Stimulus Coffee + Bakery

The well made cappuccino & breakfast options bring me in every morning we are on vacation in Pacific City! Clean atmosphere with moderate seating. Absolutely killer view from the patio of the ocean. Snag a coffee & pastry then sit out front & enjoy the view.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Breakfast Sandwich, Cinnamon Bliss, Pastries, Everything Bagel, Sweet Scone

Been going here for years and am a local. The coffee and food is good but very expensive. The shop tends to be pretty loud and I’ve never been inside when the tables and floors aren’t covered in crumbs. It’s a cool spot but not worth the cost of a 7$-8$ latte. Also an odd take to ask for a tip with that type of pricing when I stand up to order, pick up my own drink, and then bus my own table? Cold water coffee around the way is significantly better.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 2

Cozy little coffee shop overlooking Kiwanda with awesome little snacks and delicious coffee. Great place to meet others or work for a bit.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I stopped in this place a few years ago on a roadtrip down the coast to California and loved it. Just recently, I visited Portland again and took a day trip out to the coast via Astoria and down. Rather than take the turn in Tillamook to head back, I purposely drove the extra distance to visit Stimulus again and did not regret. A great place with great coffee, unmatched scenery, and a true coffee expert behind the counter. Can’t recommend this place enough.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great bakery.
10/10 cookie
10/10 quiche

Food: 5

I stopped by Stimulus for a a cozy experience, but I was really disappointed. The service was incredibly rude—the staff was rude, didn’t smile once and acted like I was bothering them by ordering. The coffee itself was even worse — bland, over -roasted, and just plain burnt. For a a cozy place nestled on the beach, it was surprisingly bad.

The only saving grace was the pastries — they were actually really good and seemed fresh. But unfortunately, that’s not enough to make up for the poor service and terrible coffee. I won’t be coming back.

Ps. I never got my vanilla cold foam

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 1

It was just shockingly expensive.

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 3

Their pastries are to die for. Their coffee and customer service is pretty disapppointing. Every time we’ve been in, most of the staff act like it’s a huge burden to be there. An improvement in their service would make this place a five star establishment.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 1

First time here and we thought it was great. It was very busy, but they were working very efficiently and I moved through pretty quickly, all things considered.

Arrived around 9am on a Saturday and, indeed, the line was out the door, but I still made it to the ordering counter within about 10 minutes (I didn't actually time it, but I perceived it as pretty darn quick given the length of the line). After ordering, my wait was only about 5 minutes for a drip coffee, 20oz cold brew, 2 breakfast sandwiches, and a bakery dessert.

The coffee and food were both great. Bonus: the breakfast sandwiches were larger than we were expecting.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Nice stop for a little treat or small bite.

Atmosphere: 4

Service: 5

Not service dog friendly. Online ordering is broken. I couldn’t order ahead of time and I couldn’t leave my service dog outside.

Luckily I found the wine bar across the street has a coffee window.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Came on a busy Sunday. Waited about 5 minutes in line. Learned they were out of oatmilk and opted not to get a drink and ordered two pastries. Cashier wouldn’t bag them up, put me in the food queue behind several large food orders. I waited 15 minutes for two bagged pastries. Saw the cashier bag up pastries for folks who checked out after me with zero wait. It was infuriating. Not coming back here.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

Coffees okay

Wayyyy too many flies inside flying everywhere and landing everywhere it’s like they’re breeding in there

The service was really bad, and the food… honestly some of the worst I’ve ever had. It only took them a minute to bring me the sandwich — straight from the freezer to the microwave. I wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone.

Stay away from the matcha!

Rest of it was decent. Not worth the wait imo.

Atmosphere: 3

Service: 4