We hired Travelin' Joe Espresso for our employee appreciation event, and they were fantastic! The baristas were timely, professional, friendly, and served great tasting espresso drinks and smoothies. Highly recommend for any event! read more

It was a fun treat to have a barista at work, but then I realized I would have to make multiple trips for more coffee because it came in mini cups. I especially loved their cinnamon maple syrup! read more

Excellent coffee and waffles! Tried them in Walnut Creek for an office event and there was a long line but totally worth it

Best waffles EVER!!!!! Wish I took a picture of them! And best part VEGAN FRIENDLY!!! The gluten free option I was told was not vegan but I honestly couldn't get enough! I want one right now! Thank you for accommodating a wide variety of diets! Super grateful and can't wait to have another one! read more

Had the best espresso ever and a great talk with Bill and Steve about the business. Highly recommend Travelin Joe for any event.

Hired Travelin Joe as an appreciation for our staff and kick off for the holidays. Our staff enjoyed the hot coffee. However, I would like to say it was really disappointing. The set-up was nothing like the pictures that were sent in the initial email or that are posted on their website (no torani syrups, no cute flowers or decorations). There were quite a few issues: - No menu sign listing out beverages - No coffee sleeves for the cups - Staff was not prepared - they had to borrow our table (and did not have a tablecloth to cover it), did not have an extension cord so had to borrow one of ours, and they left waffle batter drippings on the side of the table - Staff was not friendly (young lady was on her phone a lot), did nothing to keep the area clean - Supplies were not adequate --- they ran out of trays, forks, napkins and whipped cream even though we did not exceed the amount of people I had originally told you and had to use supplies we had on hand; the 2 cans of whipped cream ran out more than 30 minutes before service time was supposed to end - The toppings for the waffles were not what we expected - no powdered sugar, no jams/preserves, no biscoff .. definitely not the "gourmet" toppings as described on your website - The syrup bottle was all crusty at the top, the lid was broken, and there were crystallized chunks at the bottom (not just a few little chunks .. there were so many big chunks of crystallized maple syrup in there) so we know this syrup was super old Sent a follow-up email to them after the event and it's been a week and a half with no reply. read more

We went in to try Cali Alley at 1012 Grayson Street and discovered that Travelin Joe Espresso bar has spontaneously opened next store for their neighborhood and locals nearby. They are serving coffee and waffles from 10am-2pm on Wednesdays and Saturdays. As time goes by they will slowly add more days and food choices, but for now you can get delicious Belgium style waffles and espresso/lattes two days a week! *Traveling Joe Espresso is a catering company that Berkeley High School (BHS) has relied on for their AC graduation celebration for the past few years and now that BHS will not be having a graduation ceremony (and other events they had booked are having to cancel) they are being hit hard by this COVID-19 crisis and need our support right now. read more

I ordered an iced caramel latte and it did not disappoint! They are super friendly, quick and just awesome people. What's better than a coffee truck? NOTHING! This was the absolute best decision ever. read more

This company is AMAZING! We had Travelin Joe Espresso on campus for Teacher Appreciation Week to serve coffee drinks to our teachers and staff. Everyone was blown away! The company was able to set-up on campus and follow all covid protocols. The coffee drinks were super high quality and made to order. "Joe" had tons of options and fun recommendations, too. He was engaged with everyone and easily managed 2+ hours of serving drinks to a constant flow of people. We will definitely use Travelin Joe again. read more

Best waffles in the Bay Area! Thank you, Joe! We love you at Genentech for all of these years! We are so glad to see you again, catering! Look forward to seeing you for more events at Genentech! read more

