Cha-cha chicken wrap was filling and delicious. The wrap was pretty large & filled with tons of chicken. The sauce makes this whole dish. Got some green salsa and chips on the side, super spicy but very refreshing and full of flavor. Overall great spot! read more

You would think during this COVID-19 situation workers would be the most sanitary but guess not. I went to Kick Butt Coffee this morning and the guy who made my drink didn't wear a mask or gloves at all. When he was ringing my order up he coughed and didn't even cover his mouth. Granted there was a plastic partition between us but that doesn't guarantee cleanliness. Throughout him making my coffee he kept on touching his face with his hands. I expected higher standards from this establishment. I purchased my things and threw it away because I didn't want to take a chance on catching anything... read more

Grabbed a latte at Kick Butt this morning. As I entered I was immediately and exuberantly greeted with what sounded to be my long lost friend, except that I had never met her. Perhaps they support sampling of their caffeinated beverages? After looking over their lunch menu I decided against ordering anything. While they were eager to help accommodate my dietary requests in any way they could, their vegan options were very limited. Ended up ordering a large (because it's that kind of day) English toffee latte with soy. One employee took my order and rung me up while the second FOH employee immediately began preparing my tasty beverage. Pricing was a bit steep (over $6) and I had to make sure I hadn't accidentally wandered into Starbucks, hence 4 stars rather than 5. I'd go with 4.5 stars if I could though (hint, hint yelp) because the service was outstanding. The espresso beverage itself was also very good. Not quite the "best I'd ever had" as the barista assured me, but still quite nice. The froth was very creamy. I am a self-described "foo foo" coffee drinker, meaning that I take a little coffee in my cream and sugar, so the strong espresso presence in the drink was a tad much for me, however, I know it would have been perfect for the many coffee drinkers I know. Just something to keep in mind. Overall the tasty caffeinated beverage, and especially the service, were pretty kick butt good. read more

I had a great time at the Geeks Who Drink event last night. I was impressed by the bar selection and the friendly staff. The place is small, but cozy, and the atmosphere is really fun. I'm definitely going to look into seeing/participating in more events here in the future! As I said, the bar selection blew me away. Especially the coffee drinks--I had the Caramel Mocha drink (it had some sort of liquor in it too) and while it was amazingly tasty, I now am convinced never to have coffee after 5pm again. I was awake for hours! Not sure what kind of coffee they use, but it's legit. I wish it was more convenient to my commute, as I'd be here every morning if I could. I'll definitely be back for another Geeks Who Drink event, if not sooner! I need to delve into their food menu next time. read more

For the longest time I only liked the white chocolate mocha from Starbucks, but this is definitely becoming one of my favorites now from kick butt coffee read more

Kick Butt Coffee - Iced white chocolate mocha - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Austin, Texas

Be aware there are some mask wearing "Karens" who attend this place!!! I bought a sandwhich here in attempt to fill up before an open mic. With a mask on. A woman and her bf walk in the store, both of whom Ive never met. The lady asks me to pull up my mask while Im attempting to eat. She says "oh sorry, didnt see you were eating". Lady, its the principal that you needed to say anything in the first place. Yet they are both so concerned they ordered two decaf lattes and felt the need to go out and call other folks out for EATing!! Goodbye Kickbutt. You were a great place!! read more

The vibe is really good here. Coffee is great and the food is tasty. The staff is cool and friendly.

The measures taken to fix my mistake... Went into Kick Butt today for the first time in years intending to buy a particular bag of coffee to take as a "gift of Austin" for some coffee enthusiasts on a trip to Memphis next week, also hopefully looking forward to introducing them to former Austinite, now Memphian Naiman of Rigby Roastery, who's well known to KBC. I'd gone onto the KBC online store ahead of time thinking "Easy peasy, I've found what I wanted. I can swing by while I have someone to help" [I can't drive due to vision loss] After not being able to find it, only seeing other roasts, I spoke with the owner, Thomas, and he offered several options for me on how to get what I'm looking for in a timely manner. He didn't have to. It was my mistake in not knowing online and in store inventory may differ. Could have been something I missed visually. Who knows. But the help offered was the extra mile of a great business including taking the time to make a bag in house. Looking forward to sharing it with friends. read more

Great staff, amazing drinks super fast and they have live bands sometimes great place Definitely my new favorite coffee spot read more

Kick Butt Coffee - Iced pecan roast - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Austin, Texas

This spot is such a jem.... great place and great people!! The coffee is the best around but the cappuccino is to die for hands down!

