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my first time in san diego! i had to grab some coffee, so i chose this cute little place. the baristas were very kind & quick with making my latte. i got an iced salted caramel latte with oat i’ll & a cream cheese danish! both taste great & i love the smooth taste of my coffee!! 10/10 <3

Gabrielle Cioffi-Dinkel

Mostra is such an amazing coffee shop! Staff are always friendly and ready to answer any questions you may have, the coffee is great, and the rotating drinks are always so much fun! I highly recommend Mostra if you're a coffee or tea lover.

Hitomi Sarah Naito

Delicious coffee! Beautiful decor and nice staff.

Dylan Ozmore

I really like their other location so wanted to stop in to this new one. I was equally impressed by their coffee. The cart is located just inside the building. Grab a cup, sit outside and enjoy the beautiful view. *There is a cool seating area behind the building.

E L

Kinda hard to find since it’s sort of tucked away to the side and other things block the signage. There’s otherwise good indoor and patio seating. Great menu and customer service.

Staying down here for work and this place is my go too. From crazy coconut burnt foam tops to a great Honey Lavender Latte, work a stop

Tom Cook

Staying down here for work and this place is my go too. From crazy coconut burnt foam tops to a great Honey Lavender Latte, work a stop

Srujan Sriram

I am a Starbucks club card member, purely because of the convenience. But put a Cortado made by Starbucks and a Cortado made by Mostra and the difference is night and day! Pure delight, and an everyday essential for me. I am from India, and I can assure that this is a great American replacement (not an equivalent) for a south Indian coffee. The waiters are caring as well, and I appreciate their latte art. I do wish Mostra made its app experience better, (hence the 4 stars for Service) I understand its easier said than done, given the size of the company itself, in comparison to Starbucks.

Vinnie Aguelo

I'm so glad I found this place after getting a haircut. The Filipino based flavors are so unique and this is what I've been trying to find for a long time. I've only ordered their regular latte with oatmilk just to see how the coffee tastes like without any flavors and it's great. Will definitely coming back to try their specialty coffees and lattes. Edit: I tried Ube Latte with double espresso shot - this is now my new favorite drink ha!

Stopped here for coffee on this beautiful hot day ahead of us. We had a couple cold brews of One Bra-Zillion Coconuts infused with Philippine coconut & vanilla bean. Nice and refreshing, tasty with a splash of half n half, and the right blend of coconut & vanilla bean. We had enough fuel on our 5+ miles walking thru San Diego Zoo.... quaint little place!

Diana W

Stopped here for coffee on this beautiful hot day ahead of us. We had a couple cold brews of One Bra-Zillion Coconuts infused with Philippine coconut & vanilla bean. Nice and refreshing, tasty with a splash of half n half, and the right blend of coconut & vanilla bean. We had enough fuel on our 5+ miles walking thru San Diego Zoo.... quaint little place!

Coffee is good, little pricy. Not enough place to sit inside. Plenty of places to sit outside. Parking is plenty since it is in a strip mall

I really love the Crème Brûlée at Mostra Coffee—the flavor is fantastic. However, I’ve noticed that the taste can be a bit inconsistent depending on the person making it. Sometimes it’s perfect, but other times it feels a little different. It’s a great drink, but I hope the quality remains consistent every time

Madhumathi Sakthivel

Coffee is good, little pricy. Not enough place to sit inside. Plenty of places to sit outside. Parking is plenty since it is in a strip mall

The barista gave a ceremonial matcha latte instead of blueberry matcha latte. I mean, they did not really read the order? Campfire mocha and honey lavender latte were correct. The honey lavender latte was lacking of lavender taste. I know because I tried different honey lavender coffee/latte in other coffee shops. When we returned home. All three of us needed to use the bathroom quickly. Something was wrong with our tummy. Probably the milk they put in it.

This place was hard to find because the only signage was on the glass doors and it was plastered with posters for Halloween advertisements. It’s next door to Sea Salt Pho & Sushi. Plenty of parking in the plaza. I got the fall special for my mom. The pumpkin cloud cream cold brew. She’s used to Starbucks cold brew and was shocked how this wasn’t overly sweet (which was a good thing) and how it had so much boldness. It had the right amount of pumpkin kick to it. I’m a honey lavender latte kind a girl but have yet to order that here or the RB location. I seem to be ordering the wrong thing. I took a risk ordering something completely different. Got the spicy gimme so mocha. It’s chocolate with espresso and Boyd’s hot sauce. At first sip, it had that rich and creamy coffee then once you swallow, you’re left with a spicy after taste. For sure not for everyone. I love it minus the spicy. After a few sips, I was over this drink when I could see the oil dripping down inside the walls of the cup, as if I’m drinking chili oil. I wouldn’t recommend drinking this on an empty stomach.

Please get some sleeves that fit cups and lids that work and cups that don't leak. But coffee is good while it lasted.

Judith

The barista gave a ceremonial matcha latte instead of blueberry matcha latte. I mean, they did not really read the order? Campfire mocha and honey lavender latte were correct. The honey lavender latte was lacking of lavender taste. I know because I tried different honey lavender coffee/latte in other coffee shops. When we returned home. All three of us needed to use the bathroom quickly. Something was wrong with our tummy. Probably the milk they put in it.

