Dose Café & Dram Bar

I’ve been here a handful of times and am never disappointed. The staff is great. Friendly and helpful. The food is really, really good. I had the vegan breakfast sandwich with vegan sausage and it was WOW! I’ve only recently cut out meat, so I remember why meat should taste like and this was good. Their coffee……might be my favorite in East. Now when I say coffee, I don’t mean sugary lattes or mochas. I’m sure those are great as well. I am referring to straight up black coffee. It’s very flavorful, non-acidic and robust. I highly recommend Dose!

This Dose cafe is a great neighborhood spot in East Nashville. The space is really large and there’s plenty of options to eat & work at a high top counter, tables or a bar against the windows. Unfortunately their coffee is insanely bitter, which I do not like. Even after adding creamer, flavor and sugar, it was still too bitter for me to drink.

First off, this is a super cute clean place but their coffee beans are not my favorite. You know those new hipster coffee places that taste a bit sour….this is that! so if that is your jam, you might love this place. I thought I was staying away from that sour taste because I opted for a Costa Rica espresso blend. I live Costa Rica coffee….usually. But this was sour tasting. Some people love it. I usually drink my espresso with just a splash of cream but had to doctor it up with more half and half, simple syrup and cinnamon which they have for you to use to your liking at the counter near by. I do love that and appreciated that bonus, however when I ordered I wanted 3 shots of espresso. They won’t do that. You have to order 2 or 4, which I find a bit ridiculous. I went for 4. I spent extra thinking it was going to be awesome and it wasn’t.

Cute spot with a clean, airy vibe. The salted whipped cream they put in some of their drinks like the Barcelona iced coffee was so. Good. We tried the turkey pesto sandwich and the curried chickpea sandwich. The bread tasted fresh and both sandwiches were delicious. Their signs advertised a Happy Hour from 3-5 that included $2 off beers.

The overall experience was good but the food was exceptional. Creative and perfectly balanced combinations. They have a coconut chocolate scone that was really good but for me the Avocado toast was awesome. Best I’ve ever had. We had a veggie bagel as well and it was great. I got it with hummus and the hummus was fantastic. Highly recommend!!!