St. Elmo's Coffee Pub - Old Town North

my go to place when working remotely in Alexandria! Good amount of seating and good coffee.

Only suggestion would be to add tinting to the front window--it's a scorcher if you sit at the window bar!

The food is good. I don't drink coffee, but when I go with people that do, they really like it. I was not a fan of their vanilla Chai latte, but the atmosphere is nice. I will personally just go here for quick bites, not so much the drinks. The staff is friendly, I was just very disappointed with that vanilla Chai latte.

Great coffee, popular, clean, and well run. Perfect morning start and let’s not forget festive 👻

Numerous times my order was wrong, the baked goods tasted old and they would always get my order wrong. The staff is not friendly. However - I stopped in there this afternoon - looks like they had a complete turnover in staff. Thankfully! I'm hopeful this will be a permanent change, because it was badly needed.

I’m glad we have a coffee shop/pub in our neighborhood but like the previous review by Sam, some staff members could benefit from more training. I brought some friends to happy hour at the bar here a few weeks ago and one of the baristas came to take their orders. They ordered a g&t which she didn’t know how to make and ended up letting my friends pour their own drinks! Which was fun for my friends but not very professional on St. Elmo’s part lol. We’ll probably continue to support them in hopes they improve their processes.

Bright location with outdoor seating and standing tables and outlets by every table for working. Service for a salad was slow even though there wasn't anybody ahead of me. The menu is the same as the Del Ray location, but the vibe is totally different: new, clean. The back bar area needs more chairs; there are only 3 and there's room for 3 more.

I’ve been hesitant to post this the last 4-5 times I have been here...Because I really wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt! Great location -great space -Coffee shop was really badly needed in this area. However, the teenagers that are working there are in need of training. If you order anything but a coffee black,They will find someway to screw it up. I’m not talking about complicated logistics, I’m talking about basic common sense. Like not filling The coffee to the absolute brim so it spills all over the place as soon as you pick it up... stirring the cream and sugar into the coffee before they put the lid on and hand it to you... actually listening to what you order So they don’t get it confused.. These are not one off occurrences, this has all happened at least three or four times since I’ve been going here. I suggest a manager get involved in properly train these girls on some common sense stuff 🤙

The egg sandwich is unique, a boiled or hard poached egg inbetween two slices of cheese (stuffed grilled cheese like) I liked it! Coffees good too

Coffee is stupendous and food is lovely, staff very nice. But the acoustics are atrocious, especially with the piano. Don't expect to be able to work here, and definitely don't try to do anything that requires sound or a microphone.

A straight forward coffee shop that also has a bar. Good chai latte.