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3.7 (44 reviews)
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Look for this sign on Connecticut pointing the way towards to this California coffee mecca
Sue C.

This is five-stars-for-a-chain kinda five stars, but is still well deserved at that. By far the best chain coffee available anywhere. This Coffee Bean is inside the Washington Hilton, between Adams Morgan and Dupont. Nothing this good has been in a Hilton since...Rick Salomon? No, Coffee Bean is definitely much better than that. But because of the location and newness of it, it's hella swanky. Five TVs in a coffee shop?! There were barely more seats than TVs! The coffee and tea here are quite, quite good (and I am both a coffee snob and a loose leaf tea drinker)...but because it's a chain it still does all the foofoo / blended / drink-coffee-to-jump-on-the-coffee-bandwagon-not-because-you-actually-like-coffee drinks, too. The service was outstanding, possibly because at least one of the employees had been imported from California. And let's face it, everything good comes from California. Said employee mentioned that there aren't any plans for additional Coffee Beans in DC as of yet, but that if this location continues to do well, that may change. Fingers and toes are crossed!

Real cold brew! Not iced coffee. Sitting in Hilton lobby outside of Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf.
L P.

This location looks clean and new as if it was just remodeled. It does not have seating inside of the store. It's located inside of the Hilton hotel in DuPont Circle, and you can go sit in the Hilton lobby to work. Good WiFi connection. No issues finding a seat. Staff was very friendly. Great service. Fairly fast.

Veronica X.

I missed Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf since I left Cali. What a surprise to find it in the lobby of Washington Hilton. It has to be one of the most spacious CBTL I have ever been to. They even have 4 flat screen TVs on one wall. Ordered the same Pomagranate Blueberry Tea Latte and it did not taste any different from what I remember (after all, it's a chain). Wait, I think that's what nolstagia tastes like. It opens at 5:30 AM until 6 PM.

Josh M.

Coffee bean and tea is located in the Hilton Hotel in Washington DC. It's a nice place there are nice tables and lounge chairs that you can sit out while you drink your coffee. They do have multiple televisions. And newspapers pretty much at on every table. They mainly do coffee and tea but they have a lot of baked goods as well as food items that you can purchase. You can get everything from many donuts up to Panini's and egg sandwiches. I ended up getting the spinach and turkey sausage wrap. The wrap was eight dollars. I thought the wrap was good I didn't think it was great. We got an order to go and they did a good job of packaging it up in a plastic container with silverware and catch up. Also had a lot of different drink options. They had two refrigerators that were filled with soda. They had two refrigerators that were filled with ice tea lemonade and other drinks. Overall it's a nice place to get coffee or tea if you're in the hotel. Prices were not extremely expensive.

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Emma W.

Chai tea latte was very good. The pastries are very good. The bagels are also good. I'm very pleased with the food.. they even have mini donuts! The servers are very nice and will even remember you if you go there often enough. :) it's very refreshing to know that there are still people who pay attention to the customers!! In addition, this location is in the Hilton. Also I think the prices are a little bit higher, but that is to be expected when it's located inside a hotel. Overall, I like this location and would come back!

Inside view. (located in the main lobby at Hilton Washington)
Edward P.

Plenty of staff (all were friendly and welcoming). My Dark Chocolate Iced Blended drink and my husbands strawberry banana smoothie were both very good. I enjoyed the vanilla cupcake and his banana bread was as well. Definitely recommend.

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Their blended are their specialties in my opinion. Hot drinks are better at Starbucks. I miss their coffee from SOCal

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Malibu dream is excellent. I've had great service for all my visits. Staff friendly and quick.

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Love their ice blended drinks with chocolate covered espresso beans blended in. A little slice of Cali heaven in our nations capital.

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