Remedy Coffee

You can hardly find good coffee near campus, and I had my hopes up for Remedy. But the two times I’ve ordered their coffee, it was SOUR. The coffee was expensive; the wait was long, and then it was SOUR. I gave Remedy a second chance, and I won’t give it another.

Amazing. I thought the Oakland location was great, but this one has food too.
The place is a little hidden away behind the Berkeley Art Museum, and it really feels like you have left campus and gone somewhere else.
There was a nice mix of people I knew from the Oakland location and new faces behind the counter. Everyone was really wonderful; it felt like coming home.
I had a Rocket Salad to eat (arugula, pears, thin-​sliced carrots, pickled beets, vinaigrette) that was great: portion was exactly what I expected for the price, it was very flavorful and also managed to be healthy.
To drink, I got a macchiato, which was just as good as in the Oakland location.
Bottom line, the Berkeley location has everything except Oakland.

Great food, good coffee, but insultingly lazy service. They have both indoor and outdoor seating, and you’d think that for $ 10, they could send someone outside to let their customers know that their food is ready (if not, god forbid, carry out themselves). Instead, I watched my colleague sit outside, wondering where his sandwiches were.
Meanwhile, both employees sat around playing on their iPhones. I don’t know if this is an issue with the employees or the management’s idea of efficiency, but it’s not a way to build a loyal customer base in a place like Berkeley, where repeat business (often by price-​conscious grad students) is the way to stay alive. Look to Musical Offering for a good example.

I’m so excited that there is finally great coffee on the Cal campus!
It is remarkable that with the number of students in this area, the coffee options are pretty terrible (with the exception of Philz on Shattuck or Peet’s, but those are both pretty far from campus).
Remedy coffee is in another class. Get their individual drip coffee in a mug (not to go), and drink it without cream or sugar — Remedy makes a truly great cup of pourover. They have more food options than at their Oakland location — the baked goods are usually great, but I haven’t tried the sandwiches or salads.

Remedy is a local treasure. I’m a huge fan of their shop in Oakland near MacArthur, and so I was excited to hear they’d opened a new place in Berkeley. Their coffee is a bit higher-​brow than Starbucks, Peet’s or Philz, so get ready for a different, lighter taste – more fruit, more complexity, less smoky/​burned tasting.
This location is also in a great space, nested within the Berkeley Art Museum on Bancroft, which gives it a calming, aesthetic vibe. A small perk is that they use Square for payments, if you follow SF startups.
Check it out. The only downside is that it’s south of campus, and I live on the north side.

Finally there’s decent coffee near campus. They make good cappuccinos! In small cups! With the correct ratio of coffee to foam! (Aside: is anyone else tired of reviewers who complain about small portions? I mean yes it’s irritating to order a $ 3 cookie and find out it’s minuscule, but I’d so much rather have a good cookie than a large cookie. And if you feel differently, we should just go to different restaurants. The miracle of capitalism is that there are BOTH KINDS.)
No point in advice about what coffee to get, but if you’re considering a scone, do it. They’re excellent.

I stopped by this morning to see if things had changed with the start of the UC Berkeley school year and indeed they have: deliveries of retail sale beans on Wednesdays and Fridays, plus weekend hours. Yay!

Excellent coffee finally comes to the UC Campus area.
After three years of grad school stomaching the mediocre or sometimes awful coffee available on campus, Remedy is a great addition to the area. If you don’t know, nearly every coffee shop on campus is run by the same people with the same mediocre beans. Remedy breaks the monopoly to good effect.
The service is really good, the location is pretty central if somewhat hidden. They just got out of the trailer and into a full sized café with a kitchen that is a really nice and quiet atmosphere. Expect to wait slightly longer for a good cup of coffee, but it’s worth it.
I’d give it 5 stars except for the limited hours.

