Found about this cool coffee shop and gaming cafe. It certainly is a place for caffeine and nerds…read moreand is one of the more unique places in Shorewood. Critical Grind is certainly a great place if you like board and card games. Has crap tons to choose from including some most people have never heard about before coming here. The drinks and food aren't the main attraction but these are good mostly. Came here the first time and we just wanted to look around. It's got a counter to order at and a few tables in front. The back is where it's at as far as fun and games. A crap ton of board games are piled up basically. Has so many games back here it's hard to pick just one. The drinks and food are easier choices thankfully. It's about $5 to get a latte. There's some non dairy milk choices including oat. It's about $6 for avocado toast, of which there's a few choices. The Hummzza comes with balsamic glaze, basils, and tomatoes. Great place with lots of fun. It's located in the plaza next to the sports cards store. There's often events going on here so check the website.

A gem in the southwest suburbs. Excellent, extensive, and ever-growing game library, great coffee,…read moreand very inclusive environment. Highly recommended.

Little Gem right there! Def understand my sister going there frequently when she lived in the…read morearea. Exceptional and friendly service. It is so cute inside and would choose this place over Starbucks or Dunkin' anyday. I got a brookie, ok was huge and definitely a shareable. The coffee I tried was a seasonal one with eggnog and would 100% get again. Looking forward to the next visit

This Kafe and s WELL worth the drop. I drive by often when out west. My first time here I'm ashamed…read moreI passed by so many times and never stopped in. Situated just off of Rt 30 / Lincoln Highway in Cresthill IL on the side of the road it's a little red house with a decent sized parking lot. Super cute and way cozy. I always notice the patio that folks sit on early mornings and decided it was time. Upon entering I had three super friendly women say hello to me. It's larger than it looks with seating inside in nice booths and really well decorated. It's also very clean and customers keep rolling in on way to work. The staff is awesome and the women I spoke to informed me that they've been there about 5 years and that all the pastures are made in house. These are not average d eryday pastries they are luxurious treats beautifully created at a reasonable price. The in house bakers need a huge shout out along with the entire staff. Their coffee is really good too, string but not at all overwhelming. Actually excellent stop. I'm sure they will be seeing more of me. You really gotta try this place and I'm sure you'll return.

This coffee shop is good, the drinks themselves beat out Dunkin for sure. Good prices too. I've…read moretried their honey biscuit Sanwhich and it wasn't too bad. I always get the Matcha and my husband ordered his coffees and we're always satisfied. Place is clean, most of the staff is nice.

I live close to my Biggbys . I was less than five minutes away, I pulled over to the curb placed a…read moremobile order on the app , pulled up but I didn't even have to wait to get served. It's taken a couple years but they have ironed out all the bugs. ( the subtle thing that I love about them , is wrapping all their warm to go stuff in foil) This place easily destroys SB & DD. A little more affordable in price and a little kinder at the drive up window and at the service counter then the afore mentioned two places. It's Biggby all the way baby!

Love love love their breakfast. The staff can be hit or miss. One experience I was laughing so hard…read morebecause the waitress seemed to have a problem with a specific member of our party. We all just laughed it off but it was honestly very strange. Otherwise, great place to go for breakfast in Shorewood!

Absolutely horrible. Will never ever come back. Cared more about a sign on the door than customer…read moreneeds. Literally, had to walk out!!! Owner was extremely rude.

On our way home from Chicago we stopped at this place. This place has decent boba tea, along with…read morecute claw machines. The drinks came out pretty fast. Decent local location and seem like the staff do keep this place pretty clean.

Cute cafe with lots of board games and variety of drinks and bubble waffle. My kids like mango…read morefruit tea with rainbow jelly. I had matcha with rose and it was so pretty and tasty. The decorations for Tet lunar new year are great!

The staff were very friendly and it was super busy as they just opened the Joliet location. I…read moredidn't particularly like my coffee it was too bitter for me, but I will need to give some other drinks a try to give a fair rating. I also would like to try out some of their pastries because it all looked delicious! It is a small cafe with only a few tables available to sit. (all of them were full when we stopped in) so I wouldn't expect to sit here and do work/school work. There is also well done artworks for sale on the walls and comics which was an interesting but refreshing addition! I will give this place a few more tries before giving their coffee a complete review. :)

Johnny had done it again! Great crew. Very friendly with great service, drinks, and fresh pastries,…read morecookies and yum yums! Just like in Crest hill. Having a problem uploading photos. Ill be back to upload photos. Place is open 7-7 M-F Sat & Sun 8-7. Well worth ur stop. My fav the Abueluta latte is there. With a 1/2 pump of cane sugar. Great addition to this strip mall!

This spot has great live music and a big selection of craft beers, plus other drink options! Check…read moreout the vinyl side to find just what you need!

Not worth your time. I love going to record stores throughout the country. I looked up record…read morestores nearby and was initially excited. After walking in the first thing I noticed were the slot machines. Come on, why are we doing this? Also, the music selection is very limited and overall not very good. Bye Felicia.

Poor traffic flow management. Waited in line only to later be told were we apparently in the wrong…read moreline, no signage anywhere to indicate where the driving line began. Put up signs to help possible customers know where to begin lining up, and not waste their time.

Location had nice servers. There is NO brewed coffee, so I got an Americano, easy cream. It was so…read moreweak, it barely had flavor and was room temperature instead of hot!

We had went to the Royal Tea Room for a baby shower back in March! It is a cute little restaurant…read moretucked away in the strip mall by Target and Chili's. I haven never been to a "Tea Party" or anything of the sort so we had no idea what to expect. They had three options of tea to choose from for the party, there might be more options if you dine in I'm not entirely sure. At first glance, you would think the food would be too small of portions but we were busting at the seams by the end of it all! The food was amazing as well - I have never had such good finger foods & pastries before. It's entirely worth stopping in to try it! The food was phenomenal, the staff were professional and friendly, and it was really cool to experience a tea party for the first time.

Had a bad experience here. Was so excited to go back with friends after a date here previously with…read moremy daughter. 35 minutes before our reservation I was messaged that a server called off and that I would have to change our group to ordering off the tea service ( more expensive less food) or cancel our reservation. I did not see this message in time so we still Ordered ala carte but here is where my issues come in . Understandable one server things may not be perfect but we received our tea about half full In the teacup. I asked for sugar and a spoon. She took a bit to bring the sugar but not the spoon, I had to ask twice and never did get it. Why would a spoon not automatically be served with tea? Then the food came and we had no forks , I was embarrassed sitting there with my friends as our food got cold and it took forever to get a fork! No refills of tea were given. My food was small and cold except for the toast . It cost $41 which is excessive for what I got . The place is very cute and welcoming but I will Not go back Further, when I addressed these concerns in an email it was ignored

Two things stood out the most for my first visit. The customer service and the quality of food. I…read moreordered the avocado breakfast and a Freddo Espresso, which both exceeded my expectations. My meal was served fast and the waitress was helpful and attentive. Will definitely go back.

Our server was Monica. She was friendly. We ate our brunch there on a late Monday morning. We had…read morenever been so we were excited to try them out. My boyfriend and I had steak and eggs. Steak was fantastic, eggs were great as well. The potatoes were not my favorite. They were a little dry and seemed like maybe they were made ahead and sat for a bit, but I am sure if they were made to order, they'd be great too. Overall, ambiance is really warm and friendly. There wasn't many people there at that time so it was pretty chill. We will definitely be going again to try a few different things on their unique breakfast menu!