Peet’s Coffee & Tea

This place shouldn’t even be considered a Peet’s.
Everything I have ordered is either way too sweet and/​or the coffee itself tastes old or burnt or both. Nothing like the usually well balanced and crafted drinks I have ordered from almost every single Peet’s I have been to in my entire life.
I have always been a fan of Peet’s and have always chosen it over Starbucks any day. But sometimes I would prefer to go to the Starbucks in the Safeway across the street instead. That’s how low I feel this Peet’s quality reflects.
Thankfully there is still Cole Coffee and now Phil’z coffee here.
I would not be surprised of this place goes out if business within the year.
Wtf Peet’s…get you sh*t together.
Please actually train your employees or fore the manager. You are getting sloppy.
I will not be returning and I live 50 feet away.

I’m not a coffee snob. With Philz and Coles coffee and even Starbucks within a block from this Peets the options for a descent cup or coffee are numerous.
This Peet’s hands down is the worst Peet’s I’ve ever been to.
Service is fine, plenty of seating but their coffee not only tastes inconsistent every time you order the same thing but its usually tastes watered down. Also, I always order a large but I tend to get a medium sized amount of coffee, in the cup.
With other options on the block, I won’t be coming back. Way to f*ck it up guys.

I have been going here for long time. The staff change often but very good customer service and smiling faces. Four star because it is hard to find parking.

Nadia and her team at this fairly new Peets on College ave are a welcome addition to the neighborhood. After just dropping our daughter off for her 1^st year of college and returning home weary & heavy hearted, it was so nice to get up and head to our favorite coffee spot. Having Nadia come out and bring us a treat for our pooch just made our morning and lifted our spirits! Of course the coffee is fabulous and I’m addicted to the new cold brew, and the large peaceful space with plenty of seating and nice outdoor tables with good people watching make it a top Peet’s location. Nadia’s incredible people skills and management of her wonderful team make it our «Go To coffee spot» in coffee land!

This is my go-​to coffee shop in rockridge – and that’s saying a lot since there are 4 coffee shops now all across from each other in this area. I have been getting their cold brew coffee recently, it is very smooth and doesn’t have that strange sour taste that some iced coffees do. And although it is still expensive, it’s still not anywhere near the cost of Phil’s coffee across the street (and a lot faster than Phil’s too!).

Very relaxed atmosphere on that corner; they have shaded outdoor seating in front and on the side of the building; staff is nice, place is clean, they serve excellent coffee; neighborhood vibe is very positive; they’re right on the boundary of Berkeley and Oakland; lots of beautiful Berkeley women walking by.

Service nothing to write home about, chocolate chip sea salt cookie is good. Décor is sterile. WiFi is next to non-​existent and when I nicely asked if there was any way to reset the router I was brushed off and told everything was handled by an external company. #sorrynotsorry

This is hands down my favorite Peets in the Berkeley area. There is a good amount of seating, and the staff is wonderful. After ordering my pot of tea, the staff would periodically ask if I needed hot water refills, which is something I’ve never experienced at other Peets locations. On Mondays there is also a jazz band that plays from 5−7pm which sets a great mood for studying or doing work.

Just ok
3.5 stars
went there on 3 diff occasions, hot drinks were Lukewarm!
Bathrooms good
Kid table in the corner was a nice touch

By far one of my favorite Peet’s locations. The staff are always super friendly and accomodating, and I always love my drink. If something goes wrong they fix it with a smile. Also, there’s lots of indoor AND outdoor seating — a great environment to work in! Super!

A good location for a PEET’s if ever there was one. Lots of seating, some outside. The bathroom is near the front. The staff is good. If I could complain about anything its that if you walk in within ½ hour of closing time they might be out of coffee… I suspect that this is true of all coffee shops that brew coffee in bulk.

Well, it’s a Peet’s. Maybe it’s no better than Starbucks, but I happen to like Peet’s. This location is quite nice. When I feel like letting my high coffee standards down, this is where I go. Plenty of seating for the workaholics, with cushy armchairs and patio seating. Does feel a little bit dark inside, if you’re used to the other coffee places in Rockridge like Cole Coffee and Spasso. Tip: the outdoor chairs have springy seats!
Not much else to say, because Peet’s (and I’m a sucker for their check-​in offers: P).

