Reviews of Cottonwood Bistro (Restaurant)

Shannon M

Good coffee good food but Ive never felt so unwelcome in a place. The staff is always rude and could care less if you're being helped or not. Super disappointing, will not be returning and will not recommend to others. Don't want others to feel the way I have every time I've been there.

Erin Harms

Really good food and coffee, okay prices. But I feel the prices reflect the food quality. Their dining area can be cold in the winter, as they have large single pane windows that allow for a lot of natural light, and doors without a heat saving front area. One of my favorite places to study and enjoy time with friends.

Connor Carlbom

Food is fine. Nothing bad but also not ground-breaking. Prices are ridiculous though. You want cream cheese on that bagel? Better be willing to pay an extra dollar! Service is friendly, but slow.

Bj Hetherton

The customer service in this establishment is completely sub par. Order a menu item that was delineated to have only one or two things on the item and upon ordering asked to with hold one of the items unaware that it contained other items not stated on the menu. My suggestion would be if you are going to delineate on the menu delineate all items or no items. And work on your customer service. I was told I would be charged again full price to correct the item.

marina price

Food was good and coffee was great.

Jessica Schwartz

So good! The food and service was wonderful. The chai is some of the best I've had! My husband and I both loved our meals.

Timothy Huffman

Great place for breakfast! Not cheap but still reasonable for good quality, non chain restaurant food. Nice upscale, cafe atmosphere with real art on the walls.

Christine L'Amour

It's our go-to for breakfast when I don't want to make it myself. Plus, best breakfast burritos in town!

Ming Stephens

Quality casual food. They make a lot of their items from scratch (granola, pastries, baked oatmeal) and really focus on getting it perfect. Compared to the downtown location, this Cottonwood seems to focus a bit more on brunch-y foods than drinks (not to say that they don't have great drinks, too). Excellent place for a light meal any time of the day.

Faith

Coffee leaves a lot to be desired, but food is great! Best breakfast in town.

Peter Engels

Super good food, coffee, and friendly staff

MrWeezer1

Great coffee, best sandwiches in town. Good atmosphere.

Karen Toft

Over half the tables were left uncleared with dirty dishes for over 45 minutes. Extremely slow service. Ten minutes to get a cup of drop coffee. Food orders came out one at a time. New customers coming in with no place to sit unless they bus the dirty dishes themselves to another cluttered table.

Mark Cook

First problem, the guy taking our order had no business dealing with the public, bordering on rude. 45 minutes later when people were being served who came in much later than us my daughter questioned the order and was given attitude. Finally asked for our money back and left.

Jeff Consoer

Nice coffee shop with just enough food options.

Mindy Petersen

Good food!

Erica Anderson

Great food and service, kind of expensive and could use more seating areas. Much better than cottonwood coffee.

Shannon Fern

Good coffee but the food is overpriced for the quality, its not the best food. The space is really nice for hanging out or studying though.

J Bortnem

Baked Oatmeal was perfect!

Justine Woods

Great! They were amazing about getting my drink out on time. It is so chill and nice in the Cottonwood Bistro. I highly advise going there it is always tasty, and the smoothies are amazing. It is such a great place to come with your family after church or anytime. If you just want to come with a friend that's great to.

Steven Hietpas

This is a great place, wonderful owners and great service!

Hillary

Great veggie panini and yummy coconut milk latte! Great service!

Aaron Elder

great espresso drinks

Michael Galea

Awesome place! Some of the best coffee I have ever tasted. Relaxing atmosphere with space for small groups. Jacob, the owner, is very friendly and will make sure your visit it great. A definite stop for you coffee-lovers!!!

Jonathon Neumann

Expensive and not very good coffee.

David Diedrich

We have breakfast here and it's one of the best breakfast I've had at a restaurant. Great quality food and coffee.

Teigan

Good breakfast options, yummy chai tea

Marsha Redday

Loved this place. The atmosphere was great and the did was awesome! Will cine back again.

Blaxon Bourbon

Good pancakes, eggs, and espresso.

H B

The coffee is good as expected. I enjoy the raspberry(?) jam a lot with the toast or their giant toasted bagels. The breakfast potatoes have been cold every single time I've gotten them. I've also been wanting to try the roasted root vegetable pizza, but every time I've tried ordering it they're out. My last visit I ordered drip coffee and waited a good 10 minutes for it. The crew was gathered around someone's smartphone laughing. I thought I was waiting for a fresh cup but nope, just wasn't handed to me for some reason. I got a little crankier than I should have but I hadn't had coffee yet.

