Royal Coffee Bar and Roasting Co

I absolutely love the environment. The coffee here is good but I’m not sure it’s been the best, or at least in the past two times that I’ve been here. I love the décor in the place and the atmosphere. There’s always someone to just sit and talk with for fun if you’re the type of person who’s up for it. The last time I was there I got a macchiato and boy was it strong! kept me up for finals though.

My go to coffee shop near campus. Small and quaint, but with ample indoor/​outdoor seating.
Have tried iced/​hot lattes, the cortado, pourovers, and cold brew and they were all excellent.
Good selection of gluten free pastries.

Cute little coffee shop near ASU. I stopped here before a meeting on a chilly morning and they were very friendly in the AM. I didn’t get anything special, just a pour over coffee. They did have a bunch of danish that looked tasty, but didn’t have the chance to try! But its a great place to meet someone for a hot drink or sit outside on a nice day to relax!

I recently went to Royal Coffee Bar to get some work done on my day off. The restaurant is small but small with a very cozy feel. I ordered a Hazelnut Latte and the lemon blueberry scone, and let’s just say it was BOMB! I wanted to get them both again while I was there, but I hesitated. The baristas were good and were very involved with the customers and doing small talk with everyone. The place was quiet too, which is different from some of the other coffee shops around Tempe. It’s a little bit of a hike from my apartment on the other side of campus, but well worth the walk. I WILL be back here again!
P. S. They play music over the speakers and for a good hour or so they were playing country music (which I despise) but I dealt with it. The great coffee and atmosphere made up for it!

Just curious why a favorite coffee place is now charging for using lowfat/​nonfat milk in their coffee drinks. Was used to paying 4.06 (incl. tax) for a large latte, today I pay 4.49 with an added .40 cent milk charge. How do you make a latte without milk?

This is a great little coffee bar close to campus. It’s convenient for a coffee break whenever I have a break from work, where I can take my laptop and grade some papers with a good environment. I wish they had a bit of a broader drink selection, since one of those terrible people who actually enjoys frappes from Starbucks. However, the staff here is incredibly friendly and accommodating. I asked them for something for my sweet tooth and they made me a mocha with cinnamon and chai in it. It was delicious and different! And I would have never known to ask for it. I’ve also gotten some of their tea here, over ice. It was delicious. I recommend if you’re looking for some quiet away from the buzz of campus.

Absolutely fantastic coffee, made to order, with friendly staff who are happy to be chatty or leave you be. A small patio and inside bar area, which is perfect considering that most people grab and go to or from ASU Tempe. Coffee has been consistently great over the past 6 months I’ve been going, and if there are ever any mistakes the staff is quickly down to remake drinks for you. For the quality everything is priced well. That, and the staff makes this a great place for coffee lovers who want legit, honest, good coffee.

I’ve been to the royal coffee near the science center in downtown Phoenix, and I really enjoyed it although, I only got an iced tea at the time because it was so hot outside. I came to the royal coffee today in Tempe as it’s right down the street from ASU it was so good!
The barista was really sweet and informative about everything on the menu. I got the cortado, which is essentially a latte served in a big shot glass, the milk was steamed perfectly, and I will day dream of it tomorrow whilst drinking my coffee at home. The barista (who was a really sweet brunette!) recommended a scone that I bought, which had really plump blueberries and real lemon zest, I was in love… They also had some GF options and milk alternatives, though I don’t get any of them, I’m sure they’re delicious.
It is a small place, but, I enjoyed it. It’s a good place to study or just meet someone and sit outside with. Who needs Starbucks or coffee bean when this place is down college ave?!

Ugh. I wanted to love or at least highly like this place, but I can’t! I came in on a weekday to get coffee beans because it is very close to the parking structure I use at work. The space is tiny — I actually had to wait in line outside of the door before making it inside. The service seemed slow — which is to be expected for single pour over coffees. This part didn’t bother me… but the fact that the person taking orders was also the person making coffee was hard to wrap my head around. I had to wait for the 5 people in front of me to think out their orders, order, pay, and then have the employee make their orders before I could buy my bag of beans. This was annoying (as was the conversation of said 5 people that I had to listen to while waiting). The beans themselves (once brewed at home — using a french press as recommended as well as a chemex) were OK, but definitely not the best bean you can get in Phoenix. Will stick to Cartel when I need to buy beans close to ASU.

This is the best espresso in the entire metro area, at the moment.

Really was looking forward to Sunday afternoon coffee the other day with my sister but it looks like it’s closed on the weekends for the summer.
We came back later in the week and luckily they were open.
The coffee was awesome. I’d give that five stars. It had a great, rich flavor. I got a hazelnut latte.
Service brings it down a notch. The barista was using her computer and hanging out with some of the customers the whole time. We had to wait a minute for her to even come to the counter. I came here hoping for a latte in a mug with latte art (as I had seen in so many photos) but it was automatically given to me in a paper cup. It almost seemed like she was more interested in hanging out than working and just wanted us out the door.
I was also disappointed that there were no baked goods available when we came in.
While the décor is cool, it is a very small space, so it might not be the best for larger groups (4+), especially with how many people were studying.
The choice of music was great.
If you want good coffee, come here. If you want a fun atmosphere to hang out and talk, go across the street to The Blend.

