The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf

This location is Awesome!!! Always quick with the drinks and they always come out tasting great! Very friendly customer service and always helpful. Any time I want to be adventurous and try a new drink they always offer me a sample of the drink or to make me another drink if i dont like it.

All I wanted was a bagel with cream cheese, that is all! Every other time I went and ordered a toasted bagel with cream cheese it was barely toasted, so this time I asked to toast twice. They must have changed the settings and forgot to tell them because my bagel was burnt. I ask her to toast another one and she stated that was the last bagel in the house. At 11:45 they were out of bagels. Well, that is unexceptable! If you are in need of coffee go to Starbucks and avoid this one.

By far my favorite coffee bean! The service is great, friendly staff they hardly ever over steam the milk or re steam already steamed milk, which is done by a lot of other coffee beans stores.
Fairly fast as well. Great management!

Not sure why I haven’t written review before now. This is absolutely my favorite CBTL. I come here everyday and I pass two others on my way. Parking is a bit tough but that’s a norm at any location (just for the record people, there are two «Do Not Enter“signs on the exit at Whitsett, Please don’t go in that way, it’s a peer of mine!).
The staff here is absolutely awesome. The are true professionals and very friendly. I have my favorites of course… All of them. One thought, could you please put a few power outlets outside?

I consider myself a Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf fanatic and won’t go anywhere else for my coffee. Normally everything is fresh and tasty, but I’ve had a handful of not-​so-​great experiences at this one. Drinks are pretty consistent, but it depends on who is making them… the sandwiches have had gross soggy bread a few times, the cheese and fruit picnic box has old and weird artificially-​grown looking grapes in it and the manager is kind of snotty :/​She doesn’t seem to know how to effectively manage her time or her employees time and isn’t apologetic about it at all.

Great service. I often order coffee to go for a weekly managers meeting. It is always ready when I get there.

I wish all the other coffee bean locations made their drinks as delicious as they do here. Very impressed :) I literally drank a large hot matcha latte (in this heat) within 10 min. I just couldn’t put it down. Thank goodness I ordered two! The only downside to this location is their private lot in the back… It took me a while to find parking.

Excellent CBTL location!
Staff was super nice and my drink came out quickly and made perfectly.
As always a large sugar free blended mocha, add an extra shot of espresso and chocolate covered espresso beans, too good every single time!
Nice, clean store, my favorite place to grab coffee!

My Favorite spot when i ht the golf range in Studio City…
Fun part is, i spotted Eddie Murphy in there twice in the am.
Very cool dude.
The coffee is the best in the city. Better then Starbucks thats for sure.

Whoever says that starbucks is better than coffee is not knowledgable. coffee bean is the freshest ! they use better ingredients and serve ORGANIC coffee beans unlike starbucks pesticide beans! They get there food and desserts from yayas kitchen which i saw at the farmers market! Every coffee shop should be like coffee bean! 5+ stars!

Slow slow slow! How long does it take to get iced water or iced green tea? Mind you, they have these nasty green tea flavors! Ever heard of just plain old green tea? Anyway, always disliked Coffee Bean, just come here bc it’s close to work other than that Starbucks all the way!

My favorite coffee bean in the valley! Love the crazy fun staff and their coffee… cranberry breakfast bar is their only good and healthy item. ASK FOR IT TOASTED. Vanilla latte half powder YUM!

I found my new favorite Coffee Bean spot! The staff is A+! Ample parking and there open late! They have these Ice Tea Granitas that are to die for.

It’s in a convenient spot but I have to be real for a second… The Coffee Bean has pretty terrible quality coffee (at this location, it always tastes rancid or improperly sweetened), it’s VERY annoying that CBTL doesn’t foster a sense of community, i.e. electrical outlets are a rarity therefore you can’t stay too long, there are no loyalty rewards programs like Starbucks (which honestly keeps me coming back), and at this particular location, the manager (or shift supervisor — not sure, but she has a very overwhelming presence) is abrasive, short, and treats customers like cattle. She shouts a lot and everything is very contrived and impersonal. I don’t think I’ll be coming back to this location.
If you’re looking for a quick fix or a place to hold a meeting — just go down the street to Starbucks or go local. Just my 2¢

Long over due for an update. What can I say, other than Freddie is pretty much THE BEST!!! He’s amazing with the customers and his attention to detail, friendliness and service is nothing short of superb. Regardless of how much time passes in between visits, a day, a week, a couple of months he always remembers the regulars and their families by name and quickly builds rapport with new customers he may not know.
This location always has ice cold water out and sometimes while out on our evening neighborhood walks, we’ll stop in just for a sip which is never frowned upon.
When the right staff are on hand drinks come out in a very timely manner and always how you ordered them.
They also have a pretty awesome coffee stained piece of art on the wall, that as a coffee lover I just adore.
This is definitely a great CBTL location and the service is surely what keeps me returning even when I’ve begun to frequent the smaller non chain coffee places.

