Bump N Grind

I was pleasantly surprised by my latest visit here. I hadn’t been in several years, and had always had a view of it as quite an inaccessible, hipstery place.
Alex G and I came here for a meeting, and it was delightful! The staff were super friendly and happy to help, there was plenty of seating for us to hunker down in while we worked, and a great atmosphere.
I ordered a decaf Americano and Alex got a London Fog, and we both got treats. My Americano was very tasty — the coffee was clearly good quality. Alex’s drink was almost too pretty to consume, but she managed it!
My GF pumpkin pecan bar was deeeelicious! Gotta love dates as sweeteners. I chowed down on that pretty darn quick.
Sure, it’s not a cheap coffee shop, but it’s cute and friendly and the coffee’s good!

This café isn’t close to where I live but I’m glad I tried it out.
I was lucky enough to find a seat on a Saturday afternoon as it was really busy inside.
They serve really good lattes and delicious fresh pastries!

Service is always friendly, consistently good coffee!
Some selection of pastry (some are actually exotic, such as the matcha brownie!), and some savoury selection as well (not a huge amount, but some).
Not a lot of seats, they have a couple of long tables to share (hey, have a coffee and make friends!).
Good choice for coffee in the area!

I really like the coffee here and the buns are good too! It’s my favorite place to get coffee on Commercial drive. It’s smooth and balanced, not bitter.
The street parking isn’t too bad on this end of commercial. They have lots of seating and even some outside.
The service is usually friendly and never bad. I don’t live very close to here anymore otherwise I would come way more often.

Pretty good coffee here. They feature a number of cool independent coffee roasters, but what really put them over the top for me was their amazing baking. They have the best scones I have had in awhile (especially when it comes fresh out of the oven), and the cookies were outstanding. A nice earl grey shortbread which was crumbly and firm at the same time, and their salted caramel popcorn cookie was tasty and unusual.
My goal is to taste every type of baking they have while enjoying an awesome Guatemalan (my current fav) brew.
I wish I had discovered this gem earlier. I think their name threw me off. My fault, my mind went in the wrong direction.

This place is super close to my apartment and I’ve started to come more often. They have a triumphant espresso maker that produces some of the best coffee on the Drive. I’m a huge fan of their dirty chai with almond milk.
Despite the chairs not being the comfiest and a small interior space, it’s a pretty great homework spot. It gets lots of natural light and the music is consistently awesome.
They have a few gluten/​dairy/​soy/​sugar free treats which fill me with joy and deliciousness. Huge fan of the almond energy bar and I’m excited to try the rest!
I’ll definitely be coming back here to get my homework on, the coffee is not to be missed!

Dropped in on a Monday afternoon for a caffeine injection. A great espresso! No power though for plugging in a laptop for a quick charge, and wifi was not that fast (7.2Mbps down 2.1 Up). Great tunes though!

My spouse buys his take home bag of fresh coffee beans from here. They always bring in the best coffee and the people are well informed in all aspects of coffee at both locations. He calls in ahead of time with questions regarding what they have in that week and he has never been disappointed with the exceptional help and service he gets.

Overpriced — especially the fee for specialty milks (almond, soy). No outlets for laptops, if I recall correctly. I was told I could not take my macchiato to go — ??

Bump n Grind is a really pleasant coffee house. I totally recommend pairing your specialty coffee or organic tea with a «Mookie» — a vegan, oatmeal and chocolate chip cookie — super yummy!

I went in to get a regular black drip coffee before the start of my night shift today and gave the guy my thermos to fill. Typically people charge me for a medium coffee as that seems to be what my cup holds.
I paid $ 3 for a drip coffee and was told it’d take a minute and a half to brew. Cool. When the guy behind the counter finished brewing the coffee he said my thermos wouldn’t fit under the tap thingy so he filled a paper cup. A SMALL cup. He poured the small cup into my thermos and filled it halfway. I expected him to fill ANOTHER cup to FILL my thermos but he did not. So basically, I paid $ 3 for a small black coffee. Oh, and the coffee was biiiitter.
He shrugged his shoulders and that was that. I won’t be going back.

