Stanford Bookstore Cafe

Good, cheap coffee in a fairly expensive campus. I paid $ 1.00 for my cup, but if you bring your own mug (or buy one in the store downstairs) you get it for just $ 0.50. And I can’t complain — the coffee was quite decent.
They also have a variety of sandwiches for $ 5 – 6, and even served iced coffee too for about $ 1.50. I’d definitely stop by here again for a quick snack when visiting the Stanford campus.

Wow! Worst coffee place ever! First they charged me for a large when I wanted a small, then made me stand there to wait for 50cents. I checked twice, finally they called a manager so I said if it’s that much trouble I just get large. I stood around with the rest of the folks who are waiting and checking on their coffee. The lady making the coffee who also helped out the cashier earlier came towards me with a small sized coffee and immediately realized that it should have been a large, so she went back and poured the small into large cup and poured whip cream all over the top of the cappuccino to make it look like a full cup of cappuccino !!!

This place is convenient if you’re able to get a spot to study. All the items on the menu are well priced, with sandwiches around $ 6 each.
It’s no frills with quick and friendly service.
I don’t think people come to the bookstore just to eat here, it’s more a a place you end up.

The bookstore is good but the café is absolutely terrible, food stale and tasteless. Which is too bad, it could be a much nicer establishment.

Coffee here is the cheapest and worst I’ve ever had in the U.S.
It is actually very «American coffee».
Still nice spend some time on campus.

Eclectic Student Dining for the young and the young-​at-​heart
I happen to come to the union with my family for one of Stanford’s festivals and spent some time waiting around this café.
They offer sweet potato fries by the gallon (so it seemed).
Great assortment of juices and drinks, extra cups available for water that are easily accessible.
Great for students or the hungry patron.

I like *being* here. I like working here, as long as I don’t need an outlet. I just don’t like eating here.
Got their vegetable panini once. Never again.
Stick to the baked goods and the drinks… They have free water where the coffee customization station is. They also sell lots of packaged snacks, some salads, my beloved Diet Coke. The best part is that it feels like a coffee shop where you don’t have to shout to be heard (like at Coupa), and you get to literally sit above the tourists and prospies. It’s nice to get away.

Very nice atmosphere.

I go here somewhat often, but only when other cafes on campus are closed. A few times recently, I have purchased baked goods that were totally stale. The cashiers always seems to go out of their way to be unfriendly, but my most recent visit took the cake.
Because of the recent experiences purchasing stale food, this time after deciding what I wanted (the cranberry walnut loaf) I asked Cashier 1 if she happened to know whether it was fresh. After receiving a puzzled stare and repeating my question (which brought Cashier 2 over), Cashier 1 began reaming me out. She was saying things like «That is not a valid question! We are not telling you that — We can’t be telling you that! Decide what you want or move aside! You don’t have a right to ask that!» Meanwhile, Cashier 2 was shaking her head and mouthing «no, it’s not fresh.»
Um. If I’m paying money for baked goods from an establishment that has previously sold me stale baked goods, I believe I have a right to know whether what I“m getting is fresh or not. In fact, I would say that my question was decidedly «valid.» I don’t even want to know how long the baked goods have actually been sitting there…
The only reason this gets 2 stars is the 50 cent coffee, but you should only purchase it if you’re willing to put up with this kind of treatment.
You’ve been warned!

Four-​bit coffee!!! (that’s $ 0.50 USD for you folks slow on the draw)
Okay, so I come here a lot because the brewed coffee is cheap & good. 5 stars for that. They have a pretty good selection of pasteries, sweets, and sammies in the deli case, and it’s all pretty decent grub. Good as you’ll get elsewhere on campus, maybe better, for less dough. Service is quick, if not inspired. Don’t expect a real «café» experience. It’s upstairs in the bookstore at Stanford not the Boulevard Saint-​Germain.
Still the best place for coffee on campus… in case you didn’t pick up on that.

