Texenza Coffee

Cute little coffeeshop, delicious chai latte. Unfortunately not a very good selection of baked goods. :(Everything was wrapped in saran wrap and didn’t appear to be fresh.

I popped in here about a month ago while I was visiting Austin, and I was happy to see that this store was still here. I wrote the bulk of my master’s thesis at this Texenza (while it was still Seattle’s Best), so despite my earlier review, I still have a soft spot for the place. I was also happy to find that the friendly service and casual atmosphere remained while the coffee had improved immensely. It’s a nice place to sit, have a cup of joe, and watch an afternoon while away.

Love this local coffee shop. They are always very nice and make great drinks.

This location used to be Seattle’s Best but they somehow changed the name or ownership.
Anyway, I am not a big time coffee drinker but my sister is. So whenever I am with her, I drink a little coffee here and there. This one was one of the best!

Great staff and atmosphere. I can’t spend as much time at Texenza as I’d like to, but always look forward to it. Wish it was a bit bigger … they run out of tables sometimes. That’s probably a good thing.

Light roast is good. Why coffee houses make it sooo hot is beyond me but whatever. Usually i want my coffee right away and not 15 min later… But whatever.

I was embarrassed to use my check in feature here, considering I have been almost twice a day now since last Friday. We just moved our offices and I am too close for comfort.
Every morning I’ve picked up a Joe-​to-​Go for the office, and an Americano. Solid on both fronts.
We have also walked over for a mid-​afternoon break and yesterday I branched out to an iced soy latte. Got me a regular soy latte this morning and thoroughly enjoyed them both. I also tasted a friend pineapple mango smoothie thing — perfect ten on flavor and texture.
Breakfast tacos are a dollar on Tuesday, and they are neither awful or amazing. (You must set appropriate expectations when consuming something worth less than a hundred pennies. In the future, I’d probably spend a wee bit extra and grab a taquito from Whataburger around the corner.)
Monday is muffin Monday (not really sure what that means yet), and Friday is free extra shot day. Fun for every day!
Service is super friendly. Very impressed with the gal who recently broke her wrist and is still rolling solo behind the counter. Wow.
Place seems full of regulars… which I just realized I now am. I won’t bother going to Starbucks next door, because a) Texenza is just as good, and b) I get a 20% neighbor discount. Sweet!
Oh, and they have a drive thru!

Super friendly prompt service. Large ice Americano. Much improved since Seattle’s Best.

I love their spinach breakfast sandwich and the strawberry banana smoothie!
The service can be kind of slow at times, but the quality of the food and drinks is worth the wait, in my opinion.

Friendly people, but the cheap coffee lid gives the coffee a plastic taste like gas station coffee. Not all plastic lids have this effect. I drink at Starbucks very frequently and the coffee never tastes like plastic.

Sweet mercy. I’m writing this on the other end of a 15-​minute set up for the wifi here. I don’t want to push my luck by giving them too few stars. Might knock me off the internet entirely as a final eff you. This Less Networks third party they use for their wireless sucks big ones.
I’m not a coffee drinker — the tea is good. $ 2 for hot water and a baggie of herbs — my dad would have a fit. It’s steaming hot though. Got two guys here yapping on their headsets, clearly conducting business. Whatever you have to do nowadays, I say. There’s music playing at audible volume, what appear to be students homeworking, and a clean bar. If I desperately needed to study, I’d lose my mind with the talking dudes, but otherwise the place seems fine.
Wait… this one moron… he’s loud. I’ve got his customer situation pegged. They’ve got 3 bids so far. Good luck, I guess.

I love Texenza. I promote it obsessively, because typically when I suggest it, people have no idea what I’m talking about.
Its great for studying, reading, board games, or just lounging. The staff is friendly and fun and the atmosphere is inviting and relaxing. The menu is kind of confusing, but once you figure it out they have a lot of options. I especially like the option of sugar free syrups, I think they actually taste better. I recommend it to anyone who loves a good coffee shop, which is just about everyone.

I’m here about twice a week and will keep coming back. The service and friendliness of the employees are definitely 5 stars. The coffee is pretty good. The Costa Rican is a good option and it doesn’t hurt to support a Central American country. I’m also a fan of the cinnamon vanilla latte.
Reasonable prices, comfortable leather chairs, plenty of tables, and breakfast taco Tuesday is the shizzy. Don’t forget the cinnamon roll which is similar to those from Upper Crust.
If you live in the area you should support this business. Make the effort to find it behind the Jack in the box and next to the Randalls. The wi-​fi is free unlike Starbucks… which now requires you to buy a starbux card and keep and use money on it. What a scam!

