Arise Coffee Bar And Roaster

I'm so glad this place has an actual store front now! Just what Live Oak needed! I didn't catch her name but the haired young lady behind the counter was very pleasant and helpful and she made me an excellent strawberry banana smoothie! Plus I scored a bunch of cool stickers!

As someone coming from out of town, the fact that the employee wasn’t masked or wearing gloves and didn’t wash his hands between making drinks was a huge issue for me. There isn’t a mandate in this area but businesses should be protecting their employees and customers and even not in a pandemic, having the food out and uncovered as well as not washing your hands is a big issue for me. (We were at the “commons” location I believe next to a post office)

The young lady working was awesome but felt gloves and face masks would have made us more comfortable. The coffee was great, the breakfast wrap so so. Perhaps a larger assortment of muffins or perhaps bagels would be great!!

I have to say I'm very impressed with the staff of this business, my boyfriend and I ordered from here through DoorDash and he got an Acai Bowl. I'll be honest, at first it wasn't great. He'd never had one so he didn't know if they were supposed to taste that way or not but needless to say it wasn't something he'd order again; however, he worked in the food business previously as well as I currently work in the food business so we both understand that maybe it was an off-day or something went wrong. To confirm whether or not it was made properly, he called the shop and asked if it was supposed to be watery (the way it was served) and while they do serve it that way because it is the most preferred way for their customers, you can ask them to thicken it up and they will. The owner (presumably) or whoever he spoke with on the phone offered to remake the Acai Bowl free of charge so while he was at work I came and picked it up for him today. My boyfriend was very pleased with what they served this time around, they also added bananas which wasn't in it the first time! All in all, the flavor of the Acai in general was actually much better, it was a better consistency per my boyfriend's preference but the icing on the cake for this place is the people who run it. They're helpful people who took the time to receive feedback and try to change a mind, you don't really see too often and it's a great to live in the area when you have a location near you. I've never tried much coffee from here, I've gotten a hazelnut frappe which I loved but I also got a pumpkin pie/pumpkin spice frappe which was even better. We will be back to this location soon to try out some coffees and once I've gotten a taste I will edit this review and be sure to let anyone reading know how that is too but I'm fairly certain it'll be amazing! Again, give it a chance. I may have not ordered a lot from here but the management itself should give you a reason to stop by for a nice, local business like this one.

Love their coffee. And the friendly sevice.