In-sīt Coffee

As much as we love Buena Park’s largely Korean dining and shopping center The Source, drinks aren’t its strong suit – there are plenty of options, but many of them are disappointing. In-Sīt Coffee (pronounced Insight) is just one example: The shop has an attractively modern, industrial look and a nice menu of coffees and desserts, but most of the things we tried at both this location and another store in Costa Mesa were not great.

On our first visit, we tried affogato ice creams, which were totally fine but pretty basic, as well as matcha and tiramisu croffles, which were disappointingly cold and stale-tasting. We felt no need to repeat them on our second visit, so instead tried a chocolate cookie, which tasted largely like gritty batter. We asked about their bakery, and learned that In-Sīt sources candied croissants and other baked goods from Nonna Mercato in Long Beach, rather than making them in-house.