The Bookstore In the Grove

This place is delicious! They have really good smoothies and breakfast as well. I love the egg sandwich in the morning. The Mathilda, Peter favor, and the hulk are so good. High recommend. The only thing is that this place takes forever! Other than that it’s very good.

This is a great local bookstore. Despite what their website says– the do NOT buy used books. FYI

This place is quickly becoming my new favorite study spot. It has an assortment of tables and chairs spread throughout the store where you can sit down and study while enjoying a croissant and some coffee. It also offers free wifi and fruit infused water. It gets busy during peak breakfast and lunch times, but I’ve enjoyed a quiet afternoon here in the back of the store. The staff are super friendly and some will make it a point to learn your name. Surprisingly, the food here is phenomenal.
I especially recommend the brisket. I had it as an early dinner after a few hours of studying and boy, was I surprised. For a laid back café, it was a sophisticated meal with melt in your mouth brisket, roasted seasonal vegetables, and mashed potatoes. I’ve also tried the croissants, Hulk Smoothie, and the Egg Sandwich and I’ve been happy with all my orders thus far.
A great place to go to grab a snack or some brunch. The menu is GIGANTIC, to the point where it’s almost overwhelming. But, it doesn’t seem like you can go wrong with anything you order.
Tip for parking: Try and find street parking. There is a parking garage next to the café, but I parked there for 3 hours on a Tuesday and I was charged $ 10. I did street parking for 3 hours after that and it was only $ 4.50.

Cute little place and close to my hotel. Coffee was good and my sandwich was yummy.
I did wait longer than I thought needed. But the nice guy came out from behind the counter while I was browsing books to ask about my order.

Cool place. Always my first recommendation for a café to study/​breakfast.
A bit of a hidden gem, (actually). Not a popup with mason jar lights and barn boards trying to pretend they have sprouted from the ground. This place (unbeknownst to me) has been in Coconut Grove for quite awhile a, few years says the baristas.
I’ve eaten here a few times now, the staff is super chill. Mornings can get a little crowded. (They still have a quite area in the back) Late afternoon is a perfect bring homework or look for a new book.
Now… Breakfast, let me tell you… They have a giant menu, acai bowls, healthy breakfast wraps, and they can juice pretty much anything. The staff is knowledgeable and helps navigate the newspaper size menu (for real, its huge).
Power plugs are everywhere. Wifi — lightning quick. Plenty of tables and chairs. Also there is a couple of reading nooks throughout the store which I find cool.
I have seen the bathrooms get a little neglected sometimes. Chairs are ecliptic and wornout. Than again this could be me, spoiled by Starbucks and other cafes. This place has character. In the best way possible.

I live in Coconut Grove so I am able to head over to this coffee shop quite often when I want some alone time. However, I recently took a good friend who had never been and she loved it as well. On my last visit, I finally ordered from the all day breakfast menu. It wasn’t my first time ordering from their amazing café/​eatery, but it was my first time getting their breakfast for lunch. I asked one of the servers for help on picking something out and he recommended a couple of options. I went with the blueberry velvet pancakes. They were as awesome as they looked. I had them with an iced coffee for my lunch while hanging out in their outside covered area with my pup. I was happy to see that they had a good amount of full size doggie water bowls already outside. It was a very hot day so I was able yo get her fresh water myself from the beverage area where they keep iced water all the time, including one canister with lemon flavored water. I love the rocking chairs they have outside. Had it not been such a warm day, I would’ve been able to hang out longer with my pup and keep reading on my Kindle outside. The bookstore definitely doesn’t have the book selection of a Barnes & Nobles, but I still love it as the staff if friendly and the café area is amazing. I ended up having my pancakes for dinner and breakfast the next day as the portion was huge

The BOOKSTORE in the GROVE has the most amazing breakfast ever! Walked in the other day at about 7AM (most businesses in the area open at 8AM or LATER) to have some breakfast. I went with the Jaguar Breakfast Burrito and it brought me back to life (was dead since I had just woken up; it was a long night too). Did I mention they offer All-​Day breakfast?
The service is always on point at this venue. The staff are friendly and smile. Everyone here is super nice. The food is fresh and made to order. It’s basically an ORGANIC kitchen which I love.
Let me talk a little bit about this Jaguar Breakfast Burrito; comes in a wheat tortilla wrap and includes avocados, peppers, jalapeños, pico de gallo, cheddar, chicken Apple sausage, and 2 sunny side up eggs which I love because the yolk runs right off the inside of the burrito. The peppers and jalapeños make the burrito spicy and I love spicy food.
Will definitely come back for breakfast. I’m starting to really love The Bookstore in the Grove. It’s a hidden gem that all should explore. Thank you for the breakfast!

