Red Bee Coffee — Restaurant in Grover Beach

Very unpleasant experience. Customer service was absolutely terrible. Mind you, my family, and I drove to stay here in pismo to celebrate our anniversary & to wake up in the morning, and this be our experience. I would have picked a different place to have breakfast. I would not recommend anyone to come here. I was looked at like if I was less or like I didn't belong there. The service was totally different from other customers there, so yes, there was discrimination & my inner self was humiliated. I asked for water and told there was water behind me. I turn around, and it's empty. I asked the other young thin girl there, and she was busy, though she said she would take care of it. Mind you, I had my toddler with me, and I asked him to be patient, which he actually was. I asked for the 3rd time, and the register person seemed overwhelmed though she said she would. Then, finally, one of the ladies took the water after i asked for the 4th time and set it out like she was bothered. This took about 15 minutes or so. My food was already cold by then. I saw an older group of American people come in, and then they complained about their order not being right. The 2 baristas looked very over it, though said they would take care of it. They sat down, and then the young girl went over and apologized to them and went the extra mile of customer service. You may be asking what does this has to do with my experience? Well, hello, the treatment, rudness, and clearly discriminated. There was the lady with glasses, and she was one of the batista. Her family or friend came by, and her mood or interactions were better. When I walked by to exit with my family, she raised her voice and said, "Excuse me!" Super annoyed and irritated like if I had been there standing for 20 min or so. My family and I were leaving that instant. Even my spouse was like, what the hell? I was beyond mad, and I could have addressed it right there and then. However, it just wasn't worth my time to do that. Afterward, I thought about it & decided to write the review because it was not okay at all. I've worked in a coffee shop as well, and regardless of how much stress there was, I always made sure that I remained professional at all times and actually smiled. Not one lady smiled or made me...

I've been here many times for lunch and it's a decent place to get a quick cup or bite but the service is severely lacking. I hadn't been there in a while and figured i'd drop in to see if anything's changed but the place was practically empty and the service was still bad. There's only one employee that ever asks me if my food is to go or to eat there and half the time even tho i'm sitting right in front of them at the bar they'll go place my food at the far counter instead of handing it to me and then I don't notice or hear them and my food is sitting there for a while. Also, it's not a huge deal but it's just something I noticed, they never greet you or thank you when you're leaving.. i dunno it's just a weird vibe where it feels like the customers are kind of second to everything else. I can't be the only one who thinks this because it's been very dead in there lately when I walk by. I would go to Tribe or Red Dirt...

This was some of the smoothest espresso I've had in a long time. Would have given them five stars but the wait was fairly long for not being very busy. Also they had a strange picture of John the Baptist with dreadlocks. No need to be sacrilegious.

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Thanks for the reply. Dreadlocks are associated with a lifestyle that is directly in contrast with John's teaching. Remember, John the Baptist was one of the most righteous men to ever walk the Earth. Having even an appearance of evil is sin, and since the rastafarian lifestyle is filled with acts contrary to the Bible, I doubt John would appreciate being associated with such.

Additionally, the Bible tells us in 1 Corinthians 11:14 that it is a shame unto a man to have long hair. So, intentions aside, the art is sacrilegious.

Perhaps the artist would like to depict a similar picture of Mohammed? I'm pretty sure he ate...