The first two stars are for the aesthetics, ambiance, and character of the establishment. I would like to give more stars for those aspects, but Yelp doesnt have that option. Basically, the place is very cool; nice design, plenty of seating, and nice cushy seating at that. But this review is strictly about the breakfast tacos. I had a lengthy review written, but even I didn't want to read it. So I am summarizing. Fine Details: Tacos were $3 each and SMALL!!! Like, when I opened the baggy and pulled them out, I thought WTF!? Taste was good but nothing special considering Austin is a breakfast taco mecca. The corner Mexican taco trailer near my place at Cameron & Broadmoor serves tacos twice the size for a third less. And they are gooooooood!! I wish I had waited. So my advice is seek out the trailers around town. Don't waste your money here on tacos. read more

Kick Butt Coffee - Tiny Tacos over-priced - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Austin, Texas

Truly perfect hot mocha! Divine! Tasty blueberry muffin..cool vibe to the whole place. Lady that waited on me at the counter was polite but not friendly..likely because I wasn't wearing a mask ‍..or cause she's just not that friendly..my only negative. I'll be coming back! read more

Always has been a great place. I've been going there from their beginning. They have always helped the burgeoning music industry in Austin.

So happy to find this establishment! Amazing atmosphere and the best products in any coffee shop. What sets them apart from anyone else though is the staff! Elizabeth and Cote are both great at making recommendations and have taken me out of my comfort zone a few times. Elizabeth made me a personalized London Fog that I have to order every time I see she's working! Both are savants at always making you feel welcome. They make me feel like they are happy to see me and that I'm part of their family. That's special! You'd be crazy not to stop by and see this unique and fun place to get your day started. And the rest of the day and night at Kick Butt, pretty damn amazing too! read more

Fantastic, everyone who helped me was lovely. I appreciate you all so very much! The coffee made my day better, and the vibes were immaculate. read more

Kick Butt Coffee have some kick butt smoothies and tacos. The place is nice and friendly. A coffee shop by day, a bar by night! The green apple smoothie tasted great with freshly blended apples. The potato egg cheddar taco was great but too pricey for its small size (~$2). FOOD: 4/5 SERVICE: 5/5 AMBIANCE: 4/5 read more

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First time here and of course the last. Doesn't even deserve a star. Went in to buy my son a cookie ($4) gave the lady a $20 she hands me back a $1 and swears I handed her a $5! She looked like she was on something!! She counted the money and said she was all good that there was nothing she could do. Yeah because probably she's already stealing from there. I did take 4 more cookies to make my $20 count. And what did she do nothing she just walked away! That just proves that I did give her a $20 and not a $5. Poor customer service!! read more

As someone who works online, I'm always on the lookout for a new coffee shop where I can more or less tuck myself away and do hours of coding. I decided to try Kick Butt because I had them bookmarked on Yelp and thought their history was pretty neato (I *had* to look up the origins of a coffee joint that had such a name) and I was surprised by how much I loved it here. Okay, so, first of all if you have social anxiety [ like yours truly ] this place is absolutely killer -- I went during the day and it was relatively quiet, with a jumble of different seating options. My favorites are probably either the mini corner booths (so teeny tiny!) or the 'hidden' room that's sorta-upstairs-in-the-back. It's like a hideout and it's wicked. The staff was so warm and kind, and their food selection seemed pretty tops; everything from salads to wonky cookies (pretty big with heaps of interesting ingredients like fruity pebbles!), sandwiches etc. What's so neat about the menu versatility is that you can pretty much accommodate for everybody's dietary needs (or, you know, just kick it with some espresso like I usually do). I found out that they also have heaps of events here; live music and whatnot, so I'll definitely be coming back during one of those posted events to see what that's all about. Welcoming and respectful staff, a fun atmosphere, and good food (and coffee ). read more

