For Five Coffee Alexandria

Rude baristas, two of ‘em. No line but took forever making coffee, could barely be bothered to tell us what kind of muffins they had despite there being no signs on any of the average looking pastries. When I ordered a pour over the one barista literally groaned and rolled his eyes and told the other one to clear his schedule for the next five minutes. Also, insane prices even for this bougie place. $18 for an avocado smashed on toast with an egg? I’ll pass. $5.50 for a red eye and almost $9 for a pour over?? Ridiculous prices for very average tasting drinks.

Gluten free bread is not bread… just a bunch of seeds fused together. Way over priced. Coffee is fine.

Love the vibe here - the scones & cookies were also delicious. Chai was pretty good too. One star being deducted because the prices are higher than other coffee shops. Other coffee shops in the area charged around $15-$16 for a chai & two pastries. For Five charged $20.20.

go to for five every single day! Their coffee is amazing! But the staff is the real reason we keep coming back! Particularly Nicole who is our Barista, she is always happy, willing to help and gets our order so fast! We love her spirit so we will keep coming back!

Went last weekend, wanted a refund. No one has responded to my messages for the whole week, so bad customer service. Overall, very upset with this place. I ordered 2 matcha lattes and they were gross. I know this is a coffee shop but don’t offer matcha if it’s going to be low quality. It was brownish instead of bright green and chunky. Matcha was not sifted but he did use a bamboo whisk. Because it was not low quality matcha and not sifted there were chunks of matcha sitting on the bottom. I didn’t get to say anything because we were in a rush and it was too crowded to wait to speak to the one worker. Left, then later realized I was charged 16 dollars for the 2 drinks, I’ve never paid so much for a matcha latte anywhere. Especially not something so bad. Don’t go here, low quality matcha can be dangerous if it’s not from Japan. I’m genuinely worried about what I drank and I’m glad I threw it away. However, atmosphere was nice and the place was clean, so I thought of rating higher than 1 star but price and quality are the most important things to me and I felt ripped off.

I went there for working. They provide free wifi and sockets (not all tables though).
Restroom clean and bright.
The coffee is good, but it came with a disposable cup even I was staying. I would have preferred a mug to avoid more waste.

The setting is very nice. Nice furniture and tables, which replaced the convenience store that was once in that location across from the King Street metro station.
(BUT)
A cup of coffee at 7-Eleven is just as good, if not better, where I have a broader selection of the flavored creams and sugars I desire. At FFC, the taste didn't do much for me.
It's just pricey coffee.

First visit and was incredibly good. The customer service was fantastic. They walked us through their specialties and made recommendations. We ended up getting the five: drip coffee with a shot of espresso, ganache, and orange peel. It was so good. Just enough sweetness that it was not bitter, but not too sweet. I've not had orange peel in coffee before and I loved it. It gave such a freshness to the hot coffee. Incredible! The Louie: cold brew with half and half and maple syrup. Very good as well. If you like sweet iced coffee this hits the spot. We also tried the avacado smash toast, amazing. It has carrots, a 6 min egg, chia seeds and arugula salad with citrus. Really good. The Nutella bite cookies were also very good with the Five coffee.
Overall it was a great experience. We loved everything we got from them and will definitely be back. A great addition to old town and they are right across the street from King Street metro station. Highly recommend.

Really great spacious cafe with friendly staff and an excellent latte. Looking forward to trying more from this place in the future. It's great to have excellent coffee and atmosphere down at this end of King St. and another great coffee option in Old Town. Places like For Five are helping to give people a reason to explore all of Old Town Alexandria and not just the waterfront.

Their coffee was so good (just got an iced Americano with cream) and service was fast and friendly. The pastures are huge and pretty tasty. They have indoor and outdoor seating so good amount of space.