All I can say is UGH… After being super excited to check out the campus, my friend and I headed to the bookstore café to grab a drink. My friend grabbed a drink clearly labeled $ 1.50, but when we went to ring it up it was $ 2.50. I went back to check the label only to have the frigid bitch behind the counter with the bar through her nose (and the stick in her ass) complain that I was checking it and she’d have to cancel the order. One of the other girls working the café went to check with me and confirmed that the section was mismarked only to offer to fix the label once we left but couldn’t offer the marked price. Fine, no big deal. But Broomhilda behind the bar had to keep jawing away about how annoying a customer I was that I nearly had it up to here with the putz.
Honestly, she needs to be forcefully removed from her post and replaced with a cigar store Indian, who would make a far better cashier anyway and have twice the personality. Definitely not a good experience with this one.

This place has gotten better with time. They now have a lot more sandwich options and good pastries for breakfast.
Their coffee drinks are a little lackluster, but I like their unsweetened iced tea.
Plus…you cannot beat 50 cent coffee (even if it does seem a bit like it will tear out your stomach lining). I bet even the rapper would appreciate it.
Tip: everything is cheaper if you bring your own cup (except the 50 cent coffee, but you can get more for 50 cents that way).

Best place to get coffee on campus! Not only does it taste better than the other places, but its half the price.
The pastries are always fresh and their selection is vast. If you are craving something sweet, you can’t go wrong with their blueberry muffin. If you are in the mood for something savory, order their tasty brown rice burrito and ask for hot sauce to complete the flavor harmonics in your mouth.

So now I know why Stanford is so rich– they bottle their own water! (j/​k).
I recently made a purchase at Stanford’s Bookstore Café. Upstairs, one can find ample sitting room for studying or people watching from upstairs. The bookstore is quite huge for a college and it is eclectic in terms of offering. Similarly, the café has multiple selections in terms of coffee, latte, and mochas. They also have their own bottled water, a decent selection of Odwalla juice, and other bottled juice/​soda products.
Prices: Prices are reasonable and I even saw a sign for 50 cents coffee.
Customer Service: The service was okay. Nothing spectacular. Also, if you are using credit card, it appears the the credit card reader is slower than the machine that takes it. Wait till the cashier gives you the cue to slice the card. Otherwise, you may find yourself doing it multiple times.
Parking: Free parking in LOT 6 after 4pm M-​F.

Pros:
* $.50 for a cup of coffee, regardless of size! (a starving graduate student’s general idea of a meal)
* Stanford Wi-​Fi (that’s how we work)
* SALADS! They finally started making salads. $ 4.50 (a starving graduate student’s idea of a binge eating)
* Did I mention cute Stanford students?
Cons:
* No electrical outlets so you have to bring a spare battery for your laptop or drag your pet hamster with a treadmill in there and hook it up to a generator.
* Cookies (a starving graduate student’s idea of a dinner) are $ 1.40 and not that great. But that’s the only place in the vicinity that I found that has oatmeal chocolate chip ones.
* Pre-​made stuff (wraps, sandwiches) is not that great. But those are carbs and are bad for you anyway, so you get what you deserve.

Cheap pre-​made sandwiches probably made from cardboard.

$ 0.50 for a cup of fresh-​brewed coffee?!
That’s so cheap, Stanford might as well just give away free ulcers and high blood pressure to all its students.
Caffeine Buzz Ending Soon… must… re. charge.

I love this place. It is expensive, has limited food and hard to find a seat but hey it is in a bookstore so you don’t HAVE to eat. It is just a little bonus.
The coffee is good, cheap and hot. And their sandwiches and salads look really nice.
So go, buy a book or two for your mind and eat a muffin.

I like the Stanford bookstore café a lot. I don’t think I discovered the café as a place to study until my junior or senior year. It’s always satisfied my craving for Haagen Dazs coffee & almond crunch bars (savoring as I speak) and they have cheap coffee in the morning.
Sometimes it’s hard to find a place to sit, but usually it’s alright. No close outlets for your laptop though.

Great price on coffee in the mornings until 11am. You can’t beat $ 0.50 for a 12oz coffee! Gloria, the café manager, is the best! She and her staff always give excellent service. They are now serving sandwiches and salads for lunch.