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March 2024 by Alex
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.
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February 2024 by James Poelker
Great Coffee good people excellent outdoor
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February 2024 by Kelly ɹˈamsdɛl
So delicious, and they did a great job making my drink. They will definitely get my money again.
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February 2024 by Amy Peters
Westside is the best. The greatest
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December 2023 by Brian Budack
Magical gnomes posses human Baristas to make one if the best cups of coffee this snob from Tacoma has ever had.
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December 2023 by Daniel Graham
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!
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November 2023 by Doug Smith
Good food and service, but no indoor seating.
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October 2023 by BookCat18
Small and cosy place with great pastries and amazing coffee/chai
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October 2023 by Gracie S
Absolutely love! Been craving a real pumpkin spice latte and found one right here for the first time this season. Sweet people working there and running this small coffee shop. Be here daily as a new habit if I lived in the area. Highly recommended!Parking: Decent parking.
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October 2023 by marlinmero
Great little coffee spot. Coffee is usually good. They've burnt my mocha a few times. Staff is always
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October 2023 by Autumn Woods
Our fav coffee shop in town. Convenient location, every step is fair trade from the growing of the beans to roasting to transport to making the coffee. Highly
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August 2023 by Tony Widick
Very expensive coffee but tastes amazing. Good quality brewed on the spot. This is more of a treat than a morning cup.
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August 2023 by Megan Gallagher
The coffee is phenomenal as well as their Chai tea latte. The one and one has been my boyfriends go to while on vacation here.
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July 2023 by Stephen Howe
Its a small walk in-walk out local joint, but the women working there are very passionate about the coffee and my dark chocolate mocha was so good. Super affordable too, and I like the properly portioned cup sizes.I'm just visiting, but next time I'm here I'm definitely gonna go back here for a coffee. It's always the small local joints that have the best damn coffee. Go here.
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July 2023 by Ali Howell
Love the coffee and atmosphere ❤️ Walk down most weekends for a coffee but lately there’s a white husky that shows up the same time as me and it’s tied by the door and every time I try and pass it to go in it jump scares me and starts aggressively barking at me until the owner comes out and grabs it and I usually don’t have issues with dogs. I’ve tried going the long way around, not looking at it, looking at it, ignoring it, talking to it, taking my hat off in case it was offended by things in heads ? idk I can’t figure this dog out I feel really bad mentioning it but I just want a latte without the jump scare.
