The Java House - First Ave

Love this location! The staff is friendly and helpful. The place is quiet, spacious and cozy. Not too busy with students doing homework like at other coffee shops. A nice place to relax and enjoy your favorite coffe/tea drink with your spouse or friends.

I love this Java House. The atmosphere is nice. It is a good place to work, study or meet up with friends. The food is pretty good but, the coffee is what does it for me. I love the specialty coffee drinks. The service is really good most of the time. I have had a couple of bad service experiences but, those are rare.

Great coffee house with ample seating, flavorful drinks.

Fair pricing for a good quality fresh pour over coffee. Fast friendly service, baristas are knowledgeable and enjoy offering help to the first time customers in making decisions. The vibe is very calm and relaxed, great place to sit and unwind.

Friendly staff, very clean and delicious drinks. I love the glow worm. Good assortment of pastries and snacks too.

The place seems infinitely better since Angela Winniki left. Just my personal opinion. But probably one of the best things to happen to java house in awhile. Coffee was great. Service was exceptional. It has earned 5 stars once again

I have only had good experiences with the staff at Java House, but it is a bit of a known secret in the area that the owners are horrible people. After a worker shared some aspects of their poor working conditions on social media the owners decided it would be a good idea to send out an email to customers stating that workers who post on social media and say negative things will be fired. Imagine being proud of being a bad boss! Take your money elsewhere to places where the employers understand good customer service and how to treat their staff.

Great place to hang out with friends to chat and catch up. There is enough parking (part of a strip mall area). I wish their prices were a bit lower, or there were more specials. I would also like to see more gluten free and dairy free options for drinks and snacks. The place wonderfully smells like coffee. The cashiers and baristas are typically friendly.

First time there and was clean and nice greeting from staff who took order. Slow on delivery of our coffee but not in a hurry so no problem. Nice array of gift selections.

Java house is one of my favorite coffee shops in Iowa City area. They have a good selection of high quality tea, a great breakfast tea, and excellent pastries. Cozy atmosphere for meeting friends.