Caribou Coffee

Coffee & food are delicious & everyone that works is pleasant & friendly. I’m here almost every morning. :)

I stepped out of my comfort zone when I NEEDED some coffee and there was no starbucks around. So Caribou Coffee it is! The coffee itself was good, so big points for yummy coffee. The bad news is their chicken sandwich breakfast thing, was disgusting! It was a processed sausage-​like chicken patty with gross chunks of something in it. Never again… I’ll enjoy their coffee but not their food.

So, I got a coupon for a special breakfast sandwich and medium coffee in the mail. With only a few days to spare before it expired, I went through the drive through one morning before work.
I placed my order and asked for the sandwich without bacon. They were out of the sandwich (this was 8am on a weekday) and I was told they also can’t customize an order. Um… ok. I desperately scanned the menu for anything without meat. None of the breakfast sandwiches were meatless. I asked for a blueberry muffin. Guess what? They were OUT. My rumbling stomach and frustration drowned out the voice coming through the other end of the speaker as he ran down the list of what they DID have in stock.
I would have just driven off, but there was a car in front of me, and a car in back. So I ordered a smoothie, canceled the coffee, and drove up in to the window while trying to figure out how quickly I could get to Mcdonalds for a McMuffin before I passed out of hunger.
I was handed a coffee, which I had to explain I canceled, so then he had to refund the money I had just handed him. He was super nice it wasn’t his fault. However, the fact that they were out of so many breakfast items at 8am on a weekday, and didn’t have any sandwiches without meat, I will not be coming here again for breakfast. Coffee Only.

Way better than Starbucks! The taste is a thousand times better and they have way more options than just the coffee regular. I only gave it 4 stars because it is closing in February and that the drive thru can get very busy and you could be waiting for a while. (The Turtle Mocha Milk Chocolate with an extra shot of espresso is my favorite drink)

Just a really bad place. Went thru the drive thru on a Saturday morning and had to wait an excessively long time for a decaf coffee. It wasn’t made yet. It’s a coffee place shouldn’t it always be ready? Just a bunch of kids working there who don’t care and goof off all the time. Don’t really want to answer a 1980s music trivia question for ten cents off written on a beat up gross wipe off board either. Good riddance.

This Caribou Coffee will eventually turn into Peets Coffee. I don’t know when the change will take place. Service is good and they have a drive through which is a bonus. Caribou is an okay place to grab a coffee/​hot chocolate/​smoothie and a pastry. This week my daughter and I were waiting for an appointment at Eclips and decided to get hot chocolate while we waited. My daughter who LOVES chocolate didn’t like hers so I ended up drinking it. It was very different tasting than my adult hot chocolate. I actually liked her drink better than mine. I don’t love their drinks or their baked goods, they are just okay. I will look forward to when it changes hands. Perhaps I will like it a little more. Location is great! They have both indoor and outdoor seating.

After hearing the sad news of closing down caribou coffee i was surprised dc area caribou has not closed! After months of supporting sbks i was happy to see this place still exist. I love their Café Milan Latte. I do welcome Peet’s coffee too.

Love the coffee here. Drive through gets busy weekday mornings so plan accordingly. The cinnamon coffee cake is unmatched.
Wifi tends to be slow on weekends.

I love Caribou, as in go out of my way past Starbucks any day. Too bad their corporation is so mismanaged, they’ve managed to somehow keep alive despite having closed most stores.
My business partner and I started our company in the Fairfax Corner Caribou. Love that place, we were there every day for about 9 months for hours. Great people, great service, great ambiance, the whole experience. Free WiFi back when that was unusual. Intensely loyal.
Which…is what annoys me so much that the Brambleton Caribou, strangely remaining open when so many others have closed, is so poorly done by comparison. The management is cool and indifferent (at best), which of coarse sets the tone of the store. The other regular employees are really nice and up to the grade of the brand, but there is also a steady rotation of short-​term employees, turning customers into frequent experimental subjects to help train them. I have repeatedly waited for 5 minutes to get a cup of coffee (this is once I’m being helped!) as they try to master the cash register. Senior people will come to the rescue, taking patient time to help the trainee while oblivious to the now delayed customer. Eventually you are given – and charged for! – your coffee, but this is just amazing given that any other Starbucks or Caribou would instantly comp you the coffee to make up for it, often with a bonus next-​drink-​free card to boot. Not here.
I’ll add that the premises is small and cramped, with few tables. Not as cozy as other coffee shops. Not much they can do about that without expanding or moving, but it’s worth mentioning.
Here’s hoping that despite this store, and despite continued poor management by Caribou corporate, that Caribou lives on!

