Spoke Bicycle Cafe

Located right on the LA river bike path, Spoke Bicycle Cafe has an excellent bustling, convivial vibe on weekends when cyclists and locals come out in droves and stop by the cafe to grab coffee, snacks, or meals during their outings.

My latte was underwhelming to be honest, a bit foamy and the taste wasn't not exciting; their signature breakfast bun on the other hand was just fantastic, it was beautiful, juicy, and flavorful, great value for the price. I got the vegan version with a big chunk of tempeh, yammy!

There are plenty of seats in the roofed outdoor space serving both the cafe and bike shop. There is a dedicated area for bike parking and a self-serve water station. Overall it's a great place for those who use the bike path.

This is a relatively new place for me to go to for relaxation, reading, working on artwork, and also enjoying great coffee and good energy. My faves are the cortado and the cappucino. The teas are also quite good, and they have truly delicious baked treats (I have not tried the donuts yet.)

Nice convenient location to stop for a bite to eat right next to bike path. The food and beverage selection is healthy and unique and what we tried tasted great! Highly recommended.

Fun place but it takes forever to order food. I suppose it is just a popular place. If you’re going during peak hours order ahead.

The wait for food was devastatingly long but I loved everything I ate and drank. Beautiful river views and chill vibes.

Spoke Bicycle Cafe there's usually a wait, the wait is worth it! Amazing food, good service, and an overall favorite breakfast spot of Spoke Bicycle Cafe.

Great cafe! For cyclists and not only!) you can rent bicycles, near the bike path, the river! Beautiful views, great atmosphere! I was here on an electric scooter and there are many outlets to charge my device! Great place, loved it! You can come with friends or a girl and have a great time! Definitely recommend!

I love this place. Great ambiance, good food and a well equipped bike shop with helpful and knowledgable staff.

Food was fine and nice location but even when you're dining in, everything's served in/with loads of plastic and paper. There are no reusable plates, cups, silverware, etc.and big long lines of people are eating and then filling up the trash bins. Considering that this cafe is right next to a delicate space for nature, the LA River, which already suffers from tons of trash choking it up, it's pretty extremely irresponsible for Spoke to have gone to a total trash based model. Won't be coming back until they go back to reusables.

Great place to stop for some brew (coffee or the ‘hoppy’ kind) while you enjoy riding or walking by the LA River

The food was great (chipotle sauce is soooo good) and their coffee flavor options are fun. I had a orange chocolate iced cappuccino that was pretty good. It’s the perfect rest along the trail.

Cool hidden little spot with la river bike trail access. Coffee was great! And lots of seating on a saturday morning.

The view of the river when you sit outside the walls is totally worth it. The food is on the greasy side but very delicious. Coffee was a medium roast and also really good flavor wise. They don't give you cups for here, only disposable cups which is ironic given that they were by the LA river and a big group of students just finished hauling trash from the river - most of it disposable cups. The prices are good - staff is friendly. Lots of great seating options but parking can be tough. I recommend parking further away and walk through the beautiful neighborhood. You can find lots of covered seating areas away from the sun.

True the location is great right along the LA River and the outdoor murals and out door shade seating are welcoming with a great vibe. But my experience that day with what I ordered was to put it nicely bad. First I ordered a Spoke burger figuring its a signature dish it's got to be good right? Wrong! I was given a cheese burger with strange garnish, a greasey bun and smelly cheese that I had to scrap off. The tasty but oversalted fries were swimming in oil with bits of other fried food in them. And the watermelon in the watermelon lemonade tasted like it was spoiled. I was tempted to send everything back and try again but my lunch break was a short one today. Maybe it was a bad kitchen day, I would like to try again since I don't work very far away and I love the River view.

Fun place to eat at along the LA River! Lots of veggie options and a great variety of drinks too. My only complaint is that they're not open later.

It can get super crowded on weekends but it’s awesome and the food can’t be beat. Everyone is so friendly and they have a great bike shop!

Food and coffee was good and worth the price I paid! I waited over an hour for my sandwich though which is what ultimately takes this review from a 5 to 4 star.

Really liked the idea. Food was good if a little pricey. But my GFs order never came. Multiple inquiries resulted in finding out the order was never put in. So they had to scramble to make it quickly, but after waiting so long we almost were going to ask for our money back. Food did come and person was apologetic and said there would be no charge. Problem was, we already paid.
So, good ideas, poor execution.