Bright Spot is a truly bright spot in the Seattle community, serving the local community in so many…read moreways beyond coffee. They serve delicious local coffee and tea as well as local pastries (from both Macrina and some baked in house), as well as breakfast sandwiches, focaccia, and also vegan soft serve made with oat milk. The soft serve has rotating weekly flavors, and I was lucky to try to orange creamsicle, which was delicious swirled with classic vanilla. I even got some sprinkles with it! For coffee, they have all the classics as well as some seasonal specials with in-house made syrups. Everything we ordered was delicious that we actually ended up getting 2 lattes while we were there. Apart from the food and drinks, they also have a plethora of local artwork for sale, paintings displayed on the walls, glasswork and ceramics at the windows, and tie dyed shirts made by the owner himself, plus more. They also sell pokemon cards and run an actual Play! Pokemon league. It runs every Saturday from noon to 4 PM and is run by the owner himself. It's a great place for both newbies and kids trying to get into pokemon and seasoned veterans alike. You even get discounted coffee during the pokemon session! The owner himself is a very personable guy and is very knowledgeable all about his products, and is always happy to chat about coffee, art, or Pokemon. There's a clean maintained bathroom in the back of the cafe and self-pour water stations to make your stay enjoyable. They have wifi and comfy seating, outlets, and even couches, which makes it perfect for coworking or just hanging out. Catch me there every Saturday with my pokemon cards!

The food, coffee, ambiance, and service here is phenomenal! Genuinely the best egg sandwich I've…read moreever had, and the drinks are sweet and delicious. Cute interior with a small store section as well.

coffee 5/5 i got the coconut coffee blended ($7). it comes…read moremildly sweet, so i asked for it to be a little sweeter. it was incredible! i feel that blended drinks often lose the coffee taste, but not this beauty. the coffee flavor was delicious and mixed well with the coconut. if you prefer your drinks blended and like coconut, this is your girl! service 5/5 staff was helpful and walked me through my options to make the drink to my preference. cafe 5/5 they must have recently added tables and chairs. i love that i can sit in and they have free wifi. everything was clean and tidy. parking is street only and could be hard to find. only a few blocks from the columbia city light rail stop. overall, i'm excited to go back and get some work done while i try other items on the menu!

I used to be a regular at Coffeeholic and brought a lot of visitors here. However, the last two…read moretimes I went, I got a stomachache and so did my friend who was visiting Seattle. I noticed that they now pour drinks from a pre-made plastic jug instead of making them fresh like when the store first opened. I usually don't get sick from drinking coffee but twice in a row is pretty bad. Their drinks are also overly sweet and most of them do not have a 0% sweet option, which is usually what I order from other coffee and tea shops, and it's probably because most of the ingredients are pre-mixed. They also use thick plastic cups, considering that Seattle is a pretty green city and a lot of similar Vietnamese coffee shops use sustainable cups. Sad to say, but my time visiting this chain has come to an end.

Coffee & records in one place!!! They have a punch card system for earning points, great coffee,…read moreand a really nice collection of music. One of my favorite Columbia City gems.

loved that my first visit was a good one and great coffee or in my case chai latte and yummy bagel…read moreand house made jam to eat (sorry I didn't take a picture of that I was kinda hungry lol ) just perfect for the Seattle vibes I live by thank yall Empire Crew My other visits I wish I got the great guy on Wednesday there he was a cool vibe and great persona for a cafe like this cool shirt too The upstairs records man I'll get a record player again cuz I loooove the selections very nostalgic and so perfectly Seattle vibey Have to try the roof top seating loved how the floors have earthy themed and woody charts and tables Yall are my top favorite cafe to go too when I can get a chance

Happened to be driving by so I stopped in for an iced latte & added the salted caramel brown sugar…read moresyrup (I think that's what it was). The space is nice and clean, with a section of cute giftable items that were very tempting. My coffee was delicious. Not overly sweet which I was relieved about because I normally do half sweet but I forgot to request that. Still was yum & not too sugary! It was perfect with oat milk. 1 star off because as others have mentioned, customer service could be better. The barista taking my order seemed a little impatient or bored (Gen Z vibes). The cashier was nice at least! It's also unclear where people should line up/order. The person in front of me was confused and the person behind me was as well. Might need to rearrange their counter set up or add signage.

I stopped in here to work for a few hours and had a great experience…read more I ordered a London Fog and requested that they add their seasonal lavender pear syrup. They let me know that the London fog comes as a concentrate and offered to use slightly less concentrate so that it wouldn't be too sweet with the additional syrup. I was a little skeptical of the fact that they make it from a concentrate because. I feel like a London fog is hard to mess up if you know how to brew tea, but I decided to try it anyway, and I was pleasantly surprised. While it didn't have a strong earl grey flavor, the drink was delicious and still tasted like a London fog and the lavender pear syrup was lovely. It has plenty of seating and is a great place to work from with a decent amount of outlets. Super friendly staff and I loved the dine in mug.

