They have the BEST Gluten Free doughnuts in the world, worth the train ride into the city for a stop over !!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Patrick Sundlof
Great staff and fun location I always love getting my iced latte 😜💐🫂🌻🌹🍅
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
David Smith
Great coffee and food. Nice experience
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
j
The coolest staff in the world work here. Their plain croissants are top tier.
Geoff
The coffee shop, just off to the side of the Metra Railway station (hence backlot?) is a very chic and somewhat hippie-vibed coffee shop that would be very at home on a college campus.
The shop is adorned with modern art and creative wall paintings. The clientele meshes nicely with the vibe (except me, perhaps😁). Young, urban, stylish customers fill out the experience.
The staff is friendly and the restrooms are clean and cutely decorated in the same style as the rest of the shop.
Pro Tip The music, staff and customers can be pretty loud. Enjoying the vibe is great. Doing work here may not be so much so.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Persistent Dreams
The hot latte and service were excellent. The apple fritter was good, but a bit doughy. At least it actually had some pieces of apple in it. Would return.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Paula D
Really disappointed as this used to be my fave coffee shop. I’ll admit I was a bit rushed and didn’t have much time and wanted to place my order asap and was the next customer in line but I feel like from the moment we walked in, the baristas didn’t bother greeting us which at first it was obvious that they were busy so this was understandable but one of them that was taking the orders was having a personal convo which fine that’s normal but after a few minutes of us grabbing stuff from the fridge and standing in line waiting to order another item , the one barista continued carrying on his personal conversation with a customer without ever once acknowledging our presence. Kept asking follow up questions to a point where I thought the slight was intentional. We returned the items back to the fridge and left pretty swiftly as clearly their convo was much too important to acknowledge us and clearly our business is not needed. They have enough foot traffic I totally understand that and want to build relationships with their special customers but guess what, we were customers too and a little respect goes a long way. this used to be my fave spot and today’s treatment was borderline disrespectful and just unfortunate.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 1
Lou Lou
I wanted to try something new on my way to the Skokie Festival of Cultures and glad I stopped at Backlot Coffee! It’s a small space that packs a lot of character! They had art for sale on the walls and plenty of space to sit to enjoy your coffee or work on your laptop. I got a hot coffee with caramel and it was handed to me immediately and it was just what I wanted! The banana bread has chocolate chips and really hit the spot! Fair prices and kind staff. They have parking too!
Sayra Judelky
Normally I’m a big fan of the coffee (forgot my preferred flavor) but this time I went in hoping to try their matcha and I was really disappointed. The matcha looked really light and didn’t really taste like matcha. Other coffee we ordered was better but both just missed the mark.
Cute little cafe right off the interstate offering plant milks and a few vegan baked goods. I thought the coffee was a little sour and I didn’t care for the oat milk used (it was not Oatly). I’d try something else next time.
Updated from previous review on 2024-11-16
Daniel X. O'Neil
Penny Pinch
Nima
Nice space, plenty of parking, fast service, and decent quality brews.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Radhika M
Great mix of spices in the coffees and tea
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pistachio Lemon Donut with a Caramel Latte, Cardamon Rose Latte
Jillian O.
I missed their 1-hour window for a Toogoodtogo order & called ahead to see if it would be OK to still pick it up & was told that it would be... Only to arrive & for the man at the front counter & manager to start saying there's a scam associated with missing the pickup window & that I would get a refund for missing it. I'm completely unaware & confused as to why someone would scam money over day old pastries & bread?? Also, don't see why that has anything to do with me & if it wasn't OK then it should have been communicated over the phone prior to my arrival. As a POC it came off accusatory & racist. Also, to respond to the previous remark-- I haven't received a refund nor was I seeking one which is why I made the point to call to begin with.
Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
They have the BEST Gluten Free doughnuts in the world, worth the train ride into the city for a stop over !!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great staff and fun location I always love getting my iced latte 😜💐🫂🌻🌹🍅
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great coffee and food. Nice experience
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The coolest staff in the world work here. Their plain croissants are top tier.
The coffee shop, just off to the side of the Metra Railway station (hence backlot?) is a very chic and somewhat hippie-vibed coffee shop that would be very at home on a college campus.
The shop is adorned with modern art and creative wall paintings. The clientele meshes nicely with the vibe (except me, perhaps😁). Young, urban, stylish customers fill out the experience.
The staff is friendly and the restrooms are clean and cutely decorated in the same style as the rest of the shop.
Pro Tip
The music, staff and customers can be pretty loud.
Enjoying the vibe is great.
Doing work here may not be so much so.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
The hot latte and service were excellent. The apple fritter was good, but a bit doughy. At least it actually had some pieces of apple in it. Would return.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Really disappointed as this used to be my fave coffee shop. I’ll admit I was a bit rushed and didn’t have much time and wanted to place my order asap and was the next customer in line but I feel like from the moment we walked in, the baristas didn’t bother greeting us which at first it was obvious that they were busy so this was understandable but one of them that was taking the orders was having a personal convo which fine that’s normal but after a few minutes of us grabbing stuff from the fridge and standing in line waiting to order another item , the one barista continued carrying on his personal conversation with a customer without ever once acknowledging our presence. Kept asking follow up questions to a point where I thought the slight was intentional.
We returned the items back to the fridge and left pretty swiftly as clearly their convo was much too important to acknowledge us and clearly our business is not needed. They have enough foot traffic I totally understand that and want to build relationships with their special customers but guess what, we were customers too and a little respect goes a long way.
this used to be my fave spot and today’s treatment was borderline disrespectful and just unfortunate.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 1
I wanted to try something new on my way to the Skokie Festival of Cultures and glad I stopped at Backlot Coffee! It’s a small space that packs a lot of character! They had art for sale on the walls and plenty of space to sit to enjoy your coffee or work on your laptop. I got a hot coffee with caramel and it was handed to me immediately and it was just what I wanted! The banana bread has chocolate chips and really hit the spot! Fair prices and kind staff. They have parking too!
Normally I’m a big fan of the coffee (forgot my preferred flavor) but this time I went in hoping to try their matcha and I was really disappointed. The matcha looked really light and didn’t really taste like matcha. Other coffee we ordered was better but both just missed the mark.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Restaurantji Recommends
Cute little cafe right off the interstate offering plant milks and a few vegan baked goods. I thought the coffee was a little sour and I didn’t care for the oat milk used (it was not Oatly). I’d try something else next time. Updated from previous review on 2024-11-16
Penny Pinch
Nice space, plenty of parking, fast service, and decent quality brews.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Great mix of spices in the coffees and tea
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pistachio Lemon Donut with a Caramel Latte, Cardamon Rose Latte
I missed their 1-hour window for a Toogoodtogo order & called ahead to see if it would be OK to still pick it up & was told that it would be... Only to arrive & for the man at the front counter & manager to start saying there's a scam associated with missing the pickup window & that I would get a refund for missing it. I'm completely unaware & confused as to why someone would scam money over day old pastries & bread?? Also, don't see why that has anything to do with me & if it wasn't OK then it should have been communicated over the phone prior to my arrival. As a POC it came off accusatory & racist.
Also, to respond to the previous remark-- I haven't received a refund nor was I seeking one which is why I made the point to call to begin with.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
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