K Brew — Restaurant in Knoxville

One of the better coffee shops I've been (and I work in one).

This place is excellent. A great selection of speciality coffees (pour over, espresso, etc.), really tasty specialty syrups that have amazing flavor but light sweetness, and delicious espresso.

I had a 6 shot Americano with hazelnut syrup and my partner had a lavender latte. Both of which were excellent. We also had a lox bagel and had zero complaints. The smoked salmon was delicious and their bagel was also a great mix of soft interior and chewy delicious crust.

We brought home a half dozen bagels and I'm very happy with that too. We grabbed some jalapeno cheddar and some pumpernickel rye both of which were delicious. The jalapeno cheddar tasted like jalapeno cheddar cheetos but like... real haha.

The shop itself is super cute. Very open plan, nice porch area that has some great hanging seats. General seating indoors is also wonderful. Plenty of desk space also. Staff were all very kind and great about answering questions.

Any time we're in Knoxville, this will be on our short list of...

Worst and most expensive bacon egg and cheese bagel ever! First of all my bagel was burned. The whole sandwich was blazing hot. The egg was overdone, everything was overdone. The cheese was dried out. The sandwich was greasy and smoky. Disgusting! All for almost 10 dollars!! No thank you. Obviously people are there for the atmosphere. Boy are you paying for it. The girls were snotty. Again trendy atmosphere. If you want a good egg sandwich on a real bagel, go right down the road to Best bagels. They don't make money on the atmosphere, just good food for a lot less!! BTW, the bagel was horrible! Kbrew Obviously needs to try a real bagel and try and copy it because they are way off base. More like a roll kind of. Maybe I caught them on a bad day but I don't think so. People that think kbrew makes a good BEC bagel probably think the country is doing fine. We all got our opinions. I'm from Long Island and have enjoyed GOOD bagels my whole life and know the difference. 10 dollars!! Insanity!!...

I’ve been once. My regular place was closed for a holiday and I’d been wanting to try Kbrew so I drove a distance to get there.

It was busy in the seats but not through the door. I ordered two large coffees (“drips” in coffee lingo). They gave me the first and told me it would be a few minutes for the second because they needed to make some more. Okay. I’ll be patient.

Turns out the first cup is whatever has been sitting in the bottom of the coffee maker for awhile. It’s really really burnt tasting. I decide not to complain, the second cup will be fresh.

I wait about 12 minutes or so. They’ve obviously forgotten me. I finally just leave.

Poured the cup of coffee that should have never been served to someone out in the parking lot.

After I left, to save time I just went through the McDonald’s drive thru and got a large cup. It was much better than what I was served at Kbrew.

I probably won’t make the...