Romeo's Coffee

2499 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley - 94704
235 reviews
Coffee & Tea
(510) 209-2464

Place to avoid, staff and owner are very rude. We preferred to cancel our order and leave.

the pastries are SO good here and baristas are super nice. also a great place to get work done bc there are outlets and many seating areas that are cleaned every like 15 minutes. just giving this review b/c i had a weird experience with the owner + the espresso is kind of acidic & burnt tasting, it’s not like top tier espresso beverages. he asked me to get rid of another drink id brought in from another place despite me having purchased a drink there, which was so weird that i thought he was messing with me at first. just be warned i guess… i wouldn’t come back here but if you just get something and don’t have any other drinks with you it’s not bad. also the other reviews about covid safety are right, none of the workers wear masks which is pretty common now but something to note.

Very nice place to sit down and get some work done. Good coffee and nice staff. Will definitely be back.

I’ll give them that the empanadas were good but otherwise very disappointing customer experience. They asked my friend and I to leave because we had brought in food from someplace else (even though we’d bought coffee and empanadas from them) I explained that to them and they said it was to not confuse customers by mixing up businesses? Shooing out paying customers… they’ve lost my business.

Horrible experience. Do not waste your time and money going here. I don't write reviews but this one was just too crazy not to write. I came with my friend who ordered a small drink and paid $7 and I already had something before so I didn't order anything and I sat down with my friend and one of the employees came up to us and told me that I couldn't sit here if I didn't order anything. That is the most absurd thing I have ever heard. Coffee was horrible too. Tasted burnt and like old coffee.

10 min to bag up a croissant ? ? even Peet’s ain’t this bad

Reasons to avoid this business:* Extremely rude owner and staff* horrible coffee; bad mix; overheated* Expensive* Does not follow COVID and other health and safety requirements* flies an American flag outside, to emphasize he/they are more American than others

If you can find a seat this place is great, Wifi + Outlets and pretty good coffee, sandwiches are delicious but kind of expensive, I would recommend the high chairs against the wall, best seats in the house

This place is awesome, music is great. It is easy to focus given aesthetics of environment, so I am blasting through studies, programming, other projects. During bleak COVID lock-down times, it was nice to have someplace to go.

The owner Dino and the employees were welcoming, courteous and generous! Highly recommended!