The Bradbury Cafe — Restaurant in Grand Rapids

This coffee place has been my one of my favorite coffee places for a year. But only till today I had a bad encounter with the barista. Me and my friend went to the shop to study and when we go there the lady gave us a weird look. When I went to order she said I only had a hour of laptop time implying I had one hour to do my stuff then leave. I was very confused as I’ve never had a coffee shop tell me how long I was aloud to stay. There were only 4 people in the store at the time working so there was still room available for other customers. After about a hour the barista gave me rude looks and glares. We decided to leave because we were uncomfortable. As we left we said “Thank you” and “goodbye” and she replied with have a good day while looking at her phone. So unprofessional. The barista had been so kind and engaging to everyone in the store except me and my friend. Very disappointed in this encounter but I will still go as it was just...

I love to check out coffee shops in my area, so today I visited Bradbury.

First the signage outside makes it tough to find. The shop is located inside of Stoffer Home, which is a home decorating store.

The coffee shop is up front on the left side of the building. Once inside you immediately notice the cozy decor which makes you really want a warm beverage.

Barista was friendly and my latte was delicious!

Opportunities for this place would be to clearly display wifi network and password.

Decrease the size of the countertop area to make room for more seating. It's sooooo small, I don't recommend it for coming to get "work done" while having coffee.

This is more for leisure and sitting for a short amount of time. The pics on the listing make you think the space is deceptively larger.

Overall a lovely...

The best thing I can say about this place is that it's super cute! Great decor. I would have loved to sit in here with a coffee. Alas, I could not because there was no one behind the counter. The only people who seemed concerned about the missing barista though were fellow patrons who had already gotten drinks- staff members either didn't notice or didn't care. After about 10 minutes of waiting and being ignored (forgotten?) I left and went to trusty Outside Coffee Company (who did NOT disappoint). I really wanted to try this place so I'm really bummed that this was my experience 😢 I totally understand if someone was taking a break but perhaps a sign that said so would have been great! Honestly though, there are too many great coffee places in GR to try this...