The Perfect Cup

I don’t know why it took me 26 years as a lifelong Alaskan to finally try this place out. Since then, I’ve returned at least 5 times within a month. Walking in, there’s plenty of room in a seat-​yourself dining area. Food comes quickly and they can accommodate any specific details in your order. Favorites include the super veggie sandwich, mojito lime chicken salad and prime rib philly burger. Can’t forget their delicious chicken noodle soup with angel hair pasta, big chunks of carrots and juicy chicken – drooool.

Yo, seafood chowder and sandwich? Yeah, I’ll have that… Mocha? Pretty delicious in my opinion. If you need to grab something before you hit the movies this is the spot…’nuff said

This place is the best, hands down! I love the friendly atmosphere and especially the food. The avocado sandwich is the best in town! I’m not sure how they consistently have great avocados, but whoever chooses them is clearly a genius. The servers are all top notch! If you are in the market for awesome lunch fare, there is no place better.

This is not a review of the food or the normal experience at The Perfect Cup. This notice serves to point out the failings of the Saturday crew who was working at approxiamately 4:50 PM. I do not know why, but all but the front ten tables or so had a «section closed» sign on them. Maybe they close at five? Anyway, ALL of these tables were taken. I walked in with five other people. We looked up and down the small section that was open. I noticed one crew member look at us, then look and see all the tables were full. She then said something to another crew member (Maybe about how there was nowhere to sit for us?) and the crew member said something that sounded like «It’s fine.» Which, I admit may not have been what she said. We waited about a minute, nobody acknowledged us even though we were the only ones standing there. There were about thirty tables we could have sat at, but they were «closed». So I said «I guess we can leave and go elsewhere.» hoping someone would tell us we could sit at one of the empty tables. When nobody did, we went elsewhere. The food and drinks AND customer service were excellent at Terra Bella, just down the road. This has not been the usual service at The Perfect Cup and I will delete this review as soon as management gets a chance to see it. Thought you guys might want to know.

My favorite lunch spot! Great soup sandwich and chips. Very fast and tasty. They just got a remodel so and it looks great and fits more people. Wonderful coffee as well and the cute young girls that work there are sweet and attentive. They were even nice when my toddler made a huge cracker mess all over the table and floor. You gotta get there before 2pm or they will be all out of their ever so scrumptious seafood chowder! Yuuuum!

I’ve been coming here for about 5 years and I cant get enough. The avacado wrap with the chicken noodle soup is my favorite. The resturant looks amazing after its remodel and even has a nice bar with flat screens.10/10 would recomend

I am a little torn while writing this review. Honestly I’ve been here many many times over the past year.
The food before their renovation was always on point. After the renovation for some reason it really seems to be hit and miss. I ordered a bacon mushroom philly and the bread was really difficult to chew through. The soup also seems hit and miss as well. When it is a hit though it is very good.
Over the year I’ve been coming here they only ever messed up my order once, so that really isn’t bad.
My interactions with the staff is usually positive. This last time I went the girl was really rude towards me. The one with short hair and a heavier build. She didn’t smile at me once, and just looked annoyed to be there and to be taking my, and everyone else’s orders.
Price is alright I guess for Anchorage. Portions are large enough to where if I decide to save half the sandwich for later I’m still pretty stuffed.
If you’re in a lunch rush I’d recommend you call you order in ahead of time for pick up, otherwise you’ll be waiting possibly a good while during peak times.
Overall it’s a good lunch spot if you’re in the Dimond mall.

Clean, fast and delicious food! You must seat yourself when you come in and they have booths. Always friendly service!

This is my favorite lunch spot! The spicy stew is super delicious, as is the best bacon cheeseburger I’ve ever had!

Best food & service ever! Definitely recommend this to everyone! It is the BOMB yum yum YUM
I want to eat here every day of the week ! I come here once a week at least and I will never stop loving it!

Mmmm… The best Ruben in town. I’ve been all over town and finally I found the perfect cup. Best Ruben I have tried in anchorage. I will be back, the salad was great too the perfect size. Happy I work near by I will be back again for lunch and recommend this to the coworkers.

Perfect cup of what?
Nasty soup
Lame sandwich
I will never come back
They should be embarrassed to serve that crap.
Who are these people that have rave reviews? Do they also consider mcdonalds fine cuisine?

I love Perfect Cup for a last minute lunch date. You pretty much can’t go wrong with anything on the menu. I love the curry wrap with the spicy Cajun chicken substitute! All of their soups taste fresh and delicious every time. Good prices too!

My wife and I would always pass by this place to go watch a movie and today we decided to give it a try. After seating ourselves, we were greeted by our server and given water and menus. They had a pretty big selection and it took us a while to figure out what we wanted, but our server was friendly and patient. I decided to go with their roasted garlic chicken burger with the seafood chowder and my wife went with the bacon chicken burger.
We didn’t have to wait long for our food and everything came out the way we wanted. My wife loved her burger and really like the size of the bacon that came with it. My burger was seasoned great, cooked well, and was overall pretty good.
Now for the chowder. The chowder was decent, but needed a little more flavor. I was fine with it until I found a little piece of hair in my bowl. Kind of lost my appetite after that, but at least I finished by burger first. I let both the server and person who cashed me out know and that they should check the rest of batch to be sure that there wasn’t any more in the chowder.
I would recommend this place for the burgers and the fast/​friendly service. Just check your soup before you try it.

Excellent food, fast service, great prices, and clean atmosphere. For a lunch spot I can’t think of a better one I have gone to in Anchorage. I have worked on the south side for 10 years, and this was the first time I have gone.
Definitely going back, many more times. I would highly recommend The Perfect Cup to anyone in Anchorage.
Thank you!
–A New and Loyal Customer :)

Always awesome! Fresh and well prepared. Just like Mom would make or you would if you had the time! The Chili is a favorite. Save some for us. The staff are always efficient and friendly. Love this place.

I first tried this place yesterday and I enjoyed it. I loved the food so much I came back today. Still delicious food. The servers are also sweet.

Teriyaki chicken burger was delicious! Carrot cake was a little dry :(
Service was not bad.
Clam chowder did not tickle my pickle.
All in all not a bad place.

I’m a huge soup, salad, sandwich person. The Perfect Cup is the reason why.
My mom used to take me here when I was little, we moved to Oregon and every time I visited I HAD to go to the PC. Best chicken noodle ever, and their tuna salad is to die for. The slivered almonds add a nice crunch. They also have pretty good coffee drinks!
So if you’ve never been and are in Anchorage, go. You won’t be sorry.

I dunno if these people are racist toward Native Alaskans or just have terrible customer service, but after being seated, we sat idly for over 15 minutes without being acknowledged. We watched people who were seated after us be waited on. I must admit, the staff looked frayed around the edges. Perfect Cup is small (and cute) but the 4 staff in the frount should have been able to manage the small crowd, which is why I’m inclined to believe it was a deliberate slight. We made several signals for attention that went ignored as well. When it was obvious we were leaving, someone looked barely concerned that we were walking out.
Whatev. Perfect Cup can suck it. I have no tolerance for bigotry and I love my family. Don’t patronize this place.