Bag of Beans Cafe & Restaurant

The restaurant is absolutely stunning, with beautiful décor and an atmosphere that is truly a vibe from the moment you walk in. Every time my family and I have visited, the customer service has been exceptional and welcoming. Now let’s talk about the food and drinks because WOW. On our first visit, we tried several pastries — the ube cake, strawberry Chantilly, and chocolate Chantilly — and every single one was mouthwateringly delicious. Tonight, my husband and I ordered the beef lumpia, truffle Parmesan fries, and Korean wings. The food was so good that it literally stopped our conversation mid-sentence while I sat there doing a little shoulder dance. If you know, you know! The mimosas were amazing, but my absolute favorite drinks are the Hazelnut Latte and the Dirty Taro Latte. As a true espresso and coffee lover, I can honestly say this is some of the best coffee I’ve tasted in a long time. We didn’t make the open mic night this time, but we’re already looking forward to coming back for a future event. This place is definitely a gem!

I've always appreciated your restaurant's wonderful atmosphere. However, I was truly disappointed with a recent order of "bangus à la pobre." Instead of the expected large, boneless milkfish, we were served two small, bone-in fish, and this significant change was made without any prior communication from your staff. This was particularly disheartening as I had specifically brought a friend to experience your renowned dish. I urge you to prioritize transparent communication with customers when menu items deviate from expectations. I value your establishment and hope these standards can be consistently upheld.

First let me start by saying how unbelievably cute, chic, and cozy this place is! like SUPER cute. I love that is Filipino owned...anything minority owned in a sea of gentrified places profiting off our cultural flavors is a hard pass, so this makes me really happy. Now food the food and service. The food was decent. Personally, I'm not really sure if they market themselves as a Filipino place or if it happens to just be Filipino owned, but if so, they need more than three small things that are Filipino (pan de Sal, sinangag, and tortang talong). But since the food wasn't bad at all, that's not my gripe. I really want this place to succeed so I hope they pay attention to reviews and adjust accordingly. There was a complete and utter lack of service. Yes I understand the place has only been open 5 months, but the major issues were very basic things. For instance, one of my aunts asked for tea bags multiple times and never got any so she gave up. They kept running out of food and no one was replenishing to the point where some people were almost done with their first plate and others had not gotten a plate at all. As if that weren't bad enough, coffee, a very basic breakfast staple was not replenished until multiple people had to ask multiple times. Some folks did not get any until the end of the meal. No one came around to refill waters until the end of the meal either, so people just had to sit there, thirsty. Several people also had to keep asking if they could take empty plates to make room at the tables. I understand we were larger group, but with a reservation, that's means they knew we were coming and still did not plan accordingly. Evidently the owner was also there, just sitting down and doing nothing while the staff were not providing good customer service (or ANY customer service). As an owner of a new place, you should be doing whatever you can to make sure there is great service. As someone who has worked in food service, if I saw what was happening, there's no way I could sit idly by while service was suffering. Filipinos can be super tough critics in general, but no one in my family was asking for anything other than those basic things, half the time never getting them or mostly just getting them extremely late. The iced coffee I got was also served to me in a glass that had a big crack halfway down. Honestly just all very disappointing. So while the place is suuuuper super cute, it's NOT nearly enough. You need to actually provide good customer service, or any customer service at all would be a better start. Relying on cute decor is an embarrassment, considering we could not even get the most basic of needs met. I really hope they take things like this to heart and work out those issues. I want them to do well, but without fixing those things, they won't even last a year.

This place is absolutely one of a kind. The food is amazing and the staff are very courteous and they appear professional. Love the drinks you get at the bar. Attended a private event this past Sunday and the owner and the entire staff went all out to make this event special! I will definitely recommend all my family and friends who are looking for a special place for Filipino high end type of food! If there were 10 stars I would give this place a 10! Thank you Bag of Beans for a great experience and time well spent! ;)

We had reservations. We were seated right away. Coffee order was taken first. I had the pandan latte. That was very disappointing. I couldn’t taste the pandan at all. My friend ordered the dirty taro latte and she said couldn’t taste the taro either. I had the beef tapa breakfast with eggs over easy. The tapa was very good and very tender. But eggs were not over easy. They were overcooked to my liking. The bangus ala pobre was pretty good. The sinigang was very bland and needed more tamarind. The kare kare was pretty tender but the gravy looked like it was broken. It didnt have that smooth texture and it didnt have much vegetables. Now, the desserts part. The Spanish bread and cheese rolls looked burnt on the outside. But it wasnt bad. The ube flan did not taste like flan at all. The tres leches ube did not taste like ube or tres leches. The tres leches banana tart was pretty good. Overall, service was not bad. But food wise, it was just okay.