Donkey Coffee & Espresso

One of my favorite coffee shops, and I have only been here once. I spent about 3 hours, so this is a fair evaluation. I love the atmosphere with local and organic fair trade coffee. They have gluten and lactose free options for those with restricted diets. I tried the Power Chai, so very delicious. The strawberry mango smoothie was fantastic too! I took the plunge on their large crumble cake. I could not put it down until I finished the entire thing.

There are couches and tables that fit any study mode you are in. The music is pleasant and only barely audible to block out the quiet moments. I hear that they have interesting live performances on weekends. The shop is much larger than it looks on the outside. It is two floors plus a patio.

Definitely recommended, for those in the area.

Love this place. Large. Get a drink and study (or "study") forever. Open 24/7 during finals. Staff are almost always invariably nice. Sometimes they have interesting shows on the weekends. Local/organic/fair-trade/etc and they have a bunch of lactose and gluten free options. Variety of normal cafe food and bakery. Bring your dog with you in the summer, they have a doggie bowl of water out on the ground-level patio :)

My main issue is I wish they had more of an iced tea selection. There's a 20¢ (I think) surcharge if you use a credit/debit card.

Very cute place which looks deceptively small from the outside. it's actually quite long and has plenty of seating, comfy chairs and lots of plugs for laptops. Nice atmosphere to sit and relax and enjoy a cup of coffee. I'll definitely be coming back.