Arabica

The place is homey. The coffee is good. The service isn’t pretentious. I don’t know what else one could want from a coffee shop.

Total dump. Horrible service. Stale food. Tables need to be cleaned off more often. Instant coffee tastes as good as he coffee you’d get here which basically means the coffee here is dreadful.
Nothing redeeming about this coffee shop.

it’s a must stop if in Willoughby and want coffee any hour! Get the nutty Irishmen or the Iced White Mocha… I’ve been going since 1998 :). I love it!!! Try to get the sofa in the front window!

Typical coffeehouse atmosphere, good decaf coffee, decent brownie (way to hard/​cold, way to big — was like fudge) — but nothing that would draw in back over another coffee place — if I am in the area and need a beverage I would go in again though.
Tons of options for people on flavored drinks, they had a salad board and stuffed baked potatoes /​so if you need food and not coffee this may be your place!

Lots to choose from and a good place to have a conversation. Plenty of seating but from what I remember it can get crowded from time to time with it being the only place to get a cup of joe since The Enclave Closed sometime ago.

It is a fantastic place to lounge around, or work on your laptop. Yet, service is slow; there is usually only one worker who is cashing you out and preparing your food and coffee drinks. Coffee is okay. Pastries have run out by lunch time. And although they have great baked potatoes, the odds of them having potatoes on stock are slim.

The coffee might be OK and the pastries might be ok, the atmosphere is excellent but they have no interest or desire in making anything good with Espresso.
I’ve been coming in here, annually, for the last several years hoping it would improve. It doesn’t. Even after skimming off the froth with a spoon, the taste and texture was so poor that I just left it on the counter. Ruined my day, (I’m sure it will get better), hence this review.
Their cappuccino is served in a tall glass tumbler, a step up would be the cardboard cup, of about 12 ounces by first pouring it full of steamed milk and frothy foam like whipped egg whites and then pouring some crema free Espresso over it
Gentle suggestions and requests don’t really help and met with indifference bordering on annoyance.
There are several places popping up about town that seem to get it and are jettisoning the typical method of espresso, drinks being 12 to 16 ounces of steamed milk, over bitter tasting coffee, and are producing excellent italien style espresso drinks.

Great coffee, big tables, plus during the week it’s nice and quiet, so it’s a good place to study or get work done… the only thing that is annoying sometimes is that they fill their cups to the absolute top so if you get a cup to go you sometimes have to sit there and drink a little bit before you put a top on or risk spilling!

Worst coffee around. Great location, that’s the only reason people put up with it; its conveniently located. But nasty unbearable bland coffee.

Super cute place to bring your kids for dessert after eating in downtown Willoughby. They have a variety of bakery items and my daughter loves loves the decorated cookies. They are amazing. They have a variety of treats and if course coffee for the parents. The four starts was given because my husband and I have had lunch here multiple times and didn’t enjoy our meals.

My girlfriend and I went shopping downtown Willoughby we went to the coffee shop and we found it very clean and it people very polite with a nice array of delightful Treats to snack on with your coffee or tea I ordered an almond Joy drink and to my surprise it is just like the candy bar with free Wi-​Fi outdoor seating makes for a pleasant afternoon highly recommend this place

Took my son in there for a hot chocolate… he’s 6. I told him that this place has the BEST hot chocolate… to which the barista responded «Uh. Yeah. That what you want?» Which made me question his choice of employment in the field of customer service. Had a poor attitude.
My mocha was drinkable, but didn’t have a whole shot in it I think. Not a whole lot of coffee there.
Two rice krispie treats later we were out. Not a whole lot of happiness in that place. Maybe he had a bad day.

We were visiting my boyfriend’s brother who lives nearby and I needed a place to do some work. Their breakfast bagels were very good and I had a cup of their Aztec black bean soup, which was lovely. The only problem we had was that the barista had such a giant chip on her shoulder that I thought she’d fall over from the weight — the other girls were nice though.

I think the coffee here is actually pretty good and a definitely cheaper than Starbucks. The staff seem to be typical barista Hipster wannabes however, and seem more interested in their iPhones than customers

Coffee is so-​so, but they have a wonderful bakery with really good treats!

I remember coming here as a disallusioned teenager back in the day when grunge was popular, I had dyed black hair, and wore combat boots. The place would be FULL of cigarette smoke, and occasionally, you would smell a clove cigarette burning somewhere. This is where all the «cool» kids hung out. I, alas, was not one of them. My friends and I would sit here for hours and people watch. My favorite memory of THINKERS was seeing my favorite teacher crush, Mr. DiFranco, on a date! Ooooh!
Lots of memories were made there, that’s for sure.
It’s much more sanitzed now, hipsters and yuppies galore. I miss the days of the skater boi’s hanging out outside skating in the library parking lot.

Excellent pastries — I haven’t had one that I didn’t love! They have every flavor you can possibly thing of so add one or three to your next hot drink! My favorite so far — Cinnamon coconut hot chocolate!

I’ve stopped into this shop every now and then since i went to school down the street in the mid 90’s. Great location, classic coffeehouse décor and pleasant people. We had gelato there Sunday morning while walking the pooch. What a nice treat to have available for people who are not into eggs and sausage every Sunday. The coffee is the same mediocre product all Arabica’s have been shoving down our gullets for the last twenty years, but that’s okay. It’s cheaper than Starbucks.
Holy shit, i forgot the most important detail. This was where i first had a one on one sit down with my future wife. Not a date mind you, just hanging out.
I kind of resent this place too. It was grunge loser central during high school. Cue Lemonheads song…

As far as relaxed hang-​outs go in suburban Lake County, this is about as good as you’re going to get. The coffee is better than average, there is a good amount of table space, and there is wifi.

Good coffee and pastries.
Good ambiance and service, plus free wireless.