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Blenz Coffee
Category: Food Coffee & Tea Coffee & Tea [Edit]
508 W Hastings StVancouver, BC V6B 1L6
Neighbourhood: Downtown
(604) 689-1431
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Wi-Fi:
- Free
7 reviews for Blenz Coffee
7 reviews in English
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Review from Daren D.
1/12/2012
It's nice. It's spacious. They make nice soy chais and their samosas are decent. It's not their work, but it was cool viewing the cup art on the columns. And the lighting at night is mood-setting. It's also across the street from Waves Coffee.
Listed in: Chai is nice
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Review from Dijon Y.
5/20/2012
Had a medium ice mocha latte. It was way too sweet. Starbucks version is defintely better with more mocha and espresso flavor and less sweetness. The free wifi is only for 2 hours. Its also very slow when I tried it out. You need to get a code from the counter. Nice roomy layout though and never too crowded. Ample table space and power sockets. Wide screen TVs. Open 24 hours.
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Review from Karen C.
Vancouver, BC
3/31/2011
- nice high ceilings
- open 24 hours
- easy going and friendly staff (never been pressured to buy more food/drink if I stay for a few hours)
- good WIFI internet connection
- samosas are good
- all in all better than waves.... yuck
could have
- better lighting
- fresh food (e.g. homemade soup like bonchaz or brioche, freshly baked goods, ... yeah i know its hard in the middle of the night to provide that) -
Review from Jenni B.
2/24/2010
I think I may have encountered the same girl as Rachel T.
In desperation for coffee on Sunday morning (okay, but this time it was afternoon) I wandered in needing a caffine fix real bad. I ordered a sweet (almost a 2 star based on the one thing I could eat) and an Americano.
Cashier: "Is this to go?"
me: "Yes"
(Cashier takes my boyfriend's order I go to pay)
Cashier: "This is to go yes?"
Me: "Yes."
My debit goes through la-ti-da.... and the cashier hands me my sweet on a plate.
Me: "Umm... to go?"
Cashier: "Oh you said for here."
Okay, I can get over it. We're all out of it sometimes. Being the only ones with a current our the Americano be ready quickly. Nope. Five or 10 minutes later I get my Americano (yay)... and I promptly scalded the crap out of my mouth. I have never been served a beverage heated to such a temperature. It actually took 30 minutes before I could drink it, and I love super hot coffee. I it was overfilled, so I ended up spilling it all over myself as I walked around and burning my hand (through my mittens no less!!)
Urgg.... Blenz we are officially broken up, and it's not me - it is totally you. -
Review from Rachael T.
Toronto, ON
Updated - 3/18/2010
Blendz... you have good marketing tactics but actions speak louder than words.. and your words tricked me (and the green balloons attached to the sign).
I wanted Green Tea latte for St. Pattys day... I walked to Muzi Tea bar and it was CLOSED.. so i walked all over looking for GTL but ended back at Blendz. Their advertisement was pretty so I decided to go with Blendz although Waves offered it too... and I didn't want to get it from S.Bucks.
So I'm picky - non fat, extra hot, no foam, half sweet, with a student price card for a free upsize... and their matcha green tea is the most expensive of their tea lattes so it must be good right?
I waited as the barista filled his cup with the matcha powder.. then washed it out and restarted over... then watched him steam the milk.. pour it in my cup... and had to steam more milk ... I got my drink... and went to the counter where i scooped out 1/4 of the cup filled with foam. Finally... i saw the milk in my cup and I filled it with the canister of soy and by then, my drink is no longer extra hot... not to mention that the drink was B-L-A-N-D. I felt like I was tasting flavoured water.
I must've been in there for 10 minutes for a drink with no line up. half the time, I was trying to make my drink better because it didn't taste what I had hoped it to taste. At that price point, I don't want to be serving myself.Listed in: World away from Starbucks..
2 Previous Reviews: Show all »
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4/1/2009
So I came back for another drink and maybe I'm just picky and like to modify every drink to shreds..… Read more »
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Review from Lori Y.
Vancouver, BC
6/4/2010
The staff at this Blenz are really friendly and I am addicted to the new protein yogurt smoothies! The Green Tea one especially, it's a healthy alternative to the Green Tea Frapp full of cream I used to get at Starbucks!
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Review from steve b.
Vancouver, BC
5/14/2010
2 stars = meh. i've ex better.
the better is the waves at main and cordova.
the people, the staff, everything.
