Carolina Coffee Shop

Went down to Chapel Hill for graduation. By far the best place I ate. One of the cooler coffee / breakfast spots that I have ever been too! Highly recommend!

great food!!! but the service is so bad. i come here often and am always forced to wait so much longer than is necessary for any service. definitely don’t come too hungry since you’re going to have to be patient

We just went to your coffee shop n ordered two expresso mochas, barely potable, no sugar, couldn’t taste the chocolate at all. Expresso mochas are a dessert coffee but only tasted hot milk. I’m not sure if this is a standard recipe or not. We were just visiting and decided to stop by on way to doctor appt.

Bad service. Mediocre food. Not worth it, who cares about the history if it’s not good.

I recently stopped in for a leisurely brunch while visiting Chapel Hill for the day. I had the sweet little table right by the window on Franklin Street. I was served by Ryan, a very handsome, polite, and pleasant waiter. While sipping on a delicious Bloody Mary, I ate the tomato, spinach, feta, and onion omelet with grits and a biscuit. It was excellent. The tomatoes had so much flavor, and the biscuit rivaled my mother's. What a lovely meal!

I couldn’t tell you how the food was because we never got served. We waited 15 mins for a table which was fine, they were busy. We got seated and a waitress who was in training informed us that it was her first day. We asked for a cocktail menu and she we to find out if they had cocktails. She came back and brought us those menus. We waiting another 25 minutes and no one ever came back to our table. We watched the server trainer and trainee attend to every other table but ours. We ended up getting up and leaving to find somewhere else for brunch. Never again.

Very good. Had lunch and the sandwiches were well made.

Excellent service, great atmosphere, and good food. Plenty of options. They serve locally roasted coffee.

We've used Carolina Coffee Shop to host business dinners twice so far in 2023 and we've really enjoyed our visit each time! The staff goes above and beyond to make sure everything's taken care of, from food to drinks to the event space. The food is always excellent! The space is beautiful and such a wonderful spot to host events — we'll certainly be back!

Food was very good and service was very friendly and quick but it was very cold in there and I guess because it's an old building the heat can't keep up when it's a cold day. Today when I went we had a 20 minute wait to get a table around 12:00 noon on a Friday. Inside it's so loud you can hardly talk to the person next to you because there are so many people in there talking.

This is a great restaurant! The food was delicious and the service was terrific!!! I got a mushroom and Swiss omelet with grits. Everything was cooked to perfection.

I've heard a lot about this place and had high hopes for it, but my experience was far from what I expected. As someone who has worked in the restaurant industry, I was disappointed with the quality of the eggs Benedict that I ordered. The hollandaise sauce was not properly emulsified and had a grainy texture, indicating that butter was overcooked, on top of that it has to much lemon juice in it, so it tasted very sour. Poached eggs were rubbery and overcooked. Unfortunately, even the side of hash browns it came with, were in reality a pile of deep fried overcooked chunks of something that remotely resembled the taste of potatoes. These are all basic mistakes that should not occur in a professional kitchen. I considered sending the dish back, but because it took so long to receive my original order, I decided to just deal with it. I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for a quality breakfast.

Great that they keep the historical building. The food was average/below average. Service was good.

Breakfast was amazing the French toast special was the bomb!

Great place nice staff good food would definitely go back

We preplanned our visit to this cafe from Morrisville. Had to wait about an hour to get a table. We visited nearby attractions in the meantime. The service is nice. The food is great. Loved the ambiance. Must place visit in chapel hill

Nice hang out spot on a Sunday morning. Coffee and tea were both very good.

Freshest waffle ever, berries are in excellent quality as well Wonderful service

Great Chapel Hill brunch tradition. Visiting daughter on parents weekend. They had a little trouble with the waiting list as we were overlooked twice on being sat. Food was excellent. Eggs Benedict with prosciutto instead of Canadian Bacon for me. Her mom had one of the best tasting hamburgers I've ever eaten. Always rock solid since my first visit in early 80's.

A busy local favorite with a menu of staples. Food quality is average . Service is friendly but 2 of three dishes were not exactly what we ordered.