This place just warms my soul! Feels like the last vestige of a strong community based country. I love the wonderful diverse regulars, the insanely gifted smart and hardworking staff, and being in a historic building that used to be a hotel. Cafes used to be the absolute pulse of a culture and community, and even in this modern era, this establishment has somehow maintained that crucial ideal.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Diana Lopez
Modern cute place. Staff were nice and outside patio atmosphere was great. We sat there cause we had our pup with us. People in town are friendly enough. The food was bland. We got the breakfast burrito and it needed more sausage and some salt. The pumpkin loaf was good but needed chocolate chips or nuts to make it great. Coffee was just ok. We got 2 of the holiday drinks - 1 no mods and 2nd half sweetener but then it didnt taste like anything. The other one ended up being too sweet so we mixed them and had the perfect drink.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Crish
I love this place. Healthy options and everything is fresh and delicious...And the coffee, yes.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Aron Canby
I love this place. It is unique and represents the real feeling of a local coffeehouse. Great coffee and food. You will not be disappointed with the sophistication of coffee in a small town.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jett Schaeffer
My favorite coffee shop over any others, including my home towns of Montecito and Kona hi!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Brandon DiFede
Fantastic service but the coffee is sub par.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 5
John vandenBerg
Coffee flavor could be improved! Service can also be improved, just a smile and “how are you this morning” goes a long way to make Customers feel appreciated!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 2
olivier DORE
Ok coffee, the chocolate croissent looks like it was three days old.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 4
Christal Arenas
Cute cafe! Avocado toast was delicious!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Gumby001
When in the neighborhood, Cafe Andreini was a frequent stop for me until spring 2024. The quality of my simple drink was getting worse and worse so I left. In late summer of 2025, I decided to see what’s going on and went back. It was just as bad. - Overall: 3 - Location: 5 - Ambiance: 3 - Menu: 4 - Drink Quality: 1 1/2 - Pastry Quality: 3 - Service: 4 - Price and Value: 3 - Parking: 4 Pros: - Location: Convenient. Right in the Village of Arroyo Grande. You can shop and eat very easily. - Ambiance: Casual and laid-back. Andreini’s was decluttered a bit in the 15 months between visits and seems to look a little more professional. - Menu: Extensive. Lots of drinks and entrees - both hot and cold - with a wide array of pastries. - Service: Always friendly. If something isn’t right, they’ll do it again. Trouble is…they may need to. - Price and Value: Reasonable. Decent prices - especially if drinks are done properly. - Parking: Many spots in the lot behind the building. Cons: - Drinks: Bad. I had doctor appointments nearby one day after Labor Day and about a week later and ordered the same drink as follows: “Extra hot…extra foam…1/2 sweet”. My drink on the 1st visit was “lukewarm…no foam and fully sweet”. I asked the server for a redo. It came back “warm…some foam and 3/4 sweet”. My drink on the 2nd visit was “extra hot…no foam and fully sweet”. I asked the server (a different person) for a redo. It came back “extra hot…decent foam and fully sweet”. Unfortunately, she scalded the milk during heating so it was super thin. - Pastries: Horrible…then good. On my first visit, I bought a slice of zucchini bread wrapped in cellophane. It was atrocious. Sandpaper dry. If I gave it to my dog I’d be in jail for animal cruelty. Perhaps I should have known since it was the last one of its kind available the day after Labor Day. My 2nd visit was much better. I got a chocolate chip cookie which turned out fine. The moral of the story? Employees who aren’t fully trained and/or proficient and/or interested in doing a proper job should be assigned to something else until they’re qualified.
I have lived here for many years and have been to Andreini's a handfull of times, there coffee is very good and I enjoy it, but there food is the worst! I just had breakfast with a friend and those cutting boards they use is very difficult to eat from and have any stability. My food was tasteless and what taste it did have was so bland. I write this hoping it will help improve their service, the place was also not as clean as it should be for a high end establishment. I am sorry to say I will not be returning.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Cooper M
Do not get food here! Their food is not put together with any passion, just by teenagers at a summer job. I’ve had an açaí bowl that was super watered down. Another breakfast burrito had three ingredients thrown together, the burrito was falling apart, had no flavor, and costed too much to be (and not exaggerating) the worst breakfast burrito I’ve ever had.
Coffee is always okay.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Samuel Tingley
Would not recommend. Service was great but the food was not aligned with the price. If you want good drinks though they were really good.
