Bean & Barnacle — Restaurant in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea

Waited over 10 minutes to place order. The couple ahead of me got iced stuff and food. Took the one poor girl working there forever to serve it. Not her fault. Needed another set of hands. I ordered flat white. The machine is a 3-group La Marzocco, I believe, a real beauty. While the girl started the shot, she set the milk to steam. And steam. And steam. Dumped it all in a paper cup (no ceramic cups here). It was hot enough to melt lead. I waited for a few minutes then tried it. My tongue is still burned, 8 hours later. I won't complain about the starbucks...I'm from Seattle and no one at home buys that junk. But a flat white is not what you serve. Instead of an intense ristretto shot with a small amount of steamed milk, I got a milky latte. ...

I was excited to try this place since it was within walking distance from my hotel. The staff behind the counter could not have been friendlier or more efficient. Unfortunately the quality of the food ruined my experience. I ordered a cheese and egg croissant for $6 or $7 and it was no better than what you'd get from Burger King; tasted like it was made with a powdered egg mix, plus it had been microwaved. I also ordered a fruit cup, but when I opened the cover I found that one of the strawberries was covered in mold (thankfully I got my money back for that). Very disappointing; I choose this place over First Watch (across the street) since it's local and...

Cool looking place but thats about it. Over $9 for a small (12oz but the cup was only 3/4 full) latte. The lady making our coffee tried 2 times to make an espresso (she overflowed a 12oz cup twice so not an espresso) and handed me my reciept before I even had time to ask for my second drink. She then asked if we wanted anything else to which I replied I would like a doppio followed by her acknowledgement. Five minutes later after the faff of making my TEN DOLLAR latte, she said she didn’t know we also wanted a doppio and offered to charge me again for the total. No other independent coffee shop in the Fort Lauderdale area charges even half what...