It’s a delightful place to grab a delicious bite from breakfast to delicious burgers… The bookstore is unique and personal. Staff is friendly and extremely helpful. A must visit
Free WIFI

I ordered an item called «quick breakfast» which includes 2 eggs, toast, hash browns and coffee that costs $ 7.99. I thought «hmm… a side of bacon would be nice» so I also ordered that. Total: $ 12. When I asked how did my check skyrocketed went from 8 to 12 the cashier said «it’s the bacon». Oh, and it wasn’t quick: it took more than 10 minutes to be ready. Would never set foot there again.

Great place for coffee and breakfast! Huge menu with lots of unique tasty dishes to choose from.

For the most part, this place is a hidden gem. The WiFi and Cell service is spotty (kinda frustrating) but they have ample tables to study at. They have a great menu selection and a decent coffee selection.
I have looked up and down Miami for quiet study areas that aren’t connected to UM, this isn’t too loud, but we’ll see how it gets mid day.

Looove this cute little place in coconut in the grove.
Super cute bookstore and ambiance with really healthy and delicious brunch options. I got this amazing breakfast bowl — all of them come with quinoa, assortment of fresh veggies, and poached eggs. Soooo delicious and I feel good and charged up for my day afterwards.
Smoothies here are wonderful and creative too. Highly recommend trying them all!

Yes, you might be able to find cheaper books on Amazon, but you’ll miss out on the experience of being here, at this charming little place.
Being in The Bookstore in the Grove is like taking a field trip to a library/​toy store/​café/​quirky Aunt’s boutique.
Most of their breakfast items are great… just not the gluten-​free pancakes (dry and lacking in flavor — no amount of syrup can help this little dish).
The book selection is great, well curated, and awesome if you’re looking for the most recent best sellers or a funny little book to give to a friend.

Stopped by the Bookstore today for lunch with my coworkers.
The ambiance is very cute and seems like a great place to sit quietly and do work. There are lots of great reading books, coffee table books, magazines and novelty items. I would like to come back to browse.
The menu was massive with a variety of sandwiches, salads, smoothies, bowls, and empanadas.
Menu items that I recommend:
Bowls — ordered the Healthy Hen. Comes with your choice of carb (white/​brown rice, quinoa) + grilled chicken + avocado + steamed carrots/​green beans/​zucchini/​sweet potato/​corn. Healthy, delicious and enough to eat for 2 meals.
Smoothies — are all amazing! I liked the strawberry and banana option
Hamburger — didn’t get this, but my coworker did. It looked ridiculously good and the fries were amazing!
Desserts — sampled the marble cake. It was fabulous and contained chocolate chips :) have cookies, cakes, and pastries onsite.
Unfortunately, the ticket for my order was lost in the kitchen. I waited 45 minutes without receiving my food even though I asked repeatedly about my order. The staff was really nice and comped my meal, but come on guys. Not cool.

I love the idea of this place, but service is really lacking. 20 minutes to make a smoothie or 15 minutes to toast a bagel is unacceptable. I am not sure if they bit off more than they can chew with the expansive menu, or the employees lack motivations (seems to be a combination). This place needs to work on its timing or it will continue to lose patrons.

Oh, Bookstore in the Grove, how I love the! Let me count the ways!
Your foods are delicious! The Greek salad is yummy, has just the right amount of feta and olives, and the dressing comes on the side, which means I can pretend to be disciplined! The Havana panini was a delicious version of a Cuban sandwich, toasted just right, and it made me ever so happy!
I’m in love with your adorable mini crispy chocolate chip cookies. I think I even dreamed about them last night.
All in all, a great place to stop in to eat! Oh, and did I mention… they have books, too!