If only my 20 year old self could see me becoming a soccer mom, but here I am---crazy busy but also crazy happy that my kids love this sport and their club ....so much so that I coach and volunteer my time to help organize community building events. We just had Travelin Joe's at our first Opening Day game. We earned a lot of smiles for this. The families loved the set up: we were in a tree lined park next to the soccer fields. I had been worried about finding a power source but Joe told me to not worry about this and they would provide a small generator (he assured me it wasn't very loud and he was right). We were able to have unlimited Espresso drinks for the grown ups, hot cocoa, chai tea lattes, and smoothies for those clearly not needing full on caffeine. We had anticipated a crowd of approximately 200 people. Quantities were planned perfectly and the cart line always moved smoothly. We requested a three hour window and the crew got there early at 7:15am for an 8:00am start time. I was so pleased with the organization here! I dread tardiness and I was relieved I could be hands off and trust them to do what needed to be done. No micro managing! Another huge plus--the baristas were warm and friendly with the kids and parents. They played to this group :). Their tone was perfect. I loved that it wasn't just the novelty of an espresso bar at a youth recreational soccer game...It felt festive all around because it got people to pause and mingle more. It felt like a gift to the parents that work hard during the week and then do the soccer thing on the weekend. It was like having a pop up cafe where everyone could socialize. I am always looking to find companies that I can count on to be timely, professional, and pleasant to work with. I would definitely want Travelin Joe's for another community event. Based on feedback from the families--the only thing I would do differently is adding another hour to the schedule and looking into having food. I think the waffle bar they offer may be the next step. This was a huge hit and a fun experience. read more

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This company is TERRIFIC! Such a pleasure to recommend them. We hosted a corporate party for over 100 VIP's and needed exceptional service. Traveling Joes came through more than we expected. On time and great staff. Very reasonable for what we expected. We will use them often. read more

Great for a company party! We just had a very successful espresso, pour-over blue bottle coffee bar and Belgian waffle bar. Very happy customers, best waffles ever! read more

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So friendly, reliable and easy to work with. A fun addition to any party if you need espresso, hot chocolate, chai tea, lattes (just to name a few) served at your next event-- this is the only place to call. You know you want it or at least your guests will. I have tried many of their warm drinks at several different events and can't recommend them enough. read more

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Can't say enough about this business. Super organized, honest, yummy , priced well and a great addition to any party. Loved every minute. Thanks Joe and team!! read more

Holy awesome service and quality! I wish I could have Travelin Joe in my studio so I could order up espresso shots all day long. I've had coffee from them twice now and it's been great. If you need coffee at your event (and you do) then call them up. read more

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I scheduled Travelin Joe's for a work event - 90 people. They sent me a text the morning of the event and canceled. ~2 hours before the event was supposed to start. If this was my business, I would have 1) made a phone call rather than a text 2) phoned a local bakery and attempted to get something set up. They left me in quite a predicament as 90 people were expecting a great breakfast. I shared my experience with co-workers from our SSF location and half had similar experiences. The other half had a good experience. It's unfortunate this happened, but I certainly won't use this company. Very unprofessional. read more

A few weeks ago, Travelin Joe Expresso saved our 200 person event in an amazing way. I found myself calling every company I could with distress signals on a Friday night around 8pm for a coffee caterer for the next morning at 8am and Travelin Joe - ONLY Travelin Joe - offered to be there for us no problem at 7:30am for set up. He was efficient, easy to work with, sooooo flexible with our many needs, and best of all: his coffee drinks were fantastic! I'm still getting calls from participants of our event asking as to how they can contact "the amazing coffee guy" for their events. A sweetheart of a human being, a master barista, and some of the fastest lattes ever made right in front of your eyes. Totally worth every penny we spent. read more

My company has been using Travelin Joes coffee service for marketing events over the last several months. This past weekend was our sixth time using their service. Bill and his team are fantastic! They make great coffee and espresso drinks, are very personable, efficient, and have very reasonable prices. The baristas actually went to our website to learn our service and products prior to the event so they could aid in promoting my company. The first thing I do when planning an event is to make certain Travelin Joe is available. read more

We chose Travelin' Joe to serve his delectable coffees, and other drinks at our daughter's wedding at the Brazil Building in Berkeley. Joe and his drinks were a big hit with the wedding guests. Younger guests loved his smoothies. We highly recommend Travelin' Joe. read more

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I hired them for my wedding on 04/26/14 & they were a big hit !!! GREAT value, friendly staff & yummy coffee. They drove all the way to HMB for my wedding & were on time & professional. The venue we choose even raved about how awesome they were & how they would be hiring them for future events. Thanks guys !!! read more

Great service, friendly, mobile, all you could ask for, and it tastes great as well (most important part). I came across Travelin' Joe at where I work - where another company in the same building has them come each Thursday morning to cater their morning meetings. And Travelin' Joe's is nice enough to serve us as well! Great attitude, Great coffee, Great Lattes, Great everything. I would recommend this service to anyone... and did I mention they are mobile! Meaning they can set up anywhere you want them to... read more

