Elder + Oat

The coffee and donuts are great! Everyone who works here is so kind and the shop owners seem to genuinely want to connect with the community. It was also a great space to sit and work from. They had free wifi, a good amount of seating, and plenty of outlets for charging laptops/phones. Very happy to have this local coffee shop!

You’ll love this cute little coffee shop in West Dundee. The aesthetic is wonderful but you can also go and take a walk at the river walk behind the store or peruse a few of the shops in town.

Make sure you try the focaccia bread with their different spreads! Delicious. A little on the pricier side, but totally worth it for what you’re getting. Very tasty drinks and wonderful foods. We also tried the bombo which is basically like a donut sandwich with sweet buttercream and peach jam in between. I HIGHLY recommend it.

Stroller accessible at the front :) these are things I care about now with a baby!

We hired Elder & Oat to cater donuts for our October wedding, and to cater lunches for our bridal party while we were getting ready before the big event. The lunch boxes were amazing, and I think their focaccia is some of the best I’ve ever had- it’s tart like a sourdough with big flaky salt and little pockets of olive oil, and their tomato dipping sauce was tangy and fresh. Not to mention, having this delivered to our hotel while getting ready made the day such a breeze.

The donuts were a big hit with our guests! We definitely overestimated the number of donuts we needed, but guests snagged one for the road, and we took the remainder back to the hotel to share with our friends in the hotel lobby the next morning. We are big cider donut fans, and always knew we wanted apple cider donuts as our main wedding dessert instead of cake. When I tell you these are one of the best cider donuts I’ve ever had, not to mention they are gluten free (seems like magic)- they are a little bit salty, full of warm spices and covered with the absolute right amount of sugar. Some of our guests had never tasted a cider donut before, and I think they’re now completely ruined to the standard variety after tasting Elder & Oat’s take.

E&O also has fabulous coffee- we stopped by a few weeks before our event for a latte, and everything was delicious. Can’t recommend them highly enough.

About a month ago we used Elder + Oat for our wedding and they made us donuts, a small wedding cake, and cookies. They were very easy to work with and very responsive to emails. The donuts were a HUGE hit at our wedding and the cake was good too. The cookies were ok (kind of hard; especially the sugar cookies) but people are still talking about how great the donuts were almost a month later. 10/10 would recommend to anyone as the donuts were amazing and Brad was wonderful to work with.

Overall just an unremarkable experience.
The cafe is very cute and the ambience is relaxing. Staff very knowledgable and kind. We're new to the area and heard such great things. Got 3 drinks to try out and they all ended up being dumped. Just missing flavor and body overall. Not to mention everyone was just very slow moving, not moving efficiently at all. We aren't in a big rush either, but I think 25 minutes is a little much without food.

The staff here was incredibly friendly. The coffee drinks were delicious. I tried the elder and oat latte and it was was heavenly. Also had a white chocolate pistachio scone that was so good. Any time I'm in the area I'll definitely be back

We were here for the Pre-Opening and walked in to a pretty (that mural!) coffee shop and bakery. Wanted to try a bunch of things, so went with their signature elder & oat latte, tried 2 donuts (Italian buttercream and sugar salt) and their oat bread with yummy honey butter. There is plenty of seating to work (plenty of outlets), play (fun game selection near the back), and chill (cute, comfy furniture setup in the back). Looking forward to trying all the things on this menu!

Welcome to the neighborhood!

Stopped by the new place for the first time today, and let me just say. I have no category for how delicious their focaccia + pesto combo is. You might be tempted to think—as I was—“it’s just bread and herbs! How special can it really be?” But listen to me. Be not naïve. Get the focaccia and let it change your life. It’s crusty and salty on the outside but chewy and tender on the inside. Judging from the richness (and subtlety!) of the flavors, it’s clear that they use premium ingredients, too.

Really friendly folks with really tasty coffee. Espresso drinks and chai were great! Plus they have plant based milk options. I loved their Hun Bun latte and their biscuits with honey butter.

Cute coffee shop! Happened to be in town and wanted a coffee for the morning. Stopped in and it was the pre-pre opening! Staff was so friendly. Coffee and bread so tasty! Peep the heart shaped bread on the coffee machine