Niko’s Coffee House

Nice place and coffee was certainly a step up from Starbucks. I did not try food so can’t speak to that.

I love this coffee shop. Everything I tried has been delicious, and I love that it is a small business. The service is friendly, and the atmosphere is warm and inviting. Favorites include their pumpkin pie latte and their salted caramel biscotti. My daughter loves their stuffed cookie sandwiches.

Yummy Ginger Spice Coffee, 16 oz only $ 2.12 w/​refill $ 1.87! Quiet, peaceful atmosphere, sofas and fireplace, free wi-​fi. Couldn’t ask for more while waiting for oil change at Pep Boys across the street!

Niko’s is a great place to go for all types of coffee drinks. The atmosphere is better than Starbucks and it is not as crowded, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t foot traffic. I love their pumpkin spice drink WAY better than Starbucks, too.

I wanted to give it 2 stars, but what kind of coffee house that boasts about being into coffee for a century has their roasts of a day sitting in giant drip pots! Where’s the chemex or french press?! There’s nothing to pull a fresh brew!
The coffee might be considered good for a diner, but not for coffee shop trying to trace their roots for a century.

Oh Niko’s… what happened to you?
You used to be that place that served quality coffee, great lattes, and awesome lunch specials… the past couple times, you’ve slipped from that expectation, and today, you may of put the final stake in the ground.
Showed up at 1215 on a Saturday. The young girl behind the counter obviously could care less prior to that to take our order as she chatted away with another associate. As they were prominently advertising a pulled pork panini as the lunch special outside, inside the door, and at the register, I ordered two for the fiancé and I… alas… they weren’t aren’t serving them that day.
Not bound to let that deter me, I order a large iced Americano… mistake #2. I knew I was in for trouble as she took a cup half-​full of ice and poured boiling water over it prior to pulling the shots. What was served can only be described as caffeinated backwash.
It truly hurts me to say this as I truly did love this place, but, times do change and businesses do fade. Oh well.

Decent looking store. Needs a good clean. It’s just a bit after noon, the place is pretty empty yet the floor is nasty and tables need a wipe.
The Tanzanian Peaberry is bland for an Indonesian Coffee. Super automatic machine scared me away from ordering espresso drink.

Nice environment and decent tea latte. Not impressed by the rice pudding tho-​had an artificial flavor smell.

Hmm… Where to begin. Ah, lets start with the good.
The only good thing about this place is the interior and their chocolate cookie cream sandwich. The inside has a nice wooden interior with wooden recesses from the ceiling and a decent seating area. They have a lot of two seat tables with a few group tables. I saw a fireplace but I didn’t see it on during a cold winter day. It has your ‘indie’ appeal however located in the middle of a commercial district that doesn’t attract their crowd. You get middle age women with their kids walking around aimlessly and middle age men hipsters trying to fit into their tight skinny jeans. They do have an open mic night but I didn’t see it. Again the only other good thing was their chocolate chip cream sandwich that they probably got from Giant Eagle.
Now the bad… Ugh
Service… its awkward. This is my first time here and I need to study their menu. As I was looking at the menu in front of the cashier all I kept on getting were weird looks and ‘are your ready to order.’ Even the baristas were giving me looks like ‘just order already.’ Give me a break! There was no one else in line that I would be holding up and your menu makes it really hard to make a good decision. The menu display is like watching a stock ticker. So I proceeded to order with my girlfriend. We sat at our table and the food came to us (nice). The first few sips of my ‘winter wonderland coffee’ were good but then after my 2^nd sip it was pure sugar. You could feel the grittiness of undissolved sugar and there I was left with no taste buds for sugar taste. I couldn’t even taste my cookie anymore. My girlfriend got a ‘strawberry banana smoothie’ that was more like a liquified banana yogurt. Gross! It was not tasteful at all. So the coffee was over flavored and too sweet, but the smoothie lacked everything. Something is a miss here.
I’m not sure where this place is getting 4 stars or even 3. As it stands it deserves 1, but I like the interior. So here you are Nikos 2 stars. Bravo.
I won’t be returning here.

