Cafe Xochi — Restaurant in Oakland

Love this place! People here are extremely friendly, the inside has a good amount of local art, and plenty of seating. The drinks are yummy and the food is good.

Seating / Outlets:

There's less seating inside but there's still a lot of spots set up along the bar and the walls. A bunch of outlets in there as well. In the garden area, there's more seats in the open area as well as a shaded narrow spot toward the back that has some curtains at the end (this is where the outlets are outside). The narrow area has seats on high chairs next to a long table on the green wall as well as tables and seats on the opposite side.

WiFi:

My partner said WiFi here was pretty bad, a bunch of sites were apparently blocked like hotmail and Outlook. So if you work from home, maybe this is something to look out for!

Drinks / Food:

So the horchata latte was a bit too sweet for me but the latte art was beautiful and I enjoyed the flavor a lot. I think I'd just ask for less sugar the next time. I loved the espresso tonic a lot.

As for food, the empanada was yummy (mushrooms are my fave and this was plentiful) but I didn't care for the sauce. The pastry was also pretty good, but not as flavorful as I expected. Still loved the crunch of the bread around it though. I definitely want to try more food here.

So far I prefer drinks the most. But if I want a quick bite, prices were pretty reasonable to me and I'd easily buy them again!

Overall: I mainly go to coffee shops to read for an hour or two. The coffee is good, the space is beautiful, the atmosphere is peaceful, and the service is great. A local spot...

Tldr; It's okay.

Don't be mistaken by the majority of these reviews, this place isn't necessarily "dog friendly." Is there patio seating where you can have your dog with you? Yes. Are dogs allowed inside? No. Additionally the cafe states that their name comes from a family tradition, not because they aimed for a dog-forward establishment. That being said my dog and I had seats in the small enclosed patio area.

I can't say I fully enjoyed my experience here, staff was a mixed bag. The person taking my order was very rude and uninterested in answering my questions. The barista that day on the other hand was great, good energy, and didn't make me feel bad for asking a few questions about the drinks and empanadas. I'm not someone who expects staff to be vibrant or happy at their jobs, but I also don't expect them to ruin someone else's day because they have a poor attitude.

Overall after the encounter I found myself not enjoying my time outside, I was mostly on edge and wanting to simply leave. Nothing about the place really screams "cozy" to stick around for long after you finish your drink. The Horchata latte was good and the mushroom empanada was delicious, both are small portion wise so I would say the empanadas are overpriced...

tl;dr: coffee good, service bad

the coffee was good but the employees are hella rude. if i'm sitting outside, don't hear my name called and go inside to get my drinks and there are 2 drinks next to a post it w my name on it (both being drinks that i ordered), im gonna take both. so instead of saying "are you anna?!" and snarkily smiling/smirking while saying it, why not put out both my drinks at the same time?? and then my partner walks in to grab the second drink and a different person said "are you ash?!" you could be like "that's for ana. that's for ash". but instead they give hella attitude. like yall need to chill. it's not that serious. i worked at a coffee shop before too so i know how annoying customers can be but this was tew much

the other customers there were nice though with their cute dogs. if you grab a drink here don't even try to be polite toh. and stay inside so they won't be rude to you if you don't hear your name called and try to grab a drink that literally looks like yours and is next to a post it w...