The bookstore has always been a quiet place to go and get work done, the food and coffee is amazing just A LOT of options. This place has seemed to get a bad rep in the past but recently there is this new employee or manager that really seems to be getting the place into shape. I believe his name is Rob. He helped me after one of my orders didn’t go through and just seemed to be on top of his game.

Coming to The Bookstore in the Grove is like coming home. It’s quaint yet very spacious so that there is lots of room to sit down, relax, enjoy a good book or one of their many, fabulous, homemade meals. It’s also a great place to meet up with friends or family or even have a business lunch. The selection is amazing, from every kind of book from fiction to nonfiction, a whole section for kids, magazines from all over the world… The best kinds of unique gifts and most importantly the entire staff is so friendly it’s like you are with your family. I’m so grateful this place exists. There are also an incredible amount of quality special events that you won’t find anywhere else. This has become my go to place and I highly recommend everybody check it out!

4 stars for the location and the quaintness
This is a cute little bookstore in the coconut grove area. Super cute with a not-​so-​large selection of magazines and books. What this bookstore lacks in books (compared to a Barnes and Noble) it makes up in food. Great little pastries and snacks. Their lunch items looked tasty though I did not partake in those. Coffee was really good and the entire experience kind of reminded me of The Shop Around The Corner (You’ve Got Mail reference)

Quiet, lovely to look at, but something is missing…
I visited this little bookstore+café mashup with my SO almost a month ago. It was nicely furnished, with patrons draped about on chairs and in corners, some sipping at warm drinks or having a snack. Despite my observations, the café counter was unmanned. A pity, since I heard good things about the food and coffee. I also noticed that there wasn’t an employee at the main register, or walking the floor.
I walked further into the business to browse the titles on the very full shelves and tables, but only a handful of books stood out to me. Paleo? Yes please. Liberal political reads? No thank you. My SO browsed the shelves, lamenting that there were more books on dieting, alcohol, and vegan food than there were on history or science. We scoured every shelf and surface, each new row or stack lacking anything particularly eye catching.
After our exploration of the main swath of literature was over, we popped into the glass walled area with books on the arts. I recognized most of the works, but rejected their pretentious contents. Not a single one felt worthy of purchase.
During this hour-​and-​a-​half-​long journey through this pretty little store, not one time I’d glanced in its direction had the café counter been manned, nor had the register for the book section. I was quite disappointed that not only had we lacked any noshes from this well-​liked local bookstore, we were unable to find much in terms of worthwhile purchases in its limited selection (if we could make them, that is.)
Our journey ended with dissatisfaction, empty bellies, and each and every one of the dollars we would have been happy to spend on this business still safe and snug in our wallets. The pizzeria a few streets over was happy to answer the desires of our bellies, however.
It is difficult for me, a lover of books and food, to rate this local business so low. My overall stars isn’t an average, just a general feeling of the experience.
Service: 0 stars.
Design: 4 stars.
Selection: 2 stars.
Atmosphere: 4 stars (I like quiet bookstores, so thank you, patrons!)
Food: 0 stars (lack of service caused this. If I got ANY service, even crappy service, there would be some sort of score increase both here and for the overall.)
Thank you, to the owners, for having a local bookseller available for the community, though. That was a major draw to my desire to explore this little store.

When I saw the number of stars I was hesitant to try this place, but when I read the reviews and realized most of the criticism was directed at the café and not the book store, I decided to try it, and I’m so glad I did.
The first thing I noticed was that it’s a great space. There is an outdoor area and a lot of big windows, so the light is nice. Areas are sort of sectioned off so some people are reading or working in silence in one spot, talking quietly in another, and there is a separate area for kids with a small table and bean bags.
I didn’t have as much time as I would have liked, but they seemed to have a large selection of books. I did stop at the café and ordered a fresh juice and chicken noodle soup (without incident) and I enjoyed both very much. We will definitely make this a regular stop.

