Stopped in on a road trip through Columbus after seeing photos of the drinks online, walked 7 minutes to get here, which felt worth it based on the reviews online.
The space itself is warm and community style, which I appreciated. Grabbed a United Soda and water from the fridge and picked a donut from the show case before proceeding to look over the menu.
Since it was my first time, I asked the guy behind the counter what he'd recommend. He said everything on the menu was good, otherwise it wouldn't be there. Fair enough. I narrowed it down to three options and asked again for a nudge, he told me his opinion was subjective and I should just pick.
So I picked something I wasn't sure about, landed on it mostly because it had passion fruit, and ended up not enjoying it.
Here's the part that stuck with me: the two customers right after me got a completely different experience. Same guy, suddenly full of enthusiasm, proactively telling one of them he highly recommended a specific drink.
I'm not sure what changed between my turn and theirs. But I noticed. read more