Carrera Cafe

Bitter espresso, you’d think for an almost $10 drink you’d get some type of quality control. Food is mediocre and ingredients aren’t fresh. Their shelf and refrigerator items are just over priced for no reason oh and while I watched my drink being made I saw roaches (: maybe invest in some pest control? Overhyped spot for sure, you’re better off at starbucks. Customer service is the only decent thing there.

The idea of printed latte art just blew my mind. Unfortunately when we went, the machine that lets you send in personal pictures to have the the latte was down. So we had to select from a list that they had.

I got their Earl Grey with milk and it was delicious! Stayed in the coffee shop to study/work and eventually got hungry. I ended up getting their açai bowl and it was delicious!

I would have gave this place a 5 but one of the baristas was so rude to me and he wasn’t even taking my order. I went with my daughter in law and as I was ordering I asked the guy that was taking my order for an iced caramel macchiato, as soon as I said that the barista that was standing behind him interrupted me and said: we don’t do those here I’m just letting you know we don’t do that here. The other guy that was helping him looked at him like okay. So I just ignored him and proceeded to place my order. The helpful young man said yes I can make and iced caramel coffee for you. I don’t know if the other guy was having a bad day but he was extremely rude. So wish I would have gotten his name.

Absolutely loved this coffee shop! The staff was great, coffee was excellent and customizable ($3 extra) and the food was yummy. It’s in a fun area of town where you can walk the streets and check out murals and art around. Would definitely be a regular here if I lived close by!

Cute place, good food but the costumer service wasn’t what we expected. My friends & I ordered 3 açaí bowls & it took them an hour to make 2 of them for us. When we told the young skinny guy in the red hat at the register we were missing one he said “I thought you had already gotten them” with attitude. A little over 30 minutes passed by and still no açaí bowl because he was too busy flirting. I went up again to remind him and let him know it’s been over an hour & all he said was “it’s been over a hour? Damn” & laughed. I understand they were busy but we were costumers too & it wasn’t our fault he was flirting and using his phone. To top it off the açaí bowls were made with more fruit than anything. What we wanted to be a quick stop turned out into a 2 hour stop. Sad experience to be honest.

I have been meaning to come for a long time! Very nice coffee shop with good drinks, waffles and donuts!
Thanks to the staff!

We went in for the scavenger hunt for the Elton John concert tickets. It was really hard to find the QR code and any thing related to Elton John we waited in line and we’re going to order a drink when we got up to order we were completely ignored for at least a minute we decided not to order anything and just went onto our next destination. I was extremely disappointed everything looked and smelled delicious I was really looking forward to trying one of their cappuccinos. It would be nice if they were a little bit more focused on customer service so more people could be able to try the products. It’s a Sunday the lines were long but that should be expected for such a cute location. 10 out of 10 would probably not recommend going on a Sunday maybe try another day where it’s not so busy didn’t try anything so I don’t know how the food is.

From the best to the worst. Bought the chocolate cake. The cake is wet and soggy in the bottom. Threw that away.

Located on Melrose, the Cafe was clean and had great customer service. I had a large arugula salad with grilled chicken, goat cheese, sliced almonds, dried fig, cherry tomatoes, and avocado with a lemon vinegarette dressing. I also had a cappuccino with a picture of my grandmother on the foam. What a great idea! They have a cute little patio off to the side where you can eat and people watch.

So fresh and fast and delicious it’s insane. I’ve eaten here almost every day for a week and I’m still not over it.

Located around decent amounts of streetside meter parking with 2hr limits (can pay for more if you wait til it's about to expire of course).

Has free, fast wifi and good food and coffee. Recommend the waffles (they come cut up and in a cup but delicious).

The only downside is the loud music if you plan on being there for longer like reading or working on a laptop. Not awful, but can be annoying to some. Great music choices though.