After lunch at Nick’s I made my way to Bump N Grind coffee shop. I was still full from Nick’s, but I wanted a quiet place to sit and work on my ipad. I almost feel guilty commenting on this coffee shop. I had a chai latte… I guess it was ok. Nothing really special. The coffee shop was ok. Rather bright and airy. On a nice sunny day the sun strikes the shop with a pleasant glare. I guess the overwhelming feeling I was feeling at that moment was wow hey I’m lucky to be living in Van City today!
My latte was ok. The guy who made it for me was very friendly. This is kind of a first, but I really don’t have a lot to say about this store. It was ok… but it’s nothing special. The neighbourhood is kind of trendy. I can see this shop as being a great hang out.

Awesome place for a coffee or spot of tea. Service and ambience are superb. It’s similar to Revolver as they continuously rotate through local roasts, but the atmosphere isn’t is dark and pretentious. They really know how to pull a good espresso here. It’s clean and well balanced. Highly recommended. Date rating is 4 out of 5.

I’ll be honest, I wanted to go to Prophouse, but they were closed so I pondered for a bit and remembered coming here before. The Barista really takes care in making your coffee. Cashier was friendly too. Not cheapest coffee in town, but tasty. A nice bitter kick in flavour, if that’s what you like.

After an awful experience at another coffee shop trying to get a latte, I stumbled by this place by accident. It was a saving grace. They made me a killer soy chai latte. The staff were friendly, it was quiet (went at 5 pm) and I ended up having an awesome conversation with complete strangers about Much Music Video dance parties. They home made large gluten free/​diary free Oreo cookie. The latte was $ 4.45 which is slightly expensive for a latte, however, still worth it in the end. I can’t remember the last time I had a good friendly conversation with strangers. I didn’t want to leave.

I had a Clover-​brew coffee roasted by P&S from Calgary ($ 2.5) and an in-​house made cinnamon bun ($ 3.5).
The main issue was with the coffee. It was extremely thin and had some of the astringent sourness that I dislike so much in Parallel 49 coffee. The bun was quite good, and not overly sugary.
This café now has a large, communal table, and the somewhat stark furnishings were inoffensive. The service was fine,

I returned to Bump n Grind last week and it seems they’ve cleaned up their act a lot. I like the communal work tables and their espresso is a lot better. The staff were pretty nice and friendly. I was actually able to sit and work for an hour and bumped into a friend I hadn’t seen in awhile. This is what the Drive is about!
Yay Bump n Grind — keep it up!

They make a mean soy latte but don’t go expecting a seat.
As coffee shops go, this is one of my favourites on the Drive. Not only do they make a mean cup, but I stock up on their almond energy bars, which make vegan, sugar-​free & gluten-​free delicious. The staff have always been quick and pleasant and the price point is on par with pretty much every other decent coffee haunt in town. So there’s not too much to add on this one…
Except perhaps, that this place is always busy. So if you’re seeking a meeting spot, do what I do, grab a coffee and make it a meeting walk. There’s a ton of great little parks in the area and if you don’t need to take notes, a stroll is always an added addition to the day. It’s also handy, as it’s very unlikely you will be unable to find a spot here that isn’t on the communal table and maybe it’s just me, but I always feel like a pain hosting a business meeting next to folks trying to wind up and down their day.
But for a stop in, coffee buzz, almost bar sesh? Definitely recommend.

Came in here twice recently. First visit would’ve been 1 star for the lack of customer service (didn’t say hi back and just totally ignored me during the entire transaction. WTF?!)
Second visit was easily 5 stars. Friendly barista and my Americano was AMAZING!!!

Love the décor, americano was delicious! Also had a BLT croissant, which was fresh and tasty. Definitely a fan: D I found the staff to be really nice, and I appreciate the add tip option while paying with debit (who carries cash anyways? :)