Vendetta Coffee - Wauwatosa

Vendetta is the best cafe by far in the greater Milwaukee area and they have cribbage! Get there!

Baristas had attitudes, seemed upset we were there to order. And the coffee was mid. Wild to have such a business with bad workers and bad food, but I guess it looks cool inside.

There was part of a restaurant in this space at one time. I'm thinking they created the coffee bar, around the bar that was there. So, it is a coffee bar. The menu is very tight, they specialize in coffee. The food side is light but, that's not why you are coming here. The inside has what I'm calling a Victorian feel. Raised level toward the back. Outside seating out front, along the street.

The Caffe Verano (espresso, honey, cinnamon, and vanilla cold foam drink) and fresh-out-of-the-oven Sfogliatelle (lemon ricotta filled crusty pastry imported from Italy) were the perfect blend of taste, texture, aroma, and appearance. Gorgeous authentic Italian interior design, friendly staff, and overall pleasant experience at this family-owned coffee shop in the heart of downtown Wauwatosa. 10/10 would recommend.

Last friday, April 26th, my friend and I stopped to check this location out as we recently had a great experience at the S 2nd Vendetta location. The Tosa location is closer to me so I was pumped about that. Customer service was basically non existant and many great service opportunities were missed by the 1 appearing worker. First miss. My friend and I walk in, clearly looking lost, not sure where a menu is, where to order, how to order. There were maybe 5 people Total in the coffee shop and most of them already had drinks. No one greeted us. No one acknowledged us. No one directed us. Not even a I 'll be right with you. We noticed 1 person behind the coffee bar. Maybe they 're busy? I never like to assume. Second miss. We walk up toward the coffee bar and I see 1 menu facing us. 1 tap reader on the bar, closest to us. And an order home screen on a Pad facing us. My friend and I stand there, speaking amognst us but definitely out loud, Oh here 's the menu. This is strange. Do we just place the orders ourselves? . The barista walks past us a few times. No greeting. No acknowledgement. No direction. Third miss. So fine. I 'm to assume that the set up is we order our drinks. So I click on the pad. NOW the batista decides to confront us. No hello. No initial explanation. No apology. Just.... don 't touch that. We ended up leaving without anything. There are many other quality local coffee shops we can go where the service is of even a basic, acceptable level. The bad part is Vendetta does have some delicious drinks. It 's unfortunate that the 1 worker couldn 't even attempt to squeeze out a little bit of human decency and quality customer service. This is one thing that really aggravates me. I pride myself on quality customer service and it kills me when it is so obviously lacking. I get it....people have off days. Or they work in a job they hate. I 'm not going to assume that I know this person 's situation, because I don 't. But that day we walked away from some likely delicious drinks because the customer service....well sucked.