Allen Jones

Best cup of coffee I've had in 10 years. Food is high quality.

Rigsby Fitness

I had visited this place a couple times to do meetings at, most of the time after my client's have confused it with Cottonwood Coffee shop on main street. Out of nowhere, I get told that I have to leave. The man I spoke with said it's because I have been in 3 times and haven't bought anything. I gladly said I would buy something and he said no, you have to get out of here. I went up to the counter and asked for the manager's business card and he said that he was the owner and then I asked if I could leave a review and he said go ahead. I went back to my table, was leaving a review and he said "Go do it on someone else's WiFi," even though I was already on my phone's hot spot. Not sure if this guy was having a bad day or what was going on but being from the Brookings area, this was just beyond rude. Most coffee shops allow you to come in and do your work at them, Starbucks, Caribou, etc without having to pay anything.

Sara Bakken

Open space, always comfortably filled with people working and socializing. Love the coffee, friendly service.

George Hamer

Why go anywhere else!

Jazmine Velez-carpenter

Good products but not a fan of the cafe. No music, no pictures.

Keith King

Great service in a hometown coffee shop atmosphere.

Athena Spytek

I went this past weekend and while the register service was great nothing else was. For $8.50 I expected more on my plate, I left feeling hungry and robbed. The food and drinks are over priced. Also, upon realizing the table was missing a coffee we asked for it. In return, we got attitude and the wrong drink. The overall experience was less than pleasing.

Amy Gerlach

Ordered an apple turnover and got blueberry instead even after she confirmed I asked for apple. In the very same visit I got a turkey melt when I actually ordered a tuna melt. And I know that I didn’t accidentally say turkey because the tuna melt is the ONLY sandwich I ever order there. Still giving 3 stars since the food is quite good and they don’t skimp on the fillings in their melts.

Samuel Bjorkman

Attended a small event here. Delicious and huge chocolate chip cookies! Didn't get to have a coffee hope to go back. Decent little coffee so it seemed like.

Grant

Great food, friendly service.

Jeremy Hargens

Great staff, very open atmosphere.

Jackie Shives

I enjoyed a nice cappuccino. The staff was nice and cleaned our table off for us. Great spot to hang out! Not a particularly amazing ambiance. They had two different radio stations playing, which was weird.

Stella Short Bull

Good coffee, good food, good company.

Dawson Lewis

Generous portions. At $15 more than Perkins but better food.

Brian Gatzke

Good good food

Kelsey Andersen

The food was amazing! They atmosphere was great and the food quality was great for the price. I will definitely be going back for breakfast! Might have to try a lunch or a supper!

Richard Castet

Homemade imaginative light fare perfect for breakfast, lunch or a light snack. Excellent, caring staff.

Bob Thompson

Great Coffee! Great breakfast and cool atmosphere! We really enjoyed relaxing and waking up to a good breakfast and great coffee. We'll be back!

Agatha A

A nice place to catch up with a friend

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Doug Carruthers

Relaxing breakfast spot.

Matt Lacey

Loved the bold coffee

Chris Hartzler

Excellent food and coffee! The atmosphere is super chill and its fantastic that they show local art. My only critique is that the service is hit-or-miss. Someday I get fantastic service and the friendliest of folks and other days the servers are very distracted and forgetful. Overall I love this place and do recommend it.

doug metcalf

My go-to place for coffee and occasional breakfast. Great pancake and breakfast sandwich.

Walker Waterbury

Been waiting on a salad for 20 minutes now. Plus my lemonade was 2.75 and came 80% full. No refills.

Sheldon Ray Bird

Best coffee in town! I love the food and atmosphere. The wall art is always on point. I can tell they support the community, so I always support them when I'm in Brookings

Ron Breske

Great Coffee, friendly staff.

Karin Burdick

The dark roast with a splash of cream is a treat!

Jon Morrill

Love stopping here for a quick sandwich or even breakfast. Very relaxed atmosphere and friendly staff. Highly recommend for small groups too.

Andrew L'Amour

Always good food for my part. Baked oatmeal but could have a bit more milk on it. A friend had the Cuban ham and it was not good. First time ever she said. Not sure why. Service is always good and friendly. Will be back.

