Sidekick Coffee Books - Iowa City

Sweet bookshop with a lot of different genres. they also let me walk around with my dog, although only on the first stage, which is completely understandable. will be back to visit!

A lovely bookstore and coffee shop that I'll surely visit again. Comfortable seating options: booths, tables, reading chairs. Bookshelves packed to the ceiling! A variety of hot and cold beverage options, bakery items, and ice cream. Busy but not noisy. Pour-over coffee took more than 10 minutes, but it was rich and delicious. Clean, spacious, family-friendly bathrooms. (Skip the cannoli: shell wasn't very crunchy and the filling just sweet rather than flavorful.

Neat little book store mixed with coffee. Coffee was was great! The decore is decent, nothing to outlandish. It's got a couple of reading nooks to hang out in. Fairly big selection of books from all sorts of different genres. I didn't try any of the bakery goods, but will have to next time.

Today I had a very bad experience, and they will lose customers because of it. My husband and I came to get a cup of coffee, and since I 'm on a diet, I brought a toast sandwich and banana for myself. Suddenly, the supervisor came in and said, You can 't bring outside food in here. This is how we make money. !!!! She looked at me, and the way her face moved made me feel like she was being racist, and she was not at all polite. I understand that the place has rules, but I didn 't see the sign that said so, and she could have told me that in a nicer way. And if she didn 't hurry up, my husband was going to order from them, anyway!! she needs to learn how to talk to people and give them information. For me, it was a very sad situation.

Visited on a Tuesday morning to study and review with classmates over coffee. I got both food and drink, all of which were over priced but I still paid as I was a customer. Chai was OK. Customer service not so much. Staff is rude. I brought my protein shake and mini bag of gardettos, and this was considered outside food. Also was explained that this is NOT a library. In the future I will avoid coming here as should other students, as students are not welcome.