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Rao's
Categories: Food Bakeries Food Coffee & Tea Food Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Bakeries, Coffee & Tea, Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt [Edit]
2596 Calder StreetBeaumont, TX 77702
(409) 832-4342
- Price Range:
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$$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Wi-Fi:
- Free
6 reviews for Rao's
6 reviews in English
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Review from Matt K.
Honolulu, HI
3/23/2011 1 Check-in Here
Rao's is the ONLY place in Beaumont to get a decent coffee if you are trying to avoid Starbucks. But on top of that, the baked goods are better than anything you will find someplace else. I go here every morning when I'm in town. They have everything from fresh tarts and muffins to cannoli and croissant sandwiches.
And the gelato is amazing Every flavor. I'm not a huge fan of gelato, but this stuff is really good.
If you are in town and want a good coffee, go here. -
Review from calily b.
1/24/2011
This was the first place in Beaumont where I found the glazed sugar cookies that I oh-so-love from my California childhood.
This location is the closest one to my mom's house and I still stop by this one and the new one on Dowlen whenever I get the chance. The baristas are competent and all the drinks I've had there are delish.
I (obviously) enjoy their glazed sugar cookies and their ginormous cinnamon rolls. I don't eat the small cakes too often... the times that I've tried those, they weren't to my liking. -
Review from Neill K.
8/5/2010 3 Check-ins Here
Had to climb over road construction to get here...well worth the effort. Had the chicken salad wrap and a bag of chips. I will be going back as often as possible while I'm in Beaumont.
Next time some baked goods and Illy coffee! -
Review from Kendra M.
Denver, CO
5/4/2007
This place is very charming. When stepping inside I knew I was in the south.. and with this is southern hospitality. The ladies working behind the counters were very friendly. Rao's had sweets, coffee, coffee frappo drinks, and of course baked goods.
If I want to die from eating cookies and cakes this is where I'd travel to. The oatmeal raisin cookie I picked up was moist chewy with just enough cinnamon and a hint of nutmeg. I just wish I had visited this locale earlier during my business trip. Next time I will release my chocolate fiend.....
4 stars since I really didn't taste a lot of what they have to offer. -
Review from Zach C.
Beaumont, TX
1/7/2011 5 Check-ins Here
Great spot to have some coffee if you're into that sort of thing. I get some chocolate milk and some cookies usually. The've got all kinds of tastey treats, gellato, cake, cookies, berry tarts, and all kinds of other stuff. Good outside seating on the patio and out in front.
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Review from Anna Marie N.
Beaumont, TX
10/25/2009
My fiance took me here for lunch one day after running into a young lady talking about it, we are very spontaneous like that. So we were both pretty excited to try it out. The atmosphere is a nice . The place itself was nice and clean which meant so much to both of us. Since we were new on the scene, we decided to ask for help ordering. The response we got back was... EVERYTHING IS GOOD!
So we both ordered a bowl of chicken chili and sandwiches with drinks. I thought the ones they had on display were just for that reason, but no, they pre make their sandwiches and they are cold, so you have to have them warmed up. That bothered me a bit due to the price we paid, I excepted fresh sandwiches or at least bigger ones... however we still keep an open mind. We got our chili and it smelled wonderful. Upon taking my first bite, I gagged! It was a bowl of spicy bland disaster. The chicken was so stringy and dry that I couldn't see chewing it all the way through and finally gave up and placed it in a napkin. It's chopped full of veggies and the broth smells wonderful, but it's all for show. I mean no flavor at all. We are both trying to figure out how it is even possible, you make a bowl of fresh( so they say) of chicken chili, and it's still early afternoon, yet the chicken in the chili be dry. So we both came to the conclusion that either it wasn't fresh as they claimed, or this was their normal recipe. either way.... We will never go there again.
Upon us telling all of our neighbors, one of which is a professional baker, they all cracked up and said, oh yeah... they should have warned us. So we were relieved to know it wasn't just us, but rather it has a reputation for being over commercialized instead of really good.
Now a friend goes there for coffee and baked goods a few times a week, and she has invited me, I will at least go back and try out there baked goods and coffee one day, but as for lunch.NO WAY!