Excellent coffee, brewed and served by zealots. What more can you ask for?
I was at the new Remedy just now for a «pour over for here» ($ 3). There were three choices, and I went for the first: a Hacienda something-​or-​other from Guatemala whose flavor components were listed for customers on the chalkboard. (The last component was «dried fig.») Totally yummy; doubtlessly, this is currently the best coffee place in the campus area!
The «condiments bar» had only half-​and-​half and soy milk, but I suspect that you could get some whole milk or even (shudder) low fat milk by asking.
There are three trash cans: green, blue and black. It was 95% clear to me that the first was for compostables, the second for recyclables and the third for plain old garbage. However, there were no labels!
There have always been cafes in this space; long ago, I used to come very occasionally for something called a Piedmont salad. Remedy is a big upgrade! There are some breakfast items (including granola) and some lunch choices (sandwiches at $ 9.50 or so), but currently the big emphasis is on coffee. Come and check it out!

Welcome to the neighborhood Remedy! The south side of campus could definitely use a few more tasty coffee spots. Walking into this space is cool, it has a great industrial chic ambiance with plenty of seating (at least until school is back in session). There are, at the moment, 2 outdoor tables, but hopefully that will increase. They’re still new, so the staff is a bit unsure of what they’re doing, but definitely very friendly and enthusiastic. I’ve thus far only sampled their Ethiopian coffee, the origin of which the barista didn’t know.
The verdict: The coffee is good, but at a $ 3 price point for a regular drip coffee, I’m a bit nervous about how this space is going to fare. I would describe the coffee as well-​prepared, but lacking the fuller body one comes to expect from Blue Bottle. They’re over 60% more expensive than Strada a block away. Their sandwiches are also clocking in around the $ 9/​$ 10 mark and sound pretty good, although I haven’t tried them yet. I would encourage them to experiment with the pricing. As of now, I’ll treat this place like I do Philz Coffee… too expensive for my daily brew, but a nice treat on occasion.

I love their new space inside the museum. There is a nice stretch of lawn outside and some chairs if you want to drink your coffee outside. They have a stretch of barstools as well as tables and chairs. Right now they are offering a few scones and cupcakes but I’m sure the selection will increase soon. I love to find it in it’s early days, so quiet and peaceful, because I’m sure it will be bustling when school starts in the fall. I love the shop and it doesn’t require museum entrance fees, perfect! I will still be a regular at the North Oakland shop closer to my home, but when it’s convenient I will come by here, the best espresso in Berkeley! Congrats guys, this neighborhood has been really needing it!

Lovers of Ritual can rejoice because Remedy is bringing their mobile unit to the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive six days a week. No longer do I need to bus it down to their store in Temescal because there is finally third-​wave coffee served in my hood. It’s a little hidden inside the sculpture garden of the museum and not out on the street, but those in the know will find it.
Service is great and the coffee is no better than it is made anywhere else. They serve pretty much everything and they have a drip bar too. Too bad an individual drip is $ 3, which is highly overpriced and like all Ritual coffee I’ve had, is on the weak end.
Monday to Saturday /​9:30 AM to 3:00 PM
It does not open at 9, despite what the metal sign says outside the gate, but check Remedy’s Twitter page to see any recent changes. The unit gets there around 9, but machines take about half and hour to an hour to heat up, so it’s open around 9:30 or 9:45.

I have been checking out Unilocal reviews for the past several years but have consistently refused to join and write a review of my own. Until today. Remedy is that good. Let me start by saying that the other coffee available near campus (at least my part of campus) is absolutely disgusting. There is delicious coffee all over Berkeley, but for some reason, UC Berkeley maintains a five block radius of burnt tar nastiness. Normally I just make my own, but today I saw the sign for Remedy poking out of the museum entrance and got excited. Rightly so. This is legit creamy goodness, sooo much better than any of its competition. The guy working there was also as warm and friendly as he could possibly be. The trailer is pretty sweet but I’m excited to see what these people do with the museum café once the remodel is complete. Yum.

Fantastic! Not only is the coffee better than all other spots in Berkeley, but the staff working there are amazing. Rumor has it they will be out of the trailer soon (though I do love a good trailer) and serving up sandwiches and other treats at what I’m sure will be a fun, chill and relaxing place to chit chat and mingle (aka, procrastination heaven). I’m overly joyed to finally see a hot coffee joint open up in Berkeley. Makes working/​studying in this town a lot more exciting.
Price point may be a bit higher than «normal» but once you add in the ethical coffee equation, an extra dollar or two with tip is a low price to pay.