Tully’s Coffee

Nice place to grab a coffee and study. Great baristas. The marionberry muffin is delicious!

My friend and I use to meet here almost twice a week for years. That is not say I didn’t come here more often. Why? Because as fellow Unilocal’er Smiriti states: «Finally! Not Starbucks Coffee»
For all the years we lived in Seattle, I could tell you where all the Tully’s were located! Starbuck$… not so much. Mr Schultz has done a great corporate service for Seattle by bringing Café life to America. You can read more about Seattle’s coffee life from the October, 2010 cover story in Seattle Magazine:
One of our movie rituals was to come here either before or after going to the Guild 45^th, nearly across the street. But now this Tully’s is gone too. I came here a few months ago, and didn’t realize at the time it was going to be my last. Sad!

Goodbye My Neighborhood Tully’s :(Today, 10/​14/​2012 was the last day of operation for this location…

WOW, over the past 4 years Ive had a few reviews. Why? This was my fave place for so many years, I automatically headed back on my return to Seattle. A few bumps in road. dull staff, bad managers. reviews 4, 1, 3, 1, 3. today 4.
Thanks. They accomodated a large party with graciousness. I KNOW that old grouchy, manager would have had a snitfit, but he’s gone. Good drink also.

I visit this Tully’s about twice a week and always are the baristas cheerful, engaging, and helpful. They never appear rushed but are always working and keeping the establishment clean and pleasant. Neale is especially nice and I really enjoy ordering from him. There is also a cheerful girl with light brown hair who is also wonderful. The coffee is Tully’s and thus good. There are lots of comfortable sofas or big tables for groups or studying. The only problem is that there is a strange old man in a pony tail who keeps assaulting me with his opinion, about everything. What I should do in life, what I should read, what I should be studying. This man will not take a hint and I often move away from him to study. Word of advice: If you see an old man with a pony tail wear headphones and avoid eye contact.

Delicious almond croissant, great breakfast sandwiches with real cheddar not processed cheese. Atmosphere is relaxed and the set of wood chairs, comfy chairs, tables (low, med, and high) as well as a fire place is very nice. I love coming here.

I don’t like Tully’s. Not one bit. I had to go to meet up with a professor. I had a breakfast burrito and it tasted like dish water. GROSS.
Their food is bland, their coffee is bitter.
I couldn’t even study. The music was loud and i was interrupted because some strange man though his opinion might be valuable to my unit plan (not that this is Tully’s fault).
Anywho…This is what I say: =P

EVER NOTICE HOW ALL TULLY’S ARE ALIKE? Well, the national corporate template has struck again! This time in Wallingford.
FLAT SCREEN TV (minus a TV show! Wow!):
TV screen temperature and horoscopes on the wall, limited choices of sliced breads in the glass case, and free Wi-​Fi.
HOTTIES?:
I’ve never really seen any there. Most of the clientelle look like college Math majors (no offense… but, comb your hair, please) and/​or middle-​aged gray-​haired former hippies (also, no offense, just an observation). Diversity lives!!!
WI-​FI (and coffee. Who would have thought?):
So, yes! Bring your laptop and hang out with the dozens of others who take up a whole table and sip on their $ 5 coffees in paper cups, as if it’s a library.
VIEW OF 45TH STREET TRAFFIC:
If you don’t bring your laptop, you can gaze out the window at the lovely 45^th Street traffic in Wallingford. (As you know, cars, trucks and SUV’s have taken the place of the pedestrian in the 21^st Century.)
PARKING (in the rear):
Having trouble with that pesky city parking? This is one of the few that has free parking in the back, so come and stay for hours and hours and hours.
RETURN?:
I stop there once every other month to see if anything has changed… but, alas… nothing has.

Brrr… Got to agree with some of the other reviews, it is pretty cold in this Tullys!
I come hear to meet up with study partners over the weekend. If you’re not in by 10−11AM on a Saturday, you can forget about getting a table.

Coffee was excellent. Love the recycling/​composting/​trash station! We need to do that back home in NorCal.

Finally! Not Starbucks, Coffee bean or my favorite Urth café, a chain called Tully’s (which i say as T-oolee’s) is a chain of café shops in Seattle, which has a good amount of study space and serves the stereotypical coffee and chai latte’s.
I ordered my soy chai latte by default, and it turned out to be just fine. It seems to be the study hub for a lot of university kids, a great spot to drown in the tiny couches and sip coffee while watching the tiny drops of rain through the huge windows or you could just walk in, get your drink to-​go and storm out like a hurricane.
Mr.T-oolee-Suki Desu! :)
–Smriti

This is one of the best study spots I’ve found so far in north Seattle. The tables are big, there are plenty of them, the wifi is free, and there are outlets to be had. The prices on coffee are a notch below what you pay for the same drinks at the ‘bux. Great place to meet with a small group or study solo.

