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Joseph Kim

Coffee was great and absolutely love the cinnamon roll! Have it heated up and it's just so heavenly. Prolly the best cinnamon roll I've had in my life! Service staff were friendly too!

Great local coffee shop we stopped there for two days they took their time but we understand it's a small town shop our lattes were fantastic and they were so kind and friendly we enjoyed that the most. Especially because we tried to do some local shopping right after and ran into some unfriendliness around town which was a real bummer we love to support local small businesses. Thanks again for the great coffee and breakfast sandwiches we hope to visit again soon!

Coffee was fantastic. Staff introduced us all to a "pour over" ant it made a huge difference over normal black Coffee. The girls behind the counter was super fun to talk to.

Loved my Barista. She was friendly and helpful. Coffee was excellent. Would recommend if you're looking for a good cup.of coffee in the area.

Loved this small coffee shop. Great coffee, thorough drink menu, yummy food options and friendly staff.

Chris Rosa

Loved this small coffee shop. Great coffee, thorough drink menu, yummy food options and friendly staff.

Sammy Sedore

Loved my Barista. She was friendly and helpful. Coffee was excellent. Would recommend if you're looking for a good cup.of coffee in the area.

J P

Great local coffee shop we stopped there for two days they took their time but we understand it's a small town shop our lattes were fantastic and they were so kind and friendly we enjoyed that the most. Especially because we tried to do some local shopping right after and ran into some unfriendliness around town which was a real bummer we love to support local small businesses. Thanks again for the great coffee and breakfast sandwiches we hope to visit again soon!

Wayne Overson

Coffee was fantastic. Staff introduced us all to a "pour over" ant it made a huge difference over normal black Coffee. The girls behind the counter was super fun to talk to.

Dongha Kim

It's a good stop for travelers from bay heading Yosemite. A bit crowded, but offering good drinks. It was a bit fun to see the restroom password in receipt.

Decent option for some caffeine near Yosemite. Feels like they focus more on coffee than tea. Prices are good. Staff is friendly but service seemed relatively slow, especially when a morning queue formed. There's wifi, but hardly any room for seating so not a good place to work from—definitely a grab and go type of shop. I tried the indigo tea latte (butterfly pea) and it tasted like watery flower, would not recommend. My friends liked the lattes though. They were on the sweet side so ask for less syrup/sugar if that's not your preference.

Small coffee shop to get drinks and pastries. The workers are welcoming. We got some coffee and hot chocolate to go. Both taste great.

Ying Liang

Decent option for some caffeine near Yosemite. Feels like they focus more on coffee than tea. Prices are good. Staff is friendly but service seemed relatively slow, especially when a morning queue formed. There's wifi, but hardly any room for seating so not a good place to work from—definitely a grab and go type of shop. I tried the indigo tea latte (butterfly pea) and it tasted like watery flower, would not recommend. My friends liked the lattes though. They were on the sweet side so ask for less syrup/sugar if that's not your preference.

The food was really good, highly recommend the French almond bear claw. My only complaint is that the indigo tea latte had way too much milk and not enough tea. I couldn’t really taste the tea. The service was great, and the other drinks were fantastic! I do recommend this place, just not the indigo tea latte.

justarandomsapphic

The food was really good, highly recommend the French almond bear claw. My only complaint is that the indigo tea latte had way too much milk and not enough tea. I couldn’t really taste the tea. The service was great, and the other drinks were fantastic! I do recommend this place, just not the indigo tea latte.

Nice place with plenty of options to choose from. We ordered a breakfast sandwich and latte. The bathroom requires a code and you have to wait till you order to get in. 2 stars for that. The service is rather slow and they are short staffed and we had to wait too long to get our order. Food service numbers appear random. They need to work on that. The latte tasted good and the seating was rather small. There is a limited space to stand in line. They need to get names rather than just order numbers so it's easier for a group of people. Definitely nice to have around the town.

Wisam Al-Rawi

Nice place with plenty of options to choose from. We ordered a breakfast sandwich and latte. The bathroom requires a code and you have to wait till you order to get in. 2 stars for that. The service is rather slow and they are short staffed and we had to wait too long to get our order. Food service numbers appear random. They need to work on that. The latte tasted good and the seating was rather small. There is a limited space to stand in line. They need to get names rather than just order numbers so it's easier for a group of people. Definitely nice to have around the town.

One thing about this shop, it has a variety of syrup flavors. I got an 16oz iced sugar free mocha with oat milk, but the cost of drink was ridiculously high. I paid $9.75 for this drink. The starting price for a small (12oz) was $5.50 but jumping to $2 for a 16oz is crazy, and don’t get me started with getting a 20oz (large). I understand drinks can get expensive because I am also a barista and have tried many coffee shops. I would not go here, only if I was desperate.

Vera Garcia

One thing about this shop, it has a variety of syrup flavors. I got an 16oz iced sugar free mocha with oat milk, but the cost of drink was ridiculously high. I paid $9.75 for this drink. The starting price for a small (12oz) was $5.50 but jumping to $2 for a 16oz is crazy, and don’t get me started with getting a 20oz (large). I understand drinks can get expensive because I am also a barista and have tried many coffee shops. I would not go here, only if I was desperate.

