance is not easy to get to and visibility is not all that great in order to find this coffee shop. Once you get used to being here you'll recognize other places around it to make it easy to locate. I prefer a plain bagel but I have tried a few different ones and they are so good. I always ask for cream cheese and a toast the whole thing for you so it's nice and warm and soft and a little toasty. It's a great way to start breakfast from this particular coffee shop. Every time I come back to Santa Rosa I automatically come looking for this place at least a couple of times during my stay because at $4 per bagel for the standard ones is worth the price.

Nysa Lichau

Absolute favorite place to get my Chai Tea Latte, the sweet and bitter taste is like no other. The people and place itself are very welcoming too. 10/10 would recommend if you like natural flavors and stronger coffees.

Elizabeth Johnson

Discovered this place whole driving north on Mendocino. If you're not specifically looking for it, you'll miss it. Their bagels are made fresh daily, the coffee is good and the staff is young and upbeat. This location is split into 2 sections, the second place is a nice place to take your coffee and a book away from the noise near the counter. Parking is plentiful!

Cute little place with delicious bagel and bagel sandwiches. Coffee is very good, they will make it any way you like it.

Hassan Aliakbar

Cute little place with delicious bagel and bagel sandwiches. Coffee is very good, they will make it any way you like it.

The food is great, and pricing is fair. Great place to go with friends. Though you might have to wait a while before placing your order regardless of there being people or not

Bagels are so good and they always put a good amount of cream cheese. Coffee is fairly decent. The Vietnamese iced coffee is pretty good. Place is small with only a couple of small tables. It's really more of a to go place.

Jocelin Ortiz

The food is great, and pricing is fair. Great place to go with friends. Though you might have to wait a while before placing your order regardless of there being people or not

Holly C

Bagels are so good and they always put a good amount of cream cheese. Coffee is fairly decent. The Vietnamese iced coffee is pretty good. Place is small with only a couple of small tables. It's really more of a to go place.

I’m leaving this review because this has happened Three (3) times now in the last few months. I do not understand why the woman who is usually at this location borderline refuses to take orders over the phone. The first time this happened months ago, she picked up the phone and set it on the counter. When she was talking to guests IN the store, I thought she was talking to me. When it came to the end of the phone call I realized she was talking to guests in the store, and confused on why she picked up the phone only to ignore me. When I got to the store, they told me they didn’t take my order, so I left. The second time, more recently, she took my order but did not take a name or tell me a total. When I got there, they took a few minutes to finish up my order, but I was handed 2 bagels that were different from what I ordered. I asked for a refund and left. Today, she took my order (again, didn’t take a name or tell me my total)but when I arrived to the store 15 mins later, they had not even started making it. I was late for work so I left without the food, but was disappointed and a little irritated that this same woman has done this to me so many times now. For whatever it’s worth, they were not busy this morning. There were 2 other people inside when I arrived, nobody in line. The boy who was cashiering seemed confused about what happened and apologized, I appreciated this. At the end of the day I keep coming back because I love the bagels and it’s a convenient location for me, but I am skeptical to return.

Used to be better. Very few bagels to choose from at lunch time. Our order was wrong. Very expensive, $45 for three bagel sandwiches.

Degiorno

I’m leaving this review because this has happened Three (3) times now in the last few months. I do not understand why the woman who is usually at this location borderline refuses to take orders over the phone. The first time this happened months ago, she picked up the phone and set it on the counter. When she was talking to guests IN the store, I thought she was talking to me. When it came to the end of the phone call I realized she was talking to guests in the store, and confused on why she picked up the phone only to ignore me. When I got to the store, they told me they didn’t take my order, so I left. The second time, more recently, she took my order but did not take a name or tell me a total. When I got there, they took a few minutes to finish up my order, but I was handed 2 bagels that were different from what I ordered. I asked for a refund and left. Today, she took my order (again, didn’t take a name or tell me my total)but when I arrived to the store 15 mins later, they had not even started making it. I was late for work so I left without the food, but was disappointed and a little irritated that this same woman has done this to me so many times now. For whatever it’s worth, they were not busy this morning. There were 2 other people inside when I arrived, nobody in line. The boy who was cashiering seemed confused about what happened and apologized, I appreciated this. At the end of the day I keep coming back because I love the bagels and it’s a convenient location for me, but I am skeptical to return.

duncan reed

Used to be better. Very few bagels to choose from at lunch time. Our order was wrong. Very expensive, $45 for three bagel sandwiches.

Ordered a smoothie recently and the cashier rolled her eyes ,no communication and no heads up as soon as the drinks were done. Very unprofessional and rude. I understand if the place was busy but it wasn’t. This was a young white female as well. Definitely made me not wanting to come back. She should have that attitude with her father and not the customers.

