Deo Valente Cafe

I visited this comfy spot during a short layover and was not disappointed. I ordered the portobello panini, which was quite delicious.

What a great find off the light rail between SeaTac and Seattle. We stopped here because we were hungry and the reviews looked good. Great food. Big portions. Friendly server and fresh favors. What a cool little place – don’t be fooled by the strip-​mall chic.

Go there! Try this place!
What a pleasant surprise. This place is clean and well-​decorated, the owner is incredibly nice and friendly, the food is delicious. It’s a laid back environment, where you can sit with your laptop, or share some coffee with a friend.
My daughter and I shared the roasted red pepper and mozzarella panini — so tangy and good! Crunchy on the outside, warm and melty on the inside. Just perfect. Decent size and well-​priced. We also had a 2 scoop gelato for dessert (coconut and cinnamon). I was really impressed that everything was handmade right there at the restaurant. The owner takes real pride in coming up with unusual flavors. He definitely has a talent for it. I had a vanilla latte and my daughter had an Italian cream soda. Both made perfectly (and I am very picky about my foam!).
There is free parking for an hour in the adjacent garage. Doesn’t get better than that!
I really and truly hope this place stays around. I would love to make it a regular hangout and I hope they fix up some tables outside for a patio in the warmer weather. Great first-​time experience.

Awesome place, and wonderful staff. Very friendly and warm. Great food, and the coffee drinks are very good, they use a very good bean, not over roasted, so no burnt taste. Great location to meet friends.
It is very nice to have such a terrific location in the neighborhood.

Wish they had more items on the menu. Other than that, everything is on the dot!

Love this place! The coffee and food are great, the staff is always nice. I often go set up shop and work for 4 – 5 hours at a time, and they’re always great.

Nice location! Near to the Othello Light Rail station, this shop definitely is a must stop for some tastey gelato! Come with your pooch, s/​he is welcome too!
I came here one weekend late afternoon to meet friends to check out this place and try out the many gelato flavours. I saw there was a few sorbet flavours to choose too.
For this visit, I really enjoyed the coconut gelato. A lot of flavour! I also tried the lemon gelato which was good but not as good (in my opinion) as the coconut. Portion size is a good size.
The owner is very friendly and quickly offers samples of her gelato treats just in case you are a bit indecisive like me!
I also noticed there were baked treats and sandwiches, which I did not try this trip b/​c it was strictly gelato treat time! It seems like the owner is adding new events as I noticed and commented on the wine tasting flyer at the checkout. There was even a gelato wine!
The owner keeps this place clean and it has a open feel especially in the summer months with outdoor seating.
I hope to visit again soon and try out the other options here. If you come by car and not rail or foot, I parked across the street at the othello wkend market. there is also street parking.

This place is ridiculously priced. While their coffee is pretty good, their service is hit or miss. DO NOT go in on the weekends. The girl that works in the morning is just awful. Weekdays are much better… but really, if you can wait to get to downtown, you are gonna save a buck or two and feel much better about the start of your day!
Their pastries and case items are at best «okay.» If you can hold out for a ham and cheese croissant at Il Fornaio, DO it! I have purchased items here on multiple occasions and wound up throwing half of them away. I am not sure how long they stay in that case. But I can tell you they are definitely NOT fresh.
After a couple of visits I can say today I WILL NOT go back to this place again and do not recommend it to anyone either. Safeway is right across the street. You are much better off walking over there!

Been meaning to try this place since it opened. I went in during dinner and the place has no customers. The cashier wasn’t exactly warm and felt like they didn’t want to be there. I had the sweet onion pruciotto pianini and the pruciotto felt dry and the sandwhich was somewhat bland. Coffee also seems a tad pricy, 3.25 for a short plain latte?
So base on service and food I gave this place a 3. Perhaps gelato is their calling.

I LOVE this place! The people are super nice, the coffee is excellent and the food is great! I come here just about every day. I live in the apartments upstairs, so it is super handy. Most of the time I come in just to talk to the owners and the staff. They are always so nice and fun to chat with. I am new in town and they always make me feel welcome. I would recommend this place to anyone looking for a nice welcoming place to come relax and enjoy a nice, well made cup of coffee. Sit back, read a book, or just start up a conversation with one of the owners! Trust me, you won’t regret it!

Really like it here!
Pretty tasty food, yummy coffee, spacious and clean. Not really my kinda art on the walls but glad to see at least something.
I do wish they had better music. Stuff like St. Germain or Brazillian Girls feels like it would fit in this place.
Service was friendly and prompt and that’s what makes this place really pleasant!

This café serves Café Vita, very quality coffee and the service here is top-​notch! They are very eager for your business, and they take care of you while you are here.
Free wi-​fi and great ambiance makes this a true oasis in the Othello District.

I don’t have much to add to what the other reviewers have said, but wanted to add another positive review to this establishment. I’m excited to find a place in the south end that’s open late, has desserts and offers a welcoming environment. We went when they first opened and were still putting up artwork, but the owner was friendly and eager to stop by our table to chat and offer his menu suggestions. He seemed genuinely interested in establishing Deo Valente as a place that reflected the diversity of the community. I tried a chicken panini sandwich (just average) but loved their house-​made gelato. I need to get back there soon!

