NOA Cafe

86 Congress Street, Portsmouth
(603) 373-8132

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Amelia Ayres Sherwood

I had an excellent Sunbeam smoothie and Upstream bagel from Noa this morning. Both were fresh and delicious. The atmosphere is bright and clean and service was great. Highly recommend!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ryan Sherwood

Very good food and coffee. Try the salmon bagel or smoothie!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Greta Martinez

Haven’t tried their coffee yet, BUT we stumbled in hungry and ended up having a very pleasant experience. My friend and I both ordered smoothies and they were AMAZING. You can tell their ingredients were fresh and their staff were so lovely and sweet. One of the owners, Ryan, greeted us and made sure we were taken care of. He was so friendly and can’t wait to check out their other coffee shop by the beach. Highly recommend the sun beam.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kelsey Warren

The food and coffee are pretty good, but the service is inconsistent. My first visit, two weeks ago, was a pleasant experience. The barista was working the counter and making coffee by himself, so it was a little slow but he was very friendly and helpful. We were dined in, so when our food was ready someone brought it over to the table, which is a nice touch for a coffee shop. Today, we unfornaty had a completely different experience. My husband and I ordered our food dine-in again, sipping our coffee while we waited for our food. The wait was about 30 minutes, with no sign of our breakfast sandwiches. The shop was pretty slow with the three baristas behind the counter chatting amongst themselves, so I assumed it was a kitchen issue. I went over to the counter and told one of the baristas we had been waiting for awhile on our food. She pointed to the end of the coffee bar and said “they’re over there, we tried to call you”. I found that really frustrating because (1) I was thinking someone would bring out our food like our first visit (2) I made eye contact with the baristas multiple times while I was waiting and I had zero inclination that our food was just sitting there (3) the shop was not busy and the baristas were just chatting behind the counter so they could have easily brought the food over when we didn’t hear that it was called and finally (4) our food was wrapped in tin foil since it had been sitting there awhile we ended up with lukewarm, soggy breakfast sandwiches ?

Obviously, mistakes happen but a frustrating experience and so opposite to our first visit!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 2

Trent Loy

Please do not overcharge the customer or add bogus charges, and treat the customer with respect and not as a chump.

Atmosphere: 3

Service: 1

Todd Sweet

Coffe wad so light it tasted like tea, on the up side they do break Portsmouths health code by letting you bring in your dog.

Janet Fraser

Calming, reasonably priced food, my new favorite affordable coffee shop. Great atmosphere.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Marie H

Loved it here!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Rosalia M

Loved it here!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Luke Adams

A little bit of West Coast love on the East Coast. Grab a board or a bagel, the rip the coast in the this historic district of portsmouth. Doordash uber eats

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Emily Hansen

Great coffee and service

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Greg Bennett

Ordered the overseas salad and the counter person said oh we have one pre-made so I took that plastic container with salad home. I should have asked when it was made but they should not have been selling this because based on the gelatinous texture of the lettuce, tomotoes and cucumbers it was oooooold. Picked out the yuck and stomached the rest. $16 Bucks down the drain, wont be back.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 4

Joseph McDonough

A healthy alternative to a typical coffee shop.

Daniel Clocksin

Coffee here was great! Good beans, great cappuccino, and tasty mocha. Any place that has good latte art in NH is already 90% guaranteed to have good tasting coffee, and NOA doesn’t disappoint. Extraction was good, and the baristas take their time making coffee, which is important - don’t rush a good thing! Wonderful atmosphere too. Looking forward to taking friends and family there again in the near future.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Owen

the chillest staff in Portsmouth!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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