Great coffee, amazing service, and awesome location! Good place to meet with friends, read a book,…read moreand relax.

This place is a gem. Terrific coffee, nice ambience, and…read moresuper friendly staff. Plenty of tables, so a great place to chill or do work for a couple hours. My go-to coffee shop when I'm in southern Illinois.

I Am Java is the kind of place that makes your morning better the moment you walk in. The staff are…read moreincredibly friendly--genuinely welcoming and quick with a smile, which sets the tone for a great day. Their pastries are fresh, flaky, and just sweet enough to satisfy without overwhelming. And the breakfast sandwich? Perfection. Warm, savory, and made with care. It's the kind of spot that feels like a neighborhood favorite from your very first visit.

Such sweet customer service! Love place and love the I am Java coffee! We appreciate them so much!read more

My husband and I stopped at Faye on the way through to the Giant City / Makanda area…read more We were welcomed upon entering, but didn't order immediately. We took a look at the photo display set up in the front. We ordered at the counter and I asked for advice. The staff member offered helpful input. I ordered the healthiest most delicious porridge. My husband ordered the avocado toast with bacon and an egg. He really enjoyed the chili crunch oil. We ordered a cardamom latte with cold foam and a salted caramel. We added on a biscuit with bourbon butter to go! The arrangement of the floor was spacious. The bathrooms were family and seemed sufficient for wheelchair users.

I love a good soup and sandwich cafe and I think Faye has the whole package: chic, farmhouse…read moredecor, bright, airy dining space, a small market of curated kitchen goods and, of course, delicious food! I got a you-pick-two with red pepper soup and a strawberry salad. While I was deciding, my eyes wandered over to the baked goods (this is absolutely a trend with me) and I saw a peanut butter pretzel cookie....whaaaaat? No way this wasn't going in my belly! Then I glanced over to the drink case and I saw....Topo Chico! In Murphysville, IL?!? This place stands out for curating the best in a small town. Now I'm really excited for my lunch! And it did not disappoint. The red pepper soup was roasty and hearty, definitely a good choice for this chilly weather. And the strawberry salad was fresh and refreshing. Does that make sense? The ingredients were so fresh and crisp - sweet strawberries in January I'd no small feat! - but it was light and hit the perfect note as an accompaniment to the red pepper soup. And that cookie? Do I even need to tell you how delicious it was? I didn't even offer my friend a bite. I ate the whole thing and I'm not ashamed. So good! A delicious lunch and nice respite in a small Illinois town. Worth going out of your way, for sure!

Amazing place for breakfast, one of the best if not the best breakfast spot in Southern Illinois…read more Service is fantastic, this is a family owned business and the family feel they extend to the customers in incredible. The owners are out among the customers, waiting tables, taking orders are just chatting. This has that small town hole in the wall restaurant feel which to me is amazing.

It's a scientific fact that grilled cheese sandwiches from small town diners taste better. Our…read morefamily stopped in on our way through town, seeking a lunch break en route to our destination. Cindy B's is everything you want a hometown cafe to be--welcoming, charming, friendly staff with good senses of humor, and absolutely delicious. The beef veggie soup and grilled cheese was spot on. My family members all enjoyed their food, as well, and then our lovely hosts brought us a slice of coconut pie and pineapple upside down cake, just for stopping through. Diner pie...oh my. We'll need to make sure we make more trips through town, just to stop at Cindy b's!

Their chicken salad is out of this world. Now I know not a lot of people are chicken salad fans,…read morebut I love their chicken salad and her soups are very good. She has a nice cookies and lots of fun Chatzky.

Ruined our wedding and still charged us. we paid $4000 for them to cater our wedding, they were…read moresupposed to begin serving food "Serving" at 5, they didn't even show up till 6:30. They managed to set up the food in about 15 mins but by that time over half the guest had left. They upcharged us from $2700 for 75 people to $4000 for 125 ppl by the time the cold food was served we had less then 75 ppl left. They offered $500 back that's all. Worse once the food was served most of it was cold including the bread that was still freaking frozen. The workers who were there though were extremely polite and hard working trying to please everyone but hard to do when the company don't bring the food. I only recommend this company if you want to pay extra for sub par food, and have them show up 2 hours late

I saw on FB that this place opened recently, and decided to check it out after a day of hiking at…read morePanther's Den. As a former resident of CA, I love boba. I'll start with the good: the tea and the service. I got the brown sugar milk tea with tapioca balls. One-third sweetness. It was nicely executed -- though, IMO, the boba was slightly overdone/too soft. I also met the owner, who was super nice and talkative. That said, I do have suggestions for improvement. First, gotta get classic milk tea as an option. Brown sugar is the closest, but there's nothing like the more traditional flavor. Second, a website with address and hours would be helpful. It was very hard to find Koala Tea online, and impossible to find it on Apple Maps.