Very nice little spot to stop, reflect and have a cuppa. The service was superb, the décor was relaxing with beautiful wood walls and large bay windows. The leather chairs were comfortable and I love that they keep a water dish outside for the animals. The classical music was the perfect background noise allowing one to both enjoy as well as lose ones self in their thoughts while reading.
I was delightfully surprised by the gracious gesture of the barista when I brought back my double espresso that was simply too strong and bitter for me to consume. I asked if I could pay the difference to purchase one of the holiday drinks and she readily agreed to do so without accepting any payment. I had the cinnamon gingerbread latte with almond milk. Definitely a place to return time again. Thanks Peet’s Coffee for an excellent experience.

I enjoy Peets coffee — it’s my preferred chain for coffee. This location does some things well:
— Very clean
— Good location with reasonable parking (before 8 am anyway)
— Generally friendly staff
— Like other Peets, free wi-​fi
It also has some areas for minor improvement:
— They don’t always fill the cups even if you say you don’t need room for milk
— The line backs up quickly, despite being properly staffed (it always seems like someone is in the back or 2 workers in the drink area
Overall, worthy of 4 stars.

Super nice staff. Good americanos.
Occasionally some crazy hobo will stop in and talk wacky, but it’s nothing near as bad as the Peet’s on Shattuck or –dare I say it – Telegraph Ave.
Parking blows. Rockridge yuppies sit in those spots all day long.

If I order a medium coffee, don’t give me a small coffee in a medium cup! I drink my coffee black and don’t need room for cream, and I hate it when they don’t at least ask if I want room.
I know many coffee shops are guilty of this, but this particular Peet’s seems to do this frequently. I don’t know whether it’s a cost-​cutting measure or what, but this just happened to me for the 7^th time this month. I guess I need to start opening the lid at the counter before I walk away to make sure the cup isn’t ¼ empty.

I usually like Peet’s but this location is a little weird, at least for lattes. For some reason, when you order a drink half of it is just foam. At least that’s how it was the last 2 weeks. Not sure if it was the same barista both times. The first time they were nice enough to make me a new one, but the 2^nd time I didn’t have time to ask, since I was on a time crunch. Maybe I have to order lattes with no foam here in order to get a regular latte?

Love this Peet’s, although parking is rather difficult if it’s not Sunday and street parking is unavailable (really – is 90 feet of red curb necessary?) Never got on the Starbucks bandwagon at all… overpriced and far too crowded all the time. Became a convert upon my first visit to the Bay Area last year, and have been relatively hooked every time. And you really cannot get that delicious ham and cheese croissant anywhere… take that, ‘Bucks. Peet’s: Match point. Also a huge fan of the free Keurig samples they have outdoors on Saturdays sometimes (they even give you a K-​Cup for the road… definitely have never seen Seattle’s Finest do that type of customer service).

This is a new location for Peet’s which means the tea selection is incredibly limited. This also means that the employee who was helping me was not well versed in either tea, or listening as the black tea I ordered for Toni turned into a green tea when she poured it from the pot into the mug. When I went up to return the incorrect tea for the correct kind, the young guy who helped «fix» the error, joked that at least the original person chose an animal (I ordered the Lion Keemun and was given a Dragon something or other). Of course I was already a bit preterbed and retorted one was a «real» animal, one a «fictitious» one… No offer to comp a free beverage for the mess up/​nothing.
I have been to Peet’s locations all over. North Bay to South Bay to Southern California, even in the Houston Hobby Airport. I used to mail order Peet’s back in the day when I lived in Phoenix-​before the interwebs and before Peet’s went public and started putting their beans in the grocery store.
This location has hosted several other coffee/​tea places. It is a location where people sit for long periods of time to do homework, blog, write books, etc. It does have one unisex bathroom that you don’t have to ask for a key to. I am sure this will be a successful Peet’s but had I not been with Toni, I may have gone over to Cole’s as Peet’s is Peet’s and aside from the company, this location doesn’t quite do it for me.

Ok, Ok… I’ll let you in on my secret. The key is arriving before 9am. After that, all the Rockridgettes begin assembling for book club, or to meet with their interior designers, or to buy organic soy steamers for their montessori toddlers. But if you arrive before then, you can grab a nice comfy table facing out to College Ave, hook up to an outlet (they’re surprisingly abundant) and start to tackle whatever project is looming. It’s become my new morning place, and always kicks the day off on a happy note (with help from a spicy loose leaf chai and low-​fat blueberry-​banana muffin).
The ambiance is reliably soothing and prime for productivity: there’s always classical music playing, free wifi, and cheery baristas. Also, since the neighborhood is more saturated with families than students, there always seems to be a free table to snag. Yes, parking is a downer, as there’s a 2 hour limit on the side streets and metered parking along College. But, a couple hours goes a long way here and I savor every minute of it.