We discovered the Barn this morning! What a great place for coffee and pastries. And a place to…read morecatch up with friends or make new friends. I had the banana nut muffin and is was truly the best banana nut muffin I've ever had! It had a mix of nuts, seeds, a smattering of mini chocolate chips and a drizzle of icing. Add a light shake of sea salt, and you have found my ideal breakfast treat. My husband had the apple cinnamon crumble muffin. We made an audible "mmmm" on his first bite. Our Americano and latte were exactly as we hoped. If you have time to linger, go upstairs and sit on one large leather couches. We met some native Nova Scotians and never felt rushed. And if we were made of money I would have bought one of the beautiful hand-dyed silk scarves on sale one the first floor. Thank goodness we are here in Mahone Bay for a while... we shall return!

My husband and I visited here this morning for a quick bite to eat and some coffee. He ordered the…read morejalapeno chive scone and an Americano, I ordered the raspberry orange white chocolate scone and a chocolate espresso mocha. Everything was delicious, the staff were pleasant and friendly, and the overall vibe of the atmosphere was incredibly calming and relaxing. They also sell various coffees and teas as well as gifts. This is a great spot to go to to relax or socialize, and we'll definitely be back the next time we visit the area.

I will start by saying that I can absolutely appreciate the impact of the pandemic on restaurants…read more Having said that, putting up posters claiming that there's a 'labour shortage' is just bad practice. Had we noticed that prior to ordering, we would have walked out. We were pretty hungry from driving on our road trip and wanted a decent sit down meal and found pretty good reviews for this place. Upon ordering, it was immediately clear why there was a 'labour shortage' for this owner. The person taking our order at the counter (no table service currently), was the most surly old hag I've ever met. If I wasn't already so hangry and didn't have to wait another hour for one of the other restaurants to open, I would have walked right out. She was crotchety and just seemed generally angry to have to be doing any work at her own establishment. It's really too bad because the food was pretty good here but we couldn't get past how awful of a person this owner was. When the one and only staff member came out to ask us how our meal was, we had to ask if that lady was the owner and what her problem was. We told her that we were surprised anyone would run their business like that and she agreed by shaking her head but almost afraid to say anything. I really regret coming here and would not recommend it solely on the terrible attitude of the owner and the very obvious horrible working conditions for staff working here.

The crepes were absolutely amazing! Although it is very confusing because we walked into an empty…read moreplace and the person behind the counter said nothing. We had to ask if we should sit down or not. We ordered and we were only told our total not spoken to at all. I also never got my drink but was too afraid to say anything. I would definitely come back for the crepes though!

Perfect latte in a quaint converted home with individual rooms for sitting. Mostly vegan options…read morefor baked goods - vegan cinnamon rolls, vegan Nanaimo bars, scones. My personal preference would be to have more baked goods that are moist or light that paired better with coffee.

Really delicious. Sat outside in the back yard and enjoyed our coffee, scones and croissant with…read morethe birds and bees. Nice staff, even though they were very busy. Worth the few minutes wait for something delicious.

Service was great Food was good…read more Nice place Except for outside To many smoking which no one can change that as it is legal now

The best breakfast, lunch, and milieuIt . By far, it is the most beautiful place to sip a coffee…read moreand hearty breakfast. The history of the place adds to the charm! It combines, a coffee shop, restaurants, grocery store, craft shop and a book shop. I recommend reading the book telling the amazing history and impressive story of place and people!

Great and pleasant service. Wonderful coffee and tea. Great scones and tarts. Super atmosphere…read more Inside or outside seating love this place

The Tea Brewery also has a stall deep within the recesses of the Saturday morning Farmers Market,…read morewhich is located in the Brewery Marketplace. This tea, despite being loose, manages to taste sort of stale and packaged. Perhaps I continually tried the wrong blends. One exception to this rule is the Bella Coola, which I wasn't even able to find the last time I was in Mahone Bay. Interesting varieties like: Highland Chai Mix and Bumbleberry pie, just don't expect a ton of freshness out of this tea. There are better places in Halifax if fresh tea is your bent: Try 'Trident Cafe' or 'Sawadee Tea House'. I do like that 'The Tea Brewery' offers samples at their marketplace location.

Looking for breakfast in Liverpool, Yelp directed us to Main & Mersey. We hit the lull between the…read moreearly morning people and hs kids coming in for their break around 10:00. Lovely shop. Good service. Coffee prepared just the way we wanted it. And excellent pastry. Graham the barista and perhaps the owner was working like a madman preparing orders. I'd be delighted to have a shop like Main & Mersey down the street from my house. There was plenty of space. I hope they are jammed for dinner. We sat at the community table and we got the history of Liverpool and an analysis of local economic conditions from a lovely woman who was at the table with us. The Liverpool Tourist Authority might want to hire her. Or maybe she WAS working for the Tourism Authority and we didn't realize it.

