Dean: a coffee shop

6100 Hollister Ave Suite 1B, Goleta
(805) 350-4110

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Nader Mirzaei

I was thoroughly impressed by the excellent food and service. The establishment is exceptionally clean and well-organized. The staff members are notably friendly and pleasant. Moreover, there is ample seating available, ensuring a comfortable experience.

In conclusion, it is a wonderful place to savor coffee and enjoy a meal.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Bagel, Caprese on Baguette, Baguette with Mozzarella, Avocado Toast on Sourdough Toast, Toasted Bagel \u0026 Cream Cheese

Space Cerv

Their iced oat matcha is not even matcha! The matcha tastes like sugar and milk. The matcha is not green and the price for it doesn’t match qualify of matcha.

Brad Fogle

This place is awesome!! 🤩 Great drinks and a delectable menu of bagel and baguette options alongside fresh pastries.

The caprese baguette was fantastic! I’ll be coming back just for that. A wonderfully crunchy, yet soft, baguette serves as a podium for fresh mozzarella and meaty Roma tomatoes with basil, olive oil and a well balanced balsamic.

Coming in I was surprised to see a poppy seed twist pastry. That was a fun and tasty reminder of home poppy seed paste baked goods. A generous amount of poppy seed pairs well with the twist style flaky pastry and proportioned glaze topping. A great treat to choose when you’re wanting to branch out from chocolate croissants.

This is a great spot with 2hr free Wi-Fi and light airy indoor outdoor seating options. Right across from the Santa Barbara Airport this is also a great place to sit back and watch the planes take off.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mike Chasco

Great service, food was really good too. They did a great job decorating, and it’s so close to the beach you can grab your food and go eat on the sand.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Don Lubach

I know that some folks are intimidated by the big road construction projects in Old Town Goleta. But don't let that hold you back from visiting this wonderful "3rd Place." I know at least one thing that most folks don't know...and that is how seriously this team takes their espresso machine and equipment. I had no idea how much care goes into maintaining a machine that pulls consistent and delicious shots of my favorite elixir. Long before I wake up in the morning, someone is warming up the machine and ensuring that it is in top form for we customers. It's not unlike the crews across the street who are checking the passenger airplanes and ensuring they are safe to fly. I am making an effort to spend all of my dining and entertainment budget in Old Town as the businesses pull through these impressive but annoying road projects. You'll see me at Dean, I'm sure.

Parking: I love how friendly they are about bicycle parking.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Toast

Forrest Brewer

Coffee is well balanced and not acidic. Treats often surprising, only place in town I ever found Kouign-amann... Lots of outside seating, on Sunday, local go players show up... A bit like Tokyo go places, but cheaper and has coffee if no wandering pro.
Gets some students from nearby IV, but is pretty quiet on weekdays afternoons, nice place to relax.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Caprese Baguette, Cold Brew Colfee, Cinnamon Roll, Avocado Toast Vegan

Valentin Georgiev

Good food and coffee, great and fast service. Thank you!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Walter Peterson

I was blown away! This place has great atmosphere and vibes. They've got great pastries and breakfast foods. I had a turkey bacon avocado cheese and arugula sandwich served open face on your choice of bagel. A little tough & messy to eat. However, it was beautifully presented and tasted wonderful!
I went there during lunch and the place was perfectly full of bright beautiful UCSB students. And this is no small feat, because it is a distance from campus. So the draw is very real.
I had an excellent $5.50 guava kombucha beverage.
With a tip my total meal was just over $22. Not bad.
The music was great, and I felt warmly satisfied on my departure👍

Perfect, I'll be back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

Rafael Meza

Restrooms were clean but coffee tasted like armpit.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Valérie Lent

My coffee was cold but the time I reached the table. unless you don't specify, they'll give you a paper cup instead of a ceramic cup.
There are no bicycle racks. If you sit outside, you get the gas fumes from Hollister and a lot of traffic noise.

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 3

Aurimas Janulis

Amazing coffee and croissants!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Tracy Adams

Can’t wait to go back. Worth the trip from Ventura.
Clean, welcoming, great food and coffee.
Friendly staff.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

H A

-Coffee and food 4/5: Great quality but a little pricy compared to other local coffee shops.
-Service 2/5 staff consistently making mistakes
-atmosphere 1/5 vibe is ok but sometimes I could smell the plane fuel from airport, might be hazardous!
Overall 2/5

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 4

Service: 2

Lisa Carlson

The staff was really friendly, and the cold brew was smooth and tasty. Really nice pastries- my croissant was so flaky and delicious!

Jennifer Bui

Such a beautiful space! Plenty of seating and WiFi. Got the lavender latte with oat milk and it was great

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

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