Reviews of Blue State Coffee (Coffee Shop)

Holland Moriarty

Great spot for a quick bite or beverage. I do wish they still offered their chocolate chip blondies though the peanut butter ones are also good.

Bram Berkowitz

So much better than Dunkin!

Cody Jordan

Great fresh ground local coffee

Noah R

Great teas and coffees and a very cute outdoor seating area :)

Reet Chowdhary

Great coffee

Itamar Ronen

The coffee place to support and make sure it beats the ever engulfing trend of commercialization of Thayer street. Good coffee and other stuff, and good atmosphere. One recommendation: please put a sign on the toilets reminding customers to close the door after exiting. There's a table right by the toilet door, and somehow 90% of customers are not considerate enough to do so on their own, and it's quite rude toward the patrons sitting by that table.

Petch Paniangvait

Wonderful coffee with my little girl

Gary Goldberg

the staff nice and the coffee and cookies are good!

Sam Winkler

Cold brew is life.

Carolyn Duby

Best tasting hand crafted lattes. Friendly baristas. Hopping spot on the Brown Campus. Donates to charities.

Noah Weinert

Great cold brew, breakfast sandwiches on point, can't ask for more in the morning.

veganallison

Love this cafe... Great organic coffee n lattes, hot chocolate, have alternative milk options and vegan option food items... Good service... They give part of their prophets to local community organizations n projects to help people animals n community... Great place...

Karen Paramanandam

Worth the walk!

Yoel Kelman

Good vibe. Nice that they donate a % of profits to charity.

Navid Dadkhah

Best coffee shop in Thayer st., ..., friendly staff.

Ryan David

The treatment by staff is the only thing making up for the microwaved meals and lack of supply. You never know if they will actually have the item in stock you are looking to purchase. No reason to offer a menu if half the items on it aren’t for sale.

Louisa Anne

Good coffee! Staff changes frequently and I have had some no so nice interactions in the past. Great place to get some work done. They have expanded thier menu to include more food now so, feel free to spend all day!

Jon Nyer

Love their soups and grilled cheese for lunch. Don't drink coffee so I can't speak to it.

BKM

I love Blue State coffee! But I'm biased, I met my wife there. It's a really good coffee shop with a conscience; they make monthly charitable donations and allow the customers to vote on which charities.

Edward Fielding

Great coffee, great corporate culture.

Doug Gravino

Nice gourmet coffee shop with good espresso-based drinks and light snacks. I'd rate this the best shop I found in the seaport area. The location is a bit tricky to find since it's in an office building, though you can enter it directly from a walkway behind the building (by the stairs leading up to the Seaport Hotel). Be forewarned there is no seating in the shop itself.

Christopher Wright

Great coffee but it took them 26 minutes to deliver my toasted plain bagel with cream cheese ... pretty ridiculous

Khurram Hassan

Nice choices of coffee and food items. More spacious inside than I expected. easy access from Brown University and anybody hanging out in the area. great to grab a coffee here and go for a walk in the area.

Taylor Mann

One barista on a Saturday am... how is that a good business decision? (Their coffee is pretty good)

Michael Clark

Great coffee and fast service. I also had an oatmeal raisin cookie that was great. Unfortunately, this is a small location and there isn’t much seating. It was pretty quiet though, so I think it would be a good spot to bring a laptop or papers and do some work.

David Johnson

A fun coffee place that encourages conversation.

Signe Golash

Great coffee

Steven King

Good iced coffee.

Etie-Lee Schaub

Great iced coffee. Crowded.

Ryan Turner

Great coffee, great atmosphere

Jana Campbell

Super friendly baristas with great coffee. I hung out reading a book for about an hour and a half and had great conversation with the baristas about the coffee shop's charitable mission while enjoying 2 cups of light roast coffee. Will definitely be back!

Shane Pacheco

Cool spot with good coffee, conveniently on Thayer and plenty of seating inside and out. Not necessarily a quite spot, if that's what you're looking for, conversation encouraged.

Zygmunt Spray

First, awesome coffee, second nice food, third, amazing for how they help locally.

Alicia Daniel

The sweetest staff. Overpriced, but yummy food and good coffee. Best iced chai I've had.

Nicholas Graham Platt

Great coffee and internet that works! Many of the other coffee shops on the Eastside have pretty bad internet but this one is very good so it's a nice place to work!

Edward Young

Excellent coffee

Michael Chon

Great coffee, great staff, great place to work. Don't forget to vote!

Alexander Tiemo

Awesome coffee. Freshly baked treats and lovely salads

Sydney Zink

Multiple times of specifically ordering triple shot, quad shot, or other espressos, I've been given single-shot drinks where the barista is always surprised and my cup has no markings whatsoever to reflect my order. I'm tired of paying for incorrect drinks that aren't even fixed to match the charged price once the issue is raised.

