Higher Grounds Espresso Corporation

I hear often that Higher Grounds is a good place to get coffee and a quick lunch. I often see a light of traffic at the pickup window, so it seems reasonable that this could be a good place to go.nnBased on the recommendations of a few acquaintances I've visited this place several times over the past couple years. I have to say, that this place is NOT one I would ever recommend to someone looking for coffee or for that matter a place to get lunch.nnThe only reason I'm giving this two stars is that the coffee is decent. Not great, but decent enough that if you're in a hurry and not enough time to go somewhere with really good coffee it would take care of a quick caffeine fix. Also, their 'lunch' which is pretty basic and nothing exceptional would get you through until your next meal.nnHowever, the one thing that I can't abide is a business that treats their customers like they aren't worth the dirt they (the workers) walk on. On nearly every instance I've visited this place to get lunch I've been overlooked and had others served who came in after I did.nnOn my most resent visit, I let a women go ahead me (as I was still considering what I wanted), who ordered coffee and then decided to get a sandwich too. She was instructed to fill out a slip for her sandwich and then they rang up her order. I stepped up and ordered a sandwich and was promptly told to move out of the way and fill out a slip. (OK..... but you didn't say that to the lady in front of me you let her fill out her slip without moving.)nnThere wasn't anyone else in line, so I'm not sure why all of sudden I was being asked to do something the women in front of me wasn't asked to do. She still had to fill out a slip for her sandwich but she wasn't told to get out line and come back.nnAs I was filling out my slip several other customers did come in. But instead of taking my order, as I had finished filling it out, the young girl working the register ignored me and took an order from a couple who did not know what they wanted and suddenly decided on a sandwich. They were given a slip and this girl waited for them to fill it out. (Seriously??? Why weren't' they instructed to get out line and fill out a slip...)nnI had enough of being treated like I wasn't there and walked out.nnNow, I feel like I'm being nit picky about this. But this is not the first time I've been treated this way at this particular coffee place. And I've watched these 'girls' do the same thing to other customers. Why one customer is allowed to fill out sandwich slips and hem and haw about their orders while others are waiting in line is ok, and other customers are told to move out of the way until they fill out slips and figure things out is beyond me.nnThere are plenty of other really good (5 star) coffee places in Port Angeles, that until this place actually treats all their customers the same way, they just aren't worth the effort to walk through their door.

Always delicious coffee and smoothies...try the White chocolate blended with real peanut butter..YUM! Also...BEST VEGGIE SANDWICH in town- hands down...YUM! Staff is always friendly too!

I Absolutely Love The Sandwiches !!! Most of the Soups!! The drinks are awesome most of the time! The staff however are always in a hurry and don’t want to be bothered with you taking your time to decide!

My daily coffee shop. All the gals make amazing drinks and I appreciate them remembering me and my orders.

The food was great the service fantastic. The glaring problem was none of the young women wore masks. I was not comfortable. They could have been slower and taken more time to keep everyone safe.