08/22/09

Fun place, great food

by loveg8food

My husband and I had been planning to get married for about a year and then one day we decided to get married within a week...why prolong the stress of planning a wedding! We heard B & O made delicious cakes, so we called them. Who would have ever thought a place named B & O Espresso would have great wedding cakes? They met with us the next day, gave us samples to try of their different cakes and showed us a photo album of lots of cakes they had made in the past. They were so beautiful it was hard to decide but we didn't have time to labor over the details! We chose a chocolate raspberry tort cake with light periwinkle frosting, a cream colored piping design, with live periwinkle blue flowers and cream colored roses. They make the fresh raspberry sauce themselves and put it in as a filling between the layers of cake along with the whipped cream icing. OMG! It was wonderful, decadent, delicious and they delivered it to the place we were getting married and set it up, ready to be served. It was beautiful and not at all like the dry, tasteless wedding cakes people usually serve. Even our photographer who does a couple hundred weddings a year said it was the best wedding cake she had ever had. Try them, you will be pleased!

• Pros: Best Wedding Cakes and other desserts
• Cons: difficult parking

06/26/09

Fantastic Happy Hour and new Bar is Brilliant

by khartmanbrit

B & O has moved their bar upstairs right off Olive Way (called Bar 41). They have one of the absolute best Happy Hours in the city; the prices and drinks are fantastic.

I am terribly, terribly picky about my drinks ( the liquor, how the drink is made and price). B & O is the only place which has done brilliant in each category. I don't want a fancy $12 new-fangled, mangled, foo-foo drink (hello Poppy), it has to taste good and be well made. The bartender, Ashley, is a brilliant drink-mixer and great person to have behind the bar; no snooty attitudes here.

The new bar food, sliders, are tasty and cheap, a great addition to the menu.

Even better, B&O has added on a second Happy hour in the later evening. Did I mention all HH drinks are $2 off? That is the way a Happy Hour should be---not like those fake happy hours at bars where the bartender choses which god-awful drink is discounted. At the B&O (Bar 41) the Happy Hour is geared toward the pleasing the cusomer: which drink do you want? It's $2 off.

And that is the way it should be--more happy hours for all of us.

• Pros: Lovely Decor, Brilliant drinks with best Happy Hour
• Cons: desserts have calories

03/05/09

Ilove this place

by CSMobileUser2

This place is so cool and has wonderful apple crisp. Love them

03/05/09

great place for coffee, studying, ambiance

by ddeevaa

unique decor/table setup. love the personal that frequent this spot. definitely one of my favorite coffee sports in seattle.

• Pros: free internet, quality caffeine, chill atmosphere
• Cons: parking

01/24/09

Food is good waitstaff is not

by Miche888

We live really close to here and used to go here all the time for meals, coffee, and desserts. The last two times we went the service went from bad to terrible. The previous time we went it was freezing outside and we were seated in the bar for dinner pushed up against the outside door. During dinner our waiter pushed around me and opened the door, letting in bitter chilly air, right on me as he went outside to smoke. We tried again the other day for breakfast, I took family there from out of town and was so embarrassed, the waiter right off the bat acted like he was terribly inconvenienced to be waiting on us. I have worked in customer service for 12 years and would never act like that, I would be fired. He did not come over once to ask if we needed anything. I had to track down another waiter to get something. While leaving. we even left a good tip, I said "thank you" to our waiter and his response was "um hum." I used to love this place with its delicious food and French decor but even the waiters in France are not anywhere near this snotty. I'll never go back.

• Pros: great food
• Cons: unbelievably rude waitstaff

06/15/08

great desserts!

by andy261

I went there with a friend last night for dessert and coffee. I got a nonfat latte and the espresso mousse torte and my friend got the apple crisp ala mode. We both enjoyed what we got, but they definitely weren't the best desserts we'd ever had. Prices, service, and ambiance are all just ok. I wouldn't make a trip just to go there, but if you're in the area I'd recommend stopping by.

05/03/08

Overpriced, under-flavored, small servings

by mesembrianthemum

The last time I went to B&O was the LAST time. I used to live across the street from them, and would always walk right by on my way to Glo's for breakfast. The food is overpriced, and not that flavorful. Not worth it, in my opinion, and hasn't been in a long time. For breakfast/brunch, try Broadway Bar and Grill (shorter wait). For drinks, try Cafe Metropolitan. For dinner, throw a rock.

• Pros: None
• Cons: Food, Price

11/25/07

High Tea is Over

by smackbabe

Sadly they no longer do high tea at this shop. I still always enjoy their coffee and the atmosphere is always pleasant.

10/19/07

Beautiful, great environment

by cyberpunkx

I have been to B&O only about four times, but each time has been exquisite! They have the best eggplant sandwich in town, by far, and fantastic desserts. Also, they are fast! It is a wonderful place to just sit around and talk to friends while enjoying a thoroughly tasty meal. (Prices are reasonable, too.)

• Pros: Great food, service, prices, atmosphere :)
• Cons: Parking is hard to find sometimes

09/03/07

Bland, Slow and Overpriced

by mimnar

We went in for an early breakfast on the weekend and it was only moderately busy - plenty of open tables. It still took a few minutes to be noticed and seated. Then about 5 more to be asked what we wanted, another 15-20 to get our drip coffee (which was burnt and overly bitter) and again 20 minutes to get our food. I had gotten the "petite breakfast" consisting of a pancake, an egg, and bacon. I expected a small meal, but the "pancake" was a joke. It was not an average pancake of any reasonable 4-6 inch diameter, rather it was one of the tiniest silver-dollar pancakes I have ever seen. I ate it in two little bites and then used some of my fiance's toast to stop my hunger and sop up my egg. My fiance's meal was a decent size, but tasted horrible. He ordered the corned beef hash (which he loves for breakfast) and got the blandest, mushiest mess of potatos and what we think was cornmeal. It tasted like soggy bread crumbs while being dry and gritty. He had to hunt for a few tiny bits of beef - which had none of the pickled flavor of a good corned beef. I think their chef must be an idiot who thinks "corned beef" means beef with cornmeal. I'm just happy we didn't wait to try this place with our guests from out of town next week! Talk about an embarrassment to the cuisine of Seattle. $24. and an hour and a half = depression about the state of breakfast in this town.

• Pros: You get to sit down for a few hours.
• Cons: Food, Service, Prices