Great! Had them come out to our wedding in May and everyone was really pleased! They were great to work with and served unlimited coffee drinks to our guests for 3 hours. They set up on time, made sure to check in with us before they left, and they even signed our guest book! I was too busy to actually try the coffee (LOL) but all our guests were very happy they were there. I highly recommend them to come to your event! read more

I had them at my Wedding at The Perry House in Monterey on August 11th. They were a hit! Many of my guests have been raving about how good they were. The drinks were fantastic! The guy serving us was awesome, he was really great with the kids that we had there. They came to him over and over for hot chocolate and whipped cream - the kids loved him. read more

Literally the best waffles I've ever had. The homemade syrup is a must and use butter!. When that waffle hits your mouth wonders occur. #awsomewaffles #tasty #thebestwafflesever read more

Scheduled Travelin Joe's for our 100 employees this morning as a Thanksgiving Treat. The didn't show, and had no explanation. Needless to say, we will not be using them again. read more

Just had Travelin' Joe set up an espresso and waffle bar during our faculty meeting to surprise my teachers. They loved it. Amazing waffles and drinks. The teachers are very happy today. Thanks Joe. read more

We used Travelin Joe for a fundraising event last year and he was great! Everyone raved about the coffee and waffles. We used him as our after-party sober up and warm up activity as folks waited for the shuttles. read more

KEEP LOOKING ELSEWHERE!!!! Our firm hired Travelin' Joe to cater an employee appreciate event and we had a contract with them to make Smoothies and Waffles for everyone in our office. Not only did the man show up 45 minutes late to set up without even calling our office to alert us of the delay, but he showed up with an Espresso machine NOT a Smoothie machine and came with one VERY dirty waffle maker. I found this error surprising since they emailed me a confirmation the day before listing out our firm's expectations. Now how 1 man was going to make waffles and smoothies at the same time for 25 people in a timely fashion was beyond my comprehension but hey he's "Travelin' Joe" the professional who based on his website has served large, reputable companies and celebrities, so why should I be concerned right? Little did I know!! After explaining that we didn't want Espressos (mostly tea drinkers in our office) and hence the reason we asked for Smoothies in the first place, he disappeared back to his van to get a blender. It's now 9:40am when he came back with the blender and mind you our event was to start at 9:00am. And I will mention that while he was gone I took pictures of his equipment because I noticed how dirty everything was. Caked on batter on the Waffle machine, Espresso machine hadn't been wiped down in who knows how long and he brought one Tupperware bin that was so nasty inside and out with random items and a few paper coffee cups tossed around. He didn't even have plates or utensils for us to use and our contract stated they would provide all of that. When he returned from grabbing the blender from his van I asked him if he had all the ingredients for the smoothies in his van and his reply was "No, I was just going to run up to Safeway and buy some things" Shock was all over my face. Turns out he didn't even have waffle mix with him. Now I will also mention our contract states and I quote " We will have 2 different smoothie flavors. We blend them in our smoothie machines (plural) right in front of you. Now how is that possible with only ONE blender?? At one point he even tried to blame this on some story that he was supposed to be at another location and their "Office Gal" who doesn't even come to work until noon as I was told in our initial phone conversation, was supposed to be our server. This I know was a blatant lie because I spoke with him a few days earlier and he was handling our event personally. After realizing there was no way he was going to be able to meet our expectations or his written agreement with us due to his lack of preparation, supplies and lack of a punctual arrival, we told him to pack up his cart and leave. I find all of this extremely disappointing considering the pictures and presentation on their website. We definitely did not see or receive the caliber of business that they like to show you on their website. They advertise "2 professional baristas"...we got one late and unprepared "server". They advertise "high capacity smoothie bars" which is actually a regular kitchen style blender. And trust me the invoice that they REQUIRED we pay upfront which includes a gratuity BEFORE the job is even complete was inflated in price (in my opinion anyways) now that I see the type of service they were trying to provide us. I definitely will not recommend this company to anyone. read more

We would have been ecstatic to have hired Joe for our wedding, but unfortunately were mislead about the price during our wedding planning. We initially got a quote from Joe for adding on Waffles to our menu, which was being catered by another company. When we asked to set up the final agreement, the price turned out to be THREE times the quoted cost. Pretty shady. Needless to say, we declined. read more

I was desperately trying to find an espresso cart for a corporate event, after the person I had booked pulled out 7 days before. Seems there was a Barista competition in LA and everyone in SF was focusing on that. After a lot of research, we found Travelin Joe, and I will never need to look for a coffee cart resource again. Travelin Joe was a huge hit with my clients, the service is wonderful, and the coffee is delicious! read more

Great Service! Very friendly and attentive to all our workers drinks. Their latte and hot cocca is really good!

