SweetDude Coffee & Café — Restaurant in Clive

TLDR: Very good food, but not worth the wait unfortunately This company needs a significantly bigger location and more workers. I checked how busy it was on Google maps and it said it was not busy, but I walked in and this place was literally packed. 15 chairs total and there were nearly 30 people cramped in there. Every worker was very sweet and polite. They took my name with my order though, and never called it out for my drink or food. There were multiple people with the same names and so orders got mixed up (that wasn’t totally their fault though). I got my drink in a fairly timely manner, but I also ordered a crepe, that I ended up waiting 35 minutes for. Which was confusing because I watched a worker make 4 crepes in 2 minutes, so I’m not sure why there was an extra 33 minutes of wait time. They were very appreciative for our patience, but once I got it it was stone cold. I’m sure it would have been significantly better, had it been even room temperature. So overall, very good food, good environment, they just need more space and workers and that will improve a...

As a passenger enduring the endless, hypnotic monotony of Iowa, I had channelled my boredom into an exhaustive investigation of where, in this vast corn-laden wilderness, one might find a proper flat white. After much scholarly whittling, seven contenders, reduced with the precision of a NASA launch checklist, I settled on this place. Quite possibly the finest decision of my life.

The flat white was stellar, the sort of thing that makes you briefly consider emigrating. My wife, meanwhile, was in raptures over a ridiculously decadent, sugar-encrusted mocha contraption that looked as though it had been designed by a committee of hyperactive pastry chefs. But the true, glorious surprise? Australian meat pies. In Iowa. Just sitting there, waiting. I mean, what are the odds of stumbling upon the apex of road food, right off the interstate...

Absolutely positively hands-down, the best coffee and milk I’ve ever had in my life bar none. The owners are so incredibly sweet and very good at what they do ! My daughter got the chai tea latte - using sweetened condensed milk it was otherworldly!! We had an absolutely delicious crêpe with sweet cream cheese, and strawberries. I’m anxious to try one of their cream puffs they have four flavors, chocolate, coffee, vanilla, matcha. They are often sold out when I get there - one of these days I’ll be able to get one! The atmosphere of this coffee shop is so beautifully done, it’s extremely cozy and...