Zoe’s Java House
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Great desserts, uninspired lunch menu. Menu has not changed in years. Time for an update. Soups and chili are thin and meatless. Salads are blah. Work…
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Zoe’s Java House
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Takes forever!. Only go here if you have the day off. Thought I could go here to pick up a quick sandwich on my lunch break. WRONG. Waited in line for…
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I was stuck in PG and found Zoe's. I have to say YUM YUM YUM! They have great sandwhiches for a great price very fresh too. The baked.goods are delici…
Krista Smith
Zoe’s Java House
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7 Reviews on “Zoe’s Java House”
Great desserts, uninspired lunch menu. Menu has not changed in years. Time for an update. Soups and chili are thin and meatless. Salads are blah. Work in the area and would love to support you more. Love the desserts and coffee but cannot live on sweets for lunch. Please, please update your menu.
Takes forever!. Only go here if you have the day off. Thought I could go here to pick up a quick sandwich on my lunch break. WRONG. Waited in line for half an hour, took the under-staffed placed another half and hour to make it.
I was stuck in PG and found Zoe’s. I have to say YUM YUM YUM! They have great sandwhiches for a great price very fresh too. The baked.goods are delicious as well. I don’t know how they do it but they make the most wonderful london fog, can’t find one like it. Not only the great food & prices but the staff are so friendly and accomodating. Great place to sit and enjoy delicious drinks and fresh yummy food.
Great fresh food, love the Mexican sandwich with tuna on flax so tasty
Prince Gastronome. From the inset, Java House proudly acts in contrast to my prerequisites. It makes all the missteps I lament. Its only menu is scribbled erratically in colored chalk across hanging blackboards. It prompts for a tip before the conclusion of the meal. Its decor is littered with clashing furniture, with jarring living room couches next to mismatched ottomans surrounding lawn chairs around warped metal tables. The other patrons not staring uncomfortable at me were busy chattering away with their companions or more often, with their iPhones…which I know is technically a companion by this point. At least the sandwiches arent wrapped in plastic and pulled from the fridge the previous morning. I was greeted by an employee with such enthusiasm, she earned that premature tip in the span of a minute. She was also the smallest adult Ive met all week. I almost asked if she was standing in a hole. It wasnt just height; Im not belittling someone afflicted with dwarfismthat would be cruel. She was just that adorable size larger than a tween but shorter than my Momsomeone so diminutive, that in her wedding photo, you can see her feet. After I made my order, I glanced around and saw the other employees all fitting this scale, making me wonder if I was about to be accosted by Lilliputians. …Lilliputians? No? I could tell as I wrote this review, that I may be unfortunately praising Java House. Perhaps Ive lost my touch. The recent discovery that I have actual readers may be tainting my reviews. Or perhaps the first few cafs I reviewed were simply the exceptions and not the median*. Regardless, Java House is roomy, the type of place to hang out with friends and chat over a cup of coffee. Unfortunately, Java House is not a convenient distance from either work or home. Further, its surrounded by real restaurants (Hummus Brothers and Mykonos Tavern), and only a block away from the 3rd Avenue golden mile of Nancy Os, Chimos, North 54, and White Goose. Place Java House a block from a college or university and it would require a bouncer. But who are they to complain? Java House must be doing something right as theyre turning tables faster than a nightclub deejay. At least I didnt feel out of place opening my PC to type this review. The decisive praise is that Java House is roomy and inviting, which a caf absolutely has to be. I could almost claim that a critical difference between a bistro and a caf in that a bistro can pack tables ass-to-elbow while a caf must offer customers a wide berth to relax. And relax I was occupying the entire width of a couch. Not on account of my butt looking like a pair of upturned Volkswagen beetles hanging off a magnet crane, just that I could leave my jacket sprawled beside me…and that my butt probably does look like a pair of upturned Volkswagen beetles hanging off a magnet crane. At some point I should talk about the food. I locked on the soup & sandwich combination, the standard staple of all cafs. I settled on the most expensive at $7.50. Thats correct; the most expensive plate is under 10 dollars. The distractedly cute and attentive clerk recommended the vegetarian Mexican sandwich on flax seed. The soup was just that… soup…just soup. I wasnt even asked. Apparently, you just walk up and go, Hey, can I have some soup and they just give you a bowl of soup. I might not have even had a choice. It was wet and hot; that was it. There were vegetables in it, like tomatoes and corn, and there was something white which I know wasnt chicken. It couldve been eyeballs; I dont know. I cant even assume it was homemade. It was just soup, just kind of there, swaying in a leaf-shaped bowl, the kind you see in publicity photos next to a real meala prop with about as much character. I would even go so far as to call it boring.The sandwich was better, sizeable with fresh ingredients. I guess a Mexican sandwich entails a collection of tomatoes and cheddar covered in spreadable avocado. Not the most inspired assembly. All this begs the question of whether I would return to Java House. Probably not, but thats not entirely their fault. If I was hankering for food, Id go to an actual restaurant, only electing Java House if I only had twenty minutes to spare. And if a caf experience was imperative and I had a car like I always do, I think Id still prefer Oh Chocolate or Caf Voltaire. Its not that I didnt like Java House. The prices were good, the service was admirable. Its not pretentious. Im sure the selection of tea and coffee would be good if one were offered. That would have been a good idea. It was only after the meal was concluded that I noticed I had nothing to drink. They never asked. What an odd omission in a place called Java House. Maybe it refers to the operating language; I heard theres free internet here.Food: 2.5/5Service: 3/5Presentation: 3/5Value: 4/5Recommendation: 3.5/5*Median? Really…median? Wow, you can tell Im taking statistics at school, cant you?
Don’t waste your time and just come here. It’s quaint, the foods good, the coffee is good, and the people are good. It doesn’t have a lot of fancy shmancy stuff but the hardwood floors and assorted seating makes this a comfortable little place to catch up.
Best Coffee Shop in PG. This is the best place in town for a coffee/tea date. Great atmosphere, friendly baristas, and tonnes of types of tea. This place is a life raft floating in a sea of Tim Hortons.