My Le

This place was hard to find because the only signage was on the glass doors and it was plastered with posters for Halloween advertisements. It’s next door to Sea Salt Pho & Sushi. Plenty of parking in the plaza. I got the fall special for my mom. The pumpkin cloud cream cold brew. She’s used to Starbucks cold brew and was shocked how this wasn’t overly sweet (which was a good thing) and how it had so much boldness. It had the right amount of pumpkin kick to it. I’m a honey lavender latte kind a girl but have yet to order that here or the RB location. I seem to be ordering the wrong thing. I took a risk ordering something completely different. Got the spicy gimme so mocha. It’s chocolate with espresso and Boyd’s hot sauce. At first sip, it had that rich and creamy coffee then once you swallow, you’re left with a spicy after taste. For sure not for everyone. I love it minus the spicy. After a few sips, I was over this drink when I could see the oil dripping down inside the walls of the cup, as if I’m drinking chili oil. I wouldn’t recommend drinking this on an empty stomach.

Been there multiple times at 6-630am and they are out of syrup for their drinks. Idk if it’s an ordering issue? But I find it hard to understand how you run out of syrup when you are just opening…

Used to be fantastic, but quality of the coffee has really gone downhill over the last several months as some others have noted. The espresso drinks are so weak that they don't even taste like coffee anymore and the flavors (even something like the salted caramel) are bland. Not really their fault, but the inside is overrun with people on laptops who sit all day, so there's no place to sit. They could enforce a no laptops policy or time limit but they probably won't. Overpriced, flavorless "coffee" drinks, and you can't even enjoy a cafe vibe, so there's no point in going there anymore. Sad to see this happen to a formerly great business. Employees are still all very friendly and nice, but something is going on with the business itself.

Madhu Rama

Used to be fantastic, but quality of the coffee has really gone downhill over the last several months as some others have noted. The espresso drinks are so weak that they don't even taste like coffee anymore and the flavors (even something like the salted caramel) are bland. Not really their fault, but the inside is overrun with people on laptops who sit all day, so there's no place to sit. They could enforce a no laptops policy or time limit but they probably won't. Overpriced, flavorless "coffee" drinks, and you can't even enjoy a cafe vibe, so there's no point in going there anymore. Sad to see this happen to a formerly great business. Employees are still all very friendly and nice, but something is going on with the business itself.

This latte was so unbelievably mid, I deeply regret the $8 I spent on this. The menu describes a Bibingka Crème Brûlée with “house vanilla syrup | toasted coconut powder | milk infused with philippine coconut and vanilla bean”. What I got was plain espresso with whole milk, a pump of monin vanilla, and nothing even remotely resembling coconut or infusion. The creme brulee was just sad, the sugar was not melted at all on the sides and completely burnt in the middle. I asked the barista to torch it a bit more so it actually turns into a brulee, and she tried to tell me that it is supposed to be grainy and crunchy like that 😭

Are they going outnof business? Closing down? Bc it certainly looks like it. Out of many things.. out of forks? Drinks still but above avg. Won't hate on their coffee but place is dirty, atmosphere is ruined with "out of ..." signs. Unprofessional. And no sneeze guard? Very disappointed. Don't understand 4.4 star.

Anna Burova

This latte was so unbelievably mid, I deeply regret the $8 I spent on this. The menu describes a Bibingka Crème Brûlée with “house vanilla syrup | toasted coconut powder | milk infused with philippine coconut and vanilla bean”. What I got was plain espresso with whole milk, a pump of monin vanilla, and nothing even remotely resembling coconut or infusion. The creme brulee was just sad, the sugar was not melted at all on the sides and completely burnt in the middle. I asked the barista to torch it a bit more so it actually turns into a brulee, and she tried to tell me that it is supposed to be grainy and crunchy like that 😭

Cw Chon

Are they going outnof business? Closing down? Bc it certainly looks like it. Out of many things.. out of forks? Drinks still but above avg. Won't hate on their coffee but place is dirty, atmosphere is ruined with "out of ..." signs. Unprofessional. And no sneeze guard? Very disappointed. Don't understand 4.4 star.

This location is NOT the place to visit if you want to experience Mostra coffee. Do yourself a favor and check out the one in Carmel Mountain. The staff at this location is not welcoming at all and the coffee quality is so far below what you will experience at the other locations. I dont know what going on with this spot in 4s, but Mostra help them be more like Carmel Mountain with quality Maybe more training and customer service awareness?

Been a Mostra customer long before this location opened. Used to frequent the Carmel valley location and was beyond excited when this 4s location opened up as I lived right nearby. When first opened it was a solid 5/5. Staff, clean, great drinks. Some time back something changed (maybe ownership) and everything has gone downhill. Drinks are mid at best. They are always short on pastry’s/options. They are constantly out of certain menu items. Bathroom is filthy. Still better then Starbucks but is sad to see such a great place get worse and worse with time. I wouldn’t bother making the trip.

Eva Martinez

This location is NOT the place to visit if you want to experience Mostra coffee. Do yourself a favor and check out the one in Carmel Mountain. The staff at this location is not welcoming at all and the coffee quality is so far below what you will experience at the other locations. I dont know what going on with this spot in 4s, but Mostra help them be more like Carmel Mountain with quality Maybe more training and customer service awareness?

codysmith1234567

Been a Mostra customer long before this location opened. Used to frequent the Carmel valley location and was beyond excited when this 4s location opened up as I lived right nearby. When first opened it was a solid 5/5. Staff, clean, great drinks. Some time back something changed (maybe ownership) and everything has gone downhill. Drinks are mid at best. They are always short on pastry’s/options. They are constantly out of certain menu items. Bathroom is filthy. Still better then Starbucks but is sad to see such a great place get worse and worse with time. I wouldn’t bother making the trip.