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Grandmother Roastery
Al Quoz
Grandmother Roastery is a specialty coffee roastery and café in Al Quoz, where you can drink single-origin coffees roasted on-site and buy beans to take home. Reviews also highlight hands-on brewing advice, including AeroPress guidance, making it useful for curious drinkers as well as regular café visits.
Reputation Score
4.6
★★★★★
200 ratings
Source: Google Maps
The Good Stuff
Coffee Guidance
Staff explain flavour profiles and brewing methods clearly, including hands-on AeroPress guidance for first-time visitors.
Quiet Space
The calm, spacious setting suits working, studying, reading or a quiet meeting.
Tasting Details
Espresso service can include flavour-note cards and sparkling water to reset your palate between tastes.
Airy Interior
Despite its warehouse setting, the café has a bright, airy layout with different seating options.
Coffee Flight
The Coffee Flight gives visitors a way to compare coffees, with Jida singled out for its distinctive flavour profile.
Tips for a Better Visit
Allow Parking. The roastery is tucked down an alley, so allow extra time to find the entrance and parking.
Ask Questions. Ask the barista about origins, recipes and brewing methods; visitors have received useful AeroPress guidance.
Try Flights. Choose the Coffee Flight if you want to compare coffees, especially the Jida profile mentioned by a customer.
Bring Snacks. Food is limited, so bring your own expectations for a coffee-focused visit rather than a full meal.
Check Delivery. For bean delivery, confirm the origin, grind format and delivery timing before payment.
Plan the visit
Practical details
The Shed Warehouse Warehouse 18
Al Qouz Ind.third - Al Quoz, Dubai
| Mon | 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM |
| Tue | 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM |
| Wed | 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM |
| Thu | 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM |
| Fri | 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM |
| Sat | 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM |
| Sun | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
Popular Mentions
Flat White
The flat white received strong praise, including from a visitor who took home three bags of pour-over beans.
Vanilla Bean Latte
A named alternative to a Spanish latte, loved by some customers but considered too sweet by another.
Ethiopian Yirgacheffe V60 pour over
A V60 pour-over that one reviewer described as excellent and priced at AED 35.
Kyoto Drip
A brewed coffee option mentioned alongside the Vanilla Bean Latte and banana bread.
Common Concerns
Limited Food
Food choices are narrow, with reviews describing the offering as mainly pastries and asking for more snack variety.
Parking
Parking can be limited around the industrial-area location, even though another visitor found parking available.
Sweet Latte
The Vanilla Bean Latte replaces a Spanish latte and was too sweet for one reviewer’s taste.
Price
Some customers consider the coffee expensive for Al Quoz, including one complaint about inadequate pricing.
Delivery Issues
One delivery review reported receiving the wrong origin and grind, delays, and difficulty getting a response.
Customer-reported prices
These are customer-reported mentions, not a current price list. Prices may have changed.
AED 35
Ethiopian Yirgacheffe V60 pour over
“Tried an Ethiopian Yirgacheffe V60 pour over, which cost AED 35, which is about mid range price for a V60 these days in Dubai”Google review · March 2022
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The Bottom Line
Grandmother Roastery is a coffee-focused stop in Al Quoz for drinking specialty coffee, comparing origins and taking beans home. Reviews mention the Coffee Flight, flat whites, V60 pour-overs and the Vanilla Bean Latte, while the roastery also sells single-origin beans roasted on-site. The staff are often praised for explaining flavour notes and helping visitors choose a recipe.
The setting is tucked into a warehouse complex, but inside it is described as bright, airy, calm and spacious. That makes it a practical place to work, study, read or hold a quiet meeting. An espresso may arrive with a flavour-note card and sparkling water, giving the tasting experience more structure than a routine takeaway.
Plan for a coffee-first visit: food is largely limited to pastries, and parking feedback is mixed, with some visitors calling it limited and others finding parking available. Prices also divide opinion; one review records an Ethiopian Yirgacheffe V60 pour-over at AED 35, while another called the overall pricing high for Al Quoz. If ordering beans for delivery, double-check the origin, grind and timing, as one customer reported receiving the wrong coffee and experiencing delayed communication.