Local Grind Coffee + Cafe

This is a great local coffee shop! The staff was friendly and welcoming! My wife and I tried their specials, Iced Chocolate Covered Cherry Mocha and an Iced Strawberry Shortcake. These were really delicious and reasonably priced!

This is right next to the Fairfield by Marriott Los Alamitos, which is how we came across it! I'm glad that we found this place and we'll stop by on our next way through!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Even though they said their hours of operation start at 6 AM they did not open or acknowledge anybody at the doorway at the moment I waited 30 minutes and still, nobody came to open the stock the baked items by the cash register

“Coffee tasted rich and fresh, definitely better than most places.”

Relaxing and quiet.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

Great place to plant yourself for a few hours for studying, reading, or working on whatever passion projects you have. The music sets a peaceful environment, noise chatter volume is non-existent, and they do have free wi-fi. I got the seasonal Maple Matcha w/ the vanilla bean cold foam instead of pumpkin spice foam and it was delicious. The ice chunks are chewable too. They also offer a handful of small bites and pastries. Overall, cute little space on the corner!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

incredible vibes! i will be coming back to try their coffee but i got the iced matcha latte with almond milk and it wasn’t bad, maybe a bit too much ice for my liking but im sure you can just tell them. i want to come back to try more of their food. free wifi and outlet to charge your devices.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

very clean sharp spacious coffee shop.

I went in around 8 am not busy at all-

came in for coffee got; horchata latte, black coffee, almond croissant, and chocolates chip cookie.

The latte taste like a cinnamon or dolce latte, would have loved if she made it a bit hotter; i usually get it extra hot and it was given to me barely warm not your average served hot, so it wasn’t as enjoyable as it could have been for me. Dislike when coffee shops serve it like that very much.
I did appreciate her asking about my milk preference, i think thats super thoughtful.i always forget when i try a new place.

chocolate chip cookie tasted salty so not your average chocolate chip if you have picky kids like mine; i thinks its good to know.

almond croissant; i enjoyed

black coffee was rich and smooth; enjoyed it very much.
i look forward to trying this place again.

Atmosphere: 4

Service: 4

Solid spot

There coffee and bagels are amazing

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Delicious food and beautiful staff! The lavender latte was the pick up I needed that day.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The Mexican horchata coffee is the best I’ve had so far ! Perfect sweetness and temperature, good coffee perfect balance !

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The place was quiet and clean, really spacious. Lots of places to work which i did. I ordered a croissant sandwich which was really good but every single thing you can add to the list costed something so I ended up paying $12 for an egg croissant but it was still really good. I also ordered a rose matcha latte and this is where I had to dock it a star. It was disgusting. The actual matcha isn't fresh, they use a premixed blend which was disappointing (and their chai latte uses a powder?? So i took my chances with the premixed matcha) but the rose syrup they use quite literally made me throw my drink away. It was horrible, and synthetic tasting, and I've had rose syrups before but man. But the staff working was really nice and they have a few merchandise for sale so I got myself a few stickers. Really disappointed with my drink, but maybe it would've tasted fine without that rose syrup? I'll honestly go again just for that sandwich tho ngl.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 5

Excellent coffee shop. One of the best latte's I've had.
It can get quite busy in the mornings as everyone is heading to work, so be prepared for the possibility of a wait, but the result is worth it.
* Extra props for the pastries - I live in Europe where the pastries are hard to beat, but their chocolate croissant was exceptional!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Coffee snobs avoid this place at all costs. We ordered a mocha and a latte. The mocha tasted like hot chocolate and the latte tasted like it was made with drip coffee. Extremely disappointing considering the coffee shop is cute, has a decent selection of food and drinks. Good for working or studying, but not for well-made coffee drinks.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 3

If you’re looking for coffee on the stronger side this is your coffee shop. The environment is really beautiful, lots of sunlight!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4