The Bald Barista

No, nope, never, don’t, not worth it, move along… With so many awesome places to grab a mighty cup of coffee these days I can’t accept the Bald Barista. I was ealking by with a friend, he wanted a coffee and I knew, I had tried this place before and was not happy one bit, anyway he insisted he needed a coffee intake stat so off we went in… Again, it was regrettable and my friend agrees! Coffee is never on point, milk is never textured properly… what’s with the chocolate syrup? Need I say more!

Unfriendly staff. Flat white and cappuccino are the same. Coffee used to be the best in Dublin, but unfriendly staff and lack of coffee barista capacities of staff have lowered quality. Not going there again.

I got a coffee here, at The Bald Barista, it was made by The Bald Barista, who had «The Bald Barista» tattooed on the back of his head. It was good coffee too.

The best coffee in Dublin
Fast service, but no compromise on quality. The can serve 20 people in 5 minutes and the coffee is ALWAYS excelent.

I’ve stopped in for (takeaway) coffee a few times and don’t have any reason to take a star away, the coffee was as good as any I’ve ever had, and the staff were friendly. Busy in the mornings… But of course.

If you know me, you know the crucial role that coffee plays in my everyday life. It’s a feat of courage to talk to me in the morning before my cup of joe and my boyfriend, family, friends, coworkers will attest to this; so it’s great that the folks at The Bald Barista already know my order before it comes out of my mouth. I cannot say enough good things about this place, but I will definitely try to in this post.
The Bald Barista has a location near St. Stephen’s Green Luas stop and is so convenient, it would be rude, nay stupid, not to stop off for my morning coffee. Now on to the coffee. This place has the BEST coffee in Dublin. As a slave to a coffee fuelled caffeine addiction I can say this with confidence. I have to say the popular java chains just don’t do coffee like this place. I recommend any coffee with a pear & vanilla scone.

*sigh*
My up and down relationship with this Bald Barista.
The cups leak on a week on week off basis. I’ve said something before, but I can’t be bothered caring any more TBH.
The coffee itself is up and down too. It used to be solidly great.
I now find myself alternating between here and other coffee houses in the immediate area.
Share the bad coffee love and all that… yay… not really yay :(

Best coffee in town — without a blink of doubt. Both at their Harcourt Road location and at Avalon House. Staff are super friendly and really care about your coffee. They also have a handy box at the counter where you can leave your loyalty card — so you never forget or lose it!

Best coffee in Dublin! Super staff, who know there stuff. Its all about the coffee

Let’s hope this is phase one in Bald Barista’s Dublin takeover. They’ve taken all the great things about the Aungier Street location and made them more portable.
They still have great coffee, and a pretty good choice of food. And the service is great too. I can’t think of a better place in Dublin to just get a coffee to go. Now if only I could work out how they do the designs in the foamed milk…

Wow! Great coffee and the barista and her cohort have great customer rapport. I get a flat white with bonus love-​heart on top or an Americano usually with a freshly baked scone or pastry. The only downside is that it’s takeaway-​only unless you just have a quick espresso shot at the bar.

Won’t be going here again. Got the minestrone soup for lunch assuming it would be better than what our large office caterers churn out — WRONG! The tomatoe base was bland, the peas were hard and there was some kind of vegetable stalk in my soup. Haven’t tried the coffee but seems to have good rep for that — maybe they should stick to what they do best :(

I ordered a coffee this morning in this wonderful Java mecca and my coffee smiled at me, instantly putting me in a good mood. no i’m not the mental skitzo type… the waiter draws a smiley face in your cup of coffee with chocolate syrup, turning coffee into art and at least earning his tip (maybe i am easily amused but its a distinctive little addition that the other local café’s omit)… it did make me smile back at the coffee like some sort of mental skitza type too.
The cup of coffee is endlessly large! i was jittery all morning thanks the bald barista’s generous portions, and at € 2.20 who can go wrong? This is certainly Aungier streets best coffee, and perhaps Dublin’s best coffee too… AND the café has free wi fi! Happy days!

Most people say the best thing about this place is the coffee. While it’s true the coffee is outstanding, it’s actually only the second best thing. The BEST thing is Jenna, the wild American woman behind the counter who MAKES the coffee. Talking to her is like getting your own private broadway show, except she greets you like an old friend. Unless you actually are an old friend, in which case you get sent to the back of the queue because the customers always come first with Jenna. She is an American, after all.
Walking into this tiny coffee shop is like walking into a Woody Allen movie. You have to go and see it to believe it.

Carrying on the good humour and great coffee of their larger Auginer st location, The Bald Barista on Harcourt Street makes for the best «Hey I know a great place for coffee» this end of the LUAS.
Already a must for java heads, the shop’s few seats get filled in the afternoons with local workers lunching on the soups, sambos and other delicious (and good for you) offerings.
It’s pretty affordable for lunch on the go: € 6 and change gets you a soup and sammy combo, € 5.95 lands a savoury sambo and piping hot coffee to go.
Looking for a nibble on Harcourt street? Skip the bagels and Bucky’s and stop in to The Baldy on the corner.

Outstanding Coffee. This is the Bald Barista’s new café — in addition to his other on Aungier Street, Dublin 2. Its smaller with hardly any seating but you get a great cup of coffee. The alternatives are Starbucks (noting needs to be said) or Café Sol across the road. Bald Barista is the best in my book.

I totally agree with Brian here. Bald Barista has truly mastered the art of coffee making and raises the bar of take-​away cups to a whole new level. A large Americano will set you back € 2. Good price seeing that other take-​away places in the area charge up to 2.40 for the same (but just not as good) brew.
The only downer here is that they now close at 3pm. I need my Barista cup to start AND finish my day.

Oh my God! Where have you been all my life!
The Bald Barista is hands down, easily, the best espresso in town. There really is nowhere better, I mean seriously like, if you’re not going to believe it then I’m going to continue gushing about it, in this camp way, until you try it.
I am, like, super-​psyched, and not just a little jittery, to have this new little version of The Bald Barista open near to my place of work, it means I can just nip out of the office up to four, or even five times a day, for a delicious double café macchiato.