Sidecar Coffee Shop

1850 W Ridgeway Ave #7, Waterloo - 50701
119 reviews
Coffee Shops Coffee & Tea Coffee
(319) 300-4634

I had a spiced chai latte. Wonderful! Friendly people.

Pleasant staff, pleasant setting, good coffee, not too crowded. I'm in.

Great selection of drinks and great place for a visit with friends!

I stop here for an optimist once in a while but today i got some encouragement to go along with it! Thanks kingsley!

Delicious coffee! Stayed at a local hotel giant who had horrible coffee. Took the short drive here. So worth it.

Delicious coffee and food. Comfortable atmosphere inside

Perfect service and delicious Chai lattes and Frank Sinatras!

I live at the apartments above and I would love to be able to like this place. The staff is all super friendly and nice but the coffee is awful. Any iced drink I’ve gotten tastes like if you mixed milk and water and just put a tiny splash of coffee in there. Any hot drink I’ve tried tastes like burnt espresso and burnt milk poured into a cup. I’ve really tried multiple different drinks and they’ve all just not been good. Not sure if baristas really know how to properly use the espresso machine so it’s not burnt or what’s going on (I used to work in a coffee shop so I know that it can take a while to get the perfect espresso press and timing all correct, but it’s been every time I’ve tried it). As far as food items I’ve only tried one with egg and peppers and onions and the middle of my egg was a little cold and when you bite into the egg it’s almost like water is coming out of it? and just the smell of the one little sandwich made my whole car smell like B.O. but like I said, the workers are all very sweet and happy in the mornings, maybe just need some proper espresso training.

Sidecar on Ridgeway: Excellent coffee, fun unique seasonal flavors, fast, friendly and well trained staff. One of those places you change your route to work for!

Always love Sidecar. Reliable coffee staple of the Cedar Valley and still one of the best coffee shops we've had country wide.