Gachet Coffee Lounge

The tiniest violin plays in the background. Bummer they are closed??? I loved the caps there, but not excited about the weaker switch on the coffee. I use to get the most tasteful cup of black coffee with coconut and the specialty whip cream. Once a little piece of me got to see a coffee shop from a different land but that wasn’t the Victory Park location, it was the Lower Greenville location. Such good days of old when local artists were embraced and originality sung from the depths of the soul. That old place had style and warmth coupled with Love. Bring back the old Gachet and I promise to tell even more people about it this time around.

In my search for great coffee houses in Dallas, I feel like I dead-​ended here. It wasn’t at all what I had expected.
Like a bad painting, the all-​white interior looks crisp from far away but once you get close you realize all the flaws: markings on the walls, dirty white chairs and uncomfortable seating arrangements.
I felt as if outlets were few and far between, and you had to sit in just the right spot to get one. Thank goodness for long power cords.
When I went up to the counter to order, I tried to make small talk with the manager and she would have nothing to do with me. She looked at me with a blank stare and I felt like I was talking to a wall. Very off-​putting.
Gachet offers a cool bookstore area, but I didn’t take the time to peruse the selection. I doubt I ever will.
Maybe I’ll give the coffee shop another chance, but next time I’ll simply order what I need without small talk and sit outside at the patio tables. And I’ll bring an extension cord.

This is a very cute place, but the coffee is nothing special. They don’t have many varieties, just «light» or «dark», so it’s not for coffee lovers. The espresso drinks are not bad and not great, but they’re presented beautifully.
The people working here were really nice, and service was fast. The space is really clean and modern, and it’s a nice place for hanging out with friends or impressing outsiders who think Texas is just for rednecks. The food and beverages are just OK, though, so I would never come here just for a good cup of coffee or a pastry.

Meet George Jetson…
I don’t know if was all the white furniture, but I was feeling the futuristic Jetson vibe when I first walked in here. Gachet Coffee is more modern than any other coffee shop I’ve been to… and I like it! I also like that it also looks cleaner than any other coffee shop I’ve been to.
I ordered my usual: nonfat latte with sugar free syrup… caramel syrup that is. The nice woman behind the counter served it to me in a real mug… real classy. And moments later Miss Melody L and I made ourselves at home on some comfty white couches.
We also spent a few minutes checking out the bookstore before leaving. I was disappointed they didn’t have any of the Twilight books (I’m obsessed!), but saw lots of entertaining looking books and magazines. I like it!

Wow, for a coffee joint this place is really nice and spacious inside. My friend and I strolled in for some dessert and coffee after our lunch at Luna. Tex-​Mex makes me sleepy, so I had to get my caffeine and sugar fix.
Upon inspection of their dessert case, the big choco chip cookies got my eye. The huge chunks of chocolate are what I needed in my belly. It was a thick cookie not too crisp but not to soft. Just kind of in the middle. I have no idea if they make their cookies there or not… I guess I should have asked. It was pretty, pretty gooood.
I usually order my coffee black. No room for cream or sugar. Just black. I got tired of custom ordering coffees along time ago. When you do give out a custom order for coffee you know they’re secretly thinking «What a picky douchebag.» Ordering black coffee just makes things quick and simple for me. Anywho, we had our dessert and coffee there, but the little porcelain cup that my coffee came in was tiny. I felt like a giant drinking from a thimble and I thought I was gonna break off the cup’s handle. Nevertheless their black coffee was pretty decent.

I have to agree with Annie and Van. I was a big fan of the Greenville Avenue locale, but they had to go and get all uppity on me.
The interior is gorgeous. It really is. That’s what I’m giving two stars for. Had the place not relocated and simply opened up where it is now, my rating would actually be higher, but it just seems like they’ve turned the place into something it’s not, which has led me to make places like Crooked Tree and Urban Dog my regular stops.
Like Annie said, the staff has always been flavorless, so no harm, no foul there, but the chai I had the other day was watery and bland. To be quite honest, it was gross compared to Crooked Tree and Urban Dog’s — and hell, even Starbucks.
Sadly, I doubt I’ll be back. The place is fun if you’re a hipster snob who doesn’t care about decent coffee, but otherwise, it’s a no-​go for me.

My roommate loves this place, I thought the chai latte that I had was just «okay», it was pretty flavorless and the place was pretty uppity, made me think of like Farenheit 451 or A Clockwork Orange with the «modern» but not so modern interior, I sat in an «egg» hah.
Anyway, the parking is free if there for less than 2 hours and I hear they have wifi which I dig. The staff wasn’t pleasant, a bunch of chicks that just kind of talked to one another and didn’t make small talk or friendly comments, but again, my roommate likes the place, so I’ll give it another shot, probably several.

i’ve been a gachet customer for the last few years. they moved from their urban location on lower greenville to a more upscale location in victory park. they made a whole make-​over with the place. the old location had a rooftop and free movies on the rooftop. you could smoke in there after 5. it was urban with a touch of coffeehouse griminess. the new location is classy, clean and very comfortable. i go there often and i have yet to see them sale wine at the new location; though it is on the menu. at the old location, they sold home-​made sangria that was to die for and other wines, too. i will say that as a corporate america woman, the new location is very conducive to that side of me; but as an urbanite, the old location was a better spot. all in all, i favor the new location for the safety of the location and the beautiful décor. the café caramel is to die for. it’s basically a traditional caramel latte — –but they use good caramel in the process. and their whipped cream has espresso in the whipped cream. gachet is sort of pricey. but i don’t mind paying 5 bucks for a good latte. they have desserts too, but they are way more expensive than what they are worth. they are store bought. around the holidays they usually have gingerbread biscotti. it’s a delight especially when coupled with a café caramel. all in all, gachet is my fave place in dallas and is a good experience.

