Java Junction - Santa Cruz

Nice, quiet, friendly coffee shop with a great menu including food (delicious bagels) and smoothies. they have a really nice outdoor area too. love to stop there when i’m heading to the pet store. the iced mocha is especially delicious as is the iced latte which i get with vanilla syrup. i absolutely love that they provide simple syrup too, never seen a coffee shop do that and it makes it so much easier than trying to dissolve something in your drink.

Great coffee! Consistent, not too busy midday. Helpful staff and clean.

This place has very poor customer service skills. Manager and owner not friendly at all. Tossed my $13 drink that I purchased 5 min before closing. They never informed me they are closing. I came 15 min later to pick it up. They informed me it’s in the garbage and refused to reimburse me. How can you treat your customer this way?I can’t imagine treating my customers this way.

Visiting Santa Cruz thought I’d stop by a local place to support small shops but place was horrible walked in guy was on his phone texting and stopped once we got to the counter once we ordered I got charged a extra 50 cents for a cup for some reason but my cousin did not and we got the same thing and ordered a pastry and got it warmed up and he placed it on some other counter without telling us a word made us wait 10 minutes there for nothing coffee was very bitter too was better off going to Starbucks to get a cold brew for cheaper

Love this spot thank you Java junction for being here !! Really good sandwiches and also fresh ingredients everyday and nice drinks if you like coffee or smoothies as well.