my boyfriend and i have been regulars here for a little over a year now and even though we have a…read morething for finding and trying different coffee shops we keep coming back to this one. it's just that good! you won't find a better matcha for miles and miles and miles. the staff are always really friendly and personable, the store itself is bright and adorable with plenty of things to do to keep yourself busy, and the food is fantastic too. love the peanut butter power balls especially also looove that they're anti-food waste and have such high quality ingredients in everything they offer. easy five stars!!!!

First off, the inside is cool, and the staff seemed nice, so I wanted to like their coffee. I…read moreordered a drip coffee with oat milk and it was decent but not the best I've ever had. Plus I felt charging $.75 for a splash of oat milk was a little excessive. My wife ordered a vanilla latte, but they forgot to add the vanilla syrup at first, so we had to drive back and get that added. Inconvenient but once she had that she liked it. A pretty average first experience, but everyone can have an off day, so we'd still be open to trying it again.

Driving through the area after a solemn occasion and needed a pick me up to get me back to the Chi…read more The cafe was kinda quiet until a rush hit. Being that Ramadan had recently started, I assumed this was post iftar, the evening break in the fast and peeps were coming for drinks and desserts. The drink menu is on a display but it doesn't mention what flavors are associated in some of their custom drinks. I was split between a Habibi, coconut or Biscoff flavored lattes. A conversation with the barista pushed me towards the aforementioned and they said they could lighten the sweetness. I don't remember the details of exactly what gives its "Middle Eastern flair", the flavors worked and kept me awake for the drive. Judging from the many orders being called out, I picked the most popular. If you dig chill spaces to work & or meet new peeps, seek out details on their IG page. They host lively events to discover their new menu items and or trivia nights engaging popular topics Ie Star Wars, Marvel, and more.

I've been to the Villa Park location and I liked the extended selection of food and drinks. We…read moredecided to come to this location. It's clean inside and not too busy. I was overly disappointed with the lack of food and drink options compared to the other location. We ordered karak chai, lemon breeze passion refresher, and biscoff cheesecake. The lemon breeze passion refresher was good. The cheesecake wasn't too sweet. Service was friendly. The experience overall was kind of meh to me. I've been to many Middle Eastern cafes so this location was like one and done for me.

Quick and easy online ordering experience. Able to pick up multiple tasty treats to take back to…read morehotel to enjoy during a recent business trip. Would recommend and may revisit in future.

I really like this location. It's more spacious than the Naperville one and has more pastry…read morevariety. It has more of a Starbucks/Panera Bread feel, where you can order items then hangout with friends there. People also come to study or do homework. Service wasn't the most welcoming, I would have liked it if they smiled or maybe showed more enthusiasm. Prices were fair. I've had a few of their cakes before and they were never too sweet. Flavors were equally balanced. This time we decided to order a bunch of items for snacks/meals. We ordered spinach feta Danish, pizza baguette, strawberry croissant, croque monsieur, strawberry soft (it has like strawberry cream between two soft breads), mango cream doughnut, curry croquette, and milk cream bread. It's about a 4.5 for me. I'll be returning. -spinach feta Danish 5 -pizza baguette 5 -strawberry soft 5 -croque monsieur 4 - it was okay. It was a little too bland for me. -strawberry croissant 5 -mango cream doughnut 5 - I liked that it has a lot of mango cream inside. -curry croquette 5 -milk cream bread 5

This was our first time at this venue…read more I discovered one thing and confirmed another. This venue is small, intimate and great for listening to live music. (discovered) Matt Nakoa is a star waiting to be discovered. (confirmed). He played at the TWSCH and enthralled the audience. The host made the point that the house is a listening room--much appreciated--and it is. This is a volunteer run space which offers good coffee and some pop, water and packaged cookies.

I can't believe I'm the first to review Two Way Street Coffee House since they have been doing live…read morefolk music every Friday night for the last 40 years. Two Way is located in the basement of The First Congregational Church building in downtown Downers Grove across the street from the public library. If I didn't tell you you would never know it was there. Cost of admission is a $7.00 donation and the room holds maybe 60 people. there are small tables and some mixed seating and a drink bar for snacks and coffee. The room is very small but its a great intimate setting for up close and personnel folk music. Saturdays (2:00-4:00pm, $1) -- Bluegrass Jams -- Musicians of all experience levels gather to improve skills, learn/share tunes, and have fun!. Fourth Saturday of each month, 2:00-4:00pm. Plank Road Folk Music Society is co-sponsor. http://www.twowaystreet.org/www/twsch/

Excellent food and coffee, and the staff was extremely polite. The atmosphere was very comforting.read more

Met a family member there for mid morning coffee. She goes there a lot and really likes the place…read more Not overly crowded, nicely decorated, variety of people, some doing computer work, typical type coffeehouse stuff. Had the Mofowar. Tasty, seem like it had a little bit of chocolate on the bottom. I liked it. She had a cappuccino, that that's her usual she enjoyed it very much. We split a piece of Dubai chocolate cake on a recommendation of our barista. It was excellent!!! His service was phenomenal! Pleasant, but not over the top. Kind, yet chill. I didn't catch his name but basically he was a good dude ! This is a nice place to go have a coffee and a little snack with friends. Recommended!

