Kuro Kuma

One of the best coffees I’ve tried in NY.
I am a coffee drinker and usually rate coffee shops for their taste and quality and this is top coffee.
The place is very small, but the ambiance is great and the staff is amazing!
Highly recommend it if you are near by.

Great indie coffee shop! They brew Counter Culture coffee and serve Balthazar pastries. They use local, high quality milk and also have non-milk alternatives. I highly recommend the cortado!

Nice coffee shop. Punches above its weight.
It has delicious and unique croissant offerings.
The espresso is incredible. I had a cortado and it was exactly what I needed.
There are some chairs in front.
Customer service is top-notch. No nonsense, with great efficiency.
Heads up the chairs that are perpendicular to the entrance are underneath a pigeon nest, as evidenced by the little bits of poop on the ground.

Excellent coffee and pasty. Definitely would recommend.

This cafe has the best light roast coffee in Manhattanville! The service is warm and professional. The barista makes very high quality artisanal lattes, matcha, and other drinks. I also recommend their everything croissant with cheese!

Perfect little coffee spot and the best thing was the service - Thank you for being so kind this morning!

Place is a bit small but they have good coffee. I tried their chai spice latte (or something like that, I don’t quite remember what’s the name for my order) but it was decent. Price is alright too.

Great cute place to have coffee and croissant! With a small place to seat outside. Just besides there is the memory of a dead cyclist that is also intetesting to see

The espresso here is absolutely insane. I don’t think I’ve ever had espresso that smooth in my entire life and now I’m wondering why I spent 32 years of my life abusing my tastebuds with large chain coffee.

Oh, definitively on of the best coffee places in New York! The coffee always tastes exceptionally good. The barristas are highly skilled. They also have a small selection of pastry, croissants and so on. The place is very small with only very few tables, so you might not be ble to find a seat.

A couple of the baristas are not nice, but those same baristas make the best coffee in the area. 5 stars.

Excellent coffee. Staff so-so but it was early. Not much room for in-house drinking.

Coffees are definitely way above average in the area, haven't disappointed me for once. Decent pastries too.

incredible coffee and pastries, but the real gem is the staff. Very kind gentleman made sure we were completely taken care of. He even offered to completely remake my coffee free of charge after I forgot to ask for it iced (completely my mistake!). Service like that as well as the quality of the drinks will keep me coming back for years and you should too.

Nice little coffee shop. Couple tables outside and inside. Brews counter culture coffee for batch, rotates through different origins. Has a rewards card. Owner is friendly

Great coffee, the best I have had near Columbia’s campus. I had an oat milk latte for about $5 that was delicious. The store is very small, and the tables were tiny. My friend and I could barely fit 2 laptops on the table. Other than that, I really enjoyed my experience and I would definitely recommend this place. This place is better suited for leisure time than for work.

Coffee is phenomenal and the service is exceptional. What more is there to say?

Dave is not only a professional but perhaps one of the most kind and genuine person I have ever met. He's always there to lend an ear, sometimes even offering me some sound advice but more importantly, I get to call him a friend.

For the coffee connoisseurs, they serve Counter Culture coffee (single origin I believe). Whether it be a pour over or latte w/ oat milk, you can't go wrong.

Don't be discouraged from the line outside as there's only room for one customer at a time. Highly recommended!

Enjoy great coffee in as smaller, more intimate place. Staff is friendly and will make whatever you fancy. Good selection of fresh pastries too. If you find yourself at Starbucks, walk around the corner and support this local coffee shop. You'll be glad you did!

This place is the best cafe around Columbia University & Manhattan school of music !

The Perfect Shot™ of espresso, worth the 10-min detour past the free Nespresso machines at the Columbia office and a couple Starbucks to increase productivity in the remaining 50 minutes of that writing hour.