Nine Eight Five Coffee — Restaurant in San Bernardino

Debated writing a review, after 3 weeks of my last experience here. I'd gone on two separate occasions, both times including cold brew, a dirty chai, and a matcha drink. The cold brew was so watered down and flavorless, it truly felt like I was drinking coffee flavored water. Any syrups put in were not noticeable in the drinks at all- we ordered a lavender cold brew and cinnamon honey cold brew. The matcha drink was extremely bitter and had no balance of cream or sugar, far too heavy on the matcha to the point it tasted like dirt. The pumpkin cold brew on the second visit was just as bland and watered down as the first visit, and of course any pumpkin flavoring was not present. The biggest thing that was the the worst thing out of my experiences here is the dirty pumpkin chai. The chai itself tasted like the scent of a poupori- extremely overpowering spice but nothing enjoyable about it at all. There's no way it wasn't over steeped from the way it tasted. It seemed like any pumpkin flavoring in it mixed with the over done chai gave it a nasty sour after taste one the chai flavor was past. On both occasions, I had ordered to go and mistakenly did not try the drink before leaving the shop. Given that I'd paid over 20$ for two large drinks on both occasions, I'd debated turning back around to try to have it fixed, but ened up deciding against. This last trip was so awful and disappointing for the price I paid, I even went out of my way to buy creamer to make it tolerable (say what you will but I tried my best to salvage it and at least not let my money go...

This is a nice coffee spot. I went today for the first time, and I will definitely be back. The staff is welcoming and professional. Samantha took my order, and I asked her about a drink I wanted to try. She was honest and told me her thoughts and made a suggestion. Because it was my first time there, I went with it. I ordered a hot white mocha chai latte with oat milk and vanilla cold foam. Oh! My! Goodness! The sweetness? Perfect! (I don’t like anything that’s really sweet). The cold foam? AMAZING! The coffee flavor? Delicious! Overall, this drink is great, and I’d order it again.

There was only one other person inside when I went, so it was pretty quiet. There’s a good amount of inside seating, so it’s perfect to catch up with a small group of friends or just to go chill out on your own. It’s also a cute date spot. There are plenty options to choose from, even if you don’t drink coffee (lattes, espresso, milk tea, chai, cold brew, fruit tea, boba toppings, lemonades, etc.)

It’s easy to miss because of where it’s located inside the parking lot. It’s in the same small shopping center as the 99¢ Store.

Overall, this spot is definitely worth trying out. I’m glad I went, and I’m excited to try other menu items.

NOTE: Menu photos were taken from the website, but it’s the same as the in-store menu. There’s also more seating that I didn’t get...

The coffee here is good but imo I don’t like the boba. The balls aren’t very good and flavor is lacking. The coffee is really good here though. Now today I have an awful experience. I was 2 min early (they open at 9am on google) and they refuse to serve me. That was really rude cuz they were open. The door was open, you could walk in, but they expect me to walk out and wait the 2 min before serving. Imo that just silly and poor customer service. If you didn’t want to serve until exactly on the dot then door shouldn’t be open. Why open it and tell people they can’t order ? Then “since they weren’t officially open” they left down a huge metal bar and I almost trip and fall. This just left a really bad taste in my mouth and I just left after. Waste of gas going here to be...