As a Minnesota transplant, I have a soft spot for Caribou. So when I woke up this morning with a random, yet killer, craving for a Caribou signature mocha, I was grateful we’d moved all the way out to Ashburn. After seeing the Mister off to the gun range, I hopped in my car and headed to Brambleton.
There are things to love about a Caribou. They had free wifi before most coffee chains. Their iced coffee blows Starbucks out of the water. They let you feel smart with their daily trivia questions for 10c off your coffee. This Caribou accomplishes that. The 2-​star review isn’t for the establishment, per se, but rather how it lines up against the rest of the Caribou empire.
The space is small and awkward. There is no not-​creepy place to wait for your coffee. Register staff and baristas seem a bit confused and overwhelmed by balancing the drive thru and the store itself. The existence — and popularity — of the drive thru means your wait time for a drink is a lot longer than expected. There was much confusion over whether a drink was for a customer inside or was to go to the drive thru line. The music in the store was too loud and the voice of the barista was much too soft. I was standing two feet from her and couldn’t hear drinks being called. When the cups have neither names or orders on them, this is a disaster — particularly as drinks stack up.
My drink was fine. Not as hot as I’d like, but it scratched my Caribou itch. However, it really made me miss the awesome Caribou in Minneapolis/​St Paul. I also could have done without the junior high answers to the chalkboard query of how customers will be keeping warm over this winter.
Apparently, your mom’s pants are prime real estate this holiday season.
Lastly, the drive thru really couldn’t be more poorly designed. As I left, the line of about four cars was blocking — easily — a minimum of six parking spots, most of which were occupied. I had to wait for the line to move to get out of my spot.

This is my favorite spot to stop for coffee in Ashburn. So it’s close to the house and they have free wi-​fi, free refills for regular coffee and a really lovely fireplace and cute bear footstool w/​comfy chairs. When I have a moment I like to go and gather my thoughts. The staff are super friendly. They also have a drive thru which is magically when I have my little guy in tow. They will also serve him in his carseat, which he gets a kick out of — I told you they are super friendly. I would give it five stars but sometimes in the afternoon if you stop in it looks like a tornado has passed through and the outdoor seating area could use some TLC, but this does not stop me from going back.

Drive thru is nice. When I use the drive thru portion, it gets a 4 stars. Going inside gets a 2 stars and that’s being nice. I watched half the staff fawn over a puppy that was off leash and causing havoc in the line and the store and spend more time commenting on how cute the dog was instead of trying to get the line of people waiting to order (which at this point was going out the door). Not to mention allowing a blatant health code violation run around on the floor and hump random people’s legs.
Because of this distraction and health code violation they not only managed to screw up my order, but the order of several other folks in line. Most just let it go and muttered under their breath, but I was the only one to stand up for myself and get my order corrected. I could tell half the staff was not happy with the dog running around, but they were not senior enough in the rank to tell the customer to take their dog outside.

Great coffee less acidic than Starbucks. Cozy and welcoming but obvious it’s a franchise coffee house mimicking Starbucks. A little small but the back entrance makes parking and access convenient. The food options are similar to all chain coffee houses but still quite good. Overall great place to stop in or drive through for a coffee and/​or conversation.

I was really disappointed by this location. I went through the drive through because I thought it would move at a reasonable pace. It was SUPER slow. When I got to order I asked if I could take the cheese off of a sandwich. They said no, for health safety reasons — OK. No big deal. So I ordered a hot chocolate with extra whip cream, a blue berry muffin, and blue berry oatmeal. Which all cost about $ 10.
The hot chocolate was good but didnt have extra whip cream. The muffin was gross (who can mess up a muffin?) and the oat meal was even worse. Now I am sitting at work, hungry…
Their customer service wasn’t great either…

I love Caribou Coffee so much! Whenever I spot one, I make it a point to stop in, since we don’t have any locally.
I also follow their FB page, and saw that their Fall drinks were already out for the season — so after I ran the Leesburg 20K this weekend and spent a few hours at the Udvar-​Hazy Air and Space Museum, I casually mentioned to my hubby that a Caribou was ‘kinda sorta’ nearby and that I’d love it if we could stop in! :D The plan worked!
I ordered a Pumpkin White Chocolate Mocha (with half the mocha syrup) and it was HANDS DOWN the most amazing coffee drink I have ever had. So amazing.
This location was kind of small, but still featured the fun ski-​lodge feel of the chain and the employees were friendly and efficient. 5-​stars, all the way!

Nice cozy place with excellent staff and of course coffee and other drinks are superb!

Awesome place great service best coffee

Coffee is very good… a bit better than starbucks i would say… its a nice small place with about 3 – 4 pairs of outlets in diff locations. It can definitley get very crowded. but their breakfast sandwiches called daybreakers are awesome!
staff here is unusually perky its kinda cute! Its not too overpriced for a coffee place and it has a drive through! The drink variety is really awesome– campfire mocha, mint condition, turtle mocha, and they actually have smoothies too! Will defintely return!

The peach almond coffee cake is AMAZING. Wow… I’d go there for that alone. =) Paired it with an iced latte on a hot day. Perfection.

This Caribou Coffee resides in the Brambleton Town Square — which is on the route I am now taking to and from work — the fabled and legendary Northwest Passage — linking Haymarket to Reston.
They have a Drive-​Thru, which I’ve not bothered to use as I think it is a symptom of our laziness as a society.
Anyhow, the coffee was good and strong, and I tried out their low-​fat Cranberry Orange Scone. The Scone was tasty and large.
They have two coffee stations in here where you can add creamer, sweeteners, and such. There is lots of comfortable seating, chairs, tables, and a stone fireplace are which makes it feel cozy. I asked the girl if it was a gas log fireplace — she laughed and told me she thought it was an electric one. Still — it looks cool. And of course they have free Wifi. Cool place to hang out and get some work done!