Reviews for Cambie Coffee Bar in Vancouver, BC
A once fave coffe shop. It appears whole foods is turning into a soulless corporation - they have gutted their Allegro... Coffee. -The green hypocrisy- they offer no in house cups, yet they charge a fee ?to go cups? (as per city of vancouver and theykeep the fee). They do nothing green in this regard and punish customers with a fee that they keep. Yes, you can use your owncup if you carry it around all day. -They have cut seating by 90%, crudely cutting off the old large seating area which remains90% empty. Just buy a coffee and leave mentality. Less work. Terrible vibe. -they claim they need the space for a staff loungeyet I have NEVER seen more than a few tables used by staff. Hey! Here?s an easy solution - put in a temporary movableprofessional wall and return 1/2 of the seating back to customers. -they also charge extra now for milk substitutes even thoughthe costs are virtually the same as dairy (they previously did not charge extra pre-pandemic). Also Ignoring the benefitenvironmentally and health wise for using dairy alternatives. Problem is - the management doesn?t care about customer serviceOR a green environment. They have no ambition to change back to offering in house cups, to offering more in house seating or tooffering more staff service levels. The pandemic restrictions have been reduced for months and they still offer a fast foodcoffee experience. It?s embarrassing for a once noteworthy chain. Read more
One of the best Cafés in the city is now mostly a break time lounge for whole foods staff. Now they are also suffering from... maybe staff issues with super erratic cafe schedule. One time it was closed for 5 days. They changed their schedule to 2pm andnow 12noon, and this seem to happen all in a month. I mean other Allegro Cafés don?t have all the issues mentioned above (froman outside customer perspective). Hope they bounce back since its really unfortunate for what was once a thriving cafe with aprime location. Read more
nice atmosphere for a cup of coffee after shopping
I look forward to every morning I walk into Allegro. Though right now the seating area is closed, the space still feels like... home, it?s clean and I?m treated like family. Patrick and then rest of the baristas are consistent with my mocha and there myfavourite 2 muffin options are always available even if I don?t purchase one that day. Since I?m newer to the city, I?m soappreciative and grateful to have that daily connection to the team. I hope to have the opportunity to work with them some daysoon! Read more
coffee and baked staff are good, sitting arrangement is not very comfortable, and there is not much of plug for electronic... devices, these characteristics including not very clean tables make this cafe a place for grab and go or just for a quick coffee Read more
Delicious custom white chocolate matcha latte. Great service and very spacious.
I got an espresso and despite the bad reviews it wasn't bad at all. Pastries are the same (and same price) you can find... downstairs at whole foods. Read more
Very convenient location being right above Whole food- Cambie. You dont get a big selection of pastries but you have Whole food... on the lower floor. The coffees are ok; the after taste of the oat latte is bitter. Read more