Cafe Blue Door

I’ve gone to this cafe before. They have decent baked goods and drinks. I was there earlier this week at around three thirty five. I got a bottled drink and a cookie. Before I could order the person at the register tells me the cafe closes at four. I was aware that the cafe was closing in about 20 minutes and there was at least 15 people in the cafe. Putting a cookie in a bag takes less than thirty seconds and the drink was already made and bottled. My total was around 6.20 I gave them seven dollars. When I gave them my money for the food they took the money and put in the cash register and then just walked away without giving me my change. The whole experience felt kinda rude and like brash. But I also don’t know the whole situation they could have been having a bad day and mistakes happen and I’m not crying over 40 cents. Overall ok place with lots of room but idk.

Definitely one of my favorite (if not most favorite) cafes in and around Berkeley to work in. There's plenty of seating, a lot of them within reach of an outlet, and very reliable wifi and friendly service. Their drinks are fairly good, nothing amazing, but very reasonably priced. Their sandwiches/salads are pretty good.

I love this place for a number of reasons but dislike their sustainability practices. The food is significantly better than most other cafes, the WiFi is great, and there are a ton of outlets and plenty of space which draws in a large university crowd. However, they always give me plastic disposable cups even though I explicitly ask “for here.” All is these plastic cups makes them go through a ton of straws. Additionally, there is no compost bin- and for a place that attracts people to have food and stay a while, I have seen a ton of food go into the garbage.

Blue Door is my favorite cafe in Berkeley. The ambiance is nice and cozy, they serve coffee in actual mugs, seating is comfortable and customer service is great. The coffee itself is some of my favorite, and their lox bagel is amazing. It is a little bit on the expensive side, but well worth it because of the high quality of ingredients and good customer service.