Golden Bean Cafe

Yeah, this place is a bummer. If you are at CIO in training, you are basically a captive audience and if you are hungry enough, you will stop by this place. I got the breakfast burrito with bacon two times here. «With bacon» is kind of cute. They prepare the burrito so that when they cut it in half, it appears to have a couple of strips of bacon in there. Then you take a bite, and all of the bacon is gone. In one bite. I think they take one piece, break it in half, place it in the center of the burrito where they will cut, and call it good. It is essentially an egg and cheese burrito with salsa and sour cream on the side. All for about $ 7. RIP OFF. By the end of training I had smartened up and got breakfast elsewhere.
They also will not let you use your card unless you spend $ 5, but luckily it only takes one (underwhelming) breakfast burrito to get there.

I said I would boycott this place due to the increase of prices. But I was too hungry this morning so I gave in. Again was disappointed… I ordered a breakfast bagel came out to $ 4.30. Normally the boss man and lady would just swipe my debit card and be fine with it. But this mexican lady always say there will be a 75 cent charge since it’s not 5 bucks… really?! Then I waited forever like usual. Finally got my food and came back to my desk and about to dig in… she put my hot sandwich in a foam container so all the steam created moisture.. which made my bagel all soggy… yuckkkk!

This place is more for the surrounding businesses. I can’t imagine anyone else coming to this place. Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s a decent place. The owner is nice. I feel bad because he always calls me out by my name but I forgot his. I’m too much of a coward to ask him to run his name by me again. It’s been three years I’ve been dragging this on. Okay now for the food, it use to be the panini sandwiches but now I mostly go for the avocado chicken spinach wrap. I think that’s what it’s called. Close enough… Anyways, It’s tasty, slightly toasted so it’s warm, and I guess you can even consider it healthy. Big and filling so don’t worry about getting your man card revoked if you order this. This place can be a bit pricey for people who go everyday.

I used to be a fan… But the owner has done every thing he can to ruin my experience. Today was the last straw. My order, that they have been doing for almost a year was messed up and his method of correcting it was to give a refund and tell me he would never make it again. The staff is usually the best and always had provided great service. He just lost three customers today.

Hot coffee is good, iced coffee tastes awful.
The sandwiches have good flavor but are way too small for the price $ 6~. Even with a bag of chips, you’ll probably still be hungry.
Customer service is nice, and obviously convenient if you want to eat «on campus»

The highlight if this eatery is its convenient location (at least for me). It is located within the business complex in which I work. Often I just don’t feel like driving somewhere for lunch and would rather take a short walk to GB café.
My favorites are «Chili Dog» Wednesdays (still don’t understand why they run out so soon into the lunch hour — if so popular why not just make more?), and their «Vanilla Freeze,» which is a frap-​style vanilla coffee drink (best I’ve tasted).
A little pricey, depending on what you order, but most places are nowadays. Selection is somewhat limited, and if you eat there often enough you may find yourself wanting, but staff is very friendly and accommodating and it’s easy to request a «special order» to change things up a bit. Overall I recommend the Golden Bean Café, and will continue frequenting it.

Phillycheese steak with bacon!

My motivation to visit and review this unremarkable café came from my pal Rachel Z, whose review introduced me to another coffee shop in my area that I’d never heard of. She’ll have to forgive me if my review echoes hers in a lot of ways.
I came in to the office building only because I was visiting some businesses for work. A pretty nice, down to earth couple greeted me and I ordered a tea (no coffee for these guts) and a BLT with avocado — per Rachels written suggestion.
The BLT was so so. The bread was a little soggy and the avocado a little soft. The whole sandwich was a little off, but I devoured it anyway considering my late afternoon hunger. I washed it down with a fairly tasteless cup of tea.
This is a good spot to visit if you work in the immediate vicinity. Otherwise, I can think of a lot of coffee shops with a lot more personality.

Really nice couple working here. Pretty clean and a good variety of everything from fruit, yogurt, bagels, sandwiches, and soup. Although, portions aren’t very big and for this reason its a little expensive. I wish the sandwiches had more meat.
Their special on Wednesdays is the best, Chili Dog with everything on it. Really good.
Extremely convient if you work in the area.

This place isn’t half bad and it’s located right in my work’s building…
So for the coffee fix in the mid-​afternoon when I’m on a deadline and can’t go to Starbucks… I go here
When I forget my breakfast in the morning and start getting the hunger pains right in the pit of my stomach, I go here.
When I really don’t want another Jamba Juice for lunch… I go here!
This little ol café is run by Sophia and her husband. Super friendly service! She remembers your name, past orders, what you’re likely to order… it’s pretty amazing. I come in, and she goes right for the medium size coffee cup for my drip. When I order on the phone, she says, «Oh hi Rachel…»
Sophia is awesome! I love her conscientiousness for the customer. She’s always spot on, and she works her tail off… since half the time there’s only one person working here since more and more offices have been vacating and the customers have dwindled.
What I recommend is the tomato bisque, BLT with avocado and the sesame seed bagels.
It may not be the greatest café in the world, but it’s just too damn convenient to pass up.