Alternative Fuel Coffee House

I love this place and always have, I live right down the road and I'm constantly ordering or picking up food. But I feel like the quality has gone down quite a bit since start of tourists season.. I get the same thing every time and it's becoming less and less.. my sandwich had literally 4 pieces of deli meat, about 5 spinach leafs and legit one onion. I always get a build your own everything bagel club but it's not the same or worth the price anymore

The staff here were incredibly friendly and tried to steer me towards a drink they thought I would like based on my request for an iced, blended espresso drink with caramel in it. The drink was just so-so– not bad tasting per se… but dind’t taste like espresso OR caramel… and the ice was mostly melted from the get go.

The sausage burrito with gravy and cheese on top is another story. It was HUGE and one of the most delicious breakfast burritos I’ve ever had. It made for a great supper too!

Great Quiche and coffee selections, a must come here for those. However the black tea is lipton so skip that.

Everyone is ALWAYS nice. The food is very good. Since Covid I haven’t been in for a while and they treated me like I’ve been coming in the whole year. Love these guys and it’s the best unique coffee shop downtown. You guys rock!

Lacking in friendly and very pricey! My daughter ordered a bubble tea and it was horrible. When my husband told the lady at the register she said okay and you can throw it away. I went to the register and demanded they make it right. They should have offered it. Also when making our other drinks the gentleman making them sneezed and didn’t wear gloves. The only decent person was the blonde lady who brought out our food. Needless to say, we will not be returning. Now I understand the bad reviews and why the place was a ghost town. Back to Harriet and Oak I go.

We were in Rapid City for a day and I was craving coffee. Saw this was the best rated coffee shop in town so we checked it out.

PROS: The interior is a nice design, albeit a bit small, and the sausage breakfast burrito was scrumptious.

An employee cleaned our table while we sat there.

CONS: I wasn't too impressed with the coffee. I ordered a blended iced mocha with a shot of raspberry. They blended it to a runny consistency and forgot the whipped cream (which they remedied once I let them know). Another customer had her iced coffee blended and lamented the consistency as well. For the price ($4.73 for 20 oz.) I expected better.

If you want GREAT coffee, come to the Coffee House in Lincoln, NE and try a granita with a shot of raspberry (and toddy if you need a jolt of energy)!

The staff was really friendly and they have great smoothies. I was visiting Rapid City for a week on a road trip and tried this place out to do some work during the day. The wifi is decent, I think someone was heavily using it though as the speeds were fluctuating a lot. Still it was enough for random emails and research.

This coffee house is also located in a pretty cool part of downtown rapid city. Great area to wander around afterwards.

I visited here in June of 2016.

Best iced mocha I've ever had (about the same price as anywhere else). Blows Starbucks away.

Best sandwich I've ever had, but kind of pricey ($6) for it's size (small, I felt). Paid $11 total and tipped $1 because ordering at places like this scares me and the gal was friendly.

Again, best mocha and sandwich ever.

Partner had an americano and loved it. She is very picky.

Ordered oatmeal and a breakfast sandwich. Over 30 minutes and still no food. When I finally asked again they finally gave me a bowl of oatmeal, the side of blueberries was rock hard frozen solid. My suggestion is to find an Alternative place for breakfast.

If you want great service, a super friendly atmosphere, loaded with amazing choices to delight your palette..look no further!
A "must stop" when you are downtown Rapid City.