CoRo Coffee Room — Restaurant in Berkeley

This is my second time at CoRo now, and both my visits have been fairly positive! A while back they had this amazing, seasonal S‘mores Latte drink that had a brulee’d marshmallow top — it was amazing (not available right now). I visited again today and ordered a large (seems like 16/20 oz) iced caramel latte.

When I got up to the register, the person at the cashier said “Hello! How are you!” and I responded, but to my awkward surprise they were greeting a different customer who I assume is a regular here. They continued this conversation with them in front of me for a minute or so. Then when they finally turned to me, they made a comment about me speaking the language they were speaking it which I found awkward as well. Then I asked what syrups they have in their coffee, and they directed me to the menu without saying much. The menu only showed 2 drinks (vanilla/caramel latte) and I just wanted to know if there were any others I was missing as coffee shops often have more flavors than they list.

Anyways, I got my caramel latte and asked for light ice. My total was $7.75 (light ice was an extra $0.50 just for a bit more milk) which I thought was quite steep. The drink itself also was pretty mediocre, nothing special, and barely tasted any flavor. I didn’t want to ask for extra syrup as that would’ve probably made the drink $8+. I probably won’t be returning but I acknowledge this is a cute spot with high...

I was disappointed by my first visit and won't be in town for a long while, so that's all I can judge it on for now. I love that they have like 20 different small coffee beans to choose from. That's the biggest draw here.

I ordered a caramel ice latte with their in house beans. I noticed at the end, when it was time to pour milk in it, the drink was already full. They put too much ice in it. The guy pours a literal drop of milk in, as I'm watching him, then gives it to me like he did nothing wrong. He could've pulled out a few ice cubes to make room, but nope. Voluntarily ruined the drink. I tried to be optimistic and I was tired, so I just accepted it and figured the caramel could do the heavy lifting.

Well, the coffee tasted burnt because of both the beans being roasted AND the sugar being cooked to make the caramel. It was pretty nasty. I took a walk around the lake nearby, drinking half of it, then added milk when I got back home. It was so much better when I did that. The milk (and melted ice), diluted the burnt flavor and made it palatable again.

Next time, it would be better if your staff would remove ice if there's no room for milk. Serving a latte without milk is basically not serving a latte at all. Milk is THE component of a latte, after all.

So, 3 stars for the potential for it to be good and -2 stars for having to drink a terrible coffee until I...

First-time visit at this coffee shop, and it wasn't enjoyable. There was this anxious busy commotion by the staff moving things around, prepping and delivering on orders, getting drinks ready, that just was noticeable and passed on its hectic energy through the cute place. While watching and waiting to place an order (about 5 mins being 2nd/1st in line) no one on staff (4 people moving about front of the house) staff didn't acknowledged waiting line's presence. This is the longest wait I've encountered in a while being by the casheir, with 4-5 others waiting on their placed orders. So we just stood and watched them rush about their prep area. Just uncommon coffee shop vibe that somehow added stress to a typically not stressful morning start. Place was almost full, but the energy of the team felt like they had 4x orders of the people there. Regular pre-made 12oz coffee was $4. Cup couldn't hold the content and coffee leaked through 10/15 mins after order, luckily only into the cup holder. Coffee shop does offer various good coffee bean options for...