This was the worst service I have ever had. I had scheduled Travelin' Joe's for an appreciation event with the Waffle and Espresso Bar. To start, we had a bad experience communicating with the company. We couldn't get a final invoice total of the expected expense until the day of the event! The servers showed up over an hour late. The owner lied to me several times about where the servers were and why it was taking so long. When they finally showed up, our event had already began 30 mins prior. We had attendees wasting what little time they had to attend the event waiting for the company to show up. An hour after our event was scheduled to begin, they started serving. Of course they lied about the number of waffle iron's they would bring. They only brought one iron to serve over 90 people! We even confirmed with them before agreeing to the service that they would be able to serve this number of people quickly. They assured us they would have multiple waffle irons and serve one waffle a min. They charged us extra for fruit and then didn't bring the fruit. The person working the waffle Iron had never made waffles before and the leader was training her on how to do it while a line of 40 people stood waiting. They only brought 1 stick of butter for 90 waffles, their toppings were store bought canned preserves, and their coffee was a joke! Their Chai tea latte was just plain Lipton tea bags with cinnamon dashed in. They could not keep up with the number of attendees we had and many in the group left without being served at all. Those who waited waited over 30 mins for half a waffle. As it took anywhere from 5 to 8 mins to make a single waffle, we were extremely disgruntled by the service. To top it all off, the servers had a "deal with it" attitude regarding our frustration with their lack of preparedness, product, and professionalism. In fact, we never once got a call from them telling us they would be late and only an hour after they were scheduled to be there, and many calls, the owner answered, but never returned my call with follow-up information. Eventually the servers told us that their manager had not bought the needed ingredients prior to the event and so they had to go to the store before coming to the event, which is why they were so late. Never again will we use this company for events. It was a joke! read more

We had Joe come in our office for "Staff Appreciation Week" and his waffles were a huge hit!!! He's very friendly, and it was really easy to get in touch with him and his team to schedule date and time. The waffles were the best waffles I've have ever had. HIGHLY RECOMMEND !!!!!! read more

These guys did a great job at the major Oracle/Java conference. Friendly service and the caffeine needed.

We have been having Travelin Joe cater our in-office event once a month for almost a year now, and it has always been a huge success! The smell of the coffee lures the employees to the cart and the friendly baristas keep them coming back for more. Travelin Joe's has also been very accomodating to our requests by making specialty menus with themed drinks just for us. I would definitely recommend them for large office events. The espresso and baristas really boost team morale in the workplace! read more

Travelin Joe came to our school and it was a HUGE hit with the teachers!!!!! Thank you so much. The waffles and coffee were delicious! What a great concept. read more

I had Travelin' Joe's cater my informal wedding-- and they were a hit! Guests loved the idea of having an espresso bar at the wedding, and said that the waffles were delicious. Their set up and take down was astonishingly fast, and their espresso drinks are delicious! Bill and his staff was a pleasure to work with, and was incredibly accommodating with any concerns that we had about the event. This high level of customer service is appreciated, and is why they've earned themselves 4 out of 5 stars in my book. Hurry, book them now! read more

Joe catered our corporate event. He and his employees provided great espresso, desserts. Joe was courteous, professional and is an excellent conversationalist. read more

We just celebrated our daughter's first birthday party. I just wanted to say some kind words about all the Travelin Joe staff that worked at our party. First, they were early and ready to go. They were all so professional and kind to our guests. And they definitely went well beyond what I ever expected of them. They were so helpful in our set up and other aspects of our party. Overall, we were so happy to have them there. It was a great addition to our party. Actually, it was a highlight to our party. Everyone loved having their lattes and hot chocolates! I would definitely work with Travelin Joe Expresso again and I will recommend their services to all my family and friends! read more