Drift Coffee Shop & Kitchen Downtown

Love this place.

Perfect spot for an afternoon pick me up!

While they are almost a dime a dozen these days, here we have a top shelf coffee shop. Obviously the coffee is high quality and prepared correctly, but they also have a great food menu (Avocado/Egg sandwich or Market Bowl Lunch are my favorites) and tasty pastries. If you appreciate not drinking out of paper/plastic (be it for taste or going green), be sure to tell them you are staying in as they will give you a real glass to enjoy your beverage of choice. Prices are pretty reasonable as you can go in for a nice lunch and a coffee for about $15. They also have a unique option which I haven't seen before and has become my new favorite. I'll let them explain it to you, but stop on by and enjoy "The Magic" of Drift! Vegetarian options: Lots of good salad combos and most other items have a vegetarian option.

My wife, daughter and I had a great breakfast experience at Drift. The coffee was on-spot. The barista even remade mine because he didn't think it was perfect. The food was amazing! I had the veggie wrap and could have eaten two. They have a few tables outside so we enjoyed the sun. I can highly recommend Drift. We will return on our next trip to Wilmington.

Great place to hang out. Many options in coffee and small plates of food. Thank you for the service as well.

Awesome coffee and breakfast sandwich. We ate outside, so I can't comment on the atmosphere. Service was great as well.

Today i was met with the rudest nastiest attitude I’ve ever experienced by the “owner” Liza Hunter. After kindly asking one of the baristas to remake my latte( it was sloppily frothed) , I specifically ordered it because I wanted the aesthetics of the hearts for my business content I was recording . Liza called me up and told me that it was very rude of me to ask that my drink be remade because they had a very long line. I waited in a very long line to order my drink and avocado toast. I was very taken back by this woman’s energy towards me. Especially on MLK day! I am a black woman, the only black woman that was in the packed cafe at the time btw. So after this unpleasant encounter I asked for a refund , I didn’t feel comfortable eating the food that hadn’t arrived yet nor the drink Liza handed to me with such nasty energy towards me. After refunding me she told me to “get out of her cafe” because I hadn’t bought anything. I was there with a friend working , she also was going to order something after the long lines subsided but after this encounter we both chose to leave this establishment. I am very certain that this woman is a racist because there was NO reason whatsoever to speak to me the way she did. I am all about positive vibes, I walked down to Bespoke Cafe and asked for a latte and was met with such pleasant energy from the Barista there. I will never ever patronize this establishment ever again. I come here because the food and drinks are good and look pretty. But if the energy is nasty and rude, it’s not worth it!

LOVED my almond milk latte! Liza was so kind, she helped my pick the perfect coffee.

Great spot with incredible service. Liza was especially friendly and patient when I couldn't make up my mind. Would highly recommend checking it out.