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    QED Coffee

    4.5 (128 reviews)
    ModerateCoffee & Tea
    Open 6:00 am - 6:00 pm
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    Outdoor seating
    Dogs allowed
    Good for working

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    Jonathan H.

    My wife and I had a coffee and cappuccino here. The coffee was delicious and well-prepared - strong the way I like it. The woman behind the counter who prepared our coffee was friendly. The vibe of the coffee shop was warm, friendly, neighbourly. Just a great place to chill and relax for awhile. The seating inside is pleasant and comfortable. There is outdoor seating as well which is great on a nice day. Plus, just across the street is a great view of Seattle. If you're in the neigbourhood, this is a very good place for a coffee.

    "Vegan Muffin" and their amazing Chai
    Andy N.

    Dirtiest, hottest, tastiest homemade chai I have ever had!! My friend took me to QED after landing at SeaTac after raved about their chai. I'm not a coffee drinker so this was the best option and holy moly, she was not kidding. This chai was absolute fire! You could really taste the ginger and spices in the drink and it was clearly not from a carton. They also have a variety of baked goods and sandwiches. The staff pointed out their vegan muffin which was perfectly baked to fluffy perfection. Grab your drink and baked goods to enjoy the view outside of the city. They even brought out our food across the street for us knowing we were hanging out outside. Major props to the team for the service. Plus, there are some small tables and window seating with plugs if you need to do a bit of work for a few hours. Their wifi game is strong and I am grateful for QED for being my first Seattle pitstop this time around.

    Drip Brewed Coffee w/ splash of oat milk
    Wennie H.

    Cute little shop with tons of street parking, shop itself is little so not ideal for big groups. Service is friendly and quick. I got a drip with a splash of oatmilk and my friend got a latte and said it was delicious.

    Walk up window. Still open! Support small businesses!! Masks required, no cash, no personal cups.
    Natalie G.

    QED has turned into a walk up to-go window. The negative is you're not sure who is in line and who is waiting for their coffee, and the sidewalk is not very wide (not their fault). You place your order at their window and pay, then stand back and wait for your name to be called. They have delicious coffee I love their americano it tastes so creamy and smooth.

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    Keri N.

    Nice little coffee shop and great coffee with a small pastry selection as well. I got a short latte and stayed to work for a little bit. It is on the small side and can get busy but the environment and staff/service were good. I would come back again!

    Orgeat Ice Latte
    Cardin N.

    Stopped by today to try one of their house made syrup lattes and it was delicious. The seasonal Orgeat syrup is wonderful. Hopefully it gets enough love from the community and stays on the menu in the long run. Highly recommend this place. John being super helpful and nice was also a big bonus which is why it was a 5 star experience today!

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    Alexis E.

    Service was quick easy and very helpful! The vibes and energy of this cute little quaint coffee shop is very much twlight like Bella on new moon looking outside the window. I got a chai which was super yummy! Parking can be a bit tricky but it's not bad

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    Niya Z.

    I find this cafe on too good to go,and only use a little money for a bunch of variety choice. English muffin with egg and cheddar cheese was realy soft and fresh. Brownie is filled with sunflower seed and walnut, The sweetness is perfect. I hate cake with too much sweet. And the scone is fantastic with milk smell and crispy outside with gentle moisture inside.

    Brewed Coffee
    Laura L.

    I got a drip coffee and butter croissant - both were excellent. Friendly staff, and supporting local artists.

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    Tiny, with few tables, and most of them with laptop campers. Don't go expecting to get a place to sit.

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    Amazing service. Amazing ambiance, friendly staff, quiet space. Perfect neighborhood and location

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    Amazing lattes in a beautiful space. Have had qed in other places and now glad to have gem in neighborhood!

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    9 years ago

    Excellent coffee shop! Great atmosphere, insanely good coffee, and wide variety of pastries.

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    11 years ago

    Excellent coffee very friendly people! Welcome to Mount Baker! The location is so perfectly hip and there are treats for your dog as well!

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    7 years ago

    Amazing service. I was cold and the barista turned on the heat for me. Really good music too

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    7 years ago

    Such a friendly cafe! Great service and a very welcoming, cozy space!

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    8 years ago

    Excellent coffee, but staff here are much louder than their customers. Difficult place to study even with headphones.

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    7 years ago

    Cute chill small little coffee shop. Good for working or a quick coffee before work. Prices are average and the staff is nice.