Came here for father’s day. They had a small & simple brunch menu. It was nice because we called ahead & they had our table ready for us including a high chair for the baby! Unexpected good start for a small little café… The food was excellent. I had the french toast with berries & all of the meat eaters said the bacon was perfectly crisp. Bf had the spinach & cheese omellete which he devoured before I could taste it. The food took a while but we were a huge group & the kitchen is a small café kitchen. The chef was alone & he did a kick ass job.
And then there was the Gelato!
House made yumminess. I had the orange cream flavor and it was outstanding! The pistachio is not for the faint of heart, be forewarned it is PISTACHIO. They also have non-​dairy «gelato» in 3 flavors– which was awesome seeing as how the father in our fathers day group is lactose intolerant (poor guy)!
Forgot to mention the coffee… there are so many good things about this place I almost forgot the main staple. I had a basic latte with nonfat milk & it was perfect.(But it is Seattle & you guys know how to make coffee). They use café vita beans which are just fantastic– gotta love the local support also.
Amazing art on the walls, mellow non-​obtrusive pianist in the corner (he was a local music student– love it), super friendly & accomidating baristas/​staff, open & airy space, good food & coffee = try this place!

Holy Batman! Does anyone else think this place is just a tad expensive on their coffee?
Service was nice even though it was early morning.
I am slightly confused on their hour of operations because the store front says 7 or 8 am depending on the day but the brochure says 9 or 11 am dpending on the day. Does it mean the food will start serving at that time or because the place is pretty new so they are opening just a bit early for the first couple of months?

I’m thrilled to have Deo Valente in the general neighborhood (it’s about a mile from our house). They offer Café Vita coffee, house-​made gelato, a variety of delicious panini, beer and wine, and more. There’s plenty of indoor seating, and on nice days, an outdoor patio area. Surprisingly, despite being located at MLK & Othello, a busy intersection, the patio is really pleasant to sit on. The sidewalk is extremely wide, which helps a lot, and it’s on the south west corner, so away from any cars waiting for the light.
I’ve been here three times now. I’ve tried both the «breakfast» panini weekend morning, and a caprese panini last night. Both were really good, but piping hot — I tried to slow down, but the panini was too good to wait, and I burned the roof of my mouth on some molten tomato. That serves me right for being greedy, I guess. I’m not sure what kind of turbo-​charged panini press they are using, but it does the trick. The breakfast panini came paired with some ripe and tasty fruit, and the caprese panini was accompanied by several olives and slivers of cheese, very tastefully presented.
The house-​made gelato is superb; soft, and very creamy tasting. I tasted the peanut butter and jelly flavor, which while good, seemed designed for younger taste buds. I settled on a scoop of pear and a scoop of lemon sorbet, which were both ridiculously good; sweet, yet refreshing. It probably helped that it was a sunny, beautiful day, and we were sitting on the outdoor patio while gobbling down our treats.
Free parking is available in the parking garage (you can enter Deo Valente through the garage, so no need to exit the garage and walk around the building). No need to validate under an hour; if you stay longer, Deo Valente will validate your parking for you (I believe for an additional hour?).
Literally my only complaint is that the music last night was some kind of soft, easy-​listening jazz. I’m honestly not sure what they could select without offending someone’s music sensibilities, so I’ll let it slide! At least it was low so you didn’t feel like Steve Winwood was standing over your shoulder.

Soup of the Day: Very good and comes with a few slices of bruschetta (?) bread.
Bruschetta Sampler: 4 choices. I got the sweet onion, asparagus, peperonata and basil pesto. Delicious! Beautiful plating + a slivered strawberry and balsamic vinaigrette (?) smear.
Gelato (!): I sampled the coconut, vanilla, PB&J (!) and peach champagne (vegan). Nice. I went for a small PB&J waffle cone.
Late-​nite?: Heck yes. Open ’til 11p Fri-​Sat.
Also, got the chocolate bread pudding (no raisins, yess) and banana walnut bread to-​go. Mmm.
They also make practically everything in-​house. How neat is that?!
The dude behind the counter kind of put Rob in an awkward spot while we were chatting and I was closing out; but I appreciated what they did, anyway.
Look for me coming by again late at night after work on Fridays. =D I sense more chai latte fixes.

Amazing.
This is exactly what we’ve been missing in South Seattle. Live music (last night featured a cellist), great food most of which is made in house, fabulous desserts — including house-​made gelato, and delicious espresso.
The owners are super involved and very chatty — they go out of their way to make you feel welcome. Additionally, they are very open to suggestions and feedback.
Location couldn’t be better, across the street from the Othello light-​rail station and in the new apartment building. Parking is available both on the street and in the garage and is validated.
I HIGHLY recommend the strawberry pino grigio gelato along with the pesto (but don’t expect to kiss anyone for a while!) along with the brushetta plates. The wine list isn’t extensive but the options are great. Beer is also on tap.
Seriously, check it out! YUMMY!!!

Had dinner here the weekend it opened — the food is out of this world for a place that just started business. The three cheese grilled cheese panini (I believe with fontina, parmesan and pecorino romano) is the best panini I’ve ever eaten, and a contender for the best grilled cheese ever, period. The gelato is I believe made on-​site and is ludicrously good.
The location, as well, is killer – it’s directly across the street from the Othello Light Rail station.

What a wonderful addition to the neighborhood! Deo Valente is located on the Link light rail line, in the Station at Othello Park (nw corner of the bldg.).
The café is open early in the morning for grabbing a light bite and a fabulous espresso on the way to work. (They create your foam-​art-​topped espresso with a machine made by locally owned Synesso.)
Also open for lunch and dinner, you can take a midday break or unwind at the end of the day with a great glass of wine or beer and choose from a menu filled with items made in-​house from scratch. Save room for gelato, also made in-​house, with flavors as groovy and unique as peanut butter and jelly!
The atmosphere is hip yet comforting, and the owners and staff will make sure you have a great beginning, middle or end to your day! Buon appetito!