Café - 36 in. Wide 23.1 Cu. Ft. French Door Counter-Depth Smart Refrigerator with Internal Water Dispenser - Matte White

bestbuy had it in stock for us sooner than any other seller we could find, local and big box. the fridge is a thing of beauty when complete, the counter depth is noticeably more shallow than standard and we don’t (so far) miss food getting lost behind other things. lighting is great. ice maker is very loud and considering looking for a silicone bucket or liner to see if this would help reduce noise. the freezer interior drawer is tethered to the main freezer door and does not pull out smoothly. the big hiccup with the fridge is that the manufacturer shipped without the handles and took hours on the phone, at least four separate calls with best buy employees and with LG representatives. if something like this happens to your order, go directly to LG, otherwise bestbuy submits a return for your fridge and ships a new one, planning on leaving the new fridge without handles, and then having to deal with the same issue for somebody else. aside from that, it’s been a few weeks and i’d totally update my review if it’s possible to do so in a year or so. oh, and the sides are black

For being a fairly expensive fridge the quality is not quite there. Seems to be working just fine, but the outside corners where the plastic meets the white are coming up. Gaps, some with glue, which will become filed with grime over time. Also the plastic wrap does not come all the way off

I absolutely love the look of this refrigerator in our new kitchen. The “brushed gold” hardware looks more rose gold and I wish the white side panels weren’t sold separately. Thank goodness we purchased the extended warranty, the compressor went out after only 14 months, now it is super loud but the tech says that’s “normal” also the water dispenser should have the push button on the bottom to lean a cup on to fill.

I researched my appliances and opted for the GE Range with two oven then looked for the matching refrigerator. I love this refrig especially with the brass handles and I kept the stainless steel ones in case I want to swap them back at some point. I’ve had side by side models in the past, so this was a change that I really like. I wanted clean lines and had read door ice and water dispensers can be an issue since you have a ice dispenser on the refrigerated portion of your model. That is not specific to this model, but a technician’s comment in general. I opted for water dispenser on the inside and it works well that way. The inside is very bright with lights that illuminate back into the fridge and it’s spacious with all the drawers and shelves. You do have to intentionally push the doors closed, but it will signal if the doors are ajar. I’ve learned to open and close it with the handles since fingerprints will show on the front, but it’s easy to clean. Overall, I’m very happy with this GE Cafe model.

warranty service is the worst. compressor went out in the first year. It was covered but so difficult to get a live person and when you do they transfer you to another and another 30 min plus hold. Looks fabulous but that's about it.

We love our cafe. We had a small space to fit a refrigerator but really wanted to maintain the double door unit. This fits great in our space, looks very sleek, and has enough internal space to fit our needs. I highly recommend it.

I've only had the fridge for about 2 to 3 months so not much time but I do like the fridge. We use a lot of ice so I really like the ice tray in it. One con that I don't like is the water dispenser, you have to open the fridge door to get water out of it.

Customizing the handles caught our eye! We liked the design and counter depth size but little did we know the handles come with ONLY with a copper color! We have to order extra handles at quite an expense! AND since the color we wanted was on back order , we have to hire a handyman to take the old ones off and install the new ones. It’s too bad that you can’t order your fridge with the finish that you prefer. Next, we’re still waiting for the new handles and it’s been 5 wks and the delivery has been pushed out again. The sides of the matte white refrigerator are BLACK!!! We were forced to buy white contact paper to put on the sides- (magnetic still works ). Another negative that GE could remedy is adding a small plastic ice scoop- we had to go out and buy it. Our ice dispenser is in the freezer and leaves room in the fridge. The larger model w the ice/water on the door has a humongous ice dispenser mechanism inside the refrigerator door but a very small amount of ice! We’re glad we opted for the sleekness of the outside with the water inside. Although, that is not without its challenges! It’s difficult to dispense the water bc one has to literally open both doors and get IN the refrigerator to put one hand on the button and another holding the glass. So we have removed one left door shelf to give our arms more room so we didn’t have to be contortionists! And we’re not big people!! Shall I continue? Just want you to see the whole picture! Just know the matte white color is SUPER WHITE and has made my soft white cabinets look dingy. We like the bottom freezer but not the fact that the top shelf of the freezer slides forward all the time even when we have leveled the fridge- annoying! Everything else is fine! It is a very attractive refrigerator that doesn’t look institutional! GO FOR IT!!

The fridge is amazing the inside water dispenser is the coldest water I have used on any fridge.

Our Cafe refrigerator has a beautiful look but is less functional than I would like. We did not choose it; it came with our condo. I find the two-door refrigerator opening to be somewhat clumsy and inefficient: to open most of the drawers you need to open both doors, requiring two hands. Moreover, the water dispenser -- on the left inside of the refrigerator is inconvenient and, again, essentially requires two hands to operate.