My coffee was so spot on, I'm taking this extra 5 minutes to write this review. Usually I am only 3/5 satisfied with my coffee if I'm trying new places but this was DEFINITELY worth 5/5 and was good enough where I felt compelled to write this review. Savannah made my drink: Blended black and white (dark mocha and white mocha) with white coffee, extra thick. This legit turned my mood around. It's prob my own personal problem that coffee can do that for me but sheeeeesh it surely did today. I needed this more than I ever imagined and am so thankful for Savannah's skills and customer service. She deserves a raise and I will specifically asked for her to make my drink when I come back. read more

Cafe' Elite - Blended black and white (Dark Chocolate, White Chocolate) with White Coffee, extra thick. FREAKING YUMMM. - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Tacoma, Washington

The nitro cold brew is a joke. Not on draft. Disgusting concentrated taste. Returned and got a regular cold brew- too concentrated. Staff was friendly. read more

Service was wonderful ! Instantly greeted and attended to quickly . She got my order started and the drink was delish! It was made well and efficiently. I was handed a well made coffee that was clean and 100% correct . Thank you ! read more

Cafe' Elite - Sugar free vanilla and Carmel latte - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Tacoma, Washington

Puts their hands on the tip of the straws with no gloves on and there was a bug in one of our drinks!!! read more

Cafe' Elite - bug in the drink - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Tacoma, Washington

So I know coffee stands feel like a dime a dozen in Washington in general, but this particular Cafe Elite stand is my FAVORITE of all time. The coffee is always top notch, and all the girls who work here are the NICEST people. And I don't mean that fake barista nice lol. They genuinely care about their customers and will try and get to know you as a person. If you are a regular they will def start remembering your order. There's a blonde girl with short hair that works there during the week (I think maybe she manages this stand?) who is seriously the best. 10/10 recommend read more

Absolutely not!!! I am absolutely confused by the monstrosity they gave me to eat. I ordered a bacon egg and cheese bagel... no you're probably wondering how could that go wrong? Well it went wrong very quickly! This establishment had the audacity to put the bacon egg and cheese on a cinnamon bagel... a soggy cinnamon bagel. Who in their right mind would do that? Anyways the coffee was good but the food was a mess. read more

Cafe' Elite - A disaster - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Tacoma, Washington

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Cafe Elite across from TCC has baristas that remember the drinks and names of their customers. Great collegiality and always make the morning start off well for me!! read more

I am so glad this little cafe stayed true to its expectations. I was in the neighborhood with a friend and we were looking for some good coffee. We yelped and came across this place. It's a little coffee place which is also a drive-through and they make gourmet coffee drinks, smoothies and breakfast sandwiches. My friend went for dirty chai latte which was their special and I went for sugarfree caramel latte. The two baristas were nice and welcoming. Quick note - it is a very small place which is not meant for sitting or working at the cafe but good to pick up drinks. read more

I love this stand. Well, I love this stand in the afternoon and evening times. The morning girls have a morning coffee girl attitude which I don't care for and seem to have too many coffee fumes in their heads... or something. But on my way to a late shift or coming home from an evening shift, favorite place to stop. My coffee order is always made correctly not that I have a difficult order but a lot of other coffee places misinterpreted and try to give me extra things in it that I do not want to even if I try to be very clear with them which sometimes happens with the morning crew at this coffee stand unfortunately. However, those working the second shift always have a nice attitude, are prompt, and could be very nice conversationalists. Only giving 4 stars since I don't like the morning crew selection. read more

Asked for two drinks and received them both wrong. One I didn't catch till I got home. Very upsetting. Slow down and listen to your customers read more

I'm quite frankly appalled, and unsure what I'm going to do about this moving forward. My family and I visited the Fircrest location today around 4:25pm 9/16/2020. We both got smoothies, and we tipped well for friendly service however we have a huge issue. We found MULTIPLE pieces of sharp plastic that got blended into his drink, which look almost to me as thought a CAP got BLENDED into our smoothies. We are furious. How did they not notice? And if they did, why did they serve this to us? Now we have NO idea how much of this my husband has ingested and frankly this will have severe medical and health complications for him down the road. Some of the pieces we found were barely noticeable. This is absolutely sick, and frankly I am really mad about the lack of regard and carelessness these baristas showed us, and how careless and unprofessional it seems to me that they are by failing to notice they blended plastic into a smoothie. We won't be coming back. read more

Cafe' Elite - Large and small SHARP plastic pieces found in our drinks. - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Tacoma, Washington

My favorite Barista girls are here! Amazing customer service here and today the manager who is also a Barista made me my favorite White Chocolate with cherry latte before I arrived to the window! Amazing flavors and drinks. My favorite coffee stand! ALL of the girls know how to make delicious drinks and are very nice! Family friendly as well! read more

Cafe' Elite - The best manager and Barista! She had my Cherry White Chocolate mocha all ready before I drove up without asking! ALL the baristas great! - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Tacoma, Washington

Ah, Cafe Elite! They are all over the Seattle metro area or at least in the South Sound area but just this past week was my first time to one. Usually I like sit down coffee shops where I can relax and take in the atmosphere, the people and the product(s). But since a new fur baby came into our lives we like fast and efficient so we can get back home to be with her as much as we can. Our new Chihuahua , Alie just turned 9 weeks old so she needs lots of attention! So with our schedules a bit different for the time being these drive up coffee shops are perfect. This Cafe Elite is located right across from Tacoma Community College. I went inside the little shop instead of wait with the line of cars around it because somehow in my mind waiting to get served out of the car was more doable than inside the car at the time. Lol! Go figure. The service is still very quick even by walking in. I got an Iced Caramel Latte which was delicious and just what I needed for a young puppy that gets you up in the night and gets up early- a much needed caffeine fix on nights like that. read more