I am totally addicted to Coffee Bean iced hazelnut latte. It’s so well blended, strong, creamy, and with the right amount of sweet, and the consistency is always the same every time I order it.
I am usually a Starbucks kinda girl for there iced caramel macchiato, but I find that Starbucks baristas can’t keep there consistency level on point.
I definitely have a change of heart on where I like to go for my iced latte now, and it’s definitely coffee bean who wins my heart!

You know what I like about Unilocal?There’s never a shortage of NUTJOBS for me to critique. Today’s edition of «The Crazy People of Unilocal» we follow Heide A.
Heide A. has:
10 One Star reviews
8 Five Stars and
1 lone Three Star review (because her Horchata coffee with espresso came out cold).
First of all. What the hell is Horchata? It sounds like it would be a hard shelled burrito. Holy crap! Did I just invent the hard shelled burrito? BRB. Calling patent lawyer.
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Well guys… it looks like one, Toby McPhail, (a 19 year old General Studies major at Glendale Community college) has already patented the hardshelled burrito. Meh… better luck next time I guess. Oh yeah… Where was I? Ohhhhh… that’s right I was in the middle of roasting the shit out of this waka-​doodle.
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Dear Heidi A,
After reading your review of this Coffee Bean (my favorite Coffee Bean), I had to read your other reviews. What I’ve come to learn about you is more than I could have imagined. You ARE hilarious… ly CRAZY. Holy crap lady… what planet are you from? But seriously… is everyone where you come from that pretentiously batty or are you just an anomaly?
Did you ever think that if your «ONE pump pumpkin spice almond milk latte» didn’t come out as perfect as it should have… because a «ONE pump pumpkin spice almond milk latte» doesn’t fu**ing exist? Seriously. I googled «ONE pump pumpkin spice almond milk latte» and the only results were from your Unilocal review. Who the fu** orders a drink with 7 words in the title? I’ll tell you. Someone who’s looking to complain about something.
Also, I’m willing to bet when you asked the barista how they made your drink they did give you attitude because you’re the kind of person who’d ask that question all the while chewing on an entire pack of tic tacs… because they’re only one calorie each. THERE’S LIKE A THOUSAND TIC TACS IN THER LADY! And what kind of meticulous crackhead keeps detailed logs on how baristas make their WAY TOO CUSTOM drink order? I’ll tell you what… the next time you go ANYWHERE… order something the way it is on the menu and see if you have any problems with your order. Mmmmm K? Your problem is that someone has fed you this notion that you «deserve» this and you «deserve» that. The only thing you «deserve» is a horrible case of Montezuma’s Revenge.
Order drinks like a normal person and quit complaining about every place of business you go to.
Sincerely…someone else who custom orders but doesn’t complain when its not perfect.
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I guess I should review this Coffee Bean. I used to be able to walk here. I didn’t move to a new part of town… I’m just much lazier now. Regardless… I like this Coffee Bean. Its cold inside… which I love… it keeps teenagers from loitering which usually guarantees me a seat. (It’s well documented that teenagers have thin blood). My wife basically lives at this coffee bean when she’s studying. Yeah… not to brag but she’s basically a cofeee bean celebrity. That said she tends to talk about me a lot so when I visit, I don’t have to convince the baristas that I’m awesome… they already know.
This place is great… If its good enough for Eddie Murphy… it’s good enough for me. Insiders know what I’m talking bout… yo.
‘Merica

Can’t believe the workers were working until 10pm on Christmas not cool, but regardless the coffee was good. I had the red velvet hot drink and omg it was flavorful and good. I won’t leave Starbucks but it was a good change

I am in the middle of study period. For me, study periods often mean the opportunity to check out new study places, including this one in Studio City. The location was easy to find, as it sits on the corner of Ventura Blvd and Whitsett, with plenty free parking spots in their lot.
Although I am a Starbucks gold member, I have to admit I am not that loyal to Starbucks. If I have the option to choose between the two, I prefer Coffee Bean over Starbucks with no hesitation! Coffee bean has a wide range of tea selections that unbeatable and that you cannot compare with Starbucks. As a tea-​lover, that is a plus in my books. Their lattes are consistently good. And, I am glad to find out that they offer almond milk now. I will need to get that next time.
This place is nice, although smaller than I expected. It has four small tables inside and a couple more seats outside. The employees were surprisingly friendly. I am so used to «grab and go» at coffee chains. I was caught off guard when they asked me «how my day was?» and wanted to chat. It was a pleasant surprise. They were also very helpful. When I asked them if I can get some extra hot water for my hot tea, they gladly did with no questions or push backs.
Rating: 3.5 stars because of the helpful and friendly employees.

They have good selections of coffee.
Nice ice blended mocha, hazel, vanilla or chocolate drinks. The place is very clean and nice fast service as well. You can sit outside or inside their place. Their pastries are good. Parking spots are horrible but very good place to get your drinks. Great service!