I stopped in on a day when someone called in sick and another staff member was having to cover a lot of work. Everyone was friendly, calm and patient. I ordered a couple of breakfast tacos, "which were excellent" and a caramel mocha frappe. Again, the tacos were super excellent but my coffee was like a freaking dessert item. Rich, sweet and exactly what i wanted. Oh what a great morning! read more

Went here Thursday morning Dal(Dalton)was working the queue. EXTREMELY attentive to the people he was helping and the next person in line. I noticed this was true with previous customers as well as when it was my turn to be served. He bridged a conversation about Chaga (sold out but should be getting more next week) amongst multiple customers organically. This place has a great vibe. If you're willing to comply with CDC/APH guidelines (I am), and are chill, I recommend this spot. I don't normally write reviews. Take that into account. This is a great establishment. Hope Thom is able to reopen a secondary location again at some point in the future if that's on his vision board. If not, folks like Dal make this place great and worth traveling to. read more

Convenient location next to Austin Community College. I have been here at least a couple dozen times during mid-morning. Not too busy and staff are efficient, just a relaxing and comfortable joint to hideway while I prepare before my next teaching gig. Their breakfast taco and large coffee sustained me through many long days. read more

Not your typical coffee shop. There's so many unique and rad features to this spot. One, it has a full bar. Two, it has a decent size stage for live tunes, three, it has a full bar, four, they have these really rad cookies at the front counter that contain the wildest mix of ingredients. Their staff is rad and quick, the owner was milling about and taking to us, nice dude. There's also a full bar there! read more

Kick Butt Coffee - Stage for live tunes - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Austin, Texas

Stumbled in after dealing with ih35 traffic and needing a little canine pick me up - Man what a surprise! It made the memory of the traffic instantly fade. I had a salad (kungfu - name?) which was $8.08 - funny number but great flavors and had a half caff americano. The place was super busy but enough staff on duty to keep the line moving. They host live events so be sure to check their info online- I happened to catch the ACC Stage Ensemble during a packed house. It was an awesome experience to have my salad and cafe while listening to a 20 piece group of musicians directed by a professor of music! Folks were friendly and I found someone to share a table with. Will love coming back! read more

Kick Butt Coffee - 18 piece with your coffee, now that's kick butt! - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Austin, Texas

I've lived in Austin since 2013 and I've had MANY employment opportunities. Working at kickbutt coffee has been my number one favorite. From the quality of the products to the care put into achieving excellence, there has not been one shift that I've been unenthusiastic to clock in. My employee recommendation: Double cortado with oat milk and the Bruce Lee BLT add a fried egg AND the Yin and Yang cake is seriously to die for. Cheers y'all read more

This place is "the spot". Awesome atmosphere, great coffee, chill staff, and plenty of space to do good work. Cant recommend it enough.

Came in for coffee, got a breakfast taco and great conversation! The barista, Derek provided a very warm and friendly welcome. I had no idea this place would have a stage inside so that was a wonderful sight to see. I will definitely be back! Not to mention they have a decent parking lot, fast service and pleasant ambiance. read more

Kick Butt Coffee - I'm not the only one giving great reviews for these folk! :) - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Austin, Texas

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Came by here for some coffee when the bf and I were in town a few weekends ago. At the time we had gone, there appeared to be a ukulele recital going on (only in Austin), which somehow seemed fitting, as this particular cafe also offers martial arts classes. Like, wut? They offer all of your standard coffee drinks, and they do offer some food items, like breakfast tacos. I opted for an iced latte with their flavor of the month, and the bf got an iced caramel latte. I can't remember exactly what the flavor of my coffee was, but I remember it being pretty good. The food items all sounded pretty good as well, and it definitely had enough space to hang out and do some work in. A decent coffee shop to stop by at, overall, especially if you want to catch some obscure event going on since they apparently have quite the calendar full of events to catch. read more

Truly delicious espresso drinks and food. Great spot for live music. But what inspired me to write this review was the barista working today, Elizabeth. As my partner and I sat eating, we heard her being so kind and patient with several customers who clearly were dealing with some mental disorders. Such a good person. read more

Best tasting coffee in highland but way to pricey for an iced coffee. Food is pretty good and a unique place to check out.

