Bayscapes Gallery and Coffeehouse

My family loves the ice cream bars here. We love the view and to sit for a bit with a coffee. We love it so much that it has become tradition. We bring all kinds of new business here.
For years, the cold, impersonal service had been a family joke. We considered it to be a challenge and we continued to come, be friendly, to tip, to throw compliments… every attempt has been made to crack this man and wife team and with few exceptions, each attempt has been thwarted. The Pros have always out weighed the Cons.
Whether or not a paying customer would be allowed to use the bathroom has been hit or miss. It’s been part of the joke. Begrudgingly, they would allow you to use the bathroom though they would always let you know what an inconvenience it is to them. We laughed. We always nominated someone to ask for the key and to report back with the unfailingly annoyed response, it was part of the joke.
It’s just not worth it anymore. You offer what is possibly the best place to sit on the whole street, you offer coffee and ample seating and yet, you offer what is confusingly the least friendly atmosphere; while everyone else is competing for business, you are doing everything you can to push it away. I get it, you don’t want to clean up after people, I’m sure there have been some horror stories. Whatever. You have managed to beat the fun out of a good thing.

We stopped in with our kids today and had the nicest time. Explored the beautiful gallery (be careful, don’t let the kids break anything). In the gallery is a little coffee shop with snacks and outdoor seating. While sitting outdoors with our hot chocolate, we watched the sea lions. It was a wonderful time, and the owner was a very nice man who welcomed us with nothing but smiles. Will make this a tradition to go every time we visit the wharf. Thank you.

Great place to sit and work with a floor to ceiling windows on the bay.
Decent cappuccino too – perfect amount of foam and a good flavor. No bitterness at all.

All the other reviews on here are outdated, and the snobby woman that they mentioned must not work here anymore. I was greeted politely, immediately served, helped and then enjoyed the view. Also, as you can see from the picture I posted of the lady making my ice cream bar, it is by no means small. I am not sure what kind of ice cream bar the other reviewer is buying, but these are huge. The ice cream is ice cream, and the chocolate is delicious. It was so big I had to share with a member of my party because I couldn’t finish it. Coffee was good and the service was fast. It was nice to sit and enjoy in the Arizona room overlooking the bay.

This is one of the coffee houses/​touristy shops on Newport’s Bay Blvd — souvineers, snacks, a cup to go…
We stopped in because of their sign out front for hand-​dipped ice cream bars. And it’s perfectly true — they have ice cream bars on sticks that they dip into a thick and yummy chocolate coating. They provide a drop-​catcher — a little cardboard shield to catch the warm chocolate and keep you from mussing your clean clothes — plus napkins.
It’s very tasty, (ice milk, but not premium ice cream) but they seriously skimp on the size of the ice cream bar. It’s smaller than a standard grocery store or ice-​cream truck treat by about 40−50%, so it’s hard not to feel cheated. If they’d spring for the additional 4−6cents worth of ice cream and chocolate — but what was it Forest Gump’s mother always said? cheap is as cheap does… I think they are trying to go the theme-​park route and charge more for far less because you’re a bit of a captive audience — the whole Bayfront area has that kind of Disney Park-​ish atmosphere. Which, again, is fine — but giving less value for more money is not my idea of a day at the park.
So 2 stars is the best I can give them… I’ll just stop at Fred Meyer and get a Fudge-​sickle. I live on the coast — I’m not anybody’s captive audience.

A mix of art/​craft, as well as a mix of coffee bar/​ice cream counter. And, overall, it works. Bayscapes appears to have worked to improve its focus on customers, as our experience was wonderfully pleasant and the staff were helpful and conscientious. It took a bit more time than we expected, as each glass of ice tea was freshly brewed for us before being iced down, and that said, it was delicious. Best element of the visit was bieng able to sit out in their yaquina Bay overlook seating area and watch the fleet, the sea lions and numerous sea birds, listen to the locals chat about their doings, and appreciate all that was good on a warm and pleasant afternoon. I hope our experience is replicable for others… we will be back, for sure.

My husband and I got snubbed here by the counter woman. Twice. After waiting five minutes for her to notice him (there were no other customers), I went over to order coffee for us. I had to wait two minutes while she carried on a personal conversation with a friend before serving me with a snobby attitude. Save your time and money and go down to the cute coffee shop just North of this one where they obviously want business.

My wife and I bought an anchor weather barometer that hangs on a wall on July 3^rd. We live in Florida, we brought it all the way home to find one of the ends of the anchor was missing a piece. We went back in august flew this thing all… the way back. went into the store and ask the owner to return it. he refused and said” There is no return policy. We said how about a store credit.” he said oh NO!.. We were shocked, he did not even try to make us happy. We paid $ 60.00 for this item and to make things worse we seen the same thing by accident at the Flying Dutchman winery at devils punch bowl. What ever you do if you see something in his store look around the area and most likely you;ll find it cheaper. If you do buy something from him you better make sure its in good shape check the box before you leave. Good luck.

We stopped in, browsed in the shop then went to the café for coffee. My husband asked to used the restroom and the woman at the counter directed him to a public restroom across the street and down the block. He went there while i waited. While we were drinking our coffee i noticed another customer given a key & directed to their restroom!!! Why did they sendy husband down the street? (we’re quite clean and normal looking) Later I asked for the key and was told by a surly young woman that the restroom was for coffee drinkers only. I had to show her my cup to get the key. Who needs this crap? This place was rude and the coffee’s nothing special. There are plenty of nicer places in the area. Skip this one

This is a hodge podge gift shop-​cum-​coffeeshop. I wimped out and got a latte instead of my usual pure doppio (as I am wont to do when it’s a brand new place). The thing I liked about the lady is that she washed her hands right after taking my money before making my coffee. YUP, cleanliness does impress me. Otherwise, the latte was ok. A bit on the lukewarmer than I’d like side, temperature wise. And, I dunno, the espresso seemed weak. Oh well, I didn’t have high expectations so whatevs.