Rio Coco Cafe Downtown — Restaurant in Vero Beach

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ – The Best Coffee Cafe I’ve Ever Been To, with an amazing story.

If you’re in Vero Beach and haven’t made your way to Rio Coco Cafe, then you’re missing out on something truly special. I’ve been traveling all over, tasting coffee from coast to coast, and I can confidently say: this is the best coffee café I’ve ever been to.

Let’s start with the value—two large cups of perfectly brewed black coffee for under $4. In 2025. That alone would earn this place a return visit, but the real magic? That’s in the story, the beans, and the people.

The Story: I won’t spoil it for you, because honestly, you need to go in and experience it for yourself. Just know that Rio Coco is more than a coffee shop. It’s a mission, a community, and a journey that connects people across the world through the love of coffee.

The Coffee: As a black coffee drinker, I skip the fluff and judge a place on the strength of its roast—and Rio Coco delivers. The Nicaraguan dark roast with a hint of orange? It’s to live for. I’ve also tried the El Jaguar and Ethiopian—each one bold, complex, and beautifully roasted. The fact that they offer three slow roasts daily speaks volumes about the craftsmanship behind the bar. If they ever opened up to investors, I’d be first in line.

The People: I went three days in a row to really give this place a fair shake, and by day three, the team already knew me. They remembered how I like my coffee: black, with a side of ice. The young women working here are genuinely some of the kindest, most attentive people I’ve met in my travels. They check in, they care, and they make sure your experience feels personal—because to them, it is.

Rio Coco Cafe isn’t just a coffee spot—it’s a place that feels like home. Thank you for creating something so rich in flavor, in story, and in heart. - UPDATE, as I was leaving this Review Joanna came up to me to fill me a fresh cup from the fresh batch....I mean absolutely stunned at this place. - For more reviews head over to...

A cute little spot with some mixed vibes in service…

Coffee is a cultural connection and has become a way of life within this. The best part of waking up… That said, and maybe it was just me being eager to try out a new coffee spot but walking into Rio Coco I was pretty excited… and maybe a pinch tired (but hey that’s what coffee is for right?).

Upon walking in the shop has a low key vibe, some older regulars hanging out chit chatting in east coast accents. All’s calm and collected.

I stumble along to find where I can see the menu and where I place my order. From this I realize I haven’t been greeted yet… I pay no more thoughts about it past that the 4 young ladies behind the counter seem busy ( heads down to the grindstone).

I find a menu and start looking it over.

Door opens and an older man walks up to my left, the main young lady behind the counter cheers out “Hey (so and so… insert generic names sake here)” followed by some back and forth interactions.

All and all… and so this review doesn’t turn into a 150 page novella.

The community here seems great from a regulars point of view, but I felt as if I was not getting that same experience in being a first time patron.

Alongside service seemed to take a hot minute (all be it I did order a quad espresso) ,“Joja” which was pretty good. Perhaps a bit of interaction or banter could have set the scene a bit better and made the coffee that much sweeter. As the shirt for sale right in front of the service counter implied… “coffee is the drink of...

We attempted to get coffee on December 26th (family of 5– 4 adults and 1 child) and walked in at 12:45.

We were behind approximately 8 people. Our orders were taken. We were told “there’s no ice today” (even though we clearly saw it being used later)

The sole focus of the staff seemed to be on telling everyone who entered that they closed at 1 pm that day. The sign on that door states closing times as 2:30,so that was really confusing for everyone who attempted to enter and was told “uhm we’re actually closed”. I saw a woman being handed a “to-go” order of food and she commented that she had wanted to dine-in and the girl behind the counter replied “but we’re closing, so is it fine?” (It clearly wasn’t and something else was said) but the girl pushed back again with “…but is it fine?”

The door was locked with approximately 15 people still in the cafe…each drink seemed to take forever. I overheard some apologies for errors and every time someone unlocked the door and let themselves out,leaving the door open,an unsuspecting customer,would walk IN,naturally reading the posted times and thinking the cafe was still open. (That would have been easy and polite enough to handle with a homemade sign)

Our orders were clearly forgotten and others’ were made before ours. We received ours at the 30 minute mark and our granddaughter’s was so bad (we all tasted it) that it had to be trashed.

The staff was rude and obviously just...