Pretty good coffee drinks. Service is a bit underwhelming.
Joseph Austerweil
I love this place for working, reading and/or relaxing. The atmosphere is usually pretty quiet. Coffee and espresso drinks are superb. The bread they use for the different toasts is so thick and yummy!
John Michaels
We lost track of time in the day, stopped in for a coffee, didn't realize the shop was about to close in a minute, would have never known either. Got the best cup of coffee with the best service! Thanks.
Michelle C.
Coffee was a crescendo of flavors. Burrito more like dimminuendo. The vibes were great! It's a cute little place with cozy plants all over and local art on the walls. There's a little stage for local music artists. Excited to come back for that. The lattes were yummy. Everything you expect from a latte. We got matcha and a normal latte. We got the crescendo and black bean burrito. The burritos were so tiny, like the palm of my hand, and I got tiny hands. They were both yummy, just not best the best value. TLDR: come in for a latte and good study, skip the 'rito.
Tessa Warner
Crescendo provided coffee and espresso through their mobile bar at my wedding in August and it was delicious!! Cait and Paul were both awesome to work with and made the whole planning process stress free and straightforward. They provided services for pretty much the entire day and guests LOVED it! So did we! Thank you again Crescendo for being a highlight on our special day!!
Jeanie E
We took a LONG walk around UW Madison on a snowy December day. At the end we got hot drinks and sandwiches at Crescendo and really enjoyed it. I had Rishi chai which is wonderfully spiced with ginger. My son enjoyed a macha tea. Two others had various coffees and said they were excellent. However, we were hungry, too, so we got some food (which is decently priced). Very yummy tree-hugger sandwich with an egg, wonderful pesto and a few other ingredients between an English muffin. This was really tasty. I tried the Crescendo burrito with black beans, sweet potato and tofu and it was quite good - especially with the salsa-like dip to add some zip. This place is GOOD. give it a try!
Caroline Cummings
Kind baristas, cute cafe, and great drinks!
Roger Osorio
Cool spot. Good options. Miel was not good. It was 4/5 just milk. No balance in it. No cinnamon. Would not order that here
Sydney T.
I'm very unimpressed! With this location being on Monroe Street a prime location I hoped for more! The coffee tasted like spoiled milk, the food was mediocre (the eggs looked like the ones from McDonald's), and the service was awful (seemed rushed and overwhelmed)!
Elias Rivera
1st time customer. My Cold brew was a sour flavorless mess - 20 oz mostly foam on top very disappointing
This place has a great latte and scone selection, but their bagels are not anything over the top. Crescendo is a bit pricy for what you get.
Tyler Nylen
It’s my birthday, and I’m going here to get coffee… that should tell you what you need to know.
Joseph Catudal
Fantastic coffee and sandwiches with a great and friendly atmosphere!
penguin4836
We drove into town to do some shopping. We ended up at trader Joe's and saw this across the street. We decided to give it a try. Great iced tea! We both ordered the black bean burrito and it was good. It's not a full restaurant but there were vegetarian selections which I appreciated. We'd come here again. Nothing fancy, and we know being a restaurant isn't the main thing they do. The food was just right for what we were looking for! I would consider it a 4.5 but want to give it an overall of 5. Felt safe and clean. Rest rooms clean also!
Mikhail A
I didn't get to try their coffee or anything else. I was wearing a mask BUT with 50% of the adult population vaccinated, surfaces having been qualified as 'low-risk' by the CDC and this generous cafe space with 15 foot ceilings, they would not let me have my macchiato inside! It's 40 F outside, windy and almost raining but no - you cant have it inside! Just came back from Charleston: warm, pleasant, masks mandated in all public spaces but all cafes will let you sit inside. What's special about Madison? Is the virus here particularly vicious? Hysterical
Pretty good coffee drinks. Service is a bit underwhelming.
I love this place for working, reading and/or relaxing. The atmosphere is usually pretty quiet. Coffee and espresso drinks are superb. The bread they use for the different toasts is so thick and yummy!
We lost track of time in the day, stopped in for a coffee, didn't realize the shop was about to close in a minute, would have never known either. Got the best cup of coffee with the best service! Thanks.
Coffee was a crescendo of flavors. Burrito more like dimminuendo. The vibes were great! It's a cute little place with cozy plants all over and local art on the walls. There's a little stage for local music artists. Excited to come back for that. The lattes were yummy. Everything you expect from a latte. We got matcha and a normal latte. We got the crescendo and black bean burrito. The burritos were so tiny, like the palm of my hand, and I got tiny hands. They were both yummy, just not best the best value. TLDR: come in for a latte and good study, skip the 'rito.
Crescendo provided coffee and espresso through their mobile bar at my wedding in August and it was delicious!! Cait and Paul were both awesome to work with and made the whole planning process stress free and straightforward. They provided services for pretty much the entire day and guests LOVED it! So did we! Thank you again Crescendo for being a highlight on our special day!!
We took a LONG walk around UW Madison on a snowy December day. At the end we got hot drinks and sandwiches at Crescendo and really enjoyed it. I had Rishi chai which is wonderfully spiced with ginger. My son enjoyed a macha tea. Two others had various coffees and said they were excellent. However, we were hungry, too, so we got some food (which is decently priced). Very yummy tree-hugger sandwich with an egg, wonderful pesto and a few other ingredients between an English muffin. This was really tasty. I tried the Crescendo burrito with black beans, sweet potato and tofu and it was quite good - especially with the salsa-like dip to add some zip. This place is GOOD. give it a try!
Kind baristas, cute cafe, and great drinks!
Cool spot. Good options. Miel was not good. It was 4/5 just milk. No balance in it. No cinnamon. Would not order that here
I'm very unimpressed! With this location being on Monroe Street a prime location I hoped for more! The coffee tasted like spoiled milk, the food was mediocre (the eggs looked like the ones from McDonald's), and the service was awful (seemed rushed and overwhelmed)!
1st time customer. My Cold brew was a sour flavorless mess - 20 oz mostly foam on top very disappointing
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This place has a great latte and scone selection, but their bagels are not anything over the top. Crescendo is a bit pricy for what you get.
It’s my birthday, and I’m going here to get coffee… that should tell you what you need to know.
Fantastic coffee and sandwiches with a great and friendly atmosphere!
We drove into town to do some shopping. We ended up at trader Joe's and saw this across the street. We decided to give it a try. Great iced tea! We both ordered the black bean burrito and it was good. It's not a full restaurant but there were vegetarian selections which I appreciated. We'd come here again. Nothing fancy, and we know being a restaurant isn't the main thing they do. The food was just right for what we were looking for! I would consider it a 4.5 but want to give it an overall of 5. Felt safe and clean. Rest rooms clean also!
I didn't get to try their coffee or anything else. I was wearing a mask BUT with 50% of the adult population vaccinated, surfaces having been qualified as 'low-risk' by the CDC and this generous cafe space with 15 foot ceilings, they would not let me have my macchiato inside! It's 40 F outside, windy and almost raining but no - you cant have it inside! Just came back from Charleston: warm, pleasant, masks mandated in all public spaces but all cafes will let you sit inside. What's special about Madison? Is the virus here particularly vicious? Hysterical