Lestat's Hillcrest — Restaurant in San Diego

Long story short: Good place, good coffee, good cupcake, less outlets, average wifi. Overall will come again because its a good place to study.

‐------ In depth review: Amazing place, I came here to work on some assignments and I had a great time. I loved the ambiance as well as the coffee.

The snickers was great as well as the vegan chocolate cupcake, I'm not vegan and do not have the best experience with vegan pastries, but this was an amazing cupcake.

As a student I really do appreciate having a place that closes late. Since I can't really study at libraries since theyre too quiet but, this coffee shop provided the ideal environment to focus and get some homework done. It did not play loud music and the volume inside was not overwhelming.

I would rate 5 stars, however, the only reason I am rating 4 out of 5 is because of two reasons...

1. Lack of electric outlets; As many others do, I came in with an electronic and in need of having it constantly plugged in due to my workload. Me and my friend were only able to find one outlet in the back for us to use.

I wish there were slightly more outlets so that students or employees would not worry about our electronics dying.

2. WiFi was pretty good at first, so I don't know if it was just a lone experience. However, I do want to write it here just incase.

I came into the Cafe when it was not very full, and as the internet typically works, the more people that join in the slower it gets. However, it did not take many people to enter the Cafe for the internet to slow down at a rapid pace. I was able to get work done, however. I could not have the wifi on my phone to ensure my assignments would be turned in.

Overall great place. Will definitely come back, either alone or with friends. Also shout out to the batista Ryan, super chill and he did a great job even when a lot of people started coming in AND he was working alone. As an ex-food service employee that is some serious respect.

He also recommended the now best cupcake...

Recently started frequenting this location about a month ago after my Girlfriend recommend it as a good place to work online. Really liked the layout, coffee, and desserts. Recently though I've been followed around by some of the workers and asked to purchase something to support the business. The issue with this is that I normally buy a coffee or dessert when im there though the last few days I haven't. They offer free wifi and most people use it without buying anything. Many people just use the place to play videogames or do homework and they don't spend a dime I know this because my girlfriend and here friends are patrons and they do that all the time and have never been followed or asked to buy anything. Now when these recent incidents happened I noticed I was tbe only African American in the establishment. Made me feel unwelcome in a place that I was using as intended. I spoke with management and they came up with the story "We look for people without cups and ask them to purchase something." Now I was using this location for a couple hours a day around 4-5 days week to work on my online business but never saw them approach another patron and definitely not in the manor they approached me. So the just lost a customer for their biased treatment. If your black just be observant they're good at being passive agressive but their...

Came today, brought a bagel and a chai tea, the slender yt guy rang me up, about an hour or so after studying I went for a walk and decided to try another chai tea, I still had the beverage, when I came back, the guy balls me out for it. I AM SORRY FOR BEING AUTISTIC AND THAT IT IS OFFENSIVE TO THE PANSY AT THE COUNTER! DO NOT GO HERE IF YOU ARE AUTISTIC OR SOCIALLY AKWARD! IT IS NOT A SAFE SPACE FOR PEOPLE WITH AUTISM/NEURO-DIVERGENCE AND DISABILITIES! THERE IS NO WHEEL CHAIR ACCESSIBILITY, THEY HAVE A RESERVED ELEVATOR FOR EMPLOYEES ONLY, IF I WERE IN A WHEEL CHAIR I WOULD NOT FEEL WELCOME HERE BECAUSE THE ONLY BATHROOMS ARE UPSTAIRS AND THERE'S NO WHEEL CHAIR ACCESSIBILITY SIGNS NOTHING! There use to be study rooms there, but like a lot of these types of businesses, people still support them. The staff before covid were so much nicer, there were down stairs bathooms then, they have really went so far downhill its sickening, I'd reccommond the Livingroom, it is a much more honest establishment. Sad really sad that lestots has fallen. ITS NOT EVEN THE SAME ATMOSPHERE OR ENERGY AT ALL! DON'T GO HERE UNTIL THEY FIX THIS PLACE BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS. There are a few nice staff there and I feel so bad for what they have to put up with. I know the nice person yesterday has to deal with that...