Dark Horse Coffee Roasters

3330 Adams Ave, San Diego, CA

★★★★★4.6(664 Google reviews)

Crema's Take

This San Diego gem packs serious espresso credentials into a tiny footprint, earning consistent praise for their high-quality specialty drinks and notably excellent nitro cold brew that keeps regulars coming back. The small-but-mighty operation moves lines out the door with practiced efficiency, serving both traditional espresso drinks and creative specialty beverages alongside solid breakfast sandwiches, though temperature consistency and service warmth seem to vary depending on who's behind the counter.

What to expect

Pour overQuick grabCold brewEspresso focusedSpecialty drinksTraditional drinksLight food

Google Reviews

Stephen Squires
★★★★4 months ago

Great little coffee shop also serving breakfast sandwiches.

Jesus San Miguel
★★★★★5 months ago

Strong good tasting - nitro cold brew. Really enjoyed coming here.

Beth Stern
★★★★★7 months ago

The coffee wasn't, but beware of the girl at the register who is simply too cool and elevated to be bothered with our questions. For example, when asked if the happened to have white mochas she made her annoyance known by just pointing to the menu and saying "this is what we have". Not even the cute mural on the wall could offset how off-putting her behavior was.

Aleksandr Moreno
★★★★9 months ago

Went there for the first time on a neighbor’s recommendation. I ordered my usual black coffee. The coffee wasn’t hot. It was just warm. Everywhere else manages to serve steaming hot coffee. Wasn’t a good experience. I won’t be back. But at least I gave it a try.🤷🏽‍♂️

Mike
★★★★★8 years ago

I knew this place was good when we saw a line going out the door onto the sidewalk. The cafe is very small but they crank out lots of high quality coffee drinks for being such a small place. The staff was friendly, the service was quick and the coffee and donuts we got we both amazing. I got the maple latte to try it out and was pleasantly surprised by how delicious it was. Very trendy place, will definitely be back again one day!

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