Mother Tongue Cafe & Bar

Maribel Mullins _{on Google}

Apr 7th, 2024

I'm obsessed with Mother Tongue coffee beans, been buying them from Seattle Coffee Gear at Stanford. I also found them at the SF Coffee Festival last year. I finally went to their cafe in Oakland and it was interesting, it is more of a bar than a coffee shop. Maybe this is a happening bar after work? The decorations are random and nothing like I was expecting (streamers everywhere, Cartoon Network projected on wall, and current hits playing over the loud speaker). They do have a seating area outside too.
They don't have a menu/drink board. I happen to look up their menu online before we arrived but didn't realize the paper menus were near their payment system till afterwards. Because of this, we forgot they even served food other than pastries-we probably would have purchased.
We had a latte, coffee tonic, apple fritter, and we bought two bags of beans. Everything was delicious and we would go again.

Michael Eugenio _{on Google}

Mar 16th, 2024

I've only been there hella early in the a.m.; it's been tight every time. I bought some of their grounds, hella good. Their donuts smack. There's a skeleton that waves at you above the entrance, he's my homie. Ha.
Parking: Street parking and residential parking near. Again, I've only been at the top of the morn so there's parking when I've visited.
Kid-friendliness: He yeah.
Wheelchair accessibility: Ngl I'll update this portion but if I remember correctly there's a ramp to the left of the building that can be used.