Hard to find, easy to love.
Way Station Brew is a downtown Berkeley destination. We’re a dog friendly beer garden and neighborhood restaurant … disguised as a café


weekdays 7:30-6pm
weekends 8-6
kitchen closes at 3pm









Elevated casual by irrepressible obsessives.
Featuring thoughtfully crafted New American fare and house roasted specialty coffee.
Every day we serve hot scones out of the oven, delicious breakfast all day, hot gourmet sandwiches, waygu smashburgers, and more. To complement your favorite dishes, we offer a variety of mimosas, local beers, and wine by the glass. We strive for excellence in both service and friendliness.
Let us serve you a memorable experience.
Way Station Brew is a downtown Berkeley destination
We’re a dog friendly beer garden and neighborhood restaurant … disguised as a café
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Whether you are looking for a comfortable, chill space for your birthday party, wedding, baby shower, graduation or retirement party, or you need something catered, we’ve got you covered!
Jonathan Lapadula2025-04-19Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Food: 5/5 - Food prices are a bit high, but I felt like the quality of the ingredients and food more than made up for it. The scones are the best I've ever eaten. Drinks: 5/5 - Great coffee and variety of other options to include tea, hot chocolate, and alcohol. A true third wave coffee spot. Service: 5/5 - Staff are exceptionally friendly and professional. Cleanliness: 4/5 Wifi: 1/5 - Only works when the place is basically empty. Be prepared to use your hotspot if you come here. Atmosphere: 5/5 - Indoor and outdoor seating available, good curation of typical coffee house music, comfortable atmosphere and very dog friendly. Overall, a great value, location, and atmosphere. It's a gem and great local spot to catch up with friends or do some work. My only real complaint is about the wifi. I can't speak for all customers, but I would gladly pay an extra $.25 per cup of coffee for functional internet. Raphaella Hero2025-03-28Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. The atmosphere was quirky, comfortable, and sweet! My coffee and granola and yogurt were tasty. The coffee was on the acidic side for my taste. A few of the berries had molded so I asked for them to be removed and replaced… I feel like these things are pretty par for the course at local cafes though, and I value the experience overall far above the small details. Will definitely come back. ❤️ Jackie Galvez2025-03-24Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Dejah Carter2025-03-24Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. It’s a nice coffee shop for the most part. The WiFi took me a bit of time to hop on but worked pretty well once I did. Food was fine and the music is sooooo good! My only issue is that it smells like a Waffle House (that dirty rag and cleaner smell the turns your stomach) depending on where you’re sitting inside. Maybe have some essential oil fragrances throughout the shop to help with the smell? I also wish there were plugs but oh well. Outside is cute tho! I’ll be back lol :) Nina Sugaya2025-03-20Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. EDIT: IT’S BACK! Last 2 times I visited, it’s been phenomenal again: service, food, and lattes. Jan ‘25: 5 star atmosphere and used to be my go-to and favorite cafe. The last few months of visiting has been disappointing. - service has always been slow, but recently I’ve been finding hair in my coffee, mugs not throughly washed, and low effort lattes. - Wifi does not work. Everyone is on their hotspot - prices have increased, although they’ve kept their menu prices and wall menu prices the same. ex. a for-here drip coffee is $4.00, while on the wall says $2.50 - both pre tax. This was one of my favorite coffeeshops but I will be taking my service elsewhere. Please reexamine the cafe! In the meantime, I would recommend avoiding. Akshay Govind2025-03-12Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Coffee was great. I didn't eat the food but it looked and smelled great. Ambience was super cool. Wifi was janky though and not usable during my visit. Scott Nope2025-03-07Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Great $9 burgers. I'm glad they're back. Food stops at 3pm. Jen Jung2025-02-17Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Still warm from the oven scones! Sandy Davis2025-02-10Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google.