Rooted Coffee Co - Pleasant Hill

What a great discovery! I really enjoyed the food, and this hidden gem has the charm of a mid-sized European city with its decor and the inviting outdoor space. I ordered the smashed chickpea salad wrap with hemp seed ranch dressing and a maple-glazed donut. Both were absolutely delicious, and the wrap was quite large, making it a great value for the price. I will definitely return!

The matcha drink is consistently delicious, and the chai offers a very unique flavor. The atmosphere here is relaxed, making it a great spot to work or enjoy some drinks. The barista was really generous and even provided an extra cup of ice. Overall, I would rate the service 4 out of 5.

As for parking, it's free, but it can get quite busy and spots are limited.

I had a half waffle that was billed as having a cherry compote with almonds and granola it was actually dried cherries and slivered almonds with more granola by weight than waffle. The salad was okay but hard to eat out of the plastic container. The orange rosemary latte was delicious but $38 for takeout containers on a picnic bench seems exorbitant. It was super crowded with noisy parents the children and dogs were better behaved than women who thought it appropriate to scream into the ears of strangers as they walked through the crowded outdoor dining area. This could all be forgiven, except for the horrible music: somebody had on some kind of algorithm driven station, which lumped all the music of the 50s through the 2000s into oldies with a Beatles song followed by a Bob Marley, then Footloose and so on with one song after another that had no rhyme or reason except maybe it came out before 20 years ago.

This is a very odd little gem of a café. Long lines for an experience of eating breakfast in a parking lot. No indoor seating in the establishment just in the parking lot. Very crowded at 10:30 on a Friday morning. Lots of strollers. Apparently this is the place to be. Gluten-free waffles and donuts is an excellent way to fill up a parking lot and we enjoyed it but it got to be so loud and chaotic with dogs and kids and strollers That we chose to take a walk around the neighborhood. I figured this would be a coffee house but instead they just offered drip coffee which was fine.