Kaffee Meister

I took the drive through because I've never been here but this place has really great coffee. I'll have to go in next time and enjoy it longer! (Went on a walk after-picture*)

My favorite coffee shop in East county! Even the Santee one is excellent!

High quality ingredients and great customer service! Best coffee shop in East County! Be sure to try their their homemade pumpkin spice in your drink

Kaffee Meister's acai bowls have come to be my favorite. In honesty, I have it for breakfast about 12 times a month. (I have an eating disorder and stomach problem and its hard to find foods i can eat) Im such a fan, my partner proposed with one. Their chai tea is very pleasant. Ill always come back, and update with photos eventually.

Fast friendly service, and you get to shop at the barn florist and mercantile or sit outside in their garden and enjoy your food and beverage

Kaffee Meister is a small coffee shop in Lakeside. The coffee is delicious and the employees are very friendly. I love the drive-thru. It's nice to support the little guys. Thanks Kaffee Meister!

Excellent tasting coffee! They also have a drive thru. I highly recommend this coffee over S-Bucks. Supporting local businesses is the way to go.

I really love their green smoothie especially in the mornings when I'm headed out to yoga. It's delicious and it gets me through yoga without feeling too full.

Just had some cold brewed iced coffee here. Best iced coffee I've ever had hands down! The barista Ryan made my visit even better with his friendly service. Definitley coming back soon!

Great place to kick back and enjoy your favorite coffee and maybe a baked goody too. This is no cookie cutter coffee shop, very unique and a great experience.

What a lovely little place. The staffs are super cheerful and friendly. The coffee is great, food is great! Loved the experience.

Great coffee and the homemade baked goods are amazing! The owners and the staff are friendly and helpful, and I don't know of any other coffee shop that makes you feel like family each and every time you walk in the door. Kaffee Meister blows away the competition hands down. If you're looking to enjoy good coffee with good people, there is no other choice!

All of the staff always have a great attitude and are friendly and dog friendly too. It's a great drive-through start to my morning.

The staff at Kaffee Meister are always nice, courteous happy. Coffee comes out in a timely manner and always the best! You pay a little more and it's a little out of my way but I'd rather support small business any day. Love them!

Their coffee is amazing and, unlike Starbucks, they serve you and add a cookie with it. There are 2 locations. One is in Santee and it is a funky, chill vibe where they have bands play many nights. This one is different. It is located inside an antique shop (which is lovely), and you have the option to sit inside and play games, or out in their peaceful garden and enjoy the weather. Staff is very customer friendly. Oh also try their food. It is yummy, especially their home made soup and their spinach quiche.

My order was a cold brew peach tea with a cranberry and orange pastry and it was AMAZING!!! the ladies in here are killing it. Great customer service, great selection. 10/10 . Would definitely come again . Will definitely drop by again next time I'm in the area.

Must’ve passed by this place a thousand times, finally got a chance to stop in. Finding the entrance was a little bit tricky but what’s inside was definitely worth it. Ordered the White Chocolate Mocha for me and a Mocha Frappe for my kiddo. Both were absolutely delicious. Staff was super friendly. We will be back very soon!

Honestly on my top favorite places to get coffee in east county. I love this place. Seriously wish I could get it every day. Also they are always so kind, I have never (in the almost 2 years I've gotten coffee here) been let down. If you are looking to try somewhere for sure try here.

Easily the best coffee I've had in lakeside/ec area. Great staff, good sandwiches.

Great coffee and atmosphere. It's the way old secret coffee shops used to be--before the corporate coffee invasion. Courteous staff. Laid back atmosphere. Awesome remote work location.

Love this place! Great coffee and sandwiches! They have an antique store attached which is an awesome find!

First time trying acai bowl...absolutely delicious! The Green Smoothie is amazing also!

Excellent coffee and service. Thank you!

