Flat white was a little small on qty. But excellent tasting. Great breakfast tacos.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Breakfast Tacos
Mohamad Nadim Adi
Nice and cozy place for a coffee, decor could use some updating though.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Shannon Ader
Always a pleasure to stop here on vacation.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Mocha Breve
Candice H
A rainy day but very friendly and a special due to the weather.Thanks so much!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Guillermo Roque
came here all the way from SA and love this place ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Joe Pacheco
Great service, great choices of coffee. Great place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cookies
Sean C.
I drink and study there sometimes, it's cool but the vibe is about as dead and as dry as the zombies they claim to wake up. Their selection is great and so is the price, but the environment is a vacuum. Nothing making you want to stay.
Ella
Favorite place to study. They have Zucchini kill products which is a bonus. Vibes are immaculate ? ?Dietary restrictions: Vegan options
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jenifer Gibson
Ok so I've loved wake the dead for years. It's a San Marcos staple. Atmosphere/environment (both inside and outside) are amazing. My go to place to work or study. Food? Great. Service? ALWAYS on point...My only thing is... The prices have gotten out. of. hand. I mean, I understand that inflation is happening, it's a thing. Everyone talks about how Starbucks is expensive, and I understand that prices at a local shop are probably gonna be a bit more because they have to support their own... And I'll still try and support wake the dead as much as I'm financially able to but it's getting to a point where I don't think I can afford it anymore. At all.The pic below .. that coffee was $8 and some change. For the SMALLEST cup. That's wiiiiild. Truly. .Idk, anyway, I love wake the dead but the prices have gotten a bit insane.
Best coffee in San Marcos!EDIT - Just as awesome if not more! Giant pastries, fun local snacks and gummies, AND special drinks like the raspberry matcha I just got! ✨ Delicious ✨
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Monster Cookie, Mocha Latte
Heather R.
10MAR24 This morning I had a salmon bagel so nice it knocked my socks off. Lox style set up with cream cheese, red onion, capers, tomatoes on a plain bagel. WtD was Mr R's haunt years ago and I vaguely remembered getting this before and that it was good. Still listed online so I asked to try it again as he was heading there for coffee. This one was so tasty and fresh I had to query Mr R about what he'd seen--maybe they were premade and stacked in the fridge but I got really lucky on the timing? Nope, he saw them slicing the onions themselves and putting the whole thing together. Generous serving, solid ingredients, well assembled for what can be a messy meal, worth the $14.50. Which makes me wonder about the jalapeño cheese kolache I'd enjoyed the day before. I'd assumed they sourced them elsewhere but was impressed with it. Perhaps they make them in house, I've no idea, I just know after 20sec in the microwave it smelled amazing and tasted great. Pepper throughout the sausage, enough cheese to satisfy without being egregious, tender pastry wrapped around it didn't seem to have been defrosted. Heck of a find that I got to enjoy only because Mr R needed to meet the $5 minimum to pay by card. Mr R had a jalapeño cheese bagel. It came with a shot of cream cheese on the side but they supplied butter when he requested it. He was very happy with it and always with their coffee. I can't speak to the coffee, hate the stuff, but based on these revisits you should have no fear about the vittles there.
Anonymous L
Great coffee. Interesting decor but goes with the
Atmosphere: 2
Service: 5
Jasmine Groff (Jasmerai)
I usually like this place, but the white male Barista that was working around 10AM this Saturday morning, 3/2/24, was condescending, inconsiderate, and damaged my personal property. When our drinks were called out, we could not hear from the next room, so he brought them to us commenting with annoyance "Usually we call out the drinks rather than bring them to customers" as if we were not aware of how coffee shops of this type work. Additionally, he nearly knocked over the table I was sitting at in order to clean the window behind me. The spray bottle he was using for the window must have contained bleach, because when we left, my boyfriend noted that the back of my black shirt was discolored with reddish splotches that were not there when we arrived. Why bleach was being used on a surface typically cleaned with ammonia is also a mystery to me, but THIS is why employees shouldn't be doing cleaning duties within the personal space of customers. The window should not have been an urgent enough task that it could not wait for me to leave that seat. Now I have to invest in clothing dye or throw out one of my favorite garments because of his crass inconsideration.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Kolache
Jasmine G.
I usually like this place, but the white male Barista who was working around 10 AM this Saturday, 3/2/24, was condescending, inconsiderate, and damaged my personal property. When our drinks were called out, we could not hear from the next room, so he brought them to us commenting with annoyance "Usually we call out the drinks rather than bring them to customers" as if we were not aware of how coffee shops of this type work. Additionally, he nearly knocked over the table I was sitting at to clean the window behind me. The spray bottle he was using for the window must have contained bleach, because when we left, my boyfriend noted that the back of my black shirt was discolored with reddish splotches that were not there when we arrived. Why bleach was being used on a surface typically cleaned with ammonia is also a mystery to me, but THIS is why employees shouldn't be doing cleaning duties within the personal space of customers. The window should not have been an urgent enough task that it could not wait for me to leave that seat. Now I have to invest in clothing dye or throw out one of my favorite garments because of his crass inconsideration.
