Spill the Beans

I love Spill the Beans! It has a great atmosphere and the staff is always lovely. It is a bit pricey for ice cream, but I'm more than happy to pay it because it's so good! My favorite place for ice cream on Main St, for sure!

My favorite coffee shop in town. Fast friendly quiet and good coffee without the jitters and anxiety. Comfortable lounge great for study or remote employment.

Ohhh, spill the beans how much I want to love you... Unfortunately, as it stands, it appears I can't just yet. This contemporary chic café is a great place for college students who are looking to pump out a couple of hours studying about Human anatomy. It's also nice for any professionals trying to meet that deadline for your project that's been on the back burner for two weeks. I believe that this place is so appealing as a workspace because of the design and overall interior design of the café.

It boasts a primarily white pallet with accents of mid-tones for countertops chairs and other forms of furniture. The large pane windows provide more than enough light to the Spill The Beans interior and the light interior design allows for the light to bounce and illuminate the rest of the space rather effectively. The interior is very comfortable, which is part of why I love coming to this coffee shop so much.

Regardless, however good the interior design and atmosphere is, it's still a coffee shop. Spill the beans' main thing is coffee, yet they don't always do it well. It’s understandable that the shop gets busy sometimes, but as a café, you have to maintain quality even when there is an influx of customers. The very first time I visit Spill The Beans, the coffee I drank was probably one of, if not the best cup of coffee I had ever enjoyed. The second time, however, the magic was lost. My coffee was more water than coffee, and there was no hint of expresso.

As I've said before, I want to love this place, so I didn't leave it at that and went for another visit to try again. "Perhaps it was just a bad day," I thought. Sure enough, my third time going back to Spill The Beans, the magic had been restored. The coffee was thick, rich, foamy, and decadent. This was the quality I expected and hoped to receive when I went back for a fourth and fifth time.

Unfortunately, Spill The Beans just does not seem to be consistent. The fourth time I went, I asked for my usual, A caramel Mocha. excited to experience the magic I was told "The Expresso machine is broken." After that I fell into a deep dark depression for the rest of the day as I had to conquer the world with no Expresso. And on visit number five, the quality was anything but magical...

My Scone was cold, but that wasn't a big deal. I just got it warmed up more in the magical heat box we call the microwave. The part that made me write this short thorough review of my experience with this coffee shop was again the quality of my coffee. I'm not sure what it is exactly, if it's no foam, not enough caramel, or something... There was no magic. My caramel Expresso just tasted like a regular sweetened coffee. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing... It's just not the magic I was expecting.

For the record, that's:

2 - Magical Caramel mocha's that made me skip down the street 1 - Cup of water that I thought was coffee, 1 - Cup of Coffee Milk with a hint of mocha, and 1 - Cup of nothing because the Expresso machine was KIA.

As for the staff, they are nice. They seem to work very hard to run this shop. It's been the same two young ladies in there every time, from what I remember. I've seen how they've interacted with customer, they really try to provide an enjoyable experience to the patrons, and they even have memorized the orders of some of their more loyal visitors. My message to the staff if you've made it this far, is maybe just to take your time. Don't give way to the stress of the job and start rushing because when you rush, your quality drops. I rather wait five minutes for my coffee and it be Magical, than to wait only 2 minutes and just be "okay".

I will visit again in the future. I hope when I have returned I get that great taste and experience I was looking forward to today and unfortunately missed out on.

Thanking for reading this review.

I have been coming to Spill the Beans for months now, and I have always walked away with a positive experience. The staff is very friendly, the place is clean and filled with natural light, and the coffee great. Love getting the drip coffee and working or studying for hours on end. Highly recommend!

It’s a neat and attractive coffee shop to hang out in. Good coffee as well. Baristas a welcoming

Great coffee right in downtown Spartanburg! A great big open and inviting area that can still feel cozy without being crowded. Outdoor seating is available as well. A mix of students, families, and couples give the feeling that everyone is welcome. A must go destination when we're out and about in the downtown area.

Got coffee with my girl friend this morning and it was wonderful. I have never been here before but I will definitely be back! Casual atmosphere. Friendly associates. Stylish setting downtown.

A hip place for coffee and mixed ice cream in fresh made waffle cones!

Good coffee selections, good tea selections. Prices are a little high but no worse than the chain coffee shops. Ice cream is great. Mexican hot chocolate is also good. Nice to come in and sit inside and chat or study.

Great place to meet and have a coffee with friends