Sidecar Coffee Shop - Coffee shop in Waterloo - 21 West Jefferson Street #101, USA

We love Sidecar Coffee. Their coffee and lattes are wonderful. We have always received great service. My only complaint is the cleaning product or fragrance they use. Every time I buy a baked good it tastes like this. And the smell of their cleaner/fragrance ruins my ability to enjoy the atmosphere because the smell of that stuff makes my eyes burn! Sidecar, please opt for cleaning with something fragrance free please!!

I stopped here on a quick road trip today. What a great surprise! The staff was super friendly and they clearly put a lot of thought and work into their coffee. I ordered an iced latte that I believe was called a Jessica Rabbit. The menu said something about carrot and turmeric flavors which I like but often when turmeric is used in coffee there's too much powder left at the bottom of the cup. Clearly they're doing something special here because that wasn't the case at all with this drink and the flavors were very subtle and not overpowering. Some of the team members were also in the back rolling out dough for homemade quiche. The fact that they're making all of this themselves rather than buying things prepackaged says a lot about how much effort they're putting in to not be just another coffee shop. I definitely recommend this place if you're in the area. Oh, and the monster cookie was awesome!

Cute little stop. This place is unique, cute atmosphere and a good view of the street. It’s Quiet enough to study here and to have a nice conversation. They have lots of choices but a few things like sizes are a little odd. Which is normal for a smaller coffee shop. Our coffees were great and came out drinking temp.

The cafe is stylish and clean, baristas are quality people with skills to pay the bills, and the white chocolate mocha I ordered was completely delicious! Neither too sweet, nor too bitter. This was the best cafe experience I've had in a while, and I definitely want more.

Dropped in quality, I’ve lived here long enough, and have been even longer aficionado of cappuccinos, to know I used to have a better cappuccino in sidecar than what I had today. Hard to tell though, was it; 1. The person who made it for me? 2. The espresso machine? 3 poor training (No training!!!) ? Idk but not happy in giving them 3 stars for average. A little too hot too, THAT can very much be controlled and dialed in. Update: 3/9/23 Oh my gosh night and day improvement on the cappuccino 🥳👏👏👏 I mean it. It’s so lovely!!! Refer to my short video. Oh my gosh, you can’t do audio on Google reviews? All right here’s my wall text besides the obvious the latte art was on point I had already drank a sip of it so you know I kind a messed up with it but beyond that the micro foam on the steamed milk! awesome! the taste of the espresso with the milk? great!! two thumbs up! THAT. Is worth going back to more often!

Excellent service, coffee, and food. One of the many surprises for my work trip from AZ. I also bought the Kick-start espresso whole bean to enjoy at home and it was delicious. Tons of Crema!

They have the absolute best honey lattes and spinach tomato quiche! I've tried most of their other drinks and food offerings and they're really good so I highly recommend this place for your caffeine fix and breakfast!

Great place for a small meeting. Quiet, clean, and there is both indoor and outdoor seating. The drinks are good and the prices aren't too high.