Rafael Gallegos

My order was a cold brew peach tea with a cranberry and orange pastry and it was AMAZING!!! the ladies in here are killing it. Great customer service, great selection. 10/10 . Would definitely come again . Will definitely drop by again next time I'm in the area.

Cassandra

Must’ve passed by this place a thousand times, finally got a chance to stop in. Finding the entrance was a little bit tricky but what’s inside was definitely worth it. Ordered the White Chocolate Mocha for me and a Mocha Frappe for my kiddo. Both were absolutely delicious. Staff was super friendly. We will be back very soon!

Katie Frias

Honestly on my top favorite places to get coffee in east county. I love this place. Seriously wish I could get it every day. Also they are always so kind, I have never (in the almost 2 years I've gotten coffee here) been let down. If you are looking to try somewhere for sure try here.

Mason Zedaker

Easily the best coffee I've had in lakeside/ec area. Great staff, good sandwiches.

Mark Griffin

Great coffee and atmosphere. It's the way old secret coffee shops used to be--before the corporate coffee invasion. Courteous staff. Laid back atmosphere. Awesome remote work location.

Cheryl Myrick

Love this place! Great coffee and sandwiches! They have an antique store attached which is an awesome find!

Gina Brown

First time trying acai bowl...absolutely delicious! The Green Smoothie is amazing also!

JYA

Excellent coffee and service. Thank you!

I love their coffee is the best!

If you didn't know it was there you might miss it, but this little hidden drive-thru coffee shop was a wonderful surprise in the neighborhood! It's tucked into the side of a super cute antiques/gift shop, which I'm looking forward to checking out next time. I got a seasonal pecan praline latte, half sweet, and my partner got a latte breve. Their coffee is delicious! We also got breakfast sandwiches, which had a tasty herbed butter spread on the ciabatta and fluffy eggs, sausage on one, bacon on the other - both were very tasty. The cherry on top was a perfectly moist/buttery orange cranberry scone. 10/10 for the quality of their coffee & food alone, but the service was awesome too! They offered me a dog treat when they saw her in the car. She says they get 15/10 all around. 🐶😄 We will absolutely be back!

susan young

All of the staff always have a great attitude and are friendly and dog friendly too. It's a great drive-through start to my morning.

Victoria Richardson

If you didn't know it was there you might miss it, but this little hidden drive-thru coffee shop was a wonderful surprise in the neighborhood! It's tucked into the side of a super cute antiques/gift shop, which I'm looking forward to checking out next time. I got a seasonal pecan praline latte, half sweet, and my partner got a latte breve. Their coffee is delicious! We also got breakfast sandwiches, which had a tasty herbed butter spread on the ciabatta and fluffy eggs, sausage on one, bacon on the other - both were very tasty. The cherry on top was a perfectly moist/buttery orange cranberry scone. 10/10 for the quality of their coffee & food alone, but the service was awesome too! They offered me a dog treat when they saw her in the car. She says they get 15/10 all around. 🐶😄 We will absolutely be back!

Pretty good. I've gotten chi tea here before and it was ok. It kind of tasted like the powdered chi you can get at Costco. Today i got the iced caramel macciatto and it was much better. Close to my home and its great to support a local business. We will be back.

I would give this place 5 stars….butttt… not happy about the hours. They don’t open until 7 and they close at 2 in the afternoon but online it says 6 PM and on a banner in front of the “red barn” advertises till 5 PM. Very frustrating when i’m craving an açaí bowl after work…

Would have been 5 stars but I had to walk through two other (!!) stores to get to KM! Map says Business I-8, but entrance seems to be on Aurora! Or walking through other stores... The Vietnamese coffee was great!

The pastry and espresso shot was so good. If you get a matcha, I recommend requesting a few pumps of vanilla syrup.

