House Roots Coffee

Great little coffee shop, hidden in a non descript strip mall. Minimal parking Seems to always have a line out the door.. which, when you think about it, is a good sign! Delicious lattes, along with a decadent kouign amann pastry.... Yummy! Now I'm ready to face the day!

I made the apparently outrageous request of asking for less ice in my iced matcha latte. Instead of, you know, adding more milk, they simply handed me a cup that was about 60% full. At this shop, “less ice” clearly means “less drink.” Fascinating business strategy-charge full price, deliver partial beverage. The empty space at the top really lets you reflect on your life choices while holding your underfilled $7.50 cup. When I asked for extra oatmilk (that I paid $0.75 cents for), they offered to remake the drink. To what, the same thing? Haha. Coffee was fine. Service was a masterclass in minimal effort. Next time I’ll just order a cup of ice, seems like that’s what they specialize in.

I enjoyed my visit here. Espresso was delicious! The cup came warmed so I got to enjoy my espresso all the way through without it getting cold! Love the attention to detail! Also what a lovely presentation!

My daughter had a Choconada Dream and I had an Americano with a pastry attached that was vwry moist and delicious. My daughter returned again for more Choconada Dream and pastries.

My friends came here from out of state, they had great coffee from all over LA. Here was the only place that was mid coffee also served by coffee snobs. My friend asked for cinnamon in his coffee and they said "no". And when he asked "really?" they said, "fine but I'm the only one here who will do that for you". What that tells us is that the coffee is has only pre mix additions. Which is fine in some cases but if someone had an allergy they couldn't get certain things. That also means they don't like to customize orders. Cuz adding cinnamon is hard? Starbucks could do that for cheaper. The coffee was sub par and on top of that, they got the 1st part of the order of regular menu item wrong. This ice coffee was ordered before the customized item and had no changes. Which means they didn't l