Grounded Coffee Shop

Great local coffee shop. Friendly staff, great atmosphere and good coffee and baked goods every time.

Always a year! The baked goods are beautiful and yummy! I like to get a bixful for clients I visit! Coffee always top notch, and the staff is friendly and helpful. I wish the credit card system would allow for tips though. I'd give more!

Very lovely shop. Friendly staff, bright and cheery. The coffee was fresh and tasted good. Good enough that I had to try a pastry which was wonderful. The menu isn't massive, which means they can concentrate on the quality of the offerings. Vegetarian friendly, and well supporting social distancing. Take out only, with lots of side walk seating.

Outstanding coffee shop. Great seating area with some power outlets available and plenty of seating. Coffee was great, and the batistas recommendation was spot on. Go hungry; their baked goods are PHENOMENAL!

Staff was super friendly, something that should not be overlooked!

I had the carrot cupcakes and it was very moist and delicious!

Quiet but lively atmosphere here, staff is super friendly , and the smells coming from this place are amazing! Highly recommend

Great vibes, lots of locals, fresh pastries and french themed. Why aren't there more like you, GCS?

This local coffee shop is definitely a staple on telegraph. I love the décor and atmosphere, there are lots of great places to sit. I'm a barista myself and I have worked at multiple local shops in old town Alexandria. The espresso is (usually) dialed in perfectly and the coffee beans have a great taste! My only complaint is the service. I totally get having to wait for over the usual 3 minutes it takes for a latte to be made when its busy, but when there is ONE person in front of me, I shouldn't have to wait over 10 minutes. I would have totally disregarded the wait if someone would have said, "it'll be out shortly" or "I apologize for the wait". Instead I was left wondering if they forgot about me... while one guy was just carelessly filling up a coffee urn. This isn't just a one time occurrence, its happened quite a few times. I rarely complain about a wait because I understand local coffee shops aren't supposed to run like a fast food Starbucks, but some sensitivity to a customers time would be nice to see here.

In the area working and needed a quick bite and some caffeine. I saw this coffee shop was close by and decided to give them a try. First impressions - it’s a large space with a variety of seating options ranging from cozy sofas to bar tables and regular two and four person tables. The decor is French themed with mini hot air balloons hanging from the ceiling. In addition to pastries (which were mostly gone when I was there) they offer hot and cold sandwiches, salads and other more substantial dishes. There was one barista and several parties ahead of me so I had a short wait to look around and decide on a drink. I chose the seasonal cinnamon snowflake latte to accompany a cinnamon pecan roll. I wasn’t asked if I wanted the roll warmed and it probably should have been served that way. There was plenty of cinnamon flavor but the pastry itself was hard and would have benefitted from warming. The coffee had a pleasant cinnamon and white chocolate flavoring but was missing a good bold coffee flavor to back it up. I wanted to love the food and coffee as much as I enjoyed the atmosphere and pleasant barista but it just wasn’t up to par so I had to dock them down to 4 stars. Grounded, you need better beans and if you’re going to advertise pastries you should keep the case stocked.

Amazing atmosphere, absolutely wonderful owners and top notch food ☺️ The coffee was perfect, everything was perfectly made, food was fresh with real ingredients. They really know what they are doing. Well worth the hour drive from where we live. ❤️