The coffee shop follows the antique theme of of the adjacent shops, therefore you may hear country music playing in the background. I myself am not a lover of country music but it will give this shop the ambience of a country shop. Only had an iced coffee off the menu and it was OK. Nothing spectacular. Served in a plain Solo cup. I think they should start branding cups in my opinion but that could get costly. Just my opinion. I'd like to see the menu on a chalkboard but here the menu is on laminated paper. They do have WiFi thank goodness. The shop didn't seem that busy in the afternoon when I arrived. The service was fast. And the staff was friendly. The place just seemed dead to me. It needed more life. Overall I'm glad the country music wasn't loud, the place was clean, and they offered WiFi. It's too bad they don't have windows to look outside. I'd still recommend the place if you were looking for a local coffee shop. They even have a few board games. Prices are about on par with what you'd pay at Starbucks. Update 10/2019: Place is always clean and I've been here in the mornings and it's much more busier and lively but they still provide fast service. I think I'm expecting too much as this coffee shop is more of an antique coffee shop then a modern one. Restroom is kept clean. Still needs windows. Go glad they have high speed wireless internet. Update 10/2019: Been here a few times now. Great place to get away and study, and yes they don't only play country music. That was a one time occurance. The crew is friendly and the service is fast. I recommend this place. 4 Stars still because it's a little cramped and they only have one power outlet that I could see. Not sure if it's for customer use. Place could also use windows but on the brightside there isn't sunlight beaming in. Also the prices are a little on the high side.

Here's some pics of the menu. I had the Acai bowl and it was delish but smaller than I'm used to getting when you order the large. The hubby had a croissant breakfast sandwich. He said it was smaller than he expected but good. I'd go back!

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The pastry and espresso shot was so good. If you get a matcha, I recommend requesting a few pumps of vanilla syrup.

Pete Puebla

The coffee shop follows the antique theme of of the adjacent shops, therefore you may hear country music playing in the background. I myself am not a lover of country music but it will give this shop the ambience of a country shop. Only had an iced coffee off the menu and it was OK. Nothing spectacular. Served in a plain Solo cup. I think they should start branding cups in my opinion but that could get costly. Just my opinion. I'd like to see the menu on a chalkboard but here the menu is on laminated paper. They do have WiFi thank goodness. The shop didn't seem that busy in the afternoon when I arrived. The service was fast. And the staff was friendly. The place just seemed dead to me. It needed more life. Overall I'm glad the country music wasn't loud, the place was clean, and they offered WiFi. It's too bad they don't have windows to look outside. I'd still recommend the place if you were looking for a local coffee shop. They even have a few board games. Prices are about on par with what you'd pay at Starbucks. Update 10/2019: Place is always clean and I've been here in the mornings and it's much more busier and lively but they still provide fast service. I think I'm expecting too much as this coffee shop is more of an antique coffee shop then a modern one. Restroom is kept clean. Still needs windows. Go glad they have high speed wireless internet. Update 10/2019: Been here a few times now. Great place to get away and study, and yes they don't only play country music. That was a one time occurance. The crew is friendly and the service is fast. I recommend this place. 4 Stars still because it's a little cramped and they only have one power outlet that I could see. Not sure if it's for customer use. Place could also use windows but on the brightside there isn't sunlight beaming in. Also the prices are a little on the high side.

Sandra Mills

Here's some pics of the menu. I had the Acai bowl and it was delish but smaller than I'm used to getting when you order the large. The hubby had a croissant breakfast sandwich. He said it was smaller than he expected but good. I'd go back!

I’ve been coming back to this spot every time I’m in town. It’s quick, they have a lot of options to pick from and it even has a drive thru! The staff are my favorite part, they’re always super friendly and helpful. The options are great and they have a lot of milk alternatives. The last few times I’ve been the coffee tastes like warm milk so I add an extra shot for more coffee flavor. They’re always so accommodating here!

The coffee is amazing! The place is super cute.. We took the açaí bowl and bagel with avocado spread and egg. The eggs were a bit weird and felt artificial to me, the bagel was good, but I felt like the online menu was richer than what they actually have. Açaí bowl was really good and you can choose two different sizes if you feel like having a small portion. Overall we had good experience and we would definitely come back if we are in the area.

