Nirvana Soul Coffee — Restaurant in San Jose

First time trying Nirvana Soul! I was excited for this location to open because I volunteer at the library twice a week in the evenings and finding a snack nearby to tide me over until dinner can be tough. The menu was not what I was expecting, in a good way! I’m not much of a coffee drinker but grabbed the honey lavender latte for my fiancé, who said that it was very good, very lavender-forward, and just a little too sweet for his liking. I was easily able to customize the drink to have less ice (maybe regular ice would have helped with the sweetness haha) and to be made with 2% milk. I also bought the veggie quiche for myself; the staff heated it up without my needing to ask and it was honestly the tastiest, most well-textured quiche I’ve ever had! The space itself is really nice, it was great to finally see the mural and art up close. My only issue is that the cashier was surprisingly slow-going so with 3 people ahead of me I ended up waiting about twenty minutes for my items. However, I did go in 40 mins before closing and they’ve only been open about a month so some slowness is understandable. They have a sign posted inside, but heads up that the doors which connect the café with King Library get locked 30mins before closing. Anyway, I look forward to going back and...

Excelente location. It's the most convenient if you're heading for a study session at the library.

Coffee and pastries are 😊 good!!! For food, There are a few vegetarian options but no vegan.

Staff is very friendly and nice. The only downside is that they do take time to prepare orders. I ordered a simple iced latte and it took them almost 15 min! They were not packed and there were only 3 ppl in front of me. So don't go there if you're in a hurry.

The place looks great. It was all remodeled. There's umbrellas outside and more tables and seats. I imagine it gets busy at some point. There are a few outlets though. There's no bathroom so you have to use the one inside the library. They're supposed to be a cashless location.

They have merch too!!!

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Location's great (right next to the library), atmosphere is great (very nicely decorated and clean). Indoor seating is a little bit limited but the outdoors usually has a few homeless folks around so we don't enjoy that much. We usually grab coffee from here and carry it to the library to have while we work.

Only issue is the drinks and food is rather mediocre. The Espresso was not really palatable at all, nor were the waffles very tasty (very heavy on sugar and just generally very dense and heavy-feeling)....