Benelux Café

Very neat spot! They have tables and unique chairs throughout. It smells so sweet throughout. The wall to the left as you walk in is eye catching. I thought it was just wall art, but I noticed the wall art is composed of coffee beans. It is massive! Very cool...I ordered an Americano with lavender. Delicious!!! They have tempting looking pastries in the case. The waffles caught my eye. I ordered the king waffle. It had fresh strawberries, bananas, whip cream and chocolate drizzled on top. Amazing. Simply amazing. The fruit was so fresh. The waffle was cooked to perfection and it was plated like it was art. It tasted as good as it looked. I really enjoyed this coffee spot, because it offered a lot in its space. I think they put so much attention in every detail. Run to this place.

Atmosphere: Benelux is a cozy cafe in Raleigh's Village District. There are several tables inside and quiet music, so it's a great place to get some work done. Service: Our barista was friendly and our drink came out very quickly!Food: We ordered the Iced Orange Honey Latte. Unfortunately, it was way too sweet for our liking -- the sweetness overpowered the entire drink, making it impossible to taste any espresso. Even when we tried to dilute it with milk and then water, the syrup flavor still dominated the drink. In the future, we'd likely ask for half sweetness in our lattes. Overall: We enjoyed Benelux's space and location in West Raleigh. Our tastes may not have lined up this time with our order, but we hope to come back again in the future for another try.

Benelux was a cool little cafe! It was super spacious with plenty of seating and work space. The barista who took our order was super cool and helpful and gave me, my friend, and my boyfriend some solid recommendations! We all loved our drinks. We also each got strawberry pancakes and they were delicious! I do have to make a note on how expensive it was. For three drinks, three strawberry waffles, and tip, it ended up being around $50 which was a bit shocking given the small portion of food. We were still pretty hungry after our visit and had to find other food shortly after. Apart from that last note, the service was still amazing. I would come back for the coffee and other specialty drinks, but I probably won't be ordering food from Benelux anymore.

We love this place! We are not in often, but it is always a very good mocha, macchiato and croissants. Love that they provide actual coffee mugs of the appropriate size for each drink instead of disposables. Awesome place!

Waffles are SO good! I get them every time I visit. I love the inside with the coffee bean mural. It's very cute. This is a great place to stop in and grab coffee and a quick bite if you're in the Village District!

Parking can be tricky, but it's not too bad overall. This corner is very congested with trendy businesses.We arrived on a lazy Wednesday afternoon to a very somber and quiet room that was much older and more worn than its years. It seemed out of place for the area. There were three patrons sitting and one at the counter, with one barista working.My husband and I approached the counter and he ordered first and paid. The barista made his order without taking mine. I stayed at the counter. While waiting, her phone rang and she answered it. She stopped working, went to the rear of the store, and stood looking at me and the room while talking on the phone. The call lasted approximately two minutes. She returned, finished his coffee order, and finally asked for my order. She did admit that she had to take an "important personal phone call," but it was just awkward all the way around.I ordered a latte with cinnamon powder and specifically asked her not to use the cinnamon syrup. My order took a while, as a new customer arrived and proceeded to chat her up. As you can probably guess, the service was slow and my latte was made with the syrup!The coffee mural on the wall was nice, though.

This place has potential, but needs some TLC. Very dirty. Person taking my order was welcoming and friendly. That part was good. There were several people in line placing orders. They don't take your name or give you a number, just call out what they are putting on the table. So after 20 minutes, I asked about my breakfast sandwich and the stated someone else must have taken it, and made me another one promptly. Sandwich was a bit smashed (see pic) but tasted good and had fresh bacon. Props for that. Place is dirty and needs a good scrubbing. Almost didn't walk in when I saw all the smudges and dirt and old scotch tape on the windows. Inside is worse. Tables were smudged. Looked like they had weeks of coffee drips and spills. Couches had who-knows-what on them- ew. Leather chairs were so warm through they need to be in the trash. Not 'cool vibe' worn. 'Found at the side of the road' worn. You could tell they didn't paint the walls before the moved in- multiple spots where things were painted around and later removed. There was a cool logo wall, so that was neat.

Lazy quiet Sunday morning and needed my fix. Barista quickly served up my quad and cup of joe. Hit the spot. Stayed for breakfast bagel. Yum! Large space-comfortable chairs - outdoor seating.

Cute location..the cappuccino was one of the best I've ever had and the waffle was very delicious..light and not too heavy like some can be. I'd definitely go back to try different flavor combinations.

This place is very trendy. Made me feel right at home being from Portland. Unfortunately, every drink tasted like cinnamon, and I am not a fan.