Ritual Coffee Roasters

10/07/08

what a bunch of hype!

by JonathanThomas at Citysearch

ok, for anyone looking to have a digital-cafe romance, you've found the right spot. i mean, it's hard not to feel sexay in this place. but, if you want good coffee GO SOMEWHERE ELSE! i have tried a couple different things at this place to try and be fair but at the end of the day a good old cup o' joe is all i need. even dispite all the fancy bruhaha, they just can't make it taste good. it's sour and boring.

• Pros: cool place
• Cons: bad coffee

07/04/08

Place may be hot; Coffee is not

by aashna28 at Citysearch

Upon reading the raving reviews in Citysearch, I drove to Ritual. The staff was friendly and helpful. However, the cappuccino and latte (for me and my friend) came out luke warm. When I mentioned this to the staff, they gave me another one (not free, mind you). But the second one was no better. I gave up and left.

My advise: please make sure that you insist and re-insist to get HOT coffee if that makes or breaks your experience. To some of us, the temperature of the beverage is critical - shouldn't it be?

• Pros: good tasting coffee, helpful staff
• Cons: temperature of coffee cold

12/28/07

Ruined me for other coffee shops

by bananacakes at Citysearch

Coffees and Espresso amazing. The things that impress me the most are: huge selection of pastries are always fresh, baristas are truly passionate and knowledgeable about coffee, quality always of the utmost importance, roasting occurs right before your very eyes and they'll even explain the process to you. You can actually get a coffee education here! A discriminating bunch; for customers who truly appreciate coffee or for people who just like the scene. They are also socially responsible in every way you'd want a business to be.

• Pros: everything they sell and interesting people
• Cons: crowded

12/11/07

Ritual is for annoying hipsters.

by utastelikebbq at Citysearch

People say hipsters aren't religious. Perhaps they have never seen Ritual Coffee on a Sunday morning. It's like hipster temple. And the mission hipsters who come here to pray never miss a Sunday. They come out in their Sunday best- hoodies, skinny jeans, and stinky hair. The coffee is good, but if I want to see this kind of religious devotion, I will go to real church.

• Pros: coffee
• Cons: hipsters

06/07/07

laptops not welcome

by jmayer666 at Citysearch

Ritual Roasters recently paid an electrician to disconnect all the customer-serving electrical outlets. They apparently are too good for the business of people who want to sit down in their store with a laptop for an hour. A very disappointing change in what had previously been a wonderful coffee shop...

• Pros: great coffee
• Cons: they've disconnected all their customer's electrical outlets.