I like different coffee shops for different reasons. I come to this particular Coffee Tree more because I like Bakery Square than I like this shop. I will say, the baristas are great here. I am always met with people who are kind and helpful, and it's not the forced kind of kind. They are kind. It's nice.
As fate would have it, I typically come to this Coffee Tree after 7pm on week nights. I love how they are open fairly late (11pm) and how I never have trouble finding a seat! I'm shocked I can always find a seat because it is small in there. But given all the windows/glass, it has an open kind of feel. I like it!
The coffee is cheap AND if you can't find a spot in the lot right outside of the shop in Bakery Square, you can park in the parking garage on the premises for free up to 3 hrs. I mean...that's sweet.
I gave it 3 stars because the ambiance is okay but not excellent. The coffee is okay but not excellent. It's a middle of the road kind of shop. If you're close by, it may be worth a stop, but I wouldn't go out of my way to go here.
BUT you know as I know that every now and again you need to feel like you work at Google. This shop allows you to work around enough strangers who might think to themselves, "Do they work at google?"
That's got to count for something.