Alyssa Watkins

I’ve been coming back to this spot every time I’m in town. It’s quick, they have a lot of options to pick from and it even has a drive thru! The staff are my favorite part, they’re always super friendly and helpful. The options are great and they have a lot of milk alternatives. The last few times I’ve been the coffee tastes like warm milk so I add an extra shot for more coffee flavor. They’re always so accommodating here!

Libi Fogel

The coffee is amazing! The place is super cute.. We took the açaí bowl and bagel with avocado spread and egg. The eggs were a bit weird and felt artificial to me, the bagel was good, but I felt like the online menu was richer than what they actually have. Açaí bowl was really good and you can choose two different sizes if you feel like having a small portion. Overall we had good experience and we would definitely come back if we are in the area.

Chai tea was good. They have a vanilla or spice option. We ordered one of each, but they made 2 spiced ones. They offered to remake one, but we didn't want to wait. For the drive thru, access from business 8, Not Aurora Dr. It pulls through to Aurora Dr. The cinnamon roll was fine, but definitely a trade item out of a cellophane wrapper. The breakfast sandwich was okay. It was a good size and the crossaint was good, but nothing special.

Katie Kelly

Chai tea was good. They have a vanilla or spice option. We ordered one of each, but they made 2 spiced ones. They offered to remake one, but we didn't want to wait. For the drive thru, access from business 8, Not Aurora Dr. It pulls through to Aurora Dr. The cinnamon roll was fine, but definitely a trade item out of a cellophane wrapper. The breakfast sandwich was okay. It was a good size and the crossaint was good, but nothing special.

I love this place but 80% if the time i order they mess up i specifically ordered 3 egg cheese and sausage sandwitches the lady guy and the lady both repeated to me my order twice they still forgot the sausage. Also a majority time i tell them i want my drink half sweet they make it full sweet. The people who have been there a while are great they never make a mistake. These new kids though not the sharpest kids

For a place so well reviewed, maybe we didn't get the right thing. Cold foam cold brew and croissant sandwich... coffee was just okay for the price and the sandwich was gross. It was peppery? And not in the spicy good way. Just no.

Asked for car-A-mel latte and just got a black coffee and corrected on my pronunciation of a word that clearly has a second "A". Lids don't stay on for crap so be careful. Lemon scone was delicious though. Warm. Flavorful. Light. Cute place too!

Elaine Flores

For a place so well reviewed, maybe we didn't get the right thing. Cold foam cold brew and croissant sandwich... coffee was just okay for the price and the sandwich was gross. It was peppery? And not in the spicy good way. Just no.

Liparty People

Asked for car-A-mel latte and just got a black coffee and corrected on my pronunciation of a word that clearly has a second "A". Lids don't stay on for crap so be careful. Lemon scone was delicious though. Warm. Flavorful. Light. Cute place too!

robert rosselli

I love this place but 80% if the time i order they mess up i specifically ordered 3 egg cheese and sausage sandwitches the lady guy and the lady both repeated to me my order twice they still forgot the sausage. Also a majority time i tell them i want my drink half sweet they make it full sweet. The people who have been there a while are great they never make a mistake. These new kids though not the sharpest kids

Toffee nut coffee was watered down and not piping hot. Bacon/egg/cheese croissant tasted good but was served cold.

Service is terrible. I never leave a bad review but this place gave us the wrong coffee at first (which happens sometimes, I totally get it) and then took 15 mins to give us our still wrong coffee. I am horribly LACTOSE INTOLERANT and they gave us WHOLE MILK. Not to mention all the coffee tastes watered down. I won’t be coming back.

It's sad to say that in the past couple months the drinks have gone down hill. The coffee is watered down, not adding the right milk or mixing up the flavors. It's been happening almost every time I go .

Ilseey Muse

It's sad to say that in the past couple months the drinks have gone down hill. The coffee is watered down, not adding the right milk or mixing up the flavors. It's been happening almost every time I go .