Blend

Blend is small shop located in the Balboa Bay Resort — now if you can afford to stay at the resort then the prices at Blend won’t shock you. However, since I was there for a wedding and super hungry, my boyfriend and I went to grab something quick to eat. We orders 2 sandwiches and 2 drinks which totaled to $ 30.00. Holy cow!
I got the caprese olive bread Panini. Now… I though that it was Olive bread and not literally cut up olives in the Panini so that was a bit disappointing. My drink, a vanilla latte, tasted like a typical vanilla latte.
If you walk around the back, there are a few more tables/​bar with a tv. Otherwise, this place is more of a grab and go instead of dine-​in.
Our cashier was really friendly and had a great positive attitude. However, his co-​worker seemed like he wanted to stab himself in the eye.
Ok food/​experience.

Cute! Friendly! What a nice place to visit during a serene vacation.

Very nice to have a high quality coffee shop inside the resort. The latte’s were spot on although my wife’s mocha needed a bit more chocolate flavoring. The food was really good and reminded me of my favorite place back home. BBR, success achieved – making you feel at home. Can’t wait to come back.

They have a nice selection of panini sandwiches (veggie, ham and cheese, prosciutto) and their zucchini bread was yummy. They also have little pretzels with hummus that were good as well.
However, we ordered three «meals» and with them you get chips, a cookie or chips and they stiffed us on the sides and the salad dressing! When we went back for the dressing they gave us a tiny amount that was ridiculous — it barely was a tablespoon in the cup! Stingy!
Also, for 2 sandwiches and a salad it was $ 43 and no sides, or dressing. Insane!
Their honey tastes super artificial as well. The staff was friendly enough though. But you get complimentary coffee and tea around the corner.

Saw a manager Treat a barista with disrespect with foul language. I am appalled and will NOT be returning. Respect to coworkers is JUST as important as respect to the customer. I would hope this was a one time occurrence.

Blend is a combination coffee, tea, snacks, souvenirs, concessions spot inside the Balboa Bay Club and resort. It so beautiful, clean, modern & uncrowded that it may just be worth paying for parking to grab a coffee and read here instead of a Starbucks or Coffee Bean.