Pages

I visited Pages after my girlfriend mentioned it was her favorite coffee shop in town (she’s a Surry County native), and I was not disappointed.
I ordered an iced coffee and it was perfectly made, my girlfriend’s peanut butter mocha was incredible and I can say I’ve never tasted those flavors mixed with coffee before. The pricing was very fair for our drinks.
There’s also a great book selection. The store really makes great use of their limited space within each genre. I’m very glad I stopped by before my visit ended!

Very good place to get a good cup of coffee, sit and relax. There is no public restroom. You get coffeed up here and have to leave and walk down the street to go to the bathroom. :/
Not cool.

I very seldom give 5 stars, but I think that this small, privately owned business is deserving of all 5 (if not more). If you want really good coffee, this is the place to go!
This little coffee shop/​book store is located in downtown Mount Airy. If you find yourself walking Main Street, you must stop here! Their coffee is outstanding. So much better than Starbucks, by far. I’ve been there twice, both times ordering something different and I have loved everything!
Yesterday, I ordered a small frozen gingerbread latte nonfat with whip and it was out of this world! A small is 12 oz and is definitely big enough for me. It’s so nice to sit in this cozy and peaceful little book store and enjoy some of the best coffee I’ve ever had.

Best coffee around hands down. They always remember your face. Just wish they opened at six.

Great Caramel Sensation Coffee, Free WiFi, comfy couch, very nice people, NCIS on a Flat Screen… Coffeehouse Life is Great Here!

Most recently, I have been going to this store to get Lattes and Cappuccinos, because the closest Starbucks is 45 minutes away in Winston Salem. I have been going once a week, and getting a large Almond Latte, which totals $ 4.50. They have all been excellent, up until 2 weeks ago. I went in and ordered my regular Latte. when I took a sip, I tasted nothing… it had no espresso flavor, no almond flavor. just tasted like hot, bland steamed milk. I wasn’t going to say anything, but then I thought, wow, for $ 4.50, it should have SOME flavor. I went back to the counter, and explained to the girl who made it that it had no taste. immediately, somebody else came over — I will assume the owner, a late middle aged woman — and she asked the girl what was wrong, what the drink was, and how it was made; the girl told her that it was made with 2 shots of espresso, «like always». then I told the owner the drink had no flavor at all, not of almond or espresso or anything… The woman then looked irritated WITH ME, and with a snarky attitude, dumped the coffee out and began to make another, and after it was made, she handed it to me (without even looking at me, still obviously irritated with ME, for some reason) and VERY curtly said «Well, I put THREE shots of espresso in this one, so if that’s not strong enough for you, I don’t know what to tell you.» Um. Okaaaay.
I then proceeded to TRY to tell her that I had been getting a latte there every week for the past several weeks, and they were ALL perfect except for this one, but she wasn’t interested in hearing what I had to say, because before I was even finished speaking, she had turned away from me and had stopped listening. Keep in mind, I did NOT complain loudly, I was not rude or short. I nicely and simply told them that the latte had no taste. Well, I took a sip of the new latte, and the espresso taste was way too strong… but, that’s better than NO taste, I guess. so I went over and added lots of extra cream and sugar to tame the too strong espresso taste down.
After thinking about it, I asked myself, hold on a second, exactly WHY DO I come here, anyway? it doesn’t matter WHAT time you get there on a Sunday, some guy who works there (one of the owners?) is parked on the sofa with his laptop and paperwork spread out all over the coffee table…
Um, isn’t that sofa and coffee table for customers to enjoy? when I go to Starbucks and want to sit on the sofa, I don’t see Starbucks employees sitting there with their work laptops all spread out. they let the paying customers enjoy the sofa.
Irritating.
Also, the girls who work there never, EVER smile. I don’t mean they aren’t laughing and joking, I mean, NO smile at all. Um, you cant crack a smile? not ever? not once. they don’t smile, they don’t make small talk. they all look like they are NOT happy about being there. That was the same look the woman (owner?) had when she came over to re-​make my coffee; looking like she wished she was ANYPLACE else but there. Ok. so lets browse the selection of books. small, limited selection, high prices. Ok. well, so much for that.
All along, I have wanted to like this place. a cute, quaint, little «mom and pop» coffee bar /​bookstore… but the only person who looks like he doesn’t hate being there is the guy (owner?) who spreads out all of his stuff all over the sofa and coffee table, so the customers cant sit there…
So, after this latest experience where they were VERY curt because THEY didn’t make my Latte correctly — TWICE — well, I guess that’s it for this place. I will just drive to Starbucks where I know the coffee will be perfect every time, and where the staff doesn’t take up the seating areas meant for the paying customers to enjoy. (So, when the «Big Bad Chain Store» arrives in town, as it eventually will, and has better service, better products, and better prices than the little neighborhood «mom and pop» place, and the little local place gets driven out of business, don’t ask why) COME ON STARBUCKS!

As I crossed the threshold of this stores new location, a sweet aroma of book bindings and hand-​pulled espresso shots knocked me back a couple decades. THIS is what real coffee shops and books stores are supposed to smell like! They ALL used to smell like this, I whispered excitedly as we ordered a spiced & an apple chai, and mochaesque lattes.
We browsed shelves of current best sellers, as well as local «Mayberry» goods. The female barista pulled shots and steamed milk, while a slightly less tech savvy matron took orders. She forgot to ring up my cousin, whom ended up paying when the cashier returned. The beverages were… perfect. I wanted to drop our vacation plans and plop down on a chair and thumb through books all day. 5 out of 5 stars, for the pulling me out of-​whatever it was that I was in, before I walked through a wrinkle in time and into Pages. My family was right, this was the best coffee shop in Mount Airy. Straight out of 1993.