Java Junction - Santa Cruz

Baristas were super friendly and bubbly, manager in the background working hard too. Bagel and drink were good, reccomend their blended drinks ; .

Java junction on Seabright is always on point. I had to run errands with my 5 year old and was in the area so I stopped in to get a coffee and sandwich. There was only one other person in the store that ordered in front of me. Everything at first seemed normal. I ordered my drink and food. The coffee came out quick and was good. I ordered a peanut butter and jelly and a Turkey cranberry sandwich. That’s when I realized what I was getting myself into. Just another Santa Cruz poor service location. 3 employees standing around talking about how wasted they got and using profanity in their conversation in front of my 5 year old ad she’s waiting for her peanut butter and jelly. I leaned more about their drunken night then I cared too. Mind you I was the only one in the stores 20 minutes later I had to stand up and stair at them to give them the hint I was waiting. One of the employees asked If I needed something or if I was waiting. I replied “oh ya I’m waiting for something”. They finally decided to stop talking to get out sandwiches made. When we got them the bread was very dry. Not sure if it was from sitting out so long as they attempted to work. I don’t get why these restaurants pay people to socialize and ignore customers. How do you even stay in business? Plus don’t bring your kids there unless you want them to ask you what the F word means, or Dad what’s Vodka.

Nice, quiet, friendly coffee shop with a great menu including food (delicious bagels) and smoothies. they have a really nice outdoor area too. love to stop there when i’m heading to the pet store. the iced mocha is especially delicious as is the iced latte which i get with vanilla syrup. i absolutely love that they provide simple syrup too, never seen a coffee shop do that and it makes it so much easier than trying to dissolve something in your drink.

Great coffee! Consistent, not too busy midday. Helpful staff and clean.

This place has very poor customer service skills. Manager and owner not friendly at all. Tossed my $13 drink that I purchased 5 min before closing. They never informed me they are closing. I came 15 min later to pick it up. They informed me it’s in the garbage and refused to reimburse me. How can you treat your customer this way?I can’t imagine treating my customers this way.