Cup o’ Joe

If this was a week ago I would have rated this 4 stars, but today I no longer think I will be able to. I love cup of joe, I think their coffee is great, a lot of caffeine, really wakes me up, I love it. I used to enjoy this location too. They have a great patio and a good atmosphere for studying. Today, I brought my tablet to use to study because I have videos I watch as a part of studying. My tablet connected to the Internet no problem. BUT as I am trying to actually watch my video, it is constantly stopping, and rebuffing and at three different points I had to exit out of my screen and re-​open it… Because the Internet connection here is so poor. It took 20 minutes for my video to load… At three separate times. A 2 hour video took me almost 4 hours to watch because of how bad the Internet connection is. This is a great place to study o guess IF AND ONLY IF you do not need the Internet, or else you will be plagued by slow connection and wanting to throw things. Also as a side note that I wouldn’t add but for the fact that I’m now upset, this place needs updated. Most of the chairs are cracked and old. Cushions are literally tearing and missing buttons. And the tables are hardly ever cleaned. When I walked in today, there were almost no people in the store, yet all of the tables were dirty, including the table that I sat at and subsequently brushed crumbs off of. I won’t be back to study. I’ll be back because I like your coffee and that’s it. You will be losing out on my multiple cups of coffee I otherwise would have bought. Sucks because I would have loved for this to be a good study spot, but it’s not. Upgrade your internet.

The girls working today are extremely nice. My coffee was made well. The human service or the caffeine is not the issue. Their internet however? Can we say AOL dial-​up? It’s nearly empty in this place with perhaps four others (besides myself) on laptops. I can’t even stream my music, let alone try to use two tabs in my browser since their speed (or their wireless router) is dead, nearing dead, or a rampant piece of old, decrepit garbage.
Please fix this. I understand from talking with the workers, it is, in fact DIAL-​UP since Time Warner will apparently not run lines across the tracks, would have to run it under them and it would cost them roughly $ 10k to fix this! So all of Lennox area has this issue. What BS!
I love this location and hate giving a bad review however, hopefully this will change. Time Warner… figure out a solution for this local business. It’s been a minute since I’ve been at this location (usually at the Clintonville one which is also lovely) so I’m really disappointed as I came here to work and I can’t. :/​#newrouterplease #fasterfaster

This is a wonderful place, with a fireplace and good coffee and friendly, cheerful people … it has nice big windows and a patio and a movie theater and a bookstore nearby.
BUT THE INTERNET IS TERRIBLE. I’m sorry, this is just not good. At times there is a «lump» of 10 seconds, 30 seconds, two or three minutes, and zero internet. Once in a while you have to reboot completely. And on a good day it is more consistent — but still SLOW.

This CoJ is the smallest one in town. I remember when it was new, when the entire Lennox Plaza was the exciting novel thing and had just popped up out of the Olentangy swamps. Seems like last week.
Today it’s starting to show the wear and tear of years much like I am. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing. (for it but not me, sigh.)It’s showing more character than it did in its sleeky new days, kind of like its older sister in Clintonville. It’s a very small space. It has sofas next to a gas fireplace, some tables crowding the windows. When busy people will bump into you, stand around you, and it can get very loud. There is a patio that almost doubles the seating capacity. Unfortunately, the view is the line of cars passing turning left, and the gigantic parking lot.
The clientelle are movie goers waiting for showtime (or if they are smart a half-​hour after to miss the million trailers and crap), and students that live in the area. Students can really pack the place taking up the outlets for their laptops. Best to avoid on afternoons and especially Sundays.
CoJ’s lattes and capacious can be hit or miss. A hit is a delicious but not absolutely outstanding concoctions that will do. A miss is like drinking a expresso dropped in hot water. My last mocha tasted like that, a badly mixed Swiss Miss with day old expresso and lazily sprayed whip cream on top. It wasn’t good.
Be that as it may a miss is rare enough for me to overlook on the ranting. Their regular coffees are nice. Some of them have an aroma that smells a bit like weed. I can’t pinpoint exactly what is added, or how the beans are roasted, that makes it smell that way.
Points for being the few places left that leaves a newspaper to read. Everyone including fast food, coffeehouses, diners, bars, and cafes used to do this. I still like the ritual of flipping through a paper, and it helps when one is available to read after the morning additions are sold out.
It’s not my everyday place, but it’s a nice little joint.

Best place to study in Columbus! Great people go there! A+ my favorite coffee spot by far. Staff is awesome. Always clean! great vibes and clean toilets. Literally what else do you need?

Disappointed they replaced the NY Carnegie Deli cheese cake with a generic. Terrible.

Patiently waiting for Cup o’ Joe to make it to a neighborhood near me! I visit whenever I’m in Columbus on business, great coffee and atmosphere!

Another one of my go-​to coffee spots in Columbus! Great location, good and reasonably priced coffee, free wifi, and nice atmosphere. There’s a decent amount of tables, including some comfy circle booths, but the place can get pretty packed with students studying (guilty lol) and people just reading a book or chatting. I especially love the fireplace and the couch next to it!
My only complaint is that this place gets pretty darn chilly at night, especially at the tables next to the windows. Lighting is kind of dim too. I recommend wearing lots of layers!

This is my favorite Cup O Joe location. I know, it surprises me too! But between the thee locations I’ve visited fairly regularly, this place has the most friendly staff, lots of parking (obviously), and the cheesecake is always stocked up (very important).
You can be assured that you’re going to get great coffee regardless of which location you visit. But I really enjoyed my experience here.