Small, intimate feel. Quiet, at least during the summer when ASU is on break. This is my first time and I ordered an Earl Grey tea with milk and honey. Barista made it up great with steamed milk and yummy frothy foam. Delicious.

Coffee was great, ambiance superb, location delightful. Bathroom, terrible. ¼ mile walk around the corner down the street upstairs shared with other tenants one stall. Line for the men’s room?

If you are in to Hot Chocolate like me then you know it’s hard to find a good cup at any Starbucks because frankly their hot chocolate is awful. If you want a solid cup of hot chocolate you are not going to be able to top Royal Coffee Bar’s chocolate. Simply put its the best and it is a great place to nerd out on your laptop to get some work done. The people are super nice and know how to make coffee as well as HC.

I’m by no means a coffee expert but I love Royal. Overall, a great place to have coffee and study/​relax. The baristas are always friendly, the layout of the store is well-​designed (inside and outside seating), and the coffee is excellent. Plus, there are always delicious vegan pastries from Nami, a Phoenix bakery.

I love this place.
If you want to drink heaven in a cup… Get the cold brew. Also get a large, you will be so sad to see it end…
The baristas are super nice and normal, they don’t greet you with the enthusiasm of pre-​teens at a Justin Bieber concert. (Don’t act like you don’t know which coffee place I’m describing!)
I don’t want to get coffee anywhere else ever again.

Super friendly barista, who was more than happy to talk about the beans, the pulls, the equipment, anything.
Fun wall art by local artist — oh and good coffee too.
I’m usually wary about iced coffee and pick about my cold brew, but it was well-​done. I also can’t drink my coffee black, but for their coffee it was good enough to drink black. Buut, for transparency, I’ll admit, I still added cream. What? I like half and half.

I’m a fan of this place. It offers true small coffee house experience.
Not many places offer Real Iced Coffee. This place offers something similar very close. They cold brew their coffee grounds in room temperature water (instead of iced or chilled water) and then serve it under the name of Iced Toddy. It’s not bad.
The pastries they serve are from a third party and is acceptable.
I had:
Iced Toddy (no sugar, no cream)
Pumpkin Turnover (kind of stale if you ask me)
But it the coffee’s acceptable and the pastry isn’t that great, why do I like it? It offers that cozy coffee house feeling, they don’t make you feel as if you need to be out of there in ten minutes. Some guy was there, studying, for 5 hours or so. The place is quiet and it’s pretty close to campus. The music isn’t too loud and there’s this huge table for spreading out.
Another thing, the bathroom’s a minute walk away on a different floor.

I didn’t believe the 5 star rating (based on 7 reviews) that Royal Coffee had on Unilocal,but I was hoping it to be true and thus I started my venture to Royal during my lunch break while I was at ASU main. I passed two other coffee joints to get here and it was worth it!
The two staff members welcomed me with a friendly «hello» and smile while I took a quick glimpse at my surroundings. This is an intimate shop (a polite way to say small), but the décor is modern hipster and the open patio is enticing especially now that the Fall weather is cooling down. Standing at the order counter, which is covered in individual health bars, loose tea containers, and two pastry stands, I asked the first of a bazillion questions (okay it was only three, I asked three questions). I wanted to know what kind of milk they offered, the drink sizes they offer, and the amount of shots in each latte size. As you might have read in my tip, I am so giddy that they offer almond milk. I love almond milk, it makes everything taste better. In addition to that, they have the standard, whole and non fat cow’s milk and soy milk. The drink sizes are in English, so you choose from a small, medium, or large and since I wanted a latte, the shots for each size are 1, 2, and 3 for a large.
My drink of choice today was a medium iced carmel latte with almond milk ($ 4.22 with tax). Now, I am both happy and sad I ordered this as my first drink from here. I’m happy because I haven’t had a flavored latte in forever and their carmel sauce (yes I say carmel, not caramel) is a honey, buttery goodness that is worth the extra 40 cent surcharge. I’m sad because since I got a flavor, I can’t really taste the espresso, but reading the prior reviews, it’s apparently the bees knees, but to be clear, the flavor isn’t overwhelming powerful that you lose the coffee taste. Either way, my drink was delicious and I will be back to try it again.
So as I said, their order counter is lined with various goodies and the pastry stands were screaming my name so loud it was annoying and even though I told them they were being rude and to stop, they gave me an ultimatum. I had to buy one or endure the screaming my entire time there. So since I was left with no choice, I tried their banana fritter/​donut hole ($ 1.25). Oh-​em-​to-​the-​gee, it was mouthwatering. The outer glaze melts in your mouth and then the banana hits your taste buds, ugh so good. You must try them! All their pastries are made Nami –meaning they are all vegan, but don’t let that fool you into thinking they won’t have any flavor!
I understand why this coffee joint has 5 stars. Great Drinks, Great Food, Amazing Service! And just to add to their awesomeness, they have a frequent flyer punch card (its electronic, you use your email) and every 10^th drink you get $ 3 off!

Great coffee, a very nice setting near enough to everything ASU but far enough away to not be crazed, and tasty vegan pastries. I’m a fan.