I bought a Ninja Café Lux 601 a year ago, it changed my life. I am the only coffee drinker in my house and it is perfect for me. I was using a Nespresso system, but I really wanted to upgrade my skill, for example be able to manually steam my milk, which this unit will do if you read the manual a bit. I learned about coffee balance, found a great local coffee roaster, who might just be my new best friend. I gather, the newer Ninja models are even easier to use, but I get to enjoy the aroma of fresh ground coffee before I make my puck and that is a feature that seems to me, would be sacrificed. LOL. Maybe they could put in a very slow fan that would waft the aroma into the room on their new system, turn on after the grind a before you use the lever to compress the puck. But now I am being fancy-full. Total reliability with daily use. Recommend.

I've used this a bunch since I got it in the mail. Love the espressos and the frothing systems. Easy to use and makes delicious hot and cold beverages. It was a little hard to figure out the manual frothing but once I did it worked like a charm. Haven't tried the drip coffees or the cold brews yet but looking forward to trying those features out as well. Love the size of this machine. It doesn't take up a large footprint on my counter. The directions were pretty easy to understand and the set up was minimal.

have had this for a week now. very easy to use and makes a great cup of espresso. froths milk expertly for latte.

Bought this about a month ago! Absolutely love it! Easy to use and very versatile. Cannot go wrong with the ninja brand.

Shark makes all of their products “user friendly”. They never drop the ball. I get up and everybody that stayed the night has their order next to the machine. So easy!!

Bitter. I want to like this machine but nothing I made has a good taste. Did a zoom call for over an hour and still not great. We went through almost an entire bag of beans trying to troubleshoot it. I have tried three different brand of beans.

I love this machine. I have never used an espresso machine before and this one was a great one to start out with. So easy to use. Once my bean of choice was dialed in, it is wonderful. Highly recommend.

Just buy it. The machine appears a bit intimidating out of the box but it truly is easy to operate and makes all your favorite espresso drinks plus regular coffee all with a touch of a button! You will not be disappointed.

The Ninja Lux Café Machine does a good job overall — it's versatile, the Assist Barista function works well, and it makes solid coffee. But honestly, it's frustrating that such an otherwise good machine has some really wasteful design flaws. First, it goes through way too much water. It feels like every time I use it, a good amount is wasted for no real reason. Second, after every single grind, there are coffee grounds left sitting in the grinder exit. Not only is that wasteful, but if you're switching between different beans or grind sizes, it causes a mix of fine and coarse grounds, which completely ruins the consistency. Honestly, I'm considering return it because of these. t's a shame, because if Ninja fixed the grinder and water use, this would easily be a 5-star product. For now, I'm leaving it at 4 stars, but it's with some real frustration

I love the coffee it makes but the water indicator on the tray doesn't work until the machine is already leaking water all over the countertop. I tried reaching out to get a new tray and they make it hard to actually contact someone to get help - just offer a 60 day warranty. This is a design flaw I wish I knew about before I bought it.