My fiancé and I stumbled upon Niko’s after a trip to Dasonii brought us into this strip mall. We like coffee. We like coffee shops. This place has good reviews and it looked busy enough to warrant a visit after dinner. She got the light roast and I got the dark roast. My guess is that they called my coffee a dark roast because it was bolder than the other coffee they had available. BS. I’ve had bolder Gatorade. As far as looks go, Niko’s has a nice coffee shop vibe going on and they had live entertainment the night we went.
Not that this is any representation of the coffee shop itself, but sitting in the first row of seats in front of the Jazz group was a middle-​aged woman who’s child was free roaming through the storefront like a cheetah on cocaine. I’m sure she would have noticed how disruptive her bundle of joy was being had she not been texting on her phone the entire time I was there. The child misbehaving is one thing, but the blatant disrespect of the people performing for your enjoyment was outrageous. There was a time in my life where I would have really been rooting for her piping-​hot coffee to find its way out of the cup and into her lap, but person I am at this point in time just casually hoped karma would swoop in to do its part while I was there to witness it. There’s something about coffee shops that attracts very selfish, self-​centered people sometimes, and that’s part of the beauty of them. It’s like conducting a social science experiment without paying tuition and applying for government grants.

I just happened by this place and decided to stop. On the door they noted that their hours were until 8 pm on Friday but when we walked in there was a band playing and the place was busy! So I am guessing their hours may be different when a band is playing.
They sell pastries and have your typical menu. I was going to get chai tea latte but I noticed that they were using the concentrated Oregon Chai. I can make that stuff at home. Doesn’t anyone make their own chai? I decided to get the house blend light roast. The light roast was not the best. Tasted like they added water to Maxwell house. My fiancée got the dark blend which tasted more like what I was expecting.
The place was so jam packed with patrons that we opted to sit outside. I would like to go back one day and sample some pastries or maybe try something besides coffee to drink.

Sitting is what used to be Caribou Coffee on Steubinville pike is Niko’s Coffee House. Not much has changed inside, still looks the same, except the signage is different.
The coffee is roasted in the back, they have the normal house brands, including some lite and darker roasts. They do have a number ofgood looking pasties in the diplay case and tapioca pudding of all things, and a killer looking baklava! Prepackaged Biscotti doesn’t look the least bit appetizing, is it so hard to contact a bakery and have fresh biscotti available in different flavors?
There is a toaster on the bar where millk and sugar are located, which means they must sell items to toast for breakfast? I don’t see any signage though.
The black chairs by the restrooms are in REALLY atrocious condition, with holes and permanent indentations, one almost sinks too far in to be comfortable.
As I was preparing to leave the owner came storming out of the back room and demanded the barista make him two mango smoothies, she asked if he wanted it a certain way and he snapped back «just make them how I taught you!» Then stormed into the back room. As I was leaving I saw him getting into his black Cadilac SUV which was parked in a handicapped stall, his license plate wasn’t a handicapped marked nor did he seem to be handicapped in anyway. What a jerk!
Will do in a pinch but there are 3 Starbucks in the vicinity so I don’t see myself coming back.

This is becoming my new place to hang out on a Saturday afternoon to get caught up on world events!
Good Coffee will always have me coming back.

I was actually looking for a chain coffee joint (DD, Starbucks, Tim Horton’s, etc). Found Niko’s by accident. Stopped by on the mornings of 12÷13÷11 & 12÷14÷11. Got a large, dark roast (Sumatran) coffee both days. It was a tasty cup of Joe, and the Niko’s experience was a good one. We enjoyed the staff and the store. We’ll go back again next time we’re in the ‘Burgh.

I cannot speak to Niko’s coffee as I only had the chai tea latte, but I was a fan of the coffee-​house ambiance and the unique, Greek-​tinged food offerings. The service was friendly and fast, but I could tell that my delicious drink was made with care. They boasted many more syrups than Starbucks, so I’ll head back soon to try a chocolate Almond Roca latte!

Super cute little coffee shop with really fast service. Actually, the atmosphere of this place reminded me a ton of some of the Caribou Coffee shops that I’ve been to in the midwest.

as coffee shops go Niko’s is on par with the norm. Decent coffee, decent pastries and cozy atmosphere for wifi usage.

This place is awesome! The coffee was great, the atmosphere was even better! There’s even a meeting room for studying and group meetings.

Niko’s has probably the best coffee in Robinson, which doesn’t say much but still.
It’s okay, not as good as it could be but the reason I use to always go to Niko’s when I lived in Robinson was the comfortable atmosphere and their unique greek desserts. I also appreciated their open mic nights, they were a fun way to spend an evening.

Great coffee, better then the other coffee shops around. The eating area is a little overboard. Pastries and deserts are presented a little too fancy as well. I’d stick to a simpler menu have a dedicated area for the computer comuters and have better marketing if they want to survive in a poor location.