World Ground Cafe — Restaurant in Oakland

The egg breakfast items leave more to be desired, but that could be just be me expecting more from a coffee shop. I did see a microwave, and I took that was used to warm up my burrito. My breakfast burrito did come out extremely hot, but I'd rather have that over the cold breakfast wraps that I sometimes end up with from Starbucks and their convection ovens.

The coffee is good, though I think the chai teas are a bit expensive as they start at around $4.

Cleanliness is what I would expect, but that means there is definitely room for improvement. I sat at the high top by the thermostat. There were cracks in the tabletop and that is a perfect home for food crumbs to be pushed into when wiping down the table. The thermostat cover is broken and had a pretty good layer of dust on it.

On a previous visit, I did sit at a table and the table did wobble quite a bit.

I haven't visited in the evening, but they seem to have a bar area that serves beer and wine. Overall, the coffee is good, and it's a coffee shop. That makes visiting here for their coffee worth the trip.

Tips: Refills are cheap and come with a book to donate. They have a free community library where you take and...

Great food, and awesome both for individual purchase and group take out! We have an on-site catering firm where I work, but for lunch meetings, I'll always swing by here and get sandwiches for our groups (5-20 people). I'm TERRIBLE at remembering to order in advance, and they never flinch. I STRONGLY recommend ordering for groups in advance, because it makes their lives easier, but I am also very thankful for the time I showed up in a panic at 11 am because a lunch meeting for 12 people had been SPRUNG on me, and they whipped something together within a half hour. I still made it on time, and the people at the meeting raved about the sandwiches in the reviews (it was an event for prospective clients, so we got their feedback after the event). I always make sure to share that the food is from a great local place, just up the road, that they can visit...

My kitchen was on the fritz this am and I needed coffee and food. W.g. is in my neighborhood so I decided to try the breakfast panini. Really tasty! I would say I have a pretty healthy appetite and I'm still full at lunchtime. A total bargain. Thanks!

Ps- people who work in customer service are people first and foremost, maybe your neighbors even. They do not owe you to cater their emotions to you because money has changed hands. Maybe try not to take it personally if someone is displaying a normal human emotion instead of affecting a pleasant mask for 40 hours a week for...