The Exchange Coffee Co. at Freehand Los Angeles

Avoid the salmon bagel. Took 15 minutes and wasn't even a bagel - the bread most closely resembles a fluffy hot dog bun and came in the shape of a U instead of an O. I'm not a bagel snob but this wasn't it.

The baristas communicates really well and she made my first tasty decaf coffee in LA. mahalo!

Great way to begin the day. A Nicaraguan Espresso blend gives the latte a smooth balanced flavour!

Overpriced, rude staff, stop serving breakfast at 10:30am. Ridiculous! And they call themselves a 4 star hotel

Super planty and cute. Some of the seating was kinda uncomfortable, but the vibe was great

I got the yoghurt (12$, with fruits, granola, cacao nibs, and dates) and the daily brew (4$). The only good thing about it was that there are free refills for the daily brew. The yoghurt came in a to-go container (despite me sitting in the cafe to avoid waste) and it was rather small. There were only 3 raspberries and a few blueberries and also barely any dates or granola. So I pretty much paid 12$ for a maybe 12oz bucket of yoghurt. Way too overpriced and absolutely not worth it! The waiter is nice and service was good. However they disappeared for more than 30 minutes with no one at the counter. I saw people come in and wait only to leave again. Would be great if they had enough staff to have the counter running.

Vibey cafe with tasty coffee drinks and matcha. Comfortable seating, calm, quiet with soft lighting. The Wi-Fi was a bit slow at 10/3. Live music Wednesday nights in the same space under a different name.

I really wanted to like this place because it’s very cute and vibey but the service was abysmal. The server, Edwin, said he would clean off a table for me and proceeded to not do it for 15 minutes. And no, it was not busy at the time. I actually had to request he clean it. He then did not ask again if I needed anything after I ordered, if I wanted a box - I had to ask to order something else. Finally he came over and handed my my check after I packed all of my things, making it obvious that I was ready to go. It was insane. Meanwhile, he’s polite and chatty with the two other couples there. And yes, I still tipped 20% because that is an issue of supporting workers. But I wouldn’t recommend it. Absolutely a shame. The person who served me a latte over at the coffee bar was so sweet too. Finally, the food was pretty good. The layout of the cafe makes it most appealing - the service, not so much.