Brew On The Grid

A very laid back, spacious cafe - Brew on the Grid has a small but enjoyable menu of a few breakfast and lunch sandwiches along with a pastries and my favorite, the bombolinis. There's coffees and smoothies as well, but a full breakfast plus drinks for 2 can add up rather quickly for how small the actual sandwiches are. The food is decent but nothing special - and ultimately Brew is more of a place to go for a nice light bite to eat while enjoying the view and relaxing ambience. They also have some of the least comfortable metal chairs I've ever sat in, so go with the couches if available.

I liked the look of the place and it’s a cute spot to hang out which is why i rated it 2 starts, but my breakfast sandwich had a hair in it, the employee girl with glasses was super rude and extremely unfriendly and not professional at all, and lastly my smoothie tasted like absolute nothing. I was expecting my smoothie to be fruity but it tasted like ice and water.

Coffee is good, absolutely lovely environment. I've never tried the pastries as they look quite stale and unappetizing but who knows, looks can be deceiving. I do not make a habit of leaving negative reviews but this place continues to astonish me with the absolute lack of customer service. The majority of the staff here are so absorbed in their daily trifles of servicing one machine or another and do not so much as look up at the clients waiting in line. Is a simple "I'll be right with you" that tall of an ask? Is fiddling with the card reader such a gargantuan task as to preclude the baristas from displaying even the most basic of acknowledgments. It’s a shame as the coffee really is quite good and the general atmosphere lends itself to a want of spending ones leisure time sitting about and enjoying the rich aromas and pleasant views from the large windows. In all fairness, there are a few gentlemen working here that are rather amiable if not outright jolly. I’ll have to remember to only stop by when they are at the counter, otherwise this place henceforth will have to be a hard pass.

The barista name begins with a Y or R.. Yomar? Romar? I’m not sure. But seeing him upon drink pick up is a disappointment. I’ve had many occasions where my drink has been made incorrectly. Like I can order it on a Monday, come in the following day and it be made completely different the next day also by him. I know coffee is a silly thing to complain about but when you are paying $4-$7 dollars on one coffee and tipping on top I would simply expect the correct recipe as well as service. With incorrect recipes he is also rude when told about the drink seeming different. Of course the one time I said yes please could you remake it? It was remade the same way and awful. Just wish I could enjoy my coffee where it is an every week thing for me but I guess I will be looking elsewhere for coffee downtown