We stopped in for coffee and pastries. Great quality coffee and prepared to perfection. Pastries…read morewere fresh and tasty, with a good choice of sweet or savory. Worth the detour through town!

Have been researching coffee places to try on our 2 week adventure to NS. Of course, staying in…read moreLunenburg the first option and plenty written about was Laughing Whale. Stopped in on our first morning. Great menu and list of options including pastries and food items. Being a coffee "nerd" it was cool seeing the grinders, drippers, filters, etc on the wall for purchase! Everything was great! Kids loved the cookies, we loved the sausage roll and our coffees were absolutely fantastic. Great flavor, perfect size, and very knowledgeable! I started to have an allergic reaction later in the day so we started tracking down what I had in the day - gave them a call and they helped out with ingredients that they knew of. Later on in the day, we received a phone call back from Steve who had gone out of his way to call his local sources for more ingredient knowledge. Definitely wasn't expecting a return call with extra information! Incredibly nice people and we are already planning our coffee order for tomorrow!

Delicious and interesting take on the egg and bacon croissant. Wonderful coffee. Nice staff and…read morefriendly, sunny atmosphere.

I came here with my Mother, daughter (a minor) and my cousin today. I have to say they literally…read moreruined my vacation. Went enter and My mother and cousin order followed by my daughter and I placing our order together. I order the roasted chicken with no onion as I am allergic. My daughter get the spicy chicken burger with just lettuce. My mom and cousin get theirs and it looked amazing, we were starving. I notice the young lady at the counter leaves looks like she had to do a delivery. It's been a while but we are enjoying the ac. A little annoyed the food is not out yet, its been 20 mins since my mom took her last bite and the older lady comes from out back and says the other girl was suppose to tell it was going to be a wait. Ok, while not happy I assume it will be soon. Another 25mins go by and the young lady returns, cool, I go up to see how long the young lady was nice she said was almost up. The older lady snapped I said it would be a wait. Ok cool I go sit down and moment's later the young drops the food at rhe table in to go boxes. I think it's weird cuz the other food came in cute baskets. I don't really care I just want to eat. I open the box and there is red onion all through it( Again I am allergic and I know I told them because I also made a comment of how I get embarrassed making a special order if I could pick it off I would) The young lady was very nice she went back spoke with the older lady ( I assumed told her of the allergy but not sure) My daughters order was wrong too it was covered in mayo and cheese. Anyhow I brought the box up told them I wanted a refund as it has onion I am allergic, the bread was toasted but was cold and very hard. My mother and cousin bread was not like that and was warm, I watched them eat. The young girl processes the refund while the older lady is yelling at me from the kitchen essentially trying to make herself sound good because now there is a crowd. I sit for a second while we figure out what to do and the older lady comes out and rage screams in my face because the young girl is crying and that I don't get to talk to her that way( mind you she is screaming at me in front of my Mother, daughter and cousin, telling me about not talking to someone in a certain way) I am sorry that the young girl got upset, truly I am but it was the older lady that was being aggressive and I was responding to her. A simple sorry and refund and we all could have gone on with our days. What I really don't understand is why my food could not have come out while the young girl was on delivery. It was already ordered, and the cook was there. Why did I have to wait for the young girl to return. It literally ruined my day 100% Ask the men working at the Mahone Bay Trading Co. I sat in their red chair crying for 15 mins as he supplied me with tissue. I didn't even buy anything from them and he was so nice. I went to one other store then drove home an hour away. This was suppose to be a fun day, one I was looking forward to. To clarify it wasn't the wait that ruined my day it was the older lady rage screaming at me over the fact she made me a sandwich I am allergic to, then finding she posted about me on Facebook name calling with no context to what actually happened and made light of her mistake of serving me my allergy in a box as a tiny mistake. In the food industry that is a huge mistake one that could have been a lot worse if I didn't see it before taking a bite. The owner did send me a response to my compliant however there no actual apology it was more of a feel bad for my staff, we are understaffed and hot. 1. Why aren't the owners there helping? It is literally their business and job. 2. That is never an excuse to rage scream in a customers face!

Restaurant seems disorganized and poorly managed since new owners arrived. Use to be my favourite…read moreplace to go!

Such kind and lovely staff. Amazing baked goods, and good coffee! Love the welcoming small town…read morevibe. Highly recommend the Blueberry Cheesecake

Not happy! 1)The baby ice cream was overpriced or under scooped you choose…read more 2)She over charged me for the ice creams by 80 cents. 3) But what really killed me, was when she turned and let a big fart go. I almost gaged! Was she over charging me because she gave me extra flavor with my ice cream??? Nasty for nothing!

We picked up some to go items including pasta salad and pot pies. Really delicious!!! Very well…read moreseasoned. Wonderful staff! Cheesecakes were delicious too!

Amazing bakery and patisserie! Excellent take home pizza. Try their specialty of pepito and sticky…read morebuns; they are to die for!