Java Bay Cafe — Restaurant in Area B (Discovery Islands/Mainland Inlets)

A cute coffee shop with a good tasting Americano and a relatively large selection of baked goods in a good location if you are waiting for the ferry to Cortes Island.

I rate it two stars based on the customer service, which I will likely not return because of it. I made a mistake with my iced latte order and wanted to change the type of milk from cows milk to soy milk and I realized after the milk was poured in the glass and the barista was in the process of making the espresso (it was not poured in the milk yet). As the barista was pulling the espresso, I asked if I could change the milk and offered to pay for that. The response was that yes, I would have to pay because the drink was already made (which it was not, the milk was poured, so it was half made). Instead of pouring the pulled espresso for my original order in a new glass with soy milk and charging me for the milk, she pours the espresso in the original milk, sets it aside, proceeds to make a completely new order, and charge me just under $10 for the new soy milk vanilla bean iced latte after I fully paid for the regular milk latte. Regardless of wasting an entire iced latte to make some kind of point, I do not recommend their $10 latte because there was not enough espresso and it tasted mostly like...

Excellent food and coffee but we were very disappointed when we went back on two different days to find a sign on the door saying ’closed today’ (Sept 18 and 20). I imagine it’s difficult being an owner operator and staffing is hard but my reason for sharing feedback here is to make it known that when a business decides to shuts down for the day, it can have far reaching effects. We missed the ferry because we drove to your (closed) cafe … and it was my husband’s birthday and he was quite disappointed because he was really looking forward to having something yummy from...

Pros: -Cozy atmosphere with some tables -Fancy espresso machine to whip up some tasty drinks -Food is served on beautiful plates

Cons: -Overpriced -Small portions -Baked goods are mediocre -The owner makes you feel as though you’re an inconvenience by being there (terrible service)

Lesson: Walk 10 steps into the grocery store next door in the plaza and you’ll find all of the coffee and baked goods at a much cheaper price paired with friendly staff that are...