If you bag is espresso rather than straight drip, then they just might be your Huckleberry. Every time I go, I have the best latte. As others have said, it’s not very cozy, but you don’t drink cozy. I’ve overheard espresso snobs that can tell how long the espresso poured by looking at it… «that was 17 seconds, that one was 23 seconds…» They loved them some Gachet.
Whenever I go there I feel like I’m definitely not in my element. However, I think that’s probably a compliment to them, as far as that goes. Just make sure to go when one of the lovely owners is making your drink…

Hello Gachet. How are you? It seems we may be spending quite a bit of time together in the neat future. Why? Because I like you. I like you a lot.
So yes I understand the reviews about it not being very cozy inside. There aren’t any plush couches to slide into, and no rugs to wiggle your toes in. Quite the opposite actually. It’s a completely different style – more of an urban space than a neighborhood cave. Though I do love my neighborhood cave-​like coffee shops too. I like Gachet for what it is – an urban, big city feel, modern coffee shop. With free wifi, art covering the walls, a new book shop next door, and the list goes on… Yes, right up my alley.
A patio with terra cotta colored tough couches and modern small white chairs welcomes you to this coffee shop in Victory Park. Walk in to find a more comfortable seating arrangement of a white leather couch and two chairs anchoring more white tables and hard chairs. I like the seats. The tables are perfect to place my laptop upon, and the seats are perfect to place my bottom upon. (When is the last time you said «bottom»? Say it. Funny right?)
Anyway, the décor is very modern with white walls, white furniture and and orange-​brown stained concrete floor. Large windows and doors open the space up to sunlight and people watching. A bookstore is attached and offers books on CD (like Bob Woodward’s latest), popular magazines, and picture and coffee table books about Sinatra, Marilyn and Andy. I could spend an hour rifling through the nice collection for hours in the small space.
I’m sippin’ on a Chai right now that is made from Black tea so the caffeine is kicking, while my taste buds are having a dance party. Other bevvies include true cappuccino, drip coffee, café Francois, French and Italian sodas and of course the usual suspects like mochas and teas. If you are a flavor monkey (and who isn’t) then you’ll love their offerings of blackberry, passion fruit, Irish crème, hazelnut, vanilla and more. There are also sugar free flavors for the skinny minnies.
If your tummy is grumbling, there are different fruits available as well as yummy looking pastries and specialty chocolates made in Manhattan.
Chocos from NYC, a good Chai, a slice of moist (I hate that word!) chocolate cake, and early Madonna on the tunes. I’m a fan.

I really liked the old location on Lower Greenville. It was cozy, comfy but sometimes loud (the Beagle next door). Monday night movies on the roof were the best! The drinks were good, but not memorable. Good selection of teas but they need to learn how to better brew.
I’m not digging this new location, too uppity for my taste. And the staff have always been impersonal and cold, so they should fit in fine with the new locale.

I feel like such an ass for always complaining about coffee in the rest of America (outside Seattle, that is), still it really is not generally good. Gachet is no exception to being mediocre. I suppose I could muster some enthusiasm based on the fact that they served my (really mediocre) cappuccino in a porcelain cup (which is a plus)… but really how do you get excited about a place that thinks it’s world class and basically sucks.
Plus, the employees were snotty. It is a mortal sin to think you are awesome and work purveying hellaciously mediocre coffee in a city where no one knows the difference.
The sad part is… I’ll probably be back.
And… I went back. It was about the same, though the people were a little nicer. Still a 3-​star establishment. Fair enough. At least it doesn’t taste like blood.

Best Moca i have ever had anywhere!

I love this Gachet less. It got all uppity on me. Which I ordinarily don’t mind, but I miss the cozy, funky, casual Gachet of old. The space age white is sleek, but cold. And the coffee wasn’t even that good in the first place.
It’s like your dorky grade school friend who lost 30 pounds over the summer, made the cheerleading squad, and forgot who you are.

Gachet is dead; long live Gachet! If you tried to go to the lower Greenville location in the past two months, you were probably surprised to find the warm, cavernous coffee shop closed. You are not alone — the only warning came from a note on the counter 2 days before closing, catching even the staff off guard.
Now, two months later, Gachet is reborn in Victory Park. Same great coffee, but does the atmosphere translate?
Too early to tell.
The old Gachet acted as a lynch pin in the Lower Greenville community. Big tables and open spaces forced you to meet new characters every time you visited. The new Gachet, dropped into the Media and Money orgasm of Victory Park, fixes on bringing in foot traffic. Large tables and L-​shaped couches are replaced by trendy, minimalist furniture that, at the moment, is more fun to look at than to sit in.
The three sisters who share ownership are good at what they do. Gachet in Victory will succeed, and it’s perfectly tailored to bring you in from off the street.
For a fan of the old location, however, Gachet needs some breaking in, just like the pristine (tough) white couch we sat on while drinking our Chais and Mochas. It might not become the same watering hole for alternative crowds, but with great coffee and great staff it’s definitely worth checking out. You might even see a few indigenous Dallas Beautiful People wander in on their way to Ghostbar.
Stop in next time you find yourself in the Science Fiction Plaza of Victory. Until then, I’m looking forward to the promised opening of the Vickery Park location.