Kona Coffee Roasters | East Village

"Excellent coffee. We got the Hawaiian cold brew and a flat white. Both were delicious. The barista answered all my questions clearly and provided the best service. The environment was clean and spacious enough to work. In fact, there were people working till close to the store’s closing time."

"I think this no-wifi on weekends and limited wifi on weekdays policy is a bit off for this specific cafe. Because the interior and the setting is more of work-oriented than the social $ comfortable setting."

"I was roaming the eclectic streets of East Village for about 30 minutes yesterday, looking for a coffee shop where I can sit and get work done. I was continually running into 2 consistent problems: 1) There is nowhere to sit at the vast majority of coffee shops 2) If there is a place to sit, there is no wifi. Well I guess now that I type it out, it makes sense. Actually a lot of sense. They don't want brogrammers coming and posting up working from their shop all day taking up all the seats from other potential paying customers. But on the other hand, as a consumer, sometimes I just want to get out of the crib for an hour or 2 and be in a different space to get the creative juices flowing. Idk but anyways, Kona restored my hope. I write this to you, my humble reader, from one of the about 30+ seats in this place after just having a productive 2-hour session working powered by Kona's signature cold brew. Rocket fuel as the locals call it. I guess their wifi is only during the weekdays, but that's all I'm asking for. Thank you, Kona :)"

"The best Matcha latte I had in NYC! They use ceremonial grade Matcha which is not bitter compared to the culinary grade Matcha. I didn’t know there was different kinds of matcha so this was pleasant surprise. The service is fantastic and the people are very very nice. The atmosphere and music is great if you want to just sit and enjoy your drink or also do work. Highly recommend!"

"Kona Coffee has a wonder omakase experience. It provides a variety of experience and brewing methods to try. the coffees were on the lighter and fruitier side. The tea at the start was very refreshing and the dessert at the end was delicious. it may seem pricey, but was definitely worthwhile experience. my only complaint is it seemed the omekase drinks were not available on the regular menu."