Cafe Balagan

241 Main St, Northampton
(413) 727-3990

Recent Reviews

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Kelsey Chaplain

Not impressed by the coffee nor the dark atmosphere. Table was sticky & so was the floor. Surprising, considering the high reviews here.

Uri T

Wallah the coffee tasted so watered down. Not a fan.

S. Grafton

Disappointing, very weak specialty coffee. Paid extra to then “doctor it up” and was surprised not even an apology was offered by staff.

Curtis Clogston

Good coffee.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Joshua Herzig-Marx

Small coffee shop with some low soft seating, some bar-style seating, and a couple of high tops outside. Sadly no decaf brewed coffee so I got an Americano and a pastry. It was all fine and bathroom was clean enough.

Parking: Plenty of spots on the street on a weekday morning.

Wheelchair accessibility: Wheelchair accessible entry but no wheelchair accessible seating except some uncovered tables outside.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 5

Gentle Nomad

Not a fan of CHAOS ( balagan in Hebrew ) nor was I impressed with the owners too cool to be cordial attitude. But everything and everyone deserves a second chance. Returned two more times and find the staff to be delightful but the coffee is consistently excessive watery ie weak which is unfortunate cause intelligentsia sources great beans. Both Pricey and weak coffee. Bummer.

VNG

Very cozy place! We tried their Jerusalem sandwich, it was the best thing we tried! We be coming back for sure. Latte was very good too.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Zoe Sl

Had the two Aviv and the espresso. Loved them both. Thank you for the wonderful food!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Matthew Christian

Good coffee but unclear why the door should be wide open while running AC

Edit: owner appears to think I felt the place wasn’t cold enough. It was super cold. Do they not get that blasting your AC with the door wide open all day all summer is a totally rotten move in the era of real deadly climate change or is Northampton immune ?

Lauren Ohayon

Great coffee shop. Delicious coffee and pastries. Sweet staff too. That always helps when people are nice.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Shaked Leibovitz

Best coffee in the area!! Very good vibe :)

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mitch Rutherford

Good cold brew and friendly staff

Atmosphere: 4

Service: 5

Richard Wynn

My wife and I are in town (from Birmingham) for graduation at Smith, and the sandwiches, coffee and staff were fabulous!

Alexa

Best espresso in town! For those who love blonde roasts, go to the Roost. For those who love dark roasts, go to Balagan! The toasted marshmallow flavor is delightful.

Layannie Haydon-Mayer

I found this wonderful coffee shop with tables outside serving delicious sandwiches and fabulous coffee and treats.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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