Ascension Coffee - White Rock — Restaurant in Dallas

Ok, I will not edit the text of my first review and I will leave it down, but I will change my rating. I was invited to go to Ascension and I said to myself, well let's see! We arrived around 11 am, there were several places available, they attend us quick and courtesy. Since the weather was warm, we decided to eat outside. As soon as we sat, they took out our order, service was fast, the waiter was very nice. I asked for a cortado and migas, hmmm exquisite! On point, the cortado, short and amazing, like an original cortado from Madrid. What can I say! The food and coffee are great, I think I will come back, but I will not give 5 stars, why? Because I still have the remembrance of my first experience and don't want to come in the regular eating hours you know breakfast at 9, lunch at 12 and dinner at 7, I am afraid I would not find a place.

Here my past and first impression: The worst service ever! I know this is a new location, but for that reason you should be prepared! Come on! Are they Amateurs! I don't think so! Here my experience in detail.... I read the news about this new place, I really wanted to come! I reserved the President's Day to celebrate with my son. We arrived and went to the front, they told us I had to wait 35 minutes, I said yes! I can wait! No problem! I really wanted to try this new place! Well, after 35 minutes I came back inside, and yes! I was next! I was so excited! I was happy! So they provided us with a table, my son received one page to paint with colors, and we waited to be attended. NOBODY came to say even hi. I had to ask to a waitress who will attend us, and they informed me that there was a change of turn (2:10 pm) and we had to wait for our waitress to come to take our order. After 5 minutes more the same waitress came and said that she was not our waitress but she would take the drinks order at least, at this moment I'm not happy at all. I accepted though, I proceeded to order our drinks, they never arrived. Neither our waitress! After 35 minutes waiting outside and 18 minutes waiting inside, I decided it was better for me to leave. My child left crying, we really planned this to be a special day. NO...

UPDATE 4/29/2023 - This is my third time visiting, I came with my mom the second time and enjoyed our stay, our food and the vibe. Our server was nice, she seemed new, but did a very good job at making us feel welcomed. My only complain would be for the Waffle and Chicken plate, the chicken was delicious, crispy, juicy, and well seasoned but the waffle was soooo small, I felt like they ran out of batter half way through. Other than that I enjoyed my visit, but on my third visit I decided to bring my family to try it out I felt like the service was lacking. We where left waiting for a while before we could order. We had asked for their lighter roast coffee, but received their dark, and when we told the server she said that we had the light roast. But I know what their light roast tastes like since this is something we discovered on our second visit. When the server brought us a refill of the coffee, it was the correct light roast, so we thought maybe she just served us from the wrong container the first time and did not notice, but on the third refill we where back to the dark roast. This time they were out of the chicken and waffles, we had ordered two of the Tex Mex omelets and they were missing the green cilantro on top, and one of them was really greasy. The pancakes were not as big or fluffy from my first visit. In all It was not a terrible visit, but it was no the best out of all the times I've visited, but unfortunately for the new people I brought they did not enjoy themselves.

I had a good experience with the service, so nice and professional. My visit was on a Sunday around 3pm, they were out of the French Toast and a couple of other things, they were very busy, so I decided on the pancakes. They were good, a little raw in the middle but they fixed that immediately. The pastries were delicious as were the drinks. My only complain would be that the chai latte was a little light on the flavor. Other that’s that I loved my visit and would be...

Went opening day and it was very busy, as expected. The service was amazing from the moment you walk in to when you leave. They make sure to take care of you. I had the slow bar pour over, coffee from Mexico, their burger and I took home a Shrooms and Cardamom latte.

The shrooms latte was very very good, I was surprised since I've never heard of mushrooms in coffee. It was sweet and earthy at the same time. It's become a personal favorite. 10/10 would highly recommend.

The cardamom latte wasn't sweet enough in my opinion. It tasted like a normal latte and I didn't really taste the cardamom but that doesn't mean it can't be good. They allowed me to try the syrup and it was amazing! So I was a bit surprised it didn't have a lot of flavor. I'm definitely trying it again because I know it can taste good, just ask for more syrup when getting it.

The pour over from the slow bar was really amazing. I had never tried a pour over before and I very rarely drink black coffee due to my sweet tooth but this coffee was so flavorful that I didn't need creamer or sugar. Highly recommend their slow bar, it's quite the experience.

Their burger was pretty good too. You can tell they put a lot of care into making the food. It came with a salad and it had the perfect amount of dressing, the croutons were really good too. It came with bacon and it was very juicy and it blended with the burger nicely. It's served on a brioche bun, which in my opinion is the only way to serve a burger.

All in all it was a really nice experience, the atmosphere was really nice and homey, the service was amazing and I highly recommend coming here. I'm not a professional reviewer by any means so if you really want to know if you'll like it, just go try it out....