Flat white was a little small on qty. But excellent tasting. Great breakfast tacos.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Breakfast Tacos
Nice and cozy place for a coffee, decor could use some updating though.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Always a pleasure to stop here on vacation.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Mocha Breve
A rainy day but very friendly and a special due to the weather.Thanks so much!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
came here all the way from SA and love this place ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great service, great choices of coffee. Great place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cookies
I drink and study there sometimes, it's cool but the vibe is about as dead and as dry as the zombies they claim to wake up. Their selection is great and so is the price, but the environment is a vacuum. Nothing making you want to stay.
Favorite place to study. They have Zucchini kill products which is a bonus. Vibes are immaculate ? ?Dietary restrictions: Vegan options
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ok so I've loved wake the dead for years. It's a San Marcos staple. Atmosphere/environment (both inside and outside) are amazing. My go to place to work or study. Food? Great. Service? ALWAYS on point...My only thing is... The prices have gotten out. of. hand. I mean, I understand that inflation is happening, it's a thing. Everyone talks about how Starbucks is expensive, and I understand that prices at a local shop are probably gonna be a bit more because they have to support their own... And I'll still try and support wake the dead as much as I'm financially able to but it's getting to a point where I don't think I can afford it anymore. At all.The pic below .. that coffee was $8 and some change. For the SMALLEST cup. That's wiiiiild. Truly. .Idk, anyway, I love wake the dead but the prices have gotten a bit insane.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Excellent coffee and home made breakfast taco.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Breakfast Tacos
Restaurantji Recommends
Best coffee in San Marcos!EDIT - Just as awesome if not more! Giant pastries, fun local snacks and gummies, AND special drinks like the raspberry matcha I just got! ✨ Delicious ✨
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Monster Cookie, Mocha Latte
10MAR24 This morning I had a salmon bagel so nice it knocked my socks off. Lox style set up with cream cheese, red onion, capers, tomatoes on a plain bagel. WtD was Mr R's haunt years ago and I vaguely remembered getting this before and that it was good. Still listed online so I asked to try it again as he was heading there for coffee. This one was so tasty and fresh I had to query Mr R about what he'd seen--maybe they were premade and stacked in the fridge but I got really lucky on the timing? Nope, he saw them slicing the onions themselves and putting the whole thing together. Generous serving, solid ingredients, well assembled for what can be a messy meal, worth the $14.50. Which makes me wonder about the jalapeño cheese kolache I'd enjoyed the day before. I'd assumed they sourced them elsewhere but was impressed with it. Perhaps they make them in house, I've no idea, I just know after 20sec in the microwave it smelled amazing and tasted great. Pepper throughout the sausage, enough cheese to satisfy without being egregious, tender pastry wrapped around it didn't seem to have been defrosted. Heck of a find that I got to enjoy only because Mr R needed to meet the $5 minimum to pay by card. Mr R had a jalapeño cheese bagel. It came with a shot of cream cheese on the side but they supplied butter when he requested it. He was very happy with it and always with their coffee. I can't speak to the coffee, hate the stuff, but based on these revisits you should have no fear about the vittles there.
Great coffee. Interesting decor but goes with the
Atmosphere: 2
Service: 5
I usually like this place, but the white male Barista that was working around 10AM this Saturday morning, 3/2/24, was condescending, inconsiderate, and damaged my personal property. When our drinks were called out, we could not hear from the next room, so he brought them to us commenting with annoyance "Usually we call out the drinks rather than bring them to customers" as if we were not aware of how coffee shops of this type work. Additionally, he nearly knocked over the table I was sitting at in order to clean the window behind me. The spray bottle he was using for the window must have contained bleach, because when we left, my boyfriend noted that the back of my black shirt was discolored with reddish splotches that were not there when we arrived. Why bleach was being used on a surface typically cleaned with ammonia is also a mystery to me, but THIS is why employees shouldn't be doing cleaning duties within the personal space of customers. The window should not have been an urgent enough task that it could not wait for me to leave that seat. Now I have to invest in clothing dye or throw out one of my favorite garments because of his crass inconsideration.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Kolache
I usually like this place, but the white male Barista who was working around 10 AM this Saturday, 3/2/24, was condescending, inconsiderate, and damaged my personal property. When our drinks were called out, we could not hear from the next room, so he brought them to us commenting with annoyance "Usually we call out the drinks rather than bring them to customers" as if we were not aware of how coffee shops of this type work. Additionally, he nearly knocked over the table I was sitting at to clean the window behind me. The spray bottle he was using for the window must have contained bleach, because when we left, my boyfriend noted that the back of my black shirt was discolored with reddish splotches that were not there when we arrived. Why bleach was being used on a surface typically cleaned with ammonia is also a mystery to me, but THIS is why employees shouldn't be doing cleaning duties within the personal space of customers. The window should not have been an urgent enough task that it could not wait for me to leave that seat. Now I have to invest in clothing dye or throw out one of my favorite garments because of his crass inconsideration.