Gallagher’s Coffee Bar & Cafe

I miss my flat white and the latte from Gallagher’s is very close to it. The coffee is robust and a bit too strong but it is still smooth and I can have it without adding any sugar.
They do take their time to make the coffee (I was the only order then and it still took a while) but I guess the wait is worth it.
The glazed lemon loaf is equally good with lemon rinds in it, giving a texture and bite to it.

Still the best coffee in Port Moody… only narrowly beating out Caffe Divano in my books. In a nutshell, Gallagher’s coffee has slightly better flavour… fuller, a bit richer on the nutty, chocolatey side of the coffee spectrum. Divano’s leans more to the Red Winey side. Can’t go wrong with either, though. Drink at either and you’ll release how little flavour Starbucks has.

Great attitude from staff ⁹⁄₁₀ times, delicious Vancouver Mist! Love the option of sweeteners for tea: cane sugar, Splenda, etc. Overall a cozy place to enjoy a yummy drink with some good company! Love coming here before work and relaxing for a few minutes.

Just love their panini sandwhiches. Simple, yet so flavorful. Great service too. Earned a big tip.

A pretty good coffee shop, they use bean around the world beans for their coffees and have outdoor seating. I recently have stopped drinking coffee and they have great alternatives like their Rooibis lattes, and Rooibis Symphony drinks.

I had an Italian soda here and it was absolutely disgusting. It tasted like straight up tonic water with a shot of milk. No flavor at all. I took two sips but then had to throw it away. Total waste of $ 4.25, which is extremely overpriced anyway for an Italian soda. If you’re going to charge that, at least know how to make the drink. Was craving something cool and delicious but I should have just gone to Starbucks.

My favorite spot in the area to grab an Americano before or after work. Quick and friendly — funny that other reviewers had long wait times because I’ve never experienced it.
The drinks are priced well, and the coffee is the tastiest in the hood. More robust than Starbucks, and less acidic than JJ.
I also appreciate how this local company supports the community.

My grandmother, used and my two little girls came into Gallagers Monday mornin around 11am. I bought a peach smoothie and asked if it could be split into 2 cups for my girls to share. The owner made up the smoothies and we paid and left. After my 2 year old finished her smoothie, my 4 year old was complaining of «sharp pieces» in her throat from the smoothie. I asked her to show me if she got another one in her mouth from the straw. She did, and it was a tiny jagged (think shards) piece of hard plastic. I immediately took both (near empty) cups and found a pile of micro-​sharp shards of plastic at the bottom of both cups! We brought them back to show the owner and he apologized a few times and left us in an akward silence. We left, totally upset about it and I walked back in and waited in a long line of patrons as he continued serving blended drink after blended drink. Finally when my turn in line was up, I asked for a refund. The owner didn’t even make eye contact with me and asked the cash attendant to refund my money. I pray my little girls intestines and stomach aren’t perforated & punctured from the sharp pieces they swallowed. I will never give Gallaghers another cent!
The owner obviously and obliviously doesn’t care to lose my business either!

Gallagher’s is my wonderful neighbourhood coffee joint. It is a family owned & operated independent coffee shop and you will often find Brian Gallagher making the beverages on any given morning.
I love that they use high quality beans and offer not only soy (not my favourite) but also almond milk in lieu of dairy. They have an excellent assortment of gluten free baked goods and some lovely snack bars/​treats that are quite reasonably priced. It’s true that some of the hot food is a bit pricey, but I am willing to spend the dough for the personalized, friendly service and because I know I’m supporting a local, community minded business.

The fact that you can have a beer or cider here really gets me. It seems so at odds with a small, bright coffee shop! We enjoyed the above on the sunny patio the other day. I don’t usually get coffee here as I drink soy milk, and don’t really like the soy latte here (as with most small café’s, unfortunately :(). They usually have an assortment of baked goods, the gluten-​free banana chocolate chip muffin is amazing. They have food as well (wraps, sandwhiches…) but I find the prices CRAZY high so sadly have never tried anything though many sound good. We keep meaning to go when they have something going on (music, comedy, film viewings I think?) but haven’t been that organized yet.

Vancouver Mist is pretty good and the Lemon Bar is quite regular, but I like lemon bars so I can’t complain. What I do really like about this place is how the place is set up with its bar on the side with stools. And the employees are nice :)

Well Gallaghers it’s just a cryin’ shame.
Such a nice spot, spacious, dog-​friendly outdoor patio, cute interior, friendly, helpful counter peeps but I’m so sorry to report that the coffee is just nasty.
Salt Spring coffee is just terrible. Their tendency toward over roasting results in a bitter, burnt taste. As much as I appreciate their local spirit and what they are now doing in Honduras, I have not yet had a palatable cup :(
I’ll probably be a customer again to Gallaghers, but next time, I’ll try the Chai.
They made a poor choice dropping JJ bean coffee, because it’s a better tasting product.

I live in Newport Village, and meet here for convenience. Yesterday I ordered a bowl of soup which came with a thin slice of bread. Very small serving for the money. Generally the food and baked goods need work.

