Panacea CoffeeHouse, Cafe and Roastery 66 Commerce Street, Waynesville, NC 28786

"First timer and an awkward experience. We order our two coffees and a snack, so far so good. She gives us a table number with Uno cards, alright nice cute and quirky I like it. She tells us our coffees will be on the bar when ready, so we go and sit at a table while we wait for them to finish. After sitting for a minute, I get up to go check if our coffees are ready and she meets me halfway to give me my coffee and tell me the other will take just a little longer, okay cool how nice. I walk to the counter with the sugar and cream to spruce up my coffee and I overhear her smack talking us and how we just expect them to bring our coffees out to us because we sat a table with our table number. Like what? Even if we weren't keeping an eye or ear out for our order, what's the point of even being given a table stand with a number? I'm too awkward and introverted for this place I guess. After overhearing us being talked down to I felt too awkward to really properly prepare my coffee so it probably could've been better than it was? But it was pretty mid. Probably my own fault but again, at that point I just felt unwelcome and uncomfortable. They also got the second coffee order wrong so when they called it out, we didn't pick it up for a good 5 minutes because it wasn't what we ordered, so we couldn't have known that it was ours. Cinnamon roll was an absolute banger though I won't lie. And I know bangers."

"What a great , local roaster , coffee and breakfast spot. Staff, always friendly and helpful. Coffee and food always consistently good. View and atmosphere , excellent as well."

"Such a great atmosphere inside and outside! Lots of space to enjoy great coffee and a decent amount of breakfast options. There’s a creek that runs out back!"

"We live about 30 minutes away, and I found this place on Google Maps and wanted to give it a try! We have been here a couple of times so my photos are from different times. The first time we got bagels and some drinks, the second time we got something off of their sandwich menu. The bagels were great. I got a mango iced tea which came unsweetened but they gave me simple syrup to sweeten it up. The second time I got the wakey wakey sandwich which was delicious. My boyfriend and I really loved the atmosphere of the whole place. It was very cozy and welcoming. We saw the coffee bean roaster in action during our second visit, and watched it for a little bit. The owner saw us watching it and came over to explain the process to us, which was very nice. I will definitely be taking friends and family who visit here!"