Carvalho Coffee Roasters - Brant

Arrived from out of town with a group of 7. Great downtown location. The place looked clean and attractive. We sat outside and enjoyed a gorgeous view overlooking the Brant River on a sunny summer Sunday. The coffee was very good and so were the apple fritters, which they appear to specialize in. The tables on the patio were all small and offered two seats, not very welcoming to larger groups. However, they were out of so many things from what already appeared to be a very limited menu to begin with. The service was not the pleasant kind you'd expect from small-town Ontario. And there was prolonged and considerable water hitting the awning coming from something on the floor above that was extremely annoying. In summary small changes can easily make this place an ideal 5 out of 5, but on this occasion no more than a 3 or 3.5.

Pos: Good lemonade. Good fruit smoothie. Muffins looked good. Nice patio over looking the river.Cons: Terrible food. Grilled Cheese wasn't even melted inside even after asking for it to be well done. The Vegetable sandwich was pitiful . Hardly any cream cheese, and a pathetic amount of tomato and cucumber and too spinach. Bread was fresh though. All in all a terrible experience.

They get their coffee roasted from Oakville, I think I know the place... we had an great cup of Java and the best apple fritters! You must try one!!

We dropped by for something to eat after having spent the last 6 hours kayaking. Even being starving as we were, the food was inedible. It is some of the worst food I have eaten outside of being stuck in a small airport or train station. We ordered a Waldorf salad and Chicken Caesar wrap (these were our only options since they were sold out of everything else). The chicken was grey and honestly inedible. The rest of the wrap was drenched in Caesar dressing probably to hide the fact that it had plastic looking processed cheese and not much else. The salad had powdered cinnamon dumped on it and again was inedible. I don't know how they are still in business. This is the worst food I have eaten in a long time.

Fast and friendly service is the hallmark of this place which used to be the Brown Dog Cafe - scones and apple dumplings still rule for sweets to go along with your libation. Enjoy!