Coffee Beanery

Sad to learn CB charges for hot water when you travel with your own tea. All restaurants in America I know do not charge for water

I had an empty water bottle and asked for a fill with some tap water. Barista said she would have to charge me $.73 for a «cup.» Isn’t this illegal and above all unethical?

Awful gas station coffee find the now hidden Starbucks my Mocha was awful and tasted like Syrup.

They had a list in front of their cash register of drink specials. It had an ice coffee and different flavors. I ask for one and they don’t have it. This is at 7am in the morning. Come on. LAME! The coffee I got was eh.

Stayed one night at the jankiest hotel of my life in Livonia. I checked out super early to avoid all the questionable, somewhat frightening patrons. Had nowhere to go, so I checked in for my flight at DTW about 3 hours early. Desperately wanted coffee, and this was the only coffee shop close to my gate, so I figured… why not?
I walk in, stand in what appears to be the line. I ask the guy in front of me: «hey, are you in line?» He’s replies «yeah». Ok cool. Waited for about 2 minutes, after which I determined… nope. This is not the line. Everybody else behind me has a confused look on their face. A few minutes later, a young looking girl says «I can help the next customer over here». Oh. Ok well that only took 5 minutes for one out of 3 people to notice the line of confused looking customers. I walk up. «Can I get the iced mocha?» She says «ok, one iced mocha…» I ask «do you guys have soy milk?» She states blankly at me for about 10 seconds. She then around to the barista and says «one iced mocha please». The barista asks «any special milk requests?» She replies «no.» !!!
Ok. Here’s the thing. I work in food service, and it DRIVES ME CRAZY when people talk to me like I’m some incompetent moron. I resented the fact that I had to double check with her…“you gave me soy, right?” She looks at me confused. Then turns to the barista «make that with soy». SIGH.
As they’re making my drink, they had to call me back to the counter «what drink did you order again?» Are they serious? «Iced. Soy. Mocha. SOY please». I’m actually lactose intolerant guys, so prior to boarding a 4 hour flight, I really want to make sure this stuff doesn’t give me the bubbles! A few minutes later they call out: «iced mocha». I go up and grab my drink… look at it questionably and ask to clarify «is this the one with soy?» She looks around and goes «…uhhhhhhh yeah?» Ok whatever. I grab the beverage and leave.
After having consumed the beverage, I’m pretty sure it tasted like soy milk. But you never know… about to take off in my plane. So far so good. As for the mocha… it was not bad, but nothing incredible. I’m surprised they didn’t botch it up, so I’ll add on a bonus star. Good job guys.

Ok I prefer this place to Starbucks any day. Their regular coffee is tray and I am not add intimidated to order. The counter folks are friendly and smiley. At 5am that was a welcomed sight. There are tons of national coffee places and this one just stand out for consistency. Any airport any mall always a good experience.

I ordered a regular mocha frappelatte and the employee working the cashier thought I said café mocha. (She was also having trouble with the computer)
A café mocha came out and I told the employee making the drinks what I originally ordered. He took the café mocha back without any hesitation and instantly made a mocha frappelatte.
I haven’t tried the caribou coffee yet but I know I can go back here for good service.

You’d be better off ordering a coffee from any… as in any… other venue than here.
Nearby Hungry Howie’s pizza has better coffee.
Walk a few gates down to the Coney Island for food coffee… or if you have the time keep walking north to Starbuck;s or the best coffee in the airport, Green Leaf and Coffee near gate 57.

Get a warm welcome with a smile. Coffee is great too.

This Coffee Beanery was right next to my gate at Detroit Metro, so it was conveniently located. I wasn’t going to ask for any fancy coffee drink — just iced tea. I also wasn’t looking to buy any of the baked goods.
It took awhile for the one employee behind the counter to come help me. She was quite busy with all the zero other customers. Maybe 3 – 4 minutes of waiting. She also went immediately from mopping the floor (without gloves) to scooping ice and pouring my pre-​brewed iced tea into a plastic cup (also without gloves).
Gross.
I suppose I’ll give Caribou Coffee a shot next time I’m in the North Terminal at Detroit Metro, but this may be one of the very few times I — as a snobbish coffee elitist — wished for a Starbucks instead.

Avoid! Go anywhere else in the airport for coffee, service here is beyond bad.

Conveniently located all over the airport this coffee shop is an utter miss! Coffee is weak: tastes like dirty water. Slow service. There is no Splenda: just pink packets. No oatmeal. And Skim milk labeled thermos is actually filled with Half&Half. Only latte drinks with whole milk available.
Redeeming qualities:
Fresh fruit cups

Here’s the trick with airport coffee shops: KEEP IT SIMPLE.
1. Do not order food.
2. Do not order fancy drinks.*
It’s almost impossible screw up iced coffee. Seriously. You cannot burn it, usually.
So, two iced coffees… fix ‘em up with cream and sugar. We’re set to jet for under $ 5.
Remember. If you try to order food from places like this, you will have a 1-​star experience. If you stick to just simple coffee… your life will be better. Also, the girls were pretty friendly on a Sunday morning, so no complaints.
Keep it simple.
*Unless its Starbucks, they usually have their ish together because they are pretty consistent.

Scott M’s review has it exactly correct … slow service, nothing special.
Plain bagel, cream cheese, & plain coffee apparently does not include a napkin or knife.
I didn’t have high expectations, but the Coffee Beanery fell short. Not a good way to strengthen brand’s reputation.

We were a little late getting to the gate for our flight to New Orleans and had not had our breakfast. Being thoughtful of our past fast food tendencies, we opted for the Coffee Beanery near Gate D14.
We should have gone to McDonalds.
The café caramel was a lot of caramel syrup, a little coffee and whipped cream. I have gotten better bagels from the frozen food aisle at Meijer, and my husband’s apple strudel was old, stale, and nearly inedible.
If your at Metro’s north terminal. Skip this place and head elsewhere… there are better places a down the concourse.