Three Ships Coffee Roasters

This coffee shop is very cute & their actual coffee is good but definitely not for everyone. If you like the option of customizing your drink AT ALL, I’d recommend trying somewhere else. I’ve been here 3 times & will not likely be returning after requesting an extremely simple tweak to my drink and being told no. Lol. (I asked for a splash of chai concentrate in my matcha to add just a bit of spice & sweetness; was also willing to pay an upcharge if needed)
They refuse to stray from their very limited menu & when you’re paying $7+ for a drink, i don’t think that’s acceptable

Do yourself a favor & get the Pungo latte with their dairy alternative milk that they make in house. Doesn’t matter what flavor is in season, it’s literally always delicious. The Becky sandwich is heavenly & their vegan wedding cookies are amazing!!

We had heard great reviews from friends and read the reviews on Google so we decided to visit this shop while we were in town for vacation. We brought our books to sit and read and sip our coffee together. That's where it went south...

Once we arrived, we were impressed by the cool feel to the coffee shop, but disappointed with the service and especially the coffee. It was about 9am on Sunday (6/26) and we ordered a Landlubber cold brew coffee and a regular pour over. The iced coffee was served quickly which was great but was really acidic and bitter for a cold brew, vanilla coffee. Just not a good flavor at all. The pour over took 20 minutes to serve because the staff simply didn't get around to doing it. So, I got back in line to ask if I could swap out the pour over to a latte for my wife, but the cashier didn't want to since the other barista had JUST began my pour over as soon as I got to the register, so I offered to just pay for a separate latte. She apologized for the inconvenience but didn't let us trade out drinks either when I told her we didn't like the iced coffee. She just shrugged and took payment for the latte. The pour over was worse... It was mostly watery and tasted of burnt coffee. I spent a total of 19 bucks for two awful coffees and one good latte. To be fair, my wife LOVED the latte that came after and liked the second baristas attitude when she offered to make it sweeter if needed! Shout out to her!

So overall, maybe it was just the staff and a bad start to the morning but we probably won't ever go back and I can't recommend it to anyone who likes when their baristas want you to enjoy your experience and coffee! Honestly, management should encourage their staff to foster a love for good coffee (by offering to meet your customers taste when they honestly dislike something) and good service. We come from college towns with high quality coffee shops and they will ALWAYS make sure you like everything you order (within reason of course)!

But 2 stars since the store was quaint and that latte was good!

This place has excellent coffee! The location atmosphere is nice, chill, and modern. I ordered a pour over of their Vista Al Chirripó which was fruit forward and delicious. I highly recommend this shop to anyone looking for a quiet moment with some delicious coffee.

Nice place, far enough away from the coast to be local enough to be welcomed when you’re not a local. Saw the care taken on my pour over and am sold that a return is in the future. The pastries and food are pretty good too.

I am so satisfied with service, coffee taste and design of this shop. It is very simple and so stylish at the same time!

Good cold brew, delicious blueberry lime muffin, pleasant environment, friendly. If I lived in Va Beach, I’d be a regular.

I found mold on my grill cheese. I asked to swap it out for a drink. In the end I should have just got my money back and tried somewhere else.

Great coffee! Super friendly staff and very helpful recommending an amazing drink. I like to do work at coffee shops so my only compliant would be the ambiance - music was oddly distracting and relatively dark inside. But I will be back to switch up study locations and enjoy a great latte!

Listen. The vibe of this place is awesome, and the coffee my husband and I had was very good. Before I go further, please know both my husband and I have worked in the coffee industry for years and I have managed specialty coffee shops, and I'm 23, I promise you I'm not a Karen. The service we got was awful. My husband went in and asked a few generic questions, and was met with kind of annoyed service (it's unusual for a shop not to offer iced americanos, so he just had some questions 💁🏼‍♀️) he went on and ordered. There was some miscommunication with the coffee order, and they gave us a whole extra drink. They offered to refund but we're coffee people so we just accepted it. Then, we proceeded to wait 45 minutes for our food. We thought maybe they were just busy, as it was a Sunday, and we were seated on the side of the building. When we walked inside to check though, there weren't a lot of people waiting. My husband asked about our food, and the employees said a) he never ordered avocado toast, and they were out of it anyway and b) the other food item never got communicated to the kitchen. Not super cool, but the worst part was that the employees didn't even pretend to care. We had just wasted an hour of our morning and found out one of the items couldn't even be made, and the employees were totally unbotheres. My husband asked for a refund and they gave us one, but it was just frustrating. The place seems like it should know what it's doing, and could be amazing, but we were so disappointed. Coffee is great, but go next door to the Pink Dinghy for food, and great service.