Samuel's Coffee House — Restaurant in Summerside

Things I knew before I went to Samuels Coffee House…..

The good: To have enough time to seat and enjoy. Allow yourself to have time to seat and enjoy the ambient and pretty-cozy decoration and setup. If you can go there with some timeand seat down with your warm drink while you appreciate the colours, wild flowers and just the view of downtown of this pretty small town. Compare tastes from a variety of drinks. We heard good things about this place and how it displaced Starbucks from Summerside. We ordered the exact same drink and both were terrible. If you go with family and friends then you might be able to taste more than your drink. I might go back and edit this review.

The Negative. I wish I knew….

That Samuels cocoa tasted more like Nesquick chocolate syrup. Extremely sweet. We tried the Hot Cocoa. They should removed that tile and just write Hot Chocolate. There was barely a taste of cocoa in there. It was filled with colourful marshmallows which reduced further any cocoa flavour in there. Perhaps the barista didn’t had enough cocoa or she didn’t stirred it enough. Needless to say neither I or my 4 year old toddler were able to finished the drink.

That some at Samuels will serve you on time and better if they see that you TIP. Make sure the cashier sees that you pay your TIP - if you make it cash specially. I paid with my debit and decided to tip cash as I had quite a few coins from being a tourist visiting carnivals and small towns in the east coast not accepting cards. Once I paid and she saw the receipt she walked away. I left my tip on the bowl but she probably didn’t see it. When I ordered our drinks, there was only one person ahead of me and he got his drink and food. Behind me there were a family and couples. So around 7-9 people. Yes, they ordered at the till and No there were not online orders. They all got their drinks and when I asked if she had my drinks, the barista said that she didn’t have a chance to make them. I was next in line. I guess we weren’t lucky with those in that shift and their attitude towards tipping.

To check your watch for the time of you are ordering any food at Samuels. I was told that the kitchen closes at 5pm - which is fine as many towns businesses close earlier . But then I checked that it was 4:50pm. I could have said something but I checked the time after a while when we were still waiting for our drinks. When I attempt to make my order for food was after I ordered my drinks. I guess the tipping aspect didn’t help ;) again make sure they see you...

Very disappointed because we had heard such good things about it. It was not busy when we arrived around 2:00 in the afternoon. The person who took our order was disinterested and unhelpful. They were out of my first choice (falafel). The person who brought our order to the table barely spoke and never checked back with us. The Chicken Pesto sandwich (on gluten free bread, a plus) was very small and without much flavor. It was accompanied by about 1/2 cup of ordinary potato chips. Not worth the £16 price. The vegetables on the Veggie and hummus plate were equally skimpy, cut very thin and not particularly crisp. My husband did like the hummus and the...

Phenomenal service, however I recommend ordering ahead and skip the long lines! The iced lattes are so good - had them multiple times and quality was consistent. The iced matcha, and iced lemonade were also soo delicious.

My only complaint is about the chocolate chunk cookie - the Cavendish location had the MOST perfect chewy and gooey cookie with choc chunks, but the Summerside location cookie was a cakey texture, not good at all. It also had mini chocolate chips, not the amazing chunks I experienced at the...