Electrica Coffee

2181 NW Nicolai St, Portland
(971) 238-7394

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Cami Arciniega

I love this coffee

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

W C

Beautiful building, coffee was good. But almost nothing to eat, what there was i literally took two bites and couldn't eat it, not good. I get one wants to see themselves as trendy or off beat cool or whatever.....but sometimes weird is just weird, and entirely devoid of upside. I appreciate how quiet it was, but I dont. know if it is always that way.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 3

Bryce W

Dope drinks, dope staff. Love this place and all it has to offer.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

No Preference Coffee

Got to try to pumpkin curry special, was blown away by the aromatics, flavor, and presentation. Michelle and the other individual there delivered top tier service!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kris Trimble

Delicious speciality beverages are punctuated by the kind baristas creating them. Beautiful space and drink ware. One of the only spots that offers pour overs that are actually dialed in. Bring your nerdy coffee friends here. Bring your mom here. Come alone with a book. 😊

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Paula Lundy

My friend and I went into this shop on Friday. Parking wasn’t bad, it was a short walk. Walking in the atmosphere was beautiful, very clean, very open.
There were two girls in front of us. They ordered and then it was our turn. We were looking at the pour overs and went to put in our order. The barista said “yeah I’m not doing pour overs right now because of how busy it is”
And went on to say but we could wait until 10 and maybe she could do it then
. we were the only ones in line at that point, no one behind us. She wasn’t friendly about it either. We were stunned and We left.
Maybe the coffee was good, I guess we’ll never know.

Atmosphere: 2

Service: 1

Alejandra Flores

Great place, good drinks, nice atmosphere.

Shelby Schroeder

I've been coming to this location for the better part of a decade - first when it was Ristretto Roasters, then Prince, and now Electrica (each is a different company with different owners/staff). Electrica is by far the best cafe to land here - and arguably one of the best in town. The matcha and coffee are premium and well-prepared. The crew is small but mighty, working speedily during the busy spurts, while aiming for quality in the drinks they create. The treats are dangerously delish too.

My guess, after years of observing, is that many customers think this is simply an open lobby to Schoolhouse Electric, and therefore purchasing a drink is not compulsory. However, it's indeed a separate small business with hours that don't always coincide with Schoolhouse, and therefore the 2-hour seat limit is understandable. They need to turn over seats because.. they're a business!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kelsey King

Service was great, matcha was pretty good (preferred strawberry to the corn which didn’t taste like much) and the donut was nice. The place itself was beautiful

Service: 5

Jong Lee

Next to a furniture store connected.

Atmosphere: 5

Christina Gunderson

Amazing vibe for sitting with a drink to get to know someone 😊
The lighting, the brick work, the wood beams, the style of it all, love.

Atmosphere: 5

Jeremy

My wife and I were really excited to try Electrica and we got really excited to see they had matcha (which is what we were craving), so we didn't mind driving 20 minutes to their location.

Parking was fine, it was cool inside of the coffee shop and there weren’t too many people which was chill. We ordered the sweetcorn matcha and the strawberry matcha. The matcha in the sweetcorn matcha was so faint you could barely taste it. My wife got the strawberry matcha which was decent.

The barista/cashier on the other hand left a nasty taste in our mouths. It was our 1st time there, and when my wife asked if she could omit the milk from her matcha, the lady scoffed, rolled her eyes, and said “I guess”. She didn’t even look like she cared, or remotely even liked her job. I don’t know what her issue was, but we did not do anything to warrant such a reaction. She proceeded to be fake nice to me and kept being cold and rude to my wife for no reason.

We ended up ordering the hojicha gelato to go and apologized as we wanted to return the spoon we didn’t need since we weren't dining in, and she visibly seemed frustrated by that. She didn’t say anything and just rolled her eyes at my wife and walked away. Sorry we’re not an old white creep trying to flirt with you (whom you were sooo nice to, before we came up and received a totally different experience).

We tipped 20% to show respect and support, and her attitude got nastier. In a city full of amazing cafes and restaurants, that’s the setting you’re creating and the image you’re projecting to your real customers who are trying to give you business? Unprofessional, and not giving a damn? In a city/state where we are literally known globally for our kindness!? My wife just asked for no milk, and you’re gonna come at us with some attitude??? You’re repping a “dope” and “trendy” coffee shop like that?

We genuinely want to give this place another chance, but after this experience I don't think we will. That employee needs an attitude check. Customer service was NOT it.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 1

Cristina Ramirez

🍓 Matcha is my favorite then add a blck sesame mochi donut!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ashley Lopez

Their iced coffee was so bad. I tossed it. :((( so watery

Jimmy Daugherty

A gem of a coffee shop with unique drinks and high quality favorites.

They run out of pastries quick, that’s my only critique.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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