This place just warms my soul! Feels like the last vestige of a strong community based country. I love the wonderful diverse regulars, the insanely gifted smart and hardworking staff, and being in a historic building that used to be a hotel. Cafes used to be the absolute pulse of a culture and community, and even in this modern era, this establishment has somehow maintained that crucial ideal.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Modern cute place. Staff were nice and outside patio atmosphere was great. We sat there cause we had our pup with us. People in town are friendly enough. The food was bland. We got the breakfast burrito and it needed more sausage and some salt. The pumpkin loaf was good but needed chocolate chips or nuts to make it great. Coffee was just ok. We got 2 of the holiday drinks - 1 no mods and 2nd half sweetener but then it didnt taste like anything. The other one ended up being too sweet so we mixed them and had the perfect drink.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
I love this place. Healthy options and everything is fresh and delicious...And the coffee, yes.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I love this place. It is unique and represents the real feeling of a local coffeehouse. Great coffee and food. You will not be disappointed with the sophistication of coffee in a small town.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
My favorite coffee shop over any others, including my home towns of Montecito and Kona hi!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Fantastic service but the coffee is sub par.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 5
Coffee flavor could be improved! Service can also be improved, just a smile and “how are you this morning” goes a long way to make Customers feel appreciated!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 2
Ok coffee, the chocolate croissent looks like it was three days old.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 4
Cute cafe! Avocado toast was delicious!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
When in the neighborhood, Cafe Andreini was a frequent stop for me until spring 2024. The quality of my simple drink was getting worse and worse so I left. In late summer of 2025, I decided to see what’s going on and went back. It was just as bad. - Overall: 3 - Location: 5 - Ambiance: 3 - Menu: 4 - Drink Quality: 1 1/2 - Pastry Quality: 3 - Service: 4 - Price and Value: 3 - Parking: 4 Pros: - Location: Convenient. Right in the Village of Arroyo Grande. You can shop and eat very easily. - Ambiance: Casual and laid-back. Andreini’s was decluttered a bit in the 15 months between visits and seems to look a little more professional. - Menu: Extensive. Lots of drinks and entrees - both hot and cold - with a wide array of pastries. - Service: Always friendly. If something isn’t right, they’ll do it again. Trouble is…they may need to. - Price and Value: Reasonable. Decent prices - especially if drinks are done properly. - Parking: Many spots in the lot behind the building. Cons: - Drinks: Bad. I had doctor appointments nearby one day after Labor Day and about a week later and ordered the same drink as follows: “Extra hot…extra foam…1/2 sweet”. My drink on the 1st visit was “lukewarm…no foam and fully sweet”. I asked the server for a redo. It came back “warm…some foam and 3/4 sweet”. My drink on the 2nd visit was “extra hot…no foam and fully sweet”. I asked the server (a different person) for a redo. It came back “extra hot…decent foam and fully sweet”. Unfortunately, she scalded the milk during heating so it was super thin. - Pastries: Horrible…then good. On my first visit, I bought a slice of zucchini bread wrapped in cellophane. It was atrocious. Sandpaper dry. If I gave it to my dog I’d be in jail for animal cruelty. Perhaps I should have known since it was the last one of its kind available the day after Labor Day. My 2nd visit was much better. I got a chocolate chip cookie which turned out fine. The moral of the story? Employees who aren’t fully trained and/or proficient and/or interested in doing a proper job should be assigned to something else until they’re qualified.
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Great coffee, friendly service, cool vibe
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Great acai bowl and friendly service!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I have lived here for many years and have been to Andreini's a handfull of times, there coffee is very good and I enjoy it, but there food is the worst!
I just had breakfast with a friend and those cutting boards they use is very difficult to eat from and have any stability. My food was tasteless and what taste it did have was so bland. I write this hoping it will help improve their service, the place was also not as clean as it should be for a high end establishment.
I am sorry to say I will not be returning.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Do not get food here! Their food is not put together with any passion, just by teenagers at a summer job. I’ve had an açaí bowl that was super watered down. Another breakfast burrito had three ingredients thrown together, the burrito was falling apart, had no flavor, and costed too much to be (and not exaggerating) the worst breakfast burrito I’ve ever had.
Coffee is always okay.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Would not recommend. Service was great but the food was not aligned with the price. If you want good drinks though they were really good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 5
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