Alabaster Coffee Company — Restaurant in Scottsboro

Came here for a little something sweet / extra for the drive home after a disappointing lunch nearby. Much more positive experience here!

This coffeeshop is a little hard to notice being set back in a shopping center a good ways off the road, but the area looks like it's undergoing some new construction. The shop itself is very clean and modern inside, so perhaps it's a sign of things to come soon!

Bright, well-lit, and airy, the permanent coffee menu is simple but has all the drinks you'd expect to find at a nice shop. They also have a seasonal drink menu and a moderately-sized list of flavor add-ins for your beverage. A small but thoughtful lunch and pastry menu is also available.

It was quiet inside and a couple people had their laptops; great place to get some work done. I also saw a small bin with some toys, so alternately, maybe a nice place to come on a mom date with little ones. Very thoughtful. :)

The music was worship music which isn't really my vibe but it was mostly unobtrusive and played at a volume such that you could focus on work or conversation if needed.

The barista was soft spoken but helpful and encouraged me to try the brown sugar cinnamon flavor add-in. So that's what I wound up with: iced coffee with BSC and a piece of their banana bread as a treat.

I intended to get my stuff to go but I forgot to ask and so my bread was brought out to me on a plate. I wasn't in a huge hurry though, so I hung out and enjoyed it there. It was very nicely warmed (maybe toasted instead of microwaved - nice) and had crispy edges and a moist center. Personally, I prefer a little extra oomph to my banana bread (be it chocolate chips or nuts or both), but this was still yummy. Next time, I'm hoping they won't be out of the chocolate chip pumpkin bread. Sounds delish.

My coffee was very smooth and creamy and medium-sweet. I could really taste the brown sugar/cinnamon flavor though, which was lovely. A distinct kind of sweetness rather than just generic sweet.

Overall, I'd be happy to return for a pick-me-up next time I find myself in the...

I was hopeful about this place because of all the 5-star reviews but this sadly is not a 5-star coffee shop. We were visiting for the weekend and stopped by on a Friday morning at 10 to get brunch and coffee. We were told all breakfast items were gone and it would be a 20 minute wait for lunch food. The only menu on the wall was block letters spelling out the coffee drinks. They had 1 laminated menu of the food that was being passed around by customers at tables and the worker went and took a picture of it with his phone and brought his phone back to me so I could decide what to order. I ordered an iced Americano with sugar free caramel syrup and my daughter ordered an iced cookies and cream coffee drink. I got a chicken pesto sandwich and she got a chicken Caesar salad. The Americano was mostly milk as you can see from the photo and possibly the worst coffee drink I’ve ever had in my life. The cookies and cream was just ok. We waited over 30 minutes for our food. The food we ordered was clearly pre made and heated up and nothing warranting the $40 I spent for 2 coffees, a salad and a sandwich. I’m truly shocked this place has 5-star reviews. I believe in supporting small business but if they are going to charge these kinds of prices they need to deliver better food and drinks. Definitely will...

We were here for a short weekend and just wanted to grab coffee somewhere before starting our day. We saw this place on the map and decided to try it, hoping they might also have food. The coffee menu was incomplete which was confusing, but we ordered three large drinks. We also noticed a food menu on the counter and took a picture of it, telling the person behind the counter, we would come back up to order food. She said that was fine. We decided on our food order went back up only to be told those items were no longer being served as they stopped serving breakfast at 10:00 and it was now 10:45. Why they didn't make sure the correct menu was out, I don't know. Then, after waiting twenty minutes and seeing people who ordered after us get their drinks, we asked about our order and they said they lost the ticket. We sat back down to wait and eventually they brought us two tiny drinks and one slightly larger. We just left. Only to realise our drinks were cold. It was just a...