We visited 07-18-23. We love boba so much that if we see a new boba store open we tend to go try it…read moreout. Once we got there we decided to order White Peach Yogurt Slush + tapioca pearls and honeydew milk tea + mango star jelly. It took around 10 minutes for our order to come out and unfortunately, it did not meet our expectations. Honey Dew milk tea was too sweet where too much powder was used, white peach yogurt slush was watered down too much, and tapioca pearls were slightly overdone which made it too soft. Unfortunately, we could not finish our drinks. The atmosphere wise it was clean and there were comfy-looking sofas that were being utilized by staff and their friends/family members. When we visited there were no trash bins to throw out straw plastic or cups. It looks like a great place to get a drink, sit down, and study. but improvement is needed for their drinks P.S. We posted review on google but it seems like they are deleting their shop all together to remove bad review... kinda shady and against Consumer Review Fairness Act...

Love this little coffee trailer! I have high hopes that it will become more someday, but for now…read moreit's just perfect. Easy to find in a big open lot, so it's not odd to hang around and enjoy your sips. We loved that they brew Onyx Coffee- SO good. My honey latte was so delicious, I can't wait to go back. I'd love it if they offered some more treats, but it was nice that they had a couple packaged offerings. I'll try a different drink next time for sure, though it'll be hard to pass on that honey latte, mmmm!

My family and I traveled to garden of the gods and decided to go through Carbondale on the way…read morehome. I am a big coffee drinker and we loved the idea of the Harry Potter theme. It was decorated with some cool HP theming and we liked a lot of what they had there. We all tried the butter beer and unfortunately for all 3 of us it just wasn't what we thought it would be. It was snot at all sweet, which we figured butter beer would be even after sweetening it, it just didn't taste like we had hoped. This place is awesome in concept, and perhaps lots of people like it, it just wasn't for us

Super cute, up and coming place! Barista was so nice and welcoming. Variety of fun things to take…read morepictures by. Got the butterbeer cold brew--a little pricy, but I say it's worth it for the experience and to support such a fun & new place in Carbondale! Also: THEY HAVE OATMILK WHIPPED CREAM!! I have yet to see that anywhere else. Coffee was delicious & had edible glitter in it--how fun!

Stopped here for coffee for the first time. I tried the pumpkin caramelicious one day and the maple…read morebourbon the next. I got half syrup with both so it wouldn't be over the top sweet. I'd definitely get both again. Husband always goes with the white chocolate mocha and he liked it.

Decided to try Scooter's during our most recent trip to the castle park. Got a plain old latte, and…read moreit was one of the worst lattes I've ever had. There was zero espresso flavor. And the milk lacked its natural sweetness, suggesting it was overheated. There was also a strange, almost bitter aftertaste initially, which dissipated as the drink cooled down. Regardless, what a disappointment. Compared to a McCafe, you're paying 50% more for half the quality.

This is more than a grocery store. It's an awesome place where many diverse people from all…read morecultures meet each other and appreciate our common interests. The guys who run the place are very friendly and always helpful however they can be. The inventory is so diverse that you can find almost anything you expect to and more than that. They have sandalwood powder and many different kinds of incense and personal care items behind the cash registers. There are also cooking utensils from many countries around the world in the back of the store. I buy whole wheat pita bread, split mung dal and green salsa here, and occasionally a package of cookies. Huge bags of rice and dal are also available and the prices are reasonable. Local businesses are welcome to post flyers at the front door. I'm so grateful to have this store here and in such a convenient location. It would be nice to have small packages of fresh betel leaves. If more people would buy these we could have them here.

Casually checked out the store wow I was on vacation in Carbondale. This place was a casual grocery…read morestore they had a good selection of various ethnic food items. This store is definitely a lot larger than it appears. And the last dial I don't know if the freezers are brand new or is that a new area they may have acquired but they do have a lot of stuff that is in the freezers. Stores prices were actually pretty fair too and the staff was pretty friendly as well. Not the cleanest Place either since it feels a bit outdated but it's worth checking out for a hard to find food items especially if the grocery store next door doesn't have it.