Sweet Tea Station Coffee Bar & Gifts — Restaurant in Reidville

I drove by Sweet Tea Station a handful of times before finally stopping in on my way to work. I saw a giant "coffee" sign outside and figured I would give them a shot instead of stopping off at the usual gas station or Starbucks for my refill. Honestly, my expectations was a Folger's coffee station with maybe some decent creamer options to doctor it up. I was WAY wrong! These guys roast their own beans and make homemade flavored syrups. Since I was giving them a shot, I went with something easy - basic latte with vanilla syrup.

As they crafted my latte, I walked around thier shop which has a lovely curation of locally made crafts, bath & body, and accessories for coffee & tea connoisseurs. I got a beatiful glass tumbler with a delicate floral pattern for my office use. By the time I made my selection, my latter was ready.

The latte was SUBSTANTIALLY better than what I've been served by any chain in the Carolinas. I am so glad that I stopped in this morning. I feel like I just won the coffee shop lottery that no one seems to know about.

If you are like me and tend to do the quick stops at gas stations or Starbucks drive-thru, I strongly recommend you give Sweet Tea Station a try. Sabrina, who introduced herself as the the owner, mentioned you can place an order in advance on-line and they'll have it ready for you for pickup on your schedule. Helpful for those of us who keep office hours.

Note: I read some of the other reviews. This isn't a full-size restaurant. It appears to be two people working their butts off behind the counter to serve up some of the best coffee in the area, so manage expectations accordingly. ;-)

This will be my new stop on my daily commute and I intend to try the pastries next time. I'll update my review...

Food was terrible, service was worse.

I was asked by the business to give more information.

We (I) ordered 5 food items and 3 regular coffees and 2 special order coffees. The gentleman that was making the coffees got the two special order coffees wrong.

When I pointed this out I was ignored at first by him, then when I finally got his attention I was told and I quote "well you ordered it wrong".

I asked him if he understood it when I asked for the drinks to be remade and how ai wqnted them. He said yes. I said then you understood when I ordered them the first time.

He huffed about the customer just thinks they are always right and remade both drinks wrong again, as he did the first time.

This after telling me he understood the order.

That left me to assume he either was not intelligent enough to make the order correctly in the first place, or he was doing it on purpose.

The other issue was we asked for all 5 food items to be warmed up. Only 1 was warm when we received it. At that point we were worried about asking them to rewarm them. Knowing Mr Coffee guy already had a poor attitude.

This is why I rated the food & service at 1 star. The atmosphere was fine untill it started feeling hostile because of Mr Coffee's...

We LOVE this local coffee shop. We live around the corner, and it is so nice to have a place we can walk or bike to and get a really great drink. I always get coffee, but my middle son is obsessed with the sweet tea! He was asking for some flavor to add to the tea like peach or raspberry (Arnold Palmer's would be amazing too 🥰) and hopefully that may be added to the menu in the future, but he loves it all the same. He had it for the first time at the Sweet Tea Station, and he sucked it down in less than 2 minutes. I have also purchased some items from the gift shop portion of the store, such as wax melts (they smells AMAZING), and I got a stem less "Real Housewives of Reidville" wine glass. Run, don't walk, to the Sweet...