Four Barrel Coffee — Restaurant in San Francisco

Cappuccino: $4.50 They only offer almond/macadamia nut milk and cows milk. I have allergies to both so I had to pick the lesser of evils. The flavor was average. Better than starbucks, but no better than any other local coffee joint. Definitely overpriced for the product.

Maple bacon doughnut: $3.75 Exactly what I expected to taste so no "wow" factor. Nice accompaniment to the coffee since their espresso brews are on the strong/bitter side as opposed to smooth/creamy. Doughnut is served cold.

Gruyare Bacon Mushroom Quiche: $4.50 Super rich, the marriment of flavors make this definitely a savory dish. Yummy flaky crust, perfectly cooked. Served cold.

Ham & Cheese Bun: $5 Croissant dough wrapping Gruyare and sliced ham. The bun is covered in poppy, sesame and sunflower seeds which gave it nice earthy character. A bit difficult to eat and share due to the nature of cold melted cheese and cold slightly dried out lunch meat. Served cold.

Almond/Macadamia Milk Latte: $5 + $1 (milk choice) Strong brewed. The almond/macadamia nut milk was bland and unsweetened, no noticeable difference between that and cows milk which could be a good or bad thing, you decide for your own palate. The staff was nice, however when one of the baristas was asked if they had whipped cream, she replied with her nose in the air, "we don't have that stuff here." Hmmm. Well alright.

Overall, I would say this is not the best choice for price, product, friendliness of staff and location. It's a very busy cafe, crowded with what looks like local people who live in the nearby gentrified neighborhood. I wouldn't recommend this cafe for tourists or those who have milk and/or...

To summarize this review: The coffee is fine, the service was decent, but the lack of WiFi or outlets is what did it for me. Go to Manny's instead the have a really cool mission, a great space, decent coffee, with WiFi and outlets.

The Coffee was fine, not amazing but tolerable. To elaborate, the time I went I got a cappuccino and my friend got a pour over, My cappuccino was a bit under extracted and the milk was over steamed, though the temperature was good. The flavor profile was there and noticeable, despite the extraction issue, and clearly they have a decent amount of roasting experience and knowledge. They just need some more consistency considering their baristas or just better training for them, especially taking into account how seriously they take themselves.

The service was good they were friendly but not overly so, it was a quick interaction: transaction, coffee received, dishes returned, with not much more exchanged.

That said there were a few things that blew my mind, I have never seen a good coffee shop that allows dining in no have outlets or even WiFi! The fact that they are promoting indoor seating, with high quality tables and a nice outdoor seating area, with no way to charge a laptop or phone and no way to hop on the web to send some emails or even write this review. I'm the type of person to go to a coffee shop and sit for a 3-4 hours hours getting work done and getting multiple drinks as time passes and I don't think that I'm the only one. This being impossible, or at least impractical, here I would much rather go to Manny's down the street and will be doing so...

This place is rated the fourth best coffee in the Bay Area. I can see why. They know what they are doing in the roasting and blending areas, but customer service, like at most coffee places, prevented me from giving them a fifth star.

Our server simply didn't want to go the distance when it came to giving people what they wanted. Even though we came for a pourover, we couldn't get one.

They only serve pourover coffee Thursday through Sunday. I don't know about you, but in the business I got my education in, a menu is a menu is a menu.

I avoid drip coffee because I know what I am doing in the coffee business, and got an Americano, which was delicious. My guest, an Ethiopian, said his coffee was far too bitter. He comes from a coffee drinking maniac culture, so, word.

This place is a victim of it's own success when it comes to customer service, and while customer service had generally taken a dive over the past few decades, it should not take ten minutes of dialogue to order a cup of coffee I as a customer would like to pay for and drink.

Our server however, just didn't want to do the work. Any wonder most of them will be replaced by a robot?

I will be journeying to the Famous Farley's next, to see how much respect they pay the customer, because paying respect to the bean in the coffee business is mandatory. A little effort upon the part of the customer, the person who pays the coffee business's bills, would be a welcome...