It says open until 8pm on Weekdays. We were there at 6:50 pm, Wednesday. Specifically set this location as it was open and on the way, so took quick detour. It was closed. There was someone inside, who even showed us like yeah guys, we are closed. Hours sign confirmed they supposed to work until 8pm. Don't bother to go here, you may get into closed door.
Amber
Barista was rude and the manager doubled down on her attitude. Definitely will be my last time coming here.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Chiu Geo
We only ordered coffee Nice place and good ☕️
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Ondrej
Nice place to have a Flatwhite
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
David Schott
Great Ballast Cappuccino this morning!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Adam Richlin
Great artisanal coffee shop with lots of space to sit and work. The baristas are wonderful!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jerry Gordinier
quality coffee, staff, good pastry, and a good amount of seating inside and on the back patio. good spot to do a quick bit of work and drink a little coffee.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
teri crosby
Fabulous match and mochi cupcakes.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Pranav Jayachand
Coffee is great, vibes used to be great as well but it's gotten significantly more uncomfortable inside and the hours are reduced so much from just a few months ago.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
Justin Wong-Lara
Service was meh, WiFi was so slow. Wouldn’t recommend working here
Probably one of the worst cafe service I’ve ever encountered at a coffee shop. Nobody in line in front of me, but somehow there are 6 people working? They looked like they were having fun which is great. I’m all for making work fun, but it shouldn’t come at the cost of service. My order took 20+ minutes (a coffee and an empanada that only required being heated up for two minutes). Thank god I wasn’t in a rush. I initially requested my order took go, it was brought out on a plate, no big deal. And then I asked if my coffee was being made, it wasn’t. It was forgotten about to which they then made it on the spot. It’s a shame this was my first experience with Ballast, it will also be my last. Coffee and food was tasty though. Atmosphere is really lacking.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 1
Alessa
This used to be one of my favorite cafes but ever since their recent renovation, I find myself wanting to go other places.
They used to be open until 8pm on weekdays, which set it apart from most other cafes in the city and made it ideal for those needing a place to get work/study done late, but now it's been cut to 5pm.
Additionally, they removed the nicest seating, which was the built-in table and chairs facing the windows of the outside area. They also replaced the group table with an even bigger one, which gives the back room a more conference-like feel. No improvement to the seating in the front room, which has tables that are too low for the benches.
It's still a fine cafe, and it definitely does the job, but to me it lost some of the main qualities that truly made it special. It seems like the renovations regressed it a bit instead of making it cozier/more exceptional, but maybe that was the point idk.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Sameh Mohamed
Very cozy coffee shop, delicious cappuccino, and tge lady who works afternoon she is very friendly
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Zsuzsanna Sziveri
Fast service, delicious coffee. It was fairly packed with young people - looked like they were studying for finals. :) Easy to find parking.
It says open until 8pm on Weekdays. We were there at 6:50 pm, Wednesday. Specifically set this location as it was open and on the way, so took quick detour.
It was closed. There was someone inside, who even showed us like yeah guys, we are closed.
Hours sign confirmed they supposed to work until 8pm. Don't bother to go here, you may get into closed door.
Barista was rude and the manager doubled down on her attitude. Definitely will be my last time coming here.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
We only ordered coffee
Nice place and good ☕️
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Nice place to have a Flatwhite
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great Ballast Cappuccino this morning!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great artisanal coffee shop with lots of space to sit and work. The baristas are wonderful!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
quality coffee, staff, good pastry, and a good amount of seating inside and on the back patio. good spot to do a quick bit of work and drink a little coffee.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Fabulous match and mochi cupcakes.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Coffee is great, vibes used to be great as well but it's gotten significantly more uncomfortable inside and the hours are reduced so much from just a few months ago.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
Service was meh, WiFi was so slow. Wouldn’t recommend working here
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
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Good coffee
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Probably one of the worst cafe service I’ve ever encountered at a coffee shop. Nobody in line in front of me, but somehow there are 6 people working? They looked like they were having fun which is great. I’m all for making work fun, but it shouldn’t come at the cost of service. My order took 20+ minutes (a coffee and an empanada that only required being heated up for two minutes). Thank god I wasn’t in a rush. I initially requested my order took go, it was brought out on a plate, no big deal. And then I asked if my coffee was being made, it wasn’t. It was forgotten about to which they then made it on the spot. It’s a shame this was my first experience with Ballast, it will also be my last. Coffee and food was tasty though. Atmosphere is really lacking.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 1
This used to be one of my favorite cafes but ever since their recent renovation, I find myself wanting to go other places.
They used to be open until 8pm on weekdays, which set it apart from most other cafes in the city and made it ideal for those needing a place to get work/study done late, but now it's been cut to 5pm.
Additionally, they removed the nicest seating, which was the built-in table and chairs facing the windows of the outside area. They also replaced the group table with an even bigger one, which gives the back room a more conference-like feel. No improvement to the seating in the front room, which has tables that are too low for the benches.
It's still a fine cafe, and it definitely does the job, but to me it lost some of the main qualities that truly made it special. It seems like the renovations regressed it a bit instead of making it cozier/more exceptional, but maybe that was the point idk.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Very cozy coffee shop, delicious cappuccino, and tge lady who works afternoon she is very friendly
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Fast service, delicious coffee. It was fairly packed with young people - looked like they were studying for finals. :) Easy to find parking.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
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