The Beerded Bean

My friends and I stopped by because the reviews seemed pretty decent, but honestly, it was a letdown. The person who took my order didn’t seem very friendly, and the coffee was really bad. The vibe wasn’t great either — the place felt kind of run-down.

I really like the Mexican Frappe, it's the reason why I come... But the customer service is bad, I can count the times I've had good customer service but usually when you see the little aesthetic young baristas, you know the service will be bad. They always want tips, I tip polite workers but if you're sassy, forget it....one time one didn't even spoke to me and looked over my screen to check if I'd leave a tip (I pressed no tip.) idk if this is their first job but they have bad customer service and need training. Beerded bean is a great place but they need to fix that problem. Today I went and we asked for a frappe, it was a little over an hour to closing time the girl looked at the blender made a very visibly annoyed face and proceeded to take our order. I'm guessing she didn't want to use the blender an hour before closing maybe? But she could have addressed that to us instead of giving us attitude, we would have changed our drinks... Idk coffee shops are a happy place for most of us, hoping for better vibes 🙏

Love this place! The coffee is great and reasonable priced. Perfect local coffee spot to study or work. Lots of seating options and decorated really cute!

Great organic coffee shop! It's got a Cool trendy vibe with fantastic tasting organic coffee and thee best baked goods of all coffee shops around! Hip music plays throughout as you wait for your coffee to go! Bc its Take out only due to the mandate!

Great place for a quick pitstop in downtown Salinas. Friendly personal with the great morning brews suggestions makes you feel homey. Open during the pandemic with outside seating. The only caveat is the restrooms are closed as per CDC orders. Enjoyed and will be back for more pleasant experience. Thank you.