I will only do reviews about coffee. This place extracts coffee by taking the coffee beans in a ground state. I wanted medium roasting coffee and they recommended a pourover, but it just tastes like a regular brewing coffee. But the price is over $4.00 and this is obviously wrong. He just emphasize that it's fresh, but in fact, it's not a formal pourover, it's a immersion extraction, but the speed is too fast, and the particles of ground coffee are not the proper grinding size, so it's a place to make very low coffee. I am not recommend this place for coffee ..

Could have given a zero - my two year old niece can make a better mocha than them. It is basically milk and some coffee they had left in the storage back door

Kai Dwd

I will only do reviews about coffee. This place extracts coffee by taking the coffee beans in a ground state. I wanted medium roasting coffee and they recommended a pourover, but it just tastes like a regular brewing coffee. But the price is over $4.00 and this is obviously wrong. He just emphasize that it's fresh, but in fact, it's not a formal pourover, it's a immersion extraction, but the speed is too fast, and the particles of ground coffee are not the proper grinding size, so it's a place to make very low coffee. I am not recommend this place for coffee ..

Khanjan Patel

Could have given a zero - my two year old niece can make a better mocha than them. It is basically milk and some coffee they had left in the storage back door

Tl;dr: +45 minutes for a coffee order yesterday. They said it would be 10-15 minutes. Hate knocking a local business though it seems that yes I am indeed actually knocking a local business, but 45 minutes (maybe 50 minutes?) is an excessively long wait. 6 people waiting 45 minutes is a collective 4.5 hours of wasting our time. They just kept taking orders. They need to stop taking orders when they get backed up or give a realistic wait time. PS: There was a coffee truck at Big Oak Flat: no wait.

Cashier was persistent on changing my sister’s order when she wanted a coffee. The line was building out the door and all of the baristas had 0 sense of urgency and from the customer’s pov it seemed like there was tension between a couple of them. Then it took about 20 mins for us to get our coffee which was watered down and had little flavor. I ordered an iced Carmel latte and tasted no Carmel. But my biggest issue was the customer service. My mom saw our drinks on the counter and went to grab them because they were melting and the baristas snapped at her for taking our drinks off of the counter. I guess we were supposed to wait until they were called out. We had a good laugh about it.

This was my first time there and we were very disappointed with the service. We were heading up to Yosemite Thursday Thanksgiving day. We stop by to grab some coffee & snacks on our way up. I was there with my wife and her elderly parents. I was in line waiting to order and we been there for awhile looking at the menu and once I found out what they want, I told them to use the bathroom while I order so we can eat in the car. My wife was with her parents asking for the code and the lady snapped back saying only for costumers and she was trying to explain we are so I had to step in and call out they are with me and she finally gave them the code. I understand trying to reserve the bathroom for costumers but if there is two elderly ones trying to use the bathroom, would that even matter. It was the way the lady responded to them. There are nicer ways to respond especially to elderly ones. It really ruin our day and to top it off, the latte we ordered had no flavored. I hate to say it but next time, we will try another coffee place on our way to Yosemite.

Joshua Miller

This was my first time there and we were very disappointed with the service. We were heading up to Yosemite Thursday Thanksgiving day. We stop by to grab some coffee & snacks on our way up. I was there with my wife and her elderly parents. I was in line waiting to order and we been there for awhile looking at the menu and once I found out what they want, I told them to use the bathroom while I order so we can eat in the car. My wife was with her parents asking for the code and the lady snapped back saying only for costumers and she was trying to explain we are so I had to step in and call out they are with me and she finally gave them the code. I understand trying to reserve the bathroom for costumers but if there is two elderly ones trying to use the bathroom, would that even matter. It was the way the lady responded to them. There are nicer ways to respond especially to elderly ones. It really ruin our day and to top it off, the latte we ordered had no flavored. I hate to say it but next time, we will try another coffee place on our way to Yosemite.

Olivia Griswold

Cashier was persistent on changing my sister’s order when she wanted a coffee. The line was building out the door and all of the baristas had 0 sense of urgency and from the customer’s pov it seemed like there was tension between a couple of them. Then it took about 20 mins for us to get our coffee which was watered down and had little flavor. I ordered an iced Carmel latte and tasted no Carmel. But my biggest issue was the customer service. My mom saw our drinks on the counter and went to grab them because they were melting and the baristas snapped at her for taking our drinks off of the counter. I guess we were supposed to wait until they were called out. We had a good laugh about it.

Brendan Coyne

Tl;dr: +45 minutes for a coffee order yesterday. They said it would be 10-15 minutes. Hate knocking a local business though it seems that yes I am indeed actually knocking a local business, but 45 minutes (maybe 50 minutes?) is an excessively long wait. 6 people waiting 45 minutes is a collective 4.5 hours of wasting our time. They just kept taking orders. They need to stop taking orders when they get backed up or give a realistic wait time. PS: There was a coffee truck at Big Oak Flat: no wait.

Alyra

Second time here. First experience was fine, service was friendly and the coffee was nice. Today, service was incredibly unwelcoming, and the coffee (got the same drink I did last time) was trash, and it seems they've raised the prices sky high. I'd put them a step below Starbucks (avid Starbucks avoider) although Starbucks would have saved me a couple dollars. I have no real idea how the same drink can vary so much from one day to another (I was a barista myself) the only thing that I can think of - is that the last time I was in, I came with a friend who was a regular. Disappointed because I also brought a friend in because I was so pleased with this place before. Quality of service and quality of the product today means I will not be coming back and I will recommend my friends spend their money somewhere else. Of all the local coffee shops, this one is probably the worst. Go literally anywhere else for your caffeine in groveland:)