C.O.F.F.E.E.

Great coffee! Best decorum and relaxing vibe in Corpus☺️ Friendly baristas☺️ Super food menu as well, Avocado Toast! If you’re sick of the massive lines and dark cave vibe at Creature Coffee, this place is literally right across the parking lot in the cottage shopping village!☺️

Disappointed, unfortunately. To start off, the coffee and food (the cinnamon bun was delicious!) were absolutely great. Magnis and I are big coffee lovers. Magnis is a beautiful six-year-old Belgian Malinois, and we were excited to try a new coffee spot with great reviews. We arrived around 10 a.m. and the shop was fairly slow. Magnis was leashed, calm, and well-behaved — simply taking in new smells while we waited patiently to order. After we ordered and paid, the employee asked if Magnis was a service animal. I answered yes. She then asked if Magnis had special markings or proof of service animal designation and stated she would need that documentation for us to remain inside per the city of Corpus Christi she warned of possible fines for not having proper identification. We took our order and left to enjoy as we had already planned to as they do not have an outside seating area to enjoy. This is incorrect and a violation of federal law. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), businesses cannot require documentation, special identification, vests, or markings for a service animal. Staff are only permitted to ask two specific questions. There is no legal requirement for “proof” or a marked collar. Magnis was quiet, controlled, and behaving exactly as a trained service animal should. There was no disruption whatsoever. Being asked for illegal documentation after already paying for our order was both frustrating and unnecessary. While the product itself was great, businesses have a responsibility to properly train staff on ADA laws. Situations like this put legitimate service dog handlers in an uncomfortable and discriminatory position. I hope management takes this seriously and ensures their team understands federal guidelines moving forward.

It’s a beautiful coffee shop and I love their philosophy of having a no phone zone and emphasis on having face to face conversations. However, there were a few things that my friends and I didn’t particularly enjoy: - they don’t have espresso drinks. It’s just coffee with milk options or tea. We were surprised by this when we saw the menu inside. - they didn’t have many food options. The breakfast selections was very short which we get but just worth noting. We enjoyed the cinnamon roll and coffee muffin but that was pretty much all they had for baked goods. - they came by so many times trying to take our plates and drink cups and we thought they were being nice. But we realized they were trying to shoo us away but we were only there for an hour at that point and we were trying to have deep conversations like they heavily promote for this shop. - then they came by and actually asked us to leave bc they had a big group about to come in and they needed the room. We only took up one table and there was only 3 of us. We were so shocked and we were already wrapping up and only there for an hour and 15 minutes but it made us feel embarrassed bc we didn’t think we were being disruptive or bothersome. And there were other people there longer than we were too. And when we were walking out we didn’t see any big group coming in. Overall we loved the intention behind their philosophy but it fell flat for us today. We were so excited but left a bit sad.

My new favorite coffee shop! Too bad we don’t live in town (visiting from SA). Our entire experience was 5-star worthy—even our teens enjoyed it! We loved the ambiance (welcoming smiles and cozy seating spaces), lovely decor (c.o.f.f.e.e signage and greenery), their “unplug and connect” atmosphere (thank you), and of course their coffee! We ordered hot and iced “cafe de olla” and coffee cake muffin…impressed by the quality and taste, simply perfection! Thank you for having this space for friends and family to gather (we played a board game and chatted). We definitely plan to support your business when we are in CC and will tell others! May the Lord continue to bless your business!

C.O.F.F.E.E. Has a beautiful interior that made us feel like we were on vacation. The delicious coffee and tea and yummy breakfast / brunch foods were absolutely perfection. I highly recommend this place. Downstairs is a lovely furniture and decor shop that you won’t want to miss.