The Hive - East Coast Kitchen & Coffee Bar

Service staff is incredible. Owner works and runs along side the staff. All staff members are very professional and help one another out to make for a greater customer experience. Coffee bar area is very cozy and inviting. The breakfast / brunch food was delicious. We will definitely be back regularly! Great restaurant to come up for the community!

We like to support small businesses; so this was our 1st time. We went for breakfast. I had French toast OMG!!! Perfection!! Fresh baked bread, not too sweet , 2 large slices w/crème in between. Yum Yum!! My husband had 3topping egg white omelette w/ biscuit. big homemade biscuit & the omelette was fantastic! Our waiter; Peter, was friendly & very helpful! Hoping to return for a lunch some day w/my “sisters”! Thank you for a great 1st experience!

First, truly love the space! The building is stunning with the woodwork, beautiful outdoor seating, love all of the plants everywhere. Very cozy vibes. Second - I did think the food was good and tasty. However, I do feel the pricing is fairly off. $9 for one, single waffle and $12 for 2 pieces of french toast (both with nothing included), seems extremely high - not just for the area, but also realizing the cost of making these. I think perhaps lowering these prices by a couple dollars or adding a meat/egg option in addition would be beneficial. The specialty coffees were wonderful. A little nit-picky, but when I ordered, my server asked "what flavor?" and "what milk?" - I assumed this was included in the price, and was up-charged $1 each for both lol. I worked in the food industry for several years and totally get raising the bill some, but there's also a bit of a better way to do so.

Great hometown restaurant that used their own honey from on property. Breakfast is fantastic, I loved the bourbon french toast. They have a nice coffee shop upstairs as well. Get there before 10 on weekends to avoid the crowd.

This is the best kept secret in NKY!! Our waiter Pete was the most attentive and kind human I’ve interacted with. The good was delicious. Will return (too often probably). Nice patio too. Check out the bee hives in the back!

Delicious food & quality. The bourbon spiked French toast with Bavarian crème is delicious. Will definitely be one of my go to for a good breakfast.

What a treat! The food was delicious and all three of us took home a box with that night's supper. I also brought home a piece of cinnamon coffee cake that was out of this world. There was a large group of people sitting on the shady porch celebrating a birthday that made me make a mental note that this would be a great spot for a celebratory brunch or lunch. What a treat!

This place is right next to our house so we were siked to try it. The menue is simple but good. The decor is peppy and fun. But once you order, it all goes down hill...

House blend coffee is bad. Premium blend coffee is slightly better but i wouldnt say it was good. Iced tea is still water. I mean seriously some of the lightests iced tea i have ever seen, with zero tea taste. With our drinks being bad, we decided to just drink water. All i can say is please dont. It just tastes like a glass of chemicals and metals.

My partner got the waffle, potatoes, and pork sausage links. Non was particularly good. The potatoes were flavorless and sad. The waffle was a bad imitation of a belgium style waffle. I got the biscut with sausage gravy and a side of goetta. The biscut tasked like corn meal bread - not a biscut, and the sausage gravy had no sausage in it. It would suffice to say i ate the side of goetta and went elsewhere.

Our waitress confused every single item of our order (i asked for a biscut and sausage gravy with goetta and she said okay so a scrambled egg plate... my partner asked for a waffle and she said okay bourbon french toast...). We had to correct her and re give the order multiple times. She then delivered them to the wrong person, poured a different coffee blend in the cup to top it off (not that it needed it to be topped off with only a couple sips gone) and spilled coffee all down the handle in the process. Im not sure if she was having an off day but it was quite frustrating in tandem with the bad food/drinks.

45$ to not drink our drinks or eat more than a few bites of our food. We had to go pay for a second breakfast somewhere else.

They did not once ask if our food was good or care that we didnt eat it. And to be clear, you pay at the table so thier staff was standing over a table of undrank glasses and mostly uneaten food while they asked for 45$ without a single consideration of the fact that it was almost all still on the table. Great customer service.

Expected much better,, and it could've been much better. Atmosphere was great, but coffee and food lacking. The coffee was weak. French toast was overated- 4 slices for $12...I mean sure there's inflation but bread hasn't gone up that much! Usually that pricey of French toast comes with a side at the least. Not sure we could taste the buorbon infusion...though the custard was a nice touch that made it different.
Hoping for better, otherwise why not go to a waffle house for at least strong coffee?

Wonderful place! The decor is spot on. Owner was super friendly and service was great. I had the Italian Beef sandwich and it was amazing. One of the best sandwiches I have ever had. Highly recommend a visit.