Dark Moon Coffee Roasters — Restaurant in Henderson

Order: Pour Over Price: $6.50 Positives: One of the best pour overs I’ve ever had, the baristas are INCREDIBLY knowledgeable and happy to share the process with you Negatives: Still really wish I could get an iced pour over out here but it doesn’t detract from the amazingness that is Dark Moon tldr: Dark Moon is an incredible coffee shop and the best we visited in the larger Vegas area. Their beans are impeccably roasted, their staff is insanely knowledgeable and more than willing to help, they have a variety of very unique drinks, and their seating is fantastic for working. Short of not making iced pour overs I think Dark Moon is practically perfect.

Thoughts: Still day 2 (though we came back on day 3 twice), and stop number 8 on our coffee, food, and desert tour. Dark Moon was our post lunch coffee stop and blew us away. We’d already been to several great coffee shops but Dark Moon took it to a whole new level. The staff was incredibly knowledgeable, walking us through the process and tasting notes for several of the beans, explaining their favorites and why they were their favorites. Later, while we were sitting and getting some work done, we even overhead one of the barista’s walking a group of people through their entire process of brewing a pour over as he did it. I’ve never seen that done at a cafe before, and it didn’t seem like it was a chore for him at all. The staff of Dark Moon seem to genuinely love coffee and want all their customers to love it too (I’m on team love coffee if it isn’t obvious).

While on this trip we only tried a pour over, during the course of our visits we had an espresso and tonic, two other pour overs, this insane smoked blueberry magical potion drink, and a cappuccino. The only one that wasn’t some the best coffee I’d ever had was the cappuccino, the espresso was a little dark for my tasted and didn’t have a depth of flavor that I’ve had in some other places. Everything is was ridiculously good, the pour overs all had their own unique, complex flavors, you knew that you were drinking a different cup of coffee each time. The espresso and tonic was a drink I had never tried before and is now one of my new favorites. It’s a crazy mix of tangy bitterness from the tonic and punch from the espresso. It’s honestly a bit hard to describe but it’s an amazing drink that I would highly recommend you try, unless you just don’t like tonic water. The blueberry drink thing was more alchemy that coffee I think. It involved smoking a glass, mint, blueberries, espresso (duh), and some other things I think? While it would never really replace my go to coffee it was an incredibly unique coffee experience.

Honestly I think you can really only get this level of greatness at a coffee shop with an intense level of care and commitment to your craft, and Dark Moon drips care and commitment. You feel it when you walk in and talk to the staff, and you taste it in every sip of coffee. Dark Moon isn’t just the best cafe and roaster I visited in Vegas, it’s one of the best coffee shops I have every been to, and I’ve been to a lot.

Anyone that can get to Dark Moon should, even if you don’t like coffee, if given the chance they might just change your mind.

Dark Moon, you are truly masters of your craft and I applaud your commitment to excellence and care….at least I would if I wasn’t clutching a cup of your...

I got a Panamanian pour over and it was maybe the worst cup of coffee I've ever had in my life. This is an honest review. The coffee was served luke warm and tasted like watered down barley tea. I typically drink my coffee black, sometimes I use a half packet of stevia. The barista explained pour overs were served without sweeteners or cream. After the first sip and realizing I didn't like it, I asked for stevia. She explained they weren't allowed to give sweeteners with pour overs. I don't really understand how a coffee place can dictate to someone how they can drink their coffee??? I ended up using a small amount of stevia I found in my purse, it didn't help. After about 3 sips I told her she could take it away I wasn't going to drink it. She asked if I ever had pour over before. We take coffee seriously in our house and have an entire coffee station to make everything from drips, pour overs, and espresso drinks at home, but I like to try coffee places on the weekends and relax. She noticed I put a little stevia in it and said, that's why they don't recommend sweeteners. I was like, it was awful before the stevia I was just trying to make it tolerable and couldn't. I wasn't mean and kinda laughed when I explained that I wasn't going to torture myself over a $7 cup of coffee and force myself to drink it. She wasn't rude either and it's not her fault the coffee was terrible and the water temp set isn't high enough. And in the baristas defense, she did offer me a refund or asked if I'd like something else without me even asking. I ended up leaving with a to go drip, which while nothing extraordinary was far better than the pour over. I felt bad and put $2 in the tip container and left. The place was empty and I understand why now, and it has nothing to do with it being in a tucked...

Unfortunately I had a sad experience with this coffee shop. The first time I came in the staff was super friendly and they did a beautiful job with my coffee order. The designs were amazing. The second time I came in, I brought my friend and sister with me. I was excited I found a good coffee shop, but this experience with very different from my first. A staff member named Nick took my order. He seemed to be nice and made our drinks quickly, but when I walked my friend out to say goodbye, this staff member came up to my sister and spoke about how rude my friend and I were for leaving her with the trash for my sister to clean up… which was a misunderstanding on his part. My sister was shocked he would do this and told me after. My third experience at this coffee shop was my last. I figured we just caught the staff on a ruff day… I was wrong. We walked in to take our order but there was a line so my sister, friend, and I sat down to wait for the line to disperse. We always do this in Starbucks and the staff appreciates this. The line disappeared so I started to decide what drink I should get. I was going to suggest we go order when the staff member (Nick again), decided he should come to our table and describe how rude we were for not ordering something. He claimed we did this last (which we didn’t) and went on a long speech to accused our table. This made me angry. I almost didn’t order after this but still felt I should just because I hate rude customers. When we ordered, we left. It was a horrible experience that raddled our day. I was appalled at this behavior. When we left, I informed Nick we would not return to this coffee shop. I was very sad to experience such...