One thing about White Rock I found was that it had a lot of ice-cream places located opposite of the beach. This is great because there's such a variety to choose from. I stopped by this place on a hot day. It looked like a mom and pop shop that served coffee as well as ice-cream. The ice-cream was on the pricier side with a single scoop for about $8. Saying this, it is located at a high tourist area so it was understandable. What I liked about the place beside the ice-cream was that it had a large seating area inside and a few chairs outside. read more

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Great place to stop for a coffee. There's plenty of parking nearby and a great place to walk along the water. The bathrooms were clean and service was helpful. read more

Whitby's Coffee House - Coffee & Tea Near Me - White Rock, British Columbia

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Rude and not focused on customer service. Totally unprovoked. The place isn't exactly cheap either or has great food to compensate. Take your money to other many many options in the area read more

Staff are quite blunt and rude. Real old school Chinese type. Not cheap either. The coffee is better than the competition of the White nearby but sometimes the staff act like they're annoyed with your presence. They are an elderly couple, quite rude seem like they don't give a shit. read more

We had a couple of gelatos: - Spumoni - Butter pecan It was... fine. Nothing remarkable about the gelato experience here, either in taste or portion, but not bad. This was our first ice cream experience in White Rock, and our best guess is that it won't be the best. Service was patient and pleasant. Parking near the beach was in metered lots and was on the pricey side. Amazingly, they don't post the prices (that I could see, anyway). Bottom line: We'll probably try other places, and there are LOTS to choose from. read more

Marine Drive in White Rock is scattered with ice cream shops along the whole strip. You could walk 5 blocks and see at least 10 in that 5 block radius. Over the summer my boyfriend and I went on an ice cream hopping adventure and this was one of the stops. This place is more of a coffee shop that serves ice cream on the side. But nonetheless, the ice cream still hit the spot! For myself I had a small strawberry waffle cone, and he got a double chocolate waffle cone. This hit the spot perfectly on a hot summer day. Cones are decently priced and the staff were super friendly. If you're in the White Rock area, this isn't a bad place to get a coffee and ice cream. Thanks Whitby! read more

There are limited coffee shops along the strip. Plus, only so many places open before 11 am on a Sunday so my date and I ended up here. He ordered an Americano and I ordered a hot chocolate. My hot chocolate was average. Americano was good according to my date. The decor here is dated. There are some cheap breakfast options available. The ice cream looks fantastic. There are paintings along the wall for sale which seemed out of place. read more

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over priced gas station food that we could not finish. Ordered a vanilla latte and was charged for it even though it was regular. man working there clearly did not want to be there and seemed incredibly flustered and annoyed. read more

The decor of this coffee shop/Ice cream parlour is a bit out of place. There are paintings on the wall for sale with little price tags next to them. All the tables and chairs are a misfit, torn and a bit worn out. None of them matched at all. As odd as it sounds, this didn't bother me much. In fact I was actually happy to have found this place since it was the only place open along the strip that's still open and selling ice cream during winter. I got the mango coconut and the almond avalanche. The mango coconut was delicious. Super creamy and filled with mango flavors but a bit subtle on the coconut. The almond avalanche had bits of almonds in it which added a crunchy texture. Two scoops cost you about $4.79 which is pretty good compared to some places with similar quality. If I remember right, there's no extra charge on waffle cones but there is a $0.50 charge if you want an actual waffle on the side. read more

Whitby's Coffee House - Coconut mango (top) and almond avalanche (bottom) - Coffee & Tea Near Me - White Rock, British Columbia

I went here twice. It was surprisingly large for a coffee house, which was great because it meant lots of spacious seating. They have wifi, but the first time I went the wifi was not working. They have decent things to eat, which makes it easy to hang out there and get some work done over several hours. Coffee's not bad (not like it's turned sour from not being brewed fresh, like at some restaurants), but it's also not astounding either. I think the main strength of this place is that it is on the beach and has very comfortable, casual seating and decent eats. You also don't feel like you have to leave, because it's not that formal. All the other places along the water at White Rock are either formal restaurants or ice cream parlours with no seating. So there is nothing else as casual as this, which is definitely needed on the beach. The staff is friendly and helpful, no complaints there. read more

Whitney's, for me, will always be the quintessential coffee shop, bookstore with an array of fabulous unique cards and beautiful metaphysical items. Coffee, ice cream and yummy snacks on one side Soul soothing sounds items and writing on the other. I wish they'd stay open all the time. read more

I went in here for gelato with my wife. We waited in line for 5 minutes and when our turn came, we asked for double scoop gelato. First bad experience was the cashier who clearly could speak and understand English well enough. I had to explain my order to her three times. Additionally, since we were confused about which flavour will be better, I asked for tasting spoons of couple of flavours, which is something the shop offered to some of the other customers before us too. When I requested that, suddenly some other older asian guy showed up who basically refused to give us tasting spoons citing long line up behind us. We found that excuse to be bullshit and left immediately. When we were leaving, the same asian guy shooed us out with hand gestures. Obviously, I found it to be racist gesture on the older asian guy's part when he was clearly offering tasting spoons to other customers. Also, this is not the first gelato shop I have been too. I have been to other gelato shops as well, and every shop offers tasting spoons to customers. I curse this business to be bankrupt! I would give -5 stars if I could. read more

Whitby's is a great little mom and pop shop with a nice selection of food and good coffee. It's a great place to sit with your laptop, meet with some friends, and enjoy the view of the bay. I've been coming here for years and have rarely been disappointed. I'd highly recommend it. read more

Great coffee shop, Kodiak blend is our family favorite! We get their coffee beans to take home we like it so much. Beautiful location, nice seating area with an art gallery setting... dog friendly as they have water outside for the pups! read more

You know I liked this place I found next to the Store Whitbys Books and Gifts, I liked the atmosphere the people were all a middle aged crowed which was okay depending on personal preference. But good products. read more

We came by this place and went in to try a sample of their ice cream. After my friend and I each had a sample we asked the employee what time they closed so we could come back later after getting dinner. The employee rudely responded by saying so you're not getting anything? This turned us off but we decided we would come back anyway because we liked the ice cream. After eating, on our way back to them, we were stopped by 2 people who were in the icecream shop behind us. They told us that same employee continued to say rude remarks about us after we left. We decided to return to the shop to address the situation. We kindly asked the employee what he had said to those people but he once again began being rude towards us and denied everything. The ice cream was good but we wont be returning because of the horrible service. To anyone who it may concern the employee was an asian guy with glasses. read more