5 stars because they have large coffee options…read more.. Nice spot in Lombard great for business meetings, studying, or just getting you a quick coffee and pastry. Close at 10pm but if you need longer later hours a 1am tea shop is about a quarter mile down the road with good options also. Parking lot with plenty of parking. My highlight is that they have booths. Plenty of tables and seating. Good menu options for lattes, iced, hot, espresso, etc. Reasonable priced and they have 20oz coffee. The service was nice as the girl was kind but she didn't seem to understand me well and she didn't know if the coffee was Turkish or not. Therefore, I ordered an Americano with their homemade pistachio sauce. It was a nice beverage. I also ordered a Turkish bread with ground beef. It too was delicious, hot and fresh. The ambiance is inviting. The pastries and mini to small cake options were quite beautiful. The nose level was very quiet until little ones came in. Still tolerable but if you are studying and it's busy don't forget your headphones. Lol. I studied for about 3 hours and I would definitely return again.

I went to this location because I didn't like the selection at the Winfield location. It looked…read morelike yesterday's product that didn't sell, and I got there right when they opened. But, I am reviewing the Lombard location. The selection was good and fresh, although some of their items are a bit pricey. I ordered cake pops, brownies, and a chocolate chip cookie. The sales person was pleasant and quick. This store is their biggest store, and they feed the Winfield and Schaumburg stores. They make their pastries at this location, so you'll probably get the freshest selection at the Lombard location. I had bought a gift card from Costco for Sweet Reserve. I admit if I hadn't bought it, and received a discount at Costco for it, I probably would not have noticed the store. It's in a small strip mall on Roosevelt road which has hundreds of strip malls off the road. The store itself is clean and well kept. It does have a limited selection of products but they were all pretty good. The brownies are very frudgey, just the way I like them. The cake pops are sweet, but a little dry. The cookie has a lot of chips in them. Overall, I liked the place.

Would give zero stars if I could. I asked if the Thai tea was very sweet and the cashier didn't…read moreseem to understand the question.. I asked again and just said to make it 50% sweet. Walked out with the drink and tried it, it was so disgustingly sweet it made me gag. I was just gonna leave but my husband insisted on going back in and getting it remade. He comes out with a new drink and it's just as sweet!!! If the sweetness couldn't be adjusted why didn't they just say that at the time of ordering?? I would have just ordered something else or gone somewhere else. Absolutely terrible experience and wish I had gone elsewhere for my boba fix.

The taro tea tasted more like coconut milk tea and was wayyyy too sweet and artificial tasting for…read moremy liking. You can't adjust the sweetness on these teas either. The boba itself doesn't have a horrible texture, but I don't think I'd recommend the teas in general. I've heard the frozen yogurt here is much better though.

Such a cute little hole-in-the-wall spot! Karak Café has a cozy vibe with lots of options for chai,…read morelassi, and coffee, plus a nice selection of snacks and small bites. Service was fairly quick, and there's decent seating inside, perfect for catching up with friends or relaxing solo with a drink. We tried the karak chai, which was super flavorful and refreshing, and the madras coffee -- which honestly stole the show! It tastes just like authentic filter coffee from India, rich and perfectly balanced. The bun with malai and honey was light, fluffy, and paired perfectly with our drinks -- a simple but absolutely delicious snack. Definitely recommend this spot if you love authentic chai or South Indian-style coffee -- a true hidden gem worth visiting!

We had high hopes and were looking forward to some really good chai. Unfortunately this place was…read moredisappointing. We got a chicken kofte roll, 1 doodh pathi, and 1 samosa chaat. It took about 15 for the roll to come out and then another 10-15 minutes for the samosa chaat out and they literally forgot the doodh pathi until we asked about it at the end. The excuse was that they were making it from scratch? The roll was decent, really just tasted and felt like they got the ingredients from Patel Brothers and threw it together. Same with the somosa chaat, which didn't even have a samosa. It was just one deconstructed samosa crushed along the plate and covered in yogurt and some chutneys. There was more chickpeas than samosa. Both dishes were something I'd expect to put together at home last minute if a guest showed up unannounced and even then i'd be embarrassed to serve this stuff. We got the doodh pathi finally as we were heading out and we expected a soothing drink of tea leaves brewed in milk. Unfortunately all you taste is milk. Wouldn't recommend

Such a cute spot- a little unassuming as it's inside of a hair salon…read more Greeted quickly, barista (and owner) made recommendations and were kind and helpful. The coffee was just okay in my opinion, I had a latte and it honestly had no flavor but my friend really enjoyed the flavor of her pumpkin latte! Different strokes for different folks, happy I tried it though!

Don't know what it is but I've been really into banana flavoring this year so it was fantastic news…read moreto find this locally owned coffee spot a short drive from an appointment in Bolingbrook this past weekend that has a banana bread latte on their seasonal menu. I ordered at the drive-thru window. Staff were friendly and service was quick. I agree with others that $9 is on the pricey side for a 16oz drink. The banana bread flavoring tasted good but it could have used more banana. Still, it was really creamy with a nice ratio of sweetness. I'd be interested to try other options the next time I'm around.

Great spot to have a coffee (and the delicious coffee cake) and a chat. Two weeks in a row I met…read moresomeone for coffee (10:15 am this week which was nice because easy to get a table). Clean, efficient, and well done. I don't frequent coffee places, but this one has a local feel to it! Well done by the staff

It had been awhile since I had been in, so decided to stop in for some coffee. This location has a…read moredecent amount of chairs, but people spread out and it can be cramped. Service was ok. I felt their dark roast was only ok. For a mocha and a black coffee it was about $10.