Marylou’s News

Just because these young girls are all dolled up to look like their favorite pop star. Amy Winehouse, Pink, Kei$ha, whatever. It doesn’t mean they should be acting all snarky and entitled. The coffee is pretty good but I can do without the attitude. Not cool at all.

What a happy pink place. My absolute favorite coffee. SO MANY FLAVORS! I love their iced coffee and specialty concoctions in particular. My #1 go-​to is the Gone Bananas. I also pick up pounds of coffee to take home whenever I’m on the south shore. Banana Nut and Cinnamon Hazelnut are the best I’ve had so far. Unfortunately Mary Lou’s has yet to come to the Boston area — I don’t know what they’re waiting for!

I was recently introduced to Mary Lou’s coffee and it is awesome! They make a minty Lou which is super addicting! The coffee is good as well, not as dark as Starbucks, not as light as Dunkin. I have also had a great experience with the staff always polite and friendly!

I have been buying Marylou’s coffee off and on for years. This particular location is always speedy for service. For hot coffee — Cinnamon Hazlenut, Pumpkin Spice, Egg Nog, Belgian Waffle, Santa’s Cinnamon Stick, and Strawberry Nut Cream are all fantastic! If you dont have a pink card — ask your spouse for one next Christmas!
P. S. My wife’s coffee cake is better Marylou!

I don’t get why so many people frequent this shop. They are always busy so I thought to visit again after having lousy coffee here 2 years ago. My wife and I walked to Marylou’s yesterday. I ordered a regular (cream + sugar) iced coffee. My wife had a flavored iced coffee.
Now I like my coffee just a touch less strong than Starbucks. My wife likes what I consider to be weak coffee (1 tablespoon per 6oz cup of water). But oh my — Marylou’s coffee is a joke. It’s like ¼ teaspoon of the worst \generic pre-​ground grocery store steel tin coffee to a cup of water.
I don’t believe in wasting my time on posting negative reviews, but I’d like to warn potential customers to stay away if you like a good strong cup of coffee. Marylou’s is a great neighborhood staple where you can get cold drinks, snacks, lottery tickets, and the newspaper — and see people you know who live in town. But unfortunately the coffee is lousy. I will continue to brew my own at home

I love Marylou’s and I have found this location to be awesome (I do like Weymouth as well but not as awesome sorry).
The girls here are always nice and friendly and give good coffee service. Even when the line is long it is quick.
A week ago as i went to pick up my coffees off of the counter (the girls at work ask me to pick them up all the time as well) a man coming thru the door (as it is a small entrance/​exit area) bumped into me. Being half asleep still I clumsily spilled my medium iced coffee all over the counter and myself. The girl who was waiting on me was SO SUPER NICE about the whole thing. She wasnt annoyed atall. She cleaned it up (as i tried to help and she discouraged me) and she had someone make me a new coffee as well. I offered to pay for the new coffee and she was just so nice about the whole mess.
I love Marylou’s. I cant buy it 7 days a week where it is $ 3.18 for my large ice coffee… but will keep coming back a few times a week.
When I want to sit for coffee I am likely to go to the Marylou’s in Weymouth on Rt 18. They have the same great coffee but with more space in their shop and tables and chairs for sitting whereas Braintree is «standing room only». The Weymouth location would probably draw me in more frequently if they had wi-​fi. Really what coffee shop with a hang out area doesn’t have wi-​fi?

Coffee is great– but this place is damn TINY. Plus, there’s only street parking. But, it’s the closest to my apt. so if i want to switch it up from CBC, I’ll head here.

Awesome variety of flavors– Almond Joy and Funky Fanabala are my favorite but the Peanut Butter cup, Girl Scout Cookie and Twix are great too…
Apparently the other reviewers didn’t get the memo that this place is known for their pretty girls with skimpy clothing. Comes with the territory… but why complain? They are the kind of girls that can get away with wearing «butt shorts!» I say all the power to them! :)

i have to agree with another posting about the butt shorts. They should be reserved for cheer leading practice, not in a food establishment — there must be laws against that!
But. the coffee is A-​M-​A-​Z-​I-​N-​G! some of the coffees sound like they have a thousand calories (Funky Fanabla) but the Almond Joy is delightful. I’ve been drinking it for the past 10 years and its still the best around.
Marylous (at least the Braintree location) is really «the best coffee in town»

their coffee is just plain gross. not only this location.
I know my standards are high, but they lower the bar to an all new low. Ugh.
Had to put espresso into the unflavored coffee to make it drinkable.
Didn’t try an pastries or anything, just a terrible coffee experience.
Will not attempt again.
However, the staff is typically very nice. At least there is that!

I wrote another review about a different Marylou’s but I had to post on this one too. This is the FASTEST place to go if you are in a rush. They already have the cups of ice prepared when you go. The girls are super friendly and of course, the coffee is delicious!

For the longest time I was on team Coffee Break when it came to independent coffee shops. Don’t get me wrong, I still root for CBC but sometimes your inner fat kid just need a milkshake-​esc drink that your inner skinny kid can still call «coffee».
I am pretty sure all of their dinks have chocolate in them, which is fine by me. But I try to make it a once in a great while type of treat because something that sweet cannot be as fat free as the milk I put into it.
I ALWAYS get the Almond Joy iced coffee! So good! The Butterfinger didn’t taste like much. Once I made the mistake of asking, «what do you recommend?» And left with this banana split in a coffee cup concoction. It was a little over the top sweet and oddly enough, a let down when I really just wanted a coffee.
The only thing I would really change about Mary Lou’s is the girls’ attitude problems (depending upon location). I’m sorry but I think those girls have two emotions, lust and «I’m the shit». Girls, you’re not as cute as you think you are, some of you should seriously reconsider wearing butt shorts, but you’re drinks are good.