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    11 years ago

    Great little place in my area. Good Chai Tea..Morning Glory brand I love= not too sweet. Glad to have them down the street. Yum

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    7 years ago

    Super friendly! They taught us all about 3 three types of cortados -- and made us special Spanish cortados off the menu

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    Small and cozy. Staff is super friendly and coffee and pastries are always tasty.

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    Support local businesses and have a great coffee as you go. My favorite is the soy latte with just a bit cream

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    A cute and cozy place to have good quality coffee and a snack like a donut or a bagel. Owner is friendly.

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    11 years ago

    Personable & small, just like the way coffee shops should be! Nice location too, right by a beautiful view.

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    Bright Spot is a truly bright spot in the Seattle community, serving the local community in so many…read moreways beyond coffee. They serve delicious local coffee and tea as well as local pastries (from both Macrina and some baked in house), as well as breakfast sandwiches, focaccia, and also vegan soft serve made with oat milk. The soft serve has rotating weekly flavors, and I was lucky to try to orange creamsicle, which was delicious swirled with classic vanilla. I even got some sprinkles with it! For coffee, they have all the classics as well as some seasonal specials with in-house made syrups. Everything we ordered was delicious that we actually ended up getting 2 lattes while we were there. Apart from the food and drinks, they also have a plethora of local artwork for sale, paintings displayed on the walls, glasswork and ceramics at the windows, and tie dyed shirts made by the owner himself, plus more. They also sell pokemon cards and run an actual Play! Pokemon league. It runs every Saturday from noon to 4 PM and is run by the owner himself. It's a great place for both newbies and kids trying to get into pokemon and seasoned veterans alike. You even get discounted coffee during the pokemon session! The owner himself is a very personable guy and is very knowledgeable all about his products, and is always happy to chat about coffee, art, or Pokemon. There's a clean maintained bathroom in the back of the cafe and self-pour water stations to make your stay enjoyable. They have wifi and comfy seating, outlets, and even couches, which makes it perfect for coworking or just hanging out. Catch me there every Saturday with my pokemon cards!

    We love this cute cafe. It really is a 'bright spot!' Coffee is good and served quickly. Love the…read morecomfy seating, it's easy to stay here for a while with friends. Parking can be tricky but we usually find a spot at lunchtime.

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    coffee 5/5 i got the coconut coffee blended ($7). it comes…read moremildly sweet, so i asked for it to be a little sweeter. it was incredible! i feel that blended drinks often lose the coffee taste, but not this beauty. the coffee flavor was delicious and mixed well with the coconut. if you prefer your drinks blended and like coconut, this is your girl! service 5/5 staff was helpful and walked me through my options to make the drink to my preference. cafe 5/5 they must have recently added tables and chairs. i love that i can sit in and they have free wifi. everything was clean and tidy. parking is street only and could be hard to find. only a few blocks from the columbia city light rail stop. overall, i'm excited to go back and get some work done while i try other items on the menu!

    I used to be a regular at Coffeeholic and brought a lot of visitors here. However, the last two…read moretimes I went, I got a stomachache and so did my friend who was visiting Seattle. I noticed that they now pour drinks from a pre-made plastic jug instead of making them fresh like when the store first opened. I usually don't get sick from drinking coffee but twice in a row is pretty bad. Their drinks are also overly sweet and most of them do not have a 0% sweet option, which is usually what I order from other coffee and tea shops, and it's probably because most of the ingredients are pre-mixed. They also use thick plastic cups, considering that Seattle is a pretty green city and a lot of similar Vietnamese coffee shops use sustainable cups. Sad to say, but my time visiting this chain has come to an end.

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    Olympia Coffee

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    Happened to be driving by so I stopped in for an iced latte & added the salted caramel brown sugar…read moresyrup (I think that's what it was). The space is nice and clean, with a section of cute giftable items that were very tempting. My coffee was delicious. Not overly sweet which I was relieved about because I normally do half sweet but I forgot to request that. Still was yum & not too sugary! It was perfect with oat milk. 1 star off because as others have mentioned, customer service could be better. The barista taking my order seemed a little impatient or bored (Gen Z vibes). The cashier was nice at least! It's also unclear where people should line up/order. The person in front of me was confused and the person behind me was as well. Might need to rearrange their counter set up or add signage.

    I stopped in here to work for a few hours and had a great experience…read more I ordered a London Fog and requested that they add their seasonal lavender pear syrup. They let me know that the London fog comes as a concentrate and offered to use slightly less concentrate so that it wouldn't be too sweet with the additional syrup. I was a little skeptical of the fact that they make it from a concentrate because. I feel like a London fog is hard to mess up if you know how to brew tea, but I decided to try it anyway, and I was pleasantly surprised. While it didn't have a strong earl grey flavor, the drink was delicious and still tasted like a London fog and the lavender pear syrup was lovely. It has plenty of seating and is a great place to work from with a decent amount of outlets. Super friendly staff and I loved the dine in mug.