Cute little coffee shop on beacon hill. They have indoor…read moreand outdoor seating available. I believe their baked goods are from their west seattle location brought in daily, so they're freshly made each morning . They have a variety of laminated pastries, cookies, breads. I came here a few years back when they first opened this location and I didn't really have the best impression of their coffee or service but I know it can vary depending on the barista anywhere you go. I decided to give it another try this past weekend & I've already visited again since. The service was nice and quick :) I ordered an iced latte w/ vanilla cardamom and oat milk, came around to $9 after tip. It was a pretty good coffee. will be visiting again to try the pastries since the first time I went on the weekend I was only in the mood for a drink. it was around noon and there was a good amount of product. Second time I went it was around 4 & all of their pastries were gone, they close at 5 so makes sense. :) will be back to try their pastries!

Love a play on the name of the shop and love the number of pastries they have to offer. We're big…read morefans of the pastries at Fresh Flours and I'm still trying to find a coffee drink that I like there. The staff members were kind and it seems to be a local favorite coffee shop for working at.

Onda Origins is the neighborhood coffee shop Hillman City deserves. They roast on-site and source…read moredirectly from farmers, and you can taste the difference. The space itself is bright, warm, and easy to settle into for an hour of work or a catch-up with a friend. Baristas are always friendly and clearly know their regulars.

The interior is cozy and has a nice ambiance, with hanging plants and light background noise. It…read morewas super quick to get our drinks and croissant. Unfortunately, the matcha with lavender and croissant were both very mediocre. It was nice that they added lavender upon request, but the quality of the matcha was not that great and the flavoring was very light. The ham and cheese croissant they heated up, and it was flaky and buttery. However. The cheese and ham inside were just mediocre deli meat and sliced cheddar cheese (probably tillamook or something). We are spoiled in Seattle to have access to lots of fantastic bakeries, such as Petit Pierre as well as nice matcha shops. If you want very delicious, authentic and quality pastries and drinks, you might visit another cafe. But for just a quick drop in and you don't really care too much about quality, this is a cute shop to stop at or enjoy a lazy morning/afternoon.

Very nice and tasty coffee here The perfect place to grab a…read morecoffee on your way to park Very good and quick service

Good place to get coffee around a cute neighborhood. Good space to sit down and chat study or work…read more Good parking. Overall, I'll come back although I will say the coffee is better than the Matcha here.

All pizzas here are 12" open-flame pizzas…read more Mussels Tartufo -- 1/2 lb of local Penn Cove mussels roasted over an open flame with butter, garlic, grana, and truffle oil, served with freshly baked bread. The mussels tasted a little fishy to me, but the baked bread was honestly my favorite part of the dish. It was airy, warm, and a decent size. Simple, but so good, especially dipped into the leftover garlic butter sauce from the mussels. Clam Bake Pizza -- whole roasted Hood Canal clams, pancetta, mozzarella, garlic, onion, chili flakes, parsley, and grana on a house-made white clam sauce base. Unfortunately, I didn't have the same great experience with this flavor as everyone else seems to. The clams didn't seem cleaned very well. I had two slices, and both had either shell fragments or sand in them, which created an unpleasant crunchy texture. It was also a bit too salty for my taste and felt slightly overpriced. That said, the crust itself was amazing. Spring Lamb Pizza -- lamb sausage, mozzarella, goat cheese, roasted red peppers, red onion, chili flakes, and fresh mint on a basil-mint salsa verde base. This one had great texture and flavor overall, though I wish there had been a little more sausage. I especially loved the fresh mint. Once again, the crust was phenomenal. The servers were friendly and very attentive. There's also a good amount of street parking, and the whole place has the cozy feel of a neighborhood pizza shop.

I was down the street at the lovestruck bookstore and asked for some pizza suggestions. This place…read morecame up so we popped in. Service was great. Our server gave us suggestions of places to explore in the area and our food came fast. We said against the window and it's a very nice vibe. We came in for lunch and they had a $21 special where you get a small salad of your choice and an 8 inch pizza. We each did the lunch special and Caesar salad. We had The Spring Lamb (Lamb sausage, mozzarella, goat cheese, roasted red peppers, red onion, chili flakes, and fresh mint on a mint-basil salsa verde base-- needed more lamb sausage, you could barely see it or taste it.) and Pinocchio (Mozzarella, salami, Italian fennel sausage, pepperoni, kalamata olives, Alta Cucina tomatoes, and parsley on a freshly milled tomato base).