False advertisement: I walked half hour to make it to Signal Coffee by the advertised closing hour, made it, but to my surprise they were closed. Staff leaving the shop explained it’s now open only til 3:30pm (downgrade). But they didn’t care to update their advertised hours on Google maps as a sign of respect to customers.
Service: 1
drew cruz
The kiosk/online ordering plus the bad layout means it's full of phone-addicted boomers bumping into things like a roomba, nobody talks to each other, and the baristas are miserably overworked bc the cashier is no longer acting as a natural flow limiter. Sadly this is the same thing that happened to Philz, online ordering destroyed the work environment for the baristas and quality cratered immediately thereafter. If starting a chain and squeezing all the humanity out of it is how founders can make these things pencil out, the economics of retail coffee are dead. However Highwire has yet to ruin itself so I'm going to keep going there for now.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 2
Katherine “Kate” Bickford
The auto-kiosk and online ordering is a huge downgrade in vibe here. It’s super rare to get a real coffee experience and the faster ordering I’m sure is nice for the bottom line but it creates a frantic atmosphere with the lovely kind staff people and I saw two people walk away from the counter when the kiosk was the quickest option to order bc the staff were swamped with orders. Everyone is always so nice and I feel for the baristas, and tbh I probably won’t come back while this payment system is in place. I don’t come to Signal for a Starbucks experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jonathan Herrera
Awkward layout if crowded. Wildly inconsistent coffee, particularly espresso drinks. Bad food. Oh, and if you aren’t sold yet, be prepared to wait 15-20 minutes for your latte. There’s better options very close. Don’t let the hip design of the spot fool you; it’s not special.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 2
Paul Boudreau
Great coffee. Not overroasted like SB and Ps. Smooth.
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 4
Catherine Chu
The seasonal “Great Pumpkin” latte is amazing! Fall in a cup!
Rigby Granados
I’ve been here 4 times and the baristas always act like I am holding them hostage.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
nate lachance
Holy shit! I just bought an $11.00 piece of toast lmao !!! Wack sauce !!
Sonia Garcia
their ube latte is perfect. their black sesame latte i think could have a stronger black sesame taste.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Dillon Loyd
Cute, local coffee shop. They have great pastries.
Coffee is a little too acidic for my taste, but that is a matter of preference not quality.
Come here a lot but just had a really bad experience. They microwaved my bagel and drowned it in butter. It was not good. Also, latte was burned.
I think there’s new staff but it was really really bad.
ちゃんペケ
The manager here is really weird and he doesn’t treat his workers very well. I saw him cussing and I felt awkward being there. Food is good but I like the coffee place at Flowerland better! 10 times better!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Butim
We got one ube latte and one regular latte. They both taste great. Especially ube I would highly recommend. Don’t forget to reduce sweetness to half, otherwise could be so sweet. Though lattes a bit pricy :(
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Wayne Whelan
Great ambiance, friendly service, and locally sourced goods.!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Omar Octavio Vargas
Great coffee and cute space in a convenient area between downtown Berkeley bart and the main campus
False advertisement: I walked half hour to make it to Signal Coffee by the advertised closing hour, made it, but to my surprise they were closed. Staff leaving the shop explained it’s now open only til 3:30pm (downgrade). But they didn’t care to update their advertised hours on Google maps as a sign of respect to customers.
Service: 1
The kiosk/online ordering plus the bad layout means it's full of phone-addicted boomers bumping into things like a roomba, nobody talks to each other, and the baristas are miserably overworked bc the cashier is no longer acting as a natural flow limiter. Sadly this is the same thing that happened to Philz, online ordering destroyed the work environment for the baristas and quality cratered immediately thereafter. If starting a chain and squeezing all the humanity out of it is how founders can make these things pencil out, the economics of retail coffee are dead. However Highwire has yet to ruin itself so I'm going to keep going there for now.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 2
The auto-kiosk and online ordering is a huge downgrade in vibe here. It’s super rare to get a real coffee experience and the faster ordering I’m sure is nice for the bottom line but it creates a frantic atmosphere with the lovely kind staff people and I saw two people walk away from the counter when the kiosk was the quickest option to order bc the staff were swamped with orders. Everyone is always so nice and I feel for the baristas, and tbh I probably won’t come back while this payment system is in place. I don’t come to Signal for a Starbucks experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Awkward layout if crowded. Wildly inconsistent coffee, particularly espresso drinks. Bad food. Oh, and if you aren’t sold yet, be prepared to wait 15-20 minutes for your latte. There’s better options very close. Don’t let the hip design of the spot fool you; it’s not special.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 2
Great coffee. Not overroasted like SB and Ps. Smooth.
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 4
The seasonal “Great Pumpkin” latte is amazing! Fall in a cup!
I’ve been here 4 times and the baristas always act like I am holding them hostage.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Holy shit! I just bought an $11.00 piece of toast lmao !!! Wack sauce !!
their ube latte is perfect. their black sesame latte i think could have a stronger black sesame taste.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Cute, local coffee shop. They have great pastries.
Coffee is a little too acidic for my taste, but that is a matter of preference not quality.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
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Come here a lot but just had a really bad experience. They microwaved my bagel and drowned it in butter. It was not good. Also, latte was burned.
I think there’s new staff but it was really really bad.
The manager here is really weird and he doesn’t treat his workers very well. I saw him cussing and I felt awkward being there. Food is good but I like the coffee place at Flowerland better! 10 times better!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
We got one ube latte and one regular latte. They both taste great. Especially ube I would highly recommend. Don’t forget to reduce sweetness to half, otherwise could be so sweet. Though lattes a bit pricy :(
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great ambiance, friendly service, and locally sourced goods.!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great coffee and cute space in a convenient area between downtown Berkeley bart and the main campus
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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