NEAT Coffee — Restaurant in Darien

Best coffee I've ever had. Not bitter, totally delicious. Edit. Reopened after covid-19. Remember while reading this that I was buying a single cup of coffee. One. Park, there's lots of parking. Was walking around the building to get to the side where the door is. Cleaned up a bunch of garbage which had blown out of the can on a breezy Sunday morning. Twenty or thirty people hanging outside enjoying their bevvies. One person in line in front of me. Staff and both of us were wearing masks. They were having a hard time getting off the cappuccino order for the lady in front of me but after about 5 minutes they got it done. I said to just double the order to save time. Bad move. My turn. Told me I had to use the Toast app. Downloaded app, created account, entered payment information, got order entered, says it will be 5 minutes, got confirmation number. 5 minutes pass, woman comes out and tells me my coffee hasn't been started. They knew it was mine because I was the only one waiting. This means that there was only one order in the queue as well. And I'd already told them what I wanted when I learned that I had to use the app. So they don't want to talk to you to take the order and they do want you to use the app, fair enough, it's their business. Seemed sort of weird to me, but these are strange times. But then you still have to go talk to them to actually get the order hung. For a cup of coffee. You can't make this stuff up; it is the most convoluted system for a cup of coffee ever. These people can make good coffee, but they are totally disorganized -- they could screw up a 2-car parade. Coffee is tasty, after all that, but it's only coffee. One cup. I sold a car 2 weeks ago and it was easier. After I got explained-to about having to order twice, the coffee came out in about two minutes, which was much faster than downloading the app and entering all the information. And the coffee was just as good as before. I decreased them from five stars to three which is the average of 1 for service and process and 5 for the product. This place is the anti-Starbucks, where they will gladly take your money, and your order, but the coffee...

So one of the Barista women with dark hair was extremely rude to me. She handed me a latte instead of a flat white, and I questioned how much milk they usually use in a flat white and she said “4 ounces I gave you a latte next time just tell me to make it again instead of beating around the bush.”My response was I didn’t know if I was wrong and I was trying to give you the benefit of the doubt. She made me a flat white and handed it to me with attitude and I cannot tell you how offputting that was. I would suggest she go bar back and not be the face of...

Best coffee in Fairfield County. Bar none. It's not cheap and if you like dark roast, don't bother coming here. They do things a little differently: light roasted coffee, bespoke ice, add your own milk and sugar, organic milk, etc.. but if you want a carefully considered, honestly sourced cup this is your spot. All the baristas have to take a skills test before they can even pull shots of espresso and they can answer any questions down to the person who grew the beans. The pastries, salads, and food all come from Balthazar, Coulson, or local...