Next Stop has been received positively in the press. Radheyan Simonpillai, in NOW Magazine, called it "a promising new show." The Globe and Mail’s John Doyle wrote that it was "a small scale jewel of a series." Kathleen Newman-Bremang praised the series in Refinery 29, comparing it to Issa Rae’s The Misadventures of an Awkward Black Girl, saying "these 4-5 minute pops of joy are just the beginning" while calling Vanessa Adams a "standout" and "formidable Black talent."
