Olympia Coffee Roasting

We got a decaf Americano here and it was the WORST coffee I have ever had. At first I actually thought the 1/2 & 1/2 was spoiled, but it was the coffee. After the first sip I dumped it. I didn't even ask for a refund as the barista was surly, and the last thing I wanted was to make her day even worse. The pastry we got was very good, but they don't bake them in house, and they probably come from Left Bank Pastry.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 3

OCR has the best coffee. Seriously it has ruined other coffee for me. All the locations have really chill vibes and the folks working there are all so friendly. Snacks are great and I love the way the coffee tastes, even when I make it at home in my cheap coffee maker. 10s across the board for

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Rude staff. Condescending nature about them. They are so ready to reinstate a mask policy, they just need big daddy gov to send out the signal.

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 1

Always love coming here when I’m in town

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Love this location much more than the Tacoma Proctor district location. Visited today on our way to Oregon with my husband and two little boys. This has a much more welcoming energy, smaller, outside seating only. Our barista was a pleasure to talk to, so personable, helpful and kind. She was my ideal barista. I wish I had caught her name to give her kudos for being a bright light in our day. The coffees are perfect and the treats are a great pairing. I appreciate they have gluten free and gluten free + vegan options. Thank you!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sub Alternative Milk

They made the hot chocolate kid temp!

Edit: the parking is poorly marked

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 5

Service: 2

Good cappuccino (or any at all!) can be hard to find. This place has them!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great place the people were fun to talk to and my son had a fun time he even found something he liked a donut with sprinkles he loves this place

Parking: Lots of space

Kid-friendliness: Staff is kid friendly!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This Olympia Coffee location is operated under a strange despotism. It's a small structure that not many people can fit in. During COVID a limit on customers indoors at any given time was instituted. Since then the rule has remained, though it's relation to staff and customer safety is now dubious at best. In any case, there is no "official" reason for the rule--its just an arbitrary rule not connected to any epidemiological recommendation nor reinforced by any actually useful epidemiological rule, such as a mask mandate. In effect, it's the only shred of authoritarian power the institution has left to exercise, and exercise it they do, to the point of absurdity. I've always felt the staff here was "quietly rude" is that sort of passive aggressive way that you can't overtly call out, because its often soaked in a thin veneer of "Welcome in" (until they welcome you right back out) but which you can *feel* if you have any minimal sensitivity to the kind of fake politeness endemic to performative liberalism. But I digress, this is a coffee review after all, isn't it?Today, my partner and I came in out of the storm and rain to find 2 customers already present. We were greeted by the barista, then quickly told that there was a three person limit and we would have to wait outside (in the heavy rain, by implication). My partner and I aren't big people, we don't take up much space, we prefer a polite social distance. Standing there briefly, the space felt perfectly sufficient between us and the other customers. In a normal world, without the weird policing that places like this cling so desperately to, customers are capable of self-regulating. Humans know intrinsically when an environment is "full". We might squeeze in to get out of inclement weather (heat, cold, rain, snow, wind), but even that has a limit most of us are willing to recognize. Today, there was no squeezing necessary, and something approximating more social distance than would be experienced by 3 individuals spaced equidistantly from one another. This was two couples: my partner and I, and the two others already there. And it was raining hard, cold, windy. Are we so lost as a people that we can't make reasonable exceptions to already arbitrary rules for the sake of customer comfort and common decency? At what point does the dogma of post-COVID paranoia reach an untenable fever pitch? Are we humans or are we computer programs incapable of spontaneous kindness?If the West Olympia Coffee wants to keep playing the role of little monarchs in a microcastle, fine I guess. Just don't pretend your sanctimonious self-righteousness has any relation whatsoever to being concerned about anyone's well being, staff or customer alike. It's just a weird power game. Your coffee isn't worth the wait.

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 1

Great Coffee good people excellent outdoor

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

So delicious, and they did a great job making my drink. They will definitely get my money again.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Westside is the best. The greatest

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Magical gnomes posses human Baristas to make one if the best cups of coffee this snob from Tacoma has ever had.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sub Alternative Milk

Friendly staff, cozy environments, and the best tasting coffee roasts that you can find anywhere in the states, what more do you need? Thanks for helping to make me feel proud to be an Oly native!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Small and cosy place with great pastries and amazing coffee/chai drinks

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Croissant, Sub Alternative Milk