Incredibly overpriced for disgusting bland food. It’s $17-19 for a bagel and coffee. I’ve been here multiple times as a last resort when I was hungry for breakfast but didn’t want to go to the fast food places. The bagel sandwiches have always been subpar, incredibly bland, watery, and they add no seasoning to the eggs. Today was the last straw when I ordered the corporate burrito. I received a tortilla with unseasoned mushy potatoes, a slab of raw red onions, raw spinach, watery tomato, unseasoned eggs, and sausage. I literally couldn’t get through the first few bites because it was so disgusting. This cost me around $13. I immediately threw it in the trash and went across the street to Taco Bell and got a breakfast crunch wrap for $3.95. It tasted like a delicacy compared to the garbage I had just tasted. I know we’re dealing with inflation right now but their prices are just outlandishly absurd for how low quality the food is. It blows my mind how so many people go there everyday because the food is so trash but maybe they’re just desperate for bagels since theres nothing else nearby. Do yourself a favor and save your time, tastebuds, and money by just going to Taco Bell or McDonald’s or Starbucks nearby instead of giving this wretched scam of an establishment your money.

Horrible experience. I work in the restaurant industry so I am VERY forgiving with most things. The wait for 2 sandwiches and a burrito was over 45 minutes and there was only one person ahead of us. They burned something while it was being made and the entire room smelled horrible. When we finally got our food we raced out of there to eat somewhere else. When we got to our destination we found out that it was our food that was burnt. Not only did it look burnt but it tasted burnt with burnt pieces stuck to the sandwich from whatever appliance they used to cook it. There was rotten avocado put on the burrito and the other sandwich was so covered in burnt smoke that that's all we could taste. Everything was practically inedible. I left there honestly concerned about food poisoning. The whole place looks like it hasn't been cleaned and the one guy working there kept touching his face with his gloves and going to the back to cough. I tried calling over 10 times to try and communicate this but no one answers the phone and there is no place to leave a voicemail. I get this is a college spot but I used to live in the neighborhood and would visit all of the time. Seriously needs a health inspection!!!

Earlier today, a homeless lady asked me to buy her coffee from this place because it was super cold and she wanted something warm to drink. As I went in there and told them what I wanted to order, they asked if it was for the lady and I said yes. They then refused to serve me because they said she was dirty and she leaves trash everywhere (I did not see a single piece of trash anywhere in the area) I then asked if I could just get the coffee for myself and they refused me again. This is unacceptable and very disrespectful. I wanted to try this place for a while and now I will never even think to go there for anything knowing they treat people so poorly. It is the season of giving and this is how we are treating the unfortunate? Very disappointing if you ask me. I hope people see this review and are aware of how they treat homeless people who aren’t bothering anyone and just want to be able to eat.

Avo

Earlier today, a homeless lady asked me to buy her coffee from this place because it was super cold and she wanted something warm to drink. As I went in there and told them what I wanted to order, they asked if it was for the lady and I said yes. They then refused to serve me because they said she was dirty and she leaves trash everywhere (I did not see a single piece of trash anywhere in the area) I then asked if I could just get the coffee for myself and they refused me again. This is unacceptable and very disrespectful. I wanted to try this place for a while and now I will never even think to go there for anything knowing they treat people so poorly. It is the season of giving and this is how we are treating the unfortunate? Very disappointing if you ask me. I hope people see this review and are aware of how they treat homeless people who aren’t bothering anyone and just want to be able to eat.

Adrian Velazquezlll

Ordered a smoothie recently and the cashier rolled her eyes ,no communication and no heads up as soon as the drinks were done. Very unprofessional and rude. I understand if the place was busy but it wasn’t. This was a young white female as well. Definitely made me not wanting to come back. She should have that attitude with her father and not the customers.

solomon s

Incredibly overpriced for disgusting bland food. It’s $17-19 for a bagel and coffee. I’ve been here multiple times as a last resort when I was hungry for breakfast but didn’t want to go to the fast food places. The bagel sandwiches have always been subpar, incredibly bland, watery, and they add no seasoning to the eggs. Today was the last straw when I ordered the corporate burrito. I received a tortilla with unseasoned mushy potatoes, a slab of raw red onions, raw spinach, watery tomato, unseasoned eggs, and sausage. I literally couldn’t get through the first few bites because it was so disgusting. This cost me around $13. I immediately threw it in the trash and went across the street to Taco Bell and got a breakfast crunch wrap for $3.95. It tasted like a delicacy compared to the garbage I had just tasted. I know we’re dealing with inflation right now but their prices are just outlandishly absurd for how low quality the food is. It blows my mind how so many people go there everyday because the food is so trash but maybe they’re just desperate for bagels since theres nothing else nearby. Do yourself a favor and save your time, tastebuds, and money by just going to Taco Bell or McDonald’s or Starbucks nearby instead of giving this wretched scam of an establishment your money.

Sherry Vincent

Sadly Joe, I won't be coming by for that triple shot blended coffee tomorrow, or ever again. This latest 1 was nothing more than a nasty attempt at what, I have no clue. I taste the syrup. I taste lots of simple syrup! Milk but no triple shot of espresso. So Joe, tata.

scott reese

I just paid over 15 dollars for a small mocha and two toasted bagels with butter. That's over 5 dollars pr bagel. Be warned it's a money grab, walk the extra block to Safeway and get your bagel for 75 cents. This place is a vulture feeding off the students of the Santa Rosa Junior college.