Stopped by here after a gym workout and the only reason I didn't give a 5 star is that is took about 5 minutes for the barista to appear from the back? The window was wide open too?!? Quick friendly service, though she did not acknowledge that she took awhile to appear. Pricing was moderate, $4 for a grande nonfat white mocha and my drink tasted great! I don't know if they offer a punch card, the barista did not mention it. read more

Hospitable baristas. Samantha is great! Suggested a mocha with chocolate milk. Good stuff. read more

Cafe' Elite - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Tacoma, Washington

Definitely another gem of the University Place/ Fircrest area! My favorite aspect of the business is not only the quality of the drinks made quickly, but also the prices. My usual for the Washington heat is a strawberry Italian soda - for only $2! And there's' a plethora of flavors available! I think it took almost the barista a minute to name them all, I swear. That's going the extra mile, haha! And while it's located in a rather odd and confusing intersection, it's right next to where I get my clothes tailored. Convenient as hell. Looking forward to coming back! read more

Friendly baristas. Reasonable prices. I've been to every coffee shop in the area and even tho it's not the closest, this is my favorite. They have 2 drive thru windows and a walk in counter. There is a nice selection of baked goods and great coffee. Everytime I go they offer my son a sucker and if I have my dog a treat. read more

The manager, Hannah, did a great job cleaning and painting the inside of stand...you all won't see it from your cars, but she did it.

This is coffee shop gas some good coffee, I think they are up in the top 5 with Starbucks, lol. And on top of that they are super fast and I never have to tell them to remake it. read more

Another coffee spot that I like to support. They make great coffee and the barista are ever so friendly. I normally make a daily stop in the morning. The price isn't outrageous like starbucks. Not to mention it is so much better than the burnt coffee offered in starbucks. read more

Coffee's are good BUT pay attention! I ordered a latte and asked for cream instead of milk. I was charged $2.25 extra and didn't know until they already ran my card. read more

This coffee shop is my new favorite, the baristas are really nice and work hard to make your coffee exactly how you want it. They are even really patient with my indicisiv children. We will always come back here. It's in a pretty good location as well. They have really good cold brew coffee, some of the best I have tasted. Thank you!! read more

The best! Friendliest girls and drinks taste great everytime! All the baristas at this location make a great team and take time to personally get to know you and make a relationship with you rather than being fake nice to someone handing them money. Attentive and caring baristas who make sure your drink is right-- or they'll remake it for you! Even when busy managing two drive through windows AND a walk in area, they make sure you feel taken care of. Go for a great experience.. The delicious drink is just the cherry on top! read more

Cafe' Elite - he exterior of a restaurant - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Tacoma, Washington

Not really sure how this place is so highly rated. Not one good thing to say about my experience. I drove up to the window, and then waited about 4 minutes for the two girls working to finish chit-chat ting with each other. It's not that they didn't notice me drive up either- looked right at me and continued their conversation. The coffee itself is terrible, and I ordered a 20 Oz latte, half of it was foam ( I am not exaggerating). And then a finance charge to use my debit card? Really? I will not return, and I hope more people post their true opinions of this place, so new customers don't waste their time or money stopping here. Also it looked like on of the girls came in her pajamas... who does that? There is a certain level of professionalism, even at a coffee stand. read more

Yummy coffee, usually my go to coffee place. Most girls are nice! Don't forget to get a punch card to go towards free coffee. My favorite is the iced americano with white chocolate! read more

Girl who works the early AM shift til like 9-10 on weekdays makes a killer iced white chocolate americano ! Almost better than Kerry and Ambers down the road at their other location ! read more

I'm here just about every morning on the weekdays. Courtney and Olivia are rad as hell. Neither of them burn their beans and it's a reasonably priced whatever you get. That hasn't been the norm since I've moved here to Washington. For this price of coffee it's typically shit here, and needs flavoring to mask the over burnt beans. That's not the case here. I can order a plain latte here and enjoy the taste of the coffee which is what I love from time to time. Can't stress how nice the two gals are when I normally stop by, even when things get hectic. They're always on the ball and have never slipped up really while I'm there despite the fact I've had something like 50-80 orders at this point. Seriously if you're in University Place or Fircrest you should probably stop here. read more

I love everything about this Cafe Elite location! The friendly girls that work there, the reasonable prices, the yummy drinks, and the wide array of food and snacks. Skip Starbucks and give this place a try. You won't regret it! read more

I love coffee elite! The double drive thru is a plus! Quick service. Had a great rockstar orange juice drink! Kaityln the barista was sweet and super attentive to my requests. I'll be back just because of her!! read more

Love Courtney and Kelsey ! Awesome service (: always talkative and friendly . Yummy tasting coffee. Come there enough they'll start remembering your order like mine ! If you haven't yet try a white on white Americano. Hot or iced & thank me later read more

Cafe Elite is on point with their coffee and the prices are incredible. I can get the same size coffee at half the price.

I am here almost every morning and no matter what drink I get it is always made to perfection with nothing but the best customer service from the gals! Recommend this location to all read more