Chris Davenport

My wife and I noticed that people who ordered after we did were getting their food/drinks before us. By the time we got our food, it had been 40 minutes. I talked with the owner, Jacob, to let him know what had happened and he was very apologetic. I definitely appreciated that, and the food was fantastic. Those 2 things are why we will come back!

Brooke Ferguson

Something for everyone!

Anthony Rigsby

I had visited this place a couple times to do meetings at, most of the time after my client's have confused it with Cottonwood Coffee shop on main street. Out of nowhere, I get told that I have to leave. The man I spoke with said it's because I have been in 3 times and haven't bought anything. I gladly said I would buy something and he said no, you have to get out of here. I went up to the counter and asked for the manager's business card and he said that he was the owner and then I asked if I could leave a review and he said go ahead. I went back to my table, was leaving a review and he said "Go do it on someone else's WiFi," even though I was already on my phone's hot spot. Not sure if this guy was having a bad day or what was going on but being from the Brookings area, this was just beyond rude. Most coffee shops allow you to come in and do your work at them, Starbucks, Caribou, etc without having to pay anything. Note: I was GLADLY willing to order something off the menu.

Scott Meyer

Best spot in Brookings for locally sourced food and handcrafted coffee and espresso drinks. Meet the local creatives and interesting people here!

Cody Blevins

Called in an order for pickup (for 11:45) at 1030. Ordered 3 meals, all of which were wrong. My tuna melt had chips instead of fried. The turkey panini had fruit instead of chips. The crab cake burger was not ready because the cakes were not prepared. This was not relayed until I picked the order up. The Batista offered to replace it with a different item and it would be free. She charged me for half price of the replacement meal (with fries). Was charged for fries in tuna melt and had not received them for both the tuna melt and replacement meal. Left at 11:53. Very poor first experience for our office. A gentleman from the kitchen had taken my order on the phone, not the Batista. I would blame the kitchen.

Kyle Jamison

I prefer the downtown location

Isaiah Croatt

Great coffee and a great selection of food. Also a very nice place to meet up with some friends or to study for class.

Kevin Schuh

The best quality food in Brookings!

Amy Sylvestre

Favorite breakfast in Brookings

Kevin Callahan

A relaxed place with great coffee.

Mark Venhuizen

Great pancake (singular.) They're HUGE!

zog harms

Good food. Not a coffee drinker so I can't say anything about that.

Matthew Siekmann

Random Justin Bieber cut out and great white mocha. I recommend it.

jr schafer

Can you day EXPENSIVE! Wouldn't have been so bad but you don't get that much food for the price.

Ed Minnesota

What a good surprise. Will come here again when we're in the area.

Brad Brenda Boyd

Poor service and horrible food

Wes Gravning

Always good!

Kris the Walker

Wow...excellent!!!

J JL Kruse

Food is always delicious! Cashiers & wait staff always friendly! Thanks!

Doug Sorensen

Good food, nice place

Adam Steinhauer

Best Dirty Chai I've ever had. Food at the bistro is surprisingly good. It seems a lot of people forget they serve food. Try the muffuletta.

Justin Tietema

Over priced. Dry hamburger, dry potatoes and bad service.

Justin Heard

Quiet and cozy.

John Overman

Inefficient, expensive, terrible service.

Stephen Howard

Good atmosphere, fairly friendly service, and attentive to incoming customers.

Chris Berke

Food and coffee is great! Leave yourself lots of time if going on the weekend for breakfast.

Luis Duque

Great coffee place! I love coming here to study or simply to read! The coffee is delicious and they have a wide variety of drinks and snacks!

Miriam Larrick

Good, slightly over priced.

Frank James

This is in of my favorite morning spots.

Google User

Please stop using POS software that asks for a 10-20% tip on limited service. This is obnoxious and ruins the experience.

SJ H

Very nice employees. Good food! Will return!

JackJ S

Ate lunch here with a friend and had a pleasent experience. The atmosphere was small (but not tight or closed in), clean, quiet, and had nice natural light.The salad I got with my bean burger (instead of fries or chips for NO extra cost) was excellent. It was a lettuce mix, tomatoes, and onions, & wasn't just plain iceberg lettuce with dressing. I would recommend the veggie wrap my friend had if you are looking for a good vegetarian option... It had great flavor and had black beans and quinoa (?some grain).