The Garnet Cafe — Restaurant in Coeur d'Alene

My wife and I have been to the garnet cafe loved it the coffee was amazing the food was amazing and the service was amazing, however this time I was so embarrassed I literally wanted to cry, i was working in the area and was getting ready to go to the next job but I was waiting for a phone call from my boss, who was supposed to call me and let me know where the next job was. My wife and I wanted a good meal we hadn't had anything but sandwiches working long hours and trying to get the last job done, we got done with the job early in the morning and decided to go to the garnet but they didn't open for another hour so we sat in the pickup waiting for it to open ended up falling asleep we were exhausted and starving but we knew any second we were expecting a call but since we fell asleep we were pushing it timewise so we sat down at a table and got some coffee, if you've never had the coffee at the garnet you havent had coffee, we wanted to order so badly but sleeping in a little worried us because we didn't want to order then have to leave and he should be calling any second , so we waited to see if we could make it happen after talking to the boss , the waitress would come over and ask us and we tried to explain that we were waiting on a phone call she seemed to be irritated I was paying attention to the other tables I would never hold up a table if someone wanted to eat so after a few I asked if we could drink our coffee at one of the tables out front of the restaurant and I got a rude ill get you a to go cup and I said ok I said we are going to order some food were just ......and then she snarled and said you can't eat outside I said why not and she embarrassed me in front of a whole bunch of people I was embarrassed bad I didn't understand why I was being treated like that she had said earlier that she was paying for our coffee and that if we needed to go we could I thought that was a sweet gesture and I said oh well thank you but now I knew exactly what was going on she didn't think we had any money so I handed my debit card to her and said I just need to pay for the coffee she said nope you can leave it's already been paid for and that's when I found out it doesn't matter how hard you work or how nice you are to people once they decide what you are there is no changing there mind , I will never go back to the garnet I can't believe she treated me like that it hurt my feelings it embarrassed me and I didn't deserve not a single bit of what she did I'm just so shocked as to how she treated me I've been there a few times while I. The area I just can fathom ever stepping into that again I don't treat people like that and I certainly can't except being treated like that it was horrible to say the least Dennis and...

If I was only rating the food, I’d give this place the highest rating. The food is amazing. BUT, the wait is very, very long and for us was made worse because the person doing the seating kept taking regulars in front of everyone. It happened three times that I know positively, before another lady and I said something. We were both groups of four, so when they took two different groups of three in front of us, I thought maybe the tables for four were bigger. Nope. They were the exact same size. I even watched her mark one of the groups off the page we were on and move them to the prior page and then mark them off when she called their name. I had just checked the list and knew we were the next group of four, when she called a group of four who had just walked in. The other lady who was the group of four just after us and I both jumped up and said, “Wait a minute, we were next!” By this time, we had been waiting over 45 minutes (they had told us 30) and we had a two year old in our group and it was getting very close to nap time. It was also my birthday brunch, so I was really hoping for a nice, relaxing brunch but by this time we were all past that. After we talked to the owner (who seemed genuinely shocked that this was happening), both groups were seated almost immediately. The owner apologized profusely, promised me they would have a meeting about this issue, assured me this was NOT how they operated, comp’d our drinks, the service we had was amazing (we tipped accordingly) and the food was amazing. So the moral of this story is - when you eat here (and you’re missing out if you don’t), keep a close check on who’s being seated, unless you enjoy sitting around in restaurants while others are seated in front of you. Hopefully, the owner did take care of this and it will never be an...

After reading the reviews I went into this eatery really wanting to like it. So once inside I noticed it looks like a small house converted to a cafe. The cafe is small and expect to be sitting really close to other customers. We sat in the far corner and had to move the table just to get into our chairs. Once we did that the table was not the same and was very wobbly. I looked under and saw that someone had propped a napkin under one of the legs and that the table base had loose screws under it. With that every move we made with our hands or arms moved the table around like we were floating on water. So onto the food, I ordered a burrito and when it finally came it was cold. Ok no problem I decided to continue and give it a go. I cut it in half and noticed that 80% of the burrito was potato. The burrito was un seasoned and totally bland. Well we Decided to order the rosemary sourdough as a side. Just so you know it is only one slice of bread and costs 2$. The coffee was about 3$ just by itself. So after spending 40 dollars for a breakfast for two we left. About the only worthwhile part was the server who was very nice and accommodating. Sorry guys your first impression was a fail. We will...