I love reading and I’m a huge fan of independent bookstores so it kills me to give this place 2 stars, but ever since Bookstore in the Grove got into the food game, I’ve lost my patience with this place.
The menu is huge and I think that may be part of the issue. Two times I’ve planned to eat there, the staff cannot answer basic questions about it. On my birthday, my boyfriend and I came for what we thought would be a quick, easy meal. We ended up waiting 35 minutes until the guy behind the counter told us he never put the order in. (What??) He then offered us a croissant or muffin instead (we had ordered breakfast sandwiches so that’s not what we wanted) and ended up refunding our money.
It seems I’m not the only Unilocaler who has had this experience lately. If things do turn around, it will still take me a long time to give this place another try.
If you’re looking for just bookstore, this place may have what you’re looking for the selection is not huge.

My opinion on the customer service of this place has not improve. They need employees that care to bring a smooth experience to the customer. I waited 25 minutes for my chai latte and the girl making it just simply forgot where she placed my incomplete order?!? This is the reason I haven’t tried the food. They need a better system! The bookstore has a lot of potential but in order to keep customers ordering from your deli you require better people working for them.

Always being an avid reader, I lamented the demise of the independent bookstore that started occurring in the late 90’s at the hands of Mega-​Stores like Borders (Now happily defunct) and Barnes & Noble.
One of the better perks and joys of traveling for business was finding the occasional gem of a mom and pop book store in such cities as Durham, Savannah, Scottsdale, etc.
Who knew there was a mega-​find in my own back yard?
I know some of you book purists are going to say «What about Books & Books» in the Gables? B&B is fine, if you like cramped quarters and very sub par food.
«The Bookstore In The Grove» has every component I look for in an indie bookstore:
Fun vibe — This place has a pulse without being pretentious
Ample seating — All too often book stores and /​or book café’s have a few high tops, a few couches and may be a few end tables thrown in for good measure. TBITG has all of the above, and then some, en masse’ spread out all over the store, not just thrown together to maximize rack space. As busy as this place was, we found excellent seating.
Power baby, POWER — Let’s say you’re inspired to write that great novel you’ve always been dreaming of. Maybe that powerpoint for your presentation is 12 hours away and you’re in panic mode. May be you’re having a meeting with your venture capitalists, and your presentation is on your device… Well, most coffee shops /​book stores have a plug here or there — they don’t want you hanging around. TBITG is wired… and I do mean wired. Ultra fast Wi-​Fi and strips of plugs everywhere…
Books: Sure, TBITG isn’t
. You’re probably not going to find that book on ancient Aztec fertility dances here… but you will find quite an array of books, including lots of indie publishers and some out of print titles. Good stuff —
Chow: At most mom & pop book stores, if the cheese danish in the glass case is half edible you won the book store café lottery. Here’s the deal, TBITG’s food is better than many of the main stream café’s I’ve eaten at… no kidding!
The 3 of us had 3 food items and 2 remarkable smoothies —
Breakfast burrito: An overstuffed mixture of eggs, apple chicken sausage, queso blanco, jack cheese & more… it was huge and it was good. Sure, they get a point off for not having sour cream, but the owner went back and smashed up an avocado for me and made on the spot guac for me… now that’s service.
Gluten free /​vegan french toast: Your preconceived notion probably has you thinking this must be cardboard dipped in syrup… no way sparky — this was one hell of a breakfast — 4 gluten free brioche buns grilled to perfection with a coconut oil based vegan whipped cream on top… it was very good.
Tex-​Mex quesedilla — After the 3^rd time getting it right (the only real sore spot) they brought out a pipping hot cheese filled app that really was more of a meal. 3 cheeses and lots of yum! Again, not sure why they have an aversion to sour cream here, may be some unresolved dairy issues from the owners childhood… but that’s ok.
The smoothies… Every bookstore café has the same boring uninspired dribble that passes off as a smoothie. TBITG says uh, no… we’re doing it different. And they succeed. While somewhat expensive for a smoothie… 7 $ plus… they are worth every last drip.
We had 2 — The Hipster and the Tao Of Pooh. Tao Of Pooh was one of the best things I’ve ever put in my mouth (Don’t go there…) Green Tea Matcha powder, banana, wild honey, almond milk… it was like the orgasm scene in When Harry Met Sally… it was that good.
Only thing that kept me from a 5 star was the cashier — Not sure what planet she was on, but earth was not it. I had to go to the manager to get questions asked about the menu… she was pretty clueless about anything I asked. Oh well, can’t have it all… or can you…
So in conclusion — this is a great little hideaway when you want to hideaway with a book or starting your novella… also great for larger groups and meetups as they have a very sizeable outside area.
Give it a whirl kids!

