Lighthouse Coffee & Wine
624 Washington Ave, Waco, TX
Crema's Take
“Lighthouse Coffee & Wine is a thoughtfully curated espresso destination where baristas craft both exceptional coffee and creative signature drinks, with their chai latte earning particular praise for customizable syrups like maple brown sugar and lavender. The space feels intentionally peaceful with instrumental music and a genuinely welcoming staff led by team members like Cassie, making it equally suited for focused work sessions, meaningful meetings, or simply lingering with a good book. It's earned its reputation as Waco's standout coffee shop precisely because it prioritizes both the craft and the human connection—the kind of place where friendly service feels authentic rather than performed.”
What to expect
Google Reviews
The chai latte here is 10/10. Try it with maple brown sugar or lavender syrup! Cassie is a beautiful human being who serves you with superb customer service. The atmosphere is always peaceful and offers a nice space to sip and read, work, or meet up with friends. This is a very accepting atmosphere and everyone is welcome.
The best coffee shop in Waco! I have visited all of Waco’s coffee shops, but the atmosphere, service, and coffee at Lighthouse is the best. Highly recommend for any professionals as a smaller networking location and for any students as the perfect study space. My favorite barista ever is John at Lighthouse. He makes the best cortado and latte art I’ve seen in Waco. Overall 5 stars. The food is hit or miss but the drinks are consistently excellent.
I love everything about this place! So glad I found it while on my visit. I love the music they play, it’s instrumental. It’s relaxing, it gets you in the chill mood, it’s perfect when you are reading/working but you can also just sing along in your head. I ordered an Iced Matcha with Vanilla syrup and you can taste the quality of the matcha. It was so so good! They also have some adult drink — aka alcoholic drinks! So you can work/study while sipping on your relaxing wine, or purely just have your glass of wine in a chill moment not always having loud music. Staff was nice and friendly, plenty of seating, parking were ample, across Hotel 1928. The bathroom was clean! I’m so glad I went to this place, this would be my go-to spot when I visit Waco again.
Had an absolutely wonderful experience at this coffee shop in Waco yesterday. The barista was incredibly friendly and kind, and not in a forced customer service type of way. Just genuinely happy to help and in a wonderful mood. The shop itself is very aesthetically laid out, with a great selection of coffees, teas, and wines. It's not an enormous menu, but it doesn't need to be. Everything we had was delicious and if you're a fan of tea you should try the white peony, it was wonderful iced! My favorite experience there, however, was stepping into the restroom to find a complimentary assortment of feminine products. It's small touches like that which truly elevate a business from customer friendly to customer oriented. Strongly recommend this coffee shop to anyone in the Waco area, whether just for the day or a long-term resident!
Lighthouse is an excellent place for coffee and cocktails. The staff truly know their work and are truly hardworking, they do their job very well - always quick to make you happy and comfortable, they work very hard at helping people, creating a nice atmosphere, and also working on their techniques and skills with cocktails, and coffee drinks. Never had a bad experience here - highly recommend for a “quick visit” or “sit & stay”. Other “bad reviews” people have made for Lighthouse is just purely due to misunderstanding and negative energy from the reviewer themself. Please try lighthouse out, promise you’ll enjoy the experience and or make a friend! :)
Crema Reviews
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