Laura Blackstone

Coffee, service, and seating are good. I think the food is a little overpriced but the drinks are quite reasonable.

Rock Jocelyn

Love their relaxed atmosphere. They also use wooden tokens to make donations to various organizations. Fun place to hang out for coffee in the summer as well.

Eduard Guzovsky

Nice atmosphere, mediocre coffee.

Abhishek Pradhan

Good place to pick up a coffee or get some work done if you are able to find a seat here.

Frank Nash

Tofo salad wrap was amazing and thr staff was very friendly

Tom Nakayama

Excellent coffee. Good service.

Sylvia Stipich

Great espresso drinks, one of my top five in Providence. Lots of room to sit and work, with some comfy chairs if you can snag them.

Shane M

Cute, friendly cafe in a vibrant Providence neighborhood. Food selection was broad enough to find something for everyone without trying too hard. Each dish I saw looked (& smelt) great. Thanks for a great experience & showing your business support for #charlottesville!

Kevin Carlson

Fabulous coffee. Try the dark roast!

Hen Hen 601

Friendly staff they were practicing latte art and it was cool to see. Lively Location but very calm inside, great to study coffee is good and they have Merchandise which is always a plus. Definitely a nice place if you need to study and enjoy coffee.

Don Lampert

Solid. It's hard to find a good coffee spot but Blue State exceeded my expectations. Good coffee. Great iced latte. Non dairy options and a nice staff.

Ronen Caesar

Not a fancy coffee shop, good service, good coffe, variety of choices is not that big

Yi Vizard

Love their hummus and bagel chips. Soooo good!! It is a nice and cozy place. Good people.

Riley Stanley

i love this place. the bill was fair. reminds me of a cafe in chicago i liked to visit.

Aneela

Love the coffee but the seating isnt great at this location

Yeye Fontanez

Very good coffee

LaTasha Barnes

Best coffee I've ever had!!

Sean Hall

Excellently poured espresso and lots of outlets. What else do you need?

Johelvis Guzman

They pretty much make the best cappuccino that money can buy :)

Ben Hogan

Great drinks and great service :-)

Bardiya Akhbari

Nice place to seat in and relax in the middle of the day. The "Banana Peanut Butter Chocolate" smoothie is tasty! It's not the best coffee shop in Providence, but it is a really convenient location near/on the brown campus. Also, it's crowded usually, and that's not make the place relaxing at all!

Elana Katz

Good coffee

William Leary

Too political snotty barista so so coffee nothing special better choices in the city

Quentin Fennessy

Limited seating. The coffee was Starbucks quality-not exceptional

Blanca Rollnert

Perfecto para tomarte un café y concentrarte en College Hill.

Hakan Dural

Marvelous coffee

Vasu Nagalingam

Nice spot for coffee / bagels / pastries. Short walk from the Brown swim pool.

Aaron Bos-Wahl

Solid espresso, good service, great tunes.

Krystal Sarcone

Coffee is fine, but the volume and choice of headbanging rock music is enough to not want to come here. Also the bathroom is not that clean. The floor was sticky today. Let me add that service is absolutely atrocious here depending on who's working. The owner should really watch the staff undercover and thin the heard. Some of the employees are SERIOUSLY hurting your business. I've left waiting for a beverage. First on line. Not busy and I've never seen someone care less about service or not taking the longest time humanly possible to make a coffee. I literally was in disbelief. Other staff kill it. But you just never know who you'll get on what day at which Blue State.

Muammar El Khatib

I ordered an iced mocha and the drink was not good at all. The chocolate powder they used was not completely dissolved and that made the iced coffee not enjoyable. Regarding the place, music selection is nice and chairs are comfortable.

Pat Foote

Very nice Latte and good service, despite the fact I had my Cornell hat on ;)

Colin McNair

Not a cozy sit down place.

Greg Guernon

~$4 for quad espresso. Wish it was $3.19 like Starbucks.

Boris Efroimskiy

Excellent coffee

Nick Anthony

Went into Blue State Coffee five minutes from closing and ordered a coffee. They had already put away the roast I had ordered, so to compensate, they offered me a larger drink for the same price. This made my day! The staff was very friendly and the coffee was amazing. Would recommend this place to anyone.

Brett Dunnam

The coffee is pretty good; the atmosphere is great; the people are nice. Get the chai tea latte.

Gyumi Kim

Great. coffee and atmosphere both are great

Mark Blakey

Marred slightly by the non-stop 90s music. Otherwise a good coffee. Can get busy in university term.

