Karak House Coffee Co | Tea & Chai Shop | Pastries and Desserts in San Diego, CA

Perfect spot for milk cake and chai lattes! Today, we tried Karak House Coffee Company. We got their Karak signature chai and biscoff latte. The chai was flavorful! The sweetness can not be adjusted but I thought it was perfect. The barista informed us that the biscoff latte was sweet but we thought the espresso flavor was more evident compared to the sweetness level of the latte. It was delicious. But honestly the best part of the visit was the pistachio milk cake 🤤 Sweet and moist! They have other milk cake flavors such as ras malai and gulab jamun. We will have to return soon to try other lattes and milk cakes.

Very nice sweets and drinks (great experience) with unique flavors. Once we saw their cheesecake, we realized these are Muse cheesecakes. We asked them, and they indeed acknowledged that their vendor is Muse (maybe one of the best, if not the best, cheesecake makers in SoCal). We enjoyed both the drink and cheesecake a lot and highly recommend this place. Very cute place too, by the way!

Signature Karak Chai: 9.5/10 Tastes as good as going to any of my Desi friends’ houses. Lots of rich masala spices, especially cardamom. Even though you cannot change the sweetness, it was not too sweet and very rich and smooth. A definite try. Karak Latte: 9.5/10 Very good too. If I compare it to the chai, the coffee makes the spices a little more subdued but deeper in flavor. If you want coffee, get this! The dark roast is perfect and compliments the spices perfectly. Gulab Jamun Milk Cake: 8/10 A solid cake. Like other middle eastern cafes, they make these sort of tres lethe style cakes. This one did not really taste like gulab jamun to me because I associate it so much with the rich syrup it soaks in, but it does have a cardamom-forward flavor that is generally desi. The top layer tastes like Cool-Whip to me, so it’s whatever. Ambiance: Clean and new, lots of space to do work. Very casual and family friendly. Service: Service was fast and friendly, could not ask for much more. Parking: Parking lot. Easy.

I stopped in for some caffeine because I really needed a pick me up. There was a pretty big line when I got in and almost all the tables inside had people sitting in them. I waited in line for about 10 minutes before they took my order. I got an iced Matcha Latte with vanilla sweetener, oatmilk and pistachio cream as well as a hazelnut macaroon. The macaroon was pretty good but way smaller than any macaroon I've seen.. but the matcha latte didn't taste that great.. I'm pretty sure I received a latte with whole milk instead of oatmilk.. the flavor was very off to me and I ended up throwing it away unfortunately.. Overall a really cute place but I think there's bigger out there.

I was so pleasantly surprised by this place. Got matcha, which was good. Am dthey have fancy pistachio one too. Lots of yummy pastries and cakes. Croissant was good, nice and flaky. Seating inside and outside. Definitely recommend this place and will be coming back to try that basque cheesecake. Another amazing perk is they are open super late , till 10 pm and some days 11 pm. Which is so rare! Staff was very attentive