I've only been here once but think back to that time because of how great the experience was. I enjoy trying out different coffee shops and happened to come here because some of my usual spots were way too crowded for me. As soon as I entered, I heard the beautiful live music coming from a captivating stage and sat down at the first table I found to enjoy it. The menu has a little too much going on, but I'm sure people appreciate being able to drink tea, coffee or liquor and choose between a breakfast burrito, pastry, salad or sandwich. My only issue is that unless you score one of the booths along the side or sit all the way in the back away from the stage, you won't have access to an outlet. That's a little inconvenient if you want to stay for a while and your laptop's battery isn't the best. Other than that though, I really like this place! read more

This place is small, but they have bands here fairly frequently. They have a full bar along with coffee. The drinks are ok. About what I would expect from a coffee shop. The cover when I was there was only $5. That is a totally acceptable amount for me. It does get loud in here, so if that is an issue for you bring some ear plugs. The staff is friendly and the clientele seem to know each other pretty well. I will be back the next time a band I like is playing there for sure. read more

5 stars for excellent service, and the nicest owner. Go early if you want breakfast tacos - they sell out! We came in with a group of 4 and ordered food and drinks. Food was great, coffee was good. Breakfast tacos are amazing. We got everything quickly and enjoyed the location and fun decor. Looking forward to coming back for various events they host! read more

Love this coffee shop.. Excellent staff and Baristas, and exceptional coffee! Nights are filled with Rock and Roll and very cool people hanging out.. Kick Butt has created a great vibe and it feels organic and fun.. read more

Kick Butt Coffee has amazing food and a great vibe, but the real reason I'm writing this is because of Elizabeth behind the counter. There were several interesting folks who came in while we were there, and instead of being mean, or asking them to leave, she engaged with them compassionately and respectfully. We overheard her asking one them "so how are you doing?" It is apparent she really cares for the customers, and that means ALL the customers. She also exudes a wonderful energy and is just great to interact with. I'll certainly be back, and recommend Kick Butt to everyone read more

Ten facts about Master G 1. Master G doesn't sell coffee, he KICKS COFFEE'S BUTT. 2. Master G put nunchucks on the wall of his shop because he is so strong he doesn't need weapons to KICK YOUR BUTT. 3. Master G's coffee doesn't burn him because his hands are made of steel. It doesn't burn mere mortals' hands by spilling out the top of the cup (thanks to a cool lid that has a sliding-open thingy), it burns them by being in a cup that's too thin. It KICKS your hands, then KICKS YOUR BUTT. 4. Chuck Norris wishes he could own a coffee shop just like Master G. Master G put a poster of Chuck Norris up to make Chuck Norris feel better, but the only thing that will make Master G happy is to KICK Chuck Norris' BUTT. 5. When Master G sells coffee for $2.90, you only have to pay $2.11, but his secret coffee ninjas won't tell you until they've already rung you up. A confused customer is a customer open for a BUTT KICKING. 6. Master G's mind control is so powerful, he can convince unfriendly baristas to wear stupid kung fu uniforms while serving coffee. If they didn't wear them, he'd KICK THEIR BUTTS. 7. Master G drinks his coffee while sitting erect. He never reclines, and you won't either when you're in his shop that's the opposite of cozy. The atmosphere is designed to evoke ScandinaviAsia, a confusing theme that will boggle your mind, then KICK YOUR BUTT. 8. You will pay Master G, or Master G will make sure you never know the pleasure of caffeine again, with a BUTT KICK so severe you will no longer have a nervous system. 9. Master G only sells baked goods so you're an easier target for his BUTT-KICKING fury. An idle mouth is a vulnerability, and everyone's vulnerable to Master G's BUTT KICKERY. 10. Master G's Kick Butt Coffee will in no way enable you to KICK BUTT more, or harder, or at all. Despite its ALARMING name, this place is pretty much the blandest coffee shop I've been to in Austin. Decent vanilla latte, decent prices, interesting (if thin) cups, seriously unfriendly staff. Very empty on opening day. I was pleasantly surprised by the discounted coffee, but confused about why they wouldn't advertise their specials (lattes are normally $2.90 for a small but were $1.95 today). It's in a shopping center I wouldn't otherwise frequent, so I doubt I'll be back. There's nothing creative or unique on the menu of about 15 items (espresso drinks, basic coffee, baked goods and some bottled juices, as well as wine). And most disappointingly, Master G was not there to KICK MY BUTT. Where are you, King of Kung Fu, Teacher of Tai Chi, Celebrated Coffee Conveyor? read more

