"Tim and I are Foodies. The coffee is superb and the bagels are excellent. Always plenty of cream cheese! Plus the relaxing, open, friendly atmosphere is wholesome. It's warm and welcoming...made me return with my kindle to read and sip awhile. A nourishing experience."

"I didn’t know what to expect when walking into refuge. From the outside it seems like an interesting place to have a coffee shop. But as soon as you walk in, you know you’re somewhere special. The atmosphere was calm, welcoming, even with our kids in tow. Lots of people there obviously having their zoom meetings, but no one turned their noses up at us to include the staff. But then my Americano came out and yes, I judge a coffee spot by the quality of its Americano. I don’t know how to feel about what I’m getting ready to say, but this might be the best Americano I’ve ever had. You gotta come try for yourself. Also their other drinks are fine too I suppose. Based on sampling all of my kids and wife’s drinks. It’s also clear based on some of the decor this place is veteran owned and the very prominent display of an Eagle Global and Anchor with American flag as a backdrop from my beloved Marine Corp. Semper Fi Refuge."

"I absolutely love Refuge. I can’t believe I’ve never reviewed it on here before, my husband and I literally come every single week at least once. I got to meet the owner today, he was so kind! He wanted to try out a new sandwich and gave one to me and another customer for free to try as well. It was a chicken bacon ranch on a jalaepno bagel. INCREDIBLE. They are always the nicest, kindest people here and I love the atmosphere. In the summer they have the big garage door open and eating a bagel sandwich with a summer breeze and the sun shining is probably the closest to heaven on earth I have ever been lol. Oh, and they’re seed oil free which is amazing and so hard to find!! Thank you refuge!!! See you next week ❤️"

"I was looking for a place that had in house bagels and quality cream cheese. Ended up finding this place after it was recommended from commentators on Reddit. They have one of the best tasting jalepeno bagels I've had before and unlike others in the past; they managed to get a great jalepeno flavor into the bagel without having large chunks scatted throughout. That isn't a bad thing but it does make toasting them in a standard sized toaster was easier. They also have a cinnamon roll with is really good, it's worth buying a dozen bagels at a time since they offer a discount on that portion. The only thing I would say is I wish the in store menu had all the item that the paper menu does."

"Another weekend of great service from The Refuge coffee in Crown Point Indiana. The only complaint I have is that there is not another location in Shelbyville Indiana where I live. Saturday I had a cinnamon latte and BLT on a bagel. Everything was so good. Sunday I had another cinnamon latte, a cookie and a cinnamon cake latte, so good. The cookie taste and smell like the ones my mom used to make and they are huge and crisp."