Sadly, I’ve lived in the SW Austin area for many years and live 4 minutes away from Texenza and have never patroned this local coffee shop not even when it was a Seattle’s Best. Before venturing to meet a business consultant here, I looked up their website and was very pleased with it. Great job on the descriptions for the coffee menu. Glad to see sugar free syrup shots for health conscious people. There was no menu for their food but I won’t deduct a star because the rest of it was really good. Very cool that they are on twitter and post magic words of the day that give you a $ 1 off or free bagel, etc when mentioning it at the counter or window. Got to love that strategy. So it pays to check their business website as different specials are listed for their numerous locations.
Cozy ambiance. Dug the bar counter which adds a different appeal and nice invite to chat it up with the employees while you wait for someone. They were very friendly. The chain coffee shops and even larger local coffee shops give off the vibe that they want you to hurry up and order and quickly step away and stay away from the counter unless you are picking up your drink. Bonus is that it is not super crowded unlike some of the more social coffee shops in town.
Never have ordered a low fat green tea latte anywhere and wanted to try it. Since I have nothing to compare it to, I thought it was really good.
Must try their coffee next time. Will be back.

Glad that Texenza got away from Starbucks. That’s fantastic, and allows me to support them.
It still feels like a Starbucks. I really wish they would have remodeled the place. I know it’s in a strip mall… but still.
The coffee is better, but not that great. I applaud the fact that they kept all the same employees… but these employees were basically trained to make crappy Starbucks/Seattle’s Best coffee…
I wish the owners of Texenza would contact a company like Stumptown Coffee in Portland, OR. and bring them in as a consultant, and do this thing properly!

I stopped by here a couple weeks ago on my way in to work. I ordered a large latte with an extra shot (making it a quad) and a cinnamon roll.
The coffee was pretty good. It didn’t knock my socks off, but it tasted fine and did it’s job.
The cinnamon roll was out of this world. It’s the old-​school cinnamon-​y kind, all soft on the inside, kinda crispy on the outside, and no icing to be found. Delicious!
Next time I’m in a jam and needing some coffee I’ll try their drive thru!

As any of you guys that follow my reviews or have befriended me here on The Unilocal know… I love coffee, local business, fast cars, and coffee. So, I tend to be a bit critical of coffee shops, but like a crackhead who just can’t get enough, I feel it is my lifelong duty to go to each coffee shop here in town and give it a go. So I am in the middle of my quest and things are working their way out quite nicely and I am finding some great coffee shops.
Texenza may not be one of the best, but it does have it’s charm. Its far from the hodge-​podge style local shops like Spider House or Pacha, both of which I love and not a corporate waist of time like Coffee Bucks or the dreaded «the bean.»
It feels corporate, but has a nice local edge. Coffee is decent, though a little acidic, and I was very fond of my iced americano from this morning. However, on that side of town you don’t have many options so I guess you just have to take what you can get.
In a pinch, give em a shot.
Local biz and no hipsters.

I went to the Brodie Lane location on two occasions, and both times I was notified that they were closing early. At least the first time I found out, there was a sign on the door telling all patrons. I chose to sit down and work for a bit after ordering a latte, which was fine. There were plenty of seats, which was a nice change from other, more popular establishments.
The second time I learned they were closing was discovered only *after* I ordered and paid for a drink. Now, this wouldn’t be a problem if I was placing a «to go» order, but I had planned on working there for the time they were going to be open, which would’ve been over an hour. This disclosure would’ve been helpful so that I could order a latte and work elsewhere.
You may wonder why I decided to pay for my order anyway, and it’s because it justifies me writing a bad review for them.

I frequent Texenza’s drive-​thru on Brodie about three times a week and have been a customer since 2005 when it was a Seattle’s Best. I can say that I like their coffee much better as Texenza than I did as Seattle’s. I order the iced nonfat latte regularly and it does the trick every time. I have also tried their cold-​brewed vanilla iced latte and love it (when I have more calories/​fat to spare that day). I have tried other local coffee places which I will also review, and I truly do love Texenza the best.
Most of the employees have been there a while prior to when it was an SB, with the occasional newbie so they often recognize me, and the inside is nice and cozy as well.
I recommend it and am glad it’s in my neighborhood!

I just moved from the north portion of central Austin to the southwest. I was a big fan of Genuine Joe coffee, and was looking for a reasonable coffee house in my newer neighborhood. I wanted a place that offers comfortable seats, free wifi, close to home, reasonable hours, and some decent coffee.
I found Texenza, and it does the trick. Their coffee drinks trend a little towards the Starbuck’s mold with more of the syrupy flavorings, but it’s better than the larger chains stuff where I can see congealed fat and sweeteners floating in my coffee.
It’s a solid place with all the basics and a comfortable and quiet atmosphere. They also have a drive-​thru if you want to get your coffee on the go. It’s really hard to beat Genuine Joe for me and they remain my favorite, but Texenza is a solid entry in the coffee house retreats this side of Austin around the Shady Hollow and Circle C neighborhoods.