Green iced tea is good and refreshing. Quick in and out. Glad I stopped by.

Nice little coffeeshop… I was staying at a hotel nearby and wanted to find a local coffeeshop other than a Starbucks. This place had good coffee, free wifi and lots of plugs. Not something I’d go out of my way for, but it’s a good spot if you are nearby and are looking for a coffeeshop.

I didn’t have a chance to stay, but it looked like a great place to sit with work or a good book. I got a pour-​over of Sumatra from Stauf’s Coffee Roasters and it’s delicious

Stopped in here after dinner at Cap City Diner and thought it was a pretty hip coffee shop. I have been to the High Street location before, but this felt more like a college crowd atmosphere. Just had a black coffee and sat by the fireplace with my girlfriend for about an hour.
I can see myself visiting here again.

It’s pretty much a staple of the Campus area — you want to see a movie at the Lennox? You go to Cup O Joe before or after. Service is always friendly, and sometimes the coffee is a bit «meh», but you generally get a good cup of whatever you want. (I actually really like the Elvis PB & Banana smoothie with a shot of espresso added).
It’s nicely arranged for sitting and talking at the tables or the long bar around the counter, and the patio has been the site of many a post-​movie discussion.
The wifi is a bit shaky — that seems true for almost every CoJ I’ve ever been to — but all things considered you get a pretty nice spot to chill out and relax a bit.

Since working as a Barista at a Cup O Joe 2008 – 2009), I’m obviously a fan of their establishments!
I actually don’t frequent this store very often (too many college students), but if you’ve been in one, then you know how they run. Great customer-​center focus. The staff are polite and friendly to chat with. This particular stop-​in was for a piece of their cheesecake — yes folks, it is direct from New York. Everything in the shops are made fresh — drinks made before your eyes, food from local restaurants around Columbus (dropped off every *very early* morning), I wouldn’t be surprised if their tshirts are screened locally. Casual atmosphere, great to meet a group of friends, or just going solo to work on papers or just chill
Back to the cheesecake. I love it. Hands down. No if ands or buts. Period!

I’m trying to remember if there was ever a time when I went here and there was not an abundance of hipsters everywhere. Hipsters crack me up and make for some of the best people watching you can find, so that’s a plus.
The coffee here is pretty good and they do a much better job than many other coffee shops at presentation. Also, they have a bit more personality in their drink offerings than Starbucks does. I know what I’m going to be offered when I go to Starbucks. I have no idea what they are going to offer at this Cup O’Joe. For example, they had some regular coffee called Mountain Spiced Maple, or something close to that, along with two other oddities which is great. I’m never going to find that at Starbucks (enough of the Pike’s Place).
The biggest draw back to this place is that there is generally no place to sit as all of the tables are usually occupied by either a student studying (which is fine) or a pack of hipsters over-​crowding it (also fine). So with limited seating/​standing space, it’s not one of my go-​to coffee locations unless I have some time to kill right before a movie at the Lenox.

We stopped in here for a quick coffee before hitting the movies. It was pretty quiet in there, just a bunch of students either hanging out or studying.
I had a nice café au lait and they gave me a choice of coffee to use so I had the Highlander grog (slightly caramel/​butterscotch-​y). It was super good and the perfect pick-​me-​up before heading over to watch a bad, bad movie.

There are better COJs. There are worse places to be.
It mostly depends. Depends on whether you’re there at primetime for movie-​goers and dessert-​seekers. Depends on whether there are too many people scrambling for the wifi bandwidth. Depends on whether you can find the outlets. Depends on whether the sun is baking you through the mile-​high windows.
My experiences here have varied quite a bit. One thing’s for sure: If you’re looking for a place to get a spot of work done, like I usually am, I’d recommend it in the early part of the day and not so much when there are throngs of movie people getting caffeine or sugar fixes before their only options are at movie theater prices.
I kind of have a pet peeve about people who take seats near outlets they don’t need, when there are lots of other seats available. I know I’m being selfish; that’s why it’s just a peeve and not a seething anger. It’s funny how often that peeve hits here, though…
Still, no place that carries Pattycake cookies can be all bad. Feed me that vegan carby goodness and watch me melt. Always happy about the many tea options COJs always have, too.

Down the neighborhood for a Unilocaler movie nite at the Lennox and decided to go on down a bit early for a jolt of java before sitting in a dark theater. It had been some years since I had visited this place and was glad to see little had changed. Yes this place gets a lot of OSU traffic thru it so yeah it’s a little worn around the edges but still a good place for your caffeine fix.
Friendly baristas, plenty of seating inside and out and free wifi, works for me.

I quite like this location. It’s huge, for starters. The layout is great. You walk in and are naturally guided right toward the counter. There is some seating over to the left, but most of the tables, chairs, etc. are over to the right, where you naturally end up after ordering.
The entrance to the patio is right there after you order too. The patio is another really nice feature. Again, like the interior, it’s quite large, particularly for the area. It’s open pretty late and usually has a good crowd as well. It seems a little out of the way to most of the areas you’d expect to find a café, but it gets a good bit of business from somewhere, likely the west dorms across the river or some newer apartment communities along Kinnear, Kenny, etc.
If you’re in Columbus, you probably know enough about the coffee itself. If you want more info about Cup O’Joe, look up either the Clintonville or Short North locations, tons of reviews there with more detail on the coffee, etc.