Roast Coffee Company — Restaurant in Milwaukee

I have been coming here pretty much every week I've lived in the Upper East Side neighborhood. Once you visit Roast, you'll understand why. It's just the perfect local coffee shop with amazing specialty lattes and equally amazing sandwiches. Not to mention the CINNAMON ROLLS (A personal favorite of mine, and get them heated up!).

As a college student, it's always pleasant to come in here and possibly see another UWM student I recognize and have a chat or just read or work on homework. The atmosphere is great, there are so many seating options, and the baristas are always super friendly. I make a point every semester to fit my weekly trip to roast in between classes because I get sad when I don't go for a week! (And I swear I'm not just addicted to caffeine)

Overall just great coffee shop with sandwiches and bakery items.

Everything being said, I would like to see less disposable things in use regularly like to go cups, tin foil, and to go bags (If I'm eating in the store, a small plate for my bagel and a latte cup would be preferred :)).

I do want to call attention to their discount for bringing your own cup however! Very appreciated.

To wrap this up, I will for sure continue to come here regularly as long as I live...

I used to frequent this coffee shop when I was doing my undergrad degree and masters at UWM (2018-2021). It is a great place to study with nice coffee and a good variety of breakfast sandwiches (as opposed to some cafes which simply have bakery goods). The GGOOLLDD is my personal favorite food item.

Today was the first time I’ve been here in 3-4 years as I was out of Wisconsin and the country for an extended period. What prompted me to write this review is that when the owner Ryan walked in, he immediately looked at me and recognized who I was.

To me, it’s the little things that differentiate a good place from a great place. The fact Ryan was able to recall who I was after years and came to say hello and ask how I’ve been speaks volumes to the kind of person he is and how he runs his business.

It’s people like this and places like this that I personally will go out of my way to support. I firmly believe you won’t be disappointed by...

I go to Roast 2-4 times a week. I love their coffee and the Radio Milwaukee bagel sandwich is the best bagel sandwich I have ever had. I order their Nitro Cold Brew and Radio Milwaukee every time I go, and as long as I live in Milwaukee I was frequent Roast 2-4 times a week. Also, the staff is super friendly and when I earned my free drink, I order a coffee and a smoothie (the smoothie is a couple dollars me) and they gave me the smoothie as the free drink. Not a lot of places I have frequented would have done that so it tells me that they are honest and not trying to squeeze out a couple more dollars just because they can. Count me impressed. Needless to say, it is 6:30am on a Saturday when I write this review, and you can bet I will be there when they open at 8am...