Beat The Daily Grind Café 3807 Atlantic Avenue, Atlantic City, NJ 08401

"I do not mean to interfere with anybody’s livelihood, but the public has a right to know. Despite all the 5-star reviews this is easily the worst coffee shop I’ve ever been to - and I’ve been to hundreds, maybe even thousands around the world. I can put up with disorganized service (not knowing their own menu), being chastised for asking where the cream was (I was supposed to ask for it before getting my coffee), if the coffee is at least serviceable. But it is not. It is, in fact, terrible. Be forewarned."

"Came into the Resturant with about 3 parties there (1 eating and 2 needing to order). I got in line to order and an older woman provided us with menus and asked us to sit down and she will be over to take our order since we were dining in. We waited about 20 minutes, watching other newer parties being taken care of so I went up to the register to order. Another party was complaining about their order being made incorrectly and the older gentleman advised them that when you change your order multiple times, that’s when mistakes happen. The customer then responded by, i never changed my order. With that being said, when I ordered I spoke clearly, slowly and watched the younger woman type in and write each individual order. First item ordered- 16 oz strawberry pineapple smoothie. The younger woman looks at me and says banana. I then say no politely and repeated what I had just said. About ten mins pass of ordering and trying to figure out how to get their register to take a store purchased gift card, we sit down and wait. Two parties come in after us and order drinks and smoothies. We still didn’t get our smoothie. I advise the older gentleman that we are still waiting on our smoothie. He asked me what kind- I state strawberry pineapple 16oz. I receive the smoothie- strawberry banana. At this point not worth the effort to let him know that it is incorrect. Another 30 minutes waiting for our food (I ordered 2 pancakes, a side of bacon and sausage and 2 breakfast sandwiches). Food comes out and everything was as ordered. Just beware of slow service, unsanitary conditions (gentleman took bagels out of a case for sandwiches with his bare hands, younger female picked her nose and walked back to cook.)"

"Omelette was tasty and moist but there were egg shells in it. Iced decaf latte was dilute and bland. The middle-aged male store owner was quite strange and made us feel uncomfortable. Asked my friend if she was Korean or Chinese and where she was from (she's American), then claimed he saw her go home with a guy last night (we went home together). Would recommend avoiding if you are a POC and he is there. The woman at the till was very helpful in mediating the situation mainly by interrupting him and we appreciated that."

"Coffees hidden gem of Atlantic City. Great staff great prices. They do a Touch of Italy style dinner on Thursdays and Friday nights. Must try"

"Highly recommend to anyone - excellent customer service, very polite staff. We dined in and they even provided fresh biscotti while we waited for our food. Coffee is so delicious and tastes natural, not processed like other chain stores. Would definitely come back if I'm ever in the area again. Also, note that food is made to order so there may a bit of a wait but it is definitely worth it!"