Queen City Grounds — Restaurant in Charlotte

Order: Cappuccino Summary: Good coffee, but this is basically a stall. Not somewhere you’d want to hang out. Also, parking was stupidly expensive.

Review: I’ve been to the other Queen City grounds location in years past, so when I was looking for some good coffee, I looked them up. Unfortunately, I didn’t realize this was a “mini location” on the ground floor of some office buildings. When we walked in, it quickly became apparent that my friend and I weren’t about to sit down and hang out. There was basically no sitting, and I’m assuming most people who come here are from the business above. The coffee was great, but I wouldn’t go back here because I like to hang out when I go to coffee shops out of town. I could maybe see myself letting someone with me jump out of the car and order while I swung around to pick them up if I needed a quick fix. Oh! And we spent maybe 15 minutes getting coffee, and the parking garage charged...

Our company LOVES QCG! The coffee is my favorite in Charlotte and all the baristas are fantastic. My go to is 1 pump vanilla + 1 pump caramel hot (or iced) latte, but the fall specials are always tasty too.

Their location in uptown (The Landing at Fourth Ward) has great brunch options - specifically the "Burrito You Want". Every time my family comes in town they want to go, and my dad is veryyyy specific about his coffee, he has 5 different coffee machines at home lol....

Barista was really nice and my latte was good! My only downfall was the somewhat limited options. Like the lack of a toaster & no cold foam. I think these are very simple but potentially greatly beneficial changes that could be made to improve the customer experience. I enjoy coffee shops with a bit more variety. But nonetheless it was still a...