Red Whale Coffee - San Rafael

Laid back atmosphere with delicious coffee. Friendly baristas. Pinball machines and seating area in back. Cold brew made on site. Cold brew is great with different added flavor or not. Option of espresso ice ball for more caffeine if wanted too. All in all, I will return.Parking: No drive thru, but you can pull up to front in car and then walk to door. Lots of street parking also.

Good quality beans and great tasting coffee. The light roast from Red Whale Coffee is closer to medium to me. I tried both Ethiopia (on the photo) and Nicaragua (Javanica).

Coffee wasn’t great, pastry’s are definitely not fresh they were very stale like they leave them leftover. The service was alright but the staff here seems so stressed out probably from the owner who is constantly yelling at them without caring who’s around. The owner is a very nasty, unhappy man and you can see it in the poor staffs face, they were working as quickly as possible.The place itself is pretty small but nobody’s there to stay too long anyway. I’d recommend Pink Owl Coffee or Equator 100x, Starbucks even!

We got coffee twice here while visiting in San Rafael. The place is tucked out of the way, in a kind of industrial/commercial area, but it's worth seeking out. It is small with just a little seating, but cozy and welcoming. The coffee we got (lattes and macchiatos) was really delicious. The barista was friendly and efficient.

Vanilla Latte is extremely good, hot or cold. On rare occasion it's so good it could bring tears to my eyes.Consider contactless payment for the pinball machines, would play so hard!