Tramway Cafe - Girdwood, Alaska

Agustin Caffarelli

The pizza for lunch was surprisingly good, one of the best foods at the hotel.
Breakfast was a little disappointing but I appreciate they seemed to baked everything fresh.

Percy Pomeroy

Nice place for a simple breakfast. The cinnamon rolls are average at best. The Alyeska house coffee is very good.

Blissful Beka

I ordered a “raspberry hug hot chocolate” for my partner and me at this cafe on July 5th, 2024, at 4:15pm (adding in hopes management will know which employee was working at this time because she was not wearing a name tag). As a former barista, I've found this is my favorite drink, and my partner has grown to love it as well. However, rarely people don’t hear the “hug” part due to louder work areas, and some baristas know it as a ‘black and white hot chocolate.’ But when I order that, sometimes I get a white mocha instead which is why I try to order it as a hug hot chocolate first. When I noticed the barista working the shift only put regular chocolate powder in, I kindly asked if I could have a mix of the white chocolate and regular chocolate powder. She gave me an annoyed look and said very shortly, “we don’t do that,” which I was taken aback by because I’ve been coming to this cafe for nearly 15 years, and even back when it was a Starbucks, I’ve always gotten a hug hot chocolate.

I mentioned that I did order a raspberry hug hot chocolate, and she said, “yeah, a raspberry hot chocolate.” I said, “sorry, a raspberry hug” (trying as best I could to emphasize "hug" without sounding confrontational because I could tell she was not happy with me) “hot chocolate—a black and white hot chocolate” I quickly mentioned, in case she was familiar with that name. I decided it wasn’t worth the attitude anymore as I saw her turn to go to the back and said, “it’s okay, I’ll just have the regular hot chocolate then,” since ‘they don’t do that.’ She either didn’t hear me or ignored me and continued taking the milk pitcher to the back area (I don’t know for what, potentially even spit in it; I wouldn’t be surprised by the level of attitude I was receiving). But she came back, scooped out some of the regular chocolate powder, added white chocolate powder, and went on to steam the milk.

As a final tidbit, luckily, I have barista experience and you can hear when the milk reaches certain temperatures, so I was listening to her steam the milk well past the point it needed to be (she wasn’t using a thermometer in the milk either to make sure it was the right temp). I heard her make it extremely hot. I told my partner that it was very hot and we couldn’t drink it for a few minutes to avoid burning our tongues. She either overheated it on purpose in hopes we would burn ourselves because I annoyed her, or she is not educated enough to not be using a thermometer in the milk. We didn’t drink it until we got back on the highway (15 minutes with forest fair traffic), and it was still plenty hot.

T

Great spot for a grab and go. Got the Heavenly Bake. Think stuffed everything bagel. Very delicious but it was a little light on ingredients. Cappuccinos and lattes were good.

Baristas were very nice and attentive.

A K

Decent for quick snacks. Their hot food leaves something to be desired but they are great for coffee, drinks, and bakery items.

Anna K.

Very convenient location - by the lift chair and tram, so easy to get a bite while you are waiting or when you need a break from skiing/snowboarding. However, the menu is overpriced - $18 for a sandwich. I see most people just get a slice of pizza $7, which seems to be the most popular item.

Scott Swantek

Great coffee. Friendly baristas. Good place to grab a quick breakfast burrito or breakfast sandwich or a slice of pizza for lunch. It’s located right inside Alyeska resort lodge just inside from the tram.

Kathy Alyabyev

Good coffee and tea. Located on the second floor of the Alyeska resort.