Seattle or Antarctic?
I like this Tully’s. I like the atmosphere and find it a great place to study. I like the large tables, big chairs and spacing of the seating — all conducive to a great study session.
The coffee is okay, but not bad. The staff is friendly, but fairly obtuse.
Spring, summer, winter, fall, bring you parka. Air conditioning turns on at about 11:30 everyday no matter what the weather. By noon you will be freezing your you know whats off. I have asked a few time if they can turn it off, but can’t. Okay. Just go early and plan to leave about 12:00 or bring winter gear if planning to stay beyond.
BRRRRRRRRRRRR…

Prompt and friendly with good coffee

This is my favorite coffee spot in Seattle. Big Tully’s, with all sorts of chairs to chose from — wide comfy chairs to sit for hours and read a good book, regular chairs around small round tables for meetings, tables and desks meant to be used with a laptop (free wi-​fi!), more comfy chairs around the fireplace. It’s a great place for business meetings, or just to chat with a friend — the place is spacious enough that you get some privacy, you don’t feel that the entire coffee shop is overhearing your conversation. There is parking on the back, around 15 spots total, and street parking. As for the coffee itself, I happen to like simple drip, and I happen to love Tully’s. (I know that it is politically incorrect to enjoy «corporate coffee shops» these days, but I do — sue me.) Great coffee, great location, what’s not to love?

Obviously I am not going to rate Tully’s coffee, cuz you either like it or you don’t and we all say we prefer to go to smaller local places, but there are times when you are in a time crunch and you just NEED THE COFFEE FUEL… so you go to Starbucks and Tully’s and Seattle’s Best, whatever have you.
Anyways, the location is pretty ideal and it’s a spacious café, the bathrooms and the store are always clean, there’s a parking lot in the back. The sandwiches and the pastries are fresh and they don’t seem to ever run out of much. They do have free wifi… I can’t think of one bad thing about this location really.
I recently bought half a pound of espresso to make my own lattes at home and the staff was helpful. They grind it for you for free of course. And yes I am one of those «snobby latte” people as my good friend calls me. I prefer to make my own at home… and I am still looking for the perfect espresso, so if you got any suggestions please let me know!

I like to rock my teacher-​dom here. It’s a few blocks from my school, so every once in a while I’ll go super early to get coffee and a bagel and grade some sweet science tests. I know it’s a big corp and all, but if I had a rubric to score coffee places, Tully’s would score pretty high.
Criteria 1: Free Wi-​fi. No password to deal with; just click the ‘I Agree’ button and you’re in. A+
Criteria 2: Free coffee refills. Check. (Although they might frown upon leaving as soon as you get the refill, which I may do on occasion) B+
Criteria 3: Pastry selection. Meh. Scones are dry. Muffins good. Bagels OK. C
Criteria 4: Craze level. Low. Can always find a place to sit, but sometimes not enough quality people-​watching to do when I get bored reading about How I Spent My Summer, etc. A–
Criteria 5: Hours of Operation. 5:30 am most days. Perfect. I’m a freakish morning person. A
Comments: Very Good, Tully’s! I can tell you really put some thought into this. Keep up the great work! :)

After a long Saturday night that involved blowing my entire paycheck at the Lusty Lady I have to go to my special place to decompress. And since Seattle has no Power Exchange, I head over to one of my favorite spots in Seattle. That’s right, Tully’s.
So what makes this Tully’s special to my puny hard-​lucked heart? Well the free wi-​fi works well and they have 2 open wireless routers that are reliable and easy to access. This is rather helpful for those people who like to look at porn and download illegal music from someone else’s IP address. Wouldn’t you want to avoid having www (dot)whosyourdaddy (dot)com tracked to your home address too?
The other nice touch is that there’s plenty of wall outlets. How many times have you been trying to complete your Milli Vanilli mp3 connection at the free wi-​fi spot and then your computer runs out of juice? With all the power outlets next to the tables you won’t have to worry about only getting half of your favorite song in the world «Blame It On The Rain» which will complete the greatest song collection ever.
And after drinking your 5^th cup of tea you can rest assured that you don’t have to head over to the typical gross public restroom where the toilet seat has live cultures of the new plague ready to spread to the bladder challenged. The restroom are unusually clean and well stocked.
Lastly they have a parking lot in the back that I’ve never seen full. As you know, parallel parking and getting a decent haircut are impossible for an Asian male.
With plenty of chairs, tables, outlets and decent service this is where you can find Douche Dfens Dan on a Saturday or Sunday morning. The other place you might find me is passed out with a handful of quarters at the Lusty Lady.

This place is alright.
When I want some highly corporate coffee and chilling out with other douches on laptops and Serious Casual Business types, I come here.
I also come here when I’m meeting people I don’t like enough to meet at Fuel.

Oooh, my first visit to Tully’s, and I discover… the *extra dark chocolate* mocha.
Absolutely the best frou frou coffee drink ever.
However…if you have *any* lactose issues whatsoever, change the milk, and for god’s sake, do NOT get a venti. :-/