Kick Butt Coffee - This lid is amazing(ly wasteful). Theirs are black, though. - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Austin, Texas

Great people, wonderful coffee, and amazing gluten free chocolate donuts! Very cool place highly recommend. read more

I have a ridiculously long "to try" list of bookmarked places and KBC has been waiting in line for quite some time. I am currently sipping the most delicious and the biggest cup of Caramel Latte with soy milk and plenty o' foam I have ever had the pleasure of drinking. I am sitting in a booth, logged on to free WiFi and surrounded by nun-chucks, throwing stars, red and black decor, and really neat portraits (they remind me of KISS). Oh, and did I mention the nice barristas dressed in awesome martial arts inspired uniforms? Hands down the coolest coffee shop I've been to. On top of being a really clever coffee shop, KBC also has a pretty nice menu of food items (pizza, baked goods, cereal, etc.) and smoothies AND they have Wii!! Rock on. I only wish I lived closer... I just can't get over how cool this place is (and yes, I know I've used "cool" like 3 times already, but that's really the best description I have). read more

If an albino Jackie Chan took Starbucks out behind the Jr High, in 9 months (or whatever the gestation period of a "Starbuck" is) you'd have an infant Kick Butt Coffee. I've only been once, but the inside is what you'd expect if a local Starbuck hired a narcissistic Ralph Macchio as interior designer. Lots of ads for Master Gohring. Too many. And a weird little place where one could sit to watch kung-fu on a high-def tv. If you were to ask Jennifer Aniston out for coffee, you'd wanna take her here. My drip coffee was ok... honestly, it tasted exactly like Starbucks' overly-roasted coffee. And the barista was nice. I'd give my one experience 3.5 stars... nothing bad, but nothing awesome. But I'll round down for the in-your-face advertising of another business (even in the bathroom) and the way Napoleon Gohring refuses to play nice within the yelp community. read more

The Good: I've only been during day hours but heard they offer so much more than coffee that I need to check out. Internet works fast and coffee is great. Customer service is great also. The Bad: I usually visit coffee shops to get out of the house and work elsewhere so I stay at the location for about 2ish hours. I'm not a fan of places who charge for refills, most don't but Kickbutt does charge .75 for a refill (hot coffee). Their coffee is already a little higher than nearby coffee shops and don't charge for refills so that will probably be the reason why I stick to my usual spot. Free refills will win me every time! read more

Bruce Lee married Cher and this is their love child. It's dark, manly and the music is loud. I noticed lots of yummy pastries, a full bar (!), hints about martial arts and information about open mic night, dancing and classes. Lots of things are happening here and hopefully not all at once. I had a small Dirty Chai with almond milk that did kick my butt but it also pinched my wallet. Over $5 for a "small"? Admittedly it was larger, at 16 oz, but I only finished half. The breakfast tacos are a specialty here, but alas, I missed out. I want to know is Gohring a chef, caterer, butt kicker or master of his universe. read more