Lava Coffee — Restaurant in Katy

When we came no one was here. Service was lacking and no attempt at making us feel welcome. If there isn’t another customer in your store maybe bring the food/beverage to the table and just add a little customer service. The cappuccino is lacking and the espresso is weak and was scalded. The sausage breakfast croissant is lacking and is on the same level of a premade Jimmy dean breakfast sandwich. We ordered 3 of them. One without cheese and they said “oh I guess we can just pull off the cheese”... like obviously you can pull the cheese off, I don’t need a walk through of what needs to be done to take care of it... and one of the sandwiches came out cold. We mentioned it and they remicrowaved the sandwich.

**In response to the owner. You chose to deflect from my main issues by placating my issue of not receiving sit down service which is not what I walked in expecting; however, as the ONLY customer in there your representatives could easily go the extra mile. You decided to not mention the cold food or that the same sandwich was just remicrowaved and reserved with the bite out of it. The cappuccino was predominantly steamed milk and tasted scalded, I suggest you check the settings if you just have them preset. As far as trying a signature drink, we got the peppermint mocha and it too was not great and had far too much peppermint extract that it was almost medicinal, but the interior...

I've been searching for a decent coffee shop in the Katy Area to no avail, until finally discovering Lava. But Lava is not just decent, it's GOOD. They serve Amaya and the default espresso is the Temporada blend (same as Catalina and many other inner loop cafes). I got a double espresso and was pleasantly surprised at how GREAT the espresso was. It's rare to find a decent espresso within 610, let alone Katy. That gets 5 stars alone. Temporada is always good, but also kudos to whoever dialed it in and pulled the shot. I've been to many mediocre cafes and many great ones in Houston (Catalina, Southside, Retrospect etc); Lava definitely falls into the great category. I don't think they offer pour over yet, but definitely grab an espresso (I'm sure the milk drinks are great too).

Coffee aside, the owner is fantastic and friendly. She's always enthusiastic to chat about their current coffee offerings. I like to think I had a hand in lobbying Lava to carry Amaya haha, they carried Oak Cliff (Dallas roaster) in the past which was also decent. Oh whoops coffee nerd again; the layout is very spacious and there are outlets. Definitely recommend you stop by Lava if you're looking for a coffee shop in...

I would definitely recommend this place for the ambience, appropriate mood music and good taste with intentional interior. If you are lucky there are at least two chairs with the soft tushy cushions but the rest are the hard wooden hemorrhoid haters but at least it's someplace to sit.

The personnel were nice people and would take and make your order promptly and without a frown.

My cappuccino was good as well as my son's green mocha Hulk monster or whatever he had but the takeaway here for me is they need to take that cheese and tomato soup off the menu! Horrendous as you can see in a picture, it does not do the picture justice. It's just toasted bread with cheese slapped in the middle of it and some semi water down Tomatoes Campbell Soup. It's okay who goes to a coffee shop just to order comfort food like that? Well I mistakenly thought maybe somebody in the family had a secret recipe that they could surprise and unsuspecting customer but not this one my friend not this one.

Parking lot is ample and it sits in the strip center of the Asian Town off of...