Midtown Coffee House — Restaurant in Columbus

Atmosphere and staff:

A very good café. It stands out, it's quaint and welcoming. There isn't a feeling of pressure to know what you want or how to word it, the staff explains plainly and warmly. Waiting for your coffee doesn't feel like waiting in a normal line, it feels like a friend giving you your coffee as you read. You order and go sit down, they find you and serve with genuine smiles, without asking for a name, making you feel just a bit more special.

Food:

The food is equivalent to having good homemade food, it's impossible to beat for it's price. The deserts are simply a different level. Very impressed by them.

As a downside to these fantastic attributes, it can busy. Not busy enough for prolonged times, but enough to have a less than desirable noise level. However, you can get away from it in small cozy pockets in the back, or buy enjoying your coffee next to the flowers outside.

They have a few seasonal drinks, which aren't always coffee related, but are still worth having.

Even if you don't like coffee much, it's worth a visit, few places can create an...

Ok! I come to this shop about every other weekend or so. I have always had a good experience, from ordering, to receiving my food and coffee, and eating in the shop. Always good.

TODAY! 3 Nov. I waited one hour to receive a black coffee. Nothing fancy. Other customers where becoming impatient because of their 20-30 min wait time. I did not want to bother the staff because they were all busy, but there’s one person looking busy with nothing in his hands. He was chatting with the staff and interrupting the other staff members as they made the coffee/drinks or the food. He needs to “read the room”. There was miscommunication between him and the other guy, which made the process longer. He seems to have a good personality, but he needs to focus* and stay on task to deliver better and quicker service.

Today I ate a very cold sandwich, and I am disappointed, but it is not the end...

Cute shop. Loved the rustic decor.

Ordered the BLT on a croissant, and my friend ordered the egg and cheese sandwich. We also ordered one size of each for the hot chocolate.

The BLT was good in flavor, but a bit cold. I asked for the croissant to be toasted so that there would be some warmth in the bread atleast.

The egg, cheese and bacon sandwich was dry. Lining the bread with butter/placing a side of butter, is my suggestion, to counter that.

We ordered one (12) oz and a (16) oz hot chocolate. They were both the same amount, in the same sized mug. Additionally, the chocolate wasn't hot AT ALL.

Lastly, there were no napkins on the tables. So after our food was brought to us, one of us had to get up to go grab napkins. Napkins should be readily available and easily accessible where one is actually eating UNLESS it's brought to them...