Pavement Coffeehouse - BU
Pavement Coffeehouse - BU — photo 2
Pavement Coffeehouse - BU — photo 3
Pavement Coffeehouse - BU — photo 4
Pavement Coffeehouse - BU — photo 5

Pavement Coffeehouse - BU

736 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline, MA

★★★★4.2(384 Google reviews)

Crema's Take

Just steps from BU Central on the Green Line, this espresso-focused café has carved out a welcoming spot for students and coffee lovers alike, with a thoughtfully designed interior that makes lingering over a pour over or specialty drink genuinely pleasant. Their smooth milk work shines in drinks like lattes and iced mochas, while they've built a solid reputation for creative options like lavender lemonade and matcha lattes alongside classic bagel sandwiches. Fair warning: it gets busy during peak hours and prices lean toward the higher end, but the good vibes and quality craftsmanship make it worth the visit when you want to settle in with your laptop or meet a friend.

What to expect

Matcha & teaSpecialty drinksEspresso focusedCold brewSlow sitTraditional drinksPour overLaptop friendlyPastriesMeetings

Google Reviews

Michael Sitompul
★★★★★a year ago

Delicious coffee in town. Really love the beautiful interior design inside the cafe. There were plenty tables for you to enjoy the coffee and study. The cafe was located in the opposite of Marsh Chapel, and it's closed to the MBTA Station. The waitresses were kind and friendly. The beverages were affordable, and there were also plenty pastries. U could get free water. Additionally, the restroom was clean.

Mariam Grigoryan
★★★★a year ago

Lots of bagel and drink selections. I got the lavender lemonade which was pretty tasty. It was a bit crowded when we went and it did take a while for our order to be ready, but overall a great place to grab a bagel.

Paris Zhang
★★★★2 years ago

The coffee shop sits right in front of BU Central station, green line - Park St & North so it’s full of students on a Monday morning. Good vibe. Price on the higher end. Latte has really smoothy milk foam. Chocolate croissant good but they don’t toast pastries but using a microwave instead.

Brittany Wang
★★★★2 years ago

i got the lox bagel. it was pretty salty, but still a decent bagel. my friends also got bagels — i don’t remember which ones, but they said theirs were pretty good! definitely very generous with the cream cheese. overall atmosphere was cute!

Mona Jalal
★★★★★3 years ago

I love the iced mocha and iced matcha latte in this place. I used to love their almond croissant pre-covid but haven’t seen it recently. The vibe for sitting is really great if the cafe is not fully packed. The bagels are very delicious while on the pricy end. I like to have avocado and sprout with cream cheese everything bagel. I also like their lox bagel. It is my favorite for takeout since it is usually very packed though. The cafe used to have a point system that used to get connected to your phone number. Unfortunately that is gone now. It would be great if the owner could bring back the point system just like JAHO coffee shop does. GRS school often also gives graduate students coupon for getting free coffee from this Pavement location.

Crema Reviews

No Crema reviews yet

Been here? Be the first to leave a review in the app.

Write a review on iOS