Ballast Coffee

LOVED coming here! Randomly found it while waiting for our Veterinarians Office to open. Wonderful atmosphere and beautiful outdoor seating. Coffee is fabulous!!

Just moved to the city from SoCal and I gotta say - I tried to disregard the bad reviews. Gave it a few weeks coming by different days and I have mixed reviews for the customer service. The tall dude who’s there on most week nights is cool. But there’s a barista who I noticed…

I am enjoying my vanilla bourbon tea ☕ and was happy to see how the place was nicely renovated. There is more space to work at the back. The table is bigger allowing more space. I like this place and with this upgrade I am planning a stop by next week. For the ones who has not…

Clarissa deserves major credit—she was working completely solo on a busy Saturday and doing her absolute best. She was friendly, efficient given the situation, and clearly working hard. That said, the wait was very long, and it’s hard not to point to understaffing as the issue.…

Lovely neighborhood cafe in West Portal. Really the only good cafe in the area with an awesome and friendly fan base and a lovely owner. The highlight of this cafe is that it sells Filipino coffee, Barako, which is a lot stronger and robust than arabica that you find at ritual,…