Andrew DeWolfe

One of Providence's best coffee shops. Great coffee and plenty of places to sit.

Alvin Nunez

Strong coffee and great breakfast sandwiches. If you haven’t tried them already; why are you waiting?

Erine McDonnell

Nice quiet spot for coffee and work

Arun Das

Nice place!

yannick loiseau

Good place to work, good coffee and they donate for charity and even let you vote which one it is gonna be.

debra cooper

Favorite coffee spot in providence! Drink: iced dirty chai. They make probably the best one I've ever had. Delicious and their double shot addition to it is all you need to be your most productive! Snack: their apple cinnamon oatmeal with skim milk is the perfect snack for either breakfast or an afternoon treat. Delicious! Eat: tofu sandwich or their grilled cheese with tomato on cranberry walnut bread! Best possible choices ever! Delicious and they make me feel healthy - happy benefit!

David Pietrowski

Good sandwiches, nice selection of sides. Plain small place but just what I was looking for.

Jasmine Watson

One of my favorite places to come after a run! I always get a mixed berry smoothie, it's a bonus you can add protein powder to your smoothie. They also carry the gluten free bars and they're delicious! Great atmosphere always!

Bridget Sauer

A college hill favorite, Blue State Coffee has become a breeding ground for Brown and RISD collegiates alike. On any given day of the week, Blue State is filled to the brim with students plugging away at their work work (or on Facebook), and it is not uncommon to have to wait a few minutes for a spot to free up. Strangely, my personal favorite item on the menu is the "Chickpea Tuna", which is outrageously priced @ $2.00 for a side, but incredibly addicting. Otherwise very reasonably priced, Blue State is also notorious for it's jitter inducing iced coffee and offerings of bread from local bakeries / other snacks like yogurt and bagels. I will always give Blue State Five stars as it truly represents the Brown students' predicament of whether or not to disappear into social anonymity in the library, or to study/see and be seen in Blue State (subtract a letter grade from score if you chose latter option).

Brittney Geleynse

Very friendly and nice.

Sherwin Chen

Great place for good coffee and tables to work

Doug Morgan

Great coffee, great food, great service!

Seth Babin

Best coffee in the Seaport area! Friendly staff!

Marla Mrowka

Very good hot chocolate, a quiet place to work or grab a morning bite. Friendly staff and clean establishment.

Jean Occeus Jr.

Exceptional coffee and customer service.

Cristina S

Coffee is delicious. The staff is nice. There is free WiFi but not enough plugs for laptop work

J.

Great coffee, good food, awesome service.

Set K

A little pricey but worth it if you want good quality coffee. Staff is always wonderful and there's something so peaceful about the atmosphere in there.

Jason Axley

Dark drip coffee was good; not bitter. Quick service. Location was a little hard to find. It's in between the buildings there.

Sean Michaels

Good service, excellent coffee, not much decor, but if all you want is great coffee to go, this is a good choice!

Spicyx

Good coffee, and their charity donations chips are definitely a reason to go there. Would recommend to a out of town person or a college student.

Yasmine

Great place to hang out. Good tea and coffee too, w/ nice customer service.

Suzy Kim

Great atmosphere, good coffee, and light food. Tables are most likely taken by undergrads, but if you can get one it is a nice place to go work.

Frank marrapese

Goo ood coffee!

Rambo Hirose

Little pricy and decent coffee for price

James Urban

Good coffee, and very civic minded

Kia Marie Lor

Cute, quaint, and chill.

Peter Norton

Good coffee, awful muffin (dry and tasteless), short on staff led to very LONG wait

Mason Menninger

Good coffee. Vegan options in the baked goods and on the menu. Efficient service in spite of the busy location.

James Mc Cloud

Just great coffee and staff

Daniel DeOliveira

Great coffee

Marina M

Great busy coffee spot on Thayer st. They have great staff and good food. They do make everything fresh so don't worry about customizing! Their vegan options are plentiful and super good. The cowboy cookie is nutritious well also being super delicious! The coffee and espresso drinks are roasted perfectly and always fresh.

Khanh Dinh

Fast service!

mr. dad

Love this place

Charles Wang

Great latte

Amilcar Conceicao

Pretty decent coffee

Stephen St. Russell

I am always happy with my experience at this Blue State location. The Staff really makes an effort to remember their frequent customers. They always remember our name and have a smile on!

Steve Kilpatrick

Free wifi, great coffee, and a nice location! Take advantage of the outdoor seating when the weather is nice.

Jason Sullivan

Very friendly barista, think her name was Gabby. Good coffee.

Brandon Healy

coffee was good and they have an active outreach program to help local charities.

Stephen Cavanaugh

Quality coffee