Kaapeh House — Restaurant in Brownsville

Usually come here to study and have some coffee with a friend without an issue. Today was different as I waited for my friend, a barista walked up to me (pinkish short hair) and told me if I could buy a coffee or a snack because they are a small business and that what I was doing was soliciting because I’m using their free WiFi (I was setting up my laptop etc while waiting for my friend). I’ve done this many times without issue and always purchase something but now I’m being asked to buy something or leave. What a way to be greeted.Definitely made me feel unwelcomed after that interaction so I left and meet up elsewhere to study. There was definitely a better way she could have communicated that. The only reason it’s not a 1 start is because other staff is nice but definitely never coming back again.Maybe think twice before accusing someone of soliciting or train/...

Im a remote employee and will typically become pretty loyal to a coffee shop if it’s a environment that I feel helps me be as productive as possible and I really found that at kaapeh. I went in just today and I knew it was going to be a long day so I held off on purchasing a coffee right away. After 30 minutes of being there a girl with short pink hair came up to me and asked me to purchase something or leave because the chairs are for customers. I was in shock because I had been there 2 days in row and all last week, paid for over priced coffee (which there’s is not even close to mid) and get essentially kicked out in front of everyone. They’ve lost my loyalty and will no longer be going to that coffee shop. Just as a side note this is the second review...

As a minor we shouldn't be experiencing such disrespect from the workers. The faces made at us by the employees is unacceptable, they kept on giving "side eyes", rolled their eyes at us, and gave us mugged looks. We later found out they were speaking on us to others badly. During this, it was just me plus a group of friends painting our senior crowns for school, we were NOT loud nor were we disturbing others or even making a mess. They ended up coming up to us saying we all needed to buy at least something (OVERPICED) in order to stay and continue. Even after all of the disrespect i managed to clean up, wipe down the tables and even the floor, and leave everything the way it was upstairs just to be given a rude look on...