Great spot! Cheap coffee, delicious sandwiches. Good music, nice place to work for a few hrs

Excellent quality service! The employees are affable and very detail-oriented with their craft. You can also call in for orders, to save precious time. Here’s the current menu to help you decide. (My apologies if the picture doesn’t render properly on your device.)Whether you’re grabbing something to start your day or just feel interested, I highly recommend this place for some coffee and breakfast.

Unfussy sit down cafe with good coffee and large breakfast sandwiches. I highly recommend!

Best place for a breakfast sandwich in the Bay Area. Ask for dutch crunch bread and prepare to be blown away by the quality of the food and service. No one else even comes close!

Great coffee shop, and nice staff. Doing take-out orders during the shelter in place.

The staff here are the sweetest people! I like the relaxed, neighborhood feel of this place. My matcha latte was delicious. This is also conveniently across the street from the Lake Merritt BART stop.

Excellent Coffee and even better breakfast sandwiches!Always delicious, and run by good ppl, cant ask for more

Great place to get a good Ethiopian coffee without all the extras and a very affordable price, their staff are very professional, attentive and always with a great attitude. Much appreciation to Rachel and Nancy, they absolutely rock!

My favorite coffee shop in Oakland. I love their food. Great customer service. Great music. Cool art. Great energy.

This is my favorite local coffee house. The staff is wonderful. They make breakfast sandwiches as well.

What a hidden gem! Really, I never would have looked twice from the outside but really wanted to grab a coffee. Boy, what a surprise... This place is nice and mellow with pretty good food and coffee. Excellent ambience and staff... Im loving the music here today!

Sandwiches are good and the coffee is tasty! Pretty decent pricing.

Cool spot, and got a nice cappuccino

Their breakfast sandwiches are AMAZING! Im there 3-4 days a week starting my day with one.

Great spot to start your morning. Coffee was great, and the breakfast sando was perfect. Love that softly scrambled, crispy edged egg with all the m that bacon. Expertly made.

Coffee is one of those things where Id have to try coffee side-by-side to see if its great cup of coffee. But occasionally, I just know its an amazing cup within sips and Lane-E Kefa coffee is one of those rare cups. Try it and you wont be disappointed.

Sometimes their coffee is not fresh n hot but they have really delicious fried chicken.

Great energy, I love the coffee and the sandwiches are good too. Not only running a business but you can tell the owner is invested in the community from the artwork, to the network posting near the sugar and cream. Walk into this ethio-jazz and leave with warm cup of coffee.

This is a pleasant, friendly oasis in the food desert that surrounds Laney College. I have been stopping by this place for their delicious coffee and excellent breakfast and lunch sandwiches since they opened about six years ago. They know my name and my usual coffee order. My favorite for breakfast is the BEST sandwich, one of their delicious breakfast delights with Bacon Egg (seasoned perfectly and scrambled fluffily) Swiss and Tomato. They also have vegetarian options. For lunch, I usually opt for the Chicken sandwich, with its delicious spread. Come here for the relaxing music, friendly neighborhood service, and great food.

Great little shop to stop by into on the way to the BART. They never have salmon on Fridays tho😭

Great non corporate place to buy good food and excellent cup of coffee they specialize in coffee.

Great local coffee shop that has amazing sandwiches, smoothies and coffee. This I the kind of place where you know the owner because he is always talking with the customers and being friendly. The barista is also extremely helpful and makes great coffee and chai lattes. I come in at least once a week w my pup and Im never disappointed.

Wonderful coffee, great staff. I go there everyday that I go to school. They have even grown to know what I plan to order. They are so friendly and welcoming!

The best (and only) cafe around Laney College.

He gets upset at me - because he accidently marked my order as ready for pickup.I arrived and my order was not ready.

Friendly staff & quick service. Quality coffee drinks. Good music selections if you dont bring or forget your headphones.

Overall Good music was loud i could barely hear what my friend was saying. Service was great& overall clean & cleanrestrooms

Service is always great/ food is even better both a 10

Great little coffee spot close to Bart. Just wish they were open a little later!

Amazing staff who seem to really know a lot of the regulars, food is delicious and the coffee is decent, wish they were open on the weekend

Relaxing atmosphere, great service, delicious food and coffee!

Nice little coffee shop near lake merritt bart station with delicious sandwhiches and coffee! ☕😎👌

Great morning place! The staff is super friendly, and the food is great!🌞

Excellent Coffee and awesome staff. Breakfast sandwiches are so good!

Holy moly this prosciutto breakfast sandwich is good! Will be going back for sure!

Music is great and the service is quick. Its close to the Lake Merritt BART so its great for morning coffees!

Tuna sandwich is bomb! Great staff and service.

Friendly / Great staff, the capicinoes are better than over priced Starbucks. Egg English muffin leaves you satisfied but still craving for another. Mmmm! Prices are average to other small/privately owned cafes.

Good coffee and breakfast place with friendly staff right next to the lake Merritt Bart station.

Find me here most weekdays for coffee. The girls that work here are super sweet.

This place is amazing great drinks and great sandwiches! And the man behind the counter is very kind I would highly suggest this place !

Friendly service and inexpensive. Would be more interested in lighter roasts and better bean quality.

Quick service. A tad expensive. Coffee decent, not great. Bagel sandwich too hot!

Owner & his wife belong to the Gurage ethnic group in Ethiopia 🇪🇹. FUI: I am an Ethiopian that can trace my roots to King 👑 Solomon and Queen 👸🏽 Sheba. Regionally, I belong to z Gojam empire.Ethnically, I can trace my roots to the Oromo tribe. My favourite step father was a Gurage that basically translates hard working business minded profit oriented enterprise. Long story short, this tiny place has the best coffee ☕️ in town and the best sandwiches. I give it 7 stars ✨.

Great coffee. Great sandwiches. Great customer service.

Nice service, good coffee. Definitely recommended

Friendly staff, good food, close to Bart

Very friendly staff and quality ingredients! Breakfast sandwich was great.

I tried the house special sandwich but the over salted the eggs and spinach.

Best breakfast sandwiches in town!

Breakfast sandwiches are sooo good! highly suggest!

Always amazing here

Must try their home made pizza

Quite pricy and and the coffee isnt that great but its the only coffee shop around

Excellent breakfast;

I wish it was open till 8pm

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Awesome sandwiches

Fave

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Coffee is delicious and also Pesto