The Java House Coffee Roasters - Downtown

By far one of my favorite coffee houses in Iowa City. My fiancé and I go here frequently in the summer when we go on walks of the downtown area. We always share a tiramisu with our coffees. Highly recommended!

I travel from Cedar Falls just to get the best salad in the area.

Might be the most hipster coffee shop in Iowa. And that's exactly why it's fun. Good variety of coffee, snacks, and espresso drinks, with Wi-Fi and lots of seats for casual goers or people who need to work, but also isn't unpleasantly crowded.

One of my favorite coffee shops. The coffee itself is brewed individually as you wait, which adds some time, but it is so good. Nice relaxing atmosphere too.

The coffee is great, but it's a hassle every time to get it! The layout isn't efficient and I find myself either accidentally grabbing someone else's coffee or someone accidentally taking mine. To difficult when all I want is a simple drip coffee.

I moved away from Iowa City for a year and went back to my hometown. One of the first things I found myself missing was Java House. I'm from Texas originally, where drip coffee hasn't caught on, and Starbucks is still the place to go. Java House has great coffee and comfy couches to study on. Students love it for that, and it's open late. It's also joined to a restaurant in case you need something to eat while studying for hours. JH gets 4 stars out of 5 only because they constantly play the most annoying coffee shop music (soft indie; what it is, the early 2000s?) and it gets distracting sometimes, enough that I've had to leave because I couldn't focus on my papers. If they switched to something inoffensive/unnoticeable like classical, I'd be in there constantly.

Best place to study, everyone is super respectful of COVID rules. And the best coffee too! Skip starbies, you gotta start going here it's the best.

I love this place. Excellent coffee, good snacks, really good sandwiches and soup. I come here often and sit for hours.

I see you have denied stealing employees tips in a seperate review. However an email is circulating from Tara, the owner, threatening to pay out secret shoppers using store tips meant for employees. She also acknowledged that she herself would be doing secret shopping, so, pocketing the tips? I see you deleted your companies statement off Facebook regarding these allegations. What's going on?

Is this email edited in anyway or do you take responsibility for its contents and admit to pocketing tips meant for employees?

Used to be great, but their internet now sucks, requires a log on notice which constantly kicks me off the net on my phone and is barely usable, if at all, during peak hours. The coffee is fine, the atmosphere is great, but without internet I'll have to go elsewhere.