The Hemingway

Delicious food and coffee, and mimosas!

We had the avocado toast and chicken biscuit. Both were delicious! The coffee and mimosas were next level as well.

It looks like there is a great selection of beer and wine as well. We were there for brunch and were already stocked up for our trip otherwise we might have grabbed some for later.

Great indoor or outdoor seating options. We chose outside and it was perfect on a fall day.

The staff was very friendly even to us visitors.

Amzing coffee shop with great wine choices and fabulous staff! I was in town for 6 weeks and came to love my visits to The Hemingway. Great way to start your day or for an afternoon pick-me-up! Also bought an amazing sweatshirt that I haven't stopped wearing since I'm back in the cold weather. Wish I could go back and bring my fiance this time :)

Gluten free options that are delicious!!!! Got the GF muffin you can't even tell it's GF, super moist and delicious. The pain au chocolat is yummy too. All the drinks were fabulous. Cappuccino and lattes are on point. They make their own syrups. We are definitely coming back!

Great coffee. And they had one of the best cinnamon rolls I’ve ever tasted. Friendly staff, and you can also purchase wine and beer before you head to the beach!! ☕️ 🏖 🍷🍹

If you haven't stopped at The Hemingway either on the way in to Kiawah or on the way out of Kiawah- You Should!!! 💞

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE their Rosemary/Lavender Almond Milk Latte & just grabbing a quick bite of their warmed ham & cheese croissant 😋👍 Yummy! They need to sell their homemade Rosemary & Lavender simple syrups.
They also have a great selection of wines by the bottle 🍷 Cheers!

First, the good - the food is decent and their coffee (I assume using Counter Culture) is really very smooth and strong which I love… I do love and crave the Avocado Toast because it really is delish.

Second, the staff here (and I have encountered multiple staff members so this isn’t unique to one person) are badly in need of customer service training. This has been an ongoing issue for months as I have visited 10+ times within the last year only to be met with the same poor attitudes and blank stares. Whoever the owner is clearly hasn’t monitored or been monitoring this behavior and if you read other reviews, I am not the only one to experience this. Hopefully they will take measures to correct this or hire some friendlier people otherwise local customers (such as myself) will make efforts to spend their money elsewhere.

Super nice owners and a great place to stop and relax with a good cup of coffee. The food was very yummy. I had the sausage egg and cheese on a fresh baked biscuit. The wife had the chicken breakfast sandwich. I would have ordered a second chicken sandwich.
I came back the next day for lattes and the owner was so nice to offer me enough coffee beans to get me through the next morning since we were leaving early.
I love good people.

Staff were very nice and welcoming, made our order great and were absolutely amazing. The building felt old and a little dingy. The smell of burnt food being recirculated due to the poor ventilation was also overwhelming. Sad to see a lot of effort going into beer and wine that don't see purchased much as a regular customer, would love to see more options on the menu for people with allergies. The baked goods, which I was told were from a different bakery seemed to look inconsistent and poorly made. Overall great coffee and all staff were super kind and helpful, but would love to have a more coffee focused experience, rather than much of the effort being directed towards beer and wine!

Tried to call ahead to place my order but nobody answers the phone. No utensils were available (either plastic or metal), which the staff did not tell us until we tried to eat. Croissants were unavailable. In prior years I've enjoyed this breakfast spot but something has changed.

I used to go to Hemingway almost every day, it used to be my favorite coffee place. But in the last few months it was just horrible. I waited for my avocado toast for 25 minutes, which is probably normal when it’s busy. But in that particular day there were couple of people besides me and employees were just chatting with each other. I asked for my toast at least 3 times, on the third time they simply said they didn’t even start to make it, they forgot it. When it was ready they just left it on the pick up table, did not even bring it to me. Staff was not friendly, did not even say “Hi”, and after going there for 2 years they couldn’t even remember my name. This is just one of the bad experiences I remember in Hemingway. Also the cleanliness leaves much to be desired. When owners were running the place, Hemingway was completely different from now. I sincerely missed those days.