Amazing coffee here. Got a cappuccino every day during my stay at The Drake. The baristas really know how to make a great flavored cappuccino without the coffee or flavor being overwhelming or sweet. Everyone there is friendly and readily offers suggestions or advice when ordering.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
C S
Slowest service, forgot to make one of my drinks. You’d think if it takes 25 minutes to make a cream cheese bagel they’d put the cream cheese on the bagel…nope, it’s 25 minutes just to toast the bagel the spreading you get to do yourself. Awful experience.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Oleksandr Rivkind
Good fresh croissants but coffee is surprisingly mediocre. Also ordered double espresso to stay - got a single espresso in a paper cup. So double check what you get and maybe repeat several times to get it in a porcelain cup...
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Lucia Montes Finley
Love atmosphere and coffee.
David Harrison
I want to love to love this place but it’s hard… Cappuccino is just froth and no milk - my medium cap is just empty froth ?
Maybe go if you’re looking for an espresso ☕️ or perhaps I just got a real bad barista 10x ?
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 3
Michelle Richard
Busy morning and the women working are killing it!
It’s nice but I can’t believe I just paid $8 for a chocolate croissant ?In Europe they cost $1.50. What the heck!?
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Chocolate Croissant
Anna Pisanski
Basic coffee shop. It feels like your typical neighborhood Starbucks. Corporate decor! Definitely no Italian vibes here. It wasn’t what I was expecting.
Atmosphere: 3
Service: 3
apoorv gupta
Very sweet staff. Okay coffee. Tasty bakery items.
Food and beverages are great here. What is not mentioned in the reviews is how ornery and incredibly rude half of the customers are who stay at the Drake, while expecting minimum wage workers from the south side to give two sh!ts about their customers problems. I was witness to it last visit, woman was berating the cashier and barista worker for about 20 minutes. Ironic she was woke and so critical. Regardless, great cafe with tasty food and beverages. Probably best coffee in Chicago, but a rare anomaly in a strange location.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 1
Evan
Food and beverages are great here. What is not mentioned in the reviews is how ornery and incredibly rude half of the customers are who stay at the Drake, while expecting minimum wage workers from the south side to give two sh!ts about their customers problems. I was witness to it last visit, woman was berating the cashier and barista worker for about 20 minutes. Ironic she was woke and so critical. Regardless, great cafe with tasty food and beverages. Probably best coffee in Chicago, but a rare anomaly in a strange location.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 1
Joslyn Hartmann
Purchased the Neve Sulla Lava and a strawberry cream danish. Both were very good. Around $10 for both.
Amazing coffee here. Got a cappuccino every day during my stay at The Drake. The baristas really know how to make a great flavored cappuccino without the coffee or flavor being overwhelming or sweet. Everyone there is friendly and readily offers suggestions or advice when ordering.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Slowest service, forgot to make one of my drinks. You’d think if it takes 25 minutes to make a cream cheese bagel they’d put the cream cheese on the bagel…nope, it’s 25 minutes just to toast the bagel the spreading you get to do yourself. Awful experience.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Good fresh croissants but coffee is surprisingly mediocre. Also ordered double espresso to stay - got a single espresso in a paper cup. So double check what you get and maybe repeat several times to get it in a porcelain cup...
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Love atmosphere and coffee.
I want to love to love this place but it’s hard… Cappuccino is just froth and no milk - my medium cap is just empty froth ?
Maybe go if you’re looking for an espresso ☕️ or perhaps I just got a real bad barista 10x ?
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 3
Busy morning and the women working are killing it!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Wonderful experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chocolate Croissant, Mocha Frappe
It’s nice but I can’t believe I just paid $8 for a chocolate croissant ?In Europe they cost $1.50. What the heck!?
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Chocolate Croissant
Basic coffee shop. It feels like your typical neighborhood Starbucks. Corporate decor! Definitely no Italian vibes here. It wasn’t what I was expecting.
Atmosphere: 3
Service: 3
Very sweet staff. Okay coffee. Tasty bakery items.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
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Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Food and beverages are great here. What is not mentioned in the reviews is how ornery and incredibly rude half of the customers are who stay at the Drake, while expecting minimum wage workers from the south side to give two sh!ts about their customers problems. I was witness to it last visit, woman was berating the cashier and barista worker for about 20 minutes. Ironic she was woke and so critical. Regardless, great cafe with tasty food and beverages. Probably best coffee in Chicago, but a rare anomaly in a strange location.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 1
Food and beverages are great here. What is not mentioned in the reviews is how ornery and incredibly rude half of the customers are who stay at the Drake, while expecting minimum wage workers from the south side to give two sh!ts about their customers problems. I was witness to it last visit, woman was berating the cashier and barista worker for about 20 minutes. Ironic she was woke and so critical. Regardless, great cafe with tasty food and beverages. Probably best coffee in Chicago, but a rare anomaly in a strange location.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 1
Purchased the Neve Sulla Lava and a strawberry cream danish. Both were very good. Around $10 for both.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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