Nice and busy. I ordered today’s specialty cinnamon dolce latte. It was nice and creamy, i also had their soup
and sandwich. The Santa Fe Tortilla soup had a great flavor, but no tortilla chips and it was cold. The turkey on cranberry bread was grilled and serve with an orange wedge, very pretty. My boyfriend had the same coffee with apple pie and banana loaf. The banana loaf was really good and moist. Overall the food and drinks were ok, but nothing out of this world. I do give them kudos for their nice patio and the doggy treats, my dog sure enjoyed his. Great service and we will definitely go back.

Place has good Coffee and other goodies (sandwiches, cookies, etc), but a little on the pricey side in my honest opinion.

It is a nice little coffee shop on a corner in a quaint neighbourhood.
They use JJ Beans for their coffee drinks — or will sell you the beans.
They know what they are doing behind an espresso machine — which I had previously found frequently lacking with JJ resellers.
I have never found any issue with service here — per previous reviewers.

Wow, a non-​Starbuck, non-Peete’s Coffee café. This is like a non-Barnes’n Noble Bookstore. Wished they had more places like this.
Malheureusement, je suis allé à Vancouver rendre visite à mon oncle dans l’hôpital de Eagle Ridge. C’est un café bon au fond de la colline près de l’hôpital. Mes cousins, frère et moi chacun ont eu un grand morceau de tarte de pomme. Il était délicieux. J’ai pris le thé qui a été servi avec un vrai ensemble de thé de porcelaine.
I had tea, with my big ‘ol apple pie. Canada meets USA, without a hockey puck. Tea was served properly with real porcelain tea set. None of this hot water in a paper cup with a tea bag hanging from the side deal — that would be too barbaric. The Earl Grey was properly served in a porcelain tea pot for me to pour the tea from. They served it with proper porcelain tea cup for me to drink from. Prince William and Kate Middleton could kick back here… except they would require fine China tea set, and a squad of Coldstream Guards. This brought back childhood Canadian memories (except this whole Ioco Way area was all forrest when I was a kid in BC). I must be back home in Canada.
Oh Canada… God Save the Queen… Terre de nos aïeux,
Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux…

Warning: if you are on any kind of time limit, don’t bother with this place.
Oh, dear. I wish I could give this place more stars, because the actual menu items are delicious, if a touch pricey at times. It’s the service I have a big issue with. SLOW. And not very enthusiastic. In echoing Crystal H… you really do get the impression you’re interrupting the staff by being there and requiring their service. I was frequenting Gallagher’s a lot while attending a four-​month long course in Newport Village. I relied on this place for getting a decent hot bowl of soup on my lunch break from class because other eateries in the area were actual restaurants/​pubs and I didn’t have enough time to go to those places.
Having worked in a café very much like Gallagher’s I know that rushes can be overwhelming and of course there can be a bit of a wait at times. but there is also a little skill called… MULTITASKING.
Yes, that’s right — if you have an order for 2 lattes — you can make the espresso for both at the same time. Steam the milk for both in the same jug… Multiple sandwiches? Line ‘em up, Subway style, and put the blessed things on the grill together.
And for goodness sake, please acknowledge the person waiting for you to take their order as you finish up with the previous transaction. It won’t kill you, I promise.

Their food is pretty good (considering it is a café) and so is their coffee.
It is one of the very rare places in Port Moody that is not Starbucks and is a café. (otherwise it would be 2-​star)
But boy is their food overpriced. Their coffee is OK I guess, but their food is just… I don’t know what it is with all the restaurants/​cafes in Newport Village but it seems that they can jack up their prices as much as they want and people will still come? (Well they do… but they could be attracting a lot more, especially now with all the competition across the street with the Thrifty Foods mall)

Cute, nice waitresses, service way too slow. Prices are insane — except for beer oddly. I never see anyone drinking there — I guess it is weird to drink in a super bright, commercial coffee house with small children running around.
I did drink there once because they had buckets on sale — here is how that went…
— «what kind of beer is on special?»
-«ummm I am not sure? All of them?!»
-«really?»
-“I guess”
-«how many beers do you get in a bucket?»
-«ummmm … I dunno…6?»
-«so you are telling me I can have 6 Corona’s or G.I. P. A’s for $ 11.00?»
-«ummmm yes? Is that good?»
-«it’s okay I guess… give us 2 buckets to start»
-«we have chicken wings on sale… I think they are 10 cents each»
-«great…give us 30 I guess»
-«we need to cook them in a toaster oven…5 at a time, so they may take about an hour and a bit»
-«cancel the wings, we’ll just take a third bucket!»
They had to drag us out of there.
Anyhoo food prices are far to high for leftovers

If it wasn’t for the fact that it’s one of a few places in PoMo that you can sit and work and drink coffee (outside of Starbucks) or have a pint (Yes! They’re licensed) they’d be getting 2 stars. I’ve been here a few times and it’s always the same. Coffee, or this past time’s rooibos iced tea with a shot of strawberry syrup (which was good — if not a little too sweet), is always standard. But they use JJ Bean, which is a bean I like.
It’s the service that lacks. Same ‘ol story — waiting, waiting, waiting to be acknowledged. And then feeling like I’ve interrupted what they’re working on. I hate to admit it, but the staff at the Starbucks around the corner is much friendlier. But I’ll continue to spend my cash here because they’re, at the very least, more of a local choice.