Cottonwood Bistro

I went with the old standby, 2 eggs, bacon and toast, but there are some great looking items on the menu. Particularly, the baked oatmeal.
Next time.
Service is friendly and efficient.
Kudos.

Fantastic service they had mine & my friends coffee ☕️ drinks out to us in record time I would totally come here again for some local coffee!!! ❤❤

Excellent...see below. It would have been nice if there was a sign instructing customers to order from the wall menu at the counter because it is not intuitive given the upscale diner vibe. Ordering for the first time in an unfamiliar restaurant is also stressful so I would have liked to take my time contemplating a sufficiently detailed paper (or digital) menu at my table, even if I did have to order at the counter. It is also hard for me to see wall menus because I need new glasses and I often forget them altogether. BUT WAIT!! All of that was quickly forgotten after the food and coffee arrived. I tasted fresh wholesome ingredients. The meal seemed to be prepared with love either of flavor or of humanity...or both! That led me to buy the homemade granola. Excellent!! Plus, they had fancy salt!

One of the gems in Brookings! A quiet place to drink coffee & read or to hangout with friends & family.

Always a great place for a relaxing breakfast treat! Love the in-house coffee roasts!

They have such a good breakfast sandwich. I always swap the English muffins for the bagel. The best bagel I've ever had! The staff is always so courteous.

I'm not one to rush and give a place a bad rating after 1 mishap, but I've given this place its fair share of chances. The service and food here is consistently bad. Even when they're not busy, I've had multiple instances of waiting 30 minutes for food, or having them set the food behind the counter and forgetting about it until I finally ask where it is. Then they unapologetically hand me the cold food and act like they did me a favor. Often they can't even get something as simple as a coffee and a baked good right (You might chip your tooth on a cookie). Things in the display counter are often mislabeled. Tables sit uncleaned. What's funny is the location downtown is almost always on top of their game. Save your money, or if you must, go downtown.

I met some girlfriends for lunch. Ordered a latte an ice tea and a BLT. They gave me a number to place on my table. People that ordered after me got their food before me. I had to inquire twice as to where my food was. When it finally arrived, the bacon on my BLT wasn’t done and it was very fatty. When I alerted the staff, they told me they had only one cook there that day and that they were very busy. They made no attempt to make it right! Later that day, I contacted the manager and told her about the experience that I had. She offered to follow up with me at a later date and she also wanted my address, which I gave her. She promised a gift card so I could come back instead of leaving a poor review. Now it has been almost 3 weeks, I have never received a call back or a gift card from the manager. This used to be my favorite place to go for coffee or lunch, but unfortunately they are struggling with service and food quality ☹️

Lipstick on my ice tea glass, the tall dark hair hostess acted like she was doing me a favor replacing my drink... very rude to say the least when she deposited the disposable cup back on my table. I hoped she refilled it rather than dumping the contents, but I didn't drink it bc she took it in the back to do it when the drink station was in front. Cold chunks of potatoes, dried out sausage, eggs wrong (wanted fried hard, got scrambled). Not impressed, over $40 for breakfast for 3 people so not cheap either! I'll hit the McDonald's for breakfast or make another choice next time...

The food here is healthy and delicious!
They have a lot of great options for breakfast and lunch!

The atmosphere is nice for studying or talking and hanging out