The Mugs - Irvine

I had toasts there and they were really good. The drinks were fine for me too. Only thing i want to say is the food delivery, when the food is done they just leave it there at the counter. One time i didn’t know if it was ready and waited then i went inside to check and the toast already not warm.

So my coworker and I have a standing appointment weekly to go get coffee on Wednesdays and try out new places around town. Unfortunately this week I have to go alone, but got to go try out The Mugs! Honestly it’s overall ok. The places vibe is set up mainly as either a quick 2 person coffee and chat or as a study coffee shop. But really just seems like a study or work coffee shop. The staff were pretty friendly and kind of helpful, lol IDK. So there’s this trend where a lot of coffee shops for some reason don’t like to tell you what’s in their coffees? And that’s fine since most places don’t and most items on the menu are standard fare, but The Mugs had a drink I’ve never heard of called the Dalgona Latte (I’m not on TikTok so I missed it becoming viral in 2020 per my google of it later). Overcoming my personal issues of asking questions to a cashier I asked what this taste sensation was and was told that it’s an iced coffee with sweet cream and candy. A little more detail somewhere would have been great or a better explanation! But quick service 👍. As mentioned, I got the Dalgona Latte and was taken aback by it lol. The coffee sweet cream were good! It was a VERY rich coffee, I think? That’s the best term that comes to mind when trying to describe it. It came topped with a darkly toasted honeycomb toffee-like candy which was neat. Overall I’d say if your in this neck of the woods to give it a shot. Thanks!

I thoroughly enjoyed their coffee, which was the second time I visited. The lively atmosphere was great, but it was also quite crowded. I definitely recommend this place.

This place is always packed and for a good reason! Empty places are the questionable ones .. service consistency as good as it gets same quality coffee and great danish cheese .. slow yea! Because they are busy! .. I checked their operation flow the only way to make this place go faster: 1. make bad quick coffee 2. quick inedible food 3. Online order for pickup and risk cold coffee or my favorite 4. Get a bigger place

had a nice time to spend my morning here, the combo food is good for breakfast, also quite a lot of table can fit for labtop.