The cafe in the UVic MacPherson Library has the usual light eats and coffee/tea menu. There’s actually a fairly wide selection of sandwiches and baked goods. The variety of Numi tea is nice; I like their teas. The sandwiches are all of the prepackaged variety, but I thought my smoked salmon bagel was pretty good given that. The only complaint was that the greens on it were a little past fresh, and the bagel was just cold and probably would’ve been better warm or at least room temp. The salmon thankfully was fresh enough. It tasted like it would’ve been a really good sandwich if it had been freshly made, and I honestly prefer that over a fresh but mediocre sandwich. Note that I was there on Sunday, so it’s possible the selection may be fresher during the week. I also got a vegan cherry brownie which was great, chewy and moist, not too sweet. For a little university cafeteria I thought it was pretty good. There’s lots of seating here but it is a library, so lots of students studying made it pretty busy, and this was Sunday, so while I was able to get a table without struggle, I would imagine it would be harder on weekdays. It was, as far as I was aware, the only place open on campus on a Sunday midday besides Starbucks and dining halls.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Mia Plaine
the workers are very kind but this morning i paid for oat milk and got regular milk. I have a regular milk allergy and it was too busy to ask for another one.
Michael
Overpriced food, underpaid workers. Small portions. Excellent employees.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Sebastian Blomerus
Love their London fogs.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Catrin Merritt
Every single time I have been here the workers have been so lovely (today specifically enough I wanted to review), the drinks are well made (today my regular macchiato even had a beautiful design on it which made it even better), there is a good option for food and snacks at really good prices compared to most cafes and places in Victoria. It is always clean and a good place to study as well as this cafe providing me so much will to live during exam season and the school term in general. These guys deserve a better rating tbh :)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Stephen Moir
Good baking!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
Michael Maurer
Student cafe. Decent food except the sandwiches are iffy. Cheese scones are good.
Coffee is ok
Ambiance is great with student vibe
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
Noel G
I've never had any issues with this cafe. Yes it's busy, but that's because of the location. I just pay attention to when it's not busy and go in for my coffee.
Agreable place to grab some food on campus. Sandwiches, snacks with meat, vegetarian, vegan and free gluten options and beverages (the hot chocolate is fabulous). A good place to eat while you study!
Claudia B
A hustling bustling campus cafe next to the library that is efficient in service! We had a Chai latte with soy milk and a London Fog and they were hot and delicious for a very reasonable price.
Cole Halston
It's alright. Nothing crazy either way.
TheCynicsCynic
Decent selection just the line can be rather long at times.
Haven’t tried much but I’ve had a good time here
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
The cafe in the UVic MacPherson Library has the usual light eats and coffee/tea menu. There’s actually a fairly wide selection of sandwiches and baked goods. The variety of Numi tea is nice; I like their teas. The sandwiches are all of the prepackaged variety, but I thought my smoked salmon bagel was pretty good given that. The only complaint was that the greens on it were a little past fresh, and the bagel was just cold and probably would’ve been better warm or at least room temp. The salmon thankfully was fresh enough. It tasted like it would’ve been a really good sandwich if it had been freshly made, and I honestly prefer that over a fresh but mediocre sandwich. Note that I was there on Sunday, so it’s possible the selection may be fresher during the week. I also got a vegan cherry brownie which was great, chewy and moist, not too sweet. For a little university cafeteria I thought it was pretty good.
There’s lots of seating here but it is a library, so lots of students studying made it pretty busy, and this was Sunday, so while I was able to get a table without struggle, I would imagine it would be harder on weekdays. It was, as far as I was aware, the only place open on campus on a Sunday midday besides Starbucks and dining halls.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
the workers are very kind but this morning i paid for oat milk and got regular milk. I have a regular milk allergy and it was too busy to ask for another one.
Overpriced food, underpaid workers. Small portions. Excellent employees.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Love their London fogs.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Every single time I have been here the workers have been so lovely (today specifically enough I wanted to review), the drinks are well made (today my regular macchiato even had a beautiful design on it which made it even better), there is a good option for food and snacks at really good prices compared to most cafes and places in Victoria. It is always clean and a good place to study as well as this cafe providing me so much will to live during exam season and the school term in general. These guys deserve a better rating tbh :)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Good baking!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
Student cafe.
Decent food except the sandwiches are iffy. Cheese scones are good.
Coffee is ok
Ambiance is great with student vibe
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
I've never had any issues with this cafe. Yes it's busy, but that's because of the location. I just pay attention to when it's not busy and go in for my coffee.
The schedule on Google Maps is incorrect.
Restaurantji Recommends
Agreable place to grab some food on campus. Sandwiches, snacks with meat, vegetarian, vegan and free gluten options and beverages (the hot chocolate is fabulous). A good place to eat while you study!
A hustling bustling campus cafe next to the library that is efficient in service! We had a Chai latte with soy milk and a London Fog and they were hot and delicious for a very reasonable price.
It's alright. Nothing crazy either way.
Decent selection just the line can be rather long at times.
Expensive and garbage
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