White Rock Coffee - Historic Lakewood — Restaurant in Dallas

Atmosphere: 🪵⚪️🔵Light, airy atmosphere with windows filling one side of the triangular room

Parking: ✅ Parking available for free, May need to find street parking/walk depending on time of visit

Price transparency: ❌ Small menu up front when you order, but no prices listed. I got a small chai that was around $6.50

Music: 🎵quiet, jazzy music playing in the background. Some music has lyrics, but not all.

Outlets: ✅ Outlets are available at almost all spots

Internet: ✅ wifi with password posted at coffee pickup spot

Temperature: 👌🏼I was comfortable with short sleeves and light pants

Tea drinks: ⚠️ multiple tea drinks available. I got the cardamom chai—it was very sweet and I didn’t taste much chai flavor

Reusable containers: ❌ It looked like there were reusable mugs, possibly upon request, but there were no signs indicating that was the case and we were given disposable cups

Seating: 🟡 Seating options were available, but limited

Other: Unique look and...

White Rock Coffee excels in its primary offering: coffee. The coffee here is excellent, featuring rare varietals including the trendy anaerobic fermentation. However, be prepared to pay a premium price of around $20 for 14oz (400 grams). Despite the cost, we found the coffee to be a delightful surprise, served in ceramic cups rather than the usual paper kind.

Unfortunately, the excellence ends with the coffee. The pastries leave much to be desired. The scones, for example, are not crisp and bland as one might expect, but rather mushy, overly sweet, and more akin to a soft cookie.

Another downside is the atmosphere. The music is extremely loud, making it difficult to work in peace or have a gentle conversation. Ear plugs might be necessary if you plan to stay.

In our experience, the best approach is to enjoy the coffee to-go or purchase beans to brew at home. While the coffee is exceptional, the café itself is not a pleasant environment for a...

I am so happy to have this in the neighborhood! The new space is super inviting and I love the walk (p)up window. However, I had a bit of a negative experience on my first trip: I ordered two iced dirty chai lattes and received regular iced lattes without chai. As a disclaimer, I'm not usually the type to send something back, but since I paid nearly 20 dollars for two drinks and was really looking forward to a dirty chai, I went back up to (very apologetically) ask if maybe I'd gotten the wrong drinks on accident. Most of the staff were super nice about it, but one person - who was probably just having a bad day - more or less shamed me for asking them to correct my drinks, claiming they were right the first time. The experience made me feel like I am perhaps a complete jerk? Hopefully I'll get over that and return soon. In the end, the dirty chai was great, as was the regular iced latte I received first...