Cultivate Coffee + Flowers — Restaurant in Knoxville

Super cute coffee house. Stopped in on a visit through kTown. Staff rudely ignores people who walk up to the counter. So, if it's your first trip (like it was for me), take a few tips to help make your trip better. Staff will assist if they see that you just walked through the door. Staff will ignore you if you walk up to the other end of the counter. * Don't expect questions to be answered. Ordering online is not quicker but is an option. If you order online (because you can't get anyone to serve or help you), you must walk up to the counter and loudly say, "I am here to pick up an online order." If you do not, they will not make your order. The flower shop portion is heavily staffed, and the ladies are eager to speak with you. There are prearranged flower assortments available with mental health messages. Proceeds/profits are used to prevent human trafficking. This coffee shop means well. They probably just need some mature management.

There ya go. Good luck. I could see this being a great place to meet up with friends, but only if you are confident you can secure...

Immediately entering the shop you are greeted with a very unpleasant scent. The smell is the mixture of stagnant flowers and espresso beans. Definitely will not find myself sitting here to drink coffee. The coffee drink was subpar. I ordered 2 iced vanilla caramel lattes, per the baristas suggestion, and as pictured one had no ice in it. Many of the flowers looked wilted; therefore, not making them worth the price. The menu was also oddly presented. You couldn’t see it until you were at the checkout counter. They also needed to be on top of the trash situation as the cans were over flowing making you feel like you had to take your trash with you. There is definite potential for me to try this coffee shop again on a less busy day.

So now I have visit Cultivate a total of 3 times and 2 other attempts. Their drive thru is slow and I have yet had 30 minutes to waste in line. Atmosphere is pretty loud so if you’re looking for a space to study or read this is not the place. Brewed coffee was so so and the cookie butter latte was...

Cultivate is a GREAT addition to the Fountain City community! I’ve been a few times to the drive-thru and had a great experience, but today was the first time we went inside. I took my two littles, and the staff were so kind and helpful with them. My two had the hot chocolate and split a muffin, and I got an iced latte with oat milk and brown sugar syrup. All delicious!

Both of the kids loved looking at the beautiful flowers that Flourish had out. The staff running their counter was also so sweet with my two little ones.

Sometimes coffee shops aren’t somewhere I feel like I can take my two small ones, so feeling like the staff at both counters were attentive and kind was a really big deal to me.

What makes this place special is that any money I’m spending on the coffee I know is going to be used well and for a good cause. Knowing my dollars are supporting Raising A Voice instead of a corporation is important to me.

Coffee is delicious, it’s in a great location, the staff are wonderful, and all for a good...