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Wandering Bison Coffee

4.1 (56 reviews)
Closed 7:00 am - 2:00 pm
Updated 2 months ago

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Martin W.

Cute place. Good service. Good Americano and Dirty Chai Latte. The ham and Swiss breakfast croissant was tasty. $20 for two coffees and one sandwich seems pricey, but I'd rather give the money to a local business like this than to Starbucks. And their quality tops Starbucks. I'd definitely come back.

Brianna M.

What a fun esthetic and clever name for a coffee shop in the amazing town of Hot Springs! The name captured our attention when we first came into town and made it a point to come to town from our Cold Brook Campsite to try before our adventures. Honestly one of our favorite stops on our Black Hills Tent camping week as a family. Great espresso drinks! Iced Honey Vanilla Latte with cinnamon on top! We didn't try any food! Great customer service!

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Faith D.

Looked for a place to eat before entering Wind Cave National Park and this was great in terms of location (12 min drive from Wind Cave). Staff were nice but there was a miscommunication in what I ordered. I know I had made 3 orders of their bison chili and we only got 1. Definitely an error in both sides, as I should have noticed my total was $24 less than what it should have been. The big annoyance with this was that they just take so long to complete orders (not many people in the place either) that we spent so much time waiting for the 2 additional chilis we ordered after we discovered the error. I know they're not making this chili on the spot so I don't know why it takes 25-35 min for bowls of soup? What we ordered: Cinnamon Roll - this was actually really good. It came out quickly which was great since everything else came out so late. Tuna Avocado Panini - didn't know you could possibly make such a tasteless sandwich. There was zero flavor which was such a disappointment. Roasted bell peppers and wilted spinach were also very out of place on this sandwich. It could definitely have benefited from some kind of sauce. Bison Chili - so this *could* have been a winner. Flavor was good, however, a majority of my soup was cold (like just defrosted cold). As I ate through the bowl, I discovered varying temperatures of soup: cold, lukewarm, and hot. Given that they took so long to complete the order, I was surprised that the soup still wasn't fully heated up. We were just eager to get out of there and on to Wind Cave that I didn't want to go up and ask them to heat up the rest of it. Cornbread was ok but not memorable.

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Krys J.

Rolled up at about 9:30 am on a Sunday. Seemed mildly busy. Someone greeted us and took our order right away. Ordered 2 iced caramel macchiato's and a sausage breakfast bagel. We placed our order to-go but there are plenty of tables to eat in. Waited for about 12 minutes for the order to come out. Restrooms were both clean and tidy. Didn't care for the coffee. Tasted like caramel milk. No coffee flavor. Bagel sandwich was made in house and was hot and fresh.

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Kristen Joy L.

Let me explain why this is four stars instead of 5, and we kept going back here. ‍ First visit we went for lunch. I had a decent sandwich on gluten-free bread. The bread is GREAT! Hubs had their soup special. Hubs LOVES food, so for him to not finish something means it wasn't up to par... or he's just really full. In this case, the chicken beer cheese soup was OK. Not great. Sorta good. Mostly just OK. However, it was a weekly special, so we decided to come back for breakfast (which it seems they're more known for anyway). I had gluten-free french toast. O.M.G. It's so good I've had it twice. I also had a blackberry vanilla latte. I brought most of it home and added my own blackberry/vanilla syrup to it... because it was mostly "coffee" and I don't really like coffee, so... ‍ Hubs has fallen in love with one of their Summer specials, some iced chocolate foam delight drink thing. Yeah, it's delicious. Our next time there I had the avocado toast on gluten-free bread. OK so that's a WINNER. Keep in mind I hardly ever get to have bread, especially eating out! So I have very low expectations and am quite easily pleased. I'm sure we'll be eating here again. We both love how they feature local artists around the eating area, have outdoor eating with this huge bay door that can open on really nice weather days, and the teal accent walls just happen to be my favorite color. Combine that with the smiles on employees' faces, the fairly fast service (for making GF food separately, this is always a win!) and the gluten-free COOKIES... and yeah, it's become one of my favorite coffee shop/breakfast/lunch places. Just work on those soup recipes.

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Judy R.

Adorable little coffee shop in downtown Hot Springs! By the time we got there at 11:00, they were out of espresso and cornbread. We ordered the Buffalo Chili and it came with a slice of homemade bread. We all had fresh brewed coffee, mine with a shot of hazelnut and it was delish! I'm enjoying visiting Hot Springs and supporting the local community businesses . It's so different then SW Florida, but people are warm and friendly.

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Simple but diverse menu, great food made fresh, decent atmosphere and noise level, friendly staff.

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3 years ago

Stopped by on our way through Hot springs. Good coffee and our food was also so delicious. Definitely save room for desert

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We love Wandering Bison people, coffee & food. Great to hear they are growing and moving across the street.

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