If I could give it zero stars I would. This was truly the worst dining experience I have ever had in my life.
We placed our order, 4 people, 4 dishes and a couple of juices and smoothies.
The first dish came out all by itself, The Orange Bowl. My wife and I planned to share this and the vegan french toast, so we got to work on it while the other 2 people in our party twiddled their thumbs. The dish was actually very good, the only saving grace about this place.
I had ordered a fresh juice and when I went to check on it 15 minutes after I ordered it, I was informed they had no coconut water, so I changed the order to a virgin bloody mary. And then I waited some more…
Our friend’s dish finally came out, the tofu scramble. Only it was missing the toast and the veggie sausage. So back to the counter we went. A few minutes later the girl brought over the toast and informed my friends they were out of veggie sausage (notice the trend that’s starting?). Sooooooo, did they think we wouldn’t notice it was missing? Maybe you should mention that and offer us something else?
Then we ask for an ETA on the 2 orders of vegan french toast we were waiting on. The girl looks confused and looks back at the order and says she never put them in. I’m told they will be on the house. Super, more waiting. We are in from out of town and don’t really have an agenda, so it’s ok, we are catching up with our friends. At this point I am still waiting on the bloody mary and I’m informed they are out of tomato juice (shocking, I know) so they juiced fresh tomatoes for my juice. If I’m paying 7 bucks for fresh juice, why would I be given canned tomato juice in the first place? It tasted ok, it was just way too spicy.
So finally the girl comes over with two plates of french toast. I ask, as I always do in this type of situation, if it was the *vegan* french toast. She gets the deer in headlights look, goes «nooooooo» and turns and walks away.
A few minutes later the owner comes over and tells us they are out of vegan bread and if there’s anything else they can get us instead. She tells us some sob story about the server who is working today not supposed to be working today because the regular server had a seizure and couldn’t come in. At this point I’ve had enough. I told her to bring me a copy of our receipt so I could figure out what we actually did get that we ordered. She offered instead to just refund the whole ticket. They screwed up so bad that the owner just said «I’m going to give you all your money back.»
I’m not a business man by any means, but some advice for the owner if you read this. The problems in your restaurant are a result of piss poor management. If the kitchen is out of an item it is your responsibility to coordinate that with the counter staff so things like this don’t happen. How dare you stand in front of me and try and blame a server having a seizure on your poor performance. First off, that’s none of my business, second off it’s a cheap excuse for a problem that clearly didn’t just start the day I walked in the door. I’ve never been so disgusted with restaurant management. You clearly need lessons in how to run a food establishment, business ethics and personal responsibility.

I was walking by and hungry (830 am) it didn’t look like they had real food there. I had to be to a meeting in the same building by 9. So I pulled up Unilocal and there they were. There Wasn’t many options in walking distance. So I said «ok what the hell let’s see what they have».
It actually turned out they have a lot of good food there!
I got my food and coffee ate and made it to my meeting in time!
I would recommend it over Starschmucks any day.

I love this place! Plus, I support the locals You have about a 3 page menu full of all sorts of yummy stuff. I personally can eat breakfast all day every day. For those of us that also like to keep things «healthy», they also have all kinds of green juices, smoothies, salads, gluten-​free items, and soy/​almond milk alternatives
On top of that, there’s indoor/​outdoor seating and an array of bookstore items so uniquely spread out… Good stuff

Talk about local gem! This place should really be called The Bookstore & Café in the Grove because the Café is also a huge reason why I visit this establishment. They have great baristas and always have tasty treats. My favorite are the empanadas and tea is fab!
The reason why i enjoy going to the bookstore in the age of internet shopping is because it’s a place for book lovers. They have every kind of book and always give great recommendations.