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    Mioposto

    4.0
    (467 reviews)
    0.8 mi
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    Pizza and service was amazing. We sat out on the balcony and it felt like Europe. The bread and…read moreolive oil was great too.

    All pizzas here are 12" open-flame pizzas…read more Mussels Tartufo -- 1/2 lb of local Penn Cove mussels roasted over an open flame with butter, garlic, grana, and truffle oil, served with freshly baked bread. The mussels tasted a little fishy to me, but the baked bread was honestly my favorite part of the dish. It was airy, warm, and a decent size. Simple, but so good, especially dipped into the leftover garlic butter sauce from the mussels. Clam Bake Pizza -- whole roasted Hood Canal clams, pancetta, mozzarella, garlic, onion, chili flakes, parsley, and grana on a house-made white clam sauce base. Unfortunately, I didn't have the same great experience with this flavor as everyone else seems to. The clams didn't seem cleaned very well. I had two slices, and both had either shell fragments or sand in them, which created an unpleasant crunchy texture. It was also a bit too salty for my taste and felt slightly overpriced. That said, the crust itself was amazing. Spring Lamb Pizza -- lamb sausage, mozzarella, goat cheese, roasted red peppers, red onion, chili flakes, and fresh mint on a basil-mint salsa verde base. This one had great texture and flavor overall, though I wish there had been a little more sausage. I especially loved the fresh mint. Once again, the crust was phenomenal. The servers were friendly and very attentive. There's also a good amount of street parking, and the whole place has the cozy feel of a neighborhood pizza shop.

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    4.4
    (236 reviews)
    2.7 mi
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    One of my new favorite places to study/work in Seattle! There is a ton of indoor and outdoor…read moreseating. The outside seating was a little warm for me, but there is AC inside. The WiFi is fast. The only downside is there aren't many power outlets. The drip coffee was great. You can get it in a mug and refill it for I believe $0.80. Super convenient for those spending some time in the cafe, like me! I also really enjoyed the egg and cheese sandwich I got. I like that the bread is foccacia - I feel like this is unique for a breakfast sandwich. The space itself is very tidy. You bus your own table, but someone also comes by regularly to clean the tables. There is also a clean bathroom. Street parking only, so you might have to park a little further during busy hours. There are sooo many pastries that I want to try, so I will be back!

    Aw unfortunately, after all the planning coming to this location, we didn't have the best…read moreexperience :( It was supposed to be a nice one because we were celebrating. Parking wasn't that easy but we made it 10 minutes later. Car was extremely hot after coming back. Look at the right side when coming inside Menu is there. Some thing would be gone by mid-day. Coffe was good as well as the quinoa salad and the pizza round. The best was the mushroom sandwich. The down side was the breakfast sandwich. OMG, what's in it?? It's a mix of something like egg cause it is orange in a square shape. I guess is that "liquid egg" mix. Which most of the times isn't egg. Had some poppy seeds? And then realized: could it be the vegeterian version? Why calling it egg then?? The smell was the opposite of appetizing. I ordered them for children and they had some flakes. Not a big deal this, but I wouldn't recommend something that simple on paper, but not in plate. 3 small tables downstairs in the middle of the hall. Seating is extended upstairs. Cool inside. Very warm outside during summer. Water stations on both stories. Staff was OK. They won't answer back even when only waiting for a sandwich to come out of the oven. This was hilarious. Not even at Starbucks. The big "but" for my party is going with kids. Having to take them down and upstairs everytime when ordering or picking up stuff. Because, let me tell you, there is a lack of empathy at this place. You'll have to sort it out with a baby and toddler on one hand, and tray, cups, utensils, second tray, coffee, salad, and miscellaneous on the other hand. Yes...you read right. And bringing all upstairs on as many rounds as you can. While baristas (3 baristas to make coffee and warm sandwiches) were chatting. The bright side: 2 were preparing food for next day :) Fortunately, another patron came to the rescue. She was chatting with their party and was a great samaritan for standing up, helping with the door, and bringing one of the trays. Tip: let water run a bit in yhe restroom. I got burned. I guess it was a bit stalled and sun didn't help :( Price and tip are not cheap! Would I come back? Definitely no!

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