Grind Cafe

Not very impressed by the menu and the coffee is good but not outstanding. If the food menu was expanded with more vegetarian options it would definitely bump up the rating IMHO.

The ambience is undeniably amazing and the food is delicious. Came here from a sister's birthday and it is just spectacular. Can't go wrong with anything you order.

The coffee was okay. Hard to mess up coffee. The food was awful. Both the veggie omelette and the breakfast burrito were inedible. Weird taste of some kind. Bad peppers and onions, maybe? Definitely didn't like pulling a long blond hair off of the toast, either. We dumped $25 worth of breakfast, minus two bites, in the garbage and left.

Checked this place out on New Year's Day. Grabbed a coffee and an Omelette after looking over the menu. Packed with ham and was a very tasty omelette. Not too greasy, and was great bang for your buck. Definitely good to have Grind here since there's only so many breakfast places in Morganton.

Stopped here for brunch yesterday and really enjoyed it! We sat outside and split an omelette and an egg round. The latte was good too.

The food was cooked perfectly this morning and didn't take long to come out. I'm still not crazy about their coffee but a win on a filling meal. The setting is very relaxed in a great location.

The Grind, the Grind, the Grind. I see that customer service is not your strong suit; perhaps management, as well. I did sign up to wait awhile for my food, being told there was only one person preparing the food. But how did you take money from your last 4 customers and then forget that they ordered food??? I did hear a lot of chatter & socializing behind the counter while we sat there, completely ignored, our little order numbers standing tall on our tables.After waiting an hour & a half, I received my simple salad, which was missing the walnuts & Gorgonzola. No apology or compensation, like it was our fault for trusting the staff.Rating: one star for the mimosa and one for the nap.

This place is just ok. My experience was at breakfast on a Saturday. The ordering process is...unique. There were 3 people working that morning. You walk in and speak with the cashier person. First come first served, but you can only see the menu once you get to the cashier. This process makes you wait a bit longer than you'd expect. Now when you order, you get your drinks on the other side of the cooking area, instead of right there at the cash register, but you get your table number. Seems like that could be optimized, just all in one area. Next your order goes to the cook who has a micro flat top. My black stone at home is twice the size of what they are working with. While your food is being prepared, you self service your found table by getting your own silverware, napkins, salt, pepper, and sauces, then claiming your table with your number. Someone does bring your food. The food was good, I got two eggs, liver mush, and biscuit. The liver mush could have been cooked more to a crisp. Others at our table got a veggie omelet which was packed with veggies and someone got a quiche, which I heard was tasty. Want a refill on your drink? Repeat the cashier process. Then, at the end you bus your own tables. There was a floating employee that brought us a to-go box upon request. For the most part there is no service. In terms of atmosphere, the music tracks of that Saturday morning were a bit too emo for me. If I were 20 years younger maybe I'd like this place more. Parking is on the street.

I've enjoyed good coffee and some decent food here over the years when I've been in town. They have seating downstairs and more upstairs. It's situated on a historic street on the edge of downtown Morganton. You can enter from the front or back, where the parking lot is. (Watch your step if you enter from the back!) Try a hot mocha here. It's one of my favorite ones in town. :-) On this visit, I tried a hot amaretto latte, which was very good.

Yummy spot for a quick bite. It's a bit pricey for what you get, but I'm honestly the food is delicious. I had the pimento BLT and we also tried the Ruben- they were great! Also, the smoothies were bomb. Give them a try. It's also in a cute little shop.